All-rounder Artist-Chapter 602 - 568: The Return of the Great Saint_1

Everyone thought Chu Kuang would dutifully keep his head down and apologize.

And that Silver Blue Books would obediently withdraw their marketing promotions.

The immense public pressure, created and fostered by countless fans of ’The Primordial Chaos’ together with a vast number of netizens and bystanders, is enormous!

This is not a force that an individual or a single company can halt easily!

But nobody expected!

They would choose to stand their ground to the end!

Chu Kuang did not back down, and neither did Silver Blue Books!

Not only did they not back down, but they also opted to publish ahead of schedule!

The fans of ’The Primordial Chaos’ were completely enraged!

The President of the ’The Primordial Chaos’ Research Association, a prominent figure within the cultural sector called Jin Pei, voicing his fury:

’You are obstinately refusing enlightenment, I, on behalf of myself and the ’The Primordial Chaos’ Research Association, declare a boycott of ’Journey to the West’. Classic masterpieces cannot be so casually belittled and slighted!’

Following this.

Within the ’The Primordial Chaos’ Research Association.

Other figures from the cultural sector, with Jin Pei as their head, successively raised their voices, calling on fans of ’The Primordial Chaos’ to boycott ’Journey to the West’!

Things have escalated to the point where they are nearly irreparable.

The firm stance of Silver Blue Books and Chu Kuang shocked many within the industry, leaving everyone perplexed—

"Isn’t this a bit impulsive..."

"A simple apology to smooth things over would have sufficed."

"It was only a few promotional lines after all."

"The number of fanatical ’The Primordial Chaos’ fans is frightening. If this group boycotts ’Journey to the West’, it will heavily impact the book."

"This will also greatly affect Chu Kuang personally."

"If this novel is published ahead of schedule, it’s bound to be compared with ’The Primordial Chaos’. How can the two be compared?"

"The other is written in classical Chinese, and just from a literary perspective, the sheer amount of poetry and song lyrics it contains is not something a regular fantasy novel can compete with."

"The fans of ’The Primordial Chaos’ may be overbearing, but they actually have the capital to be overbearing."

"..."

The influence of Chu Kuang is indeed terrifying!

But this time, Chu Kuang’s opponent isn’t just another author!

Chu Kuang’s opponent is the ’The Primordial Chaos’ culture that has evolved over countless years!

The fantasy novel circle has many super best-sellers.

But due to differences in their era and development time, none have formed a distinct culture.

Nor do they attract countless experts and scholars to study their works...

On just this point alone, ’The Primordial Chaos’ is not an opponent that best-selling authors can challenge head-on!

Some even suspect that the publication of ’Journey to the West’ may be halted due to pressure from so many bigwigs in the cultural circle.

Yet, to many people’s surprise.

The Literature and Art Association has remained silent, as if they haven’t noticed the literary market’s earthquake at this time...

Their ambivalent attitude puzzled many.

Logically speaking, the Literature and Art Association should have stepped forward long ago.

By that evening.

The Literature and Art Association finally issued a statement.

Yet the statement the Literature and Art Association released left many dumbfounded:

"Disputes within the literary circle have always been settled through works. All uproars before this are meaningless. Please, fans of ’The Primordial Chaos’, cease your reporting of ’Journey to the West’ immediately. The novel has not violated any rules set by related departments. We also ask the fans who support Chu Kuang not to waste their time on the internet.

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Chu Kuang’s new work will be released tomorrow, the situation will become clear then."

Let the works speak for themselves?

The day will reveal the truth?

Finally, someone realized what was going on:

"Holy shit!"

"Is the Literature and Art Association trying to pit ’Journey to the West’ against ’The Primordial Chaos’ culture in an arena battle!?"

"Are they asking Chu Kuang to have a ’Literary Duel’ with ’The Primordial Chaos’?"

"This..."

"Is it even comparable?"

"How can they be compared?"

"Are they asking ’Journey to the West’ and the ’The Primordial Chaos’ series to face off without taking sides?"

"…"

It’s over, Chu Kuang is done for!

Even if the Literature and Art Association takes no sides and implicitly criticizes the ’The Primordial Chaos’ fans for unjustly reporting ’Journey to the West’, asking Chu Kuang’s new book to have a ’Literary Duel’ with the already cultural phenomenon that is the ’The Primordial Chaos’ series?

How could it possibly succeed?

Meanwhile.

The fans of ’The Primordial Chaos’ are pumped!

They are shooting themselves in the foot!

Your ’Journey to the West’ professes to stand shoulder to shoulder with ’The Primordial Chaos’, doesn’t it?

Then come tomorrow, we’ll see just how your ’Journey to the West’ compares to ’The Primordial Chaos’!

...

At this moment.

The internet went silent.

The intervention of the Literature and Art Association seems to have completely quelled the tumultuous waves.

However...

Everyone knows!

A storm is on the verge of breaking out!

Once ’Journey to the West’ is officially published, even greater turmoil will inevitably ensue. The fans of ’The Primordial Chaos’ will certainly spare no effort in comparing the two novels!

But how can ’Journey to the West’ possibly compete with the ’The Primordial Chaos’ series?

None of Chu Kuang’s previous fantasy novels were qualified.

Just in terms of cultural heritage and artistic value, ’Journey to the West’ is already being crushed by the ’The Primordial Chaos’ series...

During this period of eerie calm.

The time has finally come for the second day.

This morning, countless fans of Chu Kuang were the first to head to bookstores to purchase ’Journey to the West’.

The fanbase of Chu Kuang is still terrifyingly huge.

And now is when Chu Kuang needs support the most.

As a result, many people didn’t hesitate to buy ’Journey to the West’ to express their support for Chu Kuang!

Inside a bookstore.

Upon purchasing the physical book and casually flipping through it, someone suddenly widened their eyes...

This novel is actually available in two versions!

One is a modern version!

And the other is a traditional version!

If memory serves, isn’t ’The Primordial Chaos’ also in traditional form?

A novel handed down from ancient times is naturally in the traditional form, filled with numerous poems and song lyrics.

At that time, novels tried to balance story with a relentless pursuit of art and culture.

But Chu Kuang, a modern person, actually wrote an ancient version of "Journey to the West"?

How confident must one be in their cultural proficiency?

"Oh, fuck!"

"Ancient version!"

"This is truly competing with ’The Primordial Chaos’ now!"

"I once thought that a modern novel couldn’t be compared with a work passed down from ancient times. But with this ancient version, it’s a whole different story!"

"Oh my God!"

"I can’t understand the ancient version at all!!!"

"Let me see… Fuck, I can’t understand it either!"

"Whoever can understand this, please tell me what the level is of this ancient version?"

"We ordinary people surely can’t analyze it. This ancient version is clearly aimed at the bigwigs in the literary world!"

"I’m just going to go ahead and read the modern version..."

"Waiting for the bigwigs to analyze the level of the ancient version."

"Actually, it’s not that the ancient version is completely incomprehensible. If you ignore the poetry inside and just read the story, it shouldn’t be a problem."

"The story part is still pretty colloquial."

"But I still feel more comfortable reading the modern version, the way it’s formatted to the writing style is very comfortable, Chu Kuang’s writing style is really extraordinary."

"..."

Even though everyone had the ancient version of "Journey to the West," they were still quite puzzled.

Even if they could understand it, it would be difficult to compare it with "The Primordial Chaos" in a short period of time and distinguish which is better.

However, the vast majority of people still purchased both versions.

On the other hand.

Many bigwigs in the cultural world who were paying attention to this matter also purchased the latest edition of "Journey to the West".

...

In a certain literary exchange group.

That’s right.

It’s the same group of bigwigs who offered in-depth critiques of the culture in the lyrics when Xian Yu’s song "May We Last Forever" was released.

Let’s reintroduce them.

Every member in this group is essentially a heavyweight in the literary world, which even includes top figures in the cultural world who can articulate their views through contemporary writings.

These people were also inspired by the uproar between "Journey to the West" and The Primordial Chaos.

While getting ready to read the book, some discussions accompanied them in the group:

"Little Li insisted that I read this ’Journey to the West’ and asked me to comment on which is better compared to The Primordial Chaos series."

"Little Li seems quite confident this time."

"Little Li also sent me a copy. As the speaker of the Literature and Art Association, the fact that he highly promotes a novel makes me a bit interested."

"Even though The Primordial Chaos series has its flaws, overall it’s still very good."

"Hmm, it may not be a classic, but its literary value is not low."

"Looks like Little Li sent each of us a copy of ’Journey to the West’, interesting."

"..."

After a round of discussion, the group quieted down.

Evidently.

They went to read the book.

Not just within this group.

The internet was also very quiet.

But behind this tranquility, something was ready to move...

Lin Yuan did not read the book.

The novel has been released, but the publication of the "Journey to the West" novel is just a beginning for Lin Yuan.

Not because he sees The Primordial Chaos as an opponent.

Lin Yuan just believes that he has the duty and responsibility to develop the culture specific to Journey to the West.

Only having a cultural world with The Primordial Chaos Myth would be too lonely and too monotonous.

Movies...

Animations...

Fanfics...

Derivatives...

Everything that the Primordial Chaos series has, "Journey to the West" must also have.

Even things that the Primordial Chaos series doesn’t have, "Journey to the West" must have too!

At this juncture.

Lin Yuan decides to start this journey with a song.

For the first song, he would sing himself.

And the song is titled "Wukong."

He would do everything he could to popularize the culture of Journey to the West as much as possible.

For this reason, Lin Yuan didn’t hesitate to use the influence of three masks simultaneously.

Not until the evening.

Lin Yuan finally finished recording "Wukong."

Not in a hurry to release it, Lin Yuan decided to go online to gauge the situation first.

There should be some activity by now...

Especially for those who read quickly.

The seven or eight hundred thousand words of "Journey to the West" can be finished within one day.

As evidenced, Lin Yuan’s time management was on point.

When he began to go online, it was just the time when many people had finished reading "Journey to the West."

Although compared to the previous heated battle between the Chu Kuang fan and Chaos die-hards, the internet at this moment was like a calm sea, deathly still under the sunlight.

Utter silence.

But a storm was brewing in the distance.

Finally!

Someone took the lead in breaking the silence!

The one who broke the silence first was the former president of the Blue Star Literature and Art Association!

Although he has retired, he is still a highly respected elder in the culture industry whose influence remains significant!

"Picking up ’Journey to the West’ and not being able to put it down. In the twilight, my old and dim eyes couldn’t bear the high-intensity reading. I had my wife read the last few lines to me, but I couldn’t stay calm for a long time. I have three feelings to share with everyone.

First, the orthodox mythology that the Blue Star cultural world has been waiting for hundreds of years finally arrives, and I look forward to the day it bears fruit; Secondly, what a great ’Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal’, what a smashing through the Cloud Palace; Thirdly, The Primordial Chaos is a classic masterpiece, but ’Journey to the West’ is a contemporary masterpiece, also a temple of mythology."

On this day.

The winds and clouds are turbulent.

The Golden Cudgel stirs a mighty wave.

The Great Sage shattered the Cloud Palace.

In the stunned horror of countless people, an unprecedented storm began its prelude.

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