Swallowing the Starry Sky Starts with a Sword

Chapter 74: Remarks on the release of this book and the direction of its writing
After midnight, the book will be on the shelves.

This book has been controversial among readers since the very beginning. Some believe that the character of the protagonist in the first three chapters is very good, while the second reincarnation is a failure.

In fact, I also think that the first three chapters of the protagonist's 'Zhou An' period are very well written.

Is he a genius? After going through the entire Great Nirvana Era, he is only at the level of a general, not even at the level of a god of war. He is many levels behind Hong and Thunder God.

Is his will and character strong? Between the original Luo Feng and the protagonists of many Devouring fan fictions, which one is written as having a weak will and character?

Is his story complicated? I only wrote three chapters about this character, and the plot is very simple, describing the character's experience, and then being besieged by a tide of beasts and perishing together with the lord.

Many readers think that 'Zhou An' is good, what is good about him?

I personally think the best part is Zhou An’s authenticity.

He is not a genius, but he has his own wisdom and decisiveness. In the era of Nirvana where despair and hope coexist, he has tried his best and has achieved his own success.

What I value most about Zhou An is that he is closer to people.

No one is perfect, everyone has flaws, and their abilities and talents are limited.

As a 'limited' person, Zhou An would also get tired, and he would also be restricted by hidden injuries. He fought to the limit of what he could reach, and he touched the pinnacle of his own destiny.

The end of his destiny is an unprecedented challenge and a hopeless situation.

He did not flinch, he did not go crazy or afraid.

He faced his life and the ultimate fear of fate with a calm, composed, and even happy and detached state of mind.

This is the complete story of 'Zhou An'.

But from the beginning to the end, Zhou An and Zhou Ning were just two names of one soul.

In this life as Zhou An, he touched the pinnacle of fate and defeated fate.

As for Zhou Ning, his challenge to fate is far from beginning.

As for the recent chapters, the golden-horned beast deviates from the trajectory of the original work, which has also caused controversy among many readers.

Why do I write like this?

The writing is too bland, and I suddenly want to find something simple to do?

In fact, I had already thought of the general plot of this volume at the beginning, and it was not just a whim.

The reason for writing this way is also very simple.

The original novel of Swallowed Star unfolds an infinitely magnificent world. Luo Feng, as the protagonist, experiences magnificent challenges.

This is the adventure of a small but fearless soul in the vast world.

I still remember the excitement, thrill and longing in my heart when I first read the original novel.

This is why I still remember the original work.

But, when the original work is completed, when Luo Feng's story comes to an end, when all the exciting or profound destinies are finalized.

I tried to write a story that was also set in the vast world, but what I felt in my heart was not the familiar surge, excitement and longing.

It is a restriction, a shackle.

The world is obviously infinite and vast, but when I write, I feel a profound invisible constraint, as if the whole world has turned into a theater.

Hong, Lei Shen, Luo Feng, the golden-horned beast, and even the characters involved in the subsequent plots, they seemed to be trapped in the original trajectory when the original work was finalized, and their actions and even thoughts were restricted by an invisible framework.

The battles with Kirishima, Devourer, the subsequent treasure hunt in the world within the world, the battle of geniuses in the universe, etc., also became part of the script.

In fact, fan fiction readers all know what will happen in the original work. It’s like watching a play and they are very familiar with the subsequent plot and characters.

Because they are so familiar, some devouring fan fiction often becomes like setting records in a speedrun dungeon.

Going through each plot skillfully is like going through each unchanging level skillfully, using various new operating techniques to set higher records.

I really wanted to break that sense of script.

The changes to the golden-horned beast were my attempts.

Many readers said that I didn’t lay enough groundwork, that it was too far-fetched, and that the butterfly effect was not well written.
On the one hand, my level is really not good enough, and my physical energy has not been good recently. On the other hand, I don’t want to write the connection between these changes too clearly and logically.

Because it is too clear and too logical, it still has a sense of script, and you will know clearly that I changed the 'script'.

But a changed script is still a script.

I want to completely break this sense of script.

I want to try to write about a vast and infinite world, where the characters have their own thoughts and decisions. The original plot is their past in another time and space, and is one of billions of possible developments.

And in this time and space, because of some changes, they will have infinite possibilities, and a magnificent world will break away from the text of the original work and appear before our eyes.

Now it seems that my writing skills are very poor, and many readers indeed find it far-fetched and unreasonable.

Learn from experience and keep your original intention.

In addition, I took the readers' opinions into consideration and slightly modified the subsequent plot development. The original manuscript was probably scrapped, and the last two public chapters were updated tonight.

The time for publishing the book will start at early morning tonight, but I will probably not be able to write the new chapter until tomorrow morning.

I hope everyone can accept this book and support it.

Thank you.

(End of this chapter)