At last, it was finished. A year and a half, over 3.1 million words—barely enough to recover some of the integrity I'd cast aside back then.
The book was over, but Yinsen's adventures were not. He and his companions would live happily in the divine kingdom, then occasionally run off to some world to stir up trouble.
Unfortunately, my brain was only so capable, so this was all I could describe for everyone.
Perhaps for that very reason, I never wrote "The End" at the end of the main text. I merely left a note from the author to remind everyone: the story ended here.
Come to think of it, I'd been in this line of work for many years, though on and off. Before this book, I'd spent several years in a slump. Even I doubted whether I could still write.
Fortunately, no matter what, I managed to finish it smoothly.
As for the concept behind this book, I'd actually mentioned it to friends many years ago. The specific plan had been revised many times, but plans could never keep up with changes. Perhaps that was precisely the nature of web novels!
At first, I wanted to tell a travel-and-adventure story, with each island representing a different world, and later, each planet. Back then, the planned focus of the story was the Main World.
Regrettably, limited by my own inadequate writing ability, everyone clearly preferred the stories in the instance worlds, so the focus inevitably shifted...
As for the choice of instance worlds, my original intention had been to ignore the results and focus on writing a story that interested me. That was why many of the choices were so willful. If any fellow authors happen to read this, here is a sincere piece of advice: if you want