Dear Readers,
This afterword will contain my expressions of gratitude to you, my plans for the future regarding this story and writing in general, and a small announcement.
I would like to start by saying: Thank you!
Thank you for accompanying me on the journey of Heavenly Soul. Thank you for your presence, comments, reviews, and other forms of encouragement. And most of all, thank you for being here to read this!
Heavenly Soul was my first ever attempt at seriously planning and writing a story, and it was undoubtedly very challenging. Especially so because I never considered writing BL or in a Chinese setting before this. Though now I can see places where I could improve the story, overall, I’m still proud of what I’ve written so far. A few of the concepts in this story are very dear to my heart, and I’m glad to see it being received so warmly. I’m grateful to have been able to meet you through this story and for the opportunity of getting to know some of you more.
I feel that I’ve developed a lot as both a writer and a person since I started Heavenly Soul and posted it on an impulse due to Yan-jie’s encouragement barely more than a year ago on the 2nd of December, 2018. Since then, it has made me endlessly happy to see that it was able to brighten at least a few people’s days, bring a smile to their faces, or touch them in some way. And I naturally couldn’t have come this far without all of your support. So once again, thank you!
Now, onto what’s in store for the future~
As I’ve informed before, An YaLing and Li Yingzi will get their own spin-off. I’m not planning for it to be even nearly half as long as Heavenly Soul, but since series lengths have a way of overthrowing my expectations, we’ll have to wait and see how it goes. I might also add new extras to Heavenly Soul itself if I come up with any ideas I feel worth adding to the story.
Other spin-offs from this world that I’m actually not yet sure if I’ll write are:
- A grown-up Wei Yuan’s story, possibly containing romance, and with the Feng household and a few other characters from the main story showing up. Possibly also Wu Jiyue and Shang Riyao as a side couple~
- A small and easygoing story about Hei NingYu and Chen Xiande, while also detailing the unrevealed aspects of Hei NingYu’s past
- A romance with Zhuo Ye (the half-beast phoenix from the Black Fang arc) as the MC
If you’d like to see any of these stories written, then feel free to tell me in the comments and I’ll very seriously consider it :)
Of course, apart from these spin-offs, I have a few other stories planned as well that are unrelated to Heavenly Soul. There might be a lot of short stories and maybe even a long world-hopping one coming up in the future~
If you are interested in reading more stories by me, then you can find my first attempts at GL in the two oneshots I wrote for the Yuri Garden Writing Competition and won with in my profile page here. You can see them by clicking the 'Series' tab. If you would like to know whenever I post new stories or announcements in the future, you can follow me on my profile page to get notified immediately~
To wrap up this long string of words, I’d like to thank everyone reading this one more time: Thank you very, very much! I hope to see you again in my other stories~
With heartfelt regards and lots of hugs,
Crimson Carnation
An interview where I mostly talk about Heavenly Soul, including an amusing skit where I was asked to confront Qinghe and Wei Xiang and tell them I was the author responsible for everything that happened to them (⁀ ▽ ⁀ ;) You can find it here~ (৹╹ω╹৹)
This was so amazing X_X I'm astounded by the number of words you've written and your commitment to finishing this! Looking back at your update schedule is like :O
I'm really looking forward to your new stuff!! (will be reading your old stuff in the meanwhile haha)
Aww, thank you! It certainly was hectic while it was ongoing, which is probably why I keep having to take long breaks now
I'm already working on the new stuff~ Hopefully I'll be able to post it soon I'll look forward to seeing you in other stories then~
I love the story line, the transition from main couple to the other couples., the character development, (you will surely love each character..), The imagery in every scene shred so much tears for Kong Min & Master of Land extra their story so pure...
Reading this story worth my time.,
PS: I read the last extra twice., Can't have enough of our dear Little hatchling.., I'll read it again the moment I miss them..,
PSS: Author-sensei thank you very much for this great novel.
Aww~ Thank you for reading till the end! I'm glad you enjoyed the characters and their shenanigans~
Gah! I'll miss this series. This family of three is so cute. Thank you for the wonderful read author-san! Mwah
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it~
Zhuo Ye took me a minute to remember who this dude was but yea imma go look for more stories. This was amazing btw absolutely amazing I loved every single character and will miss them very much now that it’s over. But I know someday I will reread this because I always reread my favorite novels. (I’ve reread one of them like 6 times so don’t be surprised if you see me back ?). But imma miss this.
I'd be delighted to see you again!
I came from Webnovel n i would read all of them but i would love to read about #1 and maybe about the other 11 eggs
Welcome to this site! And I shall duly note down your choice~ I'm not yet sure about the other eggs though, since that seems like it might end up as a super long series I can't free myself from
Whut it's over (☉v⊙) it's been such a long time, author-san~ ( ^ω^)
*sees all the accumulated extras since August* gaah I'm gonna have such a blast rereading this from start to finish (≧∀≦) I'm just waiting for the moment I've forgotten enough hahahaha
I'd be really interested in reading a small sweet story about Hei NingYu and Chen Xiande~ they're sooo cuuuute (ノ>ω<)ノ
The 3rd option seems interesting too it can be quite entertaining reading about OP laidback MCs xD
Btw author-san, will you put this on Amazon? OWO if you do, please announce it somewhere so I won't miss it~ cause I can't, I can't miss it!!! (☉w⊙) XD
I hope it'll be fun even during the re-read then~
Duly noted! *salutes* Looks like I'm going to be busy for a while then~
I'm hoping to take some time away from the story before returning to it to edit and add some stuff like extras and bonus scenes before putting it up on Amazon~ I'll most likely use the notification function and announce it when I do. And thank you!
It was an honour accompanying you on this journey of Heavenly Soul! And the extras were unquestionably adorable (or smexy, etc..)!
In the Black Fang arc, I was quite curious as to who Zhuo Ye was. Why did he even stay with the bastard (aka Yuan Sheng) when he knew his siblings could easily escape? So, of the 3 options, I'd choose #3.
Again, I really, really enjoyed this story! Good work!
Thank you! *hugs* And it has been duly noted! *salutes*
Author-sama, you're so great! I really, really loved this story. I finally figured out how to write reviews on this website so I'm going to leave a long one for you to fully express my appreciation for you. I am very, very, very excited for your spinoffs! Especially Ningyu's cuz he's my fav. And hope the eldritch Master of Land makes an appearance too. I hope you have lots of fun writing amazing stories! I will support you through your new and old stories as well. XOXO.
Aww, thank you! *hugs* I hope I'll be able to write lots of stories you'll find enjoyable too~
It's not often one meets a genius with the ability to put into words so vividly what they see and imagine. This novel is absolutely amazing. From the characters to situations to plots, places, emotions, everything described with so much insight - you can see, feel, touch and experience a whole new world. I felt all the emotions of the rainbow, laughed, cried, felt sad, enraged, all of it!
Darling you are born to make this world a better place for us with your writing.
I really appreciate all the hard work it must have taken and thank you so much.
Aww, thank you! *hugs* It's one of the most fulfilling things ever to see characters through thir journey and I'm really happy it could bring joy to you~
Dear author, I would love the spin offs, WY’s story, WJ and SR’s as well. The story of the phoenix would also be nice as he is such an interesting character. I really hope I get more of your work. Again, thanks. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼