Thank you to all the dear readers who have supported me all this time!
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This book has been updated for almost three months now, and it has reached 200 chapters. To be honest, even the author is surprised.
I remember when this book was first written, the author was still updating "Coiling Dragon Staff" (a popular Chinese novel) at a snail's pace every day. One comment said that Xiao Linniang (Little Lin's mother) was quite pitiful and hoped that the author could give her a better ending. However, the tone of "Coiling Dragon Staff" was already set: Qiangu Lan, the single female lead, Snow Empress).
Actually, the initial premise of the book "Phoenix" was that Na'er was the main wife.
As time goes by, chapters increase, and with all sorts of suggestions from readers, plus the author having reread Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King, I feel that Tang Wulin truly deserves a happy ending.
I'm already brainstorming ideas for a new book. First, I want to apologize to everyone; I really can't continue writing "Little Huo's Mother." I wrote that book on Shi Xing, and then I got incredibly busy with work for a while, so when I finally had some free time, all my previous ideas completely disappeared.
The new book is set in the era of Douluo II, and it leans towards a more ensemble and lighthearted story. It tells the tale of four college roommates who, before graduation, get drunk and transmigrate. The characters aren't original; they directly transmigrate into existing people's bodies. Along with a good friend, they each transmigrate into the bodies of four powerful leaders, stirring up trouble in the Douluo Continent.
The Douluo Continent series certainly has many flaws, from plot design and writing style to the original author's reputation, there are bound to be things to criticize. But there's no denying that sitting in front of the TV, phone, or tablet, eagerly awaiting each new Douluo Continent update as a child was truly a joyful experience.
When the author was in junior high school, he first encountered the comic version of Douluo. Later, he happened to watch the anime Douluo on TV at a friend's house, but found that both versions were progressing too slowly. So he went straight to the novel. When he was in high school, he bought the physical book Douluo II, which was his favorite book besides Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin.
There was no way I was thinking the worst. Everyone was exclaiming, "Wow, that Soul Skill is amazing! Wow, that Soul Bone's age is so high! My god! Million-Year Soul Ring!"
Perhaps the Third Young Master truly captures the hearts of children. The simplest and most down-to-earth things, like reaching level 100 and advancing in Soul Ring, led Shi Nian authors into a fantastical world.
At that Chen Dong's trilogy, including the books by Tudou, was indeed not as well-known as Douluo Continent.
Later, the author went to university and moved to a big city, which broadened his horizons. In his spare time, he also had the money to read novels by other famous authors.
In addition, there was a particular trend on the internet back then: everything Tang San did was wrong. The author didn't have much of a say in it. He'd see online, "Oh, so Tang San is bad," and just went with the flow.
Later, after starting work, I met even more people, and the anti-Tang books I read during my university years also helped me develop an aversion to them.
In the real world, the things Tang San did wouldn't even be considered bad character.
Of course, this isn't to defend Tang San; he's a feudalistic warrior trained in an assassin organization, and there's nothing admirable about him.
Tang San's actions towards Tang Wutong hardly qualify him as a good father.
A god who renamed the Sun Moon Empire to the Heavenly Soul Empire cannot be considered a just deity.
He handed over the divine position of destroying life to his own son, who wasn't even a decent colleague.
In the author's view, only people like DIO, whose moral compass has been distorted to the point of being universally accepted, can be considered truly evil.
Tang San could be considered an egoist.
In this book or a book the author might write in the future, if Tang San is the final villain, he may be betrayed by everyone, beaten to a pulp by the protagonist, and even beg for mercy like a stray dog just to survive. But in his final moments, the author will give him a dignified exit.
This can be seen as a final bit of respect for the comic version of Tang San that the author eagerly anticipated every day after school when he was a child.