The plot of the "Pacify and Calm" chapter brought this great battle to its conclusion, so I placed the volume-end summary for the previous volume after this chapter.
The reason I didn't make the "Pacify and Calm" chapter the final chapter of Volume Four was that I wanted the volume to end with a little more force—to keep everyone's emotions at their highest point before closing the volume. That way, it would echo the previous volumes more strongly.
Making the "Pacify and Calm" chapter the first chapter of Volume Five actually worked quite well. After all, both the chapter's name and the Pacify and Calm divine ability were related to the direction of Volume Five's plot. It could count as Li Fei saying farewell before embarking on a new journey~
There was once a popular way of writing a story's opening and ending in two lines.
So, in the previous chapter, I summed up the story between Li Fei and the Emperor in two lines:
"Commoner Li Fei pays his respects to Your Majesty."
"Marquis Jing'an Li Fei bids farewell to Your Majesty."
For sovereign and subject, it could be said to have had a beginning and an end, with sovereign and subject perfectly suited to each other.
Earlier, I said that I would give myself 50 points for the first volume of this book, 60 points for the second, and that the third could barely reach 70.
As for Volume Four, it began with the battle against the Northern Barbarians, and the plot was basically one climax after another from there. I handled the pacing fairly well.
In terms of characterization, Qiming, Qi Zhou, Xu Jing, Bai Chen, the Third Prince, and the Emperor from this volume should all have been fairly memorable.
The biggest regret was that Zhang