Final Thoughts

Phew, it's finally finished. It was a bit faster than I expected. My original plan was to write until the beginning of next month, about ten more chapters. I didn't even think it would end tonight when I started writing the last chapter. It wasn't until I was almost done that I suddenly realized that ending it here was the best thing to do.

As I mentioned at the end of the previous volume, the climax of the entire book has already been written, and Bai Wei is practically invincible. So, trying to limit him to write another volume would feel awkward no matter how you look at it. Actually, the initial concept for this volume was similar to Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils, with the Lord of the Netherworld using the world of the dead to morally blackmail Bai Wei, and Bai Wei being "deceived" at the right time, until finally realizing, due to a certain event, that this world of the dead was false and evil, thus killing the Lord of the Underworld and retrieving the heart.

But like I said, it's so cliché, so incredibly cliché, and so sickeningly sweet. Bai Wei already has eyes, yet he can still be bewitched by a god. Aside from lowering his own prestige, there's nothing interesting about it. It would be more compelling if the Lord of the Netherworld had already been consumed by the protagonist's heart. So, that's how it was written.

However, this would indeed waste all the groundwork laid earlier, making this volume somewhat rusty. So, it would be better to simply move these chapters to the end of the previous volume instead of starting this one.

Overall, the story is now complete. A few extra chapters will be added later, including Bai Wei calling out the names of the remaining gods and some glimpses into the future of the remaining hosts. Feel free to leave a comment here if you'd like to see anything else.

That's all for now. Although there's still a lot I want to say, I'll save the more details for tomorrow.