i have to say SL4 just re-lifted my hope for SL taking this future route in general. I re-read SL1 amazing even now (Just waiting on more chapters) SL2 is decent not anything special but still not bad. SL3 complete garbage I hate the route they took and I knew It was coming to this advanced tech age because of hidden weapon then soul weapons. Its obvious that tech will advance in the span of 10,000 years (I think each sequel is dated every 1,000 or 10,000 years in the future) but the mc lost his parents for some stupid reason and has no real reason to seek out strength. It's common for civilizations to stop seeking strength when tech becomes more advanced so I get it but it bugs me still the way they wrote it. However this series reminds me of trinity war where two legends come back to modern time and tear shit up. The mc actually seems his age and isn't annoying, the problems seem reasonable and seeking strength in order to protect especially in this type of world where war seems to be brewing just well done and well written. This plot is reasonable for this time frame in this 4th gen series)