Even though Kai had ventured out from the Bloodcoral sect multiple times, that usually meant hunting monsters near the coast, so this was his first time venturing deep into the Western Wilds. At first he practiced using his flying sword, but eventually Cor Li Xan brought out his floating disc and...
2024-10-28 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn't possible to simply fly to the Pureflower sect's headquarters because a great magical formation would strike down anyone who tried to get close without permission. Instead Zae Zin Nim had sought their representatives, who were really more like outer sect members, and gone through several...
2024-10-25 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post(Cognosticon here. Every time I ask about using the Patreon feature to make individual posts purchasable, I get a few positive responses and no other feedback. Deciding that most don't care and a few might like it, I've just gone ahead. The 2024-10-24 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Kai should not have been excited to see a wave of monsters flooding toward civilization, but truthfully he felt a thrill that was more than just hunger. This was why he'd started fighting in the first place: defending everyone against an undeniable menace. After the politicking within the Bloodco...
2024-10-23 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEven though she was supposed to be keeping watch, Zae Zin Nim couldn't help thinking about Kai. Was he getting into trouble? Had sending him to the Bloodcoral sect been the right choice? It seemed like a good place for him, but his luck was so awful, and he cared so much about random people, she ...
2024-10-22 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostTechnically Kai was setting foot on Cloudspire for the first time, but that was nothing special: the coast was sand and rock, like everywhere else in the world. He was far more interested in the fact that he was being ushered directly to the Bloodcoral sect headquarters.
All of the outer wa...
2024-10-21 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post(Cognosticon here. I have added the story Taming the Maneater to the bonus content. This one is Kai/Omilaena. I intend to add one mo...
2024-10-18 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Kai struck the monster his Tyrant's Claw tore deep, unleashing streams of blood into the water, but he immediately realized that it wasn't enough. The Great Cetae wasn't armored, it was just massive, covered in so much blubber that his strike was only a minor wound, not crippling. He could s...
2024-10-17 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMiraculously, their journey to Cloudspire wasn't sunk by a tsunami, attacked by a kraken, or struck down by the gods. Instead they made excellent time, using the final month of travel to train and prepare for their landing. It had only taken three, despite the longer trip around the side of the c...
2024-10-16 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostKai leapt from the water with the taste of monster blood in his mouth. Not to the ship, not yet, simply arcing through the sky for the joy of it.
Combining Thunderbird's Wings and Sahagin's Soul let him swim faster than ever before, especially since both techniques had been refined. There w...
2024-10-15 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSix months of bliss. Kai struggled to believe it had really happened.
As happy as he’d been going off to Darkmist Island, part of him had been sure that it couldn’t last. The island would turn out to be ruined, or they would be found and attacked, or more gods would descend to annihilat...
2024-10-14 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostKai paced through the caverns, determined to finally catch his quarry. For a long time he’d been certain that there was something powerful in the caves with him, both based on his hunger going wild and instincts he couldn’t put his finger on. There was something there, something deadly.
As Zae Zin Nim circulated the qi in her dantian yet again, she realized that it couldn’t last forever.
She certainly hoped that her marriage would - she wanted to achieve immortality alongside her husband and wife, then fly together into the heavens. She longed to see what Kai and Omilaen...
2024-10-10 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostEven though Zae Zin Nim was not a participant in this round of poison cultivation, as she had come to think of it, she still enjoyed being present. The most socially acceptable reason was that she was waiting for her turn, she had a much lewder idea of her own, and the truth that was difficult to...
2024-10-09 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostAnother day, another step along the path of cultivation.
Despite everything that lay behind them, and everything that lay ahead, Zae Zin Nim was enjoying herself surprisingly thoroughly. This was a blissful life and the only way it could be better was if she didn’t have her father and oth...
2024-10-08 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post(Cognosticon here. I meant to notify just $25 backers about the new bonus content, but think the notification went to everyone. My bad. Anyway, I don't intend to post advance chapters at a higher tier very often, but ...
2024-10-07 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWeeks into her honeymoon Omilaena was still, against all reason, learning new things about threesomes.
She had far more experience than the two no-longer-virgins, and while admittedly that wasn’t in the context of stable relationships, she’d had a long time to think and plan. Given two ...
2024-10-04 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThree days into their honeymoon on Darkmist Island, Kai had begun to accept that they weren’t going to get privacy like he had hoped. The mansion was filled with magical items that would let them live alone easily, but many were damaged, requiring more ongoing repair work. So in addition to no ...
2024-10-03 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostKai raced through the ancient mansion’s corridors, wondering what Omilaena could possibly have discovered that made her so serious. More importantly, why would the elves have acted against them? This was a hidden location, maybe, but much less secure than acting in the Elven Wilds. And why not ...
2024-10-02 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAll throughout the trip, Kai had been wondering how an island could really be hidden. Alright, he’d been doing a lot of other things, but the question had been in the back of his mind ever since the Elven Council had introduced their gift.
When the elves said they were close, he began to ...
2024-10-01 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post(Cognosticon here. I have closed the poll after most people got a chance to vote and there was a sizable majority in favor of posting the novella chapters, so that begins today. 25% of people voted ...
2024-09-30 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostCognosticon here, announcement time. Chapters will resume next week on the normal schedule, but I'm taking today to cover longer issues. Skim for info that may be interesting to you, plus some key developments and ultimately the poll.
As I said before, my new pledge to readers is that I wil...
2024-09-27 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Verdant River sect was one of the most prestigious in all the Southern Rivers, acknowledged as one of the Great Rivers worthy of the name. It had vast holdings across the south, including great treasures, rich fields, and qi-rich forests.
And yet, as their patriarch ventured to the grea...
2024-09-26 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTroulon woke up, which was something he hadn't expected to ever do again. When that syringe had entered his neck, he had been sure that it was the end, and the human part of him had welcomed it.
Except Omilaena had never intended to kill him. Somehow she had injected a different essence int...
2024-09-25 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWith all the destruction around him, Kai had been barely keeping up with a speed half-phase. That was the only reason he noticed immediately when the obelisks harmed Graveylin and had time to see Matiavel launch his attack. He was already moving on instinct, his own claw swinging as he desperatel...
2024-09-24 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post(Cognosticon here, with good news: I am renewing my pledge to continue writing Depthless Hunger through the fourth major arc, which will wrap up a great many long term plot threads.
As a one time thing, this week will have four ordinary chapters, then on Friday there will instead be a poll ...
2024-09-23 17:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post"What are you doing here?" Matiavel sounded more irritated than angry, and his eyes narrowed in suspicion. "Have I seen you before?"
"Possibly." Kai wasn't about to take one of the great powers of Rosemount lightly - he'd already gotten out Omilaena's syringe and now injected it into one ar...
2024-09-13 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe razor sharp paper blade scraped across Omilaena's throat with a shriek of metal. Troulon's eyes shifted from victory to surprise and he slowed when he should have pressed his attack.
She couldn't see it herself, but she knew what Troulon was staring at. A thin plate of venomsteel had po...
2024-09-12 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe silvery clouds tried to invade Kai's mind, but he was no longer so vulnerable to Anaelina's sexual manipulations. When she struck at his throat, he caught her arm. Now that he had her by the throat and wrist he slammed her back against the wall and pinned her there.
"I can't believe it....
2024-09-11 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post