[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-ring-of-fate":3,"chapter-the-ring-of-fate-the-ring-of-fate-chapter-57":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Ring of Fate",{"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},2298026,4496,"Chapter 57: Monthly Summary and a Request for April Base Monthly Votes","the-ring-of-fate-chapter-57",57,"\u003Cp>First, let me clarify: the official launch isn’t on April 1st, but April 10th, because I feel the current word count is too low and I’m a bit embarrassed—I really need at least two hundred thousand free words before going live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New book monthly votes are crucial; even before launch, I’m asking everyone for your April base monthly votes—you can cast them right after midnight. I’ll keep my usual update schedule, and add extra chapters only after launch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This month has mainly been about expanding the worldbuilding, and it’s also the perfect chance to revisit, during the free chapters, the occult knowledge that will be heavily used in The Cycle of Fate, so new readers won’t be completely lost, and old readers—many of whom probably forgot—can review it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So even if it slows the pacing a bit, I’m making sure to finish all this in the free chapters, so no one pays to reread the same content—I owe it to everyone to honor every penny they spend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Readers who’ve made it this far likely know this book introduces a new system of petitioning deities for blessings, somewhat similar to the Received Scripture system I mentioned might appear in a potential third book, but not identical—since petitioning the unactivated “Dao” and “Heavenly Court” allows for special methods to circumvent certain negative effects, forming a unique Eastern-style process, whereas petitioning living deities offers no loopholes, unless aided by corresponding power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, a clarification: the black mark and the thorn symbol are not the same thing—I’ll explain later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, most of the setup is complete; the plot will gradually intensify from here. Once again, I’m asking for your April base monthly votes—this launch month for a new book is vital!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you all so much~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",298,"2026-06-20T06:22:34.374Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3ffaacb796243158c8d854012ed186962f4a7e72803f0deb259c71098f893e2f","the-ring-of-fate-chapter-58","the-ring-of-fate-chapter-56",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-ring-of-fate-cover.jpg"]