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Sword of Dawnbreaker 黎明之剑

Alt. Title: Sword of Dawn; Sword of Daybreaker; TSoD; The Sword of Dawn; Lí Míng Zhī Jiàn
Author: Yuan Tong
Tags: Comedy, Mature, Sci fi, Kingdom Building, Transmigration
Status: Ongoing 800+ chapters
Webnovel Link: https://webnovel.com/book/11022737906234605 (trial reading)

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DESCRIPTION

Gawain transmigrated, but his transmigration had a little problem.

After floating in the sky of a continent from a different world for hundreds of thousands of years, he thought that he probably needs a body to be considerd a complete transmigrator, however he didn't expect that after managing to get a body with great difficulty, he unexpectedly has to crawl from his coffin, moreover, he has to face two scared ladies that are his great-great-great......... great-granddaughters.
As well as a world that it's about to arrive at its era's conclusion.

-- Description from rhadoko


LINKS

Raw LINK: https://book.qidian.com/info/1010400217
Novel Updates LINK: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/sword-of-daybreaker/
LNMTL LINK: https://lnmtl.com/novel/sword-of-dawn (machine translation)
ComradeMao LINK: https://comrademao.com/novel/sword-of-daybreaker/ (alternative machine translation)


Reviews from NU [snippets]

It is a great Kingdom Building, Sci-FY, Technological Development, Fantasy, Fiction, Drama Novel.

This novel is quite similar to the infamous RTW. But both books are different in essence.
RTW (release the witch) looks like a Kingdom Building novel whereas it is actually a juvenile's world revolution. RTW has a simple linear story line.
In contrast, SOTD (Sword of Day-breaker/Dawn) is both kingdom building and some sort of world revolution. At first glance this book looks like a simple story but later on this become much more complex.

The world structure of the novel is different from Earth's world. So MC cannot implement his Earth knowledge & technology blindly in this world. MC just can't copy paste everything. What he can do is to utilize IDEA or CONCEPT of different sectors. He can improvise things at best.

What I most like that MC never underestimate this world's Indigenous People. He tries to use various people's talent properly & effectively. MC is clever & smart. He knows very well that he is neither omnipotent nor center of the world. He is a simple catalyst for changes.

Author writes very creatively & excellently about the technological creativity & innovation, the transition from Earth technology to Magical technology and also implementation this technology to this world and the changes & consequences of this changes.

The author describe very well about people resistant to new changes, ideas and social changes.

No romance

The other characters are memorable and well developed. There are a few 'genius' characters who turn his ideas into reality and even improve upon them quite a bit. The antagonists are quite smart. Their actions are more or less logical and they actually win some of the time.

TL;DR An awesome, must read, kingdom building, tech building, political and action novel with a lot happening and a well written cast of characters


CURRENTLY IN TRIAL READING

    6 days later

    'Sword of Dawn' is to 'Release That Witch' as 'I Found a Planet' is to 'I have a Mansion in a Post Apocalyptic World'... discuss...

      burntpotato just want to know, it said that no romance. But are there any love interest? Sometimes I think no romance are okay because some people could still be intimate and cooperative with each other even when there are no romance involved. But they would still need love, trust and bonding. 😀

        GegeSadewa I’m not sure since I haven’t read it too but I guess the elf above is somewhat his companion. I’ve seen several fan arts of them together

          10 days later
          24 days later

          +1 an amazing story, I've been forced to read all the raws cause there is no translation for this novel. and just to reiterate. This novel is in no way similar to RTW other than the initial starting point. This i can guarantee

            GegeSadewa
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            gggdaughter1

            These two should be the great great great grand daughters :laughing:


            Zafarak55 yep, I figured that out after reading some reviews. I only titled the thread like that bc RTW is extremely popular here and I wanted some readers to take the bait and try TSoD mehehehe. And I also saw your picked up thread, it's good that this novel is getting more recognition here.

            BTW, someone recently picked this up for fan translation. Update is not fixed but better than nothing. You can check NU again.

            I've seen NU, but since it isn't consistent i'm hoping that qidian would pick it up. I'm sure it will gain traction since LOTM and RTW have both been successful Novels here. and Sword of Dawn has elements from both of these novels and has expanded on the concepts greatly. An added bonus is the fact that this novel has another story with an excellent background so i know i can trust this author to not leave any plot holes.

              Zafarak55
              Well, maybe it could be different from rtw and become harem novel ? Since rtw is not harem? 😅
              I dont know.... I've read another novel with the title "Novel Extra", its a korean novel, its not harem, but just like rtw it has alot of lovable female characters that we so desperately want to pair them with the MC. 😓

                This novel has no romance so far. There are female characters there's no doubt about it, but it hasnt gone to the romantical point because of the fact that the body that the MC revived into is the ancestor of the family. He is basically over 700 years old. and thus romance becomes awkward. That being said there is a chance of romance because there are creatures as old as him. Like his bodyguard half elf, and the Dragons and even the elf queen who is just as old as him. So perhaps romance can still occur but its not the main theme of this novel.

                  Zafarak55 I was thinking about that too!! Hoping it's on their translation radar right now since it already has over 800 chapters but I'll stay with fan translations first...

                  Are you talking about Record of Unusual Creatures (haven't read Xiling yet)? Cause that's mainly the reason why I trust the author too lololol. Haven't read TSoD in raw so RUC is what I based on and great reviews on NU for TSoD hype.


                  GegeSadewa I'd say there would be a lot of females around with MC but not harem, mostly as his subordinates or comic relief lol ... romance? maybe in the future hmmm like 1000+? :laughing:

                  Edit: I love TNE too. But I haven't gone back since I read up to their latest update that time, the start of the tower arc? or something lol. BUT I heard a lot of commotion during when it ended. :laughing:

                    I just love the fan arts. Hope it got like TONS though like in LOTM lolololol.

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