General Announcements
Hi everyone,
Gateway of Immortality is out now, with 50 chapters waiting to be read! This is a new Chinese novel being translated by Joash, who is also working on Mythical Era. Here's an introduction:
Hello everyone! I am Joash, the translator of Gateway of Immortality. As someone with a Chinese cultural background, translating novels, though hard at times, has always been good fun for me. Gateway of Immortality is a really good novel that incorporates ancient Chinese elements, making it fun to translate as I learn new things along the way. Especially now that the viral game Black Myth: Wukong has brought some of the ancient Chinese elements to the world, and you can probably find some of these elements in the story too. I hope you guys enjoy the read just as much as I've enjoyed working on it!
This is a story about a young man, who had transmigrated to another life, another world. A demon who used human sacrifices? A divine being who wielded a flying sword? Immortals! Qin Sang was never the same after his encounter with immortals. Determined to become one himself, he became willing to do anything. But how far would he go to grasp the power of immortality?
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Last month we asked you to vote for your favourite translators of 2024 – here are the winners!
Chinese category
Etvolare
Sovereign of the Three Realms, Necropolis Immortal, Star Gate
Korean category
Openbookworm & DantheMan
Damn Reincarnation
Congratulations to all three of them!
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As some of you have already guessed based on the change to our header logo, Wuxiaworld's 10th anniversary is coming up!! To be exact, it'll be on December 22nd. We've got some events lined up for the rest of this month and January, so stay tuned! Ahead of this special anniversary, we've made a thread on our forum for everyone to share their own stories of when and how they joined Wuxiaworld. Here it is.
Gateway of Immortality is out now, with 50 chapters waiting to be read! This is a new Chinese novel being translated by Joash, who is also working on Mythical Era. Here's an introduction:
Hello everyone! I am Joash, the translator of Gateway of Immortality. As someone with a Chinese cultural background, translating novels, though hard at times, has always been good fun for me. Gateway of Immortality is a really good novel that incorporates ancient Chinese elements, making it fun to translate as I learn new things along the way. Especially now that the viral game Black Myth: Wukong has brought some of the ancient Chinese elements to the world, and you can probably find some of these elements in the story too. I hope you guys enjoy the read just as much as I've enjoyed working on it!
This is a story about a young man, who had transmigrated to another life, another world. A demon who used human sacrifices? A divine being who wielded a flying sword? Immortals! Qin Sang was never the same after his encounter with immortals. Determined to become one himself, he became willing to do anything. But how far would he go to grasp the power of immortality?
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Last month we asked you to vote for your favourite translators of 2024 – here are the winners!
Chinese category
Etvolare
Sovereign of the Three Realms, Necropolis Immortal, Star Gate
Korean category
Openbookworm & DantheMan
Damn Reincarnation
Congratulations to all three of them!
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As some of you have already guessed based on the change to our header logo, Wuxiaworld's 10th anniversary is coming up!! To be exact, it'll be on December 22nd. We've got some events lined up for the rest of this month and January, so stay tuned! Ahead of this special anniversary, we've made a thread on our forum for everyone to share their own stories of when and how they joined Wuxiaworld. Here it is.
ByJaspaaarAdmin
8 days ago
Hi everyone,
We've just launched a new Chinese novel – Returning to the Mysterious Era! 50 chapters are out now. Here's an introduction from its two translators:
Hi everyone, I’m earthworm, one of the translators for Returning to the Mysterious Era. I remember my first introduction to Wuxia novels being the very popular Soul Land. Since then, I’ve enjoyed reading Wuxia novels as a way to pass time and escape reality (just kidding). As an impatient person who can’t stand cliffhangers, I slowly transitioned to reading raws and grew interested in translating. Though this is my first project, I hope to make the journey as enjoyable for you guys as it is to me. Hopefully, we can reach a satisfying conclusion to this story in the next year or so!
Hello everyone, I’m R4gequ1t (ragequit) and I’m one of the translators for Returning to the Mysterious Era. I grew up in a household that speaks both Chinese and English. With the ability to comprehend and translate both languages, I thought to myself: why not give novel translating a go? As I started translating, I found myself getting hooked on the story and the characters in the novel. Although this is my first time taking on novel translation, I hope to make the story as interesting for you as it is to me.
Returning to the Mysterious Era features a boy who can time-travel back to the past using old relics. The twist? He’s stuck in the body of the relic’s owner.
After a near-death experience, Cassius unlocks his ability to travel to the past in the body of Li Wei, a member of the Wind Elephant Sect. Li Wei was a coward who lived a life of regrets up until the day the entire Wind Elephant Sect was murdered. As Cassius relives Li Wei’s past, he makes different decisions to show Li Wei a different kind of future.
By living out the ups and downs of Li Wei’s life, Cassius is introduced to the world of Covert Martial Arts, ties that run closer than blood, and supernatural forces. Crossing the line between the ordinary and supernatural, he realizes there’s no way back. New friends and enemies slowly integrate into his reality.
Now, he must uncover the secrets of Covert Martial Arts and become stronger to survive.
We've just launched a new Chinese novel – Returning to the Mysterious Era! 50 chapters are out now. Here's an introduction from its two translators:
Hi everyone, I’m earthworm, one of the translators for Returning to the Mysterious Era. I remember my first introduction to Wuxia novels being the very popular Soul Land. Since then, I’ve enjoyed reading Wuxia novels as a way to pass time and escape reality (just kidding). As an impatient person who can’t stand cliffhangers, I slowly transitioned to reading raws and grew interested in translating. Though this is my first project, I hope to make the journey as enjoyable for you guys as it is to me. Hopefully, we can reach a satisfying conclusion to this story in the next year or so!
Hello everyone, I’m R4gequ1t (ragequit) and I’m one of the translators for Returning to the Mysterious Era. I grew up in a household that speaks both Chinese and English. With the ability to comprehend and translate both languages, I thought to myself: why not give novel translating a go? As I started translating, I found myself getting hooked on the story and the characters in the novel. Although this is my first time taking on novel translation, I hope to make the story as interesting for you as it is to me.
Returning to the Mysterious Era features a boy who can time-travel back to the past using old relics. The twist? He’s stuck in the body of the relic’s owner.
After a near-death experience, Cassius unlocks his ability to travel to the past in the body of Li Wei, a member of the Wind Elephant Sect. Li Wei was a coward who lived a life of regrets up until the day the entire Wind Elephant Sect was murdered. As Cassius relives Li Wei’s past, he makes different decisions to show Li Wei a different kind of future.
By living out the ups and downs of Li Wei’s life, Cassius is introduced to the world of Covert Martial Arts, ties that run closer than blood, and supernatural forces. Crossing the line between the ordinary and supernatural, he realizes there’s no way back. New friends and enemies slowly integrate into his reality.
Now, he must uncover the secrets of Covert Martial Arts and become stronger to survive.
ByJaspaaarAdmin
22 days ago
Hi everyone,
The Mad Dog of the Duke's Estate is out now!
The life of a powerful knight who was bestowed dark mana from the Malevolent Emperor had ended. But not to a complete end. He had reincarnated into Caron Leston, the youngest grandson of the Duke! With all the knowledge and skill remaining in Caron, he shows incredible growth threatening those around him. His ultimate goal is to become a troublemaker bringing chaos! Follow him on his eventful journey through his second life!
If you're drawn to stories of dark mana, unstoppable growth, and a Mad Dog who shatters every expectation, dive into The Mad Dog of the Duke's Estate!
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From now until November 30th, the voting is open for Wuxiaworld's yearly Reader's Choice translator award! There will be one winner for the Chinese category, and one for the Korean category. If two translators work on the same project, they are grouped together and will receive the award jointly if they win. To make things more interesting, last year's winners, RainbowTurtle and Deathblade, are not up for voting; they're already in Wuxiaworld's hall of fame! Additionally, this year you get three votes per category instead of one!
Edit: voting is now closed!
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We're about a month away from Wuxiaworld's 10th anniversary!!! We're planning plenty of celebrations behind the scenes, and as part of that, we'd appreciate it if you guys could share some messages and memories to be featured on our site and social media later! (There will be events on our forum and elsewhere for sharing stories and memories, so you might want to keep a copy of whatever you write!)
Here's the form.
The Mad Dog of the Duke's Estate is out now!
The life of a powerful knight who was bestowed dark mana from the Malevolent Emperor had ended. But not to a complete end. He had reincarnated into Caron Leston, the youngest grandson of the Duke! With all the knowledge and skill remaining in Caron, he shows incredible growth threatening those around him. His ultimate goal is to become a troublemaker bringing chaos! Follow him on his eventful journey through his second life!
If you're drawn to stories of dark mana, unstoppable growth, and a Mad Dog who shatters every expectation, dive into The Mad Dog of the Duke's Estate!
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From now until November 30th, the voting is open for Wuxiaworld's yearly Reader's Choice translator award! There will be one winner for the Chinese category, and one for the Korean category. If two translators work on the same project, they are grouped together and will receive the award jointly if they win. To make things more interesting, last year's winners, RainbowTurtle and Deathblade, are not up for voting; they're already in Wuxiaworld's hall of fame! Additionally, this year you get three votes per category instead of one!
Edit: voting is now closed!
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We're about a month away from Wuxiaworld's 10th anniversary!!! We're planning plenty of celebrations behind the scenes, and as part of that, we'd appreciate it if you guys could share some messages and memories to be featured on our site and social media later! (There will be events on our forum and elsewhere for sharing stories and memories, so you might want to keep a copy of whatever you write!)
Here's the form.
ByJaspaaarAdmin
a month ago
Hi everyone,
We just launched a new Chinese novel called Unintended Immortality, and the first 50 chapters of it are available now! Here's an intro to it from its translator:
Hello everyone, I am PandaPear, the translator for Unintended Immortality, a thrilling xianxia novel. I've been translating novels for over four years now, diving deep into the world of cultivation and grand adventures. When I saw that Wuxiaworld was recruiting translators, I immediately jumped at the opportunity to bring more amazing stories to readers like you.
Like many of you, I started as a passionate reader, binging countless chapters of my favorite web novels and always yearning for more. It wasn’t long before I began translating, fueled by the desire to share these captivating tales with an even broader audience. Now, I'm excited to introduce Unintended Immortality, a story I believe will keep you hooked with its rich characters, amazing world, and deep cultivation lore.
I can’t wait to embark on this adventure with all of you, and I hope we’ll build some lasting memories along the way as we follow the adventures of Song You and his companions together.
Song You traversed into an ancient world, growing up in a Daoist temple under the care of his master. After leaving the temple, he descended the mountain to explore the world. He considered planning his future travels, but unfortunately, nothing came to mind.
This was because Song You had little enthusiasm or interest in this world. With limited understanding and insufficient motivation, it naturally made it difficult for him to craft a detailed plan. At times, memories from the past would surface uncontrollably in his mind.
Whenever he thought about the uncertain future, not knowing how far or how long he would walk alone, and how many such nights awaited him, a sense of loneliness would rise within him. What he didn't realize, however, was that from this very night, his story was about to unfold!
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We're currently running a giveaway of five exclusive Overgeared mousepads, kindly provided to us by its Korean publisher Mayamaru! The giveaway is open to everyone. For the full details, click here.
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On Monday 18th at 7pm PST (which is 10pm EST, and the 19th at 3am GMT, and 11am GMT+8), Qoob, the translator of Wayfarer, is going to host a question and answer session on our forum! The thread is available now for any questions to be posted in advance.
We just launched a new Chinese novel called Unintended Immortality, and the first 50 chapters of it are available now! Here's an intro to it from its translator:
Hello everyone, I am PandaPear, the translator for Unintended Immortality, a thrilling xianxia novel. I've been translating novels for over four years now, diving deep into the world of cultivation and grand adventures. When I saw that Wuxiaworld was recruiting translators, I immediately jumped at the opportunity to bring more amazing stories to readers like you.
Like many of you, I started as a passionate reader, binging countless chapters of my favorite web novels and always yearning for more. It wasn’t long before I began translating, fueled by the desire to share these captivating tales with an even broader audience. Now, I'm excited to introduce Unintended Immortality, a story I believe will keep you hooked with its rich characters, amazing world, and deep cultivation lore.
I can’t wait to embark on this adventure with all of you, and I hope we’ll build some lasting memories along the way as we follow the adventures of Song You and his companions together.
Song You traversed into an ancient world, growing up in a Daoist temple under the care of his master. After leaving the temple, he descended the mountain to explore the world. He considered planning his future travels, but unfortunately, nothing came to mind.
This was because Song You had little enthusiasm or interest in this world. With limited understanding and insufficient motivation, it naturally made it difficult for him to craft a detailed plan. At times, memories from the past would surface uncontrollably in his mind.
Whenever he thought about the uncertain future, not knowing how far or how long he would walk alone, and how many such nights awaited him, a sense of loneliness would rise within him. What he didn't realize, however, was that from this very night, his story was about to unfold!
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We're currently running a giveaway of five exclusive Overgeared mousepads, kindly provided to us by its Korean publisher Mayamaru! The giveaway is open to everyone. For the full details, click here.
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On Monday 18th at 7pm PST (which is 10pm EST, and the 19th at 3am GMT, and 11am GMT+8), Qoob, the translator of Wayfarer, is going to host a question and answer session on our forum! The thread is available now for any questions to be posted in advance.
ByJaspaaarAdmin
a month ago
Hi everyone,
We've got an extra special novel launching today! It's SSS-Class Revival Hunter, also previously known as SSS-Class Suicide Hunter. This one has been a long time coming, but it's finally here now! It's being translated from Chapter 1 by Namu, and the release rate will be six chapters per week.
Kim Gong-Ja is a Class F Hunter who always flaunts his inferiority complex online.
The Tower, appalled by Gong-Ja’s ugly jealousy, gives him a Skill that allows him to take other people’s Skills.
This super cool ability comes with one major flaw.
He will die, and it will be his end.
As always, the end comes in the most unexpected moment.
However, at his first end, he realizes that death isn’t the end for him anymore.
Today, he dies again to be someone’s new beginning.
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As some of you noticed, the new Cultivation Key feature had a bug where for Days 4 and 7 of each seven day check-in cycle, a lower than intended number of Keys was granted. The bug has been fixed for future check-ins, and we're in the process of automatically adding the missed Keys to all relevant readers' accounts (we've added the Keys for one day, but not for the other yet. It should be done tomorrow). Sorry for the confusion!
We've got an extra special novel launching today! It's SSS-Class Revival Hunter, also previously known as SSS-Class Suicide Hunter. This one has been a long time coming, but it's finally here now! It's being translated from Chapter 1 by Namu, and the release rate will be six chapters per week.
Kim Gong-Ja is a Class F Hunter who always flaunts his inferiority complex online.
The Tower, appalled by Gong-Ja’s ugly jealousy, gives him a Skill that allows him to take other people’s Skills.
This super cool ability comes with one major flaw.
He will die, and it will be his end.
As always, the end comes in the most unexpected moment.
However, at his first end, he realizes that death isn’t the end for him anymore.
Today, he dies again to be someone’s new beginning.
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As some of you noticed, the new Cultivation Key feature had a bug where for Days 4 and 7 of each seven day check-in cycle, a lower than intended number of Keys was granted. The bug has been fixed for future check-ins, and we're in the process of automatically adding the missed Keys to all relevant readers' accounts (we've added the Keys for one day, but not for the other yet. It should be done tomorrow). Sorry for the confusion!
ByJaspaaarAdmin
2 months ago
Hi everyone,
Our latest Korean novel is out now, and it's called On Hiatus: God's Personal Reasons! (The novel isn't on hiatus, that's just the name!) It's being translated by J. Andie, who previously worked on Big Life.
Yu Il-Shin is a novel writer and a genius at that (as claimed by his editor-in-charge). But in this modern era where Hunters, monsters, and dungeons are rampant, he also hopes to awaken and gain some valuable abilities of his own and maybe have a successful change in career. He did awaken, and off he went to the Hunter Association to get himself examined. He was found to have awakened with Creation-type abilities and was evaluated to be of the lowest rank of all: G-rank.
Yet, something interesting happened to him. He chanced upon a strange game on his phone: God-Maker, which he hadn’t recalled installing before, but still decided to launch the mobile game anyway, trying to see what it was before uninstalling it altogether.
In the game, he found a few ants crawling on the screen, and instinctively began crushing them. During this period of awakening and playing the strange mobile game, he was also working on a new novel that was put up for serialization on a famous webnovel site.
If you are wondering whether he was killing the ants out of anger or not, and how he progressed on the game, check out On Hiatus: God’s Personal Reasons!
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This Saturday (October 19th), at 12pm EDT, which is 9am PDT, 6pm GMT+2, and midnight GMT+8, Etvolare will host a live chapter reading for her current translation, Star Gate! Make sure to join the Wuxiaworld Discord and keep an eye on the Star Gate channel if you're interested!
Our latest Korean novel is out now, and it's called On Hiatus: God's Personal Reasons! (The novel isn't on hiatus, that's just the name!) It's being translated by J. Andie, who previously worked on Big Life.
Yu Il-Shin is a novel writer and a genius at that (as claimed by his editor-in-charge). But in this modern era where Hunters, monsters, and dungeons are rampant, he also hopes to awaken and gain some valuable abilities of his own and maybe have a successful change in career. He did awaken, and off he went to the Hunter Association to get himself examined. He was found to have awakened with Creation-type abilities and was evaluated to be of the lowest rank of all: G-rank.
Yet, something interesting happened to him. He chanced upon a strange game on his phone: God-Maker, which he hadn’t recalled installing before, but still decided to launch the mobile game anyway, trying to see what it was before uninstalling it altogether.
In the game, he found a few ants crawling on the screen, and instinctively began crushing them. During this period of awakening and playing the strange mobile game, he was also working on a new novel that was put up for serialization on a famous webnovel site.
If you are wondering whether he was killing the ants out of anger or not, and how he progressed on the game, check out On Hiatus: God’s Personal Reasons!
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This Saturday (October 19th), at 12pm EDT, which is 9am PDT, 6pm GMT+2, and midnight GMT+8, Etvolare will host a live chapter reading for her current translation, Star Gate! Make sure to join the Wuxiaworld Discord and keep an eye on the Star Gate channel if you're interested!
ByJaspaaarAdmin
2 months ago
Hi everyone,
We've just launched a new Chinese novel called Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent! 50 chapters are out now.
It's being translated by Yukidaruma and Aaron Mclarren, two longtime veterans of the scene (around since 2016!) who we're happy to have joining us. Here's an introduction from them!
Hello everyone, I’m Aaron Mclarren, one of the translators for Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent. Like many others in the community, I discovered web novels and quickly became captivated by them. I fondly recall my university days when I was so engrossed in Tales of Demons and Gods that I lost track of time and missed my classes. (thankfully, I still graduated!)
After starting my translation career with GravityTales, I’m now thrilled to work on Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent. The novel follows Li Pin, an ordinary university student whose soul has transmigrated from the Blue Planet. Determined to fulfill his martial arts dreams, Li Pin embarks on a journey to push his limits and uncover the true potential of humanity. I’m excited to share this story with you and look forward to a fantastic adventure as we journey through this novel together.
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Hi there! I'm Yukidaruma, co-translator for Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent. I have always loved reading and was introduced by a friend into the translating community some years back. I've worked on a few translation projects in the past and now am diving into this novel with the team and starting this new story on Li Pin.
Whilst there may potentially be hair-pulling moments on this journey, together with Aaron and team, I hope that we'll be able to share this wonderful story with you and that you'll enjoy it!
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Transmigrated from the Blue Planet, Li Pin, once an ordinary university student, finds himself thrust into a world of ferocious beasts and demonic creatures. Haunted by the loss of his parents to illness in his previous life, he yearns to understand the fragility and potential of human life.
In a realm dominated by Astral Cultivators, Li Pin's determination to push the boundaries of human potential is unwavering. Driven by the question, "What are the true limits of the human body?" he embarks on a perilous journey into the world of martial arts.
Will he ascend to the pinnacle of power, unravel the mysteries of the human body, and truly comprehend the essence of martial arts?
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In other news, Book 3 of our re-edited version of Overgeared is releasing on Amazon on October 14th! It's available for pre-order now, and it will also be on Kindle Unlimited. Here's the series page on Amazon.
We've just launched a new Chinese novel called Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent! 50 chapters are out now.
It's being translated by Yukidaruma and Aaron Mclarren, two longtime veterans of the scene (around since 2016!) who we're happy to have joining us. Here's an introduction from them!
Hello everyone, I’m Aaron Mclarren, one of the translators for Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent. Like many others in the community, I discovered web novels and quickly became captivated by them. I fondly recall my university days when I was so engrossed in Tales of Demons and Gods that I lost track of time and missed my classes. (thankfully, I still graduated!)
After starting my translation career with GravityTales, I’m now thrilled to work on Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent. The novel follows Li Pin, an ordinary university student whose soul has transmigrated from the Blue Planet. Determined to fulfill his martial arts dreams, Li Pin embarks on a journey to push his limits and uncover the true potential of humanity. I’m excited to share this story with you and look forward to a fantastic adventure as we journey through this novel together.
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Hi there! I'm Yukidaruma, co-translator for Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent. I have always loved reading and was introduced by a friend into the translating community some years back. I've worked on a few translation projects in the past and now am diving into this novel with the team and starting this new story on Li Pin.
Whilst there may potentially be hair-pulling moments on this journey, together with Aaron and team, I hope that we'll be able to share this wonderful story with you and that you'll enjoy it!
—
Transmigrated from the Blue Planet, Li Pin, once an ordinary university student, finds himself thrust into a world of ferocious beasts and demonic creatures. Haunted by the loss of his parents to illness in his previous life, he yearns to understand the fragility and potential of human life.
In a realm dominated by Astral Cultivators, Li Pin's determination to push the boundaries of human potential is unwavering. Driven by the question, "What are the true limits of the human body?" he embarks on a perilous journey into the world of martial arts.
Will he ascend to the pinnacle of power, unravel the mysteries of the human body, and truly comprehend the essence of martial arts?
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In other news, Book 3 of our re-edited version of Overgeared is releasing on Amazon on October 14th! It's available for pre-order now, and it will also be on Kindle Unlimited. Here's the series page on Amazon.
ByJaspaaarAdmin
2 months ago
Hi everyone,
The update we announced on September 26th is live on our website! Cultivation Keys will now be earned from a daily check in instead of Regular Karma (automatically now, without needing to click it). One Cultivation Key = one chapter. And missions have replaced earning Regular Karma by commenting. For now, these missions only involve reading chapters.
For the app side of it, we're just about to submit an update to both Apple and Google, and that will hopefully be reviewed and released by them soon. Until then, it'll only be possible to earn Keys from our website.
We're looking forward to seeing how this goes, and the impact it has on the comment section! We'll do any necessary bug fixing over the next few days, and then beyond that we'll look at adding some mission variety.
If you encounter any problems, please feel free to share them in the comments here or through the usual channels:
What will happen to my Regular Karma?
After October 8th, new Regular Karma will no longer be distributed. It will still be possible to spend any remaining Regular Karma for now.
In the longer term (3-6 months from now), we plan to convert all remaining Regular Karma balances to Keys, at a conversion rate based on the average Karma price of a chapter. Converting it will avoid the technical baggage of us needing to continue to account for and work around having Regular Karma as an additional currency, both in our UI and on our backend.
Before we do the conversion, we will post an announcement a month in advance, also detailing the exact conversion rate.
Does this affect Golden Karma?
None of the details shared in this post will affect Golden Karma.
Does this affect the Wait to Unlock system?
Nope. Like Regular Karma, this system will be in addition to the free daily chapters from Wait to Unlock.
Which currency will be spent first?
When auto-unlock is enabled, Keys will be automatically spent before Regular Karma. When unlocking a chapter manually, you will be able to choose whether to spend a Key or Karma.
The update we announced on September 26th is live on our website! Cultivation Keys will now be earned from a daily check in instead of Regular Karma (automatically now, without needing to click it). One Cultivation Key = one chapter. And missions have replaced earning Regular Karma by commenting. For now, these missions only involve reading chapters.
For the app side of it, we're just about to submit an update to both Apple and Google, and that will hopefully be reviewed and released by them soon. Until then, it'll only be possible to earn Keys from our website.
We're looking forward to seeing how this goes, and the impact it has on the comment section! We'll do any necessary bug fixing over the next few days, and then beyond that we'll look at adding some mission variety.
If you encounter any problems, please feel free to share them in the comments here or through the usual channels:
- Discord, pinging @lisyche, @Raido, and @Jaspaaar
- The customer support portal here
- Our forum, in either the website feedback or app feedback subforum
What will happen to my Regular Karma?
After October 8th, new Regular Karma will no longer be distributed. It will still be possible to spend any remaining Regular Karma for now.
In the longer term (3-6 months from now), we plan to convert all remaining Regular Karma balances to Keys, at a conversion rate based on the average Karma price of a chapter. Converting it will avoid the technical baggage of us needing to continue to account for and work around having Regular Karma as an additional currency, both in our UI and on our backend.
Before we do the conversion, we will post an announcement a month in advance, also detailing the exact conversion rate.
Does this affect Golden Karma?
None of the details shared in this post will affect Golden Karma.
Does this affect the Wait to Unlock system?
Nope. Like Regular Karma, this system will be in addition to the free daily chapters from Wait to Unlock.
Which currency will be spent first?
When auto-unlock is enabled, Keys will be automatically spent before Regular Karma. When unlocking a chapter manually, you will be able to choose whether to spend a Key or Karma.
ByJaspaaarAdmin
2 months ago
Hi everyone,
Here's our second announcement of the day! We've just released A Villain's Will to Survive, with 20 chapters out now.
Kim Woo-Jin is a game developer and character modeling designer at REW Company, working late into the night to put the finishing touches on an AAA game. One evening, while making last-minute adjustments to Deculein, a mid-boss villain modeled after himself, a sudden lightning strike occurs as he talks with Rain, the game’s writer.
This strange event pulls him into the game world he created. Trapped inside the game, Woo-Jin finds himself in the body of Deculein, a character destined to face endless challenges and inevitable death. The game world is full of danger, with vengeful named characters and countless death variables.
With Deculein doomed to die 999 times out of 1,000, Woo-Jin must navigate this treacherous world, and change his fate. It is a true Villain’s Will to Survive.
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At 6:30pm GMT on September 28th (which is 2:30pm EDT, 11:30am PDT, and 2:30am on the 29th for GMT+8), BornToBe, the translator of Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, will host a question and answer session on our forum! If you're curious about anything, this is the time to ask him!
The forum thread is already available here, so feel free to post your questions now in advance, and they'll be responded to once the event starts.
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As part of marking International Translation Day on September 30th, we've doubled the number of chapters that can be unlocked each day with Wait to Unlock for eight novels! So four chapters instead of two for Chinese novels, and two instead of one for Korean. The doubled daily WTU chapters will be active until October 7th.
These are the participating novels:
Here's our second announcement of the day! We've just released A Villain's Will to Survive, with 20 chapters out now.
Kim Woo-Jin is a game developer and character modeling designer at REW Company, working late into the night to put the finishing touches on an AAA game. One evening, while making last-minute adjustments to Deculein, a mid-boss villain modeled after himself, a sudden lightning strike occurs as he talks with Rain, the game’s writer.
This strange event pulls him into the game world he created. Trapped inside the game, Woo-Jin finds himself in the body of Deculein, a character destined to face endless challenges and inevitable death. The game world is full of danger, with vengeful named characters and countless death variables.
With Deculein doomed to die 999 times out of 1,000, Woo-Jin must navigate this treacherous world, and change his fate. It is a true Villain’s Will to Survive.
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At 6:30pm GMT on September 28th (which is 2:30pm EDT, 11:30am PDT, and 2:30am on the 29th for GMT+8), BornToBe, the translator of Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, will host a question and answer session on our forum! If you're curious about anything, this is the time to ask him!
The forum thread is already available here, so feel free to post your questions now in advance, and they'll be responded to once the event starts.
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As part of marking International Translation Day on September 30th, we've doubled the number of chapters that can be unlocked each day with Wait to Unlock for eight novels! So four chapters instead of two for Chinese novels, and two instead of one for Korean. The doubled daily WTU chapters will be active until October 7th.
These are the participating novels:
- Beyond the Timescape
- Star Gate
- Immortal of the Ages
- A Pawn's Passage
- Debuff Master
- The Constellation Returned From Hell
- Past Life Returner
- The Regressor of Mount Hua
ByJaspaaarAdmin
3 months ago
Hi everyone,
On October 9th, we’re going to replace the daily free Regular Karma with something else: a free ticket system, where one ticket can be used to unlock one chapter, regardless of the chapter’s length.
We’re doing this to simplify the current system, where the value of Karma is somewhat nebulous, especially for new/prospective readers.
We want to be explicit on this: The number of tickets able to be gained each day will be at least equal to the number of average-length chapters able to be unlocked by the daily earnable amount of Regular Karma. More straightforwardly: this won't reduce the number of chapters you're able to unlock for free, and that is not the intention of this change.
The first source of tickets will be a daily check in, replacing the Regular Karma check in. And the longer your daily streak becomes, the more tickets you will receive from each check in.
Additionally, this is where we’re finally going to replace the system of earning Regular Karma by posting comments. The original intention of it was a positive one: to encourage and reward community participation. But it was accompanied by endless spam comments, and despite our efforts to constantly remove spam and penalise accounts, it still degraded the experience of the comment section.
So, the second source of tickets will be a missions system, equivalent to the Regular Karma which needed to be proactively earned from commenting. These missions will change over time. You might receive tickets for reading a certain number of chapters, writing a review, or upvoting a certain number of comments for example. We’re also going to look at implementing missions of viewing ads to receive tickets (this would be in addition to other missions. Not instead of).
Here’s a sample of what it will look like:
There’s one key detail missing though: we haven’t settled on a name for this new ticket currency yet! We’ve shortlisted a few ideas, but we’d like to get your input. So, we’ve made a survey, and the link is here!
The survey will stay open until September 29th, and then we’ll implement the chosen name ready for October 9th. For fun, the survey results will be publicly visible. The vote isn’t binding though; we might decide to select the name with the second most votes, or, if there’s a suggestion in the Other field that we really like, we might ditch the shortlist and go with that instead!
The main naming issue we’re weighing up is descriptive names vs creative names. With descriptive names (plain ones like ‘chapter ticket’), it’s easier to understand that 1 ticket = 1 chapter. But creative names are more fun.
I’ll answer a few expected questions now.
What will happen to my Regular Karma?
After October 8th, new Regular Karma will no longer be distributed. It will still be possible to spend any remaining Regular Karma for now.
In the longer term (3-6 months from now), we plan to convert all remaining Regular Karma balances to tickets, at a conversion rate based on the average Karma price of a chapter. Converting it will avoid the technical baggage of us needing to continue to account for and work around having Regular Karma as an additional currency, both in our UI and on our backend.
Before we do the conversion, we will post an announcement a month in advance, also detailing the exact conversion rate.
Does this affect Golden Karma?
None of the details shared in this post will affect Golden Karma.
Does this affect the Wait to Unlock system?
Nope. Like Regular Karma, this system will be in addition to the free daily chapters from Wait to Unlock.
Which currency will be spent first?
When auto-unlock is enabled, tickets will be automatically spent before Regular Karma. When unlocking a chapter manually, you will be able to choose whether to spend a ticket or Karma.
If you have any other questions, feel free to post a comment! With this implemented, sorting the comment section by New should become more usable, which I’m definitely looking forward to. (And if it doesn’t fix it, then we’ll have to look at outright banning thanks comments). Plus the missions will give us more flexibility for running events and providing variety in earning tickets!
On October 9th, we’re going to replace the daily free Regular Karma with something else: a free ticket system, where one ticket can be used to unlock one chapter, regardless of the chapter’s length.
We’re doing this to simplify the current system, where the value of Karma is somewhat nebulous, especially for new/prospective readers.
We want to be explicit on this: The number of tickets able to be gained each day will be at least equal to the number of average-length chapters able to be unlocked by the daily earnable amount of Regular Karma. More straightforwardly: this won't reduce the number of chapters you're able to unlock for free, and that is not the intention of this change.
The first source of tickets will be a daily check in, replacing the Regular Karma check in. And the longer your daily streak becomes, the more tickets you will receive from each check in.
Additionally, this is where we’re finally going to replace the system of earning Regular Karma by posting comments. The original intention of it was a positive one: to encourage and reward community participation. But it was accompanied by endless spam comments, and despite our efforts to constantly remove spam and penalise accounts, it still degraded the experience of the comment section.
So, the second source of tickets will be a missions system, equivalent to the Regular Karma which needed to be proactively earned from commenting. These missions will change over time. You might receive tickets for reading a certain number of chapters, writing a review, or upvoting a certain number of comments for example. We’re also going to look at implementing missions of viewing ads to receive tickets (this would be in addition to other missions. Not instead of).
Here’s a sample of what it will look like:
There’s one key detail missing though: we haven’t settled on a name for this new ticket currency yet! We’ve shortlisted a few ideas, but we’d like to get your input. So, we’ve made a survey, and the link is here! The survey will stay open until September 29th, and then we’ll implement the chosen name ready for October 9th. For fun, the survey results will be publicly visible. The vote isn’t binding though; we might decide to select the name with the second most votes, or, if there’s a suggestion in the Other field that we really like, we might ditch the shortlist and go with that instead!
The main naming issue we’re weighing up is descriptive names vs creative names. With descriptive names (plain ones like ‘chapter ticket’), it’s easier to understand that 1 ticket = 1 chapter. But creative names are more fun.
I’ll answer a few expected questions now.
What will happen to my Regular Karma?
After October 8th, new Regular Karma will no longer be distributed. It will still be possible to spend any remaining Regular Karma for now.
In the longer term (3-6 months from now), we plan to convert all remaining Regular Karma balances to tickets, at a conversion rate based on the average Karma price of a chapter. Converting it will avoid the technical baggage of us needing to continue to account for and work around having Regular Karma as an additional currency, both in our UI and on our backend.
Before we do the conversion, we will post an announcement a month in advance, also detailing the exact conversion rate.
Does this affect Golden Karma?
None of the details shared in this post will affect Golden Karma.
Does this affect the Wait to Unlock system?
Nope. Like Regular Karma, this system will be in addition to the free daily chapters from Wait to Unlock.
Which currency will be spent first?
When auto-unlock is enabled, tickets will be automatically spent before Regular Karma. When unlocking a chapter manually, you will be able to choose whether to spend a ticket or Karma.
If you have any other questions, feel free to post a comment! With this implemented, sorting the comment section by New should become more usable, which I’m definitely looking forward to. (And if it doesn’t fix it, then we’ll have to look at outright banning thanks comments). Plus the missions will give us more flexibility for running events and providing variety in earning tickets!
ByJaspaaarAdmin
3 months ago