[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-eternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique":3,"chapter-eternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique-eternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique-chapter-53":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique",{"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},1649119,2112,"Chapter 53: Thoughts on the VIP Release","eternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique-chapter-53",53,"\u003Cp>After failing three rounds of promotional contests, I’m out of options. There are too many top authors in the queue, so I can’t get another recommendation slot. The only thing left to do is put the book on sale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, reaching this point has left me with some incredibly mixed feelings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you judge by the number of bookmarks, this is my second-worst performing book out of the six I’ve published.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The absolute worst was a Naruto fanfiction from seven or eight years ago. It was my first contracted book to go on sale, and it’s since been taken down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was my debut work. The first-day subscriptions were in the single digits, and by the time I finished it at 700,000 characters, the average subscription count was just over a hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My second, third, fourth, and even fifth books had their ups and downs, but before going on sale, they all had over 13,000 bookmarks. My best one, a cultivation novel, had between sixty and seventy thousand when it was published.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, with this sixth book, on the verge of going on sale, we’ve only just scraped past 5,000 bookmarks...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference is staggering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, I’ve been writing this book with a lot of passion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I outline the plot in advance every day, putting all my energy and enthusiasm into my writing. I’m constantly editing and rewriting—I’ve already thrown out over 20,000 words in scrapped drafts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter what, the numbers just aren’t improving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s making me start to doubt the story itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Is Shen Changchuan’s story even any good? Can I keep writing it?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes I just want to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But is it a completely lost cause?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It doesn’t seem to be completely dead in the water, either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My backend data shows 1,182 active readers on the 5th, so the reader retention rate looks okay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that number is misleading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a small number of bookmarks provides a weak foundation, and it’ll be very difficult to sustain subscriptions down the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, I feel like I’m walking on thin ice. I can barely eat or sleep. My mind has been a mess these past two days, and I can’t even focus on writing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, if you are able to subscribe, I’m asking you to please do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I truly need your subscriptions to find the motivation to continue with this story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if you want to read for free, you can still spend a few minutes clicking on ads to get a Chapter unlock voucher and show some support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I offer my sincerest thanks to every reader who has supported me.\u003C\u002Fp>",439,"2026-06-06T11:55:28.625Z",1,"novelbin.me","cb0bc819690494940b7238df2d9ea6aed5eb81530fd42e4131f4b24ca741d0c9","eternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique-chapter-54","eternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique-chapter-52",85,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique-cover.jpg"]