The last bolt of tribulation lightning seared Hui’s plant body. It cooked, turning limp and soggy. At the same time, the orbs of qi in his dantian spun faster and faster. The tribulation lightning burned all around them. All the impurities in his dantians burned away, struck off by the final bo...
2022-07-17 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostErlan giggled, but continued to subtly retreat. Ah, shit, that snake reached fifth realm? If even one more of them succeeds, I’m outnumbered. Plus, I’m unlikely to steal any souls with the All-Heavens Sect around… I think it’s time to beat a tactical retreat.
Circling overh...
2022-07-15 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe lightning continued to crash down from all directions. Even Erlan and Ding Qinwen paused in their battle to look over.
Erlan’s scalp tingled, and he backed away subtly. Four simultaneous tribulations? Is he so desperate for death that he’s seeking it from the Heavens themselves?...
2022-07-14 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLet’s be logical about this, Hui thought, even as another bolt struck him. If I fake my death and the Heavens fall for it, I might fail my tribulation. Failing one’s tribulation is never good. I’m not the lotus beast; I can’t blithely fail and survive without a single worry. ...
2022-07-12 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLightning flashed. Zhubi laid there, playing dead with all his might even as the lightning continued to strike with deadly force. The lotus beast thrashed, writhing in the force of the storm. Jin Xian screamed, a spine-tingling sound, and tensed as another bolt of black lightning struck her.
<... 2022-07-11 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHui hopped back from the fight. He reached into his storage ring and drew out a barrier talisman and one of Xixing’s crystal pills. Only a few remained of each. I’ve been using too many resources during the fight. I need to take a break and create new, stronger talismans the next time I g...
2022-07-10 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Don’t forget me,” Lu Lintei yawned, appearing beside Ding Qinwen.
Ding Qinwen shot an earnest look at Hui. “What happened here, Zhi Ahn?”
Hui gasped for breath, dramatically wiping his blood off his face. “I… I was on my way back to the sect when I noticed something ami...
2022-07-09 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAlthough Erlan paused at Hui’s declaration, when Hui made no move to attack, he turned back to the storm of souls. The corrupted formation glowed in red and black, still revealed after his ink-hand attack earlier. He studied it, a hand on his chin. Even for a fifth-stage cultivator like him, se...
2022-07-08 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHui burst back to reality as a hand slapped toward his face. Blood already dripped down his body, and Zhubi hissed, rearing up from Hui’s arm to glare at their attacker. Rather than a hand of flesh, this hand was pitch black and huge, at least as large as his head. Hui instantly played dead, an...
2022-07-07 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostA thousand voices sounded out all around Hui, voices he’d heard before, voices he hadn’t. He looked around, peering into the mass of glowing light. Human-ish shapes bobbled in the light, indistinguishable from one another, blurring together.
Hui tilted is head. “Can you… cultivate i...
2022-07-06 17:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHui took a deep breath and circulated his qi, expelling the yin qi with his life qi. When his cultivation recovered, he approached the formation again, this time drawing toward a section he hadn’t probed before. Carefully, using almost none of his strength, he poked at the formation. When the f...
2022-07-05 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs they left Unrivaled Peak, Hui held up his hand. He turned toward the sixth peak and the stormclouds swirling above it. Even now, the clouds teemed with faces, pressing through the darkness to scream silently at nothing before the storm whisked them away again. “Wait. Before we leave, let’s...
2022-07-04 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostSitting down before his small lotus forest, Hui closed his eyes and began to circulate his qi, quietly settling his cultivation back to normal after the sudden influx of life qi. His body shrank down from ten meters to five, then back to his usual height, and the last of the heat dissipated. As h...
2022-07-03 14:37:18 +0000 UTC View PostHui’s eyes went blank, and he sunk into a dreamstate. In the dream, he returned to the lotus seed. Darkness spread in all directions. Nothing existed but dirt, cool and silent. A few bugs wiggled around, living quiet lives. He laid there in silence, waiting. For what, he didn’t know, but he k...
2022-07-01 19:05:56 +0000 UTC View PostHui crossed over the barrier’s boundary and stepped onto the familiar grounds of his Master’s peak. He paused, searching for Xixing and Sis Mei.
A friendly hiss caught his ear. Hui turned and found Zhubi curled around Xixing’s body in his large form, his scales shimmering in the sunli...
2022-06-30 22:08:51 +0000 UTC View PostZhi Ahn froze in midair. He turned and looked at the mysterious senior’s body. Was… he not actually a senior? For him to die in one blow…
He hesitated, then dropped down to the ground and squatted there, examining the man’s small body. Maybe he was a lower-realm cultiva...
2022-06-30 01:46:51 +0000 UTC View PostHui raced through the grass at top speed. He brushed through the Unrivaled Under Heavens Peak’s barrier, and glanced up sharply as he did. The barrier’s still active? Not even that worn down. Master really wasn’t joking about tweaking it just before he ascended. It’s worthy of being c...
2022-06-28 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe crow harrumphed and flew up into the sky, vanishing out of sight. Hui squinted after it for a moment, then turned away. He isn’t gong to help. Not unless it’s something he cares about. Something… like Fen Long.
After a moment, Hui chuckled under his breath. Right, and...
2022-06-27 20:55:59 +0000 UTC View PostThey were upon a body barely another few steps in.
Hui stumbled. He looked down and found a finger barring his path. The finger led to a hand, the hand led to an arm, until an entire Starbound Sect cultivator laid there, eyes blank, body still. Hui glanced at the face, but found himself sta...
2022-06-26 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs he rode Zhubi, Hui sorted through the treasures he’d picked up in Chen Wuya’s realm. Most of them he had no affinity with, or plain didn’t know how to use. With his tiny size, he had to use his qi to hover them near him, rather than directly hold them, as most were too unwieldy for him. ...
2022-06-25 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThey rounded a spring of grass, and the whole image revealed itself before them. Not just Hui’s ring, but his entire hand laid there in the grass, the ring still stuck on his crystallized finger.
Hui paused, licking his lips. Okay, so… er, how do I… free the ring? Maybe I can… <...
2022-06-24 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostRewind time to the moment Hui split off into all directions.
An illusion replaced the sword under his feet. Hui summoned the sword into his hand behind his back. Moving quickly, he strapped the lotus pod with the reeds wrapped around it to the sword and released it. Gu Tian’s sword fell t...
2022-06-23 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHui charged ahead, riding Gu Tian’s sword. He glanced back. A dozen fourth-stage or lower cultivators chased him, though those below the fourth stage rapidly fell behind. In the distance, three beams of light quickly caught up with him. One moved more quickly than the other two, and in no time,...
2022-06-22 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe All-Heavens disciples hovered around the borders of Starbound Sect, forming a perimeter. The instant the barrier fell, Gui Delun charged inside toward the mountain that appeared in the middle of their extermination ritual, but after that, things became unclear to them. Not least because of th...
2022-06-21 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostConfusion welled up from within the links, along with panic. Hui reached out, doing his best to reassure everyone. You’re safe. Stay quiet. Don’t fight it. A little longer, and they’ll all leave. Trust me. I’ll keep you safe!
The Peak Lords probed the link back. Hui tremble...
2022-06-20 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostOr so it seemed. Hui held his breath, his body limp, exuding a death aura, his cultivation suppressed to the utmost. All the other cultivators, too, played dead, souls tied to Hui’s through the spell formation, controlled by Hui, powered by the massive reserves of life qi within Mount Mu.
Heaving hard, Hui shifted the outer ring of the compass one last time. It clunked into place, and the entire platform began to hum. The black clouds swirling overhead twisted together into a wild tornado that whirled over Hui’s head. In the center of the feng shui compass, the red lines spread,...
2022-06-19 02:46:25 +0000 UTC View PostEven as the pillars closed in, Hui reached out to Chen Wuya again. “Senior, give me a moment. I have an idea…”
“You again? Didn’t you just rudely cut me off?” Chen Wuya snorted.
“Senior, you can vent your anger on me if I survive this. Listen!” Hui took a deep breath a...
2022-06-17 02:57:39 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note: If you didn't already realize, we're entering a bit of a dark arc here. I'm probably going to release chapters in bursts for the duration, to try to lessen the darkness. However, this has been planned from the beginning, so it is necessary. It won't be dark forever, but it will...
2022-06-17 02:56:20 +0000 UTC View PostHigh above, Gui Delun and the Sect Master slammed together in a burst of bright light. Waves of magic blew out from their clash, slamming down on the disciples below as a physical blow. Hui stumbled back, and beside him, Tang Fei bent over, hands over her head. For a few seconds, all but the fift...
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