End-of-volume thoughts, just chatting.
Ahem, ahem. Before I knew it, this book had already reached 800,000 characters. First of all, I want to thank every reader who has kept subscribing and accompanying me all this time! My heartfelt thanks! Every single subscription from you is the motivation that keeps me writing!
Let's talk about the numbers first. Thanks to getting my first small post-launch recommendation near the end of last month, I'm now almost at a thousand average subscriptions. While that result is definitely nothing special on Qidian, for me personally, it's already something to take comfort in. After all, it only had a little over three hundred first-day subscriptions when it launched. Many authors would definitely cut a book loose with results like that, but I'm not someone who likes abandoning books. When you do something, it's better to see it through from beginning to end.
After all, I'm a reader myself, and what I hate most is having a novel I'm following get abandoned halfway through. I know better than anyone how miserable that feels.
Alright, next, let's briefly talk about the plot. As for wrapping up the second volume, I'd originally planned to end it when the protagonist successfully reached Foundation Establishment. But there was still quite a bit of story left to stretch out in between. On top of that, I'd said before the holiday that I would wrap up this volume during the break. So, rushing along, I realized that if I did it that way, it would become too drawn-out. The progression was already on the slower side, and if I kept writing, then suddenly had him reach Foundation Establishment, it would feel rather rushed.
So while writing today, I realized that ending it with him joining the Lingyun Sect and becoming an Immortal