yaoyueyi sorry to say but you obviously miss the idea behind fair use as well as the legal implications. Editing images doesnt make it transformative either. Youre trying to apply logic to a situation where fair use paragraphs dont even apply in the first place. Youre not using it in a personal way when publishing a book on webnovel or any online platform really, as such fair use falls flat right then and there. Youre not sharing it with your friends at school or work colleagues , youre posting things on a publicly accessible webpage, thats not fair use. Seeing people defend themselves with fair use when they actually advertise their own work, which makes it commercial especially on webnovel , no matter if the authors themselves earns money with it is just hillariously sad.