Popularity Poll

Tencent holds a voting competition to see which characters from the novel are the most popular and publishes the results after the process is over. The results are posted on the site, and the top few characters are posted into an image.

1st Poll
On March 1, 2016, Tencent hosted a popularity poll that lasted a month. The results were posted on April 8 and 7,655,446 votes were received. Voters were able to vote for multiple characters at a time. Popular characters were given additional screen time. Characters who did not show up during the first part of the story these character include Su Muqiu, Zhang Jiale. Tang Hao, Yu Feng, Mo Fan, Lin Jingyan, Fang Rui, Jiang Botao, Sun Zheping, Qiu Fei, Ye Qiu, etc.
 * 1) Ye Xiu - 5,018,988
 * 2) Huang Shaotian - 3,425,733
 * 3) Zhou Zekai - 3,079,318
 * 4) Yu Wenzhou - 2,381,885
 * 5) Qiao Yifan - 2,162,740
 * 6) Sun Xiang - 1,502,939
 * 7) Bao Rongxing - 1,096,314
 * 8) Su Mucheng
 * 9) Han Wenqing
 * 10) Wang Jiexi
 * 11) Zhang Xinjie
 * 12) Tang Rou
 * 13) Luo Gi
 * 14) Chen Guo