This volume is a bit long, with too much content, and it is not easy to summarize. If I want to summarize them one by one, it will be too long.
In fact, this volume focuses on two things. One is the evil profession.
Originally, in my setting, the evil professions were purely evil people, but after thinking about it, this setting was too thin. Some people are born evil, and some people always have a reason for everything.
Hence the concept of "evil occupations are the fire of humankind's own karma".
Continuing to think along this concept, there is another evil professional existence that can redeem itself, that is, the team members of Wuhen Hotel.
The opposite of the evil profession is the lawful profession, which is the official organization of the Five Elements Alliance.
Therefore, the second thing that I want to highlight appears: the Five Elements Alliance, as an official organization, must be great and upright on the whole, but it should not be limited to this.
I have read a lot of novels, and in most of them, good and evil are clearly defined. In a righteous organization of superpowers, everyone is selfless and warm-blooded and kind.
This seems to have become a fixed way of thinking, so many people complained about the Five Elements Alliance, and even some "big names" who specialize in commenting on online articles criticized it, saying that the Five Elements Alliance in the spiritual realm is strange.
Is it strange? No!
I think it is very narrow to simply use "goodness" and "justice" to define the Five Elements Alliance and the lawful camp.
Kindness and justice can only be used to define individuals.
You can say that there are kind and righteous people in the Five Elements Alliance, and there are many of them, but you cannot use these two words to define and describe the Five Elements Alliance.
Because in the Five Elements Alliance, the Spiritual Realm Family and the Taiyi Sect in the book, there are many kind and righteous people, and there are also many ruthless black sheep.
So how to describe an organization like the Five Elements Alliance? I mentioned it more than once in the book, that is: lawful!
Maintaining overall stability and order and allowing most people to have a safe and harmonious living environment is the essence of the Five Elements Alliance and the meaning of its existence.
A Five Elements Alliance that can maintain the stability of the overall situation, but also has some black sheep. I think this setting makes the image more fulfilling.
Let’s talk about the attitude of the Ten Elders towards the Item Heavenly Lord. For these powerful peak masters, their first consideration must be their own power and interests, not the protagonist and the Five Elements Alliance.
Many people believe that the protagonist is extremely talented and will achieve great achievements in the future, so the high-ranking people in the lawful organization should support him selflessly and hold him high.
Of course there are such people, but they are definitely not the majority.
Yuanshi Tianzun is not their biological son, but an extremely talented outsider. If he grows up, for the ten elders at the peak of power in the Five Elements Alliance, their first thought must be: This kid is not under control at all. Will he suppress us in the future?
power?
People are selfish.
A talented and extremely gifted person will only be respected and supported by everyone in the organization under one condition, and that is in times of war.
Longing for an era when heroes can turn the tide.
But the background in the book does not fit that era.
The power structure in the book is stable, there are no large-scale conflicts, and it is an era that does not need heroes.
Let’s talk about the plot at the end of the volume. In fact, I originally planned to kill Madoka, but after careful consideration, I gave up this idea. It’s not that I couldn’t bear it, but it didn’t meet my expectations.
Yuanshi Tianzun's extreme one-for-four operation at the trial was what I wanted to express and highlight his character.
Like Demon Eye, he is a surly and extreme idealist. If you touch my bottom line and moral standards, then I will fight with you to death, even if the person involved in the incident has nothing to do with me.
Too big a relationship.
And if Madoka is also killed, it will turn into Yuanshi Tianzun and become angry because of love, and the situation will be greatly reduced.
I am the devil's eye, and the devil's eye is me. This is Zhang Yuanqing's emotion after recognizing himself.
It's just that the paranoia and madness of the Demon Eye are intuitively visible, while Zhang Yuanqing's paranoia and madness are wrapped in an exquisite coat.
Then let’s talk about the progress of this book. It should be four million words. Four million words is the bottom line. I don’t know the specific number yet because I haven’t made an outline of the follow-up content yet.
Therefore, I have to take two days off to allow me to calm down and think about the outline of the third volume.
Finally, let’s talk about the current results of this book: 220,000+ orders on average, and 180,000 additional orders.
Maybe it will be able to reach 300,000 average bookings by the end of the year. I’m not sure. I’ll have to wait and see.
Well, see you the day after tomorrow, my dear readers.