One Million Words: An Early Note of Thanks
A million-word reflection (early version)
After it was published, I wrote at least 10,000 words every day, and I have been doing so for 71 days.
This book is about to cross the million-word mark! It went from 220 initial subscriptions to 1200 average subscriptions, finally managing to escape the category of flop.
Thank you all for Battle Emperor Lord continued support along the way.
Taking this opportunity, I would like to humbly have a chat with all of you Battle Emperor Lord.
First, let's address a question that all readers will undoubtedly care about: updates!
The author backend on Qidian has a weekly writing report, which shows the latest time you wrote each week.
This is the latest time. If I'm in good shape, I can probably finish writing half an hour earlier.
The book lovers in the group must know that Sky stays up very late every day.
Therefore, earning 10,000 a day is absolutely unsustainable.
The original plan was to earn 10,000 yuan a day for a month, but it was changed to earn 10,000 yuan a day for two months.
We exceeded our target by far.
The sky is indeed getting tired.
But with more and more readers supporting the book, the pressure on Sky is also increasing.
So when will the daily 10,000-yuan mark end? Let's look at two things.
1. If Sky feels that her body really can't take it anymore and she needs to go to the hospital, she will start to reduce updates.
2. The plot needs to be improved, made more complete, and made more exciting, so Sky will choose to reduce updates.
I'd rather have one bite of good tofu than a pile of rotten tofu.
Everything is for the sake of the plot.
Of course, the sky won't say that the 10,000-day streak is over and immediately start the 4,000-day streak.
It should decrease little by little.
For example, the daily number first dropped from 10,000 to 8,000, and then to 6,000.
Try not to reduce the update count below 5000. If you're in good form, you can occasionally release a large update.
The author will provide advance notice of when the temperature will begin to drop, and for now, it can hold on a little longer.
I made a bet on last month's monthly tickets, and I will definitely make up for the chapter I owe you all, so the update on a certain day this month will definitely be 10,000 + 4,000.
Then!
I posted a million-word farewell message ahead of time, mainly because I've been getting a bit of a headache lately from a very small number of readers.
Therefore, Sky felt it was necessary to explain some issues concerning the female characters, with a focus on Xiao Yi Xian.
Sky roughly counted that about ten readers left messages of varying lengths, indicating to Sky that:
Why doesn't Xiao Yi Xian accept them? If she doesn't accept them, why does she have to get involved with other players? There are about ten people who left comments. Perhaps some readers don't like leaving comments. Even if I multiply that by five, that's fifty readers.
Therefore, I would like to sincerely explain this to all readers who have doubts or dissatisfaction.
In theory, Xiao Yi Xian can be recruited.
However, the prerequisite for accepting the offer is that Yang Shan needs to change his development path. He needs to go to Green Mountain Town, resolve the issues with millions of players, and protect Xiao Yi Xian to the Chuyun Empire. In that case, it will be difficult for Yang Shan to participate in the storyline of the Jia Ma Empire.
Therefore, after taking in Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Nalan Yanran had no connection with Yang Shan.
Then some readers might ask: Can't you just collect them all? You can, it's very simple if you want to collect them all, just write the plot until it's worn out.
Because they would accept everything, it would be impossible to consider the rationality of the Battle Through the Heavens's settings or the development of other players.
If I wrote a harem novel that mainly features erotic content, I would be heavily criticized if they didn't accept all of it. I myself can't stand it when I read a harem novel that touches on the erotic side and they try to stop me from accepting this or that.
However, this is a virtual game novel with a relatively rigorous setting, a purely virtual online game.
If all the good things happen to the protagonist, then what's the point of having other players? Other players also influence the game world. While Yang Shan is flirting with NPCs, other players certainly aren't all AFK, sleeping, or looking at lewd screenshots on forums. They'll also flirt with the girls in the game.
That bastard Hao Yunqi is capable of obtaining the Heavenly Flames.
Xiao Aotian possesses the "Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler"!
Many Top Player in the previous life had not yet reached their true power spike.
If I write it like this, Xiao Yi Xian will accept it, but Medusa won't?
Why didn't you accept Xiao Mei back then?
Xiao Yi Xian Medusa is already taken, why doesn't Yao Yue Yao Ye take them? The twin sisters are so much better!
Why didn't you accept Han Yue was previously ranked first in the Inner Courtyard? She had quite a bit of screen time in the original novel! Yang Shan is so good at flirting; Hu Jia likes men, so he managed to get her to change her orientation—is there anything wrong with that? Tang Huo'er has such a good personality, why didn't you accept her? Doesn't Han Yue have a younger sister, Han Xue or something?
Hey Mu Qingluan from the Starfall Pavilion! And that little Heavenly Demon Phoenix from the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, you captured her as a pet! What? How could she be taken by another player? What are you doing, author? Of course, some readers only feel that there's a problem with not taking Xiao Yi Xian, but what I want to say is that even if you do take her, similar readers will raise the same questions. We've all been on Qidian for so long, we all know this is bound to happen!
So how could I write it like that? Writing it like that would disrespect game novels and my original intention to write a pure game novel before I turned thirty.
There are even a lot of players who criticize me. "Are you so obsessed with women that you can't walk past them?"
You wrote so well; you turned an online game into a single-player game.
I never expected that other people would play this stupid game! A novel can't please everyone, but it must have its own unique features and priorities.
The focus of this book is that after Battle Through the Heavens was made into a game, the game company and players together influenced the Dou Qi Continent, causing it to develop in a completely different direction from the original work.
Everyone can take a good look back and recall all the female characters who have developed a favorable relationship with Yang Shan so far.
It was Yang Shan who took the initiative to flirt with her.
It was Yang Shan who "came" to him while executing his own development plan. It wasn't that Yang Shan actively sought him out from the beginning; he just happened to come across him and seized the opportunity to gain favor.
The same goes for Lucky Poison Hand. Based on the game setting of this book, he had the advantage of timing and location in the previous Xiao Yi Xian plot. In the Chuyun Empire, where Yang Shan had no way to interfere, he successfully gained Xiao Yi Xian's favor.
In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Yi Xian and Yang Shan meet. They are clearly competitors, but Lucky Poison Hand has Xiao Yi Xian's favorability Yang Shan does not. If Yang Shan tries to woo Xiao Yi Xian, what does that mean? I think sometimes I'm just too kind-hearted. I'm willing to try to explain things properly to every player who has subscribed.
Some people understood my explanations, while others, even after I explained, still felt I had a huge problem and should have accepted everything.
Instead, it made a mess of things for me.
Of course, many more readers did not express any opinion on these contents.
Because most readers are probably looking for the pure fun of virtual online games, and how the storyline of Battle Through the Heavens changes under the influence of players within the game.
There's also Yang Shan's "hehehe" and flirting with girls.
What attracts you is definitely not the idea of "collecting everything" or "must collect everything," as that is not the focus of the book.
Getting hung up on this small problem can easily lead to bigger problems.
Therefore, everything should be based on the plot and setting of the book itself. The framework is what it is, so don't dismantle the framework, otherwise it will not be a good thing.
The reason I wrote so much is actually to say something to all the readers who have supported me all this time.
This book owes its success to the support of all readers, but in terms of content, it is also because Sky has always insisted on writing about the unique features and highlights of virtual online games.
Therefore, the sky will remain true to itself.
Now that this issue has been clarified, I will delete any comments I see in the comments section in the future.
I've been really annoyed by a tiny minority of readers lately. Their replies are driving me crazy, and I almost went so far as to write "All of You Can Read" instead. If the plot turns out to be terrible, that would be a real sin.
Thank you for reading this far.
So, as a thank you, I'll reveal a little bit of setting and plot that won't affect the reading experience.
In the original work, the Soul Clan and the Soul Hall create an extremely oppressive atmosphere.
Therefore, in the game, the Soul Clan also felt a strong sense of oppression from the alliance between the Xiao Clan and the Ancient Clan.
The Xiao Clan's timeline has been altered; it's set during the prosperous period when Xiao Xuan was the clan leader, as depicted in the original novel. (Not their peak; their peak should be when the Xiao Clan's Dou Di was still alive.) All Ancient Eight Clans are present! Version 2.0 is a turning point; players will truly take the baton from the NPCs and gradually move towards the center stage.
During this period, more and more players will do amazing things.
After the Central Plains opens, the situation will become increasingly chaotic, with players and NPCs from all sides acting for their own masters.
The two sides are allies today, but in a few days they may find that allies have become adversaries.
Cheng E continued to "hehehe," while Yang Shan was still troubled by Xiao Xun'er's slow increase in favorability.
Finally, Sky hopes to persevere and finish writing this book.
The current results certainly don't support Sky finishing the entire outline. The earnings are less than half of what he earned with the previous book. But Sky believes that this book will have more readers in the future. Since he's already put in so much effort, he'll persevere and keep going.
Don't worry about the content. Sky has a lot of experience and passion for game novels, so we will definitely guarantee the quality of the content.
Sky also doesn't want his last game novel before he turns thirty to be "quickly finished".
Lastly and lastly: I want to bow to all my patrons! Thank you for your support!