Let's talk. Let’s talk?! Really, that was the best I could come up with?
I kept my face as calm as I could. There was a gross feeling in the back of my throat. It felt a little bit like I was gonna barf. I really wasn’t cut out for acting stern, and I may have overdone...
2022-01-25 02:32:40 +0000 UTC View PostBai Huizong, Director of Spiritual Ascension Affairs, sat in the crystal room, staring at the secret passage. The Elders had left to explore its inner reaches not long ago, delving into ancient depths in search of secrets.
Of course, Bai Huizong wouldn’t be caught dead going down some str...
2022-01-23 03:27:46 +0000 UTC View Post[Break the Rocks]
The words echoed in the air. The world shuddered. And then, it was over.
Master Jin turned to Xiulan and Bi De. His eyes were calm and serene.
Xiulan coughed. Fire erupted out of her mouth. The burning in her chest tore the breath...
2022-01-21 02:10:03 +0000 UTC View PostTigu shifted her hips and twisted, sending the piece of rubble into the wheelbarrow. It landed with a thunk. Absently, her eyes travelled back to where Loud Boy and Rags were working with the rest of her friends. Bi De was helping as well. Master had relieved him from his watch over the mountain,...
2022-01-19 02:26:39 +0000 UTC View PostYou guys must be sick of hearing this by now, but the chapter is going to be delayed until tomorrow.
HOWEVER! While I don't have a new chapter at this moment, I do have something I'm happy to report. I finished all the big edits for Volume One. It took me a while and it wa...
2022-01-18 03:55:03 +0000 UTC View PostI checked in on Xiulan while everybody else was getting ready to head out. She was laying in a bed and for all the world just looked like she had slept a bit longer than she should have.
But she was asleep. Asleep and not waking up. She didn’t react as I entered.
At least there were...
2022-01-15 05:54:27 +0000 UTC View PostBao Wen sighed, as he jabbed the maintenance rod at another crystal. The ancient stone rod, inlaid with crystal, pointed directly towards the black, lifeless gem, and once again it did nothing. It was part of his duties, his superiors said. It was an ancient and necessary tradition!
He was ...
2022-01-14 02:29:35 +0000 UTC View PostAlright. some patch notes. I unfortunately had to do a small retcon, and remove the last section with the elders coming out with the dawn. That is the retcon that was made, and I apologize. in addition, this chapter has been completely reworked. The old version of this chapter will be sw...
2022-01-12 22:29:05 +0000 UTC View PostI showed the jade token to the proprietor of the inn. He looked twitchy and shell shocked, his eyes flicking to the cultivators behind me. It was still two hours till dawn, and it was probably a really shitty time to check in. But the man had been awake, and this place suited my needs.
“Y...
2022-01-11 03:25:51 +0000 UTC View PostThere was silence in the square as the Shrouded Mountain Sect disciples left. Yun Ren watched them go with mixed feelings. Part of him wanted to chase after the bastards and stab them all, but that would obviously be a bad idea. He could barely fight one of the guys with the support of a super ar...
2022-01-08 02:37:07 +0000 UTC View PostYingwen sucked in a deep breath as he deflected three rapid spear thrusts, and struck his opponent in the arm. The other man snarled in pain and retreated. His fellows struck back. The plaza was shrouded in smoke and covered in scorch marks. There was blood splattered across the ground. The culti...
2022-01-05 23:50:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe first sense that something was wrong was the itching down my back.
I had been in fairly good spirits when I departed the town. My belly was full of good food and there was the possibility of making it, of managing to congratulate Xiulan and Tigu. Something nice instead of days of sittin...
2022-01-03 22:38:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Merry Christmas and Happy holidays to everybody!
Another Small Scene by Tsuu, of Jinta Claus coming to town.
Thank you everybody for your support over the year, and I'm looking forwards to the New Year!
I shall now embark on my break.
Thank you, everybody, for your patience, and for reading.
See you in the new year.
2021-12-19 04:48:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe night was beautiful and pure. Almost as beautiful and pure as the sound of clinking coins entering his money purse. It was a busy night as his customers drank and celebrated. The inn, his Jolly Fatty, was jam-packed with people.
Ming Mao was in his element. He poured drinks into cups an...
2021-12-19 04:47:08 +0000 UTC View PostXiulan’s heart pounded in her ears as she raced across the town around the Dueling Peaks, towards a small, forested hill just out of town.
“Yeah, they said they were headed for Little Pimple. A bit far for us to get to tonight, but they should be back soon.” The mortal fr...
2021-12-17 00:54:11 +0000 UTC View PostWhat would the Shrouded Mountain Sect want with me?
Xiulan pondered the development as she was led back to the manor by Bolin. The question whirled in her mind.
The Shrouded Mountain Sect had called on her personally. Such a thing was not done. Sects from out of prov...
2021-12-15 05:37:43 +0000 UTC View PostHello! Unfortunately.... this is not the new chapter. I spent most of my time instead being dissatisfied with the fight scene.. so I ended up near completely rewriting it instead, so hopefully it gives a bit more punch.
Though after the cliffhanger and the weekend... well, I can u...
The day was bright and sunny. Tigu stood on the roof, her eyes peeled as she watched the horizon.
“Still watching for Jin?” Gou Ren asked as he clambered up onto the roof.
“Yeah.” She said, before sitting down and sighing. “I don’t think Master is gonna be here.”
G...
2021-12-11 05:08:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Ha! We’re on top of the world!” Loud Boy shouted. His voice echoed off the mountain, and down into the valley below.
Tigu grinned wildly, up in the cold. They stared together from the top of the Dueling Peaks. The Earthly Arena was directly below them on one side, and the other stret...
2021-12-10 04:07:05 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, just letting everybody know. Chapter is getting delayed till tomorrow evening (hopefully) while I rework some stuff. Its not working how I thought it would, so I need some more time on it.
Sorry for the ping, and for people waiting, but better to let people know. 2021-12-09 06:52:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Xiulan entered the meeting room, and bowed to her Elders. They were arranged as they always were, but there was something subtly off about their demeanor. Her father especially almost seemed annoyed, before his face smoothed out, and he acknowledged her.
Xiulan got the feeling that somethin...
2021-12-07 07:11:34 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a click. Then, once more, connection. A girl wearing a yellow helmet panted, smiling at the little pristine golden pathway that traveled here. She was getting better at this.
This part of the road…. It was bad. Terrible. It was some of the worst she had seen. Well, that wasn’t...
2021-12-04 03:51:58 +0000 UTC View PostCai Xi Kong, Sectmaster of the Verdant Blade, had almost completed calming his beating heart. Beside him, his cousin’s breath was heavy. Yi’s stern face was hard as he collected himself, seated to Xi Kong’s right. Lifting the Earthly Arena was always difficult. Managing the enormous chains,...
2021-12-02 03:51:15 +0000 UTC View PostOkay. There has been a small retcon that's going to be added to the last chapter. Namely, that the slow and steady way isn't completely guaranteed like it was last chapter. That it has a chance to fail too.
Secondly, this chapter has not yet been through the edit squad.
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2021-11-30 00:37:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Its been a wonderful birthday so far, and I just wanted to say thank you to everybody for your kind words.
I just wanted to share this as well, a present I got from Tsuu and Sam.
2021-11-26 16:05:52 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody! Just informing everybody now, that I will be taking DEC 20th to DEC 31 off from posting, as a way to (hopefully) rest and think about this crazy year.
The first 3 weeks of DEC will be as normal, but I just wanted people to have a heads up before the month ticks over for DEC p...
2021-11-25 23:24:14 +0000 UTC View PostI’d have to admit to having a bit of a spring in my step as I set off in the direction that Master Jing of the Crystal Emporium had laid out for me. We moved at a decent clip without the cart, eating the distance once more.
I just… felt good.
Relaxed, I suppose.
I h...
2021-11-25 00:43:14 +0000 UTC View PostCheng Lianji, of the Plum Blossom’s Shadow, was nervous. Master Scribe had called a full assembly for the first time in months. Had they failed somehow? Was their lord displeased?
They had found this ‘Jin Rou’. Their lord had spoken with him and then he had been spotted leaving the ci...
2021-11-23 03:24:29 +0000 UTC View PostAnother day, another short fight. Xiulan was starting to understand where Tigu was coming from. It was unbearably boring, sitting in her seat, with nobody to talk to. She had given leave to the Petals to sit in the crowd with the Xong Brothers, and watch the tournament from there.
...
2021-11-20 04:09:55 +0000 UTC View Post