Chapter 131: September, Here I Come

The official literature rankings updated strictly at eight o'clock every morning. Early in the morning, numerous readers were already guarding their phones, constantly refreshing the screen as they waited for the new book rankings to refresh.

The moment the clock hands pointed to eight, the rankings refreshed.

Readers who had been waiting for a long time clicked inside one after another. Fortunately, the official literature server was robust enough; otherwise, it might have triggered a small-scale crash and collapse.

New Book Rankings:
First Place: Grand Jianghu
Second Place: I Am the Emperor Lord
……
Sixth Place: The Return of the Condor Heroes
Seventh Place: New Entertainment Star
……

Boom!

Sixth place.

One must know that books in the top ten or even top twenty of the new book rankings had been published for over ten days or half a month, whereas The Return of the Condor Heroes had been published for less than a day.

It officially started serialization last night, and the rankings updated at eight o'clock the next morning. Strictly speaking, that equated to about half a day of time.

In half a day, it surged into the top ten of the new book rankings and claimed the sixth position.

With all the data laid out before their eyes, it needed no boasting, no hype; the ranking data spoke for itself.

When the rankings updated again the next day, The Return of the Condor Heroes surged into the top three, claiming the third spot on the new book rankings.

That was only a day and a half since the book's publication.

Some even predicted that within three days, the great master would take his new book to capture the number one spot on the new book rankings.

Facts proved that the great master indeed did not disappoint the readers. On the fourth day after publication, The Return of the Condor Heroes officially surged to the pinnacle of the new book rankings.

As the word count of The Return of the Condor Heroes continuously increased, and various martial arts worlds were laid out, the reputation of Condor condensed to a certain degree and directly exploded.

Both reputation and results advanced hand in hand.

With Condor sitting at the top of the new book rankings and receiving an overwhelming number of rave reviews, countless veteran readers who originally disliked martial arts hesitated and joined in, alongside a multitude of original martial arts fiction fans.

When the great master entered the martial arts circle, they had actually been somewhat repulsive and resistant to The Return of the Condor Heroes.

However, when various data were laid out right before them, those who had been waiting to watch the show could no longer resist opening The Return of the Condor Heroes and began reading.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh...

Many authors in the industry were sighing with emotion.

All-Purpose Charger: "The great master's book has directly exploded. The results and reputation are insanely good."
Sweet-Pampering Little Demon King: "Another author successfully transitioned. It makes me want to transition and write supernatural fiction too."
Little Maple Leaf: "Little Demon King, you write sweet-pampering stories, what would you write if you switched to supernatural? A romance between humans and ghosts?"
Black Wind Glass: "I read the great master's new book, and it is truly fucking good. Whether it's the plot or the writing style, what I can't forget most is the portrayal of the characters' images and personalities. It's too awesome."
Little Chicken Stewed Mushrooms: "Brothers, I've already finished writing the opening mimicking The Return of the Condor Heroes. My editor is asking me to publish the book today, but I don't have any stockpiled chapters. What should I do? Online, waiting, quite urgent."
Elephant Without a Nose: "You're always a step behind even for hot shit. I've already published ten thousand words, and you're still worrying about stockpiled chapters. But I have to admit, following the trend feels damn good."
"..."

More and more people were reading this book, and the discussions surrounding it became increasingly intense.

The review section could no longer satisfy the readers' demands. The number of thread replies dedicated to The Return of the Condor Heroes on Tieba reached several thousand.

As for Weibo and short-video platforms, there were even more netizens discussing the book. Quite a few bloggers even opened courses analyzing the secrets to the success of The Return of the Condor Heroes.

And believe it or not, they were selling rather well. Li He even went to listen to a trial lecture.

It was explained logically and plausibly, with such vivid detail that Li He almost came to feel that the original author of Condor was that lecturing "teacher."

Li He even doubted whether old master Jin Yong had as many thoughts and considerations when writing Condor as that lecturer did.

Reincarnation Paradise

I'm afraid old master Jin Yong himself didn't know his book had so many interpretations!

With the explosive popularity of The Return of the Condor Heroes, various operations cashing in on the hype emerged endlessly.

Even an eagle-breeding shop owner, in order to promote his store, specially filmed a set of videos titled The Real-Life Version of The Return of the Condor Heroes.

Later on, even the official literature's Weibo account published an article for The Return of the Condor Heroes.

Such an occurrence—official literature stepping down to speak up for a specific piece of writing—though not entirely unprecedented, was exceedingly rare.

Not even top-tier master's Zhu Xian received such treatment.

Later, insiders pointed out that it was the martial arts genre of The Return of the Condor Heroes that determined the book's special treatment in the eyes of official literature.

As everyone knew, martial arts fiction was a tradition of the Huaxia State, and internationally, it could be said to represent the Huaxia State without exaggeration.

While Xianxia was also a native web novel genre born and bred in the Huaxia State, unfortunately, it lacked the intimate familiarity of the martial arts genre.

The great master's new book, The Return of the Condor Heroes, not only pioneered a new style of martial arts writing, but also further enriched the martial arts world that had stagnated and made no progress for many years.

It further developed and enriched the pugilistic world.

With official literature publishing an article on Weibo, it further confirmed the sales and influence of the great master's new book.

Quite a few authors also felt that official literature stepping in to publish an article also factored into solidifying the great master's status.

A top-tier master's contract with Baidu Literature would certainly include the great master, but the status of a martial arts fiction master-level author could not be established merely on the strength of a master's contract.

A master's contract alone wasn't enough because the great master had too few martial arts works—only this single one. No matter how popular The Return of the Condor Heroes became, it wouldn't suffice.

However, for official literature to personally step down and publish an article, the significance represented was entirely different.

It implicitly acknowledged the great master's status as a master-level author in the martial arts circle.

If you disagree, you can go and get official literature to publish an article for your book too!

No one dared to point fingers at official literature.

With official literature releasing articles about The Return of the Condor Heroes on Weibo, it propelled Condor to an ultra-high level of popularity.

Readers burned with enthusiasm, all hoping the great master would put the book on paid subscription early, because subscription meant mass chapter updates.

For many consecutive days, discussions about Condor remained unabated. Since publishing the work, Li He hadn't paid much attention to it.

He held ultra-high confidence in The Return of the Condor Heroes; in his past life, this book could be called a martial arts classic.

In this world, it would naturally emit its own radiance, not to mention being blessed by the halo of the great master.

What Li He was currently focusing on was the September Song Battle.

Regarding the candidate participating in the Song Battle, Li He already had his choice in mind, and he cared deeply about the September Song Battle.

It would not only allow more people to know him, but also bring him closer to the goal of becoming a Gold-Medal Lyricist and Composer.

As for the songs to be published in September, Li He also had his choices. This time, he wasn't stingy at all and chose entirely private customizations.

"September, here I come!"

Li He walked into Shengshi Entertainment, bypassing the lyrics and composition department and heading straight for the recording studio.