It's rare for me to put up a standalone post that I don't intend to delete. Mainly, I wanted to chat with everyone about the recent updates and plot.
First, I have to talk about the amount I'm posting. At this point, I really can't increase it, so please bear with me.
After all, I'm still a student, and my studies have to come first. Writing is just a hobby and a part-time job, so all I can guarantee is four thousand Chinese characters every day. It would be very hard to do more.
Also, there's something I wanted to discuss with everyone. I saw a reader say in the reviews that the plot felt padded mainly because the individual chapters were short, so I was wondering whether I should simply switch to one four-thousand-character update a day. Maybe that would make each read more satisfying?
Next, I wanted to address the issue many readers have raised about me padding the plot. Personally, I don't feel I've deliberately watered anything down so far, but the last few chapters may indeed have been rather uneventful. I understand why many readers are dissatisfied.
After all, the plot is actually in a rather awkward spot right now. Since we still haven't reached the Mythological Era's only canonical plot point, Emperor Venerable's era, a lot of the material has to be original for now. At the same time, I have to learn from the earlier lesson with Wang Bo and avoid expanding too much, so it really is somewhat difficult to write.
The main reason for this is still my limited writing ability. As a complete newcomer to web fiction, I have far too many shortcomings. Here, I owe an apology to the many readers who have supported me all along. After all, your