After forty-one days, this book was about to go premium.
I'm a newcomer, and this is also the first book I've written on Qidian. Honestly, I was a little nervous before I came here to write. People said Qidian readers were all seasoned bookworms and that it was hard for new writers and new books to stand out. I only wanted to give it a try, and hadn't even considered going premium. I'd even prepared myself for the possibility that I wouldn't get a contract.
Luckily, my editor was supportive, and all you Fellow Daoists have been so kind to me. You were generous toward a newcomer like me, and the journey from ten thousand words to fifty thousand, one hundred thousand, and now one hundred eighty thousand has left me with feelings I can hardly put into words.
Since I uploaded the first chapter of this book on May 27, every click, every recommendation ticket, and every monthly ticket from you Fellow Daoists has moved me deeply. I even kept refreshing the page and clicking into voters' profiles to look them over again and again, just to feel a little closer to you lovely readers.
Thanks to your support, the book's performance has gradually improved. Of course, compared with many big-name and established authors, my results are nothing to speak of—maybe even a flop. But for a newcomer like me, they've been a wonderful surprise.
Last week, my editor asked me to go premium. I was caught off guard and turned him down, saying I didn't have enough words yet. When he brought it up again this week, I couldn't put it off anymore.
Though I've never gone premium on Qidian before, I know that doing so marks a new milestone for a book. It's also a test of