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  • The Path of Ascension

  • A LitRPG Adventure
  • By: C. Mantis
  • Narrated by: J.S. Arquin
  • Length: 24 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (167 ratings)

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The Path of Ascension

By: C. Mantis
Narrated by: J.S. Arquin
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Summary

Orphaned by Monsters. Matt must power up to save others from the same fate.

Matt plans to delve the rifts responsible for the monsters that destroyed his city and murdered his parents. But his dreams are crushed when his Tier 1 Talent is rated as detrimental and no guild or group will take him.

Working at a nearby inn, he meets a mysterious and powerful couple. They give him a chance to join the Path of Ascension, an empire-wide race to ascend the Tiers and become living legends.

With their recommendation and a stolen Skill, Matt begins his journey to the peak of power. Maybe then, he can get vengeance he seeks....

Experience the start of an action-packed fantasy adventure that blends everything you love about LitRPG with Xianxia. With five million views on Royal Road, this hit web serial is new and improved and now available.

About the series: This is a mix between LitRPG and Xianxia. It's like a car that looks like a LitRPG with dungeons and skills, but the interior and engine are all Xianxia. It features a magic system and progression system that are logically and internally consistent, as well as realistic fight scenes and a rational MC.

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Honestly, this is great

This is a really nice progression fantasy book. good systems, likable characters, decent plot.

The protagonists do "win" at everything they try, but that's kinda why I like this genre, so if that isn't your thing then be warned.

also, when a table of numbers starts being narrated, just skip forward 30 seconds.

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Great book

Skill read out really let's the narration down hope they fix in the next

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Great concept and story

I really enjoyed the story but there are several things which bugged me out. The MC begins his journey at 13 he starts his adventure around the age of 14, that would be okay however the way the author speaks about his interactions with girls seems far too adultish. Also, the way other characters treat the young MC's feel as if they're talking to adults.

Secondly, the narrator does something rather annoying. He announces all skills in a system voice whenever anyone says the skill, I think in one instance he mentioned several skills in a paragraph. It was grating on the ears.

But with all said and done. this is a good book, I will more than likely get book 2 because it was a fun listen. The story universe is huge, the MC is actually a small fish in a big pond FOR ONCE. and ultimately he is not one of those OP characters, you see him lose and struggle which is nice as it adds realism.

I think without the silly audio I'll rate the story alone as a 4.5/5.

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Good story

I enjoyed this book will be getting the next one.
Good narration a pleasure to listen to.

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As good as when I read it.

The story was excellent, skill readouts was more mechanical and disrupted the flow of words and ultimately lowered the performance of the otherwise excellent narrator.

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Brilliant well written great narrator

Great storyline can't wait for the next one to come out The narrator is really good

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Brilliant narrator

Very well written and compelling. An excellent length as well. I'm looking forward to listening to the rest of the books.

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Unusual but a new favourite

The story is enthralling and something I want to have more of. The growth of the characters is realistic and endearing. And the way they talk about things like periods, same sex relationships, mental health, therapy and sex is mutch more talked about, open minded and unstigmatized than what one would expect after living in the current sosiety.

The narration is a bit odd at the start but it slowly shows a charm and personality

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ok story rough naration

Pretty generic story but enjoyable enough and he's not to OP or overly winey

the narrator is fine most of the time but his vocal range isn't great and a lot of the time he sounds like he is shouting and it leaves my ears ringing even when you turn down the volume,it's like he's trying to talk over loud music or something and then changes to a different character and then back to normal.

Overall it's a decent listen if you've got a free credit

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Really let down by narration

Really robotic every time crack phantom armour, or things like mages retreat is said sounds like they are dubbed on.

Really bizarre choice story is ok narration is very poor

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