These are my own personal thoughts as an Author on the story inspirations and all that jibber-jabber, but with some clarification on the story you'll read, so feel free to skip :).

A thought came to me as I was writing this story, "Where are all the Evil Main Characters?"

Not LUSTFUL Main Characters, Not ANTI-HERO Main Characters, and no, not those RUTHLESS main characters in Cultivation novels that have tons of face-slapping moments either.

I mean a genuinely evil main character.

I spoke about it in this video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njxGL8Tx-p0 [Fake Evil Main Characters- by Atomfactor]

And to summarize it, an [Evil Main Character: is someone who has a clear purpose or goal (like any well-written character), yet will do whatever it takes to accomplish that goal, regardless of any moral standards.]

That is this book.

Greatly inspired by Reverend Insanity, after having read that book, it in many ways ruined a lot of others book for me.

It made me stop and think of how frivolous a lot of what Main Characters in those stories do is.

I originally pursued writing about an Evil Main Character with my book Devour Heaven, and it was quite well received; however, in Webnovels fashion of being encouraged to post a chapter every day I feel after the 1st 30 chapters the quality deteriorated, yet after having sifted through loads of books which didn't satisfy my desire for a truly Evil Main Character I decided to start up writing once more.

I see this book as a way to grow as an author to come back to Devour Heaven in the future.

Originally, I just saw this novel, Nightmare Glitch, as a throwaway, where "At least I'm writing to show how I'd do it."

Yet, I felt the start of the book was pretty bad, really only picking up around Chapter 4, which is AGES for light novel standards.

Now I feel that pace is much better while also being most captivating and consistent throughout.

In terms of chapter upload frequency, I don't see myself updating the book every day.

I'll stick with a weekly schedule, giving regular enough updates while also giving myself enough time to ensure quality.

Touching on the Character Arc for this book:

I originally just wrote the MC in this book, plopping in and BAM, he's evil, but now I think, after much deliberation, I want to show the evolution, or some would say, devolution of his worldviews as he slowly begins to become corrupted.

Pacing:

My biggest issue with light novel stories is that no matter how good they start, they always become poopy with a lot of fillerish scenes, which is such a shame considering the worlds and characters the author got us to care about.

To circumvent this issue, I've decided to not rush to post every day, but if you've watched anime, then you're probably familiar with how anime used to do filler episodes, which are HORRIBLE. Now the new method is to do things by seasons or arcs, which I think will be much better for story cohesiveness and reader enjoyment.

To best balance this "Arc" approach while also maintaining regular updates, I've decided to post chapters weekly with earlier chapters available on Patreon.

Every arc will have a clear beginning, middle, and end to make the story feel like it's progressing more fluidly.

But most importantly, there will be no fluff.

No wasted conversations, no word padding, everything will be purposeful, and therein more enjoyable.

Overall, I have my own thoughts on how I want my book to be, and I have a burning desire for a Protagonist who isn't driven by lust, morals, or short-term pleasures.

I hope to properly convey a sense of wonder, cause and effect, and world-building that (while I haven't thought into it as deeply as Devour Heaven, cuz that's over 100+ pages of just world lore) I still hope you enjoy.

After a year of delay on updating this novel, please enjoy, and of course, feel free to give any criticism you have.

I can't promise I'll deliver any suggestions, ex. Harem most likely will never be a thing in this book, but I'll read all thoughts regardless.

Thank you for reading this if you have read, and enjoy :).