First of all, I'd like to thank you all for sticking to the story until this point. As you might have seen, I tried to take a different approach to the typical Xianxia stories that you see. The MC is special, but it just so happens that there are a bunch of people that are more special than him. He isn't some hidden genius and is instantly seen as a "decently talented guy", but not too great.

Even the events of the story were meant to deviate from the norm by outright starting during a tournament, which Adrian inevitably loses at the end. I made it a point to make the fights as snappy and gritty as possible where every step matters rather than the standard formula of launching massively powerful attacks at each other until one falls down, and I hope that it is to your tastes. If you've been looking for fights like that, I'm afraid this story isn't a place where you can find it from.

As a slight note, I changed the Volume name from "Blue Pavilion City" to "Clan Festival", as I have decided to use the descriptions of the arcs for the volumes rather than locations.

I've been having fun writing the story. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to pump out 25,000 words within such a short timeframe, and you can expect to see such a crazy posting schedule until the Writathon is over (or it reaches 55,000 words).

I can only hope that you are having half as much fun reading it if you've made it to this point.

If you have any feedback or criticisms, feel free to leave them in the comments below and if you want to post an early review, now would be a decent point. And lastly, thank you all for sticking with the story until this point. 👍

Volume 2: Beast Wave

What to Expect: Delving into the details of Cultivation, Martial Arts, and further development of the Blue Pavilion City (and its characters).