Right now, everyone is in a wait-and-see period, all wanting to see how The Great Ethan will react. It’s like turbulent waves churning beneath a calm surface.

Suddenly, the calm surface shatters: The Great Ethan releases a single-chapter commentary!

“Haha, I knew it, The Great One would definitely strike back!”

“Let’s go see what The Great One said!”

However, after reading this single-chapter commentary, they all fell silent...

“Did I read that right?”

“No way... The Great Ethan actually used a single chapter to recommend a legendary book! Are you kidding me, bro? You’re recommending someone else’s book while competing for first place?!”

In The Great Ethan’s single-chapter commentary, there was only one sentence: Everyone go check out that legendary book, it’s such a satisfying read...

And not only did The Great Ethan recommend the book, he even cheerfully gave it the first Alliance Leader reward! 100,000 book coins!

Ethan’s fans were speechless. They never expected their own The Great One to be so uncompetitive. Clearly, this was the time to fight for first place, but he dropped the ball himself.

“The Great Ethan is really magnanimous...”

Those readers who had been waiting for Ethan to rally them for battle lost their fire: “Forget it. If Ethan says it’s a great read, then let’s go check it out!”

“It’s over, it’s over...”

Actually, this battle didn’t even count as a true clash of the titans, because the author of the legendary book was actually a newcomer. But the passionate readers supporting the book, along with The Wealthy Drunkard’s intervention, escalated the event to a level of nationwide attention.

Before their eyes, Henry Carter’s legendary book not only made it onto the New Book Rankings, but within a single day, it even reached 9th place on the Members’ Click Rankings!

The Members’ Click Rankings have always been the domain of the supreme gods.

The number of comments in the book review section kept increasing, and many people were thrilled by Henry Carter’s innovative web novel style. Recommendation votes soared.

Finally, at 9 p.m. that night, the legendary book topped the New Book Rankings!

To be honest, Henry Carter himself was quite excited. He went ahead and wrote three more chapters in a row and published them all at once. At the end of the chapters, he not only thanked all the readers who supported him, but also gave special thanks to both Drunkard and Ethan.

At this moment, a new message appeared in his author’s backend: Your work has passed review. Please contact your signing editor Megan and channel editor-in-charge Owen Blake as soon as possible.

Henry Carter couldn’t help but sigh. No matter when, businessmen will never give up on profit. Everything that happened today probably already made Shengshi Chinese Web smell a business opportunity! The legendary book he’s writing now is no longer just a novel with a fresh concept, but shows signs of creating a new genre: the “leveling up from trash” style!

Henry Carter added the editor’s contact info and called, getting straight to the point and expressing his hope for future support. After all, what he did today could be seen as forcing the issue, and if the editor, though signing him, was secretly upset, he might not get good recommendations in the future.

You know, the New Book Rankings aren’t a long-term solution.

Editor Owen Blake smiled and replied, “Just focus on writing. I really did misjudge your book at first, but it’s fine. When you come to Shanghai, I’ll treat you to dinner to make up for it. I’m not the petty type. Your book shows signs of starting a new genre, and it’ll be a main recommendation going forward. As for site recommendations, don’t worry—next week you’ll get a strong category push. Just don’t mess up the writing. Good luck!”

Henry Carter breathed a sigh of relief. Building a good relationship with editors is something every author must do. Even if you don’t like them, you have to maintain at least basic respect. Besides, this Owen Blake really seemed pretty nice.

Up to now, except for being forced by the Heaven’s Punishment mission to risk his life, everything seemed to be going smoothly for Henry Carter.

However, regarding the Heaven’s Punishment mission, Henry Carter seemed to have new thoughts. In his previous life, he always envied those fitness gurus and celebrities with defined abs, and those who dared to try wingsuit flying, extreme skydiving, and extreme skiing. But he never took action, and ended up just getting fat.

Now that he’s living again, shouldn’t he try living a different kind of life?

Wasn’t it because he questioned his own life that fate arranged for him to transmigrate?

After these days of intense training, his legs were actually starting to show signs of muscle definition. Although you couldn’t really tell unless you looked closely, Henry Carter suddenly started looking forward to his new life.

Once he thought of it, he acted. In the middle of the night, Henry Carter went out again to practice long jump, and ran a full five kilometers, working up a sweat before heading home for a shower and sleep.

Chapter 5: The Three-Character Classic!

Originally, it was just a peaceful night run, but on his way home, he happened to run into Logan Bennett—the girl this body had once confessed to. She seemed to be out for a night run as well.

That’s not easy to come by. Honestly, how many young girls these days pay attention to their fitness?

The girl had once stunned Henry Carter as she stood in the evening sunset after school. Now, with her headphones on and dressed in a white sports hoodie, she amazed Henry Carter once again—like a fleeting glimpse of an epiphyllum in the night, exuding a fresh fragrance.

It seems that in everyone’s youthful memories, there’s always someone like that—so dazzling that even in a crowd, you’d think she’s one of a kind, peerlessly elegant. If you could become a hero, probably every young man would be willing to wield his sword and roam the world for her. No matter how much time passes, when you see her again, you’ll say: Ah, it’s her...