Thanks for the invitation, it’s going to be published.

But according to my original outline, this isn’t supposed to be the publishing point.

At the current pace, it’ll take about four or five hundred thousand words to reach that point, which is also the highlight of the protagonist.

I hurried the plot initially just to nail that point before publishing.

Only now did I realize I still couldn’t catch up, so I had no choice but to learn from Horn and start thinking about damage control.

Originally, Dangji’s changes weren’t supposed to be this intense; his dialogue with Madlan should’ve happened around the first war with the Church.

But to make progress, I omitted that part.

This led to what was supposed to be half-joy and half-sadness turning into alternating joy and sadness, which doesn’t match my initial thoughts.

But since things have come to this, instead of regretting, let’s think about minimizing losses.

This is something Horn often does.

Speaking of which, I really liked adding puns to characters’ names initially.

I often say that the name Horn actually has a secret.

Galalhorn may have been seen in certain Gundam works by everyone.

But its original meaning is the Galal horn, a tool used by Heldam to wake the gods during the giant invasion.

Jeanne D’Arc is Joan’s name.

Chervis is from Zola’s work "The Little Inn," where the heroine Chervis is also a drunkard.

Durdafer is from Molière’s play "Tartuffe," sometimes I accidentally type Durdafer as Darduff, please forgive me.

Madlan is from Hugo’s "Les Misérables," it’s Jean Valjean’s alias.

Bishop Banifus is taken from the missionary Banifus in France’s "Thaïs."

Grampwen is from Hugo’s "The Man Who Laughs," he is the protagonist Gwenpland, who is also a clown, and his wife Dee is a blind girl.

Dangji Heide is derived from "Don Quixote."

There are many such character puns hidden in the rest; you can guess who they are.

Getting back to the topic.

This story is also a tangled mess built on a crapheap.

Initially, I just wanted to write a story titled "God is Dead, the Yellow Emperor Shall Stand," where the Yellow Turban Army travels back to the medieval era to rebel.

But I felt my writing style couldn’t handle this theme, and this direction seemed a bit sensitive.

So it changed into a medieval uprising story, with the backdrop set during the Hus War.

Then I thought it felt too bland, making it difficult to write later, so it evolved into a modified reality and incorporated Joan, fighting Hus for thirty years.

Then I found that writing posed a problem of being too bland in the early stages, and the materials were too vast, so I transitioned to complete fantasy.

Then I saw the book "Empire Dreams Dazzling Glory," and thought about enhancing the humor in the beginning according to the story from it.

Then I thought of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and decided to include the story of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Unconsciously, this part became absurd, so I simply incorporated more absurd tragicomedy elements.

I then realized that the concept of magic and powder technology trees was written by too many people, so I searched and found the concept of clockpunk, which seemed good enough to replace the normal tech tree.

The story gradually evolved into this form.

Every time I modify the outline, character setup, and background settings, I tend to retain a portion of the previous version (because I’m lazy).

Piling up little by little, it formed into this story running on a bug.

For example, initially, Joan wasn’t beside the protagonist; she would lead the Crusaders to attack during the protagonist’s Hus War, and then be captured, with a straightforward and bold personality.

After it iterated through the crapheap, it became the current proud, losing character.

Like Jia Li’s niche initially was Qianqian, and Qianqian initially was the mistress of the Meigedi Commerce Association (now it is Catherine).

After iteration, not only did Qianqian lose her female lead position, but she also turned male.

The editor told me during the manuscript review that the main male and female characters’ personalities were not likable, and asked me to find a way to change the female lead’s.

I must say, Canaan Da has great insight; many people criticized this during the early stages.

But after trying to change for ages, I still couldn’t make the changes, because changing her meant altering the personalities and plots of multiple female leads afterward, which meant changing the entire outline.

So, in a way, this book is also a makeshift troupe built on a crapheap.

But now, this makeshift troupe is about to be published. According to my plan, I should accumulate a hundred thousand words and have a burst update.

The progress I currently have accumulated is 2000 words.

I’ll try to have a burst update, but due to some real-life reasons, it’s difficult for me to achieve this.

It’s not that I don’t want a burst update; I’m not a full-time writer, I’m also interning while attending school.

Other authors burst updates like brr-lah-brr-lah-brr-lah in one go, but I can only do it based on circumstances, pushing it out bit by bit with a splish-splash.

It’s like having a decent chance of a burst update during weekends, then faltering for three or four days, and then bursting again.

Whatever the case.

Tomorrow is the publication; I hope readers and supporters will lend more support, recommend monthly tickets and subscriptions, beg for everything, I beg you.

(Here’s the sound of me kowtowing, if it hasn’t been reviewed yet, it hasn’t been processed.)

I hope you all will like this book.

I also thank you for your accompaniment until now.

Finally, on behalf of Pope Country, I hereby confer all book friends of this book as:

Joint Title King, with the office equal to Cardinal, granted the Pope’s sedan, nine tuns, privilege of interim, the ceremony without name, entry with a sword into the palace, commanding all military affairs of the Divine Ael Empire, overseeing the five major bishoprics of Canaan from afar.

From now on, everyone can sit on the throne of equality for court affairs and read books.

So decreed.

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