A New Legendary Player

Within half a day, the forum was ablaze with multiple sensational threads labeled with 'HOT' and the number of active commenters rapidly climbed to thousands with no signs of stopping as the hours ticked by. 

It was a mere annual Cycle, not even a high-level one, yet the level of hype it generated turned the atmosphere rowdier than the New Year!

But of course, it all had nothing to do with the SJG trio, who were still dead to the world. 

Even Jin Jiuchi, whose energy seemed limitless, did not regain his consciousness so soon this time around. It might be his body's autonomous attempt to heal itself from the sudden death, or maybe it was the aftereffects caused by the Mad Hatter's mysterious concoction. 

By the time Shen Nianzu stirred awake, Christmas had already ended.