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"Looking at 'Breaking Dawn' in terms of lyrics, composition, background music, rhythm, atmosphere, and emotional arousal, it is almost an impeccable song. Xian Yu's career is still very long, but so far, this song should be considered Xian Yu's masterpiece."

— Qin Continent Vanguard

"The beauty of logical rational text, the touching beauty of emotional text, two styles that seem to be opposed to each other, both appear in the hands of the same creator. This is 'Breaking Dawn', a song that startled the industry, declaring Xian Yu to have created a new genre of neoclassical music and a song that fans of ancient style call the ceiling of ancient style songs."

— Qi Continent Pop

"The whole song is imbued with the style of the pipa (a Chinese lute), crying and lamenting. Xian Yu's easy grasp of classical music makes people realise more and more that his success is no fluke."

— Chu Continent Music Magazine

"If you still have to use language deconstruction to evaluate 'Breaking Dawn', it has already destroyed its most beautiful flavour. The music scene at the end of this year has become exciting because of Xian Yu, and Blue Star Music has become even more dazzling because of Xian Yu."

— Yan Continent Entertainment

All the regional media have reviewed this song. Even the official Literature and Art Gazette said: "Xian Yu has created a genre of modern classical music, the song uses three ancient and three new standards and ideas to highlight the jade carving of the work. It is not only a beautiful ancient style song, but also a perfect combination of classical and modern music!"

Of course.

In the flurry of reports, there is no shortage of high praise for 'Blue Star'. Unable to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the two songs from the direction of the media, even the Literature and Art Gazette gave a relatively conservative evaluation of both songs: "Bold and tender, rough and sophisticated, in their own styles, both songs have reached their extremes!"

You can't blame the media for being conservative.

These two songs are just too good, not only leaving the third place song far behind, but they are also wrestling for first and second place, just like a stalemated tug of war.

One day.

Two days.

Three days.

The two songs are still competing back and forth, and no song can warm up the champion's throne. After this repeated overtaking situation, no one can predict who will win after thirty days. However, the outside world's evaluation of Xian Yu is getting higher and higher because of the birth of 'Breaking Dawn'.
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After all, this time.

Xian Yu's opponent is Yang Zhongming, a top-class maestro whom everyone acknowledges as in the top five ranking in Blue Star. Being able to compete back and forth with this kind of maestro already explains a lot.

Online.

The tug-of-war between the two has gradually formed two camps, one camp calling themselves the 'Sheep Party', supporting Yang Zhongming, and the other camp calling themselves the 'Fish Party', supporting Xian Yu.'

On this.

There are even whimsical netizens who have made fun of whether they like Xian Yu or Yang Zhongming's song, jokingly asking if they prefer to drink mutton soup or fish soup - both mutton soup and fish soup are famous culinary dishes -'

"I love fish soup!"

One fish party member seriously analysed: "Fish soup has a rich collagen, which can enhance the elasticity of the skin, thus having a good beauty effect, and the taste is delicious, which can stimulate the taste buds very well and enhance the appetite!"

The fish party really knows how to play.

The sheep party refuted: "Mutton soup is good for the glands and benefits Qi, warms and enriches kidney yang, it's very good for those with bad kidneys, and it has a very good therapeutic effect on qi deficiency caused by a weak spleen!"

Someone said:

This is a competition between fish and sheep for freshness!

So-called fish and sheep competing for freshness is actually a famous dish in some region. Coincidentally, the words "fish" and "sheep" combined happen to be this word:

Fresh!!!

The competition between the two sides doesn't have a hint of hostility, but rather is full of the scent of delicious food and the common scenery of life. Looking at the download numbers of both songs, they seem to be promoting each other. When one song's data soars, the other song will make an urgent effort. Even those in the industry marvel at the data of both songs:

That would be this year.

If it were previous years' Battle of the Gods contest, either of these two songs could easily snag the crown. That's because the performance data of these two songs significantly outshines previous years'.

At this moment.

Lin Yuan was writing the Sherlock Holmes series in his studio, occasionally glancing at the season charts. Realizing that a winner wouldn't emerge in the short term, Lin Yuan broke into a smile, putting on his headphones, listening to music, and continuing to type.

He was listening to "Blue Star".

This song has been on Lin Yuan's loop lately. Putting the competitive stance aside, Lin Yuan personally enjoys this song a lot. He even thought that if there were an Olympics in this world, this song should be much stronger than "Me and You".

Popularity.

Artistry.

Both were stronger.

As days went by in the competition between the two songs, everyone began to care more about the outcome between Yang Zhongming and Xian Yu as time went by, although even if a winner was determined, the gap would certainly be minuscule.

Of course.

The passage of time not only signified the outcome of the Battle of the Gods for Xian Yu and Yang Zhongming but also meant that the Lunar New Year was around the corner. Lin Yuan could already sense the coming of that new year feeling--

The New Year is coming!

Lin Yuan suddenly wonders, whether Earthlings are also celebrating the new year. As far as Blue Star is concerned, the New Year is not just the lively Spring Festival; it also coincides with the grand event of merging new continents!

Next up is the Han Continent!

The merging of the Qin, Qi, Chu, and Yan continents brought various changes to people's lives in these four continents. The future integration of the Han Continent into Blue Star will undoubtedly bring various influences as well, covering various fields of the five continents. Lin Yuan is quite looking forward to this.

As a matter of fact.

This future is not many days away. On Dec 25, when Xian Yu and Yang Zhongming still hadn't determined a winner, the announcement was finally made that the Han Continent would join the Blue Star's integration process on Dec 31!

That very night.

The Literature and Art Association official Weibo suddenly re-forwarded the song "Blue Star" and solemnly stated on the official platform: "As the lyrics of this song say, in the near future, our Blue Star family will be more closely connected!"

Immediately after.

The account of "Homeland" also re-forwarded "Blue Star": "Everyone's hearts are connected in Blue Star Village. The spring breeze of integration is blowing across this vast planet. The horn of the times resonates in more people's hearts!"

Official endorsement!

Immediately, countless official institutions of the Qin, Qi, Chu, and Yan continents re-forwarded the song "Blue Star". For some special reasons, this song was suddenly imbued with special significance, and for the first time, the ranking difference between Yang Zhongming and Xian Yu on the season's chart widened—

Swipe, swipe, swipe!

The game's over!

Everyone was flabbergasted!

How is this even possible?

At this moment, all supporters on both sides were filled with frustration. Even Lin Yuan and Yang Zhongming, the two parties involved, fell into a strange silence.

What just happened?

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PS: I've been holding my breath. I couldn't tell you guys, it would spoil the fun. In fact, I have been hinting at this ending for a while. Why did I say that Xian Yu and Yang Zhongming are like the battle between Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen? Think about how Sun Wukong lost to Yang Jian?