[{"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-43":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":21,"novelImage":22},{"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},2285712,4471,"Chapter 43: Author's Note on Release","controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-chapter-43",43,"\u003Cp>First, let’s get to the main points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you to the brothers among my readers who have supported me all along, allowing this book to reach today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether through tips, votes, following the updates, or even comments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My sincere thanks, and I wish you all great wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next is that this book will officially be released tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It will be at the usual time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will update at 00:01 on the 13th, and at that time, I will release at least three chapters first. (There might be a delay of a few minutes.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I will work harder during the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am terribly sorry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I really overestimated myself; I originally wanted to save up some drafts every day and then have a high-octane launch on the day of release to make a splash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the result...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time I wrote, I would become dissatisfied with the plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I would have to scrap the saved drafts and rewrite them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the time I started publishing until now, including the discarded openings, even if I don't have a hundred thousand words of waste, I have at least tens of thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including just the day before yesterday, even though the release was near, I cut three chapters of saved drafts because I felt they were too sluggish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this book's genre is the type where if you ruin the saved drafts, they are completely unusable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helplessly, I can only release this much for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Writing too much deliberately might lower the quality, but I will still fulfill the extra updates for monthly votes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ask that you all look at my sincerity and please do not blame me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, let me talk about the updates after the release.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let's say a minimum of two chapters per day (about ten thousand words).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, the word count of my chapters is really not small; they all start at four thousand, and some even approach six thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, two chapters is just the minimum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will try my best to update more while ensuring quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The update time is still set for the usual time every night; I will release the day's updates all at once then, so you brothers can read to your heart's content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there is a temporary delay due to unforeseen circumstances, I will post a separate notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ask you brothers to please support me; I am begging for that first subscription!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, one more thing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am truly not anyone's alt account!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this day, I don't even have a single \"featured\" book on Qidian; otherwise, why would I be so anxious that I can't sleep and my face is covered in acne after getting a little bit of success?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have already said this many times in the comment section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there are still people assigning me a new identity every day, saying I am this author's alt or that author's alt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brothers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I actually wish I were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I really am not!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I ask you brothers not to insult other authors or stir up drama regarding other authors in the comment section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I see it, I will delete the post directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next is the rambling segment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have always said I wanted to chat with you brothers, so I might as well take this opportunity to get it all off my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You brothers can indeed call me an old-timer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although I have no success on Qidian and every book has flopped, I am no longer a newcomer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the second half of 2019, because I was stuck at home, out of boredom, I embarked on this path based on my interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, relying on a talent not worth mentioning, I earned a little bit of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How should I put it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, I really felt I was quite lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was someone with no real education, yet I walked onto this path of literature and even had the chance to earn money and be self-reliant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, I even felt the road ahead was bright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But perhaps because I was young then, even though things had just started to improve, I did not choose to keep moving forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, I began to search for so-called freedom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While shouting \"life is a wilderness,\" I immersed myself in play, wantonly squandering my energy and time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what is freedom?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world has always been fair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When you are not progressing, or even regressing, there is always someone who will catch up to you or even surpass you directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was never a person capable of self-discipline, and I lost myself in play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What awaited me was destined to be my life's Waterloo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly three years of a \"flop\" career... constantly draining my spirit and energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly three years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mindset went from initial fearlessness to gradual anxiety... and then to frantic internal friction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many author friends advised me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adjust your mindset, stop playing around, and find the right subject matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don't understand history, don't go writing history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even this subject matter was given to me by an author friend who wanted to give me a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unfortunately... I really didn't have it in me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, I didn't think there was anything wrong with me, which led to wasting many opportunities in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People are always wise after the event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps if it weren't for returning home last year, I would still be completely unaware of these problems even now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last August, I had business back home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, the hometown...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is no form of entertainment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I began to create wholeheartedly, though I didn't think about writing this subject at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I wrote several books in a row, and there was no movement at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The anxiety of life kept striking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, I really didn't know what to write, so I thought about trying this subject again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I wrote an opening and threw it to my author friend, asking him to take a look for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to say, this friend of mine is truly a good brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carefully looked at it from an author's perspective and felt it wasn't quite right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he said, \"I'll send it to my old reader and let him evaluate it from a reader's perspective.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure,\" I said, filled with hope as I waited for the critique from a reader's perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected of an old reader, the analysis was very on point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of sharp criticism hit where it hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It completely tore away my fig leaf and that long gown I couldn't take off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, I couldn't sleep; my Dao heart shattered, and I even had thoughts of quitting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How should I describe the mood of that night?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Internal friction, anxiety, and confusion came swarming in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I began to ponder countless questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Approaching thirty, is there really any point in continuing like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no face, no education, and no family property to inherit, what should I do in the future if I keep going like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if by some strange fate...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, I was suddenly inspired and went to the small town where I had my first job after leaving school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at that small shop that had long since closed down with only the sign left, countless thoughts flashed through my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After ten years, I seemed to be standing at the crossroads of life once again, starting to choose my future life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the spring breeze has pity for the flowers, could it allow me to be a youth once more?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, the youth of the past seemed to have truly returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, my inspiration flowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plot settings and other problems that had been stuck were all solved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just two days, I thought of a very long plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xiao, Gu Kang, Gu Cheng, and Gu Xi were all products of those two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the attitudes of two emperors toward solar eclipses in historical records, I considered the connection between the preceding and following plots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I thought through the development direction of each of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are still various follow-up plotlines. (No spoilers!!! All I can say is that Gu Xi's highlight moment will be very intense!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I rushed home without stopping to start this book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I decided to take a gamble while there was still time before the New Year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't understand history?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then study history carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not self-disciplined?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then set a fixed update schedule and proactively put pressure on myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bad attitude?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then force myself to change; if there is any plot I am not satisfied with, I delete it and rewrite it, no matter how many drafts I have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will do my best to give it one last try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, the initial results were somewhat unsatisfactory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nine days after opening the book, I finally received the first recommendation vote;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleven days after opening the book, the book received its first comment, and at that time, the collection count was not even one hundred and twenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was truly a ridiculously, ridiculously poor set of data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But perhaps it was truly the mindset of taking a gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding these results, I surprisingly had no psychological turbulence at the time; instead, I remained very confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could the plotlines conceived in that state be worse than the things I wrote while anxious over the past few years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I held onto this mindset and continued writing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, once this book got its trial recommendation, I felt a huge change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First day: 300+ collections;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second day: 500+ collections;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleven days and 120 collections? Garbage data?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seventeen days and 2,200 collections!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over 1,000 active readers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As of today, there are nearly 30,000 collections, and I have won all the recommendations during the new book period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for how the launch performance will be,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can only rely on you all; I cannot force it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For me, although I cannot say I have written every plotline before the launch to perfection, I have certainly given it my all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, it is time to put down the heart that has been hanging in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Laughs) I originally thought I had a lot to say, but now that I am writing this, I don't know what to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enough said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ask you all to please support me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Help the author with a first subscription, help the author with a monthly ticket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu bows his head repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, it is time to sacrifice a good brother's book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I Really Didn't Want to Play Go!\", Author: Shanzhong Tukua\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is also a veteran author, and his results are much better than mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An urban competitive novel with over 20,000 average subscriptions and over 10,000 active readers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though I don't understand Go at all, it was incredibly intense to read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I really wish I could snatch 10,000 of his average subscriptions (doge face).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brothers who like this type can go take a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have posted the link below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Begging for first subscriptions!!! Begging for monthly tickets!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of this chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1859,"2026-06-20T03:16:01.192Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","4d1515e29f184bcc12f3be64f0c1840b13d69acd73363e1f9cfbad6ada016512","controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-chapter-44","controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-chapter-42",167,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcontrolling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-cover.jpg"]