12 Answers2025-06-16
The writer of a groundbreaking, daring essay to be banned a couple of years later in a burst of extreme fury decides to recycle the original material for a more main stream journal, watering down some of the more explosive arguments to include in ‘New Beginning’, the re-worked version of the essay containing the same core arguments, or thesis, on Fang Yuan’s brand new philosophy, with perhaps a little different supporting evidence in a less-inflammable language to reach an audience of more moderate and safe disposition. That would not be a sequel, however; a sequel is written after the original and deepens on the conclusions drawn. This is merely a re-packaging of the original with possibly tamer arguments.
12 Answers2026-06-01
If you’re having trouble finding the novel, it’s because the novel’s core philosophy of completely amoral, purely competitive pursuit of success violates China’s censorship laws. My novel was originally removed from China’s leading webnovel site, Qidian, in Chinese, after only a short time due to its “inappropriateness”. And, in English, the official full-length translation was removed midway through the story due to similar complaints about “inappropriateness”. Now, the novel has filled a vacuum and become a piece of fandom history that fans are committed to making sure that others can read. Most of the versions of the novel are scattered about online in PDF, EPUB, etc. form, often posted by readers for other readers. Thus, finding a high quality, stable host for the work is difficult because any such host would almost immediately be subject to takedown notices from a variety of complainants.
9 Answers2025-11-03
Gahd I’m dying over here! Just that last panel of all that rainy gray, and the letter... I’ve been staring at this so hard I’m starting to read it now. Artist is having ME PANIC (again).
I checked the author's Twitter but everything is in Korean and horrible machine translated. Apparently another 2 weeks based on normal gap between chapters is what some of the fans are saying. We just have to be patient I guess and support the creator.
10 Answers2026-06-01
Why was the story ‘banned’? It was too good at what it did. Most dark fantasy has a release valve somewhere – a moment of mercy, a line the protagonist will not cross, a sentimental backstory which ‘explains’ away their behavior. Fang Yuan has none of these. His backstory actually adds weight to his philosophy, as opposed to a wistful line which implies that the protagonist is not as bad as he seems. Instead, Fang Yuan is the Bad Guy, and the story actually supports his actions and justifies his behavior. Such consistent and dark work is extremely rare, and it appears that major commercial platforms are unable to handle such uncompromising work. The ban was not an accident. Rather, it was the result of a story with an extremely uncompromising artistic vision and a commercial ecosystem which is increasingly geared towards compromise.
6 Answers2026-02-01
I'm still grinning thinking about the last cliffhanger in 'Darkfall' — honestly, the wait feels like part of the ritual now. According to the official serialization schedule, new chapters drop weekly on Wednesdays at 10:00 KST on the series' publisher page. That means the next chapter will arrive this coming Wednesday at 10:00 KST, and translations and international platform updates usually cascade out within a few hours depending on region and platform caches.
If you want to catch it the moment it lands, set a calendar alert and convert the time to your zone (for me that's Tuesday evening EST). I normally refresh the official chapter page a minute before release, then switch to the fan Discord and spoiler threads to see early reactions. Keep in mind occasional breaks happen — holidays, author health, or editorial pauses can push a release back a week. But the publisher tends to post brief notices on the series page or the author's feed, so I check both morning and night.
I always try to support the official release when I can because faster official releases mean better translation quality and steady serialization. Can't wait to see how this next chapter deepens the lore — I'm already bracing for those big reveals and a new favorite panel or two.
10 Answers2026-06-22
Note that chapters that fall within intense action sequences are generally shorter than chapters that contain lots of dialogue and plot. While chapters that are part of big fights can end in the middle of the action (classic serialization technique for a cliffhanger), it appears that the author's schedule influences the length of chapters at the chapter-break level, and thus keeps the reader coming back for more action.
11 Answers2025-10-31
Being a fan in the modern age of hype is all about uncertainty. Fans are no longer passive but active components in the hype cycle. Even if there is no product we participate in the storytelling, in our speculation, in our memes and in our longing. Uncertainty and “when” keep us engaged, reading and discussing our hopes.
In many ways we are building the community to support the book’s success. The release date is almost irrelevant to the conversations we are having right here, right now.
5 Answers2026-07-09
I’m just reading the manhwa on Tapas, for the novel translation of ‘Pick Me Up’ it’s too fragmented and inconsistent for me to really care about right now. (That being said, I believe it is currently ahead of the comic, although it’s difficult for me to find individual English chapters of it and it would require far more effort on my part to read the novel rather than the manhwa). The art really adds to the gacha summoning scenes, so that’s a major draw for me to just read the manhwa.
3 Answers2025-08-06
I’ve kind of built a system for finding new RC novel releases over time. I bookmark Webnovel’s “New Releases” and Wuxiaworld’s “New Stories” pages, since they get updated regularly. Sometimes the “New Releases” page will even feature some trending content or newly completed translations, so I try to check that page every day or so too. There are a few Twitter translators of RC novels that I follow, and they’ll usually post about upcoming projects and then link to new chapters as they’re released.
For even more books to read, I look for RC Novel Facebook groups and follow some of the pages. Then, I also look at some of the Goodreads lists for Newly Translated RC Novels and Upcoming Releases in Fantasy. I’ve found some real gems when people add new titles to these lists, written by authors that I’d never heard of before.
I also keep an eye out for crowdfunding projects on Kickstarter (for example, it was how I found out about the translation of ‘Lord of the Mysteries’ early on). In general, I try to combine the official resources for new releases, the information I get from social media and the input I get from the community, in order to be as up-to-date as possible and always have something new to read.
10 Answers2026-05-29
Looking at chapter length, one can see that in the initial stages of a story, the author uses very short chapters, often ending in a cliffhanger. As the story gets more readers, chapters increase in length and get more detailed. By chapter 100 the author is happy to take detours to explain the world in more detail. This evolution in chapter length is not just a sign of lack of discipline, it shows the author’s growing confidence in his or her story.