Immortal Martial Arts: Marry a Wife and Live a Long Life

Chapter 111: Reflections on Being Published

[Preface]

After writing all the way to this point, I have experienced many things and have many reflections. I would like to share them with everyone here.

[Experiences]

This book was released on February 9th and was published on April 1st, taking about 50 days in total and totaling 242,000 words.

The author has written many books, but this is the first time the new book period has been so long and with so many free words.

It has been a journey with many experiences, but I managed to persevere.

For example, this book was rejected three times before it was published; readers provided various opinions and suggestions for this book, some good and some bad, and there were even personal attacks, which often made the author feel frustrated.

After calming down, I still adopted many readers' suggestions and made multiple revisions to the previous chapters, changing some settings and writing styles, hoping to satisfy more readers.

Another example is that the new book period for this book was very long, almost two months. Many readers hoped it would be published earlier, but did the author not want that too?

When the author was on another platform, the new book would be published within ten days. This is the first time I have written a new book for so long, and it was mentally exhausting. There were many times when I almost couldn't continue, but fortunately, I had your support.

As a new author on Qidian, without resources, I had to climb up step by step to get recommended. The performance of this book was neither good nor bad, and I couldn't jump to the recommended list. I went through six rounds, plus the ten days before the first round of recommendations.

There are many other things, such as having kidney stones several times while writing the book, but I won't go into detail here.

[Q&A]

Recently, some readers have been dissatisfied with certain chapters, believing that Lutianxiang should not have been saved. Here, the author wants to reiterate the tone of this book:

This is a fast-paced cultivation novel (a satisfying novel?). The protagonist's cheat is to marry and have concubines, reproduce, and improve his strength. Each female character who is described in great detail is the protagonist's target.

If these female characters who are described in great detail are killed, the tone of the book would be destroyed. What would be the point of spending so much effort describing them?

As the female leads appear, they will have many important roles, which are completely different from the unknown concubines in the earlier parts. I hope everyone can understand.

In the early stages of this book, the protagonist was weak and had little influence, so many things had to be left for later. Therefore, the author quickly advanced the timeline, allowing the protagonist's strength to rapidly improve and prepare for the middle stage.

After the protagonist moves to a new place, it can be considered the middle stage. The protagonist's personal strength will continue to improve rapidly, but there will also be a focus on cultivating the next generation of the family, developing the family's influence, and laying out the world.

The author will spend effort on some female leads and also describe some outstanding descendants, striving to write the personality of each character and avoid them becoming one-dimensional.

Although this book is about to enter the middle stage, the future road is still long, and the map is vast. Qian Primordial Spirit Province is just a beginner's village. I hope everyone can have more patience and continue to support as always.

Yesterday, I talked to the editor about being published. The editor said that the word count is relatively high and suggested splitting it into two volumes. I refused.

Although splitting it into two volumes could earn more money with tens of thousands of extra words, it ultimately wouldn't be good. Let it be as it is. I can't earn that dirty money.

In addition, this book was already planned before the new year, but various things kept me from writing until I had free time in February. I followed the trend to some extent, but in terms of creativity and plot, they are all original.

[Thanks]

First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my editor Peng Lai, also known as Nai Peng, a super beautiful lady. This book being published and reaching this point has a lot to do with her.

After being rejected three times, it was Peng Lai who picked me up and allowed me, a newcomer, to write on this big platform. This book being able to complete six rounds and be listed on Sanjiang is also something Nai Peng fought hard for.

During the process of writing this book, Peng Lai also provided me with a lot of advice and help. I would like to thank Nai Peng for her support of this book.

Secondly, I would like to thank all the readers who have supported me along the way. Thank you to the leaders of "I Have a Glimpse of Immortality" and "Star King," and thank you to the other readers for their rewards, monthly tickets, and recommendations. Thank you very much. It is because of your support that this book has come this far.

I have read every comment you have posted, and I have replied to many of them. Going forward, I still welcome any constructive criticism of this book, but please refrain from personal attacks, as no author can tolerate that.

Lastly, I would like to thank the operations officer "Sleep a Little Less" and the two readers "Qing Mo Shang Fan Chen" and "Xiao Feng, Can Yue" for providing fan art of the characters in this book.

[Explosive Updates]

This book will be listed at 0:05 on April 1st.

It is said that every book listed on Qidian has explosive updates, and this book is no exception. I hope there won't be any books that don't have explosive updates.

According to what was mentioned earlier, let's start with an explosive release of 50,000 words to give everyone a taste. (You can take a screenshot here to motivate other authors.)

The draft is naturally more than 50,000 words, and additional updates will depend on the situation.

Now, let's talk about the updates after the book is listed. If it is designated as a high-quality work, there will be 10,000 words updated daily. For every additional 500 subscriptions, there will be an extra 2,000 words updated daily. If the initial subscriptions do not reach 3,000, then there will be 8,000 words updated daily.

Results are the face of a book and also the means for an author to make a living. I hope that all the readers can support the author.

The better the results, the more updates there will be, and the author will be able to write better works.

Finally, let me talk about the plan for this book. According to the outline, it will be over 2.6 million words.

As a newcomer's first book, it won't be too short, and it won't be cut off after just a few hundred thousand or a million words.

[Sacrifice]

I would like to sacrifice a friend's book, "The Journey of the Multiverse Starting from Tokyo's Strange Tales." It is well-written in the supernatural genre, and readers who are interested can go and take a look.

Synopsis: Crossing into the world of strange tales, I thought I could have a carefree life like Abe no Seimei, the co-ruler of ghosts and gods.

But I unexpectedly obtained the power of Sadako.

Since then, in order to save his own life, Ji Ye had no choice but to wander among several strange tales.

"Ye Jun, you don't want Kayako to know about this, do you?"

"Ye Jun, what do you think would happen if this photo ended up in her hands?"

"Ye Jun..."

"..."

"Ye Jun, if you don't want anyone to find out, you should know what to do, right?"

(End of this chapter)