I have an endless army of warriors, rampaging across the heavens.

Chapter 92 [Author's Note on Launching the Book]

A note beforehand—

It will be available for purchase at midnight, with 10 chapters at midnight and 20 chapters on the first day of purchase!
(Alright, if you're not interested in the launch message, just wait for the update tonight by subscribing. To those who said they'd like to subscribe for all 10 chapters, I'll remember this: if you don't subscribe, I'll have the underground society dig a tunnel to your house and arrest you!)
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The following is a novice author's reflections:
I've been waiting for this long.

It's finally going to be available!

The new book took a full 35 days to write, from the 26th of last month when it was released to the 31st of this month, during which a total of 20 words of free chapters were updated.

Before its release, many readers, including many fellow authors, were worried that the book, which was so enjoyable to write in its early stages, might not be able to be published. Now, it seems their worries were unnecessary. At least before its release, "The Death Squad" did not collapse.

As for what comes next, I can only say that I will try my best to make the book as long as possible while ensuring that everyone enjoys it as always.

but.

Not force.

My idea is very simple—

Instead of writing a long and tedious novel of two or three million words.

It would be better to write a thoroughly enjoyable novel of over a million words that's "enjoyable from beginning to end."

As you can see from the previous 200,000 words, the last paragraph of my introduction, "Not a fisherman, not a hunter, not a servant, not a slave, not a martial arts master... just rampaging through the heavens, sweeping away all opponents, seeking a completely unhindered and thoroughly enjoyable story," I didn't lie to you about the "unhindered and thoroughly enjoyable story" part.

I want to have fun!
That's awesome!
Many readers may think that 'feel-good' stories are easy to write, thinking that all I do is kill, kill, kill.

But in reality, the difficulty of creating the work is extraordinary, especially for a new author like me, it feels like walking on thin ice.

Due to a lack of experience, I made quite a few mistakes in the first 200,000 words alone.

Fortunately, I'm smart; I knew I was wrong and corrected it immediately.

Countless minor revisions were made.

There were two major overhauls.

The first major revision was when the book was in its first 40,000 to 50,000 words. As I mentioned in my first chapter, after that major revision, the book took off immediately. The data in all aspects, such as collections, follow-up reading, and comments, increased significantly. Then it just kept exploding and dominating. It even reached third place on the new book chart and had been number one on the fantasy new book chart for half a month since the week before last.

This shows that people still love reading light novels.

I guess they feel the same way I do: "The world has suffered from bottom-level fantasy for too long." They're tired of starting as fishermen, hunters, and other low-level characters, and they're fed up with the traditional stat-based and attribute-based systems. They're looking forward to something refreshing.

The "mass troop rush" style existed more than a decade ago. Many of the works by a "wealth-expanding" tycoon were based on this style, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading them back then.

They've become rare at the starting line in recent years.

There might be a starting point, but it's either a deceptive tactic, poorly written, or simply doesn't resonate with me.

Simply.

I'll write one myself.

Write whenever you want.

It appears as soon as you write it.

I found it so good that even I thought it was incredibly enjoyable, wonderful, and original!

Mass produce troops!
That's how you should write it!
Making large-scale troop builds requires strategy.

I put myself in their shoes and thought about how I would utilize these assassins if I were in the Great Yan Dynasty and possessed the "Remnant Jade." From my own perspective, it's about finding enjoyment within a reasonable framework; reasonable enjoyment leaves a more lasting impression than mindless enjoyment.

As for time travel, broken jade, assassins, and digging, these are basic settings, so there's no need to discuss whether they're reasonable or not; there's no need to nitpick.

The main focus is on the plot.

You need to look at what the main character does, the reactions of other characters in the story, and whether the interactions between the characters and the development of events are reasonable.

If it makes sense, you'll get into character.

If it's illogical, it takes you out of the story.

Getting into character is definitely more enjoyable.

Once you're out of the story, don't talk about whether it was enjoyable or not.

A good read is inseparable from 'immersion'.

But sometimes those involved are blinded by their own perspective. The process of writing a novel is quite different from simply reading it; it's easy to get lost and become confused while writing.

Some authors are reluctant to save drafts and choose to force themselves to write more. Maybe they can make it work out later, but more often than not, it's just a torrent of rubbish. I'm willing to save drafts.

The first major revision involved working through the night for several consecutive days to revise the original 40,000 to 50,000 words of the novel, resulting in a completely different and ultimately near-perfect final product.

The second major overhaul covers the content before and after the product was released.

Although it's called the second time, there have actually been several attempts for this particular storyline.

What you are seeing now is the sixth version.

After dealing with the Lei family, I'm a bit confused about how the plot will unfold. I've written several possible developments, but I'm not satisfied with any of them.

The first one was about the open and covert struggles with the White Wolf Battalion, a secret service of the Quanrong (a nomadic) intelligence agency. As I wrote it, I got bored and scrapped it and rewrote it.

The second one I wrote was about taking over all the bandit strongholds in Jiujiang. The prototypes of the bandit strongholds were based on places like Erlong Mountain, Shaohua Mountain, and Qingfeng Mountain from the novel *Water Margin*. The bandit leaders were like the heroes of Liangshan. I used the fact that the assassins could dig soil to help the villages around the strongholds dig ditches and ponds, taking a strategy of encirclement and suppression. But after writing about ten chapters like that, when I looked back, the pace suddenly slowed down. Also, bandits are bandits after all; they were too scattered, and it wasn't as effective as the previous story about the Lei family.

No, I'm not satisfied.

So it was scrapped and rewritten.

The third version starts with a peasant uprising, describing how the White Wolf Camp instigated the uprising, how war raged across the Great Yan, how the suicide soldiers participated and became leaders of various uprising armies, and how the plan is to later describe the capture of Jiujiang and the establishment of a kingdom.

However, that didn't work either; the writing was also very disjointed.

If things don't go smoothly, it means you're not happy.

If you're not happy with it, then rewrite it.

then.

The fourth version describes the Nine Borders being breached, and Zuo Jing sending assassins to fight the Quanrong there, while also searching for his elder brother. I only wrote a few chapters of this, and then it dawned on me: using assassins for battle? That's wrong! The very foundation is flawed; the approach is off, no wonder it lacks excitement.

Therefore, this option is also rejected.

And then.

The fifth version was about the Blessed Land. I started by focusing on the Blessed Land and its extraordinary people. But as I wrote, I realized there was too much to explain. Things that should have been gradually introduced throughout the Great Yan map would be too cumbersome and slow down the pace if all of this were presented at once now that a new map was being released. So, I realized that the Blessed Land shouldn't be written about now; it had to be postponed. Moreover, changing maps at the time of release is a major taboo—I absolutely couldn't do that. Thankfully, I woke up in time and pulled back from the brink.

In total, I wrote about thirty chapters across these five versions. The longest was the Blessed Land version, which was incredibly long and tedious. But that's okay. Although it was tedious, it was nutritious. Consider it as me writing the background story for the future development of the Blessed Land plot. I broke down and refined these settings and backgrounds little by little, blending them into the Great Yan plot, subtly and effectively.

After rejecting these five directions.

Once I found my direction, I focused on writing about the Great Yan Dynasty, establishing myself within that context before expanding on other topics.

As the saying goes, "Sharpening your axe won't delay your woodcutting."

As the saying goes, choice is very important.

After choosing the right direction, sure enough, the writing became smoother and smoother, and I simply couldn't stop. In just a few days, I've already saved up twenty-five more chapters.

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it is good!
Now that I've finished explaining the 'Map of Yan,' it's time to show you my 'dagger':
It will be available for purchase at midnight, and I will update 10 chapters at once.

I'll update 5 more chapters tomorrow during the day.

I will update 5 more chapters tomorrow night at 24:00 (but that was actually the update on the 2nd).

However, this is roughly equivalent to me updating 20 chapters on the first day of its release.

Then I have 5 to 10 chapters saved up. This is a buffer for me. There will definitely be similar problems as before, such as confusion or wrong direction. These saved chapters will prevent me from stopping updating or doing a shoddy job. I can calmly revise the manuscript until I am satisfied and everyone else is satisfied as well.

A satisfying read!

Feeling good is the most important thing.

The plot needs to be exciting, and the update frequency needs to be high as well.

Don't worry, just as Zuo Jing is rapidly building up his army in the story, the author is also working hard on his writing in real life.

I hope everyone will subscribe and vote with lots of monthly tickets!

A thousand words can be summed up in two sentences—

Please make your first order!
Asking for a monthly ticket! !

Please give me your support, considering how incredibly enjoyable the first 200,000 words were! I would be extremely grateful!

Please help me!
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(End of this chapter)