Zhu Hong Zhi’s second novel, Inch of Radiance, reached the top of Baidu’s novel rankings that year and was the most popular novel in its year. He was nicknamed “Tomato” by his readers and began addressing himself as “Tomato” too. The netizens began to spread a phrase “Don’t read Stellar Transformations, it is to call on bookworms in vain.” He truly embodies the title of “Net Culture King” and is unshakeable in his position. Due to these countless fanfictions, a great number of lawsuits were also filed. Moreover, once he had finished Stellar Transformations and Coiling Dragon, countless sequel fanfictions emerged. His name could be found at the very top of the rankings numerous times. Numerous people read them, and he is one of the few authors who was at the top of the Qidian rankings from the very beginning. Afterward, Stellar Transformations, Coiling Dragon, The Nine Cauldrons, Swallowed Star, and Desolate Era were written. Thus, with Xiaoli Feidao as his theme, Inch of Radiance was born. He felt as if he was on the verge of erupting. When it flew, demons would be scared! How imposing was this?Īfter entering university, he had a lot more free time, and his dreams of wuxia were unceasingly expanding.

Xiao Li Flying Dagger never missed its target. In high school, IET used Li Xunhuan, his favorite character from Gu Long’s wuxia novel, Xiaoli Feidao, as a model for his own novel, The Legend of Xingfeng. He had spent a whole day and night reading it, as if possessed by a devil. The first wuxia novel he read was Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by Jin Yong. He was deeply fascinated with the works and wuxia type worlds of Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Wo Long. Since childhood, IET has been fond of wuxia novels.

On November 26, 2012, he ranked 2nd on China’s Rich Internet Authors Ranking with an annual income of 21 million yuan in royalties, which drew the attention of everyone. At that time, he had already published more than 20 million characters worth of novels. In his third year, he quit school to become a full-time author. After two years, he published his first 6 million character long web novel. I Eat Tomatoes was originally a math major in Soochow University when he began writing.

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