First Livestream: 61 Million Popularity Points! What Are They For?

[The nominees are as follows]

[Yu Xiaogang: a master of Soul Master theory, with the Martial Soul Luo Sanpao. He was renowned throughout the Soul Master World for his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul theory.]

[Bibi Dong: the pope of Spirit Hall, the youngest Titled Douluo of her era, and the leader of the continent's foremost Soul Master power.]

[Ning Fengzhi: sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the continent's greatest support-type Soul Master, and one of the principal leaders of the Upper Three Sects.]

[Dugu Bo: Poison Douluo, whose Martial Soul was the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor. He was renowned across the continent for his deadly poison and fierce combat prowess.]

[Everyone, please cast your popularity votes!]

[Rest assured, this vote is completely anonymous and cannot be traced!]

[You must vote within one minute. Failing to vote before time runs out will count as an abstention.]

[The Livestream Room will tally the popularity votes cast!]

[The countdown begins now...]

[Elite Livestream Room]

[Bibi Dong: ???]

[Ning Rongrong: Huh? Dad's on the list? That's great!]

[Ning Fengzhi: ???]

[Ning Fengzhi: Rongrong, you... Forget it. I'm your father, after all. As long as I can help you fend this off.]

[Ning Rongrong: o(╥﹏╥)o]

[Ning Rongrong: I'm so touched!]

[Dugu Bo: I'm on there too? Hmph. I'd like to see who dares vote for me. If they make me perform in this nonsense, I won't mind scattering a little poison around.]

[Gu Xingzhou: You've scared me to tears! I won't vote for you, senior, but could you give me an antidote first? We're both in the Elite Livestream Room, after all. Meeting like this must be fate!]

[Dugu Bo: You know how to play your cards, kid. I'll consider it.]

[Flender: Xiaogang, looking at this list... I'm afraid it'll be hard for you not to be picked.]

[Yu Xiaogang: ...]

[Zhao Wuji: Hey, the first time is strange, the second time is familiar. It's really no big deal. Everyone's just watching for a laugh. They won't take it seriously.]

[Yu Xiaogang: Why don't you do it, then?]

[Zhao Wuji: Ahem. That's a different matter.]

[Bibi Dong, the pope, is on the list!]

[I've heard she's a great beauty!]

[If only we could make her perform for us!]

[She's the pope of Spirit Hall. Aren't you afraid her wrath will spill over onto us?]

[What's there to fear? You can't punish everyone! The Livestream Room promised anonymity, so she won't know who voted. What, is she going to take revenge on the entire Douluo Continent?]

[She actually could... Martial Soul Awakening, rank certification, mission assignments, benefits, sect registration—all of that for Soul Masters across the continent is in Spirit Hall's hands...]

[I'm not a Soul Master!]

[???]

[Wouldn't an ordinary nobody who isn't even a Soul Master be even easier to punish?]

[Damn it! o(╥﹏╥)o]

[There's also Sect Master Ning. He's loaded. Haven't you seen everyone flooding the Ordinary Livestream Room with messages? They say that if a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple nearby verifies that you voted for Yu Xiaogang, you'll get a cash reward!]

[The fanfiction is make-believe, but the money is real! I voted right in front of a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple, and they actually paid me!]

[He could keep funding us in the future. If he gets mocked so much he stops caring, there'll be no money left to collect!]

[I don't know about the others, but we definitely can't vote for Poison Douluo. If he starts scattering nonlethal but nasty poisons everywhere, won't we be the ones who suffer?]

[So either we pick Bibi Dong, or we make Yu Xiaogang suffer a little longer...]

[I'm from a Spirit Hall Branch! His Holiness hasn't spoken, but as her subordinates, we won't tolerate you desecrating the pope like this!]

[The pope represents Spirit Hall's honor.]

[Orders have already come down from above. Since you all want to make Spirit Hall a laughingstock, none of you should expect an easy time.]

[Starting tomorrow, inspectors will be sent to watch the votes you cast. The Livestream Room's anonymity may prevent us from tracing them, but anyone who publicly shouts about voting for the pope or dares make sport of this will be punished for disrespecting a superior!]

[I'm scared to tears...]

[So... should we just make Gangzi suffer instead?]

[Countdown complete!]

[Voting for this round has ended!]

[Popularity vote results:]

[Yu Xiaogang: 50 million votes]

[Bibi Dong: 8 million votes]

[Ning Fengzhi: 2 million votes]

[Dugu Bo: 1 million votes]

[61 million people across the continent voted; the remaining 39 million abstained.]

[Yu Xiaogang won with 50 million popularity votes!]

[Today's Fanfiction Livestream has ended. Yu Xiaogang will star again in the next round. Look forward to tomorrow's livestream!]

[This livestream will close after a one-minute countdown.]

[The livestream scroll will disappear, and communication will no longer be possible.]

[Elite Livestream Room]

[Yu Xiaogang: Fifty million??!]

[Yu Xiaogang: Half the continent voted for me??!]

[Flender: Ahem... Xiaogang, your popularity is one of a kind across the whole continent.]

[Zhao Wuji: Look on the bright side, Grandmaster. You really are famous throughout the world now!]

[Dai Mubai: Exactly. Information barely reaches many remote regions and ordinary folk. Even Spirit Hall probably couldn't get everyone to care about something like this.]

[Dai Mubai: This time, everyone on Douluo Continent really does know who you are.]

[Ning Rongrong: Wonderful! Dad only got two million. Money really does make a difference!]

[Dugu Bo: These viewers know what's good for them. Still, a million fools with a death wish is a million too many.]

[Ma Hongjun: Too bad there's only one a day. That's not nearly exciting enough!]

[Ma Hongjun: Everyone on this list is a big shot we can't afford to offend. Could we get some pretty women who are easier to push around? Give us something really spicy!]

[Xiao Wu: ???]

[Xiao Wu: Hmph! You bully the weak and fear the strong!]

[Ma Hongjun: So what?]

[Xiao Wu: You'd better hope I don't run into you, or I'll beat you up!]

[Ma Hongjun: Oh, I'm so scared!]

[This livestream has closed!]

[Congratulations, host! You have completed one Fanfiction Livestream!]

[Popularity points earned this time: 61 million!]

[Popularity points currently available: 61 million!]

[Current Livestream Room level: LV1]

[When cumulative popularity points reach 100 million, the Livestream Room will automatically level up and unlock new livestream features!]

[You can spend popularity points to improve your Soul Power, Martial Soul, and Soul Rings!]

[At your current Soul Scholar rank, 1 million popularity points will raise your Soul Power by one level. At the Soul Master rank, each level requires 10 million popularity points. The higher your level, the greater the cost!]

[You can spend 100 million popularity points to give your Martial Soul a random evolution. A targeted evolution requires 1 billion popularity points!]

[You can also spend popularity points to increase the age of your Soul Rings. The popularity point costs for these increases are fixed.]

[An increase of 10 years costs 1 million popularity points!]

[An increase of 100 years costs 10 million popularity points!]

[An increase of 1,000 years costs 100 million popularity points!]

[An increase of 10,000 years costs 1 billion popularity points!]

[An increase of 100,000 years costs 10 billion popularity points!]

[You can also spend 10 million popularity points on one random draw!]

[Prizes in the pool are ranked from lowest to highest: one star, two stars, three stars, four stars, and five stars!]

[Five stars means a golden legend! A gold prize is guaranteed within 90 draws!]