i watched the donghua and then read the manhua and finally the novel. it made sense to me but i did look up spoilers. the story starts right at xie lian's 3rd ascension so if you're a lil confused that's normal and will be cleared up after reading more :3
No, read the novel 100%. In fact, most of the time, I don't even rec the manhua. It's definitely good, but it's missing lots and lots of parts from the novel.
Is it okay to read this without having read the novel first? I know that usually the novel is always better but i wanna hear it from you guys