This Was My Entire Youth

First, it's the first day of the Lunar New Year!

Happy New Year, everyone! Given the current situation, don't go out—being able to contribute to society just by lazing around at home is a rare opportunity, so don't waste it. Watch TV, read novels, play games at home, and enjoy yourselves. (At times like this, the superiority of homebodies is fully demonstrated. This is natural selection at work!)

Now, onto business.

After last night's chapter went up, I saw everyone's comments on it.

Honestly,

I wavered a little.

Actually, I was even more reluctant than all of you to finish the book. After all, as long as I kept writing, there'd be money coming in—sweet, lovely little money, which I really like~ But "Dead Pals" truly had reached the point where it needed to end.

I didn't see it as a farewell, but as a completion.

So, after thinking about it all night long—I didn't rest until after five in the morning—the original plan remained unchanged.

Yes,

It was finished.

A lot of people from the group and a lot of readers told me that even if it ended, I should write some side stories. Everyone wanted to see the Old Celestial Master use Golden Light Proving Dao and Ascend to the Immortal Rank; everyone wanted to see Madam Qian's past, those heavy years woven from faith, blood, and fire; everyone wanted to see Old Man Lu's story of growing from a grassroots little soldier into a generation's Sword Holder. Yeah, I understood.

Honestly, when I wrote these characters and gave them their backstories, my mind was also filled with scenes of turbulent times and resounding, heroic clashes.

I had a lot of fun entertaining myself.

And I imagined that those of you who looked forward to it must have