Chapter 2643: Annual Leave Form

Dear book friends,

From 2019 until now, 2025, I have spent every birthday writing.

I am not used to large crowds, but I am very comfortable with the solitude of nature.

I have never celebrated my birthday formally, yet I have always celebrated it in my own way.

Writing is a very enjoyable thing; after experiencing so much, I still think so.

I once asked some successful and famous seniors face-to-face, "Don't you feel empty, lonely, and unbearable now that you don't write anymore?"

The senior smiled mysteriously and said, "One day you will understand."

I still don't understand.

To this day, I haven't found anything that brings me more joy than writing.

Of course, the process is tortuous. The gap between ideals and reality, the uncontrollable state of writing... it is agonizing.

Thinking back to silently uploading this story in 2019, not even knowing when it would get a contract... time really passes too quickly.

Many readers have also stayed with me until now.

Some have graduated, some are pursuing postgraduate studies, some have gone abroad, some are working, some are married with children...

I am truly grateful to everyone who has seriously read this novel.

As this long story gradually approaches its end, and chapter after chapter is explained, my mindset has also undergone a significant change.

Before, I always said that I was grateful to any reader who participated in this Xianxia world in any way, even if they didn't read the genuine version. As long as you felt the story was not bad, I, as a writer, felt satisfied.

But I also always emphasized, "Except for the black fans."

From the beginning, I have been clear about love and hate. I scold back at whoever scolds me, and I always remember who gives me strength.

Now— I don't know if this is a sign of getting old— I unexpectedly feel that even if they are black fans, even if you are like this for five years, chasing and scolding every day, attacking the work and the author on different platforms in different ways... how is that not considered a fan of the work?

After all, many who once liked this work have also let go and forgotten...

In a long journey of over ten million words and five years, there will always be people who drift away. But there will also always be people who stay.

The people who love it the most and the people who hate it the most are equally loyal...

Posting negative comments everywhere, at least it adds a little heat to this work, right?

Everything that happens benefits me.

Beneficial to the sincere heart!

Of course, this is just how I feel at this moment, this is my mood during this period. Perhaps I will break down again next year (hopefully not).

I'm not entirely sure what I'm saying. Perhaps it's because I've finally finished writing the story of Si Ma Heng and Zuo Qiu Wu, and I can finally relax. I feel a bit dizzy, maybe I have a cold.

In short, this is just a holiday break for the year.

Like last year, I will rest for three days during the New Year.

The next chapter will be updated on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

The two major plotlines, "Qing Qiong Seize God" and "History Pen Like Iron," have been completed, which means this volume is over halfway finished.

There are still two major plotlines left before this volume ends.

Then we can welcome the final ending chapter. Then everything, whether you love me or hate me, will come to an end.

Just like how the Spring and Autumn Jade was reopened in the story, the human world is already beginning a new chapter.

That's all for now. I'm really too sleepy. I estimate that tonight I will achieve the accomplishment of sleeping before midnight for the first time in 2024.

This year's birthday was quite happy because I wrote again and asked for leave again, two kinds of happiness. Haha.

After a good rest, I will be full of energy.

Wishing everyone a happy New Year in advance!!!

See you on the third day of the Lunar New Year!