[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-all-rounder-artist":3,"chapter-all-rounder-artist-all-rounder-artist-chapter-1431":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","All-rounder Artist",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1270819,1699,"Chapter 1431: 1181: Great Might Tianlong","all-rounder-artist-chapter-1431",1431,"\u003Cp>Chapter 1431: Chapter 1181: Great Might Tianlong\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bookstore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang covertly observed the sales situation of two novels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What frustrated Lu Yang was:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His own “The Thousand-Mile Journey” was selling well, but compared to Chu Kuang’s wuxia novel, it was clearly lacking some appeal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What nearly made Lu Yang cough up blood was:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also encountered fans of Chu Kuang shouting “Support Lu Yang” while purchasing “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crazy people!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You said you were supporting me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feels like you’re only supporting me with words?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shouting so fiercely, yet all they bought was “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils”!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fiercer the shouting, the more they bought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a trap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a total trap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a deep breath, Lu Yang calmed himself: “Chu Kuang’s sales are indeed impressive, but the Blue Star author rankings take sales as just one reference point. What I need to compete on is reputation, and once my reputation rises, who says sales can’t overtake his?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reputation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang sneakily bought ten copies of “The Thousand-Mile Journey” before leaving alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bookstore’s first wave of sales frenzy ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of book buyers finally wasn’t as crazy as at the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Readers who bought books went home and started reading immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The novel “The Thousand-Mile Journey”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smooth writing, perfect pacing, profound content, interesting story, skillful technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang truly deserves to be the top writer on Blue Star, as readers only need a few chapters to see the outline of a fantastical and magnificent story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if opening the door to a beautiful new world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many were captivated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forums across the continents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Lu indeed hasn’t lost his touch, the first three chapters have me completely hooked!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this the legendary golden three chapters?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Feels like Teacher Lu Yang is even better than before his hiatus!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder the comeback!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So powerful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The protagonist’s lines are so classic!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The visual sense of the story is very good too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“More literary than before, although I love it, it feels unsuitable for binge reading.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good books need to be savored slowly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You think you’re reading Chu Kuang’s wuxia novel, where it’s thrilling and fast-paced, learning martial arts after falling off a cliff?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s Lu Yang’s writing that really packs a punch!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Teacher Lu Yang ever retires, it would be a loss for Blue Star’s literary world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Feeling like Master Lu has stabilized this wave, this book seems very promising to become his new masterpiece!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Kuang’s readers also opened “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, the beginning wasn’t directly entering the plot, but rather an introduction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be exact, it’s an explanation of terms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[“Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils” is a term from Buddhist scriptures. In many Mahayana sutras, when Buddha speaks to Bodhisattvas, Bhikkhus, etc., the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils are often present, listening to the teachings. As in the “Lotus Sutra: Chapter of Devadatta”: “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, humans and non-humans, all remotely saw the dragon princess attain Buddhahood.”]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As guessed by the popular professor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This novel is related to Buddhism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the end of the script, it briefly introduces the novel’s background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The historical background of the Legend of the Condor Heroes trilogy is fictional, that is, the well-known “Song Dynasty”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, the Dali Kingdom is fictional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a Buddhist country, where emperors are devout followers of Buddhism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Southern Emperor, Prince Zhengchun, mentioned early in the Legend of the Condor Heroes, was the emperor of the Dali Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The story of this book also occurs in the Song Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, it takes place during the reign of Northern Song Emperor Zhezong, between 1094 and the ensuing years.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The novel introduces the eight Buddhist divisions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The end even provides the specific era of this fictional kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other people writing fictional novels often use it just as a superficial term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chu Kuang’s fictional kingdom always feels so real, as if it genuinely existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sense of reality has always intrigued the public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this new book, it seems to be another background supplement to Chu Kuang’s fictional world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interest piqued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Readers gleefully opened the first chapter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A novel of 1.5 million words cannot be read in just one day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fast readers might finish in two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slow readers might take three days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or even longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Kuang’s “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils” is like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang’s “The Thousand-Mile Journey” is also like that, a novel with 1.3 million words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of length, the gap between their new books isn’t significant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When evening arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang’s readers were even more excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Teacher Lu Yang’s new book is getting more flavorful the more I read!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Totally falling in love!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m reading slowly, savoring every line.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yesterday, it seemed this book might become Teacher Lu Yang’s new masterpiece, but today that still feels accurate, just with a different style than before, an ineffable feeling.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too much stream of consciousness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Later in the plot, there’s some heartache, inexplicable frustration, yet his writing has a charm that’s irresistible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a work deserving a score over nine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who knows how it’s going with ‘Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And who cares.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s keep reading our book, Chu Kuang is bound to lose!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My sister was reading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan was beside her, feeding Antarctica water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My sister asked Lin Yuan, “Why don’t you read a book?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan replied casually, “I’ve already read it eight hundred times.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My sister paused, then asked, “What do you think of this book?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What about this book?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan originally planned to say that it showcases Jin Yong’s profound scholarship in wuxia novels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils”, Jin Yong used traditional Confucianism to recount and interpret martial arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Chen Jialuo, Yuan Chengzhi to Guo Jing, Zhang Wuji, their voluntary or involuntary patriotic hearts demonstrated this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Yong used these protagonists to express his views on life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the emergence of “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils”, Jin Yong began using Buddhism’s “great compassion” to resolve desire and obsession!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this work, he employs Buddhist teachings of “abandon greed”, “abandon love”, “abandon acquisition”, “abandon obsession” to guide readers, enhancing the philosophical and ideological depth of wuxia novels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuxia then entered mainstream literature alongside traditional literature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But clearly such remarks weren’t suitable for his sister, who didn’t know who Jin Yong was, or who Chen Jialuo and Yuan Chengzhi were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he asked, “Where are you in the book?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big Yaoyao responded: “Xiao Feng fell in love with Zhu, but he discovers Prince Zhengchun might be the ringleader who harmed his parents years ago.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan thought for a moment, then silently stood up and said, “I’ll make you some noodles.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big Yaoyao: ???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big Yaoyao tearfully ate a bowl of noodles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tears fell onto the egg floating in the broth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Lin Yuan wisely avoided all online comments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the second night after the novel’s release, he dared to log into Chu Kuang’s account and go online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he went online, he saw someone had mentioned him; it was the honorary professor from a certain university who previously wrote an essay criticizing Chu Kuang’s worsening wuxia writing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You really managed to soar like a dragon in the sky!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wave is called “Great Mighty Tianlong!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1223,"2026-06-05T16:38:55.479Z",1,"novelbin.me","c8dbd9369495ecab57e2c533d748e186760b4da8ceb30434b37eeee7e79df8ea","all-rounder-artist-chapter-1432","all-rounder-artist-chapter-1430",1668,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fall-rounder-artist-cover.jpg"]