Legend of Sword and Fairy 1 Goes Premium

"Is today New Year's Eve? It feels as lively as the New Year, boohoohoo..."

"What a line—'the road of the jianghu stretches far'! Then let this great hero join you all on this journey through the jianghu!"

"Honestly, this damn author's writing is insanely good..."

"Fifty thousand words! You've really outdone yourself, damn author!"

"Even though I think you're a total bastard, you were damn cool this time!"

"Enough nonsense. I've got my money ready. I'm going to knock Li Xiaoyao unconscious and force him to update!"

An ID called I Don't Lack Money left a comment, and within moments, the thread had stacked up hundreds of replies.

"Brother Lacks Money is awesome!"

"Brother Lacks Money is reading Legend of Sword and Fairy too? Fellow travelers!"

"Brother Lacks Money, why not drop a few Golden Alliances and crush that damn author to death?"

"Brother Lacks Money is a role model for us all!"

"I'm also planning to give a Silver Alliance. My means are limited, so I can't be as loaded as Brother Lacks Money, but I only hope the damn author can write a few more words..."

Brother Lacks Money was a third-generation rich kid. From childhood to adulthood, he had never known what it meant to lack money, and he did not even know exactly how rich his family was.

Anyway, his father said that having enough money for him to loaf around for several hundred lifetimes should not be difficult.

Ever since web novels had taken off, he had loved reading them. As long as it was a novel he liked, he would follow it from the start until completion, tipping at least ten Golden Alliances and a number of Monthly Tickets. That was why he was quite famous on the Chinese Web Novel Platform...

It had seemed like a very long time since he had read a novel like Legend of Sword and Fairy, one that gave him such a rush of excitement—the same feeling he had when he had first gotten into novels.

He felt the joys and grudges of the characters in the book alongside them, and he also thought his personality was far too much like Li Xiaoyao's: equally uninhibited and free-spirited, a romantic wanderer...

Especially those lines:

Riding the wind upon my sword, I come to vanquish demons between heaven and earth.

With wine, I roam carefree; without wine, I am mad all the same.

One drink empties rivers and seas; another swallows sun and moon...

Wasn't that soaring boldness exactly the realm he had been pursuing all along? And then there had been that Single Chapter Announcement just now!

The jianghu was far, the blue sky vast, the road boundless—wasn't that the jianghu of his dreams?

He had never read such a good novel before. Its setting was novel, and its characters leaped vividly off the page.

It was a long-lost feeling. Every day spent waiting for Legend of Sword and Fairy was agony for him, while the few minutes he spent reading after it updated were the best part of his day.

Unfortunately, it was not enough to savor. There were only around a hundred thousand words, and he had reread it over and over several times.

And that damn author never looked at the comment section. His comments and tips had received no response at all.

This time, the author had finally officially announced the premium release. Not only would there be fifty thousand words in one day, but for the next week there would be at least ten thousand words every day. That meant at least 110,000 words in a week!

Could Legend of Sword and Fairy fans handle this? How could they not burst into tears?!!

After editor Ruyi reminded him, Li Changle finally took a look at the review section. He had not realized it until he looked, but the sight gave him a shock.

There were already over ten thousand comments, while the book itself only had a little over a hundred thousand words. The comment section was now filled with joy and celebration. Everyone clearly loved Legend of Sword and Fairy...

Looking further back, there was a wall of comments urging updates, along with some people making memes. There was not the slightest bit of hostility in the review section for Legend of Sword and Fairy 1. It was very harmonious, which was good.

Sure enough, everyone was civilized, and the readers were all friendly. But when Li Changle thought about the ending of Legend of Sword and Fairy 1...

He wondered whether everyone would be able to take it...

The key was that Li Changle did not have the ability to change the ending, and he felt that tragedies were what lingered most deeply in people's hearts.

So Li Changle chose to follow the original version. He did not know whether people would really send him Razor Blades when the time came.

Li Changle remembered that several authors on Earth had received actual Razor Blades from angry readers...

At noon the next day, Legend of Sword and Fairy 1 went premium on schedule. Without further ado, Li Changle released fifty thousand words at once.

The review section exploded again, livelier than the New Year itself. Readers celebrated wildly and spread the news everywhere. Every fan group that had formed spontaneously went into a frenzied spamfest.

"Legend of Sword and Fairy has updated! Fifty thousand words! Plenty to feast on! Fellow Daoists, go read it now!"

"The damn author didn't lie to us. He kept his word!"

"Received!"

"Received!"

"This emperor has read it..."

"Me too..."

"I'll beat you to death, you idiot..."

Then the fan groups launched into an incomprehensible meme-image war.

When Brother Lacks Money saw the fifty-thousand-word update, he did not hesitate. He immediately dropped ten Golden Alliances, and the entire Chinese Web Novel Platform app was instantly flooded by red packet rain.

Besides Brother Lacks Money, several other wealthy readers feared things were not lively enough and followed suit by tipping Golden Alliances. Silver Alliances were even more numerous beyond counting.

Gifts flew everywhere across the Chinese Web Novel Platform app that day, rivaling the premium launch of a new novel by a top platinum author.

Many authors thought some big-name author had launched a new book, but when they opened the Chinese Web Novel Platform app to check...

Why the hell was this a book written by a newcomer...

Many authors took a curious look, and that one look sucked them in. They never came back out.

"Riding the wind upon my sword, I come to vanquish demons between heaven and earth..."

"So damn cool, holy shit!"

A Xianxia heavyweight named Qingfeng finished reading Legend of Sword and Fairy 1 and was still staring blankly at the final chapter.

"That's it? Why is it over already? Holy shit, it's even shorter than mine..."

Qingfeng immediately complained, then checked the time.

"Holy shit, two hours have passed? Damn it, I won't make today's update in time. Forget it, I'll take a day off and read it again. So Xianxia can be written like this. Learned something, learned something..."

Then he posted a Single Chapter Announcement asking for leave.

There would only be one update today. He had gotten so absorbed in Legend of Sword and Fairy that he had forgotten the time. This book was just too good. He strongly recommended everyone go take a look...

While asking for leave, he also took the chance to recommend Legend of Sword and Fairy. His readership was stable, so he was not afraid of losing readers.

"Damn, why are you getting shorter and shorter? This is ridiculous."

"I feel like you're about to quit writing, Qingfeng..."

"I have never seen anyone so shameless. You can't even come up with an excuse for taking leave!"

"Don't talk nonsense, the Legend of Sword and Fairy is genuinely super good. Like Qingfeng, I lost track of time the first time I read it..."

"+1. Legend of Sword and Fairy is worth it!"

"I think Legend of Sword and Fairy is super good too! I never expected Qingfeng to be a fellow traveler!"

"Me too!"

Then a large group of Qingfeng's readers who had not read Legend of Sword and Fairy 1 went over there to join the fun, adding even more heat to an already lively review section.

"Checking in. Came here because Qingfeng recommended it."

"+1"

"+1, I came because Qingfeng recommended it too!"

"This book is fucking good, even better than Qingfeng's books. Oh no, what if I defect..."

Many people became immersed in the Xianxia jianghu of Legend of Sword and Fairy 1 and could not pull themselves out. The few who did only came back to Qingfeng's side to check in.

"Qingfeng is incredible. This excuse for taking leave? Approved. Legend of Sword and Fairy 1 is fucking good!"

"This is bad, boss! A bunch of traitors have emerged among us!"

"Oh no, they haven't come back to check in. They defected. Now I want to go back and keep reading Legend of Sword and Fairy 1 too..."

"The traitor turned out to be me..."

"I produced myself?"

Qingfeng found his readers' memes amusing. Although they had gone to hype up Legend of Sword and Fairy 1, he was not worried in the slightest. They were both Xianxia novels.

Although Legend of Sword and Fairy 1 was very well written and he could not compare, he updated less! In the end, readers would still return to him.

The readers of Xianxia novels were basically the same group of people, so there would not be much reader loss. The authors of other genres were the ones who should panic...

When Ruyi and the other editors saw Legend of Sword and Fairy 1's first-day premium-release numbers, they all sucked in sharp breaths.

"Hiss, terrifying!"

On its very first day after going premium, it had received more than twenty Golden Alliances. The Silver Alliances were too numerous to count, and there was no need even to mention the Monthly Tickets.

Even if these numbers had not broken records, they were probably not far from doing so. And it was only noon—there was still half a day left!

Legend of Sword and Fairy had a chance to break the Chinese Web Novel Platform's premium-launch record!

Besides Qingfeng, many big-name authors were watching this book. Looking at the Chinese Web Novel Platform app's gift-filled pages, everyone felt that their own premium launches had somehow been different from this newcomer's.

This guy could not possibly be faking it, right? Driven by curiosity, a group of authors chose to see what kind of magic a novel possessed to receive so much support the moment it went premium.

Two hours later, Legend of Sword and Fairy had gained several more Silver Alliances...

Some top authors began questioning their lives. Web novels could be written like this? They had learned something. It was fucking good, and they could not resist tipping it themselves.

At that moment, the group chat for top authors was also ablaze.

"Have you guys read that Legend of Sword and Fairy?"

"Could this author have switched over from writing physical novels? He's too incredible!"

"I think so too! He's a newcomer, but even I feel inferior to his writing!"

"Me too!"

"Say no more. I couldn't help tipping a Silver Alliance myself. I didn't even tip my own book back then..."

A platinum author named Ziyang was drawn out by the commotion.

"Holy shit, Yang God, you're platinum! Even you feel inferior!?"

"I can only say this guy is pretty amazing. Hehe, but his novel and setting are both very interesting. I learned something. I've already got plans for my next book. Enough talking, I'm going to write an outline..."

"Yang God is awesome!"

"I also think this newcomer author is amazing. Does anyone have his contact information? Pull him into the group so everyone can exchange ideas. He'll definitely become a platinum author in the future..."

"It seems like he's only spoken a few times in Single Chapter Announcements and has never posted anything in the comment section..."

"What a shame, but this novel really is good."

"This guy's setting is not just well done—his prose is good too. Those two poems in his novel and Single Chapter Announcements, could anyone here write them?"

"I don't think I could."

"Neither could I."

"Me too!"

"Do you need to know how to write poetry to write novels now? That's way too competitive..."

"Are newcomers this fierce these days? How are old-timers like us supposed to survive, boohoohoo..."

Legend of Sword and Fairy had become a hit! It was a huge hit on the Chinese Web Novel Platform and was faintly beginning to spill over onto other platforms. After reading it, many people recommended it to friends around them.

Seeing the steadily increasing Monthly Tickets and tips, Li Changle knew that Legend of Sword and Fairy 1 was secure. It gave him even more confidence. Sure enough, things that had succeeded on Earth could become huge hits here too.

Tonight, he would add another dish!

With numbers this good, he ought to raise a big cup in celebration! Li Changle thought happily.

If only Wang Siyi were here too. She would definitely eat more.

Li Changle froze. Why had he thought of that woman again? It was truly strange.

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