I Am A Prodigy

Chapter 169: Celestial Bane Tops the Chart!

The next day…

After a full night, Celestial Bane rose from 21st place to 1st at a pace that could cause other authors to suddenly feel despair!

Along the way, countless buttocks were pierced through as Celestial Bane shot through all those placed before it to the top!¹

A new novel by a rookie suddenly made the top of the list. Countless people were sent into a daze at its progress. That was a black horse, a horse so black that the color seeped into the depth of its soul.

Terrifying!

Shocking!

The author’s corner went into an uproar!

A heated discussion around Celestial Bane had started!

“F*ck! There’s this new novel recently. Did you guys see it?”

“You’re talking about Celestial Bane, right? I’ve seen it. It’s good!”

“I didn’t find it that special. It just felt normal. That statistics must have been faked! How can someone be that terrifying?”

“I think it’s faked too. I’ll show you the data right now!”

Immediately, someone uploaded Celestial Bane’s data in the authors’ group chat.

Its collection rate went from 5,000 to 13,000 overnight! The recommendation votes went from 9,000 to 15,000!

The number of reviews went up by 300 while gifts went up by another 120!

It all happened in one night!

That kind of progress would immediately outshine countless big shots. It caused many authors to feel despair!

At the same time, Yuewen’s editorial department also burst into a scene.

It was impossible for them to miss this. Celestial Bane’s result was just too heaven-defying!

They double and triple checked the novel’s data, only to have everyone gasp in surprise. “Epic, absolutely epic. Seems like it’s the birth of a god-like author!”

“This is just too heaven-defying. Could it be a mistake from the server’s data? Are you sure this is a rookie?!”

“I’m sure. He’s definitely a rookie!”

“Damn! That’s really piercing the heavens. This is a black horse that f*cked the heavens!”

“If this goes on, he’ll rise to godly status with just this book alone!”

“This looks a little unbelievable if that’s a rookie. Could this data be faked?”

“It can’t be! I’ve checked it thrice. His data appears normal. Although it had major increments in every aspect, they were well documented. It’s the real deal!”

They discussed what had happened with the occasional gasp of surprise. After all these years of their work, it was the first time they witnessed such results!

In fact, it outshined the current big shots in Yuewen!

“Did you guys notice that this is a xianxia novel!?” One of the editors asked.

That caused many editor’s hearts to spasm. Xianxia had been unpopular for five years, yet it managed to produce such an explosive title. One that blew the skies away!

Rustle!

Their gaze immediately focused on Yogurt who kept quiet in a corner!

Yogurt swallowed a mouthful of saliva, then spoke up weakly, “Uhm…that’s the author that I contracted.”

All the editors instantly turned green with jealousy.

Envious to the max!

Yogurt had been working with the xianxia genre for such a long time, finally discovering this godly novel. That was his major break!

“Yogurt, you’re now one of the better ones. From now on, I’m the most pitiful one in the entire editorial department!” Sunny Day laughed bitterly as he threw a friendly punch at Yogurt.

‘We’ve promised to be underdogs for life, yet you’ve quietly made your break.’

“I’m just lucky,” Yogurt answered sheepishly, scratching his head.

“From now on, the xianxia genre will be a hit for some time. I’m so jealous!” The other editors came over to excitedly congratulate Yogurt.

Yogurt answered them individually. Previously no one ever bothered with the xianxia genre. Even those novels that had elements of xianxia were looked down upon.

“Yogurt, not bad. You must watch this rookie carefully. Groom him well,” said the chief editor.

From the results shown, this author had the potential to be a big shot!

For any website, big shots were precious! A big shot in the xianxia genre was all the more invaluable!

“Mm, yes!” Yogurt nodded enthusiastically. That was a major turning point in his life!

…

Long Aotian was an experienced web novel reader.

As a bookworm for the past five years, he was very picky with his novels. Only the cream of the crop could pique his attention!

He was recently suffering from a lack of books to read. A bunch of cliche novels appeared on Yuewen. It was either about systems or face slapping. It felt great to read them for killing time, but it still left his heart feeling empty.

1It was hard to find a good novel!

He was lamenting in his heart while turning on QQ Read.

QQ Read was the official novel reading site. One could communicate with the authors there and support them directly.

Writing a novel was difficult!

To be an author was even more so!

Compared to office work, being an author was like working on a rocking boat. They lacked income stability and were not covered by insurance. All they had to rely on was the one cent per chapter subscription fee to survive. Oftentimes they would not even have a proper meal. Furthermore, they had to endure their friend’s and families’ criticism of their career choice. Life was tough for them.

Reading a novel could help one relax. Long Aotian had always felt that he should do his best to support the authors!

Moreover, one cent per chapter meant that he only needed to spend a few cents a day. That was affordable!

Clicking into Claim A Mountain, Be A King, he was suddenly stunned. His face turned gloomy.

‘F*ck! Why hasn’t Rugao Under The Bridge updated his chapters!?’

‘What’s going on?!’

There was only a note to the readers saying, [I’m sorry dear readers. Celestial Bane is just too interesting. I got caught up reading it and was unable to stop. I beg your forgiveness. To those that need something to read, you can give Celestial Bane a try. I highly recommend it!]

‘WTF. He stalled his update just to read whatchamacallit Celestial Bane?!’

‘Forgive your *ss!’

‘Can that compare with your Claim A Mountain, Be A King?’

Long Aotian was extremely disappointed. He did not search for Celestial Bane but instead opened up a different novel.

As an experienced reader, he would, of course, have more than one novel in his library.

He opened up I Eat Potato’s Heaven’s Path.

‘F*ck! Why is this not updated as well?!’

It was similarly an apologetic note from the author. Even the excuse given was the same, [I’m sorry dear readers. Celestial Bane is just too interesting. I got caught up reading it and was unable to stop. I beg your forgiveness. To those that need something to read, you can give Celestial Bane a try. I highly recommend it!]

‘Celestial Bane? Just what kind of godly novel is that?’

He opened up his third book. Alluring Tomato’s The Great Ruler.

Long Aotian almost cried out loud. Even this novel halted updates because of Celestial Bane.

‘I, Long Aotian, have never felt so wronged since my childhood!’

“I must find out just what kind of monstrosity this Celestial Bane is!” Long Aotian immediately searched for Celestial Bane.

He saw the synopsis.

Celestial Bane’s synopsis managed to obtain Long Aotian’s acknowledgment. ‘Not bad. Definitely leagues better than those casual novels.’

Next, chapter one, chapter two…

With that, his entire being calmed down and was immediately immersed in the novel.

Page by page flipped by up until he saw the latest chapter. Just when he wanted to flip to the next page, he noticed that there were no more pages behind it. It showed that it was waiting for the author’s update.

‘That’s it?’

‘That short?’

Long Aotian was not willing to give up. He went back and refreshed the page once more, yet the result was the same.

“F*ck! That’s all? This is just too short!”…

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