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Hey! Loved the premise and mechanics. My personal favorite magic rn is Umbral Void due to the contrast with Pythea (Light Manipulation)

With that said I have a few suggestions based on my experience:

Some spells few a bit useless or just not worth it currently. For example in the Umbral category you have spells like Umbral Slip which guarantee you a dodge on the next action. This may sound useful on the surface but it means you're likely taking damage on that turn, to then maybe dodge when you're casting a spell on the next turn. It's vastly preferable, mana-wise, to either evade that turn or the next, since you've got a great chance to dodge the coming attack anyway.

Likewise some of the "damage dealer" options in the Maleficar and Chaos categories feel underwhelming in how much damage they deal and accuracy. Considering some of these have no stun options, you would think they would compensate on DPS/Bleed effect.

I also think the prologue needs a little more time to cook, we have too little information on the characters and especially Thaddien considering he dies pretty much a while after he's introduced. Also Pythea's hate feels a little overwhelming? Like I get she's ambitious but did we kill her dog or something for her to act like that lol

demon queen worm makes str and agi like 9999 in exchange for perma health losses. I suggest you try out the game without legendary traits and without using artifacts like dq worm and the power gloves to understand more of what i'm talking about

Are you playing on Earth/Heavenly/Story difficulties or cheating? Cuz there are several attacks that are unavoidable if you don't use Qi, and even sometimes if you DO use Qi, or pass the stat check, and you can't be spending Qi on techniques if you're playing on mortal you need every stat increase u can get your hands on.

And yes some stuff still uses Qi even with Martial Sovereign. Infusion, golden barriers, qi infused punches, regeneration, etc. Only space/body/elemental attacks dont consume qi with that trait.

Late game really needs rebalancing for Mortal difficulty. Several of the checks need advance knowledge to pass, or unreasonable Qi expenditures early on (restaurant event with spear twin moment), and Arena fights feel nearly impossible even after the auction. I had to resort to legendaries (Demonic Overlord/Paragon of Virtue) to get the necessary XP; idk how I would get to the end of the game otherwise. 

Regarding the arena specifically you basically spend double what you gain to heal from fights afterwards so you're always operating a net loss. Could be easily fixed by saying the sect heals you from arena fights and having your health reset to full after each fight.

Also regarding balance, the infirmary is insanely expensive compared to healing talismans and cleansing organs doesn't actually remove the amount you're spending in contribution points.

Also there may be a bunch of kills you don't get Qi for. I recall killing the opponent in the Ruo event and not getting awarded any.

Still of the opinion Qi should be reworked as well.  The idea is nice but damn man I want to use my techniques without having to dedicate a whole legendary trait to it (Martial Sovereign). Or be able to regenerate without bonking my stat pool.

Learn Void Step before the expedition and don't piss him off on the peeping event, then reject the other masters when offered mentorship. That's it.

Yep. Author is russian and he had to remove LGBT content to avoid legal issues.

Someone posted a workaround somewhere involving editing the game's code but I can't find them for you

ngl kinda lame that you're forced to become pretty much a cultivating vampire after the expedition.

story wise i guess the reveal makes sense? but the way you're forced to penny pinch qi in the "normal" difficulty and above makes it so you can't use (or more so get heavily discouraged of using) your powers over saving it to upgrade your stats. to make matters worse your powers don't actually change the outcome of fights significantly over just using your physicals, so theres basically no reason to use say your new elemental stuff and lose 3 qi permanently over just passing a stat check for agility/constitution/strength. or god forbid you want to use your regeneration perk because now you spend 1 qi to regen, better stick with talismans and choose/roll another perk if you're not after poison immunity (which we might have lost anyway when our whole body got remade by tang wei)

if i could choose that i'd stay with inner energy, because honestly this whole qi business has not been worth it in any form or shape whatsoever, at least mechanically.