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HobbyWriting
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ENewly Awakened
1 month ago Ch. 4

Hi guys! The original author here. ❤️

I hope you are enjoying my novel so far! You might notice some inconsistencies after Chapter 4 once the admins approve the updates, but that is okay because I am currently revising and improving the content to make it better and more enjoyable for you all.

Today, while revising, I added around 2,000 words across all 4 chapters and made several improvements. I will continue working on the remaining chapters as well, so please stay with me and bear with me! 🙏

I managed to revise the first 4 chapters today, but now I need to focus on my real-life work and responsibilities. I will get back to the novel as soon as I can and hopefully revise all 10 chapters soon.

Once again, thank you so much for reading, supporting, and being patient with me. Your support truly means a lot to me. ❤️

I will keep striving to bring you better arcs, stronger storytelling, and more engaging storylines in the future. 📖🔥

Thank you for being here and supporting my work! ❤️🙏

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HobbyWriting
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ENewly Awakened
1 month ago Ch. 10

Guys!! ❤️✨

I have finally revised all 10 chapters! 🎉

The first 7 chapters have already been approved by the admin, and the remaining 3 will be approved soon. I truly hope you enjoy the revised version of the story and find it more engaging and enjoyable to read. 📖✨

Your comments, reviews, and feedback mean so much to me. They help me understand what you love, what needs improvement, and what I should remove or change to make the story better. So please do share your thoughts with me. ❤️

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for visiting my novel and taking the time to read it. Every view, comment, and review gives me more motivation to keep writing. 🥹❤️

I will continue striving to bring you more interesting chapters, exciting moments, and unforgettable characters until Lucian (Kim Yu Jin) finally achieves his goal. 🔥

Thank you for being a part of this journey with me. I hope you will continue supporting Lucian and his story. ❤️📖✨

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HobbyWriting
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ENewly Awakened
1 month ago

Author Note

Hi, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well.

Today was quite a massive release, wasn’t it? I finally released all of my remaining reserve chapters, which means Act 1 has officially come to an end.

I’ll be taking a short break and returning around September 27th. Until then, I’ll be doing a lot of research, especially by reading novels in the academy, mythology, system, martial arts, and empire genres. I’ll also be refining the ideas I already have in mind, developing the future arcs, and working on stronger character development and progression.

But before I disappear for my little research arc, I need your help.

Please leave comments, reviews, theories, suggestions, anything you have in your arsenal. Tell me what you enjoyed, what you didn’t, what felt weak, and, most importantly, what you think could be improved in each chapter.

I’ll read every single comment.

Your criticism is just as valuable to me as your praise. While I may not be able to implement every suggestion, I’ll carefully consider your feedback and use it to revise and improve the story wherever I can. I want to grow alongside this novel and become a better writer with every chapter.

My goal is simple: to create a story that gives you a little entertainment, excitement, and perhaps a few moments worth remembering.

So, for now…

Give me permission to disappear into my research cave. 😂

I’ll return with new ideas, richer arcs, better progression, and hopefully some well deserved answers to the mysteries surrounding Lucian.

When I come back, Lucian will take another step toward the hidden truths of his world, the destiny waiting for him, and perhaps, if fate allows it, the happy life he’s been searching for.

Until then, thank you for reading, supporting, commenting, and staying with me through Act 1.

See you all on September 27th!

And please, don’t forget to leave your criticism. I’m counting on you. ❤️

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HobbyWriting
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ENewly Awakened
1 month ago Ch. 27

Hi everyone!

All the chapters are now live! What started as a simple story about an academy and streaming has now grown into 27 chapters with over 77K words. I honestly cannot thank you all enough for reading and supporting the story so far.

I want to make the story even better from here. During the break, I will be doing a lot more research on existing web novels and taking time to improve the writing, world building, characters, and overall storytelling.

I would really appreciate your feedback. Please let me know what you liked, what you disliked, which chapters stood out to you, and anything you think could be improved. Even small suggestions are welcome. Your feedback will help me revise and improve the existing chapters before I return with new ones.

I will have almost a month to work on everything, so I want to use that time as well as I can.

Thank you so much for reading, supporting, and sticking with the story!

Happy Reading! ❤️

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Goxelu
ENewly Awakened
1 month ago Ch. 20

I overall like the story and the characters for now, but the way it's written, with so many one line paragraphs just messes with my internal reading tempo. At least for me, it's not flowing and feels clunky, so I can do maybe a couole of chapters before needing to do or read something else. But anyway, thanks to the author for releasing more chapters

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HobbyWriting
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ENewly Awakened
1 month ago Ch. 20

Once I get some free time away from my IRL work, I’ll work on improving it before releasing the new chapters. I might even go back and polish all the chapters that have already been released as well.

Thanks so much for reading, and I’m looking forward to hearing more of your reviews!

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ShinLena86
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3 weeks ago Ch. 13

What are there Chinese Words doing here?

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HobbyWriting
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ENewly Awakened
3 weeks ago Ch. 13
ShinLena86What are there Chinese Words doing here?

I used the Chinese characters in parentheses for the martial arts and wuxia terms because I wanted these techniques and titles to feel like they came from the wuxia world, rather than simply being fantasy concepts with Chinese-inspired names. Even though the novel is written entirely in English, including the original Chinese characters alongside terms like Martial God (武神) gives them a stronger sense of authenticity and makes them feel rooted in the martial arts tradition they were inspired by.

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ShinLena86
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3 weeks ago Ch. 13

I see. Thank you!

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ShinLena86
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3 weeks ago Ch. 13

I see! Thank you.

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Jieshika
ENewly Awakened
1 week ago Ch. 6

Enjoying this so much! The pacing is great - tightly packed action, just enough explanation for reader understanding and great timing with the peanut gallery for us to catch our breath (or lose it laughing!) How is the chat perfectly echoing my inner thoughts?! XD

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Jieshika
ENewly Awakened
1 week ago Ch. 23

Whew I knew there'd be a twist when the full strategy was revealed. So satisfying for us as readers when things don't go as planned!

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Jieshika
ENewly Awakened
1 week ago Ch. 25

Just curious, I might have missed something but why is Edmund never mentioned again after the start of the trial of steel? Did I miss him leaving? I felt like Lucius was very wary of him and was always keeping an eye on him. But now every time you summarize the Vance family reactions Edmund is missing. 🤔

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Jieshika
ENewly Awakened
1 week ago Ch. 26

Why was this so cute? T_T

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Jieshika
ENewly Awakened
1 week ago Ch. 27

Congrats on completing the first arc! It was a real pleasure to read (binged in one evening) and I'm very much looking forward to Lucian meeting new friends, enemies and perhaps some mysterious grey zone characters.

Your writing is very easy to digest and the plot moves at a good pace with serious storylines, great character growth and some perfectly timed lighthearted humour. I was not sure what to make of the gun when it was introduced but I appreciate how you blended it into Lucian's fighting style (seeing some hints at future weapons integration?)

Can't wait to see what's up next for Lucian! Channeling the irreverent netizens: "Academy arc let's gooooo!" XD

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Jieshika
ENewly Awakened
1 week ago Ch. 27
JieshikaCongrats on completing the first arc! It was a real pleasure to read (binged in one evening) and I'm very much looking forward to Lucian ...

One little feedback for narrative flow: could you perhaps combine some of your short repetitive structure sentences into one paragraph? It kind of creates reader fatigue to continuously read lines like "It wasn't... It wasn't... It just..." With the sentences being in short separate lines I actually had a bit of "eye whiplash" the longer I read, if that makes sense?

Same thing with lines of dialogue. This actually created some confusion for me while reading. Could you combine things that one person says into one paragraph instead of multiple quoted lines? Or at the very least keep them open as per convention?

For example the section where Zadok said "Even if..." "Even if..." "Even if..." I read it as him and Lucian trading lines at first. But the context didn't make sense so I think Zadok said all of it? If you combine it into one paragraph, or leave off the end quote on all the lines until the last one, that'll be clearer that one person is saying the entire thing.

It's different from the section "The nobles?" "Anyone." "The Inquisition?" "Anyone." That's a true dialogue, so the fully closed quoted lines makes sense.

It's just a narrative style and formatting error that introduces some confusion and, unfortunately, breaks the immersion a bit.

Hope this helps!

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HobbyWriting
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ENewly Awakened
1 week ago

Hi everyone! 😊❤️

First of all, I want to sincerely thank the reader who took the time to leave such a detailed review of Act One. 🙏✨

Honestly, reviews like this mean a lot to me. It is one thing to know that someone enjoyed the story, but getting such thoughtful feedback about the characters, pacing, humor, fighting style, narrative flow, and formatting is incredibly valuable.

I was especially happy to hear that someone could binge the entire act in one evening. ❤️ And yes, the “Academy arc let's gooooo!” definitely made me smile. 🔥

I also want to genuinely thank you for pointing out the problems.

The typos are definitely there. 😭 I was already aware that I needed to go back and fix them, but because of my IRL work and responsibilities, I had to put that on hold for now.

The same goes for the narrative flow and formatting.

I completely understand the feedback about using too many short and repetitive sentences. I like using short sentences when I want a particular moment to have more impact, but I can see how using them too frequently can eventually become tiring to read.

The dialogue formatting is something I also need to fix. I definitely do not want readers to wonder whether two characters are speaking when it is actually one character continuing a longer speech. 😅

So rather than simply fixing a few typos and moving forward, I want to properly revise Act One.

Once I am free from my current IRL work, which should be within a maximum of 15 days from now, I will start going through Act One chapter by chapter. 📝📖✨

My revision plan is to

📌 Fix typos, spelling mistakes, grammar issues, punctuation, and other small errors.

📌 Improve the overall narrative flow and make the prose smoother.

📌 Rework sentence and paragraph structures where necessary, while keeping short sentences where they actually add impact.

📌 Clean up dialogue formatting so it is always clear who is speaking.

📌 Revisit confusing sections and clarify them without changing what I originally intended.

📌 Look at transitions and pacing to make the reading experience more natural and immersive.

📌 Finally, read through the act again from a reader's perspective and try to catch things I may have missed as the person who wrote it.

The story of Act One itself is complete. This revision is about polishing the way that story is presented and making it cleaner, clearer, smoother, and more enjoyable to read. ❤️

For the side story chapter, I probably will not do the same extensive revision. I may fix some obvious mistakes, but if I get the chance, I might add a little extra fun material to it instead. 😂✨

I also want to thank everyone who has supported this story so far.

Every view, comment, review, bookmark, message, and even the people who simply continue reading quietly mean more to me than you might think. 🙏❤️

Your support, along with honest feedback like this, gives me a reason to keep improving rather than simply moving forward and leaving the earlier chapters behind.

I am still learning as a writer, and I hope that improvement will become something you can feel as the story continues.

Once the revision of Act One is finished, I will see you all in Act Two.

The Entrance Exam Act. 🎓🔥

There is a lot waiting for Lucian.

New people. New friendships. New enemies. New challenges. New mysteries.

And perhaps a few characters who will happily remain somewhere in that wonderful grey area between friend and enemy. 👀

I have many things planned for this story, including some ideas I have been carrying around in my head for a very long time. I hope I can slowly bring all of them to life and continue delivering stories that are fun, exciting, emotional, and occasionally ridiculous in the best possible way. 😂❤️

There is still a long road ahead for Lucian.

I intend to keep walking that road with him until he finally earns the happy life he deserves and until all the mysteries I have planned are finally resolved. 🌙✨

So once again, thank you for reading, supporting, and staying with Lucian. ❤️🙏

For now, I have some IRL responsibilities to finish.

After that, it is time to return to Act One, give it the revision it deserves, and prepare for the Entrance Exam Act.

Until then, take care everyone! 😊❤️

I'll see you all in Act Two. ✨📖🔥

P.S. Apparently, writing an entire act is easier than writing a 5,000 character announcement about it. 😭😂

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Jieshika
ENewly Awakened
1 week ago
HobbyWritingHi everyone! 😊❤️ First of all, I want to sincerely thank the reader who took the time to leave such a detailed review of Act One. 🙏✨ Ho...

I'm so looking forward to the next arc and I'm glad the feedback helped!

Your ideas sit exactly in that sweet spot of my favourite story types: action + classic wuxia hard working MC growth + found family dynamics

Super excited to see where things take Lucian! Can't wait!

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