Summary!

By this point, the book was basically half finished. Altogether, there were only a few realms.

Cultivation Realm, Human Immortal Realm, Earth Immortal Realm, Heavenly Immortal Realm, Great Luo Realm, and Primordial Unity Realm.

But I had no intention of writing Ling Qing into a Primordial Unity Saint who opened up a world of his own, so the story would more or less end once he reached the Great Luo Realm.

Since I began writing this novel, there had been many changes. Even most of the originally planned real-world content had been cut and never written.

Originally, the Special Affairs Department, the forces of other countries, and practitioners of other professions were all supposed to have dealings with Ling Qing.

Originally, I had planned to establish six departments like the Special Affairs Department, modeled after the Six Imperial Lords.

The Special Affairs Department was merely a department focused on civilian affairs. There were others devoted to combat, defense, managing cultivators, and so on.

And after leaving the Mount Lao Instance, I had planned to write more about the real world.

According to the outline, Ling Qing would begin gathering the Mountain God authority of Qingyun Mountain, which would then draw out a force calling itself the Three Mountains and Five Mountains—though it was really just another department.

Then Ling Qing would use the Spirit Restraint and Transformation Method to help them sort out the authorities over mountains, rivers, and sacred peaks.

But after thinking it over, I felt the risks of writing it that way were too great, so I didn't.

However, I had already written and published quite a few real-world plotlines. Changing course midway made that section seem rather long-winded.

Wei Wenjun's name had originally not been intended for Ling Qing's disciple. She was supposed to be a