The upper-level narrator, for the second time, harmoniously admitted his mistake by first placing himself in the wrong.
This was because he wasn't communicating with the forum users, but directly with the editor, refusing the submission.
When the editor said he was wrong, he conceded and revised his work according to the editor's suggestions.
If the previous version was the first draft,
Then this current version should be called the second draft?
Fang Ming recalled the previous changes in the world-building and immediately shook his head.
Well, the protagonist's reborn setting was going to be changed, replaced by something called a simulator.
It was likely that the world-building would undergo another change.
"Before, this immortal-heroic world seemed incredibly real to me. In this Azure Heaven Realm, all the history from ancient times to the present, the joys and sorrows of fifty thousand years of historical evolution, possessed a depth far exceeding Earth's. Its brilliance was certainly not at a level that couldn't even pass a draft."
"However, the content of this realm, which could not be fully depicted in billions of books, was summarized in the upper-level narrative in less than ten thousand characters."
"Therefore, it's normal for it not to pass the draft."
"It's not that the Azure Heaven Realm isn't brilliant enough."
"It's not that the great world, with its three thousand small worlds, isn't brilliant enough."
"It's that the upper-level narrative failed to capture this brilliance."
In Fang Ming's eyes, the three thousand worlds held countless moving stories.
If all these stories were fully described, they would be enough to shift Earth's cultural landscape.
Alas.
The upper-level narrator, despite possessing infinite power and creating endless worlds in the lower narrative,
Could not describe the brilliance of the worlds they created.
Thus, this first draft was revised due to failing the draft.
All three thousand small worlds, the great world, and the immortal realms would undergo various changes due to the upper-level narrative's failure.
As for cultivators in the Dao Integration Realm and Longevity Realm, let alone their memories, it was uncertain if these realms would even exist in the second draft.
The lower narrative was merely a toy in the hands of the upper-level narrator.
However...
Fang Ming glanced at a certain protagonist.
"This is the protagonist acknowledged by the vast Void Sea."
"Theoretically, this work's world, including the upper-level narrative, revolves around him."
"At the critical moment, he might break free from his constraints and ascend to the upper-level narrative."
"I wonder what expression the upper-level narrator would have if a virtual character appeared in reality."
"It would likely be very interesting."
Fang Ming could sense what was at the core of this world's scale.
Perhaps all the files in the upper-level narrator's computer, all the world-building contained on their drives, represented its most basic scale.
Just like the world that was previously destroyed, the world where Fang Ming heard endless sounds of despair.
That too was a world within a file.
The worlds composed of many files, everything contained within the computer, was the fundamental carrier of its scale.
It was difficult to reach the upper-level narrative without breaking through this computer's scale.
Fang Ming could only briefly perceive the upper-level narrative through his true power, but reaching it in his current state of strength was likely impossible.
The sea where this work's world resided was deeper than many worlds in the myriad heavens genre.
The scale was higher.
As Fang Ming pondered,
He felt a grand force descending.
The sense of existence of the entire Azure Heaven Realm, and even numerous worlds, suddenly vanished.
The sense of existence of everything disappeared, only because a stronger, more majestic, more intense, and more unignorable presence emerged...
That was the power of the upper-level narrative, a power that transcended everything in the lower narrative...
Beings in the lower narrative, no matter how powerful, could hardly imagine the upper-level narrative or comprehend its inhabitants.
The upper-level narrator seemed to see through everything; the vast, endless worlds appeared illusory and distorted before them.
With a mere gaze, they could almost negate the existence of the endless worlds and alter them.
The countless beings of the endless worlds, the infinite timelines and time streams, were merely toys in the palm of the upper-level narrator.
They could be altered at will.
And during this process, no being in the lower narrative could perceive that they had been altered.
Ants are unaware of the vastness of the heavens.
Just as beings in the lower narrative are unaware of the might of the upper-level narrator.
Among the vast three thousand realms, only Fang Ming could perceive the changes in the world-building.
The past, present, and future he had once seen through, countless timelines, had been altered.
Previously, Fang Ming had seen the future trajectory where Wang Yuan, the protagonist of the reborn genre, by virtue of a trace of heavenly dao's killing intent, comprehended the dao of a future Dao Integration Emperor. After three hundred years of effort, he stirred up great currents, successfully using the known historical momentum to trap that future Dao Integration Emperor and most of the Nascent Soul Dao Lords.
He successfully merged with the Heavenly Dao of the Azure Heaven Realm, achieving the Dao Integration realm, and at the end of the Azure Heaven Realm's cycle, he attained the Longevity realm.
After achieving the Longevity realm, the ancient Immortal Realm descended again, and he established a connection with it. Wang Yuan then ascended to the Immortal Realm, achieving the position of Supreme Immortal, the Immortal Venerable.
This was the future Fang Ming had once seen.
It was the trajectory of all timelines that Fang Ming observed from beyond space-time.
However, all these timelines, all this future, collapsed in an instant due to the upper-level narrator's revisions and world-building alterations.
A new future was born, no longer the same as the original future.
Countless new timelines were born, not sharing any similarity with the original countless timelines.
This was because Wang Yuan, the protagonist and the foundation of this world, had his character setting altered.
He was no longer a reborn individual with memories of over three hundred years as a cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core stage.
But a true youth without reborn memories.
"No... not a true youth. Although he lacks reborn memories, he has gained memories from Earth..."
"His character setting is now: a transmigrator from Earth, carrying a cheat, a simulator?"
Fang Ming watched quietly as the youth in the Wang family, whose character setting had been altered.
Did the upper-level narrator design a character with memories of an Earth transmigrator?
Fang Ming frowned.
He vaguely sensed something, but this feeling was quickly interrupted by a force from the deep sea.
"What was I thinking about before?"
"It seemed to be a very important question for myself."
"I think I was wondering where my homeland was?"
"It's impossible for it to be the upper-level narrative of this world."
"This upper-level narrative is also within the work's world."
"According to current speculation, my true homeland, Earth, should be at the very top of the Void Sea..."