Some of the authors on Webnovels were inspired to write their own stories after reading the works of famous authors. Perhaps some of them believed that they could do a better job. Some of them ran out of things to read, so they decided to write the "story" that they want to read. While others… just want to write a story that they think will be popular to the readers.

Ironically, the stories that they had written also inspired other readers to write their own stories as well. Hopefully, this cycle will never end. So that the future generations will be able to read new and exciting stories that will show them a world filled with sword, magic, cultivation, and Lo--

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Xandarx: There's a reason for them to be famous as they have their style

Zenith: lol.

Xandarx: You can see it from their work, it's true. Like their character has embedded into the book. This is what make them different I think.

Zenith: I know. But not everyone is as great as you show them to be. They learn from their previous works While we are still struggling to finish one.

Xandarx: Yeah, I know.

Zenith: They move on and get better that's where the difference lies. If you see any CN author who made it big, you can see that they had their share of experience before getting there, or for that matter, any author in the Western world.

Murakami: Not necessarily publishing houses only accept works they think will sell.

Zenith: The ones who get it big the first time are rare.

Murakami: So you might not see how they built up to their debut novel. Authors can have 15-20 scrapped novels b4 they debut, and the public don't get to read a single one.

Reili: Yikes.

Xandarx: Yeah.

Zenith: That doesn't make the author lose his experience of writing those scrapped novels that's the point I was making.

Murakami: But it also means that it's more like hit and miss.

Reili: True because they don't get the feedback from fans.

Murakami: They get limited feedback from an agent/editor who doesn't want to read their work.

Zenith: Yeah, but it surely is better than nothing.

Murakami: And they're left with a bunch of abstract and vague advice that they have no idea how to implement.

Reili: If they don't enjoy it, the feedback won't be as insightful.

Zenith: They can learn from their mistakes from reading their own works.

Reili: Well…

Zenith: If possible, from platforms.

Murakami: If they knew how to do that they'd fix it and publish it.

Reili: It would make the process easier if someone who enjoys the book to give them better feedback.

Zenith: It's called rewriting from scratch, and it takes a tonne of time if the author feels more interested in some other idea of his, he would do that.

Reili: I suppose so since the author being inspired will bring his book along.

VKBoy: If the ones giving review are professional editors, then they don't necessarily have to have read your work with immersion because their suggestions will still likely cover the basic flaws that amateurish writers usually make.

Reili: Point taken.

Zenith: Yeah.

Murakami: @VKBoy if they spot those errors they'll put down the manuscript after the first page

Reili: Then again, its a little bit like movie critics. They may hate the movie, but fans love it.

Zenith: Yeah.

Murakami: And then send a reply saying, "Don't send in another manuscript until you learn how to write properly."

Zenith: Professionals in the said field prefer not taking risks. Especially in movies, but books, you can keep trying.

VKBoy: Well, if there are errors in the first page itself, that's a whole different thing, lol.

Reili: True.

Murakami: No, but a good editor can tell the writing quality from just the first page even if you've crafted it perfectly, they can just tell that the rest will be shit.

Reili: You have to also take into account of one punch man. The original comic looks terrible, but the redraw made it amazing.

Zenith: That's smartness of the creator.

VKBoy: Well, in one punch man's case, it got attention from the companies after it got popular in the online communities.

Reili: So a persons writing and grammar may be terrible, but with a little editing, the story itself could be amazing.

Zenith: You can let the editor do the Shi*t and focus on your story, It works.

Overlord Venus: Yeah, solo leveling is a good example. The story is bland.

Reili: But it would also help if the author re-reads the edit to make sure the essence of their story is still there.

HavenlyJeep: Essence and core backbone.

Zenith: @Reili It depends on what the author wants, and how much work he is willing to put in.

Reili: @Zenith true.

VKBoy: Of course, some editors just butcher the style of the author.

Reili: Same but honestly I just use Grammarly and the read aloud function in word to make sure the chapter makes sense.

Zenith: You can learn about writing, grammar, editing if you truly want. It is just the question of, would you?

Reili: I'm more into thinking up ideas and writing them than editing.

VKBoy: Editing is also writing, mate. Rewriting is where real writing lies.

Zenith: It's a skill in writing a story, but your choice.

Reili: Point taken.

Murakami: You can't be a writer without being an editor.

Zenith: Editing it yourself can help you keep the heart of the story.

Reili: That being said, the more I write, the better my basic grammar became.

Zenith: You will keep the feels right.

Reili: Editing is now part of the process.

Zenith: And not make it just sound or look better, you give what the story wants
And that is a great thing.

Reili: Creative freedom.

Zenith: I want to learn grammar and revise what I learned.

VKBoy: @Zenith Learning grammar will take years, so take it slow and steady. That way, memories stick with you for longer times.

Reili: I do read mtl sometimes since I can't wait for chaps, but then I find myself reading in broken English and must stop.

Murakami: I'd like to correct that statement VKBoy. Learning grammar is easy
learning "usage" is hard.

VKBoy: lol, if you read mtl, your IQ drops. Believe me, this can affect a person's writing skill in the long run.

Reili: Definitely, which is why I stopped.

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Author's Notes

I'm sure you've read this a few times in the previous chapters, but I had been reading MTL chapters for the past few years. I usually read "Completed" stories, and most of them are around 2-4k chapters each. Of course, I read the translated chapters first. After I reach the latest translated chapter, I will immediately jump to *cough* Google Translate.

Yeah~ I know. Reading chapters through Google Translate was the most…epic mistake I did in the past. I've finished World Defying Dan God, Battle Through the Heavens uhh…and a few more novels using Google Translate.

In the later years, I discovered lnmtl.com, which gave me a better translation (at least the names of the characters are not written like Cloud Che instead of Yun Che (Against the Gods). 

To be perfectly honest, If I didn't start writing, I would have continued to read these machine translated chapters even now. Reading MTL works if English is not your first language.

This is something that those with English as their main language will scoff at. However, for those who just want to read. As in reading something without worrying about anything else, then they won't care even if it's a machine translated chapter. As long as they will be able to read the NEXT chapter, then it's all good.

This is also the reason why I admire translators. If not for them, these stories that we are not aware of will not be able to grace us with their presence. I would like to thank the translators of my favorite novels like Lord of Mysteries, Release that Witch, Against the Gods, Cultivation Chatgroup, Second Coming of Avarice, and so many other titles that I won't be able to list here.

To my beloved readers, if there will come a time when you feel like writing a story of your own and you're reading machine translated chapters, please stop now. I'm saying this for your own good. 

I understand how you feel. Believe me I do, but for the sake of the story you're going to write in the future, heed my advice. Stop now, while you still have the chance. Learning how to write from scratch with broken English is a painful process.

Then again, if you find an editor who is a masochist, consider yourself lucky. Let them clean up your mess for you, so you can focus on writing your story, and learn the art of writing while you write.

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P.S The Cover Drawing is not mine. I just find it nice so I used it. Full credits go to the owner.

Just a heads up, I will delete all my chapters from Webnovel at the end of this month.  So hopefully, everyone who wanted to read the ending of "Change" has had a chance.  I didn't have an editor for Volume 3, so it may be choppy.

Also, I have given up on translating.  It's not that I can't write in Japanese nor English.  In fact, when I compose in both languages, I have no problems.  The biggest problem is expressing the words from one language to another.  It's an entirely different skill.

For instance, "Dakishimetai" is often translated as "want to hold" or "want to hug" in English, but in fact this Japanese word carries more meaning to it.  What is often untranslated is that it also means to "want to hold someone and protect them from their own pain, self-doubt and suffering."  Or it can attach the meaning of "wanting to hug someone and not wanting to let go."

This is why translating is so difficult.  And then the tone, the language and the way characters express themselves don't come through too well.  I know Yuki (former editor) constantly complained about Jingshu's character, where Jingshu was very whiny, while acting cute.  This was very difficult for me to translate into English.

Although, I won't translate my own work anymore, but it was certainly a learning experience.  :)  

Just also wanted to say that some things were left untranslated as I didn't know or have the word choice in English to explain it.

For clarification, Zhang Jun gave up on his promise to his father because he was shocked by Zhang Hua's revelations, which made him realize how insane his father was by the things his father did in order to continue the Zoubek bloodline.  Also, Zhang Jun rescued his sister (can't remember if I translated that part) but she and Min Beizheng end up together.  So the bloodline could directly pass down through her.

And if you haven't figured it out, Jun became a god and spent the rest of his life fulfilling Jinying's wish to be a goddess.  

People also felt Yangning's character was controversial.  On one side, there were fans who liked his character.  On the other side, were fans who hated him.  But I think the monsters in this world are not born, they are made.  And I hope I explained his story well.

Also, my transmigration story should be ready to go.  I will be posting chapter 1 on the other website.  As to why I don't post the website name here is because I don't want "that person" to steal my new story.  In all honesty, I'm not a professional writer.  And my dream isn't to become a writer.  In fact, I hate to write.

I started writing because at that time a friend of mine had broken up with her boyfriend.  She was heartbroken.  In order to fulfill her wish for a happy ending, I wrote a story about her and that exboyfriend.  As she read the development of the plot, she realized she didn't love that boy and was able to let go.  Through the story, she was able to overcome her heartbreak.

Because of that, I had always wanted to heal someone else through my stories.

The story "Change" was written for a male fan of mine, who had been cheated on by his girlfriend.  It was also the first time I wrote a story directed towards male audiences.  Usually, I write for women.

I know some fans want to know why Jingshu was raped.  The answer is because at that time I asked the male fan, "If your girlfriend hadn't cheated on purpose, but she was raped, would you have remained angry with her?"

He didn't have an answer for me.
 
As "Change" progressed, he came to see his own faults.  Everyone asked why the story characters aren't wholly good nor bad and the reason is because no one is perfectly good in real life.

That male fan of mine worked on his relationship with his girlfriend and ended up marrying her.  It has been a year since I've asked him about his relationship.  I often wonder if they are happy now?  That's why I think love, true love is forgiveness, and forgiveness is humanity's pinnacle of compassion.

I have promised myself to stop writing stories to heal others.  Instead, I want to write stories for my own enjoyment.  I guess this is because of 西瓜JUN.  Even when his fans weren't kind and yelled at him for singing certain songs, he still did what he wanted.  When I think about how strong he is, I also want to become that strong.

But I'm still very much a coward.  Someday, when I am brave, I will post on his Weibo account directly and tell him to stay strong, because if not for him my life would not be as happy today.  In other words, 西瓜JUN is the rainbow at the end of a terribly frightening thunderstorm.

By the way, if you haven't listened to his song [西瓜JUN]原创"她（Cyrena）" 我说是夏日限定就是夏日限定, please check it out.  The link is on his Weibo.  :)

Wishing everyone a happy day and thank you for reading.

(These will only be explanations about myself and why everything will happen slower. Also why I chose this story. If you just want to read the story you can basically skip this) :)

I'm German and had English since 5th grade, so I'm fairly decent with the English language if I can say so myself. So apart from spelling, punctuation and maybe a grammar mistake here and there it should be readable.

Now something concerning the story. I'm a big Starcraft and Star Wars Fan so I would love to write Stories about those Universes, the only Problem being that they are so vast and complex that I don't want to write Stuff that's wrong and just ends up breaking the Story/Universe-Immersion.
That's why I chose Pokémon. Everybody knows and loves the Universe and there's not many Laws and Aspects you have to look out for. 

Worst Problem for the story will probably be that I'm a student and most of the time don't have much time on my hands. Moreover, I only played Pokemon Games in German, so I will have to google every single Pokemon Name and Attack - making my Time Problem only worse.
This will be my first story and the first one that I wrote since I was a small child so bear with me. :| 
All advice is welcome if you have any good Ideas plot-wise I have no problem implementing them. I have a general idea where I want to good with the story but nothing for the long term. :D

The Novel-cover is temporary until I find something better, draw something better myself or some kind of Cover-Miracle happens.
 
Ok, let's do this!


(REPOSTED AS AN AUXILIARY CHAPTER!) (EVERYTHING THAT FOLLOWS ARE COMMENTS FROM THE ORIGINAL FOREWORD CHAPTER)

_SomeRandomGuy_
Go for bro👍🏻

usernanne
What I really wish to see at least once, Is an Self/OC insert story that plays out in a time frame of at least a few decades instead of just a few years. What I also find important is for the MC to not always win and maybe even experience huge amounts of loss regardless of preparation and personal power.

AngelElfMask
You've been learning English since the 5th grade and are better at your second language then I am. I am 19 and been learning French since Kindergarden and I only cant to 12 and I only know 3 words being Bonjour (Hello) Aurevior (Bye) and Niege (Snow) I have even had my cousin tutor me and I still cant get it for the life of me :(

Bloosk (as an answer to AngelElfMask's comment)
You're telling me you've been trying to learn French for 14 years but only know 3 words and 12 numbers? Reeks of a lie.

AngelElfMask (as an answer to Bloosk's comment)
Believe it or dont *shrug*

Me (as an answer to Bloosk's comment)
I learned spanish since,... like 9th Grade until 11th grade and only know like 3 sentences. But that's not as long as 14 years so I would agree with you on that, unless he really really wasn't into learning french :D :D :D

BankroMist
gogogogo

PraiseTheSun99
Hey man don't be worried about the small mistakes, i'm in college and still suck at writing. 😭😂

Kylleny2black1 (as an answer to PraiseTheSun99's comment)
... :)

Kylleny2black1
... :)

A 23 year old Student dies in a motorcycle accident. Not having done anything evil in his short life God lets him choose in what Universe he wants spend his next life. After some thinking he decides the wisest choise would be something harmless like the Pokémon Universe. 

Waking up he has to realize that his new Life won‘t be easy as he wished it would be. 
Now stuck with his new body he has to find a good way to live on his own....

ill be back friday to write atleast 5 stories so stay tuned until then im still learning how to draw byeeee
ヾ(T(エ)Tヽ)

whats a sypnosis i dont feel like looking it up;-;

This is an interview of the Author of *Handsome CEO's Darling Wife*
Mu Feng: Hello Dearest Readers, I'm Mu Feng, miss me? Today I'm going to introduce you to our Happy-go-lucky Author. Today she's here with us to increase our interest in this novel. Dear Author, please say 'hello' to your loyal readers.
Flow07: Hello my Beloved Readers. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my novel.
Mu Feng: I also thank Dear Author for creating my character.
Flow07: My pleasure.
Mu Feng: So first question to our Happy-go-lucky Author, why do you use such a pen name?
Flow07: Flow actually was created from my name Florence. My thinking flows like water and I love water. So with my name and thinking process, I started to fancy the word 'Flow'. And 07 means the month of July, my birth month and my favorite number.
Mu Feng: Oh, how creative! Is that why my sister Lan Lan has her birth date on July 14?
Flow07: Yes.
Mu Feng: Okay, next question. Is this the first time that you are writing a novel?
Flow07: Actually, when I was a kid, I used to write poems, basically about my family and relatives. Then, in middle school, I started writing long stories with no particular rules, so those works can't be called novels. And this is the first time I'm writing professionally.
Mu Feng: This novel that you created, what is this about? We read the synopsis, but please explain elaborately.
Flow07: Basically, it is about Hua Lan who becomes Mu Lan in the future. From the time she is born, her life is full of mysteries. Even her ex-lover Li and new lover Mu don't know that history thoroughly either. Many of us think what's so good about history. The present is more important. But I think, your past makes who you are in the present. So it's definitely important. Hua Lan's present is like that because of her past. From the time she was born. And no one knows it except me (Hehe). We'll get to find out sooner. As the time will pass she will unfold all the stories behind her as she will know and we also will get to her past.
Mu Feng: So the powerful Mu isn't your main target?
Flow07: Not really. If it was then I wouldn't tell my Readers about the history of Mu Family in the first place. The intention of telling them about their history is because it is not that important and it is something that the readers needed to know. But it will play an important role in the future.
Mu Feng: Thank you for giving my family a little importance.
Flow07: Of course I will. Mu has two major characters after all.
Mu Feng: Does that include me?
Flow07: You will find that out soon enough.
Mu Feng: *Cough*cough* Okay next question, will this novel drop?
Flow07: Absolutely not.
Mu Feng: At first, the chapters were about 500 to 800 words. What made you write 1k words in each chapter now?
Flow07: It was because of my incompetence, lack of skill and lack of experience. Now I know how much I should write. And I'm still learning.
Mu Feng: How many chapters will be there?
Flow07: 500 chapters or more than that.
Mu Feng: Our Beloved Readers found some spelling and grammar mistakes. What do you think of that?
Flow07: I feel awful when I even think of that. When you read something and find some silly mistakes, it's totally annoying. As an Author I'm ashamed. Though I check after writing, sometimes it just misses my eyes.
Mu Feng: Some Readers are thinking how my big brother and sister Lan will match up.
Flow07: Did I say anywhere that they will match up?
Mu Feng: What do you mean???
Flow07: What I mean is patience is a great virtue.
Mu Feng: Author, please. Don't give us a heart attack.
Flow07: All I can say that this novel is not a tragedy. I dislike tragedy.
Mu Feng: 'Sighed in relief' Thank you, Author. Next question, you created three new characters which took you two days. How can Readers judge them?
Flow07: Webnovel is a platform for Writers as well as the Readers. Writers can write whatever they want. Readers can read and critique whatever they want. The new characters are something which is very important to the end. When I started to create them, not only I had to think of their behaviors or body structure but also their family background and history, also their connections with lead characters. I know my Readers will love them.
Mu Feng: About the love scene...
FLow07: It will happen just the way my Loyal Readers want. But it will take time.
Mu Feng: About the mature content, your tag says 'violence'. What about it?
FLow07: It will come almost in the end, but before it comes, I'll ask my Readers, how they want the scenes.
Mu Feng: And the mysterious President Li...
Flow07: Just wait for the right moment.
Mu Feng: Heartless. Suddenly your writing drastically changed and you edited previous chapters. Why is that?
Flow07: As a newcomer, I can't catch many things like a Reader does. So I tell my Readers to criticize my writings. It's of great help. They make me realize my mistakes. I'm really happy about that. To me, criticism is always welcome. Also one of my Beloved Readers told me to read Ding Mo's novels. In August, I devoted myself to reading her novels and I fell for the characters, the stories, the chemistry. I thank that Reader of mine. Really. It was of great help.
Mu Feng: Is there something you want to tell you, Readers?
Flow07: Of course. As a newcomer, I'm inexperienced but my Readers read my novel without any complaints. It is the greatest joy to me. You have no idea how much it means to me.
Also, I have Readers in the USA. I heard about the Hurricane Florence. Though I have no idea why they gave such a destructive storm such a gorgeous name, but my deepest condolences to those who suffered.
Your comments, reviews, and votes are my greatest inspiration. Thank you very much for supporting me. I'll keep writing. The next novel will be related to this one. Don't forget to read it.
Mu Feng: We'll gladly wait for the new novel. Dear Readers, let's stop the interview for today. Keep asking new questions and we'll be back with those questions in the 200th chapter. Till then, please read our story and support my big brother and sister Lan Lan.
Flow07: That's cheating...
Mu Feng: Bye-bye.


"You're the moonlight that lights up the night's darkness~ 
You're the rain that patches the dried up lands~ 
You're the breath that keeps my heart alive~" 

"Haha, hubby, you're becoming better at flattering me" 

"As long as it is for you, I can become better at anything you want, my dear wifey." 

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While running away for their lives, she sacrifices herself to let her beloved escape. Hua Lan wakes up in an unfamiliar, luxurious room to find that she's unable to recall anything about herself. Learning that information regarding her existence is wiped out and that she needs to be cautious of the people out there to get her, Hua Lan starts a new life with a new identity. 

Surrounded by her dotting, handsome husband and his loving family, Hua Lan (now Mu Lan) adapts herself to her new life. But now in her dreams, she can hear a girl whispers: "Until you say 'I love you', I'll keep our memories shut. Farewell, my love." 

Mu Liang knows that there is something mysterious going on around her. She got a mystifying background and perplexing capabilities. But he doesn’t care about who she was in the past and why they keep attacking her. All he can think of loving her, cherishing her, locking her up so that she will never return to her past. Because he knows that he won't be able to live a moment away from her. 

They are trying to figure out the mystery regarding Hua Lan. But she needs her memory back. The best doctor cannot understand why she cannot remember anything. 

However, looking at a pair of cruel eyes, her head hurts. Since she cannot regain her memory, they have to choose another way to solve her puzzles. But what will she do after she regains her memories? Someone and some people have to get some face slaps. But who will get the slaps? And who will be able to laugh in the end? 

***This is a story about a girl who fights for herself and the people she cares about. She will try to find out who she is after losing her memory and people around her will help her to solve the mysteries around her. 


**WARNING: DO NOT PLAGIARIZE OR PUBLISH THIS WORK IN OTHER SITE. IF YOU LIKE THE WORK, TELL OTHERS TO READ IN WEBNOVEL.COM
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Book series: 

1. Handsome CEO's Darling Wife 
2. My Wife is a Goddess: 99 Secret Kisses 
3. Lost Happiness 
4. The Cobra

Another book:

My Beloved

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There is a thing experiencing Webnovel authors go through after learning how to write through basically people online insulting your story, and that's the feeling of 'how to pace' their next chapters.

At first, writing is a passion for an author they do on the fly. However, once they get serious and learn all they need to know about their story's genre, their drive for perfection causes them to write a lot less.

Writing itself becomes a chore as expectations from your reader and your own make you subconsciously think you're back in school. This is a normal reaction considering your hobby has become unpaid work...

However, there is a way to overcome this! Well, at least if you're writing Action-oriented story with lots of people punching each other, and that is by NOT GIVING YOUR CHAPTER A NAME!!!

Now I know what you're thinking: "Come on, stop messing with me, Love4NovelGuy. How can not naming your chapter do anything? My new chapter I put work in is part of my story and needs attention!"

And that's where you're wrong. The moment you start posting on a chapter by chapter basis, you've already made it hard for yourself to invest in your own story. Sometime after writing the chapter and posting it you'll forget what you even wrote in it.

The best way to overcome this is by telling yourself that you'll only stop writing and name chapters after you've gotten to a satisfying climax to all those chapters you've written before the 'satisfying end'. 

I know, you're probably doubting if my mental trick will even work. But you know, the first lesson to mental tricks is BELIEVING IN IT! You can't expect things to fall on your lap and motivation isn't something you find, try motivating YOURSELF.

Now that you've thought of a story and want to get it out on page... Well, do it. Go 'barf' all your ideas into the first draft of your story, leave it alone for a few days, then reread it to see if you made mistakes.

Editing is a major part of storytelling when your writing and there is no author who had wrote a masterpiece on their first draft. Get over any mental hang-ups you may have before following this advice.

The reason why I said this works best for action oriented stories is because 'fast pacing' is what audiences want in such a story. Unless it's a special moment where you're characterising using something complicated, your base pace should be fact unless your writing an 'Adventure' story.

In Mushoku Tensei (Jobless Reincarnation), it may seem like an action story considering the magic system is introduced early in the story. However, it is more accurate to say the magic system was used to make the beginning half of the story more 'slow'.

What I mean by this is that having characters standing around talking to each other or doing things that don't build tension may be considered quite 'static' for those who like action, but someone wanting to immerse themselves into the fantasy world he was transported would be more interested.

This is what I mean by 'slow pace', and what I mean by 'fast pace' is having the MC tackle one problem after another to get where the next fight is. Though I may be describing them separately, most longer stories tend to switch things up every now and then to keep the reader's investment in what happened.

Now, since I've already gave a lesson on the basics of pacing and how to write an action story, let me now dive in a little into exposition. Don't worry, this won't take long to explain. I'll be quick about it.

Basically, ignore everyone who says "show and don't tell" since you are writing a wordy story where the narrator tells the reader everything. The only thing you need to do when writing exposition is to MAKE IT INTERESTING! I don't know why everyone has a problem doing this. I mean, even info-dumps can be interesting if the character giving it is also being fleshed out through interactions while doing it.

New pieces of information that are going to be relevant later need to be balanced by what you're giving now. Don't think your audience are idiots by letting them infer things. That's what is usually called 'subtext' by readers who want intrigue.

The lines from a character can differ in the amount of information they give. For example:

Calling a character 'Queen [Insert Name]'  would be considered too straightforward. What would be a better way to introduce a character and let the audience infer by themselves is calling a character 'Your Majesty' before describing an old woman with a demeanour that seemingly demanded authority.

However, this is me rambling on and you should be courageous to write your story whether good or bad no matter what insults come your way. No good story is built in one day and editing is always an option if your grammar is so bad it burns eyes.

Just take a look at me, I wrote a story that took forty chapters to fully understand and still strived to improve it by editing a bunch of times until I finally got it to a level that contends with my newer works.

Good luck and be sure to ask if you want another Analysis with your own choice attached~ :)

(Cover by Darkstar Dust)

This is a story I worked on ages ago that has been refined and edited by adding foreshadowing to events while also simplifying the power system better than before. This story can be considered a prequel to An Adventure Beyond Greatness as it takes place years prior to the events of that story.

Short Synopsis:
After retiring from the battlefield, my life became empty and lifeless. The regrets of my past haunt me in my sleep. Then a change occurred, a King from another world summoned me to fight for his kingdom, but I died even before I could give him my answer. Now, after a fake God allowed me to reincarnate (albeit imperfectly) with my memories intact, into a world filled with magic and swords.

Long Synopsis:
This is about a flawed protagonist who only knew to rely on others and not socialise who gets a second chance to change himself in order to live the life he aimed for in his past life. The narrator isn’t exactly trustworthy since it is purely in his bias perspective while other perspectives given by others fill in the blanks that he either leaves out or twists to suit the situation.

The story itself can be considered a parody of Isekai’s classic tropes which are given a sense of reality as time goes by. As there exists no ‘Demon Lord’, there is also no black and white, only characters opinions and counter-opinions throughout the story.

I was integrating to the memories trying to archive and put memories of others in separate folder. 
   From Ernam's memories I took the mental training book. It will help me to improve my memory and also make my brain more like library. It can help me to contain large amount of information from two life time without mixing my true memory.
   The most important part is it can help me multitask. I no longer need to worry about my lessons so it is most important skill and first one need to learn.
   "Alarm Sound" Damn  I was late to exam.
 I ran toward school all my strength. How can I be late if I don't take the exam I need to repeat it next semester.
  Barely arriving before teacher disturbing the exam paper.
     While waiting the paper I decided the most important thing is to improve my body's foundation.

    The exam of languages. 
In this era there is no longer many countries like in the past, since apocalypse humanity united so many languages became official language.
   During the war many of books ancient classics were lost.
  Today one of my course exam research of ancient languages and classics.

The exam paper were too easy for me.From Raizen's memories he were what people call genius he had very high IQ .
Raunzen was pretty famous artist before apocalypse and in order to research inspiration he traveled trough many countries. Learning their language collecting interesting stories. In his arsenal there were whole dictionary for language and stories.
 As I immediately download and write down some classics from memory the exam were easy pie.
 After finishing before time I went out happily to celebrate my exam.
 
Unknown to Volcan after reading the turned paper Exam teacher was having hard time. The one passage he wrote were one of the classics that were considered lost and many research were conducted.
He knew about it because he participated it.
 Without knowing he had caused headache to researchers how to grade his exam. 
While Volcan was pretty happy to himself.
As I was walking someone suddenly calls me.

Memories and experience of 2 extraordinary person.How will he use them in his everyday ordinary lifestyle.

Under a stable and peaceful mental state, Meng Qi gradually felt that some genuine Qi was generating inside his body. It went through the Governing and Conceptual Vessel, concentrated at his palates, and formed into a "sweet dew".
The "sweet dew" slowly soaked into the Conceptual Vessel, and following the guidance of Meng Qi's mind, it filled into the proper acupuncture points.
If there was a problem with his body, the "Sweet Dew" wouldn't taste sweet and the body would need to be improved through cultivating Qi. As for Meng Qi's current situation, it meant that his body was at its optimal condition.
It seems like this body has already fulfilled the requirements of the "Hundred-day foundation?" Meng Qi, the acolyte who didn't love Buddhism, opened his eyes and recalled the process. In regards to Uncle Xuan En's description, he supposedly had already passed the first stage of learning Kungfu, and could continue onto the next stage, "Qi Storage in Meditation".
However, Meng Qi thought it over again and changed his mind. The steps that had been completed in the past should stay in the past. If he wanted to go further on the path of Kungfu, he should fully experience every step by himself. No skipping should be tolerated, and only so could he constantly improve.
Seeing that 15 minutes had passed, Xuan En knocked on his wooden fish, and woke everyone with the clear and crisp sound. He then inquired each acolyte about their Ding and the quality of their "Sweet Dew", and instructed each of them individually.
In the end, he nodded and said, "Try again after you go back today. Now, let's begin to learn characters."
Opening the sutras in front of him, Meng Qi discovered, as expected, that he already knew almost all the characters in it.
This made him very happy. At least he didn't become illiterate and didn't need to learn everything all over again. Currently, he had the power to "dominate" the Sutras Yard!
"Pick up your brush pens and practice writing this character," Xuan En instructed.
Meng Qi's happiness vanished immediately. The last time he used a brush pen to write was when he was still in elementary school. Expectedly, the character that he wrote down was extremely ugly.
"You need to practice more." Xuan En walked pass Meng Qi with his hands behind his back.
Meng Qi nodded dispiritedly. Then he was suddenly startled by a thought. If Xuan Zang saw his writing, would he not suspect anything? Meng Qi's body was very likely born in an aristocratic family, and had already accomplished the "Hundred-day Foundation". It was impossible that he hadn't started learning calligraphy since a very young age!
Meng Qi awkwardly opened his mouth, then realized that it would be useless explaining to Xuan En, and it would be lame to do so, too. Instead, he decided to use his time to practice handwriting efficiently. If Xuan Zang asked him about it, he could answer that because he had just joined the Chores Yard and wasn't used to the physical labor, his hands and arms were sore every day and this prevented him from writing nicely.
When it was almost noon, Xuan En announced that all of them could leave. Meng Qi sneaked away with his piece of paper and planned to destroy the evidence.
After lunch, Meng Qi, Zhen Hui, and a few others were assigned to sweep the temple until dusk.
Having worked a whole day, they were again called together by Xuan Xin, who wanted to continue talking about his impressive Jianghu experience.
"…That's all for Shui Yue Nunnery. If any of you meet these nuns someday, just keep a respectful distance from them. However, Jin Gang Temple is very different, and we do not like each other at all. You must remember to keep a watchful eye on them."
Huh? Even though the char monks had heard of many Jianghu rumors and stories in the past, nobody knew that the animosity between Shaolin and Jin Gang, which were both among the Four Buddhist Temples, was so serious that they needed to be watchful!
Seeing their widened eyes, Xuan Xin nodded with satisfaction, "That Blood-blade Mendicant was just a Wild Fox Dhyana who didn't follow the correct path of Buddhism. However, he fortunately discovered the fifth move of The Buddha's Palm, and used it as a basis to develop two fundamental but strong Kungfu. That was how he established the Jin Gang Sect. For that reason, they have always wanted to steal the third move of The Buddha's Palm from Shaolin so that they can compare the two moves and try to understand how to attain the Golden Body of Buddha."
"The Golden body of Buddha…" Meng Qi became excited again. This was turning into an increasingly magical fantasy.
Abruptly, they heard someone knocking on the door of the yard. Xuan Xin was scared to death and looked to the door fearfully. He blurted out, "Brother Xuan Ku, I didn't break the rules…"
However, his expression changed completely before he finished the sentence. "Hey nephew, why are you here?"
Meng Qi turned around and saw a familiar face. It was one of the children who joined Shaolin at the same time with Zhen Hui, Zhen De, and him, and was one of the two oldest children. He was around 15 years old, and when they studied in the Sutras Yard today, he chatted a lot with the char-yard acolytes, and didn't discriminate against them at all.
I think his name is "Zhen Yong"? Meng Qi tried to recall.
Zhen Yong was thin and tall and ordinary looking, but he had a beautiful smile and white and gleaming teeth. He said, "Uncle Xuan Xin, I heard from some of my brothers that you are very experienced and know everything about Jianghu. I love to listen to those kinds of stories, so I couldn't help myself but to come here and look for you. I apologize for the trouble and my impoliteness, but could you please allow me to listen, too?"
In the Warrior-monk Yard, it was time for self-practicing of Ding.
Xuan Xin started to feel good about himself again after hearing this compliment from Zhen Yong. He said with a large grin, "No problem, no problem at all. Just sit wherever you like. There's nothing bad about learning more about Jianghu. In the future, these knowledges will protect you from fraud and deception."
Zhen Yong looked around and sat down beside Meng Qi. He whispered, "Brother Zhen Ding, I hope I didn't crowd you."
"Not at all." Meng Qi shook his head, and thought that similar to him, Zhen Yong talked like an adult and was far more mature than ordinary children.
"Brother Zhen Ding, in the morning I realized that you can read and write really well. I will probably need your help in the future, so let me thank you ahead of time. If you need me for anything, just let me know." Zhen Yong smiled amicably.
Knowing that Zhen Yong was a warrior monk, Meng Qi answered also with a smile. "Big brother, you are way too polite for such a small favor."
The two soon started to behave as if they were soulmates who regretted not being able to know each other earlier.
Seeing this, Xuan Xin coughed to signal everyone to be quiet. He then continued, "Other than the two fundamental Kungfu of Jin Gang Temple, another thing that you should be aware of is their blade techniques."
"The Blood-blade Mendicant was originally from a sect that excelled in blades, plus he had comprehended some of the mysteries in the fifth move of The Buddha's Palm… Therefore, the three major blade techniques that he had created after attaining the 'Dharmakaya of the Glaring Guardian Warrior' were considered the best among all blade techniques. It's difficult to find a blade technique that could compete with them…"
His narration made all the char monks feel excited and dreamy. However, their excitement soon turned into sadness. Zhen Yong raised his hand right away and asked, "Uncle Xuan Xin, don't we have a blade technique that can compete with Jin Gang Temple?"
Right, Shaolin was known as a sect that excelled in every kind of Kungfu! Even the char monks had pride in their sect.
Xuan Xin clicked his tongue. "It is true that we don't have many blade techniques. However, we still have one that can compete with Jin Gang, and that is the "Ananda Oath-breaking Bladesmanship". It is one of the Shaolin 72 ultimate Kungfu, but of course you need to break through the 'Exterior' Realm to get the best out of this technique."
His rough explanation of the godly blade technique caused the monks to become excited again.
"All right, it's late now. Go back to your rooms and work hard." Xuan Xin yawned and put on an aloof expression, pretending that he didn't care at all. "You know, actually it's not that I'm afraid of Brother Xuan Ku or anything like that. I am just helping him to save face because nominally, the Sundries Yard administrates the Chores Yard."
He obviously still held a grudge about his reaction when Zhen Yong came.
"Oh, is that true?" A deep voice suddenly arose by the door.
Xuan Xin's face immediately went pale. He promptly put on a broad, cheesy smile. "Brother Xuan Ku, I... I…"
The wide-faced Xuan Ku still wore a yellow robe, but this time in his hands there was a string of maroon Buddha beads.
"Brother Xuan Xin, I am not a member of the Sundries Yard anymore. Currently, I am the manager monk of the Discipline Yard," Xuan Ku said seriously.
"No wonder you are on patrol." Xuan Xin tried to change the topic.
"Now this is even scarier…" Meng Qi complained in his head. "Why did the 'inhuman' Uncle Xuan Ku join the Discipline Yard?!? If he did something wrong in the future and was discovered by Xuan Ku…"
Xuan Ku looked around the yard and then nodded. "You can go back to your rooms. Don't forget to practice."
After returning to his room, Meng Qi quietly took out the little jade Buddha, and examined it with his back facing Zhen Ying and Zhen Guan. The Buddha had a comforting touch, and bits of coolness permeated into Meng Qi's body which refreshed his mind.
"This is such a treasure!" Meng Qi was very delighted and examined the jade Buddha again and again, expecting to discover more secrets about it. However, he found nothing more and had to give up. He then decided to stop thinking about the jade Buddha and concentrate on practicing Ding. With the help of the jade Buddha, this time entering the state of Ding was very easy.
After cultivating genuine Qi, Meng Qi frowned and took off the jade Buddha from his neck.
He shouldn't rely on the help of others in the first step of learning Kungfu. If he became used to it, his future would be disastrous.
Without the jade Buddha, Meng Qi's mind started to activate. Fortunately, he had two successful experiences, but it was already late in the night. The moon silently shone in the sky and not a sound could be heard. Meng Qi eventually restrained his thoughts. If your mind was settled, you attained peace. If you attained peace, you obtained intelligence. And if you obtained intelligence, then the genuine Qi will naturally form in your body.
Half an hour later, Meng Qi finally opened his eyes. It was not that he didn't want to continue practicing, but he must guarantee a sufficient amount of sleep. Otherwise, he might not be able to handle the sweeping and water-carrying labor tomorrow.
Since he had just finished "self-cultivation in meditation", Meng Qi now felt refreshed and comfortable. He couldn't fall asleep at the moment, and looked to his side. There he found that Zhen Hui had just finished practicing too and was looking back at him.
"Little brother, you are still awake?" Meng Qi decided to take this chance to teach Zhen Hui some life lessons.
Zhen Hui nodded and answered dully, "Sleeping soon."
"Ok. I need to teach you something. Listen…" Meng Qi began his long speech. However, he soon found that Zhen Hui's eyes were closing.
"He won't take in a word I say…" Meng Qi felt speechless. He frowned and started to think, and soon a good idea popped into his mind. This kid likes Jianghu stories; maybe I can integrate life lessons into some stories!
In fact, if he was not alone in a completely unknown world, Meng Qi wouldn't care whether someone got along with others or not. However, now that he unexplainably time-traveled into another universe, he wanted to find a way to alleviate his anguish.
"Little brother, I have a story about a Jianghu hero. Do you want to hear?" He asked with a grin.
Zhen Hui opened his eyes at once, and nodded energetically. "Thank you, big brother!"
"I really can't follow this kid…" Meng Qi scratched his bald head, looked at the bright moon outside the window, and said in a dreamy tone, "Once upon a time, there was a Taoist named Qiu Chuji. One day, he went by a place called Niu Village…"
For a while, Meng Qi was completely immersed in the story, which was like a bridge that connected the two universes. He totally forgot that he was telling a story to Zhe Hui.
…
Three months later, Meng Qi grew a lot taller, yet since he didn't have enough time, the "Hundred-day Foundation" was only half-way finished.
As for Zhen Hui, he now crazily admired Meng Qi and listened to almost everything Meng Qi said because of the amazing stories Meng Qi told.
However, Meng Qi still didn't obtain the opportunity to leave the Chores Yard and join the Warrior-monk Yard.
"Brother Zhen Ding, where are you going?" When Zhen Yong walked into the Chores Yard, he saw Meng Qi and Zhen Hui walking out with brooms in their hands. It was after lunchtime.
Meng Qi replied somewhat excitingly, "Uncle Xuan Xin told us to clean up the Sutras Depository."
It was an unexpected surprise for Meng Qi. A moment ago when they just finished lunch, Xuan Xin commanded them to clean up the Depository, and indicated that from now on, the Depository would be all theirs to sweep.
Even though Xuan Xin explicitly stated that they were only responsible for the lower two floors where ordinary sutras were kept, and that other high-level monks will clean upper floors, Meng Qi still couldn't control his excitement. The Sutras Depository! It is the place, that rumors say, where the Shaolin 72 Ultimate Arts is stored! In Wuxia stories, it is the place where countless heroes begin their adventures!
"I wonder if The Buddha's Palm, Yi Jin Jing, Maha Exorcist Fists, and True Scripture from Grand Phantasia are all in the Depository…" Meng Qi started to dream.


I care not of my past and neither of my future.
Conquering all heroes and foes while looking with disdain at the horrors of the Samsara, I yearn only for a life of thrilling wonders!
History will repeat itself after many ages as the menace of the Great Calamity rises once more.
Which will rise with triumph in the face of adversity; the Golden Form of the Great Buddha or the invincible Heavenly Taoist Form?
Which will seize all glory amidst all struggles; The Buddha's Palms or the  Seven Strokes of Heaven's Interception?
From the sanctum of the Shaolin Temple, Meng Qi's adventures and struggles through the Samsara begin as we follow his climb to claim the title of "the Unrivaled and the Invincible One"!


I walk through my dreams like I've lived a whole life there, most times they are about a recent book I read. That is one of the things I do a lot and I'm not just saying that I really do read almost all day long. If I'm not reading I am probably watching some movie or anime series, yes you can probably guess I haven't done much with my life. let's start where it all began.

Back in middle school I loved to read books so much so that when I was grounded they took away my books instead of saying I couldn't go out with friends or no tv/games. yes I was a pretty strange kid compared to some being a 12 year old in America at the time(2012 No less). when I was grounded my next best thing was video games because they told stories as well at the time my video game collection was pretty sparce using an old dell business computer that ran windows xp (let's just say I got really good at minesweeper). even before I found books video games were still present. I still remember my mom gifting me an original Xbox she won in a contest it came with one game and it was a racing game not a lot of story just races.

After a while of getting in trouble I got grounded while i was grounded so I lost games as well suffice to say my box of legos was not very entertaining for a 12 year old mainly because I didn't like to make things up myself it felt so tedious that I had to work so hard to make up shapes and other things people already. i also didn't have many friends so instead I slept, and I slept hard. I don't remember much of my dreams then but I do remember one that was about magic and there was a really dark forest that went on forever in a sea of trees, other than that though I don't remember.
A couple of months later I was officially free and it felt like freedom I got to read again, it was so much fun, I would imagine it being like a drowning mans next breath of air. I didn't goto sleep that night instead I stayed up reading, when morning came I was tired but the book just got to THAT PART that is just so interesting and catching you can't stop, i read through that day as well. after dinner I got so tired I slept couldn't keep reading.
the next morning felt so sluggish like the morning after you get drunk but not enough for a hangover. well after a week of being late for school because I was busy reading parents up an sold all my books. ALL of them like really I was almost done reading them! I never read another book until after basic training 4 or 5 years later.
things changed after I lost my collection I switched to video games and because they didn't want me up all night reading whenever Christmas came around it was games instead of books. birthday? video game. my dad was an avid gamer always tried to keep his pc updated and sent old games I could run on my pc to me. me and my dad were always great at games but I could never compete with him, and it totally didn't have to do with me playing the games for the stories instead of for the high scores(of you can't tell this sentence is sarcasm read this again).

flash forward to the start of high school I was big on video games by then my computer had upgraded to a brand new one from my birthday me and my dad built it together good memories there. I remember when i tried to play morrowwind on it. that was when I realised I didn't like challenging games i liked to play and get the story, maybe different endings (those were my favorite).

at the start of high school I didn't really have a lot of friends because I didn't have many in middle school. my dad recommended me to join the ROTC there, he said he did and he had fun when he was in high school. So I did and the first year was fun and it started with ROTC especially when I started competing. I had so much fun I spent 14 hours of day at school I woke up at 5 to get to practice went to school than got home around 7 after the other practice you can imagine I didn't have a lot of time for video games especially because all that practice was physally demanding. 

1 year later 2 year in high school this I would consider the real start of high school for you actually have to do something to pass your classes I met a girl in my math class (insert joke about about girls causing problems in highschool here [ps: this is the joke I'm not sexist]). We started talking about a lot of things our school football team things like that, than we got to books she loved to read book I got to see her library once well less of a library and more of a whole wall of books and all books I wanted to read. her name was Alex I had the biggest crush on her at one point than found out she was lesbian so we kinda grew apart shallow I know but it's high school things like this happen. anyways after seeing those books some of them I used to read myself I started to want to read again, but I had no books i was still forbidden to read so I put my frustration put on video games during this time I was playing a lot of modern warfare 2 I loved the story and the way it flowed but it was really the first game I really played on steam I have logged over 500 hours  on that game alone I got every achievement for single player even the ones for veteran difficulties and also got most for the multiplayer which at this point I had everything unlocked and was max level I loved the multi player.

at this point I was starting to show up late sometimes to practice because I wasn't sleeping early enough. I went one more year like that and over summer I played so many video  games I swear I dreamt about sheaperd in mw2 around this time skyrim came out and I played the heck out of it  (I didn't get as many hours of playtime because 3rd year of high school is the hardest around 200hours). 3rd year rolls around I've dropped out of all practices because it was all boring again nothing new same old stuff. I was still busy keeping my grades up especially that foreign language credit that is needed to graduate.

4th year felt like being a freshman again except youre the one who makes fun of the freshmen.

nothing important happened then so I graduated and I wanted adventure something new so I went and joined the US Airforce. If I knew what I knew about it than I would have waited unroll now to join. long story short my addiction to video games got the better of me some nights during training and I ended up sleeping in, combined with my selective forgetfulness  (I kid you not I forgot my boots one time). luckily I wasn't in that long so I got an entry level discharge (look it up if you don't know) after I got back I found books to read online and read I did but because I didn't have school and at the time no work to deal with

this is about the time where I realised something special about my dreams.

at one point in high school I played a game where you create your own games and other people play them but this wasn't like legos using only blocks this was a program and once they started to abandon the Lego building style I started to learn it you could import meshes from other programs like blender so I started learning how to use it during this time I started dreaming up wire frames i wanted to tell a story using this game a story without words. I spent a long time on this and I can say to this day that I am self taught at how to use blender and that I ended up really famous on that game for my builds

that was the first clue because I was spending so long learning how to use blender I started dreaming up wire frames or if I was having a really hard time with a specific thing I would dream how it looked and be able to re create it the next day.

now after my attempt at trying to get a stable job i went back to reading. It started out with books i had already read then spread and spread till I found whole websites filled with books to read some exciting some not and they all had one HUGE thing in common they were all fiction and that's what I like. the wilder the better.

one day I met a girl and we planned on getting married and we had a kid a beautiful daughter we named Angela love her so much. I don't know what happened after we came out of the hospital after she gave birth she said she was through with me and left. that hurt a lot so I went back to reading and read I did the stories around this time were mainly reincarnation stories in another world I swear I had a dream at one point i was reincarnated into alegasea  (if you don't know you haven't lived).

this is where I realised my dreams make for the best stories and I tried to write a story about a specific dream once or twice. It never turned out well. Now I'm in college for networking taking a Cisco class (super boring) so my dreams are extra vivid further making me want to write those stories out but they never seem to tell the story how I want then to but right now this one is working does this count as 4th wall break? (lol couldn't resist the humor there [and don't say it was bad because you thought it was funny at some point deep deeeep down you just don't know it])

a story about a man and his dreams that might mean he is insane or might just love books too much. don't listen to the voices in your head about this one because the pink platypusbear that sleeps like a bat doesn't like your drugs.

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