Good evening, dear readers.
It has been a full year since this book was first published. I am especially grateful to the readers, the operations team, and the editors who offered me advice and help for being with me along the way, so I have written these reflections. (The operations team and editors are readers too, so I will simply call everyone "readers" below.)
Time really flies.
The story began in early spring of Ming year 424, and as of the latest chapter, it has just reached spring of Ming year 473. A full forty-nine years have passed. Yet in reality, it turns out that only one year has gone by.
This year was not spent in vain. The book has now reached 1.7 million Chinese characters, and its results have been very impressive too. For essentially this whole year, it has ranked in the top ten in the xianxia category and the top sixty overall. It also won an award in the Three Pure Ones Mountain writing contest and earned a Glory One-Star rating. Personally, I am already very satisfied.
Of course, none of this would have been possible without all your support.
Here, I offer my heartfelt thanks! (ω)
It was precisely your support that brought me two major gains:
First, it proved that I had what it took to write novels. Second, it gave me an additional source of income.
Both are very important. The first lifted my spirits, and the second enriched my material life.
And both ensure that I will throw myself into writing fiction with even greater enthusiasm. I consider this an important positive feedback loop.
Over this past year, my life has also undergone enormous changes. I graduated and started working in 2022, coming to Chengdu, a place filled with the air of