Dear readers,
So… guess what?
Arc 2 of Looping Time has officially ended! That's right. We made it. Somehow. Barely. Emotionally scarred, sleep-deprived, and questioning everything—but we did it. Arc 2 is done. Gone. Wrapped. Exploded into the time loop void.
Now, onto the final Arc 3, which will run from Chapters 21 to 40, and will actually bring the story to its dramatic, emotional, hopefully-not-traumatizing conclusion.
…unless the story loops again and I gaslight myself into adding 10 more arcs. (No promises.)
Now, a while back, I said this story would end at 59 chapters. I was confident. I was bold. I was also delusional.
Because then The Incursed One showed up, looked me dead in the eye, and said:
> "You fool. You absolute clown. I will curse you with a 200+ chapter epic and you'll like it."
And you know what? I did.
I liked it so much, I accidentally created a whole multiverse of emotional damage.
Meanwhile, Throne Carved in Shadows is just lurking in the corner, sharpening its plot twists like,
> "Heh. Just wait. My turn is coming on June 12 and I'm going to break everyone."
But wait—there's more.
Because apparently I hate peace and love chaos, I'm now also working on another novel. It's called Dark Centuries. A realistic, no-magic, ultra-OP story filled with mystery, masks, guns, psychological warfare, and a main character so hidden, he makes Tobi look like an open book with a glowing neon sign that says "I'M THE BAD GUY."
When's it releasing?
Well… maybe August.
Or September.
Possibly October.
Honestly, at this point, let's just say "before 2026 unless I get kidnapped by my own characters."
And this one? Oh boy.
It's not 200 chapters.
Not 500.
I'm saying it now: Dark Centuries might go to 2000+ chapters.
Yes, you read that right. Two. Thousand. Plus.
It's going to be longer than my sleep debt and more powerful than my ability to procrastinate.
Summary:
Looping Time Arc 2 = done ✔
Arc 3 (Ch. 21–40) = final stretch begins July 1
The Incursed One = has possessed me, send help, it's going past 200 chapters
Throne Carved in Shadows = releasing June 12, sharpening knives
Dark Centuries = possibly my villain origin story, dropping sometime between August and… eternal damnation
My mental stability = somewhere under a pile of plot twists and half-finished outlines
Thank you for being here. For reading. For laughing. For crying. For not suing me for emotional damage (yet).
Let's keep looping, cursing, and unlocking mysterious masked characters until we all lose track of what chapter we're on.
Yours in chaos,
— Shadow King
(Professional Overwriter. Semi-functional human. 100% doomed.)