First time.
From 2017 until now, after eight years of writing, this was the first time I had finished a full-length epic novel. My heart was filled with countless emotions.
First of all, I wanted to thank every reader who had accompanied me over the past year and a half.
By the time the book was complete, it had amassed 400,000 bookmarks, over 10,000 average subscriptions, and nearly 70,000 peak subscriptions. Thank you all for your support.
Next, let's talk about the specific content of Cultivating from Archery.
I was fairly satisfied with the overall completeness of the story. The plot's direction had not deviated too greatly from my original vision, so I believed I had not let it fizzle out unfinished. I had done right by the readers who followed it to this point.
It was just that, from the middle to later stages onward, the satisfying moments became scarce.
I could write satisfying moments. I was extremely good at writing satisfying moments.
Eight years and ten million words of tempering had taught me exactly how to control those satisfying moments and emotions. But due to a lack of detailed planning in this book's middle and later stages, coupled with aesthetic fatigue, it was not as satisfying as the early stages, nor was its rhythm as distinct.
That was my problem. Before this, I had never written a long novel exceeding two million words.
With the experience from this book, I believed I could do much better with the next one.
Next, I wanted to talk about the deepest feeling in my heart at this moment—anxiety.
Back in 2017, I earned no more than six hundred yuan in royalties a month from writing. Yet I had never been afraid, because this was what I loved most. Even if I