That's right, fellow authors, you didn't see it wrong—this isn't the main text.
Look at me, look at me, I'm announcing... wait, wrong channel.
One piece of good news, and one piece of bad news.
The good news is that at midnight on May 21st, which is tomorrow, this book will receive its first New Book Recommendation on Dianniang.
I still remember Su Yan's book; it didn't get its first New Book Recommendation until the main text reached about 300,000 words... at 300,000 words, it can't even be considered a 'new' book anymore.
Despite that, the results for that book were decent, with an average subscription of over five hundred. For a small author like me, that's already a very good result.
As for what happened later... those who know, know.
I can only say that the'secret room' thing is truly harmful.
For this 50,000-word seedling to achieve these results truly makes me very happy and excited.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Book Friends for your love and support, and also thank my editor, the great Yexiao.
I will work even harder to create a work that satisfies everyone.
The bad news... I tested positive for COVID.
And it's my first time catching it.
I'm not in good shape, so I'm taking a day off today. I'll continue updating the main text tomorrow. I hope all Book Friends can understand.
Now, let's get into the main topic: discussing the CP issues of the Protagonist, Xiao Xue.
If you have opinions or suggestions, you can provide feedback in the chapter or paragraph comments.
[The following content contains spoilers; enter at your own risk]
A quick heads-up: this book is Yuri (GL) and a harem.
Tentative female leads: Xiao Xun Er, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian.
Xiao Xun Er goes without saying; she's already half a yandere. A yandere eldest miss is also a character archetype that I personally like very much.
As for Medusa, how could one visit the Fighting Qi Continent and miss out on the Queen of the Snake-People Clan? Regarding Xiao Yi Xian, that's simply to make up for the regrets of the original work.
In the original work, the relationship between Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian was indeed a lingering regret.
Because Xiao Yi Xian was plagued by the Calamity Poison Body from a young age, the people around her—from Boss Yao to the members of the Poison Sect—were basically opportunists. Only Xiao Yan was someone she could openly share her heart with, and even someone willing to fight for her with his life.
Xiao Yi Xian's feelings for Xiao Yan eventually reached a stage where they could have been lovers or even stayed together.
However, from beginning to end, Xiao Yan only treated Xiao Yi Xian as a very good friend from his journey, a friend he could trust with his life.
If we were to change Xiao Yi Xian's gender to male and follow the original plot, we would find that there isn't actually much of a sense of incongruity.
In the harem novels of that era, basically any female character described with a notable appearance either joined the harem or opposed the Protagonist and ended up with a miserable fate.
Such stories are actually quite boring. Harem novels written like an achievement collection result in interesting characters having fewer scenes after joining the harem, to the point that in the Late Stages, you can't even remember who they are when you see their names.
The fact that Potato could write this kind of plot shows that he wouldn't write just anything for the sake of cheap thrills; he wasn't willing to mindlessly give the harem a 'peaceful coexistence' buff.
battle through the heavens was doing very well at the time, and he had to consider the public's perception while writing. Perhaps out of social impact considerations, he didn't dare write a 'grand reunion' style ending where he gets everyone.
After all, the public can be quite conservative at times, and the influence of battle through the heavens was not something ordinary harem novels could compare to.
Therefore, I don't want Xiao Yi Xian to end up as just another background character; I want to use my own writing to give Xiao Yi Xian a sense of Perfection.
Whether to make Xiao Yi Xian a friend or a partner is a point I'm currently conflicted about, but I will work hard to flesh out her character.
Having finished with Xiao Yi Xian, it's time for Yun Yun.
I know that among the 'female lead' candidates with the highest demand, Yun Yun is definitely there.
As can be seen from the battle through the heavens anime, there are quite a lot of Yun Yun fans, and Yun Yun even has a trend of surpassing Medusa to become the number one female lead.
However, novels are novels and anime is anime. Since I am writing fanfiction, I naturally take the original work as the highest reference, and character settings are based on the original.
The reason the character Yun Yun became so popular outside the core fandom is entirely due to the anime's special episodes and the Three-Year Agreement arc, which made her famous. Now she even threatens Medusa's status as the female lead.
However, I personally do not like the character of Yun Yun.
Please, Book Friends, decide whether she is worthy of the 'female lead' position after reading my analysis.
In the original work, Yun Yun has many flaws, but these flaws are all covered up by her identity as 'Yun Zhi'.
Furthermore, in the Late Stage, the Cloud Mist Sect colluded with the Hall of Souls, naturally becoming a so-called 'villainous force.' Consequently, no one held Yun Yun accountable for what she had done before.
If we set aside the 'Yun Zhi' alias and the factor of the Hall of Souls and look at Yun Yun again, we will find many problems.
First: Falling in love for no reason.
She was saved by Xiao Yan, and the two accidentally consumed an aphrodisiac, nearly leading to an incident. In the end, Xiao Yan restrained himself, which counts as a bonus point. Then, after living together for a few days, Yun Yun fell in love for no reason.
Are the feelings of a Sect Master so cheap?
If it weren't for the Protagonist Halo, it could only be because Xiao Yan is too handsome.
Second: Going back on her word.
While Xiao Yan was playing the oriole behind the mantis and stealing the Green Lotus Core Flame, Yun Yun told Gu He that she would chase the mysterious person and retrieve the Green Lotus Core Flame.
In the end, upon discovering the mysterious person was Yan Xiao, she said that since she was only there to ensure Gu He and the others were safe, it didn't matter whether they obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame.
Just like that, Yun Yun lightly brushed aside the promise she had just made to Gu He. Is this the credibility a leader should have?
Unsurprisingly, when the Cloud Mist Sect ran into trouble later, Yun Yun couldn't be relied upon.
Let's read on.
Third: Failing to distinguish between public and private matters.
One instance is when Xiao Yan used a Fire Lotus to nearly blast the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor to death and almost died himself, leaving behind fragments of the Sea Heart Armor at the scene.
Then, Yun Yun arrived at the scene, and after finding the fragments, her only thought was for the safety of her little lover, completely throwing her only Disciple Nalan Yanran's Three-Year Agreement to the back of her mind.
So much so that by the time Xiao Yan went up to the Cloud Mist Sect and finished his fight with Nalan Yanran, she, the Master and Sect Master, hadn't even managed to return.
What, is the safety of your little lover important, but your Disciple's fate isn't?
Another instance is when Xiao Yan went up to the Cloud Mist Sect for the second time and, in front of Yun Shan, Yun Yun, all the Disciples, and outsiders, directly killed the Grand Elder.
At this point, the Cloud Mist Sect and the Xiao Family were already in an irreconcilable situation.
Yet Yun Yun not only failed to help capture Xiao Yan, but she even removed Yun Shan's mark from his body.
Whether in terms of cultivation growth, the destructive power of his Dou Techniques, his influence as an Alchemist, or the background of the many Dou Huangs and Dou Zongs that mysteriously appeared, Xiao Yan was definitely the mortal enemy of the Cloud Mist Sect within the foreseeable future.
And yet, for her own selfish reasons, she let the Sect's great enemy go. Such a person is actually the Sect Master.
I wonder if the spirits of the Cloud Mist Sect Disciples who died at Xiao Yan's hands during the manhunt would be moved to tears by their love upon seeing Xiao Yan and their Sect Master hugging.
With such a failure to distinguish between public and private, even without the Hall of Souls, the dissolution of the Cloud Mist Sect was only a matter of time.
Fourth: Selfish and cold-blooded.
If Yun Yun's treatment of Gu He and the others in the desert was indifferent, then her allowing Xiao Yan to take Yun Shan's remains was cold-blooded.
Yun Shan raised you, taught you Dou Techniques, and supported you into the position of Sect Master. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say his favor was as heavy as a mountain, right?
Yun Shan is dead, and the Alliance led by the Xiao Family has won. Is it that hard to ask for your Master to be laid to rest?
When Yun Shan died, Yun Yun wanted to end it all, but Xiao Yan couldn't bear for her to die, so he used the lives of the Cloud Mist Sect Disciples to threaten her against committing suicide.
Using the lives of the Cloud Mist Sect Disciples to threaten her against suicide... let me laugh for a moment. If Yun Yun really cared about the lives of the Cloud Mist Sect Disciples, she wouldn't have let Xiao Yan go during his second visit to the Cloud Mist Sect.
Does she really care about the life and death of those Disciples?
And at this time, why not mention her Master's remains and ask for them back to bury him?
I believe that if Yun Yun had used her own life as a threat, given Xiao Yan's character, he definitely would have agreed. But she didn't.
She doesn't care; she only cares about herself. The lives of the Cloud Mist Sect Disciples were just a way out for her.
With that pretext, she stepped down quite easily.
So, in summary, the Protagonist will not have much interaction with the character Yun Yun. I would like to apologize to all the Yun Yun fans here.