Seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune starts from Tianshi Mansion

After the New Year, the situation in all aspects has stabilized a little. I have time to write a formal conclusion to this book and put an end to it.

The ending is decided when the book begins. In most cases, when I write a book, I write the beginning and the end first, and then consider the middle.

I am personally satisfied that I can present the story I intended in a generally complete manner.

I remember a book friend once asked me if I could write more than four million words. I answered at the time that I probably couldn’t reach that level. Once I had written all the stories I wanted to write within the framework of the big plot, it would naturally be time to end it.

As the protagonist of this book often says, just let it be.

Some book lovers also speculated that in the end the various worlds would be reunited like the previous merger of the human world, and they wondered whether the nesting dolls would continue to create a larger-scale division and reunification.

These are not included in the outline expectations.

The final villain is Di Yuan, who appears very late. This was decided when the book was first published. His appearance early or late does not affect the presentation of his behavior and ideas. To a certain extent, he corresponds to the protagonist Lei Jun.

A long time ago, in the early stage of the book, some book lovers speculated whether the protagonist would eventually become the emperor and dominate the three realms?

Regardless of the plot of the book or the protagonist's self-vision, this question has already been answered:

At least subjectively, no.

It would be better to say that Lei Jun personally dislikes such existence.

He is capable of playing the roles of a "leader" and a "revolutionary", but he actually has no strong subjective desire to do so. He has nothing to do with the roles of a "ruler" or a "conqueror". I have had similar protagonists in my works, but they are definitely not Master Lei.

He is more of a "researcher" and "explorer" who has a compassionate heart but prefers to do his own thing and live his own life, and at the same time dislikes being interfered with and controlled by others.

Therefore, Dongzhen Tianzun is not the end of his cultivation, but it is the right time for the book to end. After the end, Master Lei’s journey will have no end and will never stop. This is his personal happiness.

And the burial of Huang Weiyuan, who was the only immortal, the only law-abiding, and the only supreme person, was also a suitable ending.

As I talked to you about before, everyone has their own love and different opinions. Some readers may have different expectations for the ending, but as far as I personally expect, this is the ending of the book.

Due to my limited ability, there may be some unsatisfactory aspects, but I have indeed tried my best to write it.

Looking back to when I first opened the book, only about a year and a half has passed, but it feels like a lifetime ago.

First of all, I would like to thank all my readers for their support. The subscription results of this book are the best since I entered the industry.

But to be honest, this is also the most tiring and difficult book I have written since I entered the industry (bitter smile).

On the one hand, writing itself often gets stuck.

From my personal experience, bloody and violent entertainment works may not necessarily make the audience violent, but typing stuck will definitely make it happen. There have been countless times when I wanted to punch it directly into the computer screen (covering my face).

On the other hand, life presents many challenges.

When I first opened the book in August 2003, I often mocked myself for the difficulties of finding a job as an elderly person, but I never thought that in less than three months, in November 2003, I would be hit hard by lumbar disc herniation again, and also had a fever and malaria. I was already lying in bed unable to move, and I almost became delirious due to the fever (bitter smile).

I finally got through this stage and my studies started to improve, but in June of 1924, my eyesight started to deteriorate again. Then it got better in July, but became blurry again in August. I barely got through September and October, but in November I couldn't see the computer screen clearly again.

As for other times such as coughing and fever, we don’t even need to mention them.

I was feeling lucky that I didn't have any back problems in 2019-2024, but I was hit by a back prolapse again in January 2019-2025...

I don’t want to disturb everyone during the Chinese New Year, so I won’t go into details. Now that it’s after the Chinese New Year, I’ll just talk a little bit. Just treat it as a story about a unlucky guy:

When I was knocked down by lumbar disc herniation in January, I was still feeling lucky that I had taken a leave of absence beforehand. Otherwise, it would have been too tragic if I couldn’t finish writing the final chapter.

I got through the most urgent and severe acute period when I had to stay in bed all the time. Although my waist was still in a terrible state, I could finally take the risk of sitting down again and work hard to finish the unfinished parts. So when the fourth trailer was released on January 26th, I was still feeling lucky that I had caught up to some extent, but I was just not sure whether I could definitely make it to the night of the 28th.

In November 2003, I was bedridden due to a lumbar disc herniation. I thought that after I got over it, I would pretend to say to everyone, "Those storms are over." But I didn't. My updates were bumpy, and I had a fever and couldn't write. I have to confess that I failed in my pretense (covering my face).

Although I am not sure that I will be able to update the finale on the night of the 28th, New Year's Eve, I calculated that it would be earlier than the deadline of February 2nd. I thought that I could pretend to be cool and say to everyone: "Although I encountered difficulties, they are all over now." (I am so cool, I put my hands on my hips.jpg)

As a result, facts taught me once again that I should not argue. I had just sent out the single chapter on the 26th, but something happened on the 27th and I needed to go to the hospital to take care of the patient.

When I came to my senses, my first thought was whether I could delete the single chapter that was used for the preview yesterday...

I am also a patient and my back hasn't recovered yet, but I have to take care of patients. At the same time, the finale is waiting for me to finish writing.

I can say that I spent this Spring Festival in the emergency observation room of the hospital in a desperate mood. On the one hand, the patient's condition was still uncertain, and on the other hand, I thought at the time that I should not wait until February 2nd to finish it, because by then I was afraid that the book would have been completely ruined.

The physical burden and psychological pressure are both maxed out.

Fortunately, things took a turn for the better on the 29th. The patient's condition improved, and I was finally able to devote some of my energy to continue writing the manuscript. Although typing on the phone was slow and the hospital environment was messy, I still managed to finish it. Finally, I submitted the manuscript on the evening of the 31st and completed the main text of the book.

Well, there were still two chapters that failed to make it to the deadline and landed in the early morning of February 1st (bitter smile).

One of my biggest gains since writing this book is learning to reconcile with my own incompetence.

But this time I was able to finish the book before February 2nd, and I actually felt a little proud (bitter smile). Under such bad conditions, I actually succeeded according to the original plan...

Under such circumstances, I can only talk about these things with you now, but I'd rather wait until after the New Year, after all, it's too negative.

Although I don't deserve the saying that articles hate fate, but up to the time when the book was written, my personal life has been pretty bad. I just didn't expect that the final stage would be the biggest challenge (on the physical level...).

Fortunately, this stage seems to have been passed. The book was completed safely, and the patient I was nursing was in stable condition and transferred to the inpatient department. Recently, he seems to be in better spirits than me (covering his face).

So for now, let's just treat it as a story. How does the saying go? If others are unlucky, your own bad mood will not be so bad. This time I am sharing some of my bad luck. I hope you can treat it as a joke and feel better in life.

As for New Year's greetings, just like last year, good health is really important, very important. I wish all book friends and your families good health and all the best.

OK, back to the book.

While preparing for the ending last month, I kept looking back at the previous articles. So far, the good news is that, in terms of the big picture, all the stories I wanted to write have been written. The bad news is that there are still many unsatisfactory aspects.

In some places, I intentionally made additions and subtractions. I looked up some information, but did not use it all accurately, nor did I present it all seriously, such as some settings related to Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. As a novel, these are more to serve the needs of the plot and character portrayal, which is quite different from our reality.

Some people and things have been laid out, but considering that they do not interact enough with the main plot and characters, it would take a lot of space to write them, and when they are put on paper, the plot is easy to deviate from the main plot. Typical examples are Chu Yu, Xiao Chunhui, Chi Haifeng, Feng Ting and others. It's not that their plots cannot be written, but some matching plot points failed to be successfully introduced, and it is inevitable that finding opportunities later will be a bit forced and stiff, or slow down the overall plot rhythm, so they had to be put aside in the end.

To put it another way, this is partly a matter of personal ability. It is a pity that I was unable to conceive a suitable plot that both integrates the main plot and shapes their personal characters.

Some plots are just the opposite, the plots are a bit bloated and complicated.

Some other plots just didn't seem that interesting when written, or I was personally limited in my ability to write anything interesting, so I took the initiative to make adjustments, reduce them, and downplay them.

In addition, there are the Pure Land World, the Confucian World, the Taiyi World, and the Diyuan World, which were presented later. None of them gave detailed descriptions of the middle and lower class people and more detailed settings. The same is because if they were to be written in detail at the current plot point, the length would be too large and would inevitably slow down the overall plot rhythm.

Regarding the new book, I only have a few vague ideas at the moment. I do have an idea to pick one of the world backgrounds such as Rulin, Taiyi, Diyuan, and Pure Land as a reference (it is just a reference to the world view and has nothing to do with the story and characters of this book), and expand it in depth from the background perspective, describing and showing more details of the middle and lower classes. However, it is just a vague idea now and it may not be put into actual action. Let's wait and see the results of further thinking and thinking about the ideas in the future.

As for the time to start a new book, it will be a little later. I also envy those authors who can seamlessly connect their new books with old books or connect them with only a month or so. Unfortunately, I am a loser in this regard. I need enough time to recharge and accumulate myself, so that I can transform the inspiration and stories that I want to present to everyone in my mind into specific novels and texts.

In addition, I might consider going to the hospital formally after the spring, visiting more than one department, and getting a comprehensive physical examination (wastewood.jpg) to see if any treatment is needed.

I was exhausted mentally and physically after a year and a half, especially during the last month and early February, when I felt like I was almost exhausted (bitter smile). Fortunately, I managed to hold on in the final stage.

In this case, I feel like I will have a long break, and I expect to publish a new book in the summer (I already have PTSD and smile bitterly, I am still afraid of triggering the flag and getting slapped in the face with such a rough range)? I hope so, and I hope there is no major problem in the physical examination.

The specific time is to be determined, and we will inform you promptly if there is any new progress.

It's been a while, so please bear with me.

I would like to thank the new and old friends who have accompanied the book Tianshifu to this day, and I look forward to meeting you all again, reuniting, working together, and walking together in the new book.

Finally, thank you all again and wish you all good luck in the Year of the Snake!