[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl":3,"chapter-controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-chapter-167":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Controlling My Ancestors: Building an Immortal Clan Starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":12,"novelImage":21},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2285836,4471,"Chapter 167: Afterword of the Volume","controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-chapter-167",167,"\u003Cp>Afterword of the Volume\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterword of the Volume\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stumbling and bumbling, I have finally finished the Eastern Han volume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How should I put it? My mood is still quite heavy; compared to the word count I initially envisioned, it is nearly a hundred thousand words short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I originally wanted to write 400,000 words, but it ended up being less than 300,000, which is truly a failure among failures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is true that I cut quite a bit of the plot, which was an inevitable situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First of all, there is the Gu Kang period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I originally planned to arrange a plot where Liu Zhuang and Gu Kang and Gu Cheng met just after the two were born, causing shock, and then discussing the posthumous title for Liu Xiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then proceed to the subsequent reform plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the time, I felt it dragged the pacing, so I directly deleted the draft I had written and started on the main topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would have been about twenty thousand words of plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then there is Gu Xi, which is what I cut the most; I will talk about this later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Writing until today, brothers, you should actually be able to see that the author had the plot planned out long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Eastern Han volume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four family figures mainly written about are Gu Xiao, Gu Kang, Gu Cheng, and Gu Xi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xiao needs no further mention; this was actually the period I wrote most easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because when I wrote about him, the performance was very poor; in eleven days, I didn't even have 120 followers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coupled with the protagonist's control, I didn't need to consider the plot at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just wrote according to history, condensing the satisfying points of a transmigrator-prophet story into those dozen or so chapters of plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Letting him lay the foundation for the entire Gu Shizi's rise in the Eastern Han.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then there are Gu Kang and Gu Cheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I put effort into these two characters because I thought about them adding bricks and tiles to the Gu Shizi on the foundation of Gu Xiao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I set them up as one literary and one martial; the plot was already thought out long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their plot was not difficult to write either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had a very clear goal and knew what they were going to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Cheng—sweeping the Western Regions and pacifying the Northern Xiongnu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Kang—using the knowledge taught by the protagonist to fertilize fields on a large scale and govern the Yellow River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two complemented each other, and the writing was considered natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One literary and one martial, each with their own goals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is also a lot of correlation in this; when I was looking up information, I saw the attitudes of Emperor Guangwu and Emperor Ming toward solar eclipses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I came up with a connected plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It started with Emperor Guangwu's attitude toward the solar eclipse, followed by Emperor Ming's attitude toward the solar eclipse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, there is also foreshadowing in this, which is Gu Kang's attitude toward the solar eclipse; to put it bluntly, it is because of the difference in Gu Xi's subsequent personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think the writing for these first few generations was decent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wrote out what I wanted to write, and the plot points were not dragging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I originally envisioned writing a bit more about the brotherhood between Gu Cheng and Ban Chao, but to prevent dragging, I cut it all out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then we arrive at Gu Xi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How should I say it? Facing this character, I am a bit withdrawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This character was indeed considered before opening the book, including living a long life and leading into the Three Kingdoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was within the plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I really did not indulge myself on a whim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the beginning, my expectations for this character far exceeded Gu Kang and Gu Cheng; setting up the prop, using the longevity card, I wanted to use him to make the whole plot richer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was still very ambitious about this character at the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But planning is planning; when I actually started writing, I discovered a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First of all, Gu Xi's length far exceeded my imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I needed to consider the issue of plot homogenization affecting the viewing experience, as well as more detailed plot problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including the plot of how to write the aftermath after Gu Xi reached his peak too early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I really started thinking about this problem, I had to cut the plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speed up the pace and reduce the length.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, thinking about it now, if I were to rewrite Gu Xi with the current situation, I should have a better way to handle it; not saying how burning or how good, but it should be very stable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure of those few days was suffocating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How should I say it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can only say that my own mentality is not good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people advised me not to read the comments, not to read the comments, but I would still read them, and many times I would even reply to the readers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If my mentality were good, it would be fine, but if the mentality is not good, it is destined to be affected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it is always hard to please everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people don't want to see the Three Kingdoms; some want to see the Three Kingdoms; some don't like Shu Han; some don't like Cao Wei;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure of the comments... made me walk on thin ice even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Publishing chapters is like crossing a tribulation; my author friends all know that the slow updates these few days were because I was too tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems like I published four thousand words, but I would often write at least eight thousand or even ten thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then bit by bit, I would delete it into a chapter and publish it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How should I say it? Painful and withdrawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole person was very confused, and the acne that had just gone down a few days ago grew back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also know that many people are dissatisfied with this character later on, but how should I say it? Only by changing it later; in the future, I will pay more attention to character design and plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then let me talk about the correction issue that everyone is most concerned about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, I have already written it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human power can be reversed, but it is full of difficulties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God-level props can also be reversed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten thousand words are hard to describe; I can only say thank you for the support of my brothers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am extremely grateful for the subscriptions, tips, and votes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will try my best to write better and better, change my own problems, and see you in the new volume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will find an opportunity to stabilize the update time; recently, my state has been tense and the updates have been unstable, and I am truly very sorry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Writing to this point, I suddenly remembered the volume name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first novel I finished reading in my life was Dong Ge's \"Divine Tomb,\" so I am also an old fan of Dong Ge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I originally thought about naming the volume [Rising in Ruin, Reviving in Extinction].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I remembered that when Dong Ge wrote this, he felt ominous, and I am not sure if I can live a second life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I just called it [Chasing Deer in Troubled Times, Sparks Starting a Prairie Fire].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I forgot to think of a name for the first volume; brothers can help me think about it, eight characters is best, I have a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then let me say it again, I will change the problems and try my best to write a perfect ending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you all for your support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu nods again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, asking for monthly tickets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1315,"2026-06-20T03:16:01.192Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e59bb3cd06b594622662e9de23e3b3d3b69fb2c07bac0e8d41592978567dd1a8",null,"controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-chapter-166","https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcontrolling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-cover.jpg"]