Let's start with this: The physical books 1 and 2 above the sky have been put on the shelves of the WeChat mini-program Dimensional Core!

In 2023, on August 16, the Lord of Steel finished rolling, which lasted more than 11 months, and updated 220w words, with an average of 6300 words per day, which is considered the average level of the starting point. The main reason is that the plot of the book is too involved in the middle and late stages, and the writing is not as neat as the beginning, but there are occasional outbreaks, mainly because the poor health has dragged a lot in recent months.

The end of the second volume of the high heavens made me sigh for a long time, many foreshadowing recycles, the final result of the echo, the obsession of Inaga II and the royal family of Setar, the long-foreshadowed xenomorph research institute and the forerunner and other plots, although some of them were written in a hurry because of the online text, I look back and think I can write better, but overall, it's not bad.

There are a total of three volumes above the sky and the ending of the extra.,The extras can actually be put aside for the time being.,This three volumes have ended 2 volumes.,The plot has come to the end of the later stage.,According to the convention of this book.,Summarize the general plot of this volume.,It's also a review for myself.。

[Lord of Steel] is the second of the three volumes, as the name suggests, the purpose of this volume is the process of the protagonist gaining territory, gradually expanding his influence, developing some key technologies, and finally gradually becoming full-fledged, growing and becoming a person who can influence the world pattern.

Prologue 'Messenger of the Dragon God', Ian, who had just returned to Nanling, immediately sensed that the situation in Nanling was unstable, because of the war with the Flamelands, the entire Nanling entered a wartime state, and the territory he had just arrived in was occupied by the rebellious mountain people - just right, he just struck hard, and gave the local forces of the original deep-rooted Ryan Territory a big purge, and completely controlled it in his own hands.

By virtue of the prestige gained by defeating the mastermind behind the scenes, and with the ether crystals in his body simulating dragon blood, Ian successfully spread his claim that he was the messenger of the dragon god throughout the Baisen Mountains through public opinion, and then developed himself as the territory of the original dragon sacred land, and gradually gained the claim of the mountain people, expanding his actual control territory from the small Xiahui Territory to the entire mountain people's gathering area.

At the same time, while developing territories, building technology parks, and attracting investment everywhere, Ian built his own sect to replace the ancient and primitive dragon god beliefs, and also planned to return to Port Harrison, join hands with his old superiors to build trade routes, and also incubated the green pupil by the way, so that a new generation of ether crystal dragons could be born.

And in the process, Axel's purpose is gradually revealed, although Ian can't guess the other party's real purpose now, but he can also see that it is definitely a big plan.

The communication with the spirit of the sea of trees, as well as the actions of the Holy Light and his party, revealed the situation of the Lost Era and the plague of the fire, and the deduction of the spirit of the sea of trees also made Ian see the possibility of another world line, and with the power of the star of his mental light body, Ian began to gradually explore his own various aspects of parallel time and space.

It was in this process that Ian instead obtained another possibility, the 'electromagnetic power spiritual energy' possessed by the real dragon god messenger, and at this point, he had become a well-deserved dragon god messenger by means of a fake.

It was also with these gains that Ian gradually developed more abilities of the silver chip, as well as the prototype of the [Arcane Path].

Next, the second act, 'The Last Echo', is the process of being invited to Canaan Moore to explore the Xenomorph Research Institute when the development of the territory is on the right path and Ian does not need to pay attention to it from time to time.

Canaan Moore is a complex situation, with the Ten Kings Blood faction fighting among themselves, and Ian uses the situation to hide himself and use his vest, the Knight of the Valley, to fight for his own interests.

He revealed the identity of his second generation of Fudo Fortified City, attracting everyone's attention, and after learning about the full form of the silver chip, 'Gift of the Star God' and obtaining the second component, he fought against the final echo and obtained the full version of the Gift of the Star God.

In the process, Ian met the younger generations of various countries and defeated them all, saw many studies of pre-era civilizations, saw the ancient mentor True Dragon Echo, and the mysteries buried in ancient history were gradually revealed, many foreshadowing were recovered, the truth of the fall from the sky, the star god and the end, and the path to extinguish the stars completely revealed everything.

The main story is updated, Heavenly Hell is not a Heavenly Hell, but a cradle to protect all beings, this gentle embrace is indeed the love of the Star God for all living beings, but in the end it lingers outside, although for some reason it has not moved, but this is the biggest threat, and you must find a chance to leave.

Otherwise, destruction will come at any time, and all development will be meaningless.

With the gift of the stars, Ian split himself into two parts, one to recuperate on Dragon Island to continue his legacy as a pioneer of Steel, and the other to become a goblin and return to the realm to be awarded the title of Earl and prepare for the increasingly turbulent world.

The third act, 'Lord of Steel', tells the story of Lord Ian preparing to face the demon army of Flying Flame Land, and at the same time, with the help of his most important harvest in the Xenomorph Research Institute, he developed the Heart of Terra, built the Cult of Souls, and gradually controlled the entire South Ridge.

The demonic technology of the Flying Flame Land and the many subsequent psionic transformation techniques prove that the research of the Terra kingdoms in the path of ascension has gradually advanced to the next era, and the plans of the kingdoms, such as the celestials of the Heavenly Court and the eternal elves of Canaan Moore, etc., all show that the Terra kingdoms are not self-enclosed and solidified, but are still searching for a way forward, but are too unscrupulous.

With the help of his friend Adalbert and the support of many other companions, Ian defeated the invasion of the Fourth-level Demon Lord and the Demon Legion head-on, and almost wiped them out in the Golden Plains.

But then there was another foreshadowing of Axel's plan: the floating city and the accompanying shield network made everyone suspicious of each other's intentions, the nobles were worried about their power, and the commoners were happy to see it, but they didn't know why the emperor took such good care of them.

Everything is progressing steadily, Ian has successfully mastered the entire South Ridge and become a well-deserved Lord of Steel, and the other side of Ian, Ian of Immovable Fortified City, has also been invited by the City of Learning along with Eisengard.

This is the opening of Act IV, 'The Eternal Path'.

The famous Ian and Mahdi have attracted the attention of the world, and his friend Isengard has also been noticed, and he has been discovered to be special - the awakening of the blood of the sun god bird has long been hinted at, and as an experiment, Isengard also wants to find out what the purpose of Axel's experiment is.

Together with Ian, who had become a dark gold dragon, they traveled to the City of Knowledge and participated in the Great Council of Krizen, and in the process, the truth of Ian's mental light body, the guiding star forged by his countless reincarnations, was finally revealed.

The following details, as well as many specific details of the follow-up fifth act 'King of the New World' and the finale 'Falling Sun', are too spoilers to say, and even a little mention will affect the perception, although there is a high probability that they will read this testimonial, but they can't ignore the possibility of fattening the party, so I won't show it for the time being.

The true usefulness of the echoes, which has been laid for a long time, and the crazy dreams of the Terra powerhouses to change the world, are revealed in the second volume.

As a follow-up to the first volume, which is mostly foreshadowing and unfolding, the second volume is mainly focused on recovering the foreshadowing, expanding the worldview on a larger scale, and influencing the world situation.

I have to be honest about farming: haha, I don't know how to write at all! But this process must be tried, only after writing and finding that you are not good at it, can you better summarize your mistakes and develop your strengths and avoid weaknesses.

The Lord of Steel, although this title does not appear from beginning to end, Ian's determination and will, as well as what he actually did, and the transformation and reshaping of the new order, are all confirmed.

Most of the foreshadowing has been recycled, most of the crisis has been solved, and now the story has moved towards a new chapter.

It is the story of the Lord of the Arcane Path, facing the mighty torrent of generations, using the light condensed by his countless reincarnations to turn into the sun, illuminate the world, and point out the path of the distant stars in the future.

The new volume, titled "The Other Side of the Star Sea", is looking forward to it.

Because I am not feeling well, I need to take a leave of absence for a while, and I want to take a little more rest to recuperate, and I will update next Monday.

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What follows is a pure testimonial, anyway, no money is charged, and everyone skips it if they don't like to watch it.

When I was twenty years old, Mr. Liu Cixin's three-body problem was nominated for the Nebula Award in the United States, and then it was the Hugo Award for Best Feature, that year I flipped through the Internet casually, it was the overwhelming science fiction, the sea of stars and the fantasy of the distant side, it was a personal treasure of Asimov, Dan Simmons and Arthur C. C. Clarke, which immediately made me ashamed, because not only the books of the above-mentioned well-known science fiction authors I only read most of them, but even the books of Mr. Liu Cixin I have not read all of them. I've also read the three-body problem and a few well-known short stories.

And four years later, The Wandering Earth 1 appeared, and this bombshell exploded into a monstrous wave, and since then, science fiction seems to have become no longer niche, at least when it comes to Chinese science fiction on the Internet, everyone has a picture in their heads, and more and more enthusiasts have joined in it, and put pen to paper.

And I am also one of them, "Above the Sky" is a story that carries my love for science fiction and fantasy (in fact, most of them are science fiction, fantasy and so on I will write a book of pure sword and magic in the future, and I will write about Xianxia in this book).

Although I've been obsessed with reading science fiction since junior high school, I never thought about writing a book about science fiction. I admire every science fiction writer, and I have a deep respect for their imagination, professional ability, and imagination of the future world, so even if I don't write science fiction, I can't help but think about something that other genres don't talk about, that is, 'the social structure and ethical changes in fantasy worlds'.

Fantasy worlds are impossible, and can never be justified. I've known this since I started writing, because creating a story doesn't need to start with the expansion of time and space in the virtual Big Bang, deducing six or twenty-seven quark qualities, or it can be to open up the world to have light, define the earth, water, fire, and wind, and the fantasy world represents just a possibility, a vision, a deduction of the world after adding some new elements, which is actually the same as 'if Guan Yu hadn't lost Maicheng'' If Zhuge Liang wins the Northern Expedition and reinvigorates the Han Dynasty', this fantasy is no different, and even the latter big guy can't deduce a reasonable possibility, let alone a science fiction fantasy that is a hundred times more complicated?

So I never cared about some mistakes and omissions, but more about a special kind of imagination.

When I read books, I always wondered how people's houses would be built in a world where there were often wars between the powerful and natural disasters. Will people abandon the plains where it is easy to live and choose to live close to the mountains and hills, relying on the natural shield of rocks? Are there two kinds of buildings in that world, one is extremely high and reaches into the sky, which is a tower where the strong live, and the other is low and submerged into the ground, and the ground looks like a bungalow, that is, the houses where ordinary people protect themselves?

I've always wondered how a race would be morally different from ours if it didn't rely on the union of the sexes to produce offspring. Is ethics as we know it as boring to them as dust?

A civilization, assuming that it does not have two hands, observes the world by mechanical waves, silicon-based bodies and metal-based cells are powered by chemical electricity, and a civilization that is not an artificial robot, but a pure alien civilization, if they really exist, will they really have the same joys, sorrows and sorrows as us humans (not that there are none, but that the emotions generated when facing the same thing are different)? Is the carbon-based biosphere that we value, the sea, the forests and the society that we consider beautiful, hell for them, or something boring?

When completely different civilizations meet, how will they perceive each other? What will happen to the communication between them, the interaction of civilizations? And not just boring - I mean, boring for me - looking at each other's oil (just for analogy), or eating each other to absorb genes (I don't specifically refer to Zerg, to be honest I actually like to fight bugs, thanks to StarCraft and StarCraft), and then looting, war, and all sorts of dramas.

At that time, aliens were too similar to humans, and they could even be said to be just humans with different skins, so I always wondered if a race like some elves (who did not rely on the reproduction of both sexes, but relied on the World Tree to produce fruits), if they really existed, would really establish a civilization that we humans can understand? They have no gender meaning, no difference in power, and what kind of different society do they build around their mother tree?

What kind of conflict would arise if they ventured with humans?

Of course, it is too difficult to write like this, I can't write it, and I have waited so many years and no one has seen anyone write it, which shows the difficulty of this idea.

However, if we look at us humans from this perspective, we can find many things that are 'taken for granted' and 'always have been', which have nothing to do with pure civilization, but are only a by-product of the fact that we are human beings.

I'm not saying that this kind of thing is bad, but when I learned to think like this, I found that we human beings are not simply bloodline that can be described, and our spiritual, moral, and ethical inheritances of these intangible things are also extremely special memetic inheritances.

Of course, it would be too deep to say that, and in general, there is a high heaven that is inspired by these fantasies, but not to explain the 'why', but to tell the 'how'.

A world is how to become a fantasy world.

Yes, that's my fun.

Born from the World Tree, composed of machines, immortal and almost eternal eternal elves, self-cultivation to enhance strength, the arcane path that only requires wisdom and calculation without external objects, the dangerous and powerful fighting spirit that refines one's own life force, the power of holy light given by the 'star god', and the possible birth of the 'god' and the divine power transmission system......

The origin of Dragon Island (I first saw this setting when I was Lost Continent), the origin of the ancient ruins, and my personal favorite armor and aether armament series...... When I write it, I have the fun of creating a fantasy world in my work.

Next, it's time to describe why dwarves are dwarves and why orcs are orcs.

What will the world look like when Ian's story ends? This is a topic that I gave myself, and it's the fun of me, a person who only likes daylight fantasies, maybe there will be High Heaven 2 in the future, which is the story of the original feature film 'Universe Chapter'? (Anyway, I have to go very far in the queue, there are too many things I want to write)

I've always loved this fantasy and creative feeling, and that's why I love the song 'Ordinary Road', writing is the only way I want to go, I may go to other jobs in the future, but if I don't go through a life related to writing, I probably won't forgive myself for the rest of my life.

It's just that I wrote all the way, and my body was a little unbearable, stomach ulcer, stomach bleeding, insomnia, mental weakness, and some scattered small problems, rhinitis and pharyngitis or something, it was too cumbersome to say, I always thought 'I'm going to recuperate after writing this book', but in fact, I'm going to start recuperating from now on, this is not to make excuses, in fact, my updates will not be reduced, but I do need to take a few days off, completely correct my work and rest, and develop a good fitness habit.

It's not that I'm lazy, but for the sake of better creation in the future, recharge my energy, and make all preparations (you don't want me to suddenly run to the hospital for a month, I'm honest, I don't want to, but I almost was hospitalized last time, fortunately, the results of the examination are not very serious), at least I can't take a pill a day, this kind of medicine jar life is really enough.

I will welcome the creation of the third volume in my fullest spirit and state, please believe me.

In short, at this point, my friends, whether you have read it all the way to this point or finished reading it in one go, the second volume has completely ended, Ian's story continues, and the next third volume [Beyond the Star Sea] will be updated from next Monday.

The sea of stars is a distant and vanished thing, and the other side is the realm that people yearn for, after the distant time and space.

In the world shrouded by the cradle, there is no sea of stars, there is no other shore, this is a desperate rift with no way out, but it is not hopeless, in any case, as the core of the cradle project, the power contained in the perpetual motion machine may bring new hope.

In order to gain the support of the referendum, Ian will create a new society, but unlike the pure world of Cosmopolitan, what he wants to create is always an order that is in line with Terra's reality.

In the process, he will have to deal with various crises and challenges, many powerful enemies and national pressures, as well as the doubts and thoughts of the people within his own borders.

In this volume, all the contradictions and crises will erupt, one after another decisive or passionate dreams will collide, burst into brilliant fireworks, and the story that happened in this small cradle will usher in an end, or a new beginning.

But for Ian, none of that mattered.

No matter what dreams, what ambitions, whether it is the fantasy of happiness, or the desperate struggle, he will crush it.

The one who looks up to the stars will conquer the world and take back his stars.

That's all.

I hope you guys enjoy it.

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