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For much of this year’s major seasons, Xian Yu was absent for a long time.

So when September came around, Xian Yu made a strong comeback with the song “Ten Years,” and his return as a king had secretly foreshadowed this moment.

But when this moment actually came, many people still felt an emotion they hadn’t experienced in a long while: excitement.

Online.

Netizens were too excited to even pay attention to the great melee in November, and everyone’s hearts almost simultaneously flew to the unarrived Battle of the Gods in December-

“He is coming, he is coming, he is walking towards us with the trophy of the defending champion!”

“Please welcome with a round of applause last year’s king, Xian Yu’s appearance!”

“Hahaha, I love Xian Yu’s irregularities. He disappears in the first half of the year and attacks heavily in the second half. I don’t know if Xian Yu can still get the championship this time?”

“Pff, win another championship? Do you understand what that means?”

“Let me explain; in the Battle of Gods, the chance of consecutive championships is very low. I statistically analyzed the data from the past decade, Great Qin’s historical probability of consecutive championships is only thirty-three percent. These are previous data, now with the unification of the three continents, other continents also have Kings of Singing and Maestros. So, the difficulty of the Battle of Gods at year-end has already reached hell mode, Xian Yu’s re-win chances are probably even lower.”

“No matter what, it will be exciting with Xian Yu participating!”

“Indeed exciting, this year it is the battle of top musicians from Qin, Qi, and Chu!”

“…”

Everyone is excited, not because everyone thinks Xian Yu is stronger than others in the Battle of Gods-

The Battle of Gods is a battle between immortals.

It is difficult for anyone to stand out alone.

In the end, it is all about who performs better at the end of the season.

Even the emperor’s throne is taken turns to rule, and no one has ever consecutively won the Battle of Gods.

Even to win the championship once is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Therefore, Xian Yu’s participation can make countless people excited, and the most important reason is Xian Yu’s status as the defending champion.

Don’t forget that in December last year, Xian Yu topped the Battle of Gods with the song “Red Sun.”

Now the Battle of Gods is making a comeback.

If Xian Yu, last year’s defending champion, does not participate, it feels like there is something missing to everybody.

Therefore, everyone is delighted to see Xian Yu participate.

Not just the netizens.

Those Kings and Queens of Singing and Maestros who have already announced that they will participate in the Battle of Gods in December also love this!

What?

The music industry changes color when Xian Yu is mentioned?

Fear of Fish Syndrome in the music circle?

Sorry, that’s something ordinary people worry about, we Kings and Queens of Singing certainly aren’t afraid of Xian Yu.

The Maestros fear even less!

Some people will participate in the Battle of Gods in December specifically to cook up a delicious bowl of fish head soup!

Now that the fish is ready, it just waits to be slaughtered.

For the Kings and Queens of Singing and even the Maestros, there is no greater sense of achievement than defeating the last year’s reigning champion, if Xian Yu does not participate in the December season list, some people would actually be disappointed.

Like Fei Yang.

God knows how closely Fei Yang has been watching Starlight’s movements recently. The first question he asks his assistant every morning when he wakes up is:

“Has Xian Yu officially announced his participation in the Battle of Gods yet?”

Today, Fei Yang finally received a satisfactory answer!

His wait has not been in vain, nor have all his preparations been in vain; that fish has finally appeared.

He brings with him the aura of the reigning champion, and as soon as he enters, he becomes the eye-candy for everyone!

At this moment.

Fei Yang has already arranged a perfect script for the Battle of Gods. This script is:

Himself making a magnificent ascent to the top, and clinching the championship song!

And Xian Yu, as last year’s reigning champion, ideally placing second!

What?

Xian Yu is third, fourth, or even lower in ranking?

No way!

Absolutely not!

If Xian Yu’s ranking isn’t high, won’t it indirectly convey to everyone that this year, Xian Yu’s preparations for the Battle of Gods were not enough?

I, Fei Yang, want to defeat Xian Yu at his peak!

Only if Xian Yu gets second place will everyone feel that Xian Yu remains formidable.

But I am the stronger one.

Besides, Fei Yang’s biggest motivation at this moment is to beat Xian Yu, letting him taste the bitterness of being in second place.

For the last six months, Fei Yang has been contemplating how he’s going to shake off the label of the perennial runner-up.

He even took inspiration from the first generation, Chen Zhiyu.

Chen Zhiyu, the eternal runner-up, chose to join his rivals once he realized he could not beat them.

He joined Starlight, and managed to rid himself of his ‘second-place’ label by riding the coattails of Xian Yu’s success.

But Fei Yang will not do that!

Fei Yang is no coward. Even if it means starving to death, or jumping off a cliff, he would not ever join Xian Yu!

He intends to always stand in opposition to Xian Yu, constantly imposing a threat.

So, Fei Yang came up with the strategy to defeat Xian Yu.

Only by making Xian Yu the runner-up, could Fei Yang shake off the label of being the perennial second-place Mr. Second.

This is the only proper way to shake off that label!

Fei Yang is confident about this!

At this point, Xian Yu should already see him as the number one rival in this war of the gods.

Exactly.

Those who have made it to the level of King and Queen of Singing, those who are deemed Maestros, are all filled with self-confidence, arrogance, and a powerful urge to win.

This is true for Fei Yang.

It’s also true for other Kings and Queens of Singing and the Maestros in December.

They will not be defeated.

They will only transform their resentment into motivation, growing stronger after every setback.

That is the only secret to their success, there are no shortcuts!

Fear of Xian Yu? Fear at the mere mention of Xian Yu?

These are simply the products of ordinary people’s fear.

Every King and Queen of singing, and every Maestro, have once brought this level of fear and trepidation to the music industry. They have made ordinary people this afraid.

Xian Yu is merely walking a path taken by the many before him, facing similar vistas.

Therefore, the situation is quite delicate.

Many hope that Xian Yu can do extremely well this year, while at the same time, they don’t want him to outdo them.

Just the conditions for this situation to arise are sternly rigorous.

In light of this, the industry insiders heave a sigh:

“The target of public criticism, indeed!”

“These big shots all want to slaughter that fish.”

“Who would have thought that the underlying reason for this battle of the gods this year is because they all want to eat the fish.”

“If Xian Yu doesn’t participate in the war of the gods this year, these people will probably suffer insomnia out of frustration.”

“If I were Xian Yu, I might have flinched. The challenge of winning the championship again is plain to see, why should I be a backdrop for others?”

“You can’t say that, what if Xian Yu wins?”

“…”

Many people pause, then start to ponder. It seems like there is indeed a possibility for Xian Yu to win.

He daringly released a song of the caliber of ‘Ten Years’ in September!

What does that imply?

It suggests that he thinks the song prepared for December is even better than ‘Ten Years’!

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have any reasons not to save ‘Ten Years’ for a December release!

With this in mind, many start to muse.

But…

Just when the music world starts to consider Xian Yu’s winning odds, Starlight suddenly released a message the next day:

“Xian Yu collaborates with singer Jiang Kui on a new song ‘May You Live Long’, stay tuned!”

The music world was stupefied!

No one expected that Xian Yu, for this December, chose not to collaborate with one of Starlight’s Kings or Queens of Singing, but rather an insignificant little singer…

Jiang Kui?

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PS: Feeling a lot better than yesterday, I will attempt to write another chapter.