Hui returned to the surface in the blink of an eye. He looked around, taking a moment to orient himself. I don’t know exactly how long I was in the Underworld, but it was at least ten years. Hopefully the battle finished well, and—
The Eight Tiers Palace stood before him, grand...
2023-09-25 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe reaper stumbled back. What little color existed in her body faded, and appeared in Tseng Caihong’s. The reaper fell to the ground, all but lifeless. Taking a deep breath, Tseng Caihong straightened to her full height and stretched. She smiled at Hui. “I think it’s time we have a proper ...
2023-09-24 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs he sat there, Tseng Caihong whaling on his barrier, Hui turned his thoughts inward. I can’t simply leave. Although leaving would ensure Tseng Caihong received no potential absorption, it would also mean that I have no idea whether she’s still trapped or not. I trust the reaper, but if ...
2023-09-23 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHui died. Fully and truly. Immediately, his soul descended to the Underworld.
As it did, he reached out to his body, and gripped Tseng Caihong’s soul through his body. Not expecting an attack directly on her soul, Tseng Caihong jolted. Eyes wide, she lifted her foot to kick his hold free....
2023-09-22 15:15:04 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Hui, the creatures from the Underworld, led by Black Dragon, battled Tseng Caihong, while the resentment demons rolled forth, getting under her feet and in her way however they could. Hui stood back, watching the fight unfold. He touched the large pill Xi Sanji had brewed, rolling it aroun...
2023-09-21 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFalling into darkness, Hui kept a tight hold on Tseng Caihong. The portal closed behind them, and they tumbled into a dark, dank cave. Lumpy calcium deposits formed pale shapes around them.
Rather than a portal, it’s more of an alternate opening to the assassin’s secret realm. One t...
2023-09-20 14:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing after Jizhi Zhimei, the beast cultivators’ Tier Master flew forth, Lao Hu roaring fearsomely as wings burst from its back. Shuhang Han scurried after her, terrified, and behind him came the rest of the combatants. Wan Lu handed out pills like candy. All the cultivators who took his pi...
2023-09-19 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Southern Sect Conference arrived at the barrier closing in Eight Tiers Palace. Hui flew over, standing at the barrier’s edge from inside. He placed his hand on the inside surface of the barrier and sent a powerful pulse of death qi into the barrier.
It doesn’t matter if Tseng Ca...
2023-09-18 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe two armies faced one another down. In sheer strength, the upper tiers outweighed the lower, their pressure bearing down on the lower tiers. Jizhi Zhimei stood at the head of the army, fighting off their pressure with her own ninth-tier cultivation.
The sword tier’s Tier Master stepped...
2023-09-17 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHigh above the battlefield, Hui hovered, sitting on the air, a hand on his chin. Below, the armies moved into position. From afar, the Southern Sect Conference’s warriors flew in, while the First through Fourth Tiers lined up outside of the Palace but within the Palace’s barriers, staking the...
2023-09-16 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostHui blasted down toward the First Tier, extending his divine sense all around him as he flew, searching for Tseng Caihong. A distant ping caught his attention. Instantly, Hui retracted his divine sense. Very far away. Good, good. Probably not good, actually. But the point is, she isn’t here...
2023-09-15 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostTseng Caihong looked at the bloody body in her hand. She shook her head. “A worthless struggle. Even if you split your soul into your clones, they won’t last much longer.”
In a moment, she crossed to the gelatinous blob and threw Hui inside. His body sunk into the gel like it was wate...
2023-09-14 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey, does anyone have a channel to First?
He went completely silent. I’ve lost all contact.
Oh shit. Not again.
I mean, it’s not an actual Immortal this time, right? …Right?
Still, it’s not a good sign…
...
2023-09-13 14:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostHui snapped his fingers.
Tseng Caihong tensed, then frowned. She looked around her, turning her eyes back to Hui. Her brows furrowed. “What did you do?”
“Ah? I thought Senior had the All-Seeing Eyes. Can’t you see for yourself what I did?” Hui taunted her.
Mortal r...
2023-09-12 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWithout holding anything back, Hui activated the full strength of his cultivation. He burst back up to his full size, instantly healing his wounds at the same time. Activating the snakeskin technique, he shed his skin and escaped Tseng Caihong’s grasp. He dropped to the floor.
As he did, ...
2023-09-11 14:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostHui backed away from the milky mass of strange gelatin as it wobbled faster and faster, its sides trembling like a struck drum. Is it a slime? I don’t remember slimes showing up a lot in cultivation novels, but… it sure looks like a slime!
No, the better question is, what i...
2023-09-10 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostCircling around the palace, Jian Jile pointed her bird toward the very top of the Eight Tiers Palace. There, atop the palace, a flat space stood out amidst the decorations.
How practical, adding a helipad to your palace, Hui noted, nodding to himself. I suppose when you’re a ...
2023-09-09 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe bird swooped down, flying through a massive open gate at the front of the palace. Its massive wingspan didn’t come close to touching the edges of the gates, the gates easily wide enough to fit an ordinary house through. Hui hummed to himself, barely resisting the urge to throw his arms out ...
2023-09-08 14:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the close, musty interior of the tent, the vast enclosed space of the First Tier felt wide open, moreso due to its relative emptiness. Only a few beast cultivators wandered in the actual First Tier, the space largely wide open, with little to populate it. Aside from the ornately-carved tile ...
2023-09-07 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs Hui finished his tale, the Tier Master sat back. She closed her eyes and breathed out. “So it is as we thought. The Palace Master is in the business of unjustly stealing others’ beasts.”
“Er, was there doubt…?” Hui wondered aloud.
The Tier Master’s eyes snapped open. ...
2023-09-06 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostThey flew over the realm. A vast mountain range spread beneath them, populated with thick forest. A large river poured down a sheer cliff from the largest mountain, vanishing into a deep, round hollow cloaked in moss beneath. The wolf’s body undulated under Hui. He buried his hands in its soft ...
2023-09-05 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe male cultivator gestured for Hui to join him on the back of his beast, an overgrown wolf thing with armored plates in its fur and a spiked tail. The wolf swished its tail and lowered its head as he approached. Instinctively, Hui offered it his hand to sniff. The wolf sniffed for a moment, the...
2023-09-04 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Pause.”
A firm, clear voice rang over the tumult. Instantly, without a single command from their riders, all the beasts fell silent, and the cultivators on their backs bowed their heads.
Hui looked up.
A wild-haired female beast cultivator strode over atop a massive spirit ...
2023-09-03 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFalling. Falling. Falling infinitely. Hui hurtled along, watching the small realm fade away above him.
The sensation of being watched grew stronger and stronger. He shivered, every hair standing on end. A sense of doom rolled through him.
There you are. Come to me.
Hui...
2023-09-02 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHui blinked. He furrowed his brows, thinking desperately as Xi Sanji’s sword fell. Reveal myself… I know I rejected it earlier, but I was less sure of Xi Sanji’s intentions then. Now that she’s planning to kill me so that I don’t reveal this space to Tseng Caihong, I’m pretty sure...
2023-09-01 14:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostObedient, Hui closed his eyes. Chen Wuya fluttered off his shoulder and landed on his head. Raven claws bit into his scalp ever so slightly.
Hui winced. Lowering my cultivation realm makes this whole situation very uncomfortable. Just as uncomfortable as it used to be!
“Cut...
2023-08-31 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs Xi Sanji’s lips lowered toward Hui’s, Hui’s mind worked at a thousand meters per second.
I can’t let her kiss me. I already have Li Xiang, and Bai Xue, and, and maybe the reaper, I’m a married man! A married man!
But… if I get up, that projection is going t...
2023-08-30 14:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostXi Sanji touched down on the sea floor with a little puff of sand. A second later, Hui followed suit. Ahead of him, Xi Sanji paused, looking at the palace. She waited a few moments, then looked back.
Hui stood there, his hands behind his back, a service smile on his face. He gestured for he...
2023-08-29 14:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostHigh overhead, it looked down on its domain.
The perpetual semi-dark made the lights twinkle brighter. Far below, the LED strips and neon twists of its underlings glowed all the brighter for the dusk. It pressed a hand against the window almost longingly, eyes trained on those artificial st...
2023-08-28 14:39:01 +0000 UTC View PostHui flew through the opened roof and out into brilliant blue. As far as the eye could see, blue in all directions, and more sunlight than his eyes could bear after the dark of the tower. He raised his hands against the glare, blinking his way back to vision.
Above, blue sky. Below, still bl...
2023-08-28 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post