All-rounder Artist

This is a cultural invasion from Zhong Continent.

If this were a game, after Blue Star's unification of its eight continents, Zhong Continent would inevitably be the final boss all other continents must face.

In fact.

Zhong Continent has indeed presented itself as a final boss-level existence.

However.

Even a final boss like Zhong Continent hit a hard wall when faced with some tough opponents.

Take the field of novels in Zhong Continent, for example.

In reality, even six months before Zhong Continent joined the Blue Star unification, some of Blue Star's biggest publishing houses had already begun contacting top authors from a variety of genres in Zhong Continent to seek business collaborations.

On the day Zhong Continent officially joined the unification.

The publishing houses filled their countless stores with overwhelming advertisements, promoting and selling all the works of these top authors from Zhong Continent!

During the Spring Festival period.

The sales of works by these top Zhong Continent authors surged across Blue Star's continents!

A seven-day frenzy!

The sales numbers of authors from other continents couldn't compete with them at all!

Within just five days.

In Blue Star's monthly individual sales rankings, seven out of the top ten spots were taken by Zhong Continent writers!

Only three non-Zhong Continent writers remained in the top ten.

These three were: Chu Kuang, the sales champion ranked first; Men Ruoyu, in sixth place; and Master Ren, in ninth place.

The rest were all Zhong Continent writers!

Including the author in second place on the sales rankings!

Regarding this situation, most Zhong Continent writers believed that it was only a matter of time before one of their own would claim the top spot in the monthly sales rankings.

However.

Another seven consecutive days passed.

Men Ruoyu and Master Ren both dropped one rank each, but the top spot, occupied by Chu Kuang, remained rock solid!

Seven days!

No Zhong Continent author's monthly sales could knock him down!

It's important to understand.

The total monthly sales ranking for individual works is updated monthly!

Comparing cumulative sales alone?

The writers from Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, and Wei would undoubtedly be the strongest. No matter how excellent the Zhong Continent authors are, they couldn't make up for the gap of several years in only seven days.

After all, Zhong Continent joined the unification far too late.

But…

Why can't Zhong Continent authors surpass the towering mountain that is Chu Kuang, even in monthly sales?

Standing like a lone sentry.

Impenetrable by countless challengers.

Chu Kuang single-handedly blocked all the authors of Zhong Continent!

A small number of Zhong Continent writers who knew of Chu Kuang could only smile wryly, but most others who were unfamiliar with him immediately began to investigate this figure.

In truth, there wasn't much need for investigation.

The cultural barrier had already been broken.

Blue Star's encyclopedia had detailed information about Chu Kuang:

Mystery!

Fairy tales!

Science fiction!

Martial arts (wuxia)!

Immortal cultivation (xianxia)!

Sports!

Suspense and exploration!

Short stories!

Chu Kuang had written extensively in all these genres, and his biography on the encyclopedia came with detailed sales data for these works. The terrifying sales figures for each book left many Zhong Continent writers fuming in astonishment!

After completing their research.

The writer groups of Zhong Continent collectively lost their minds!

"Holy sh*t!"

"Trying to scare us to death, huh?!"

"What the hell is up with this Chu Kuang?! How is he this insane? The range of genres he's tackled is absurdly broad—he's practically written in every genre, and each one has had some level of explosive success! Even in niche genres like martial arts and sports, he's achieved phenomenal results, and they're full-on groundbreaking!"

"Monster!"

"No wonder Chu Kuang's individual monthly sales are so sky-high. His range of genres is just too vast. Readers from every continent and from all sorts of niches have read his books, and the sales of many of his works are still terrifying even today. Like that *Hercule Poirot Series*—its daily sales figures are incredible—as well as several other marquee titles. Some of these works have been completed for years and yet still outperform many bestsellers in the market!"

"How does he do it?"

"How can he be so good at so many genres?"

"Some of these genres are completely unrelated. Can you even imagine a top-tier mystery writer also being the king of fairy tales?"

"How the hell do we even compete with that?!"

"There's no shortage of Zhong Continent authors with single works stronger than his, but when it comes to total individual sales, no one can match him!"

"You guys have gotten too full of yourselves."

"Blue Star isn't composed of just Zhong Continent."

"I've been following Chu Kuang's achievements for a while now. His abilities are beyond what you can imagine. Even in Zhong Continent, not everyone could contend with someone like him head-on. Do you know what people outside our continent call him?"

"What do they call him?"

"He's called the Xian Yu of the literary world!"

"South Xian Yu, North Chu Kuang!"

"He's a figure on par with Xian Yu. You could indirectly understand it like this: if Xian Yu's dominance in music is unmatched, then Chu Kuang has that same level of dominance in literature."

A Zhong Continent writer began to explain.

Even though Blue Star had cultural walls in the past, in truth, many top-tier writers had silently taken note of Chu Kuang long before Zhong Continent joined the unification.

Instantly.

Zhong Continent's writer groups were abuzz with discussions about Chu Kuang!

In some large Zhong Continent writers' group chats.

Even some of Zhong Continent's top authors couldn't resist chiming in to explain.

A Zhong Continent fairy tale writer:

"Chu Kuang was rated by the Literature and Art Association as the 'King of Short Fairy Tales.' At that time, Zhong Continent wasn't even part of the unification, but you all know how stringent the standards of the Literature and Art Association are. If this man wasn't truly extraordinary, they wouldn't have granted him such a title."

A Zhong Continent mystery author:

"I've read his mystery works, including the *Hercule Poirot Series* and *Sherlock Holmes Series.* These two works are enough to make countless Zhong Continent mystery authors ashamed of themselves. At least for me, I pale in comparison—I just can't match his skills."

A suspense and exploration author:

"My book *Uncharted* drew inspiration from Chu Kuang's *Candle in the Tomb* series. He's a pioneer, singlehandedly creating the tomb-raiding genre of novels."

A martial arts author:

"Chu Kuang's level of martial arts novel creation is unquestionably among the top three on Blue Star. The *Legend of the Condor Heroes Trilogy* is something every Zhong Continent martial arts author should read."

A fantasy author:

"Chu Kuang's fantasy novels are exceptional—he's even founded several subgenres, some of which have already spread to Zhong Continent."

A science fiction author:

"Chu Kuang's sci-fi is very solid. While he might not yet match the top-tier sci-fi authors of Zhong Continent, he absolutely isn't someone your average sci-fi writer can challenge."

*Swish swish swish!*

In the major group chats.

Numerous top authors from Zhong Continent expressed their utmost admiration for Chu Kuang. Only these heavyweight authors would broaden their gaze beyond Zhong Continent, refusing to underestimate the heroes from other continents—unlike mid-tier writers, who never paid attention to those outside and certainly never considered reading the works of non-Zhong Continent authors.

At this point.

The pride of many Zhong Continent writers lay shattered into pieces. Yet, a portion of writers furrowed their brows even more tightly.

South Xian Yu, North Chu Kuang?

Xian Yu could even defeat Abigail.

And now this Chu Kuang could stand as Xian Yu's equal?

Believe it or not, Chu Kuang's reputation within Zhong Continent's literary circles had skyrocketed, thanks to his dominance atop the personal sales charts!

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