Actually, I had thought many times before about how I should write my afterword, and how to write it with grace, so readers would enjoy it, remember the past plotlines, and look forward to my new book...
But when the time really came to write my afterword, I found that my heart was unexpectedly calm.
There was a feeling of release, of liberation.
This book accompanied me through a period of growth. In October 2020, I had only been out of college for a year. I was not used to the rhythm of work, and my immature worldview was hammered by society. I was completely emo.
When I used to write books, my style was always that of an angry young man—fighting for the people, idealism, and all that...
Li Fan was my third book, not counting the ones I failed to complete. When I wrote this book, a large part of the reason was actually to escape from life.
It was just for fun. I did not care what it would become. As long as a crazy idea made me happy, I would run with it.
So the first million words, the Immortal Dao Era section, were the most exhilarating to write. I did not have to think about anything.
When the Saintly Dao began, I started worrying. I had to carry the plot forward and lay the groundwork for what followed, while keeping the overall story from falling into chaos and still giving readers a good reading experience.
Besides, this kind of novel was especially difficult to write, because the protagonist was invincible from the start. You could only keep stacking plot twists for a million words at most before everything began to collapse.
Most novels of the same type were like that too. After reaching a million