A Single Chapter: A Chat About My Recent Creative Dilemma

A Single Chapter: A Chat About My Recent Creative Dilemma

Damn it, Investiture of the Gods had far too many problems.

The more I dissected it, the more I analyzed it, the more I felt that it was not merely a matter of fatalism. There was something within it that was twisted in ways contrary to today's mainstream ideals.

Many readers had probably felt it too. Under the shadow of Investiture of the Gods, writing that should have been lighthearted had become somewhat suffocating.

I had poured a great deal of effort into the current Investiture of the Gods storyline. For instance, I had racked my brains to spare Nezha from a tragic fate, but the result on the page had not been ideal. That was because Nezha, born from the Investiture of the Gods script, simply did not have a core as likable as the Demon Child script.

I had thought my writing simply was not good enough. But looking back, it was not just a matter of my own ability—it was the core reason why Investiture of the Gods could not stand alongside the Four Great Classical Novels.

It carried the feudal Neo-Confucian distortion of human nature, yet lacked any extension of humanity's arc of light, as well as any resistance against feudal thought.

I truly did not want to write the original story beats of Investiture of the Gods, but if I did not link together several of those beats, it would become something entirely different. That was what made me hesitate the most.

That is—while making magical modifications to Investiture of the Gods, should I still preserve my respect for the original Investiture of the Gods?

For example, if Taiyi killed Shi Ji, the image previously built for True Lord Taiyi would be destroyed. But if