Ashlock had watched the fight between Celeste Starweaver and the outsider Serena Blacktide with great interest. It was a rare opportunity to see cosmic affinity in action and what peak Soul Fire Realm cultivators were capable of when pushed to fight to the death. Qi was hard to accumulate, so it ...
2024-09-15 23:01:14 +0000 UTC View PostSerena Blacktide despised how unfazed Celeste Starweaver appeared across the arena. Raw cosmic Qi crackled around the star-eyed girl, radiating waves of intense pressure that constantly put Serena on edge and broke her composure. However, Serena felt justified in her fear, as she ha...
2024-09-13 21:04:55 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, I’m going to be taking a much needed break from the 3rd to the 12th this month. I hoped to time this break with the end of book 5, but we still have around 3 or so chapters left to go.
The last holiday I took was a few days for Christmas, and while I have reduced upload sch...
2024-09-03 11:26:09 +0000 UTC View PostJasmine had never stared death in the eyes before. It had all happened in the blink of an eye—she had been entirely focused on holding the frontline as Serena had instructed when a spike in Qi drew her curiosity. She hadn't even had time to process the spectacle of a miniature blue star manifes...
2024-09-02 21:20:52 +0000 UTC View PostAs Celeste Starweaver took her position, Serena could tell from the pressure she was casually emitting that she was half a step into the Star Core Realm.
Half steps were different from mere 9th-stage cultivators. They were people who deliberately suppressed their Soul Core from going...
2024-09-01 03:52:37 +0000 UTC View PostSerena met the Princess's gaze and felt a cold dread seep into her bones and soul. A tightness coiled around her heart, caressing it as if finding amusement in its pounding beat. She tried to breathe, but the air had fled her lungs in fear. She tried to look away but could not. These were the eye...
2024-08-29 16:09:08 +0000 UTC View PostBook 4 is out today on Amazon!
You guys are already the best for directly supporting the creation of tree, so it feels silly to ask any more of you. However, I am shamelessly seeking some assistance! If you ...
2024-08-28 16:15:34 +0000 UTC View PostSerena sprinted down the main street of Ashfallen City, uncaring of the mud she was kicking up as the ferocious storm roared in her ears and bombarded her with rain that felt like hail. If not for the fire Qi flowers growing on the demonic trees lining the road, letting off a subtle warm glow tha...
2024-08-27 21:29:25 +0000 UTC View PostSam opened his eyes to a dark room. Something felt wrong. A shiver ran through his body as his eyes darted around. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Shadows danced across the table under the window, which had his few belongings haphazardly dumped on it. Opened pill bottles were scattered around...
2024-08-25 12:52:11 +0000 UTC View PostSerena was in total shock and could hardly keep her face straight. She had heard rumors of what peak Star Core cultivators were capable of but had never witnessed it with her own eyes. The higher cultivation a person achieved, the more elusive and reserved they typically became—sp...
2024-08-23 13:00:52 +0000 UTC View PostStella had been observing the tournament realm from the shadows when she came across her dear Disciple engaged in an argument with what appeared to be an angry drunkard. Curious to see how her Disciple would handle the pressure, she hung back and watched the events unfold. However, the more the m...
2024-08-21 13:15:43 +0000 UTC View PostJasmine hadn't been enjoying her time while waiting for the tournament to start. Her Master was busy hunting down the person crazy enough to attack Ashlock's offspring in his own city, so she was left alone in the Red Village.
Too nervous about the upcoming fight to cultivate, she tr...
2024-08-19 12:28:22 +0000 UTC View PostStella had her arms crossed and was drumming her fingers with impatience. She stood on the slanted roof of a house near the portal in the tournament realm, and her eyes flickered between the hundreds of cloaked individuals streaming through the portal and down the main cobbled stone road.
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2024-08-17 12:06:02 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock awoke at dawn, and his sign-in system greeted him as usual.
Idletree Daily Sign-In System
Day: 3640
Daily Credit: 74
Sacrifice Credit: 1008
[Sign in?]
"Hu...
2024-08-15 13:37:38 +0000 UTC View PostSerena Blacktide left the blonde-haired twerp half dead in the mud. She hadn't planned to do anything to the kid until he started spouting such nonsense as being a cultivator despite lacking a soul flame.
These land dwellers are so strange. Are their heads on straight? In the Aby...
2024-08-13 12:49:34 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock had to agree that it was a pretty good idea. A whip made from one of his vines should be challenging for those in the Star Core Realm and below to cut, and if it ever got destroyed, he could always grow another.
"Let's give it a try," Ashlock said to Ste...
2024-08-11 12:16:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, below is book 5's cover and some fan art done by the very talented Evan Barnaud
This first one is NOT Ashlock. It's a picture of his offspring Quill in the library surrounded by an ink lake and the...
2024-08-11 03:56:18 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock returned to Red Vine Peak at nightfall, pleased with Nox's efforts to turn Tartarus into a place he could use to do what he did best: power up those around him. The nightmares inflicted on him by past World Trees had taught him early on the importance of having strong allies, and this ins...
2024-08-09 14:06:43 +0000 UTC View PostToo fast, Jasmine thought as she desperately swung her sword upward to meet the overhead blade coming for her face. If not for Elder Mo's fighting spirit imbued in her sword subtly guiding her to have a better form, she wouldn't have been able to react in time.
With a loud c...
2024-08-07 14:42:14 +0000 UTC View PostSam covered his face with his drenched robes in a poor attempt to shield his eyes from the intense storm. The main street of Ashfallen City, which had been bustling with life when he arrived here a week ago, was now nearly vacant. Few dared to move around in this winter storm that had only gotten...
2024-08-05 15:34:07 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock followed his ethereal roots through the endless void. Despite knowing there should be a collection of pocket realms here, like lanterns floating in the darkness. Yet, there was simply nothing. Either the void obscured their existence, or they were elsewhere.
He also couldn't ...
2024-08-03 14:11:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe clouds from a week ago had developed into a ferocious storm that roared in the ears of any who dared to step outside. Freezing winds tore through Ashlock's canopy, and he hadn't relished in the sun's warmth in days. Due to this, he had spent most of his time focusing within himself on his Inn...
2024-08-01 12:22:25 +0000 UTC View PostFar north of Red Vine Peak, a monster stirred awake under a sea of stars in a spiritual spring.
Curled around a mountain peak, the titanic creature slowly opened his silver eyes. To the weak, he was known as the Celestial Star Dragon. To the more powerful, h...
2024-07-30 14:30:26 +0000 UTC View Post"So it has come to this, huh?" Diana leaned forward, interlacing her fingers below her chin with a serious expression. "An all-out war between regional titans. The land isn't big enough for two rulers, a fact Vincent Nightrose has known all too well. Hence, he made efforts to curb an...
2024-07-28 12:14:40 +0000 UTC View PostStella rushed inside and gently placed Jasmine onto the hut's small bed. The morning sunlight illuminated half her face through the doorway, and Stella could see the confusion in Jasmine's eyes.
"Master, what's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that."
Stella crouched...
2024-07-26 13:04:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe pain from upgrading Cursed Sap faded into the background as the sunlight bathed Ashlock's leaves in its pleasant warmth. The pain was still there, but he could tune out most sensations occurring throughout his vast body other than those happening in his Inner World or to his trunk.
... 2024-07-24 12:49:58 +0000 UTC View Post[Evil Eye: Your eye can now unleash the combined anguish of every soul you have devoured, your bloodlust and presence to break the mind of those who dare to meet your gaze. Once their mind is broken, you can create realistic illusions inside their consciousness. These illusions can be tai...
2024-07-22 09:18:16 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock's leaves rustled in the chilly winter breeze as the sun set and the sky became a seemingly endless sea of stars. It was breathtakingly beautiful, and Ashlock knew that somewhere out there in the vast cosmos under the heavens, his sect members were doing their best in pocket realms to achi...
2024-07-20 12:46:33 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock noticed the void lightning was not simply being shrugged off by the mysterious figure wearing his cult's garments—it was coiling around their body, meaning one thing... they had seized control of his void lightning.
A feat only possible by someone who knew void Qi law and h...
2024-07-18 12:39:50 +0000 UTC View Post"Misery loves company, and so does death, apparently," Ashlock mused as he watched another Shadow Leviathan's corpse melt into a gloop against the Bastion's shield as it was devoured by his void tendrils and vines.
These monsters weren't weak by any stretch of the imagination, but th...
2024-07-16 15:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post