A Note from the Author

The Douluo arc ended here. Some readers might be unhappy with it, but I have to say that before writing it, I really did think it through. What was the Lord's identity? A Human Race Great Emperor. And if he was a Human Race Great Emperor, he had to live up to those words.

The situation in Douluo really did need to change. A martial soul set a person's future in stone. In xianxia, even someone with worthless spiritual roots could cultivate; with enough pills, they might even become a supreme powerhouse. But in Douluo, the path was simply blocked. As a Human Race Great Emperor, the Lord would have to change that when he saw it. It was his responsibility, and the spirit passed down through generations of Great Emperors. Since he cultivated the Shrouding Method, that was naturally the only method he could pass on. That was why I wrote the Douluo arc this way.

The direction wasn't wrong, and I think I got the idea I wanted to express across, even if it wasn't perfect. How could the Human Race be constrained by a martial soul? Every living being deserved a chance.

And then...

I lacked experience, after all, and didn't handle many things well. That might have made this part feel jarring, because it was something of a shift from what came before.

For example, the flashes of insight from the Great Emperors in Shrouding the Heavens helped the Lord. That could only happen through the Chat Group, just as the Lord could only travel between worlds through the Chat Group. But it wouldn't have been appropriate to explain that in the chapter where he questioned his heart before the Great Dao; it would have ruined the atmosphere. So I planned to leave the explanation for