Volume 17: "Stars of the Multiverse" and Volume 18: "Abyss of Tomorrow," along with the recently concluded Volume 19: "The Final Flame," are all recent story arcs, so I won’t go into detail. I believe I’ve written them clearly enough—their themes are, respectively, "battles against other civilizations in the Multiverse Star River," "battles to stride toward tomorrow," and "battles against a hopeless future after stepping into tomorrow."

Volume 17: "Stars of the Multiverse" and Volume 18: "Abyss of Tomorrow," along with the recently concluded Volume 19: "The Final Flame," are all recent story arcs, so I won’t go into detail. I believe I’ve written them clearly enough—their themes are, respectively, "battles against other civilizations in the Multiverse Star River," "battles to stride toward tomorrow," and "battles against a hopeless future after stepping into tomorrow."

Writing up to this point, I’ve realized that the further I go into the later stages, the fewer mistakes I can summarize or have made. I’ve always drawn strength for progress from my own errors—though the cost has been great, it seems to have been remarkably effective.

I’ve written all these summaries not really to say anything to the readers, but to post them in my own book, to remind myself not to make the same mistakes in the next one. I also keep a small notebook recording these failures and errors. But it seems that only by "narrating" to a specific audience can I truly analyze myself from an objective perspective. Otherwise, I always end up thinking, "It won’t happen next time," without seriously considering, "What exactly am I doing wrong?" And I’ve chosen the readers as that audience.

Writing so much isn’t to pad the word count or to delay updates, but to prove that I am genuinely thinking—reviewing all the plotlines of this book, and crafting a perfect conclusion and summary for "Burning Steel Soul." Volume 20, "Burning Steel Soul," must provide a flawless ending to Joshua’s journey and battles. I don’t want to leave any regrets, which is why I’m giving it my all.

So, I’ll just say it outright.

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