Two coiling dragon-like flames of spatial and water Qi spiraled up and reached for the stars, making the entire pavilion tremble under the wrathful display of power.
It only took a moment for Ashlock to realize that Stella and Diana had ascended simultaneously to the next stage in the Soul ...
2023-04-10 15:13:21 +0000 UTC View PostTwo weeks elapsed uneventfully since Stella confronted the Redclaw family. After revealing the existence of the legendary spirit root-improving pill and outlining plans for the alchemy tournament, the elders appeared rejuvenated and eager to be under the Ashfallen sect's rule.
They soon tem...
2023-04-08 20:29:49 +0000 UTC View Post"Grand Elder!" A woman's distant voice rang through the library's heavy wooden door, which flew open a moment later as she rushed inside. "The representative of the Ashfallen sect has arrived at the gate alongside the spirit beast!"
The Redclaw Grand Elder looked up from the desk covered in...
2023-04-06 22:56:18 +0000 UTC View PostOn the dawn of the seventh day since Ashlock had deployed the {Mystic Realm} fog, he felt something other than random sensations of environments through his roots.
Ashlock felt hands clasp around two of his roots, and he felt tiny paws around another. Ashlock wasn't sure how to pro...
2023-04-04 19:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostUnlike a usual fog that would spread out and dissipate, the {Mystic Realm} fog stayed in a small compact area around half the size of the central courtyard.
Considering it was an S-rank ability Ashlock was baffled. There had to be so much more to it than a simple fog blocking his senses. Pa...
2023-04-02 21:24:18 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock watched the villagers converse with each other excitedly after Stella returned to the central courtyard and the rift in space closed. After that discussion, he had naturally amped up magic truffle production as he could tell things would get busy soon.
He still didn't know the limit...
2023-03-31 20:14:53 +0000 UTC View PostStella detected with her spiritual sense that Tree had dealt with the monster, so she focused wholeheartedly on the stone that had drawn her interest.
Other than hearing a soft sobbing sound from beneath the stone, she could detect something alive below it.
Removing the stone was a tr...
2023-03-29 16:20:46 +0000 UTC View PostSpatial Qi felt odd to use, but was it really that much different from the other affinities?
Ashlock had made a few observations recently through his demonic eye that could see the color of the ambient Qi.
He had always wondered why the Winterwrath cultivators appeared weaker than the...
2023-03-28 00:33:03 +0000 UTC View PostVictor sensed through the black ocean network that the massive blob of undead soldiers on the upper floor of the Grand Dungeon had vanished and reappeared in the far distance at the southern and western borders of the cursed forest.
"Mhm... Hyveth teleported them further from the borders th...
2023-03-26 18:59:45 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock had spent enough time around Stella to know there were two sides to the girl—growing up alone and without anyone to rely on had caused her to mature faster than her peers and develop a ruthlessness that she exhibited when fighting.
Ever since she'd appeared in his limited...
2023-03-25 18:27:16 +0000 UTC View PostStella felt giddy with excitement—the skin improvement truffle had worked far better than expected, and now she held up the Dao comprehension truffle between her fingers.
She rotated the odd black mushroom ball in her hand and couldn't help but smile, thinking Tree had grown them for her....
2023-03-23 20:56:59 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turned out, Diana didn't have a death wish and surprisingly picked a suitable opponent—Bob, the weird slime creature that resided in the mines. Ashlock was glad about this, as Larry would struggle to hold back his strength, and if Diana had chosen to try fighting him, it wouldn't have end...
2023-03-22 06:20:12 +0000 UTC View PostThree days had passed since Ashlock had the dream.
A burst of Qi washed over the courtyard, and a brief pillar of purple flame was visible over the pavilion's walls.
As the fire faded, Stella stood up from her uncomfortable seating position in the center of the runic formation and str...
2023-03-21 02:24:07 +0000 UTC View PostIt took an entire day to {Devour} the heap of corpses which was now nothing but a small pile of tattered cloth and scraps of weapon the corrosive fluid from his vines failed to digest.
While devouring, he had also used the excess Qi to portal over the corpses that Larry had gathered outside...
2023-03-19 01:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post"What is that thing heading toward us, young master?" A nervous servant of the early Soul Fire realm tentatively asked one of the Winterwrath scions.
The man with wild white hair heaved the greatsword he had used to cleave a portal in half over his shoulder. All around him were frozen roots...
2023-03-17 03:32:24 +0000 UTC View PostWith a bestial roar that made Ashlock's Star Core quiver—the great storm of ash ceased, and Ashlock opened his demonic eye to gaze upon his pet curiously.
What had become of his beloved spider?
[His Highness of the Nine Realms, Ashen King Larry, has completed his ascension]<...
2023-03-16 00:03:46 +0000 UTC View PostElenor Evergreen felt her peak stage Soul Core hum in her chest as she raced up the side of the mountain.
The sea of twinkling stars gave a magnificent backdrop to the white palace constructed in place of the old Ravenborne pavilion on this pleasant cloudless night.
A cool breeze blew...
2023-03-14 01:37:33 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock felt a sense of kinship with the young tree—a sort of connection that was unmistakable.
He could feel the tree's emotions through the mycelium network. It was happy—not the type of explosive happiness a puppy experiences after its owner comes home from a long day at work.
...
2023-03-13 01:24:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs Ashlock watched Diana rip apart a cultivator a few stages higher than her, he understood why the demonic cultivators were treated as dangerous savages.
Just hours ago, Diana had been her usual self—a bit cold and serious but still a rational-thinking individual. But now, as she tore ou...
2023-03-11 19:50:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe cool mountain breeze did little to calm Stella's racing heart as she rushed to Diana's side.
The darkness of dusk had masked Diana's condition, but now that Stella kneeled by her side, with her purple flames illuminating Diana's face—she could see black lines like a spider web under h...
2023-03-09 00:12:31 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock had always been an observer, which felt normal as a tree, so he hadn't questioned it much throughout the years. Nevertheless, he was a mind trapped within a body of wood, unable to speak or interact with the people or the world that passed him by except with the assistance of system-grant...
2023-03-08 01:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostWith the turbulent storm gone, the gathered cultivators at the mountain's base watched the sun dip below the valley's mountain range and plunge them into darkness.
Only the subtle moonlight shed a hint of light upon the dirt road that led to Darklight city and the new Evergreen mountain. 2023-03-07 00:14:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Ashlock had a problem—one that Senior Lee had pointed out. There was an apparent disconnect between his consciousness, a hazy blue cloud of nodes that connected to everything, and his soul, which was now a Star Core.
Senior Lee had initially believed there were two souls in his body and h...
2023-03-06 02:06:22 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock waited for the perfect moment to strike.
When the Evergreen cultivator's Qi had run dry, and he stood only a meter away—Ashlock unleashed his {Demonic Eye}. It was his trump card, and he had no idea if its bizarre effects would even affect the cultivator, but he was desperate.
... 2023-03-04 23:58:27 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock felt a surge of pain through the tether with Larry and also through his {Devour}'s vines. The swirling dome of ash that had contracted around the Evergreen cultivator suddenly began to glow red hot as if trying to contain a star.
"Is the Evergreen guy going supernova?" Ashlock wonde...
2023-03-02 22:30:08 +0000 UTC View PostTristan Evergreen stood rooted in place as the dome of ash swirled around him. Within this cage was the Ashen Devourer, a monster of unknown strength and origins that had evaded and slaughtered cultivators with the strength and tactics of an apex predator.
And now, Tristan was alone, in a o...
2023-03-01 00:40:25 +0000 UTC View PostTristan Evergreen rushed up the side of Red Vine peak with viscous green flames enveloping his form. Ever since the scions of Evergreen and Winterwrath betrothal one another, his life had been flipped upside down.
With their combined strength and a beast tide on the way, the Grand Elders of...
2023-02-26 22:18:16 +0000 UTC View PostSenior Lee smiled as he watched the blonde girl strike down the heavens lightning. He always enjoyed seeing the heavens being defied by mere mortals.
However, that smile soon turned into a frown as he felt a looming presence bearing down on him.
He had angered the heavens far too many...
2023-02-24 23:54:45 +0000 UTC View PostTHIS IS NOT A DEMONIC TREE CHAPTER
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Time was of the essence.
Victor watched Toby charging off to the east to defend against the Empire World Core, which left 3 cardinal directions undefended. All with World Cores, armies, and delvers likely an...
2023-02-23 21:20:51 +0000 UTC View PostStella could feel Senior Lee, and Diana's eyes bore into her back as she charged toward the burning tree. Of course, they would call her insane, ignorant, or downright stupid. But Stella didn't care about any of that—shaking her head, she felt the wind howl and the thunder roar in her ears as s...
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