The story has finally come to an end.

Ha ha……

I've finally finished writing.

My feelings are complicated.

There are indeed many plot holes left unfilled, but when I think about how many authors who are much more talented than me also leave plot holes unfilled after finishing their works, I feel that it's normal.

A complete story will not necessarily resolve all its mysteries after the ending.

well……

After finally finishing writing.

There's so much I want to say, but I don't know what to say for the moment.

Thinking that this may be the last time many readers see me or my writing, I'll ramble on a bit more, since it's the last time, and there won't be any more after this.

I don't know if I'll write a side story.

Perhaps one day I'll remember it, feel inspired, and suddenly write something.

But as everyone knows, the author is a procrastinator who has to take time off from updating every day, so I don't have high expectations for myself to be able to update the side stories.

Transcendence is a trap I envision.

The ultimate end of detachment is loneliness.

It assimilates the world in solitude, leaving only a certain pure law in the world, and in the end, it leaves only this lonely being in the entire world.

There are too many important figures.

Just by giving names, you can come up with a whole bunch.

Yacaticto, Neherkato, Shinpakutsuki, Shinjuetsuki, Rei, Lacebea, Glaservon, Izparut, Kainu, Loti, Hidden, Shumi, Zuya, Obades, Kumironi, Juya, Naraku, Azure Sky...

And so on.

Not to mention the main characters, such as Leng Qingying, Bai Lu, and Yongzhe Wuwei.

So much so that in the final decisive battle.

For example, characters like Luo Jiutian never even had a chance to appear.

Indeed, this level of divine battle is ultimately the ultimate outcome.

It wasn't someone like Luo Jiutian, who could be easily controlled, who was defeated. Ultimately, only the true gods who already existed were qualified to participate in the top-level divine battle.

However, it was indeed because there were too many people.

This resulted in the characters who should have appeared losing many opportunities to appear.

That's my problem too.

As an author, I'm too soft-hearted.

I can't bear to kill him.

When I play games, I try not to kill people if I can avoid it... I'm too merciful.

In fact, killing off some people appropriately can actually make the plot progress more smoothly.

All I can say is that I've even thought more than once about killing Lu Cang's closest people... and writing a climax scene.

Yes, that's right.

It's Bai Lu. (Actually, it's already been altered once.)

(That was the time they really wanted to kill him, it was an irreversible death, and incidentally, Bai Lu's death also caused the Zero Sequence to explode.)

But in the end, that idea was reduced to a scrapped draft.

I actually wrote quite a few drafts during that period.

Ending 1 can actually be seen as a true ending.

It's going to be a bad ending.

Ending 2 is a normal, perfect happy ending.

If there is a third ending, then it can be considered a hidden ending.

If so...

There are still some unresolved plot holes, such as the temptation that kept the fearless warrior in the First Era, and the fact that the Illusionary Realm is essentially a god's ascension ritual within Chaos...

hehe.

Actually, I remember most of them, but I can't count them all.

I had a ready explanation, but in the end, I didn't have a good opportunity to fill it in.

Let's just consider it a secret of the illusionary world.

There are too many secrets in the illusionary world, one more won't make a difference.

For example, the unexplored forbidden zone of the True Gods, [Zero Ruins].

For example... what exactly is the history that Naraku hid?

And then there's the ultimate fate of Lotte, who imprisoned the myriad forms.

Actually, it's about completely finishing a book.

What I feel is the most regrettable thing is...

No one died.

An author who cannot write about death is not a good author.

However, before writing this book, I rarely wrote about teams or ensemble pieces. This time, I had a great time practicing and thoroughly explored the subject.

Write the words for this book.

I'll probably go all out, since every time I write a book, I also discover its shortcomings and work harder next time.

As for this mistake...

Many things cannot be changed simply by wanting to.

Anyway...

I can finally rest.

Ultimately, it's up to future generations to judge.

Um……

Before it ended, I did think of a lot of things I wanted to say, but after it ended, it seems there's not much left to say.

This book took almost two years to write, although writing a novel seems quite easy...

Well, I was about to vent a little halfway through, but then I thought about it and realized it wasn't necessary.

Everyone's life is tough.

So stop complaining between the lines.

Reading novels is for enjoyment.

Sometimes it's really enjoyable to write.

Especially the character of Brave and Fearless, he really felt like a son to me. I admit that he was given too much screen time, second only to Lu Cang.

His growth path is also the most obvious and diverse.

The others, on the other hand, were slightly inferior.

There are indeed many, many things to pay attention to when dealing with ensemble casts.

There are just too many, so many that it's like having a zero-dam site; we simply can't list them all.

The song about Xin Baiyue.

Hmm... the progress is about 90% complete, it was already 90% complete when we said we were going to release it.

If you listen carefully while wearing headphones, it sounds okay.

But if we really want to call it a song...

And... it's not so pleasant to the ear.

My technical skills aren't enough to solve this kind of problem, since I have no musical skills and haven't received any music-related education.

Then I thought of it.

Character-themed songs evoke images of the characters.

A character as exquisitely beautiful as Xin Baiyue, paired with a half-finished song like mine...

It's really not suitable.

In the end, it was completely shelved, which is something I'm very sorry about.

Well, that's a bit of a digression.

The idea for the ending.

There are multiple different endings.

Each ending can also be seen as a final ending.

The world was assimilated by Zhu Ya and transformed into pure light.

Lu Cang falls into an endless cycle of reincarnation, destined to be forever killed.

Both are possible outcomes.

I once wondered if it was appropriate to make Lu Cang, the "Divine Artifact," who had such a small role, the key to breaking the deadlock.

In the end, I decided to keep the [Divine Artifact of Lu Cang].

Let his role be slightly diminished, otherwise it will seem as if everything can only be saved if he exists.

Although the [divine artifact] was the main character in my previous book.

But this time, he's not the main character, so it's not appropriate for him to be too overshadowed.

I had once envisioned that after Lu Cang, the artifact, was rescued, I would go on a killing spree, but in the end... I gave up on that idea.

Perhaps I should stick to that idea.

After all, I think it's really satisfying to go on a killing spree.

However, if he, who is not the protagonist, directly defeats the second-largest boss in the entire book, King Izparut, it makes the protagonist seem to lose his reason for existence.

In fact, a perfect ending can be achieved.

It wouldn't have been possible without everyone's help and effort along the way.

Lu Cang is someone who receives help from many people, seeks assistance from many allies, and often turns enemies into friends.

Moreover, the enemy has been deviating from the plan.

Compared to the assistance provided by the [Divine Artifact of Lu Cang], the pressure on the enemy side is much greater.

As for why the plan has been consistently falling behind...

I think this is the proper way.

The enemy's forces consist of: the First Era Transcendence, the Second Era Transcendence, the Third Era Transcendence, plus four Inner Gods, and more than ninety True Gods.

Before the war, the highest-ranking member of our faction was only a True God.

In terms of the time it takes to plan, others start setting up their plans several eras in advance.

On our side, there are only a few true gods, and billions of years of planning time.

Some true gods don't even know the enemy's situation until right before the battle begins. (Sanna is mentioned)

It's normal to be schemed against by others.

Therefore, it was only natural that they were crushed, only natural that they were completely wiped out, and only natural that they had to gamble everything and start over, hoping for that sliver of hope and a miracle.

Actually, when writing the character Lu Cang...

Sometimes it feels really hard to write.

Because this person almost never experiences emotional fluctuations, you know?

In fact, he felt no shock, bewilderment, surprise, or sadness; this was the proper composure of a fourth-generation assassin.

But to write about a wooden person who has no emotions at all would be too empty.

Therefore, in my descriptions, he would occasionally show a slight expression of shock or something similar.

But actually...

The proper response should be—Oh, I see.

Okay, let's think of other ways.

It's a bit troublesome (but I've already started thinking of solutions).

Hmm, not bad. (A compliment to Leng Qingying's skills)

Speaking of characters... another challenge is divinity.

The main characters, starting from demigods, have already transcended the realm of mortals.

The combat power system in my book is slightly too high.

While others might only reach the "explosive building" level of power when they reach over a million words, I'm already a demigod when I reach over a million words.

Demigods, everyone knows what that means.

While demigods cannot destroy a planet, given enough time, they can easily wipe out all life on a planet.

Sub-god explodes.

The combat performance of false gods varies greatly depending on their divine status.

The white deer false god destroyed a star system, but the destructive power of the Leng Qingying false god was not very great. A conventional combat-type false god, given a little time, could easily achieve the destructive power to destroy a solar system.

Quasi-gods are quite simple; they're cosmic-level beings who can easily destroy all civilizations in a universe (plane).

In most cases, a universe is a plane.

A true god, the aftershocks of a battle can destroy thousands upon thousands of planes.

Under normal circumstances, the Inner God is already the ruler of the world.

Transcendence: If there were no zeroing or limitations imposed by the boundary, all that Zhu Ya could see would be light. No matter what kind of matter or form it was, it would become light the moment it was looked at by Zhu Ya, becoming a part of Zhu Ya.

At this point, divine authority and laws become meaningless.

so.

Setting the standard too high also brings a problem.

Ethics and human nature.

The readers of my book are human, but the characters in the book are gods.

Balancing different ways of thinking and achieving a balance is also difficult.

Um……

Writing characters that are too detached from ordinary people is indeed a great challenge. It requires trying to understand the thoughts of higher-dimensional beings with the mindset of a mortal, while also making him resonate with the readers as much as possible.

In fact, there will be a lot of conflict and contradiction in the relationship between these two.

If it's too human-like, then it loses its divinity.

It's too divine, making it difficult for people to empathize or resonate with it.

A balance must be found.

And this balance point is actually quite difficult to find.

Also, I really, really want to give Shumi more screen time.

But alas, it was a true high-level divine battle.

There's absolutely no need for a bow.

Absolutely not! Use a bow!

What a bow can do, anyone can do!

Xiumi, after the early game, really becomes useless.

I'm never writing about ranged classes in the main characters again; they're too marginal and uninteresting.

It would be better to just write a pure reconnaissance position.

However, if a pure scout doesn't deal damage, recruiting them in the early game is useless and they're likely to get flamed.

This is such a difficult decision.

This is something that definitely needs to be thought about slowly.

That's it...

take a break.

Then, we'll meet again someday.

If you see another protagonist named Lu Cang someday, don't be surprised. After all, online novels allow for duplicate names, and perhaps similar stories will emerge in other books as well.

Oh, you've almost reached 30,000 followers.

Unfortunately, the number of fans is actually not very useful to the author; perhaps he will only ever see it reach a certain number in his lifetime.

I do prefer looking at integers.