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The next day.

Upon waking, Lin Yuan looked at the season's rankings and heaved a sigh of relief.

There were no accidents.

It seemed like he was going to come out on top for the first month of the season.

Actually, this was within Lin Yuan's expectations.

If it could be said the twelfth season had the divine battling, then every year's first season was recognized as a free-for-all amongst the weak.

Of the twelve seasons, the simplest one was January!

Unless Maestro made a move, even the Kings and Queens of Singing would find it challenging to threaten Lin Yuan's position.

Lin Yuan was an exception—

Xian Yu's popularity was no less than those Kings and Queens of Singing, his skills were even more substantial, he was the first Masked King of Singing!

Speaking of which.

If he can't take the simplest month of January, then Lin Yuan might as well give up on dreaming about a twelve-time championship.

Hence, it's only right that Lin Yuan should seize the championship for the month of January.

Following that.

Lin Yuan looked at the prestige value on his data panel.

[Music 1.94 million]

[Literature 1.83 million]

[Painting 970 thousand]

[Film and Television 900 thousand]

Among them, his prestige in music was the highest.

Mainly because Lin Yuan participated in two music variety shows this year. His song release frequency far surpassed previous years, leading to Xian Yu's prestige soaring the fastest.

Literature was not much behind.

Although Lin Yuan's books were few in number, each one was heavyweight with quality making up for the lack of quantity.

Moreover, the influence of novels didn't ferment as quickly as songs. Once all the influence of Lin Yuan's novels ferment, they would definitely not be inferior to his music.
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The popularity in painting and film and television was still comparatively low as before.

However, looking at the progress, it was little by little catching up.

Particularly for film and television, Lin Yuan had three upcoming works to be launched. Once these three works were all released, breaking a million in film and television prestige would be a piece of cake.

Not to mention...

The recent addition of the Han Continent.

As the Han Continent had just joined the merger, the people of the Han Continent were not entirely familiar with the culture of the Qin, Qi, Chu, and Yan.

Once they come in contact with more culture from the Qin, Qi, Chu, and Yan, they would inevitably come across Lin Yuan's songs, watch Xian Yu's films, read Chu Kuang's novels, and see Shadow's comics. The prestige gain from this part should be quite considerable.

Oh right.

While Lin Yuan was awaiting the influx of prestige, he also went online to familiarise himself with the situation on the Han Continent.

As a result, Lin Yuan was surprised to discover that the language of the Han Continent was actually English from Earth.

That's right.

It was miraculous.

The dialect of the Han Continent, just like on Earth, was called English instead of Korean...

This had to do with some historical origins, and I won't go into detail here.

Just ask about parallel dimensions.

Plus.

Lin Yuan obtained knowledge through clarification:

Not only the Han Continent!

The dialects used in the Zhao Continent and Wei Continent, which had not yet joined the Blue Star merger, were also English!

The only difference was in their accents.

What's even more surprising is:

In Blue Star, English is not only a dialect but also retains its own script!

This left Lin Yuan quite shocked:

English turned out to be the second major language on Blue Star!

However, this second major language actually held little influence.

Because although they maintained the English script, it was seldom used. And after all, it was only featured in three or two of the continents.

On Blue Star, including the Central Continent, there are eight continents in total.

Mandarin is the official language.

Even the people of Han, Zhao, and Wei speak more Mandarin.

Blue Star's complete sinicization was implemented flawlessly.

English, official Blue Star documents do not recognize it.

…

What truly grabbed Lin Yuan's attention was:

With English and English script, it means that English songs are popular in the Han Continent.

For Lin Yuan, this is not bad news.

There are many English songs in his music library.

If this world didn't have English, Lin Yuan's English songs would be quite awkward.

If he releases them, others would not understand them.

If he doesn't release them, it would be a bit of a shame.

He couldn't possibly claim that English was a language he invented, could he?

Who could invent a language with such strict grammar on their own?

If he told that to people, they would not believe him.

You must be a transmigrator!

No such worries now.

Lin Yuan doesn't have to bother thinking about how to reword the English songs in his library with Chinese lyrics.

You must know.

Many English songs, when translated into Chinese, lose their flavour.

"Now that the Han Continent has joined the merger, based on past tradition, several English songs should appear in the season rankings for the next few months, especially next month…"

Lin Yuan intends to aim for a twelve-time championship, and he's only taken the first one now.

The second one will have to face competition from English songs.

Why not release an English song myself next month?

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and gently shook his head.

He was uncertain about how accepting the Qin, Qi, Chu, and Yan were of English songs, so he decided to continue releasing Mandarin songs in February.

The language with the broadest audience will invariably be the most popular.

Wait until the influence of English songs spreads before releasing his own English songs, for safety.

For the sake of this twelve-time championship, Lin Yuan has become very steady.

Choosing "Start Again" in January was a steady move.

This song is not explosive; its composition and lyrics do not contain much depth, but the general public easily likes this kind of pop music.

For February, Lin Yuan intends to continue his steady strategy.

He had an idea about the song he would choose.

One worth mentioning is...

Lin Yuan had also prepared this song for the Battle of the Gods in February, but considering the groundbreaking action of "Breaking Dawn", Lin Yuan opted for Jay Chou.

Now, for February, Lin Yuan had to contend with competition from the Han Continent, so he decided to use the song initially shortlisted for the Battle of the Gods.

He was giving it due importance.

Interestingly, the contest song Lin Yuan has prepared for February, although it's a Mandarin song, also has Qi-language and English versions—

Song title: "Farewell Kiss"!

Oops, sorry, my mistake. Although this song indeed a fan-favorite, the real song title is "Farewell Kiss".

Even more of a steady choice than "Start Again"!

Because this song is not only one of the representative works of the God of Songs, Jacky Cheung, but also one of Earth's most classic love songs!

Even if he went to compete in the Battle of the Gods, it would have great potential for winning!

As for the singer, Lin Yuan intended to pick someone from the Yu Dynasty.

But there was no rush right now.

Lin Yuan continued to surf the net, checking out the response to "Start Again".

Many media outlets were covering this song.

In programs that assessed music, this song frequently appeared, everyone was discussing the significance of the phrase "Start Again" to Xian Yu.

As Lin Yuan was engrossed in reading.

A social news headline suddenly popped up on his computer:

"In a prison in Yan Continent, thirteen prisoners were released today. Their rendition of this song moved many at the scene, and they hope that they can sing it aloud and start anew!"

Under the news was a video.

In the video, a group of bald-headed prisoners in prison uniforms were singing with tears in their eyes:

"If the heart is there, the dream is there, within Heaven and Earth, there is still true love. Look at the success or failure, life is magnificent, just start again..."

Lin Yuan was stunned.

Countless netizens were also stunned.

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