Chapter 84: Subscription Acknowledgment

Dear readers:

I’m posting this chapter early to let you know not to wait this morning—the update will come after noon today.

Future update times will depend on your comments and suggestions.

On the day of subscription launch, I’ll release a burst of updates totaling around ten thousand words [four chapters].

What follows will depend on circumstances.

Additional rewards will trigger extra chapters.

Let me imagine this:

For example, a twenty-thousand-coin reward adds one extra chapter?

A Grand Patron gets five extra chapters?

Of course, this exists only in my dreams.

First, thank you, Editor Ju Zi, for signing me on. (`) Sending you a heart!

Thank you to all readers who’ve supported me along the way—your tips, investments, recommendation votes, monthly votes, and collections are immense encouragement; whenever I struggle to write and feel drained, I refresh the backend, see the numbers rise, and regain strength.

Readers can tell I’m holding back the pace—even some have abandoned the novel due to pacing.

I can only apologize here: failing to write a story these readers enjoyed is my own shortcoming.

Those who’ve followed from the start may not believe it, but when the Empress was pregnant,

I already wanted the protagonist to go to the battlefield, slaughter enemies, and earn glory—because then I wouldn’t need to design later plots; just kill and be done.

But when I checked the protagonist’s age, I realized this approach might cause readers to abandon the novel outright—I’d feel relieved, but they’d suffer, and the book would collapse.

So I deleted six thousand words and rewrote it.

Fortunately, backend data doesn’t lie—the majority still support the current pace.

Also, regarding the recent guest appearance: I never expected a 5,000-coin tip, and I was torn—almost reverted it.

But hey, gotta eat; no need to be shy.

After careful thought, I didn’t revert it, because fanfiction already struggles with repetition, especially with characters from the original novel and TV drama.

I originally planned to refund the money, but the reader refused, saying it was as if the new name was a guest appearance—actually, I’d already designed a new character, just not yet revealed.

Later, when the novel reached 150,000 words, your support kept building, earning me a third round of recommendations—the one beside the light novel channel’s homepage.

Then came tips from several big-name readers—yes, even a one-coin tip fills me with gratitude! A ten-coin or fifty-coin tip leaves me stunned.

I often search other fanfictions, though I read little; mostly I check data like collection growth over the same period, just to comfort myself.

I also read the completion message of a beginner author’s first work—honestly, it’s as precious as the most treasured cultivation manual from a master of a sect in the immortal world!

Thank you, Senior Qi Xiao Zhu Dou Dou Feng, for your selfless sharing; reading your message is one reason I continue writing at this pace.

As for tomorrow’s first-subscription results,

I dare not imagine—I can only beg for your support.

Again, I bow deeply.

The author sings a poem for you, dear readers:

My bowl holds no oil; your support lifts a thousand sorrows!

Tips, monthly votes, recommendation votes—I beg for your first subscription!

(End of chapter)