Time for the usual wrap-up.
I took two days off in June and posted 230,000 Chinese characters, about 20,000 more than in May.
The increase wasn't huge, but it was progress.
After all, I spent all my spare time on this, without even a chance to slack off.
Average subscriptions currently stood at around 2,000, up by 700. That was nothing compared with other people, but compared with myself, it did count as a little progress.
Next, let me go over the progression.
At this point, Wang Ba had finally made it out of the beginner village.
At least he had gained a little control over his own survival.
That also matched my personal expectations for how an ordinary person without a Spiritual Root, but with a cheat, would grow in a dog-eat-dog world like this.
As I said before, the writing approach would change at each stage.
In the earliest stage, in the Eastern Saint Sect, the restrictions were severe, survival from one day to the next was uncertain, and the protagonist didn't understand enough about this world, so the writing leaned toward suspense and uncovering mysteries.
That period was also the hardest and most oppressive.
After getting through the hardest period, the protagonist, in the Heavenly Gate Sect, counted as a bottom-rung cultivator with a few connections and a little capital. During this period, it still wasn't his turn to show his prowess. He racked his brains to improve himself and strengthen his spirit beasts, until he saw hope of leaving the Heavenly Gate Sect, then laid his plans before making his move. So the writing was much lighter than before, and the protagonist barely managed to get a few chances to take the stage in some major events.
Those opportunities were still relatively rare, but at times,