"Nirvana is The Number One White Under Heaven?"
The Lingdian editors burst into laughter.
If Nirvana were The Number One White Under Heaven, how could they not know?
But just as he laughed, Wuyue suddenly froze and hurried to the editor-in-chief's office.
"Chief, I want to go to the legal department to check Nirvana's contract."
"What, you think Nirvana is The Number One White Under Heaven too?"
"I'm not sure, but I want to take a look."
"Alright. Let's go together."
"Ah? Chief, you too?"
"What, I can't be curious?"
Together, Wuyue and the editor-in-chief headed to Lingdian's legal department.
The legal department and editorial department belonged to different divisions and rarely interacted. For confidentiality reasons, author contracts were not accessible to editors. To view one, approval from headquarters was required.
Even 567, the editor-in-chief, needed authorization before bringing Wuyue along.
"567, Nirvana signed a newcomer contract. His real name is Huang Yifan."
The deputy manager of the legal department pulled out the contract and handed it over.
"Huang Yifan…"
567 frowned. "That's not right."
The last time The Number One White Under Heaven signed a contract, the name was Huang Yuan.
So it seemed Nirvana wasn't him after all.
"Chief, what's wrong?"
"Something doesn't add up. Nirvana and The Number One White Under Heaven have different real names."
But after saying that, 567 added, "Manager Li, could you also pull up The Number One White Under Heaven's contract?"
"Of course. One moment."
After more than ten minutes, Manager Li returned with another file.
"The real name on The Number One White Under Heaven's contract is Huang Yuan, age 45…"
"Wait, what did you say? 45?"
"Yes. Here's the ID copy."
When they saw the ID of a middle-aged man, 567 finally understood.
"I get it. Huang Yifan must have used his father's ID to sign the contract back then. He probably wasn't even 18 yet, maybe still a minor."
"A minor?"
Wuyue was stunned.
Thinking back to three years ago, when he met The Number One White Under Heaven at the writing camp… he really did look underage. At the time, he had claimed to be 18, and everyone had just been shocked by his talent without questioning it. But now that he thought about it, something had felt off.
"Can you pull up Nirvana's ID copy?"
One minute later, they received it.
Name: Huang Yifan.
Gender: Male.
Born: Year 2000.
And in the photo
It was the same person they had once known as The Number One White Under Heaven.
The truth was revealed.
Three years ago, he had only been 15.
Only this year had he turned 18.
But that no longer mattered.
What mattered was this
Nirvana was The Number One White Under Heaven.
…
"This world is insane."
After closing the TT news page, Huang Yifan couldn't help but sigh.
He never expected that a single line, "Do not bully the poor youth" would become a viral phrase, reported across countless media outlets in Huaguo.
He knew it was powerful, but he hadn't imagined it would spread this far.
But thinking about it carefully, it made sense.
The line was inherently classic. In his previous life, when it appeared in 'Battle Through the Heavens', it had moved countless readers. But since it wasn't originally created by Tudou, it never became a standalone viral phrase. Here, however, it was entirely original. Combined with the right context, its explosive popularity was inevitable.
Opening the page for 'Sword Breaks the Heavens', Huang Yifan prepared to log in and upload two new chapters.
But just as he was about to enter the backend, he noticed a familiar ID in the comment section.
"White… is that you?"
White Jade Hall: Mingxi.
White Jade Hall.
A name buried deep in his memory.
"White jade forms the hall, gold makes the horse."
Three years ago, with a single stroke of his pen, White Jade Hall had been established.
Huang Yifan's heart trembled as he clicked the post.
"White, it's been three years since you left. How have you been all this time?
You once said that the world is created by the gods. The world of novels is created by authors. And our world was created by you.
Do you know? The day you left, it felt like our sky collapsed.
But we believed your departure was only for a better return.
So we waited.
We kept waiting in the group chat.
But we never expected that wait to last three years.
Some authors said you would never write again.
Some forums said you would never return.
But we didn't believe them.
We kept waiting.
Because we remember you said you would come back one day.
And we remember our promise that we would wait for you.
White…
You once said, 'People have joys and sorrows, partings and reunions, just as the moon waxes and wanes.'
Back then, we didn't fully understand.
But after these three years, we finally do.
Your departure was our sorrow and separation.
Your absence was our darkness and incompleteness.
When will we see reunion and joy again?
There are no feasts that never end. We've already experienced the parting.
But the feast of reunion… we've yet to taste it.
White… we're here.
Where are you?"
By the time he finished reading, Huang Yifan was already in tears.
And it wasn't just Mingxi.
Soon, more and more White Jade Hall fans flooded the comment section.
"Whitey, you're back?"
"Nirvana… you're our Whitey, aren't you?"
" Whitey, if you're back, just tell us. We've been waiting."
" Whitey, have you abandoned us?"
" Whitey, can you see our messages?"
"No matter where you went, we never left."
"Sorry, Nirvana, we're not trying to spam. We're looking for our Whitey. If you're not him, please tell us. But if you are… stop hiding, come back."
"Three thousand disciples of White Jade Hall await your call."
White Jade Hall Mingming.
White Jade Hall Hongmeng.
White Jade Hall Bu Lv.
White Jade Hall…
So many familiar names.
So many familiar voices.
What more was there to say?
Wiping away his tears, Huang Yifan typed with trembling hands:
"Where are the three thousand disciples of White Jade Hall?"
With that single line
The world trembled.
The web novel world shook.
And like an army answering a call, thousands surged forward.
"White Jade Hall Mingming, reporting in."
"White Jade Hall Hongmeng, reporting in."
"White Jade Hall Bu Lv, reporting in."
"White Jade Hall…"
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