I have to apologize again. Tomorrow evening, I'll be returning to China to visit my family, so Immortal Road won't resume updates until early next month. I had originally hoped to finish the last chapter of Volume Ten before leaving, but submitting my paper on the nineteenth took a great deal of time. Over the past two days, I've also had plenty of other matters to deal with, and I simply couldn't settle my mind enough to write. So the closing chapter of this volume will have to wait until next year.
Dust Along the Immortal Road was my first attempt at a novel. I've been writing it on and off in my spare time for just over a year now. Since the end of the year is here as well, I'll give myself a year-end review, look back over the writing of this webnovel, and share a few thoughts from the heart.
In my mind, this novel has always remained a new work, so when replying on forums, I sometimes quite shamelessly add a link to advertise it. Perhaps that mindset helps me keep my head down and carry on writing. After all, the book isn't exactly well known, and its subscriptions fall far short of the many new books that rise to prominence every month. Some adjustment in attitude is necessary. Believe it or not, ever since I began writing Immortal Road, I've never treated it as a tool for making money. To a much greater extent, it really is a hobby of my own. Why have I kept at it until now? Because I like it. Still, to be honest, lately I've come into contact with more established authors, and seeing how their careers blaze brightly amid all that bustle has stirred something in me. Occasionally, when