This book's current peak subscriptions have exceeded sixty thousand, while its average subscriptions have declined somewhat—from a high of fifteen thousand to thirteen thousand now.
After writing for so many years, I have never serialized continuously for this many days at once.
Although the number of words updated each day has decreased considerably compared to before, the time I spend writing has actually not changed much.
There is no other reason...
It is simply because, since entering this profession, I have never written a truly long novel. The further I write, the harder it becomes.
Cultivating from Archery is my first attempt.
And as I reached the later stages, I did not want to keep repeating the same formula—slaying enemies all the way through, or marching off to war. Readers would grow tired of it, and I would suffer aesthetic fatigue as well.
So I have been trying a less formulaic, more story-driven approach, and the difficulty has only grown greater.
The core of this book's outline has never changed. It has always been one sentence.
"Where there is oppression, there is resistance."
In Poyang County, martial halls and officials oppressed people, so Chen Sanshi resisted them. When the imperial court was unjust, he resisted the imperial court.
Later, when Chen Sanshi entered the Cultivation World, he would continue resisting the oppression of cultivation sects.
The main plot had never strayed from its course.
But there had indeed been changes in the way it was written. Perhaps it was not as... satisfying as the early stages?
That truly was my problem!
I do not think there is anything wrong with satisfying webnovels. On the contrary, my writing philosophy has always been this: while telling the story in my heart, I should also let readers enjoy it and resonate with it.