Jian Lai

This work, even though it has a slow pace, is very good. The story is very captivating and has interesting twists, even though many people don't like stories like this. If you give it a chance, watch it with an open mind may end up liking it (or not).

Some characters:

The main character Chen Ping'an is not the typical main character who has everything handed to him, he suffers a lot because of some things involving a mysterious event in the past from him.

Ning Yao, who is the main female character in the story, is a strong and determined person who is not afraid to face ... dangers greater than herself. Her interactions with Chen Ping'an are very good and it is clear that in the future the two will end up having something more than a simple friendship.

Professor Qi JingChun is the typical enigmatic master who never makes it clear what he means by his words, even though I don't like him at first, he eventually becomes somewhat some redemption at least in my view.

There are some other characters but they weren't explored much, but from what little was shown they are also very interesting.

"Sword of Coming" is a different kind of donghua. It's an extremely slow-paced story that spends a good chunk of its time fleshing out its characters and their backstories. As a result, it's very dialogue-heavy.

The protagonist is also extremely interesting. He doesn’t have OP powers or incredible luck—instead, he makes those around him extremely lucky. But he himself is not, which makes the story both funny and sad at the same time.

So, if you're looking for a fast-paced, action-heavy story, this donghua isn’t for you. Don’t even bother watching it because you won’t like it anyway.


But if you're looking for a donghua with:

*Breathtaking CGI animation
...
*No OP protagonist

*A slow-paced story with strong character development.

Then this is exactly what you’re looking for.

Can’t wait for the second season!

A prologue to hopefully bigger things.

First season of Sword of Coming explores Chen Pingan's childhood, sets up some relationships with different characters and displays powerful individuals having some fights. The story is confined to a village where cultivation levels are suppressed, allowing mortals and cultivators to live together.

What I like about Sword of Coming as a whole is how unique this start is.

The MC is pretty useless for the entire 26 episodes. He's a guy who does a lot of stone picking, herb collecting and fishing, but is constantly dealing with cultivators regardless. This allows for at least some action and plot developments. It's also ... very obvious that some of the people in the village are extremely powerful, and Chen Pingan probably won't be as strong as they are for a while. Kind of sets up power structure in a believable way, since we have strong people in the prologue, rather than having it "scale" to Chen Pingan. And if it's not obvious already, no, he doesn't cultivate yet at all.

Visuals are good, biggest thing I'd point out is how some textures were a little lower resolution than they should've been, and I think some character models were a lot more refined and lifelike than others. So the graphics can be a little unbalanced.

At the time of writing this, I couldn't find any official english source to watch, and the translations I found made understanding the overall plot a bit hard. Hence the mixed review. Hopefully there is some sort of proper western release later.