This is a collection of reviews about the books I've read so far :)

Translator: Khan
Editor: Aelryinth


Writer's Reviews:

First of all, I would like to thank you. Thanks to the readers, who read my lack of writing; I have finished my fourth book! I'll always remember that.

As I said earlier, this is my fourth book, and I still don't think writing a novel is easy. I always feel this. Personally, I started to feel weak around the 150th chapter. It has not been easy to write since then. I thought it would be better to take six books from the beginning or divide them into two parts and take a break. 

This time, I wrote a series, but I couldn't handle it in the second half. I'm sorry about that. I used to post it on the day I finished my epilogue, but this work has been so hard that I had to take a day off.

It has been the most popular piece of my writing, and at the same time, it was the most regretful piece of work. After writing and posting, I always thought 'I should write something like this,' or 'I should try to develop something like this,' or 'I could write something more specifically here,' or 'I'd like to reduce that a little bit.' 

I work for a company, but I've tried to write, edit, and post it on the Munpia. It has not been easy. When I was writing my previous Master Hunter K, it was really easy to write because I had no job then. I think it was difficult this time because I was always running out of time.

The future news of this article I originally thought of about a year ago. When I wrote my previous novels, I used a theme of going back to the past, a time shift, but I've never written about a future foreseeing, so I made a decision to write this genre if I could. We had a contest in April in Munpia, so I participated in it with this novel.

The motive was a horror cartoon based on future news, which I saw when I was in elementary school. My memory was dim, but in the animation, the main character had a paper newspaper every day, and it had the future news. I decided to convert it into something that would be in line with the Internet news standard.

As you can see, I took the League of Legends rating except for the last two, and Editor and Publisher. I thought they were the sources that I'd take to the end. As the abilities grew, I conceived the idea of the character's power and assets growing together, and I wrote it on the basis of that, before the last two grades.

The last two rating scenarios, the U.S.-China nuclear war, and the rare cancer of his son, were actually must-not subjects in web fiction writing, but I chose them as subjects to showcase the power of the last two parts. In the first place, the main character was so strong that I couldn't pull the story out unless it was that special. It was not bad to finish at around a hundred eighty episodes, but I still had leftover material. So I tried to use it without paying any attention to my grades, since it was material that I would like to release, and a scenario that I wanted to use. I am satisfied, but I'm a little sorry to those of you who have dropped out on the way. 

By getting the last two ratings, the main character has a pure divine ability. Some of you worry about chaos or confusion at the end of the story, but it's just a part that I put in as a cautionary note that the power of this kind of manipulation is so strong that it could destabilize the world if he mismanages it. If the probability is not limited, he can pop his fingers a few times and destroy the world. The main character, Han Sang-hoon, has a pretty wife, a daughter and a son, so he will use it carefully.

From April to November... I feel relieved but sorry to have finished the series after more than half a year. I think I wrote it in my previous reviews that when I was in middle school and high school, I used to read genre novels, but I haven't read any genre novels in the ten years since then. A few years ago, when web novels appeared, I thought there was this new kind of novel, and I became a reader, and a writer, and then wrote four books.

I'm sure many of you remember the genre novels of ten years ago, but there weren't many contemporary fantasies of this kind at that time. Most of the time, I read pure fantasies, martial arts novels, and so on. So, I was going to write that kind of pure fantasy. It's been ten years since I came to the web fiction world, and I found that all the pure fantasies were dead, and there were only a fusion or a modern fantasy. Since the pure fantasy was not popular at all, I tried to write a modern fantasy to see if my writing would work or not.

That's how I have written three novels so far. Except for Master Hunter K, there has been a reversal of the order of host and guest. So, the next novel will go back to its original version, and even if I can't write a pure fantasy, it will go toward a fusion fantasy. Originally, I announced that I would release my next novel as a game fantasy. Due to the nature of the genre novel, I don't think I need to use the game format. So, I'm going to go to a fusion fantasy similar to the previous Master Hunter K.

Now, when I think about it, I think it's a personal achievement and a lucrative hobby. But now I've won a big prize after writing this novel, and I've changed my mind a little bit after getting too much love from you. It is no longer right to write with such amateurish ideas. I will reduce my stubbornness a little bit, and get closer to my readers with a little more professional writing, for the fun of my readers.

So, I'll return to you with the next novel, which reflects that aspect. It's something that readers might like more. In a month or two, after recovering my physical and mental strength, I'll be back after I'm finished with the idea of my next novel.

Thank you so much again for reading so far!

See you in the next novel!

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Editor's Note: And so the novel is completed! It's been interesting to read along as I edit it, and get drawn into what originally seemed to be another money-grabbing 'I've got a cheat' fantasy. I have to say I enjoyed the aspects of him administering justice with his power more then how he accumulated it.
Khan has already been assigned another novel, and will be working on bringing up his bank before it begins to come out again on Webnovel.
(Shameless Plug) I have been publishing a novel here on Webnovel, https://www.webnovel.com/book/12401523305390805/The-Power-of-Ten%3A-Sama-Rantha
I'm up over two hundred fifty chapters written. It's more in the fantasy/gamer vibe, but with a very different spin on things in the moral area. Come join Sama Rantha on her road to Ten!

A very ordinary white collar worker, Han Sang Hoon.
One day, he came late to work and there he finds a strange destiny called [12 Hours After]

Pei Qian felt a little faint.
I had done Hardcore Reviews to fool Lin Chang; why had this suddenly become the inspiration for Fei Huang Workspace? 
Huang Sibo did not notice Boss Pei's astonishment as he continued to talk about the ideas that had exploded in his and Zhu Xiaoce's heads after they had watched Hardcore Reviews.
Digital reviews were up and coming now.
In the foreseeable future—as domestic consumption increased continuously with all sorts of digital products being developed, more ordinary consumers would start paying attention to reviews on such products.
Doing such reviews could attract the attention of fans as well as create possible sponsored partnerships with developers. As long as a balance could be sustained, viewership and material profits could both be garnered.
The inspiration Huang Sibo and his team had received from Hardcore Reviews was specifically regarding the format of reviews.
Presently, most review programs domestically were focusing their efforts on making serious videos where the product reviews and tests were done with increasing complexity with the usage of detailed specifications and figures. They were all trying to showcase their professionalism.
Previously, this was what Huang Sibo and company had thought of doing as well.
As Fei Huang Workspace lacked the professional expertise in this area, they had not thought of doing such product review shows; they couldn't compete on these grounds with other reviewers.
However, after watching Hardcore Reviews, Huang Sibo suddenly realized something.
Even if a certain level of professionalism wasn't reached, that was fine!
Hardcore Reviews seemed to have blazed its own trail. While everyone else was seriously reviewing digital products according to their specifications and using all sorts of data and figures, Hardcore Reviews had used a more unorthodox method to inform viewers of many other aspects of these products. 
For example, a cell phone's degree of waterproofing, whether it could withstand heavy impact or not, whether the internal mechanisms could be tampered with or not…
Although there wasn't any professionalism involved, viewers were very happy with Hardcore Reviews; viewership was actually even higher than many professional reviews.
Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce realized something from this: professional reviews might not necessarily be the best reviews!
Of course, it didn't hurt to be more professional. After all, the more professional a video was, the less the content of the video could be criticized. People would be impressed by it.
However, if professionalism was overemphasized, the videos might no longer be of interest to the average doe. Viewers would be confused and baffled just by watching them.
Many viewers actually weren't particularly concerned with some specific figures or data; even if they knew about these, it would be hard for them to grasp what exactly these numbers meant.
Conversely, reviews that were more subjective and more emotive might be more readily acceptable by them. 
Hardcore Reviews had adopted this direct presentation method. It had used a table knife to hack at the rear cover of phones; the harder it was to smash the cover, the better the phone. This was a much more direct and acceptable way of showing the durability of a cell phone rather than a truckload of technical information.
Hence, after Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had done their research, they had decided to combine short videos with digital product reviews and for this to be the new direction for Fei Huang Workspace!
Two main reasons had led to this decision.
First, Fei Huang Workspace's documentary filming experience had racked in significant losses. Boss Pei had to step in to cover the deficit. All Fei Huang Workspace employees had felt a little dejected and that they had let Boss Pei down.
Hence, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce decided that they had to find a way to start generating profits.
Digital product reviews were one of the best ways to do so. Occasional sponsored partnerships that were not overdone and did not involve false advertisements or lying to people could work. Adding to that—if viewers could participate in lucky draws as well, this model would be feasible.
Second, short videos were a forte of Fei Huang Workspace. Boss Pei's Daily Life had attained explosive success, and Zhu Xiaoce had already proved his mettle at persistently producing creative ideas for short videos as the director.
Compared to other platforms and companies, Fei Huang Workspace's short videos were more professional and interesting; this was a core advantage.
Huang Sibo was very excited as he elaborated on Fei Huang Workspace's future plans.
Pei Qian heard Huang Sibo talk as his heart suddenly grew cold.
Darn it; I knew that this call would not be anything good!
Pei Qian had not expected that a product review program he had casually created had given Huang Sibo and company such inspiration? Who could have predicted this?
However, Pei Qian calmed down and thought about this. He felt that things were not as bad as they seemed yet.
Digital products were being developed at such a fast pace while product review channels and programs abounded. Although it was still flourishing, all sorts of review programs were surfacing at lightning speed; the competition was extremely intense. 
After all, since Huang Sibo and company could see prospects in digital product reviews, others could as well.
The barriers to entry for digital product reviews were not high.
Even an ordinary consumer could buy some digital equipment, play around with it, take a look at its specifications, and then speak about his real-life experiences using it. This could also become an episode on its own.
Furthermore, Huang Sibo and company's rivals would have a wealth of experience and various review programs already.
Under these circumstances—while Fei Huang Workspace might be able to make a name for itself, whether it would be a persistent hit or not was unknown.
Moreover, Fei Huang Workspace embarking on the filming of digital product reviews in the form of short videos would be better than them taking on some other easy money-making opportunity. For example, by making another short film series like Boss Pei's Daily Life.
All in all, the digital product reviews field was very deep and wide.
What's more—for Pei Qian, the massive loss-making machine that was Upwind Logistics was almost going to start business. Even if Fei Huang Workspace made some minor profits, that would not affect his grand loss-making scheme.
Thinking about this, Pei Qian nodded and said, "Alright, I'll support you guys. However, you all have to remember something: treasure Fei Huang Workspace's reputation. Don't force yourselves into taking unseemly sponsored partnerships, alright?
"Rest assured, Boss Pei, we understand!' Huang Sibo happily hung up the call.
… 
… 
August 7th…
Lu Mingliang reported to Pei Qian the first major decision he had made as CEO of Upwind Logistics. He had changed the delivery shifts for Upwind Courier stations' express deliverymen.
Considering that their customer base was mainly working adults who weren't at home most of the day, each express deliveryman would be responsible for a separate shift. One would take the morning shift from 6am to 3pm while the other would take the night shift from 2pm to 11pm.
As the night shift might be more tiring, additional remuneration would be provided.
The two express deliverymen could also rotate the shifts to prevent any implications to their health from working the night shift for an extended time.
This way, working adults could choose to have their deliveries done either early in the morning or later at night; this would be better than the previous time slots available.
Besides this, Lin Canrong had also reported to Pei Qian that the high-end restaurant's preparation works have basically been completed.
Pei Qian was very pleased by this high efficiency.
Lin Canrong had registered the name of the restaurant as Ming Yun Private Kitchen as the restaurant was in Ming Yun Villas while it was more like a private kitchen type of restaurant.
Pei Qian felt that the name was rather nice. As he didn't intend for the restaurant to have a signboard or the sorts, he didn't mind the name at all.
He just wanted to go and have a meal there!
After the selection of 'best employee' on August 1st, Pei Qian had long thought of the reason for this round's company-paid gathering and meal.
The commendation of the outstanding employee as well as a send-off.
Bao Xu had already done up his visa applications with much regret and was about to embark on his overseas, fully-funded travels while Lu Mingliang had also started work at Upwind Logistics.
This gathering was a good chance to also signal that Tengda Games was moving into its third phase after Huang Sibo and then Lu Mingliang had been the chief planners. 
… 
… 
Ming Yun Private Kitchen…
Lin Wan stood at the entrance and looked curiously inside. She had not expected that a quality private kitchen existed among the deserted and isolated villas here!
From the exterior, this place did not look extraordinary at all; it was just a normal villa within Ming Yun Villas. While its decorations might be slightly more lavish than other villas, it didn't particularly stand out.
Although it was a private kitchen, it did not have a signboard at all; there didn't seem to be other diners as well.
As she continued walking inside, the seven-meter-high hall had a huge long table decked out with exquisite cutlery and plating; it felt like a banquet dinner in some European palace.
The service staff looked sharp and were serving dish after dish of delicacies.
A total of fifty-seven people had come to Ming Yun Private Kitchen this time. This included the core employees from Tengda Games as well as from its subsidiaries Shang Yang Games, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Logistics, and Fei Huang Workspace.
In other words, all that had been invited by Boss Pei this time were all talents that he had high hopes for!
As Lin Wan was after all the director of Shang Yang Games now, she naturally was on the name list as well.
This villa had three floors with the largest space being the living room on the first floor. More than twenty people could sit at a long table. As the ceiling was seven meters high, the entire space did not feel cramped or pressurized at all. 
The long table was custom-made and seemed to only be used for such special occasions. Normally, a few small tables lined the hall.
All the other rooms had been redesigned into private rooms. As for who sat in the main hall and who sat in the private rooms; it was all free and easy. Pei Qian only wanted everyone to eat more and spend more money. He wasn't that particular about who sat where.
As everyone more or less knew each other, they didn't need to stand on formalities and could just sit and eat. Some people had not met each other for a long time due to work. Huang Sibo and Bao Xu, for example, were using this opportunity to catch up.
Huang Sibo told Bao Xu about his plans for the new short videos on digital product reviews while Bao Xu was sharing his woes about having to go on another paid overseas trip again.
"Everyone, eat to your hearts' delight; don't stand on ceremony. Whoever doesn't eat his fill today is saying that he has a work attitude problem!"
Pei Qian spoke as he watched the expensive dishes that were being served from the kitchen one by one; he was over the moon.
Many of these exorbitant dishes had been prepared according to the recipes of some celebrity chefs. Dishes such as 'crocodile tail soup' and 'sake with abalone', etc. cost four to five thousand a portion.
The black and white-grade caviar that everyone had was worth two thousand a portion. With fifty-seven people present, that was instantly more than a hundred thousand spent. 
Of course, Pei Qian bringing his own employees to eat here was essentially like putting money from his left hand into his right. Nevertheless, the cost price of these ingredients was going to cost him.
These top-grade ingredients were sourced from all over the country; some even had to be ordered from overseas and transported with haste using special services. Boss Pei himself was going to fork out this money.
Furthermore, he also had to pay for many top-grade chefs and quality service staff. These together with the private kitchen's daily expenses were all coming from Boss Pei.
Hence, although he was having a meal at his own restaurant, he had to fork out quite a bit.
The Swan Lake Restaurant company dinners in the past were incomparable to this place.
Pei Qian estimated that at the rate they were eating tonight, even the cost of the raw ingredients itself would be about four to five thousand per head; that would be around three hundred thousand for all those present.
Although that didn't seem much at first glance, every little made a mickle while one's fortune could be consumed if one just did nothing. As long as everyone continued to eat like this to their hearts' content, they would someday make Boss Pei a poor man!
Lin Wan had thought that this was an ordinary gathering. After tasting a few dishes, she realized she was completely wrong!
Previously, all gatherings had been at Swan Lake Restaurant. That was already the highest-class buffet in the entire Jingzhou City and naturally had some pricier dishes.
However, that meal costs around four hundred per head.
Lin Wan thought that the dishes there weren't considered poor; however, they also weren't the best and at most could be said to be of standard.
The dishes in Ming Yun Private Kitchen, however, were of quality many times better than Swan Lake Restaurant's!
Even Lin Wan herself seldom could taste such delicacies!
Beyond that, the restaurant's decor and atmosphere were also very pleasing to Lin Wan. The dining table, cutlery, and decorations were all very exquisite and matched perfectly with the dishes served. The whole dining experience was elevated to its peak.
All the service staff were polite while the service was attentive and yet not intrusive. When she asked a few questions occasionally, they would also answer fluently; they evidently had been rigorously trained.
All in all, this place was better than Swan Lake Restaurant in all aspects!
"Jingzhou actually had such a restaurant? Why have I not known about this?" Lin Wan was a little curious.
Seated next to her, Assistant Xin held onto her red wine and answered, "Boss Pei had just opened this place himself. Putting Jingzhou aside, this type of restaurant is probably also rare in Beijing and Shanghai."


I really just want to lose money! T_T
Best boss ever, prodigy of the business world, genius creator, visionary of the century.
These are the descriptions used for Pei Qian, President of Tengda Corporation.
Ever since his rebirth, Pei Qian finds himself in possession of a system that rewards him if he manages to lose money.
Instantly, a brilliant idea comes to mind — making crappy games!
"If the game flops, all my investment cost will be lost!"
"How difficult can it be to lose money?"
Indeed... how difficult can it be?
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This book is highly popular in China and has set off a new trend. Webnovel has very high expectations for this book and has gotten the author to refine the first chapter as an exclusive for global readers. We hope everyone will enjoy reading it.


Zhang Zian was busy the whole day and now it was almost time for him to go to bed. 
Zhang Zian had been exhausted throughout the day, but now that he knew the elves' lives could be extended, his tiredness vanished completely. However, he hadn't told the news to Old Time Tea or the other elves yet. As Pi had said, it wasn't the right time. If he hastily told the news to everyone, they would be too expectful. The reality might be too disappointing. For that reason, they might as well not know about it in the first place. 
Even if the lifetime of the elves really could be extended infinitely, the elves had to go through an extremely difficult process to do so. Judging from Pi's stern expression as it read the untitled book, Zhang Zian figured that this may be his biggest challenge and trial since he downloaded the Pet Hunter game.
Although he couldn't understand the untitled book, whether it was the Hyperwebster Dictionary, The Book of Sand, or a fantasy book from another civilization in the universe, he was still very grateful for it. Without it, he wouldn't have found out about such reassuring and hopeful news.
The elves had fallen asleep, one after the other. Before going to sleep, Richard had been very active that night, as if everything put him in a good mood. Zhang Zian had to hang it upside down to calm it down. 
When everyone was in bed, Pi was still sitting in front of the computer, typing away.
"Pi, did the noise bother you?" Zhang Zian came over and asked. He knew how annoying Richard and Snowy Lionet were.
Pi shook its head no.
"Well, we're all going to bed now. Please go to sleep as soon as you finish writing." Zhang Zian brought over a small desk lamp. The lamp light was turned away from the bedroom, so it wouldn't affect anyone's sleeping.
He didn't plan on telling Pi what he was doing later, because he wasn't sure whether he would be successful or not. He didn't want Pi to be disappointed after giving it so much hope. 
Pi grinned and nodded.
Zhang Zian glanced at the elves again. After confirming that each elfin was in its correct place, he turned off the ceiling light. 
With the light from the desk lamp and his own nightlight, he laid on his bed and stared at the ceiling, listening to Pi type. He thought about the elves' lives for a while, and then thought about the situation of Uncle Li's diner. He tried to allow all of his thoughts to occupy his mind and keep himself from falling asleep.
About an hour later he heard a click, and the fan noise from the laptop disappeared. Pi turned off the desk lamp and the room grew darker. It climbed into the basket hammock chair to go to sleep.
Zhang Zian kept his eyes open for a while, and almost fell asleep. He pinched his thighs to keep himself awake. 
He looked up and guessed that Pi had already fallen asleep. Then, he grabbed his cell phone by his pillow and opened the Qidian app.
That day, as he watched Pi write, he had secretly browsed the Internet on his cell phone, trying to find out what the amazing reading lists were.
After he finished researching, he knew that reading lists were an important supplement to the Official Recommendation Spots from the Qidian website. A reading list was created by an individual, who would list his or her favorite books and the reasons why they would recommended those books on their list. If other readers agreed with the owner's suggestions, they would start following the creator of the list. The reading list owners were similar to bloggers who reviewed digital products on video websites, and the digital products recommended by bloggers tended to receive more attention. Some reading list owners even had tens of thousands of followers. 
After careful searching, Zhang Zian discovered that the reading list owners were roughly divided into two categories. One type introduced and reviewed each book in great length, while the other kind of reading list owners introduced each book with only one sentence. The former type attracted much more followers than the latter. After all, through the detailed evaluations and introductions, the readers could tell that the reading list owners had put in a lot of work into every book. 
That day, he had mentally noted the reading list owners' IDs who wrote long book reviews and then went to the comment sections of their lists. He first ruled out the most popular reading list owners, because in their comment sections, numerous authors or authors who pretended to be readers were promoting their own books. Those reading list owners wouldn't be able to read all the books being recommended to them, even if they tried to read 24 hours a day.
As for the reading list owners that attracted fewer followers, their comment sections were basically empty. It wouldn't be helpful for Zhang Zian to advertise Pi's novel in those lists. 
After more research, he targeted a reading list owner who had the tenth most followers. The ID name of the reading list owner was Morning Gorilla Star, who was mentioned by the author of Diplomats of the Underworld. 
Morning Gorilla Star had written down his requirements about posting advertisements in his comment: Do not copy and paste your ads. I will promote urban novels that have no or only one female protagonist.
Zhang Zian felt relieved when he read these requirements. He was extremely popular with women, and many cute girls were desperately hoping to be his girlfriend. Pi had just hidden this fact while writing the novel based on the life in Zhang Zian's pet shop. Therefore, Pi's novel had managed to meet Morning Gorilla Star's requirements.
Advertising was like sending resumes to hiring managers. The key points of the novel must be written as concisely as possible. What was the highlight of Pi's novel? It certainly wasn't that the protagonist didn't have a girlfriend! 
He typed on his phone: Can I promote my own book? The title of the book is Pet King. The protagonist, who is the owner of a pet shop, downloads a game that can capture elves. Together with the elves, he witnesses the growth of the pet shop. There is no female protagonist in this book. 
He thought it over and added "Currently" in front of the sentence, "There is no female protagonist in this book." Then, he satisfyingly clicked the "Send" button.
After sending the message, Zhang Zian repeatedly refreshed the comment section and anxiously waited for a reply from the reading list owner, just like a job seeker who was constantly refreshing emails and nervously waiting for replies after sending out his resume. Zhang Zian had read the books recommended by Morning Gorilla Star, and all the books were well-written. Perhaps Morning Gorilla Star wouldn't think Pi's novel was good enough. However, Zhang Zian hoped that Morning Gorilla Star, who had read countless books, could at least tell him why Pi's novel failed to be recommended by him. In that case, Zhang Zian could help Pi revise the novel. Zhang Zian was acting like a job seeker who was close to starving to death and desperately needed a job, whatever the job was, to feed himself.
Since it was nearly one o'clock in the morning, the owner had probably gone to bed already. Watching his comment drowning in other comments from authors promoting their own books, Zhang Zian couldn't help but sigh in dismay.
Perhaps he sighed too loud, because Zhang Zian heard a squeaking sound come from the hammock chair. It sounded like Pi had turned over.
He locked his phone screen and waited a little longer. He didn't unlock his phone until there wasn't any more sounds coming from the chair.
What should he do?
He was very sleepy. Should he wait till the reading list owner woke up and try advertising again? 
No, he shouldn't wait. Tomorrow, Pi would receive its first Minor Recommendation Spot. If its novel failed to be ranked in the top three or top four spots, it might never have a chance to receive a recommendation again.
With that thought, he decided to advertise on another reading list. Advertising was just like begging, and as long as he could swallow his pride now, he would gradually become thick-skinned. 
This time, he lowered his expectations by moving his attention from the reading list owners with tens of thousands of followers to ones with hundreds of followers, hoping that some of them hadn't fallen asleep yet.
Zhang Zian noticed that there was one whose ID was Yang Chenkong. In his reading list, Yang Chenkong wrote reviews with thousands of words for each book and offered many thoughtful insights. However, Yang Chenkong only had a mere 3,000 followers. Would it really be useful to advertise in this list?
Zhang Zian desperately went to the comment section. To his surprise, he saw that this reading list owner was still online, discussing his opinions with his friends about a certain book. 
Zhang Zian hadn't read the book that they were talking about. However, from reading their conversation, Zhang Zian felt as if he had read it and learned about its successes and failures. From observing, Zhang Zian could tell that Yang Chenkong was very professional. 
For some reason, the comment section of his reading list was blank and had no advertisements. Zhang Zian chuckled to himself. He could take advantage of this rare opportunity to advertise. 
There were some basic rules of advertising for all reading lists. Unlike like people who put advertisements in bathrooms,  book-promoting advertisements couldn't be randomly posted. Each reading list owner had different requirements for advertisements. For example, Morning Gorilla Star had explicitly stated that he would only recommend novels with no or one female protagonist. Yang Chenkong, however, had a wide range of book choices. Except for supernatural novels, Yang Chenkong basically read every genre. 
However, the most difficult thing was that the list owner didn't specify which book genres he would recommend, and Zhang Zian didn't know how to cater to his preferences. After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Zian rewrote the message that he had sent to Morning Gorilla Star. He deleted the sentence "Currently, there is no female protagonist in this book." He added, "Feel free to read the sample chapters, but don't blame me if you're poisoned (Translator's Note: Read and Poison sound the same in Chinese)," hoping that his self-deprecating tone would draw Yang Chenkong's attention. 
After clicking "Send", he was too tired to repeatedly refresh the comment section as he did before. It was almost half past one in the morning, and he would need to get up early that day.
Putting down his cell phone, Zhang Zian lay down flat on the bed. Soon, he was half-awake and half-asleep, and he would completely fall asleep at any moment. 
In the darkness, Pi had been watching him the whole time. It had barely moved, except to slightly change its posture after its legs started to get numb.
Pi had always known about Zhang Zian's actions. It could tell from Zhang Zian's exhaustion. 
Since Zhang Zian was so tired, it wouldn't matter if he did these things later, right?
Pi opened its mouth and silently imitated the shape of someone saying "thank you."
What?
Zhang Zian thought he heard something. It seemed like someone was talking to him. He barely could open his eyes. His drowsiness was as heavy as a mountain, pressing down on his eyelids.
He looked around and found nothing out of the ordinary. He unlocked his phone screen and saw that it was past two in the morning. 
Since he hadn't logged out from the Qidian app yet, he clicked open Yang Chenkong's comment section, the second reading list owner he advertised on that night, hoping to find Yang Chenkong's review on Pi's novel. However, he found no review, and saw that the advertisement he had posted was gone.
No wonder the comment section was so empty. As it turned out, Yang Chenkong deleted all of the advertisements in his comment section. Zhang Zian's efforts were again all in vain. 
He couldn't keep his eyes open anymore. He shoved his cell phone under his pillow and fell asleep.


1. Download a suspicious game
2. Catch a few magical pets as partners
3. Go through interesting daily routines and lead the pet shop to a whole new level

From what I've been seeing, there are multiple books on this site with manipulated reviews. Bad reviews have been deleted and thus the books themselves appear better. Although I can understand that a review made based on ~10 chapters of a book with over 1,000 chapters may not be accurate, it is still an opinion. 

People keep on saying that authors are deleting reviews, but as far as I can tell, I do not have that ability (it might also just be because I'm not partnered). Maybe those reviews are being reported as inaccurate by fans (yeah probably not). 

The only thing that deleting reviews does is angering the reviewers. On a site like Webnovel, where everyone can review a book an almost infinite number of times, it's just a matter of time before such a book is flooded with bad reviews. 

Advice for Webnovel, don't reward reviews with xp and limit the amount of reviews per book. A review is something that should be taken seriously and I find it highly unlikely that anyone would be willing to read a new book every single day (at least for an extended period of time).

Feel free to leave any kind of comment you want from questions to facts/spam.

A mishmash of random things. 
Daily chapter guaranteed.
Currently every new chapter will be focusing on a random topic. I will try my best to keep them interesting and short. 

(Pretty certain there's no duplicate content)

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Of course, Bai Muchuan would not force her to go to the hospital to see a dead body.
It was just that she was always very keen to follow him to crime scenes all along. Her sudden change of attitude baffled him.
"Nothing happened to you, right?" He couldn't help asking.
"Hm? Of course I'm alright." Xiang Wan smiled. She knew that he was busy and did not want to affect him. "It's just that I'm having so much ideas right now when I think of continuing my story. I'm writing my update for today. Let's talk when you come back."
"Alright then!" Bai Muchuan was indeed busy. Before they ended the conversation, he told her to take care of herself.
Xiang Wan was alone in her bedroom and looked out of the window into the dark sky quietly. The next moment, she suddenly got up and dashed to the windows and pulled the curtains…
Her behavior should be a kind of psychological disorder. And she knew that.
The fear that lingered in her when she was alone.
When she gazed at the dark shadows of the trees, she felt as though there was a pair of eyes on them.
If this were to go on, she would seriously doubt if she was suffering from schizophrenia.
It's all that crazy, lunatic ID's fault!
Why did this person have to say all these peculiar stuff? Now, she was so affected by those words that she had become paranoid.
But earlier on when she was writing her update, she did a search on the book reviews and comments page but that mysterious ID did not leave anything new.
Hence, it was difficult for her to pin the deaths of Zhou Dequan and his wife on that mysterious ID. She did not dare to think about that comment where "if she did not update for a day, someone will be killed every day until she published a new chapter"—if that comment was really a coincidence?
No matter what, the best choice in front of her was to update her story daily.
It was because of Zhou Dequan's death that she decided to continue writing her novel.
If it was because of the mysterious ID that caused the deaths—if she updated her story, she should not be faced with similar incidents again? She hoped.
Hence, Xiang Wan really put in a lot of effort on the first chapter after her discontinuation, so much so that she felt especially tired as well.
There was a reason why there was a saying "practice makes perfect". For the past few days that she did not write her story, she needed a lot of time to get back the momentum and feeling.
At the opening of her chapter, she wrote: If the soul is left in the darkness, then sins will be committed. Then, she added her own question: "So, is your heart completely dark?"
She used the word "your" as well as the question mark.
She did not know who she had directed this question to. She could not even confirm if such a person existed…
She continued the story of the female college student who died at the Avenue of Stars to the death of the key suspect till the end of the chapter.
Finally, she named the title of the chapter as "Death of Sin". After she uploaded the chapter, she was finally relieved.
She was as if paralyzed as she leaned against her chair and looked up at the ceiling.
People who tend to think too much had a higher tendency to lead a more tiring life. Xiang Wan was exactly like that.
During the time when Bai Muchuan was not at home, she had thought of many things: real incidents, wild speculations and some of her own deductions. Eventually, she assembled all of these thoughts into a huge, professional chain of evil.
The more she thought about it, the more excited she was. When it was around 2:00 a.m., she got up from her bed and recorded down all these thoughts.
A good memory is inferior to a poor quality pen. Xiang Wan always had the habit of taking down notes or jotting down ideas and experiences.
In doing so, she spent more than an hour to finish writing down her thoughts.
Bai Muchuan still had not come back yet?
After a moment of silence, Xiang Wan wore her slippers and walked out of her bedroom quietly.
The living room was empty. Bai Muchuan's bedroom was empty as well.
He must have been too caught up with work that he had no time to sleep or he was sleeping inside the police car to make do for the night?
Sleeping inside the police car was also considered a common occurrence amongst the detectives.
The detectives had their way of spying and following the suspects. Sometimes, when they wanted to preserve their energy, they would also take turns to take naps. Even though Bai Muchuan was the captain, he never used his authority but were always at the front fearlessly, leading his subordinates.
Therefore, everyone's opinion of him when he first arrived in Hongjiang District changed from the "opinionated" second generation wealthy kid with some influential background to a selfless and noble captain.
The next day, Xiang Wan got up early to prepare breakfast.
She saw that the chapter she uploaded during the wee hours had been published and checked out her reviews and comments page with an uneasy heart.
The unexpected appearance of a new chapter was as though dropping a bomb into the water and the fish inside appeared at the surface of the water—many readers appeared and left comments.
New readers, old readers, and not-so-new readers showed up at the reviews and comments page. They were immersed in the joy of seeing the novel alive again and had forgotten about their anger when Xiang Wan put up the discontinuation notice. All of them were welcoming her back to the big family of online literature.
The reviews and comments page was filled with pleasant comments and well wishes.
Xiang Wan was comforted by the friendly atmosphere.
In this world, the majority of people are kind. The truly caustic and rude ones belonged to the minority.
With this in mind, Xiang Wan specially made an announcement.
First of all, she apologized sincerely for the discontinuation. She also said that if there were no unforeseen circumstances, she would definitely update steadily.
She had thought that by saying that, it could be considered a guarantee. But the words "unforeseen circumstances" invoked the readers' curiosity and doubts.
After the announcement was published in less than 10 minutes, more than 10 comments appeared and were all asking her what did she mean by "unforeseen circumstances"…
Xiang Wan was amused by the enthusiasm her readers displayed.
She replied: "If I'm dead, or someone died because of me."
After she sent the reply, she looked at the time, quickly turned off her laptop, and put it inside her laptop bag.
When Fang Yuanyuan learned that Xiang Wan had published her latest chapter, she even made breakfast. She seemed so energetic and vivacious as if she had strike lottery.
"Little Wanwan, keep up with your good work! Let's do this going ahead—I'll make dinner and you make breakfast."
"…" Xiang Wan rolled her eyes. "Are you dreaming?"
Everyone knew that waking up early in the morning can be a chore…
"Well, if we don't feel like cooking, we can always order takeouts."
"Fine!" Xiang Wan pursed her lips and then swept a glance at her. "Send me to my office since you're on the way."
What! Fang Yuanyuan looked up with a startled expression. "Sis… the problem is, it's not on the way at all!"
"Not my problem. You've eaten my food and you have to listen to me."
"…"
She had been warned by Bai Muchuan not to be alone if she had to go outside. Moreover, because of Ma Suying's death last night, she was a little worried and afraid. So she took a little advantage of Fang Yuanyuan—to drive her to work.
"We've arrived." Fang Yuanyuan stopped her Volkswagen Polo by the roadside, in front of the police building. "Hurry up, say thank you and you can scram!"
"… You should hurry and go now. You're going to be late."
Xiang Wan laughed as she alighted the car and waved goodbye at Yuanyuan. Yet surprisingly, there was no response from her.
She stayed still as if frozen at her seat and was looking at her…
Hmm, nope. She was looking at something behind Xiang Wan?
Xiang Wan shuddered at this sight. All of her hair stood on end.
What was there behind her? What's with the expression on Fang Yuanyuan's face?
Xiang Wan turned around out of reflex—
She saw Huang He walking out of the entrance of the Criminal Investigation Unit. There was also a woman beside him—it was Tian Danyue.
Goodness! Is this an unlucky day? Such coincidence…
If it was only Huang He, that might have been much better. But she actually saw him together with Tian Danyue and that spelled trouble.
Xiang Wan felt a little regretful and turned back to Fang Yuanyuan. "Aren't you rushing for work? You better go now!"
Fang Yuanyuan did not respond to Xiang Wan. She did not look at her, either. Her eyes were as though smeared with poison as she stared at Huang He.
This was really an awkward situation!
Silly girl, don't do anything foolish! Xiang Wan prayed in her heart.
The moment she thought of that, Fang Yuanyuan got down from her car with an unfriendly look and walked over to Huang He directly, with a murderous aura…


Aspiring author Xiang Wan was deemed hopeless by her family and better off married when her fourth novel still did not do well. 
Just as she started to doubt herself and wonder if she should continue to pursue her dream as an author, things take an unexpected turn when a dazzling guy appears before her and she was taken away by the police as a prime suspect of a murder case.
A murder had taken place and the details were eerily similar to her mystery novel. 
From then on, her life turned topsy-turvy.
...........
Translator Review:
This is a novel encompassed with mystery, ethics, family ties, and romance. Of course, the highlights of this book are the murder cases. 
Although it’s a modern setup where none of the characters have a system or any other cheats, the Author managed to delight me with her writing, creative plots and a good pace without dragging her story. 
I marvel at the way the Author links up the clues and plot to explain the individual cases as well as paving the way to unravel the huge conspiracy behind the individual murders. Romantic plots are light-hearted so readers could take a breather from the plots of gruesome murders.
Frequency of release:  1 chapter/daily

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Dear wonderful readers,
Thank you so so so much for reading my first English novel. I've been writing since I was 12, like decades ago (yeah... I'm old) and never got anything published since I was a perfectionist and my works needed research and I didn't have the means to do it back then.
I mean, how could you write about life in other countries when you never go there? I felt like a fake - that's why the only people I allowed reading my novels were my sister and a few friends whom I know would still love me no matter how weird I am in their eyes... hehehe.
Before you #coughcough Google... Well, Google and the internet weren't a thing back then (when I started writing), I didn't even have a computer. I wrote in any piece of paper I could get my hands into.
Sadly, out of maybe 100 titles I wrote for almost 20 years, 95% are gone now because my mom thought they were trash (literally) and threw them together with my old school books. It was heartbreaking because I really wanted to be a writer.
When I was young, the future seemed bleak for this poor aspiring writer from a third-world country, especially because I wrote fantasy which didn't sell well compared to contemporary. Anyway... my dream to become a writer had to take a backseat as life happened and I had to focus on making ends meet.
I have a decent job now, working as a freelancer, but I still dream to make it as a professional writer someday. I want to be able to wake up every morning and just decide that I want to write and write, and not having to think about how to put food on the table.
I am so happy to find a platform like Webnovel that allows me to publish my works, reach an audience that relates to my stories, and make some money. I am not hoping to get rich from my books, but if it could give me enough to quit my day job and focus on writing, it would mean the world to me.
Thus.. I would like to kindly ask your understanding that this book will go premium today, October 7, 2019, and will be locked retrospectively from chapter 177. I could have it locked earlier, like ... in chapter 100 for example, but I chose to lock it on chapter 177 because I feel like reading until chapter 100 is not enough for you to decide if this novel is worthy of your spirit stones, so I'm giving you more.
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UPDATE June 25, 2019
I am writing another book, called FINDING STARDUST. It's a sci-fi/fantasy/adventure novel with an OP female lead, looking for her family. I hope you'll check it out too. Here is the synopsis:
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"Do you want to see how I would light up the sky for you?"
On her 17th birthday, Emma Stardust suddenly woke up on top of the Eiffel tower, completely oblivious of how she got there.
And then she realized that she could fly. 
Suddenly all her senses became enhanced and she could also control the earth's elements? 
She finally realized that her powers were the secret to her past and her missing parents, a royal princess, and a formidable general from a planet called Akkadia who escaped their home planet because they loved each other. 
Emma was resolute in finding them even if it means she had to go to the end of the universe. Will she meet her parents again? Will she find Akkadia? Will her powers bring her friends... or foes? 
Follow Emma's journey as she unravels the mystery surrounding her past and her future, and finds true love in the process.
If you like strong FL, space, astronomy, magic, science, and slice-of-life.. You will be spoiled by this book! 
Warning: Chapters with mature contents will be marked with R-18


*How do immortals live in the modern world? One had been walking the earth for 438 years without ever falling in love. The other one couldn't get over the only woman he loved, even after 100 years.

**What happen when an immortal didn't know he was immortal? After living for almost a century, he still looked like he was 25. So, he thought maybe... maybe he was a freak, a victim of human experimentation during Hitler's time. Growing up, he came to hate humans and their fondness for war and destroying nature. He swore to one day rule the world and decide on which humans got to live. In his book, 'only the good, the strong and the intelligent should live'.

***The wealthiest tycoon was an immortal who was raised in the ivory tower by his overprotective parents. One day he decided to go undercover as poor photographer to make friends with regular people. Alas! Scheming people tricked him to sleep with the most notorious golddiger in Berlin whose only goal in life was to marry a wealthy and powerful man. When she was pregnant with his child, the undercover tycoon wanted to take responsibility but still pretending to be poor. Will he finally let her know that he was wealthy? Why was she so adamant to marry a wealthy and powerful man?

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1. The Alchemist
2. Aleksis & Prince Siegfried
3. Secret Identity


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"An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time place and circumstances the thread may stretch or tangle but will never break"

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Alexandra Winchester who was once known as the Empress had fallen into the fires of agony because of love. The scars that it gave her reminded of her shattered past and her bewitching looks gave her nothing but self-doubt and insecurities. The love which was meant to heal her ruined her completely. She was not afraid of it, rather she thought she could never be loved until...

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Jonathan Jonas AKA Big Bear is the cold, brooding and ambitious person but there's a difference. He has a heart and it beats only for one woman and he had met her. The maiden whose eyes held passionate flames that had made him surrender. Made him fall so deeply that had left him no choice but to choose her and only her.

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He looked into her eyes which were glistened with tears. It enhances her dazzling eyes which were the colours of the uplifting dawn.

"Why are you crying, my love?" He asked caressing her face with adoration. His eyes held so much love for her that she could drown in them.

"I- I am so happy," She said smiling. "I am so happy that I am crying tears of Joy"

"I promise you my love, from this day forward you will only cry tears of joy and will never cry the tears of grief and I will make all of your pains even those scars disappear" 

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A story about revenge, love and war

The beautiful lady sat at her desk with an expression of deep thought, carefully going through the stack of papers in her hands. She was scrutinising every single word that was written, almost as though she was trying to find some rare bit of information hidden within.
This beautiful lady is none other than Crystal Goldlock, the same person whom Cyrus conveniently refers to as the demoness.
A good distance away from her, two maids stood attentively by the door, ready to tend to her every need.
At this moment, the door suddenly swung open, and a man casually walked in.
He exuded a natural air of noble disposition, and possessed a head of long silver hair. The silver hair was not a sign of old age, but the natural hair colour that every individual in the clan would be born with. Every step he took was firm, and his posture was straight. His thick fur robe only served as a boost to his majestic figure.
The instant he entered, the two maids in the room gave a curtsy in deference. 
"Clan Head." the two of them greeted in unison.
Alexander Skyhelm, Head of the Skyhelm Clan.
"The two of you may rest for the day," Alexander returned their greeting with an amiable smile. 
"Yes, Clan Head."
Even though they were supposed to be serving Crystal, with the authority that this man possessed, there was no need for them to doubt his instructions. The two of them curtsied to Crystal before quickly taking their leave.
"What are you looking at, my dear?" Alexander walked over to stand behind Crystal, voluntarily giving her a gentle back massage.
"These are the book reviews that Cyrus has done over the past week," Crystal spread out the stack of papers on the table. "Take a look."
"Hmm? That kid actually managed to do this much in just one week?" Alexander exclaimed in surprise.
He knew for a fact that Cyrus had been imprisoned in the main Clan Library, which contained only books related to magic.
Each one of these books was complex and informative, and it would usually take quite some time for someone to digest the information within.
Despite that, the pieces of paper that lay spread out on the table numbered in the dozens. 
With each piece of paper representing a separate book review, this would mean that Cyrus had been doing more than ten book reviews a day!
"Not just that, take a look at the content of each book review," Crystal prompted her husband.
But even before she said so, Alexander had already started going through them out of curiosity.
With his capabilities, it did not take long before he was done perusing the dozens of book reviews. After which, he could not help but to feel astonished!
Each of these book reviews was comprehensively done.
They were not mere summaries of the contents of the books, but provided insights on other possible angles that could be explored and the underlying meanings of the written content.
In other words, they were done in a manner that was nothing short of spectacular!
If grades had to be given to these book reviews, then they would deserve nothing less than A+!
However, Alexander was not pleased at all when he was done reading through the book reviews. Instead, a deep frown appeared on his face.
"Didn't you pass down instructions forbidding anyone from going near the Clan Library?" he asked in a solemn manner.
"I did," Crystal nodded.
"If so, then how did this happen? Who actually dared to go against my wife's instructions, sneaking in to help him with his work?" Alexander rubbed his chin in contemplation.
"I am not sure either, but this is not going to be good enough." Crystal turned around to face her husband with a resolute look in her eyes. "Since he is your son, there would always be people trying to help him in the shadows, even if it would do him more harm in the long run. There is no help it, we need to resort to extreme measures."
"Hmm? What do you mean?" Alexander was slightly taken aback by those sudden words.
Extreme measures?
What exactly did his wife mean by saying that?
***
In the Clan Library, Cyrus was holding an open book in his left hand, and a brush in his right.
His gaze was fixed on the pages of the book, quickly darting from top to bottom, left to right. From time to time, the brush in his right hand would move, taking down notes on a piece of paper.
This was the exact same thing that he had been doing for the most part of the past week.
It was an extremely tiring process, and he had almost given up when he first started.
Thankfully, the demoness was not entirely heartless, and he would be rewarded with a meal for each book review that he completed.
This was the perfect source motivation he needed in order to push on!
Now that a week had passed, Cyrus had gotten into the rhythm, and no longer felt daunted by the difficulty of reading. In fact, he was even starting to feel intrigued by the contents that he had been exposed to, finding them more and more interesting by the day.
Even when the door of the library opened, Cyrus did not bother looking up to see who it was.
Such was the extent of focus that he possessed at the moment!
However, this newcomer was not too fond of being ignored. Seeing that the kid in front of him did not even take a single glance at him, he could not help but feel slightly irritated.
"Ahem!" he cleared his throat loudly.
"Eh?" Cyrus looked up in surprise. "Uncle Grey? Why are you here?" 
"Brat, time to stop acting like you are actually doing something!" Grey laughed. "Your mother has instructed me to bring you to her."
"The demoness has decided to free me?" Cyrus' eyes lit up immediately.
Even though he had finally made up his mind to pursue the path of magic, it did not mean Cyrus enjoyed being trapped in the library all day long.
For one, the hard library floor could never compare to the comfort of his bed!
"Stop calling your own mother a demoness…" Grey found the corner of his mouth twitching wildly.
"Okay, okay, I got it!" Cyrus stood up excitedly and followed his Uncle Grey away.
Grey was not just a member of the Skyhelm Clan, but also one of the trusted aides of his father. He was well built and looked just like a typical warrior with his short silver hair and stubble.
But most importantly, he had watched Cyrus grow up since young, and always had a soft spot for him.
The relationship between the two of them had always been extremely good, and it was not just a few times that Grey had helped him out in secret when his mother was punishing him.
With Grey going along with him, even though he was about to meet with the demoness, Cyrus could not help but feel much more assured!
Little did he know that this time round, even his Uncle Grey would be powerless to help him.
It was a short walk before Grey led Cyrus into the room where Crystal awaited with a maid by her side.
The design of the room was simple enough.
Other than an exquisite hexagon platform that stretched two metres from end to end, there was nothing else in the room. There were no windows, and the only thing providing any sort of illumination was a small crystal that was shining brightly from the ceiling.
"My Lady," Grey nodded respectfully as he entered the chamber.
This was the etiquette expected of all clan members when they were in the presence of the spouse of the Clan Head.
On the other hand, Cyrus stubbornly remained silent.
"Thank you for your help, Grey." Crystal nodded to Grey in response, apparently already used to being ignored by Cyrus.
However, the next words that came out of Crystal's mouth certainly drew Cyrus' attention.
"You may leave now."
"What? Why are you asking Uncle Grey to leave?" Cyrus hurriedly held onto Grey's long sleeves. "He is not an outsider! He can listen to whatever you have to say as well!"
What a joke!
If his Uncle Grey left the room, who would be left to protect him?
"This..." held back by Cyrus, Grey could not help but shoot a hesitant look towards Crystal.
Even though he wished to accede to Cyrus' request, the one with the highest authority here was still Crystal. 
As long as Crystal insisted, Grey would have no choice but to obey her instructions. 
Seeing the desperate look in Cyrus' eyes, Crystal let out a faint smile. "Stay then, it doesn't make any difference. This will not take long anyway."
Crystal then turned to look towards the maid standing beside her.
The maid immediately understood her intentions and stepped forward, greeting Cyrus with a graceful curtsy. "Greetings, young master Cyrus. I, Xena, will be the one responsible for accompanying you on your upcoming trip."
"Trip? What trip?" Cyrus frowned before turning to his mother. "Where are we going?"
"Not we," Crystal corrected him immediately. "It will be just you and Xena, and you will be going to the Grand Apostle Realm."
"Grand Apostle Realm?!" Grey exclaimed in shock.
"Where is this Grand Apostle Realm?" Cyrus asked in confusion. He had never even heard of this place prior to today. 
"This..." Grey hesitated a little while finding the right words to reply with. "Let's just say that it is a completely different world..."
"What?!" Cyrus widened his eyes in shock.
A completely different world?
Has this demoness finally gone crazy and decided to exile him from the clan?

When Cyrus was born into one of the strongest magic clans, it was accompanied with supernatural phenomena of the highest levels.

The Skyhelm clan celebrated for days on end, believing that they had just ushered in the birth of a precious clan member who would lead their clan to unprecedented heights in the future.

But despite the incredible latent potential within him, Cyrus grew up to be a disappointment who had no interest in pursuing the path of magic.

After all, learning magic was extremely time consuming. 

Why would he ever want to spend all that time on reading books, especially when he hardly even have enough time to finish eating all the different delicacies waiting for him out there in the various corners of this world?

However, after Cyrus ended up being imprisoned in the clan library, he started to realise the one truth of the world of magic...

Advancing in the magical path would greatly increase his lifespan, which meant that he would have that much more time to spend on looking for delicacies. At that point, he would not only be able to enjoy the delicacies of his era, but even those in the eras to come!

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