[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner":3,"chapter-i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-623":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm Not Crazy—This Is the Emperor's Banner",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":12,"novelImage":21},{"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},2291963,4480,"Chapter 623: Uploading Announcement","i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-623",623,"\u003Cp>Uploading Announcement\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without realizing it, this book has already reached two hundred thousand words, and it will be uploaded at noon today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I originally planned to move these two chapters to the noon update, but I figured charging for them wouldn’t make me rich, so I might as well leave them free; however, there will be new updates at noon after the upload, and I hope everyone will subscribe and support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, thank you all for accompanying and supporting me this far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I started writing this book, when I showed it to the editor, she wasn’t optimistic about it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt it lacked a main plot—the protagonist had no clear purpose or goal, and it seemed like something made up on a whim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But honestly, I’m just not good at long-term planning, just like my own life: living is simply living; there’s no need for grand ideals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what I write leans toward daily life, toward the mundane, toward an ordinary existence, stealing moments of leisure amid busyness…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only hope that when you have free time and flip through my book, you’ll smile quietly, shed a few tears, and find some relief from life’s pressures—that’s enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have no great ambitions; whether in real life or in the protagonist of my book, I’m the same as countless ordinary people—just striving to live a good life, and that’s enough to make this journey worthwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not every life needs a goal, and not every book needs a main plot; even though this book now has a main plot, it will still lean heavily toward daily life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve read many reader comments wondering why, after obtaining the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, the protagonist doesn’t try to boost his strength, become a Buddha or ancestor, or tower above all others, feeling the banner is wasted on him and that it doesn’t match the novel’s title…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to say: does a life of kingship and domination count as life, but an ordinary person’s life doesn’t?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, my book’s title is already clear: it’s called the Human Emperor Banner, not the Ten Thousand Souls Banner—I’m writing about people, not gods…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are just side remarks; thank you again for your support. After noon today, when the new chapters update, I hope you’ll subscribe and support. Besides that, from now on, I’ll guarantee at least three updates per day.\u003C\u002Fp>",397,"2026-06-20T03:53:10.154Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6a058364983c15040449b9e537a4702054483606ed866bd2481fea3dfedbdfc7",null,"i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-622","https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-cover.jpg"]