[Recent update] Updates have been slow these past few days because I have been busy with my studies, with one thing coming after another; I will not go into detail here. Writing Immortal Road has already become part of my daily life, and there is no possibility that I would deliberately stop writing it. About 13 of Immortal Road remains, and it is nearing what might be called the story's climax. The overall structure of the novel has already been clearly planned; all that remains is to patiently put my heart and soul into fleshing out the details, writing them with warmth and humor or grandeur and splendor. And the magnificent divine fantasy I promised when I first began writing should be coming soon.
Also, outside the work itself, there seems to have been some recent turbulence, which readers have probably heard something about. Amid this confusing turmoil, I personally want only to quietly and earnestly finish this labor of love, giving the readers who have trusted me a complete account.
There is also an unfortunate matter I must finally mention: from the 16th to the 22nd of this month, I will be attending the 22nd Asia-Pacific Advanced Network meeting in Singapore. As a member of the institute, I have little say in the matter, but perhaps this will also be an opportunity to change my surroundings, look out upon tropical seas, blue skies, white gulls, and distant sails, gain some inspiration, clarify my thoughts, and consider how things will develop from here.
Alas, whatever the case, my dear readers, we can only meet again when I return!
The netherworld vortex swept forward unstoppably amid the wails of ghosts and howls of gods. Thick, pitch-black ghostly gloom blotted out the sky and earth. The Netherworld Ghost Axe, hurled furiously