First Thoughts on Achieving First Place

ory building."What are you thinking about You're so absorbed," Li Jianqiu said with a half-smile.“Some swordsmanship issues.” Jiang Wang faced him openly and asked, “Brother Li, what brings you here”"...We...are the champions!

No. You are the champions.

I never thought I could come in first.

Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

It's not that I never thought about it.

Let me know if you have any other text you'd like translated!

When I first came to Qidian, I was naive and arrogant. I had fantastical thoughts that were...

Someone asked me why I chose to start here. I confidently said, since I decided to write online novels, I should come to the most competitive place and endure the harshest criticism!

That's just a way of showing off, you know Like when Jiang Wang said "Or maybe so."

I didn't expect to actually get beaten up.

...still beaten so badly.

Wrote for two years, two million words, one thousand seven hundred orders... an increasingly shriveled bank card... wiped out this arrogant thought.

By the time I reached the confluence of the Yellow River, with more and more readers paying attention to my work, a thought began to take root in my mind.

One is that there are too many readers. I feel like so many readers came out of nowhere overnight. So many patrons, so many silver grand patrons, and the ever-growing number of subscribers have given me a lot of confidence.

Another one is that I wrote "The Meeting of the Yellow River" and I was very satisfied with it. It has more than a thousand chapters, and I read it repeatedly.

Over a thousand voices passionately discussing the plot really got me excited. I saw active readers fully immersed in the story. Seeing so many people moved by the narrative, their emotions responding to the excitement on the viewing platform, it felt like an overflow of audience reaction beyond what I had described in my writing.

At that time, my feelings were very novel—the books in the book exchange seemed to come alive, and the competition felt as if it was happening right before my eyes!

>

Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

I wrote a poem during my time of torment, as a way to steel myself——

Between the oxen horns, there was a dragon's glow, once illuminating the window outside the youth's cold room.

A sword honed for ten years in a box, should be known to the world as frost-flowers!

Among them, the phrase "Should be called frost flowers of the human world" was given to Jiang Wang from the period of Huang He's meeting, and his hand-held Chang Xiangsi.

Everyone could see how hard he had worked to get here, to become the top student on the viewing platform, the brightest star among the dazzling multitude.

Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

He topped the charts, and Chixin Xuntiān also became a hit for the first time. That was in May 2021, and that time he ranked eighth on the monthly ticket list.

But three months ago, Chixin Xuntai, which had been serialized for two years, only entered the top 100 and top 10 of the monthly ticket list for the first time.

At that time, in my concluding remarks, I said——"Perhaps...we could also look at the end of the sky"

That is my vague hope.

Over the years, we've gotten tenth, ninth, eighth, seventh, but never first.

What I have thought about.

I think I'll write this story slowly and carefully, giving it the best ending I can. At that time, I will do my best, start saving drafts early, and strive for first place. This is a testament to our journey together over the years, echoing the finale of this xianxia world.

In June, it was time to begin the finalizing process for the tenth volume. Jiang Wang began to walk back home, sword in hand, retracing his difficult path of departure. Just as he had once left with such hardship, so now would he return with a sense of triumphant homecoming.

It's the ninth day of the monthly ticket, and the seventh day of the monthly ticket.

I feel the readers' anticipation, and I'm driven by that same emotion. I started to update more frequently, all the way until July 3rd, when I finally finished the conclusion. With 80,000 words of climax, I painted a finale for Maple Forest Old Dream.

And what the readers gave me were a full seventy-one patrons, plus two silver grand patrons. It was second on the monthly ticket list and second on the bestseller list.

That night, when it was all over, I took a screenshot of the rankings and posted it to my circle of friends. I said that I had given it my all.

I thought to myself, this must be the limit.

Because I really can't write any more, and I can't write any better.

I think this second month's sales figures are too high. It’s impossible to sustain that momentum until the end of the month. This isn't a final achievement; it's just a plot peak for now, a flash in the pan.

Then I... went on vacation.

I'm very tired. I'm not 18 anymore, I'm 18 and some months now. It takes me a long time to recover after each roll.

Wait until I finish my five-day vacation.

Damn, how am I still second on the monthly chart

During my days off, I still received rewards from the alliance leaders and there were echoes of the plot.

This is the content of your request:

Let me know if you have other text you'd like translated!

The more thoughtfully you depict the plot, the more enthusiastically readers will respond.

At this time, I still had no ideas.

I'm just a little embarrassed, so I decided to bite the bullet and write a bit more this month to respond. Every now and then, I'll throw in a 5,000-word update, and at least one 4,000-word chapter every week... I figured that's how I'd get through this.

There are always people in the alliance who ask me: Don't you want to compete for first place

I said, let's just drop it.

They just smiled and said something like "maybe there's a chance," it's a pity.

But as time went on, Chi Xin Xun Tian remained in second place on the lunar chart. They started to get excited.

The guild leaders kept giving me motivational speeches in the group chat, and a lot of readers were doing it in the chapter comments, the review section, and even on my Weibo. They're all going crazy trying to cheer me up by painting me a rosy picture.

Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

Tell me I have to roll up.

"Think about this as your only chance. It's right in front of you, you've been working on this for four years, don't you want to try and win once"

I pretended not to see it.

Even if the leader of the alliance pings me in the group, I can bear it.

I don't dare to go back. I can't write, and I don't think it's possible either.

The boss in charge of recording updates, kept harassing me in private chat. He wanted me to bring back the activity of using monthly tickets for extra chapters from my younger days. He said it wouldn't cost much, just showing your support. He implied this might be the last chance we have!

I was deeply touched, and then I refused.

Before, when organizing events, I would prepare a month's worth of materials in advance! With my writing speed, there's no way I could keep up.

But later everyone in the alliance group was saying that as long as you, Ah Shen, spoke up, they would definitely help you fight for first place. Whether or not you could win it, this kind of opportunity, if you didn't fight for it, you would regret it for a long time.

I said I couldn't argue, they said writing a few thousand more words was like killing you!

I feigned death, and they just talked to each other.

"I really want to compete this time, I've never been this close to first place. The other person said, 'The author doesn't lead the charge, what are we even competing for' Another one said, 'Forget it, I can't write anyway...'

"

In a nutshell, it was a combination of coercion and enticement, hard-sell and soft persuasion.

Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

Finally, I relented and said, "I'll give it a try."

But I can't guarantee how much I'll update, I can only say that I'll do my best to write, and under the premise of ensuring quality, I'll write as much as possible.

In the update on the 25th, I was still saying that I hoped to keep second place. That's my biggest hope.

I went back to revise the details of Chapter 25 on the evening of the 27th, planning to play dead all the way.

At noon on the 28th, finally gritted my teeth and said, "Let's see if we can move forward."

Let me know if you'd like me to translate something else!

Then, he truly... moved forward!

On October 8, 2019, I published the first chapter of his astonishing perseverance and no audience on qidian.com, officially starting the serialization of Chi Xin Xun Tian.

At first I thought this title was about Jiang Wang, but later I realized it was also about myself.

>

From 19 to 21, there were two years of obscurity, from sixty orders written to one thousand seven hundred orders.

From February 2021 to June 2023, he resided in the top twenty of both charts for two years, reaching the top ten several times, gradually gaining recognition. Ten thousand subscribers, twenty thousand subscribers, thirty thousand subscribers.

In July of 2023, it achieved the best results in four years of serialization, ranking first on the bestseller list, monthly ticket list, and reading list.

Let me know if you have other text you'd like me to translate!

Just 9,000 achievement points away from becoming the twelfth five-star work in the Hall of Fame, and also the first five-star work by a fifth-level author in history.

According to readers, this is truly the number one inner palace in history!

>

On July 3, when the tenth volume concluded, the book's pre-orders reached 32,600 copies, while subscriptions totaled 42,000.

By July 31st, the total reservations were 37,700, while the follow-up reservations were 53,000.

Over twenty-eight days, the average order increased by a staggering 5,010, and this was for a novel that already had six million seven hundred thousand words!

The highest number of new subscriptions in a day was 830,000!

What is the concept

Well, I'm not really sure. I don't know many people in the circle, I've always just been writing by myself. I have no idea what other people's subscriptions are like.

I'm just comparing myself to who I was before, and it feels...scary.

Do you still remember how things were when we first started When our writing platform gained momentum, the online literary critics from "Caotang Literature" also resurfaced. Two years have passed, and their attacks have shifted from "Poor results prove that the writing is bad" to "Even good results don't prove that your writing is good, you're just cheating." They forced me to expose my readership numbers, claiming that they wouldn't believe me unless I showed them screenshots of my subscription data.

So I threw out a screenshot of 100,000 new subscribers — of course, that didn't get those bastards to apologize. They backpedaled and said, "We admit your readers are awesome, but we don't admit *you* are awesome."

Okay, to have so many awesome readers, at least ChiXin is pretty awesome, right!

What does it matter if something is amazing or not

At that time, I was very confident. I had never seen anything like it before and thought that 100,000 new additions was way too much. It could be one of the top few in the world! Just like Zhongli Yan, I also felt that I was evenly matched with Dou Zhao, and with Jiang Wang, it was a tie.

After all, I've gradually increased from hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands.

>

Please note that there is no text content between the > tags in your input. I have only removed the tags themselves and returned an empty string. Let me know if you'd like to translate something else!

I never thought I'd see the day with 830,000 new additions.

This is too dreamy.

Throughout July, Chi Xin added 129 new guild masters and five silver guild masters. Among them, "livy37" rewarded two silver ones.

Do you still remember the alliance's peak size before It was during the "Shen Lin Juan Jie Juan" event. After completing the "Battle of Fa Xia," we gained over sixty new alliance leaders. This time, it doubled directly.

At the moment they became number one on the monthly list, the alliance chat exploded!

They spammed crazily and tagged me frantically.

They said this was even more satisfying than the most enjoyable novels. Watching a story they'd been following for years go from sixty orders to topping the monthly rankings, from obscurity to fame, felt incredibly rewarding. They were ecstatic.

They haven't been eating or playing games these days. They're constantly staring at the rankings, refreshing them non-stop, counting how much more they need to go, and cheering with excitement with every little step forward.

Now I want to ask everyone, all the readers who have been following this novel—

Isn't that cool!

I would like to thank all the readers.

I want to thank the Eternal Silence for initiating the general attack, thank the Imperial Qin Shang, thank YangerSun, thank Xiao Feng Han Yue, thank lialon, and thank the five monthly ticket patrons. Thank all the readers who voted for Chixin. In order to vote for Chixin, many people ordered a lot of extra books, maybe they won't be able to finish them for several months or even years.

I would like to thank No.1 Boring, livy37, Yanlingfeng, Impulse Consumer is a Devil, and again thank Xiaofeng Han Yue, thank you to all the fans on July Fan Month List, as well as those who didn't make it onto the list!

I want to thank all the people in the alliance group who have been encouraging me, drawing blueprints for me, and helping me realize those blueprints. Thank you, Xiangzong, Qianmenghua, Eternity Silent, Dusk Sky, Ahgan, Houran, Liangren, Jiaozi, Ditong, Gongbai, footless bird, Youzong, Manxi, Tangyuan, Yunduan, Am, Luodan, Xiaoba, Huashuangyun, Wei Yuan Shi, Ham, Que Lao, Shuang Miner Chang, Yiying Fengyun, Jian Xue, thank you Haha, Wubei Renxiao, Dachu Zuoguanglie, Er San, thank you A Zhan, Tongfeng, Jijian, The Trap of Consumerism, Qi Pei, Shengming Shengming, TQ, Daoque Xingli, Ziye, Xu Xu, Qingmiao Shang Yunxiao, Yu, Molou, Zhixingeyi, Zhaochai Jinhao, Zhang Linchuan, Fuzhi Tiliang, Meng Jie Ming'er... There are too many people to count, let's have a drink together after we finish!

My readers are too much to worry about, they really are the most unique readers in the world.

All other readers only need to support the work.

My readers need to not only support my work, but also encourage the author, inspire the author, and paint a picture for the author.

I was originally just a salted fish, they forced me to flip over and made me participate in a swimming competition.

And we, surprisingly, became the champions.

Of course, I'm fully aware. This time, ranking first on the monthly list is truly a confluence of favorable circumstances. It's not that "Red Heart Patrol" currently has the solid strength to consistently secure first place. Everyone knows how many words one can write in a day.

The story was completed on July 3rd, coincidentally hitting its climax at 80,000 words, propelling "Red Heart" to second place on both charts in early July.

When the best-selling "Red Heart" was flashing between the first and second places, the annual Half-Price Pre-Order event started as usual. This allowed Red Heart to maintain its top spot and has held onto it ever since.

People and books that have the strength to top the charts haven't been putting much effort into vying for rankings this month.

All readers of "People and More" strive for the same goal. This novel has been a favorite for several years, with everyone vying for the top spot. The author has been writing from morning till night these days, striving to increase the update frequency while maintaining quality.

This was a result we didn't expect at the beginning of the month, and it can't help but make us feel that sometimes heaven and earth work together.

But I must also understand that, with an honest heart patrolling the heavens, there is still a long road ahead.

Then what do I want to say

Yes, you guessed it!

I sincerely recommend that everyone cultivate the habit of reading.

Still waters run deep, and blood doesn't last forever.

Above all, the quality of the novel remains paramount.

> By now, Chixin Xuntan has nearly reached seven million words. If it can't have a satisfactory ending, all the hardships I've gone through along the way would lose their meaning and become a lifelong regret.

I will definitely fulfill my duty as an author, dig pits and fill them, and I will do my best to fill every pit and write every plot well.

Can everyone summarize what other pitfalls are left untangled, fill one and strike it off. When we get to the big ending, let's see if I really did it.

Jiang Qingyang always keeps his word.

Let me know if you have other text you'd like me to translate!

I also learned from him.

>

Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

I'm actually a bit hesitant to speak now. My lovely allies have repeatedly advised me to be careful with my words.

Probably because of the slightly red-hot relationship (strikethrough), now anything I say is bound to be taken out of context and spread everywhere, with various interpretations.

For example, in June I decided to write a short story on a whim and wrote it in just a few dozen words.

Let me know if you'd like to translate anything else!

I just found out that our monthly ticket ranking is now number nine on the overall list. From January to May this year, our rankings were 11, 12, 11, 13, and 12. It's really hard to get into the top ten, you guys are amazing!

Here's your text translated:

Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

Have you noticed Every month I'm so close to the top ten, even with just a few hundred votes difference one month. As long as I put in a little effort any month, I can easily get into the top ten.

But I don't.

Is it because I don't have money

Back then, with the achievements of "Patrol the Sky with a Red Heart," we didn't even make it into the top ten. Isn't that testament to an incredibly amazing group of readers

But in some idiotic retellings, they strike through the front and back, and then confidently say that all the top ten on the monthly list are fake.

Could you use your meager brain to think about this, even if I wanted to fire, wouldn't I take myself out first I was in the ninth position! I wouldn't use a machine gun to shoot myself along with everyone else, would I

These people are either stupid and unable to read, or deliberately bad at interpreting things. You decide for yourselves.

For example, I have always enjoyed interacting with readers. Even when I had only a few dozen or a few hundred subscribers, I actively replied to reader comments.

When the book "The Convergence of the Yellow River" was just starting to gain popularity, someone posted in the review section saying, "Why is everyone saying this book is good, but I can't get into it Is there something wrong with me"

I replied to his comment saying, It's not your problem, reading this is a matter of personal taste. It's also not my problem because I put so much effort into writing it. It's just that we simply aren't compatible. There are many excellent works out there, you can check out the other books on the list. Best wishes.

When I had a few thousand subscribers, I responded like this, and when I had tens of thousands of subscribers, I still responded like this. It has never changed.

But when thousands placed orders, I said well wishes, they just left silently.

When I was about to reach tens of thousands of subscribers, I wanted to say hello. They said I was being insincere and that I was driving away readers.

Then I rarely appeared in the book review area anymore.

At last, I remembered 2019. When "Red Heart" was just five chapters into its serialization, someone asked with ill intent - how to evaluate the long Xianxia novel "Red Heart and Heaven's Mandate" serialized by Zhihu user Qinghe Yishi on starting point Was there a possibility of it becoming a hit

Perhaps there has never been a new author's new book in web fiction history that, after only five chapters, has received so much criticism.

From this perspective, we were the first to do it a long time ago. We were criticized harshly from the moment the book was released... perhaps that's what being a pioneer is like!

At the time, I wrote in my answer:

The web novel market is a vast expanse, an endless prairie.

In this brand new territory, I'm starting from scratch once again. With a state of near solitude, I venture forth.

Countless authors are moving forward, and I see countless authors and works progressing, it's a kind of leapfrog progress.

This is a process of sifting through the sand by big waves, I just hope that I am not the sand that is eliminated.

Finally, I hope that Chixin Xuntian can become a good novel.

I will work hard like this, and I also look forward to it.

Let me know if you'd like me to translate any other text!

At that time they said to you—you are the discarded sand.

At that time, I was first exposed to online fiction writers, they were professional web fiction writers.

Even now, I do not know what book they wrote.

But I think they will never forget the red-hearted celestial patrol.

Thank you to everyone who allowed Red Heart Skywatcher to leave their name.

Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

Thanks to everyone who cast monthly votes, subscribed, cheered it on, and contributed to building this world of Xianxia. Thanks to all the fan creators as well.

If one day, at some point in time, you read this book and say it's good. Even if it's just to yourself, I thank you.

—How deep is the love, on August 1st, 2023. with Fu Dong Xu and Qiu Tie respectively, then spoke: “Jing Guo is the backbone of the human race, and will never shirk its responsibilities. Please rest assured, Venerable Wen, this matter Jing Guo...