Chapter 1164
Afterword
Third Heaven’s story has come to an end. I don’t know if I want to continue writing, and I’ve explained why in a previous chapter (Translator: I will explain at the end of the afterword). It’s a miracle I even got this far. At the very least, I’ve finished the story I owed and answered questions that ought to have an answer. As for the story beyond Third Heaven, I have no intention to write about it at this point. As Feng Haochen pointed out, it isn’t hard for Mu Yu to defeat Divine Executioner with his domain.
Honestly, I don’t know if anyone liked my series. Nevertheless, I like the world that I created. Mount Dustfallen, the utopia where everyone is at peace and satisfied is my ideal place to learn and cultivate. It’s like a harmonious family. Although siblings may have different beliefs, nobody hurts the other in pursuit of their beliefs and ideals. Mount Dustfallen ties them together and is the prerequisite for them to journey the cultivation world.
I like Cheng Yan’s firm stance to fulfil his shifu’s wishes despite not comprehending why the humans of Third Heaven deserve their help.
I like Xiang Nan and Lie Shang’s rebellious characters for they never forget that they’re part of the Mount Dustfallen Family even when they impugn Feng Haochen’s decisions and try to pursue a path they believe in. Most importantly, they will never use their family for their own ends.
I like Mu Yu’s attachment to his family. Mu Yu constantly battles his demons and conflicting ideas of those around him. In the end, nonetheless, he still chooses to walk his own path. There’s a process to change; people don’t just take one step and then suddenly change.
Many readers complained that Dustfallen Sect can’t possibly exist, citing the big-hit series, where the main protagonist’s fellow disciples constantly deride and frame him, only for him to slap the snot out of them, to be how the real cultivation world works. My question is, why can’t a sect like Dustfallen Sect exist? What rule states that sects in the cultivation world have to be homes to back-stabbing people, where every fellow disciple looks down on the main protagonist and does everything in their power to kill him? The cultivation world is a mythical world we conjure. Is the world not real if everyone in the same sect isn’t trying to kill each other? Have you been to the cultivation world? If not, on what basis are you arguing my world can’t exist? I have no regrets now that I’ve had the chance to tell a story in my ideal world. Like it or not, it’s all in the past now. I’m grateful to those who’ve been with me to the end.
The ending was rushed because my original plan was to write until we reached Ninth Heaven until, well, I already told you (Translator: Will be talking about this after author’s afterword), so I had to start wrapping earlier than anticipated. It was a tough task. I had to start filling in holes that I deliberately dug to save for later and modified the plot a lot. What you see is the modified end product.
Maybe I will write about the battle against Divine Executioner in the future. Who knows? I’d rather not make promises I can’t guarantee I can keep; I’m pragmatic.