Main Story: The Glory of That Era

Who says women should spend all day thinking about romance? Who says a woman's rival has to be a love rival? Who says women can't wield great power and fight bloody battles?

They never fight to the death for love. They give everything for their ideals, even when their paths are worlds apart.

Beneath the same sunlit sky, there is a group of young men and women. They are comrades-in-arms, partners, friends, and family. They live together, strive together, fight side by side, and weather every storm together throughout their lives.

The heroine, Xiangfu Guangzi, has led a deeply tragic life. Fortunately, she never gave up. Her pessimism and fragility eventually passed, leaving something stronger in their place. Her feelings and emotions are always intense, though this youthful fire begins to fade as she grows older.

She is unlucky to have grown up in a twisted environment, yet lucky to have met good teachers, good big sisters, good people of her era, and good companions. She rises to a position far beyond what her birth would suggest. She works hard, giving everything for her ideals and her companions, and she can be ruthless when the situation demands it.

Even with her commitment to justice, she bears stains she can never wash away. She was never an entirely good person, after all. She committed crimes that even she cannot forgive.

There are hundreds of characters in this story, and plenty stand shoulder to shoulder with the protagonist. Some even outshine her.

This is an ensemble novel. The main group is the Heaven and Earth Alliance, led by Yuling Bi, with more than twenty members, including the protagonist.

It features war, passion, political power struggles, governing a country, other worlds, fantasy that is not Western fantasy, and matters of nation and world, among many other plotlines too complex to describe in a few words.

There are all kinds of struggles over interests and battles over ideals.

Fantasy and reality intertwine, and both science and superpowers are at play.

It presents every facet of human life, in all its variety.

There are multiple couples, all in one-on-one relationships.

This is not a padded story. It has many planted clues, all of which are resolved one by one in the later parts.

Told from the heroine's perspective, this is a niche genre with a slow start and a complex setting.

It takes place in an alternate world with a vast setting. The story drives the plot, while the romance is secondary. It is long, spanning more than ten years.

I drew a map of the fictional world, with more than a dozen countries, large and small, and all kinds of geographical environments. There are hundreds of place names,

with complete systems for spatial settings and for combat in various aspects.

There are more than a hundred individual and group battles.

The story covers many subjects, and combat is just one of them. There is a combat system, but this is not a game-like story about defeating monsters, leveling up, and moving to new maps.

There are several hundred named major and minor characters, not counting the nameless extras.

There are also plenty of other details, such as place names, spells and techniques, and various systems, so I won't list them all.

As for the characters, take the heroine, Xiangfu Guangzi, for example. In the first three volumes, she's practically an extra. Only after fighting at Iceberg Island in volume four and narrowly escaping death does she begin to grow. Her feelings for her love interest, who barely appears often enough to count as a male lead, also start to develop gradually after that turning point. The two do get some page time together, just not much.

The heroine cares deeply about her country and its people. She is full of ideals and steadfast in her convictions, never getting caught up in petty romance. The entire main cast is much the same.

The pacing is slow at first, and that's my fault. I decided to pick up the pace at the end of volume ten, so the story will move much faster, with a more focused and connected plot centered on the heroine. After volume twelve, the twists will grow more dramatic, especially in the heroine's life.

Reposting, stealing, or plagiarizing any plot or setting from my work is prohibited.

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In 2026, ten years after finishing my first long work, I'm back to share some heartfelt thoughts.

I'm grateful I chose to pursue this hobby back then, and grateful this story came into my life.

At the time, I had too many ideas and nowhere to put them, so on a whim I started writing. Then I realized, damn, this is fun! I needed to keep going until I'd used up my ideas and felt completely satisfied.

Writing kept me from falling into depression, which was a real possibility otherwise. It healed my inner wounds, and made me feel positive and confident when facing life and work, even though I'm probably pessimistic at heart.

To me, this kind of joy is just like swimming, playing ball, singing, or gaming. It can keep enriching your life, and what matters is your own attitude, not other people's malicious misinterpretations.

Also, I only post my stories here once they're complete, so the total time spent posting isn't the same as the time spent writing. I never imagined someone on Bishui would be dim enough to confuse the two. They don't even stop to think: sometimes I post ten chapters in a day, totaling fifty thousand words. Could I possibly have written fifty thousand words in one day?

Seriously, if you can't write logically, why write a novel at all?

Theme: light, justice, ideals, loyalty