Sadly, as expected not living up to the Novel in the least. Same with Tales of Demons and Gods and Coiling Dragons.
If you like this you really need to give the Novel a try. It's ten times better at least. The pacing and "humour" is totally off.
Maybe someone can explain to me why...
Overall this manga is great. It got certain weaknesses and certain strong points.
The first Arc is certainly the best here and got a nice Arc ending. Very emotional (at least for me)
What I would have changed though is:
The second Arc is where there are some problems...