Although I had used up my annual leave and then ran into training, which left me unable to add extra chapters effectively and threw the update schedule into chaos, causing the monthly votes to slip out of the top fifty in the final few days, I was still deeply grateful for everyone's support. No matter what, this month spent twenty-six or twenty-seven days in the top fifty for monthly votes, peaking at thirty-ninth place. It was the best result so far, so thank you all.
This month, I updated a full seventy chapters, also the most I had updated in a single month since the book was released last December. It was quite exhausting, especially as work grew busier toward the end of the year. My schedule became thoroughly chaotic, my health suffered, and these past few days, I truly had the will but not the strength. As for the integrity of the update schedule, it had fallen all over the ground.
With December underway, this volume was gradually entering its crucial stage. Dao Heart Decay was the most difficult trial among the Four-Nine Tribulation and the Heavenly Human Five Decays. It involved the illusory and intangible Dao Heart, and was also key to drawing together the clues from two volumes and restoring that feeling from the Golden Core and Primordial Spirit stages. So I needed to think it through slowly. Combined with the year-end rush at work, there probably would not be many chances for extra chapters, but I would definitely make up every extra chapter owed this month, one by one.
Tomorrow, I had to make a trip home. I would get up early to finish the morning chapter before leaving, while the evening chapter could only be written after I had finished handling my affairs, so it