I'd hit writer's block and had no inspiration. Although I'd long had a rough plot in my head, it felt very difficult to write.
And after taking a quick look at the later plot, there were probably only another ten or twenty chapters before it ended. It seemed I wouldn't be able to get this month's full-attendance bonus anyway, so I might as well give it up.
As for some readers saying they wanted to see the Immortal Realm arc... emm, let's forget that. This book had already been written for two and a half years, and I truly couldn't keep writing. What came after, entering the Immortal Realm, Immortal Kings, and the like—I'll leave everyone with room for free imagination. Perhaps in some future book, I might mention a thing or two.
Since I'd given up the full-attendance bonus,
the updates would slow down a little from here on. I'd take a breather and spend more time carefully polishing things, doing my best to give this book a better ending.
Next, I'd be putting most of my energy into the new book—working hard to devise its plot and make an outline, so as to avoid all the various problems I'd encountered while writing this one.
So this book might only update once a day, and the schedule might not be fixed.
But it would probably be more or less finished by the end of the month.
By then, the new book should also have built up a certain amount of manuscript stock, allowing it to connect seamlessly with this one.
Thank you all for your support throughout this journey.