The weekly ranking update arrived once again.
Like other recommendations, the Four Seas Recommendation was refreshed again, launching twelve brand new works.
At the same time, Lingdian Chinese Web also created a brand new Four Seas channel specifically for the Four Seas Ranking.
Within the Four Seas channel, besides listing the twelve works, it also provided detailed introductions, reader commentary, and recommended reasons for each title.
'Those Things in Another World' Recommendation reason: A transmigration story about becoming a lord in another world. While it follows a familiar game fantasy setup, the plot is highly engaging and goes far beyond simple farming and monster grinding. The writing is humorous, the story flows smoothly, and readers can follow the protagonist as he dominates the other world.
'Peak of Martial Dao' Author Badao Recommendation reason: No explanation needed. The latest work by Level Seven author Badao. A must-read.
'How a Bad Guy Is Made' Author The Number One White Under Heaven. Recommendation reason: Just like the author's pen name, the novel is white to the extreme. But if it were only white, we would not recommend it. Beyond its noob style, what truly moves readers is its unwavering drive to grow stronger. In addition, the recently circulating famous line 'The world slander me' also comes from this author.
In addition to these, the Four Seas channel also displayed the Four Seas declarations written by all twelve authors.
And most importantly, there was voting. Whoever took first place would become the Four Seas Champion Scholar.
It could be said that this round of the Four Seas Recommendation underwent massive changes compared to any previous round.
Countless readers noticed this the moment they entered Lingdian Chinese Web that day.
Especially those readers with unique tastes who headed straight for the Four Seas Recommendation every week when the rankings refreshed. When they discovered that Lingdian had launched a dedicated Four Seas channel, all of them were incredibly excited.
Among these readers was Liu Feilong.
In real life, Liu Feilong was a businessman. He read novels mainly to relieve stress. But after reading for many years, he had become a hardcore web novel reader. That said, he was extremely picky. Ordinary novels could not catch his interest at all. Even works by god tier authors were often the same.
What he liked were novels with originality, sentiment, and pioneering spirit.
The Four Seas Recommendation had always been his primary place to hunt for novels.
Because on this list, he could find many innovative works. Although most of the innovation on this list was still immature, it was precisely that immaturity that made those attempts precious.
As the new round of the Four Seas Recommendation was updated, Liu Feilong entered Lingdian Chinese Web at once.
Looks pretty good. The Four Seas Recommendation has been completely revamped. Lingdian even created a dedicated channel for it.
Without hesitation, Liu Feilong entered the Four Seas interface.
The first thing that caught his eye was the twelve works of various genres.
Here, there were introductions, recommendation reasons, and, of course, the Four Seas declarations written by the authors.
What Liu Feilong enjoyed reading the most were the Four Seas declarations, because he felt that each round's declarations were essentially the twelve authors' battle manifestos.
Excited, he clicked on one of them. Two minutes later, he closed it directly.
The book itself did not interest him based on the introduction and recommendation reasons. He had only clicked it to see how the battle declaration was written. But after reading it, he was speechless. If the novel itself was mediocre, fine, but even the battle declaration lacked any sense of gunpowder. Brother, what use is a Four Seas declaration like this? Bad review.
'The Rise of the Republic'. Just from the title, it was clear it was a Republican era novel. Liu Feilong took a look but was still not particularly interested. As for the Four Seas declaration, aside from thanking the editor, thanking readers, thanking father and mother, thanking heaven and earth, there was nothing else. Damn it, I came to watch a battle. Where is the battle? Another bad review. No wonder this guy has so few votes.
'Peerless Genius'. The title was not bad and somewhat eye-catching. The main text was decent, barely worth reading. Besides that, this author's Four Seas declaration was better than the previous ones. There was some gunpowder, some sense of combat. But Liu Feilong felt the combat power was insufficient. With a battle power of only five, this kind of thing would just be cannon fodder. Forget it.
He closed another work.
Then he continued.
'Peak of Martial Dao'. The title was very domineering. It was probably a god tier author's work. Checking the author confirmed it, Level Seven god tier author Badao. Liu Feilong almost teared up. He was not particularly fond of god tier authors' works. Still, since someone could reach that level, the writing should not be bad. He checked the reviews and recommendations, which seemed fine. He tried reading the text. It was decent, but…
At this moment, Liu Feilong did not quite know how to evaluate it. He had read Badao's works before and even followed them for a while. At first, he was obsessed, feeling that Badao's writing was amazing and extremely domineering. But after reading more, he realized that Badao's works were too crafted, too formulaic. Moreover, the protagonists in his novels often had questionable values, killing without restraint and using any means necessary. Later, after reading some Feilong gossip and discovering that Badao's personal character was not great either, Liu Feilong gradually stopped reading his books.
This 'Peak of Martial Dao' had no major issues. It was not great, but not bad either. When he read Badao's Four Seas declaration, Liu Feilong could not help but admire him a little.
I am Badao. I seek to reign supreme. Next week, whoever stands with me through life and death is my brother.
Regardless of Badao's character, this guy really had some skill. Just this single line alone could probably instantly crush countless authors.
It seemed that the Four Seas Champion Scholar of this round was basically secured by Badao.
Shaking his head, Liu Feilong prepared to leave.
Book drought, book drought. Looks like this round of Four Seas has nothing worth reading.
Wait, there is still one.
Unwilling to miss any Four Seas work, Liu Feilong paused.
'How a Bad Guy Is Made'. Author: The Number One White Under Heaven.
The title was ridiculous. Damn it, the author's pen name was even more ridiculous.
Just looking at the title and pen name made Liu Feilong laugh. What kind of nonsense is this?
Fine. Just for how funny this is, I will take a look.
Huh. That famous line, 'The world slander me' was actually written by The Number One White Under Heaven.
Amazing! Truly amazing!
After realizing this, Liu Feilong became somewhat excited.
Liu Feilong was not an author, and he had not paid attention when Feilong had previously been bashing The Number One White Under Heaven. He only learned about it later through chats with other readers. Then that classic line, 'The world slander me' suddenly emerged. When Liu Feilong first saw it, he was stunned on the spot.
How much breadth of mind and scholarship did it take to write such a line?
Especially when he thought about the countless grievances he had suffered in business, Liu Feilong directly took that sentence as his personal motto.
He never expected that after going in a circle, he would discover that the real author was actually this person.
Extremely excited, he clicked to read 'How a Bad Guy Is Made'. Once he started, he could not stop.
The Number One White Under Heaven was truly a talent. With such noob style language, he could write such classic plotlines. I am convinced.
The protagonist Xie Wendong also convinced me.
On the spot, Liu Feilong cast his vote for The Number One White Under Heaven.
However, after voting, Liu Feilong discovered that the work he highly recognized was actually ranked second.
That meant it was ranked below Badao's 'Peak of Martial Dao'.
Damn it, how could this be acceptable?
This novel by The Number One White Under Heaven clearly pioneered the noob style trend. It was far more enjoyable than 'Peak of Martial Dao'.
Liu Feilong was also a veteran reader. Although he was not an author, he understood some web novel terminology. Although noob style novels appeared crude in writing, this kind of prose was more grounded and easier to read. And it did not strain the brain. People read novels for relaxation, after all. It could be said that this work by The Number One White Under Heaven might create an entire noob style genre.
Yet this author, who was on the verge of creating a new genre, was actually ranked below Badao's 'Peak of Martial Dao'.
Feeling dissatisfied, Liu Feilong hurriedly pulled a few reader friends to cast some votes for The Number One White Under Heaven.
However, the gap between The Number One White Under Heaven and Badao was not something that could be closed by one or two votes. Even after pulling in friends to vote, the difference was still enormous.
"Feilong, bro, stop trying. The Number One White Under Heaven cannot possibly take first place."
One friend sent Liu Feilong a message.
"How do you know?"
"Are you kidding? Look, the Number One White Under Heaven has not even posted a battle declaration. Who would vote for him?"
Hearing this, Liu Feilong froze.
So that was the reason.
The Four Seas declaration was essentially a battle declaration or a vote solicitation declaration.
Without posting one, how many readers would voluntarily go vote?
Immediately, Liu Feilong hurried into The Number One White Under Heaven's comment section and made a post.
Brother White, the battle has already begun. Hurry up and post your Four Seas declaration.
Unfortunately, Liu Feilong's post did not receive a reply from The Number One White Under Heaven. Instead, other readers replied.
"Stop shouting. We have been shouting here all morning, and White hasn't shown up. No idea where this guy went. Such an important ranking refresh, and he's not even around."
"Does anyone have Brother White's phone number? Send him a text. If not, his TT number would do."
Unfortunately, readers could only respond that Brother White appeared and disappeared like a ghost, usually only showing up at night. He had never made his phone number or TT number public, let alone a TT group.
Some readers said that he would probably appear at night, and when he did, he would definitely post the battle declaration.
But those words only made Liu Feilong even more anxious.
Didn't the Level Seven god tier author Badao already post his battle declaration in advance?
If they waited until night to post it, getting first place would require nothing short of a miracle.
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