Lately, because of work, my updates have truly been far from satisfactory. Every day, I could barely maintain the minimum of one chapter totaling four or five thousand words, and sometimes I even had to take a day off, letting everyone down.
But what moved me deeply was that everyone still chose to keep reading, giving this book the greatest tolerance and support. No one dropped it because my updates were so poor. Recently, when I mentioned in the group that this book was only a tiny step away from reaching Glory 1-Star, Zhuiyi Xiyang, who had previously rewarded it with a silver Alliance, actually arranged for an alt account to specifically reward it with another Alliance. I truly feel undeserving of such generosity.
For this book to have come this far, to have surpassed the original work in word count, and to be so close to Glory 1-Star, is a miracle created together by every reader who has stayed with it until now.
Whether it was leaving paragraph comments or book reviews, giving a small like or comment, or generous rewards from supporters like Zhuiyi Xiyang, Dan Gou, Eternal Pavilion, and the other Alliance leaders, every bit of it was vital in building this book up step by step and bringing it to where it is today. Yet I have not even been able to provide steady bonus updates in return. I truly have far too much apology in my heart...
At this point, all I can promise is to do my very best to give Xiao An and Xiao Ke a complete ending, one that satisfies everyone as much as possible, and then carefully write the extra stories as well.
Thank you for never leaving or giving up on me. For this final stretch of the journey, I