Well, I was taking advantage of the holiday to celebrate my birthday early and have a family gathering.
Ren Xiaosu's birthday was March 16, my mom's was March 30, mine was April 10, and my wife's was April 18. We called these two months Birthday Months in our family...
With such a reasonable and proper excuse, how could I not take time off...
Of course, I would make it up afterward...
I was also taking the opportunity to outline the next volume. This book should have seven volumes in total, ending with the seventh chapter of The Naming of the Night, so the fourth volume was a turning point. All the threads began to converge: the Qing Consortium's conflicts, the person behind the puppets, the forces overseas, the Federation's war—every faction would surface in this volume.
Then, starting with the fifth volume, they would gather strength and begin changing the world. All the forces under Qing Xiao Tu would start to grow. I hoped they would have the courage and strength to take on the entire world.
I would also like to recommend Sell Papers' new book, "Spirit Walker."
When Da Feng was about to end last year, I made a deal with him: after he finished it, he would recommend my book in a standalone chapter.
Once he started his new book, I would recommend his in a standalone chapter.
As for this book, Sell Papers and I discussed it many times. We had even started discussing the interesting concept of "group transmigration" early last year, along with how to put fresh spins on various genres.
So I was personally quite looking forward to his new book. I had always wanted to see how his writing differed from mine.
Actually, I still had many regrets about this subject matter.