The last motes of qi from Lu Zudong’s punch attack began to fade far below. Hui closed his hand, disappointed. It wasn’t much. It seems like waiting until after the attack lands is too long.
Even as he absorbed the qi, Lu Zudong flew at him. “Turning your back to the enemy?...
2022-06-14 19:56:46 +0000 UTC View PostLu Zudong’s form blurred as he rushed at Hui, becoming a streak of white light. Hui fell back, throwing barrier after barrier between the two of them. Lu Zudong burst through them one after the other, the barriers barely slowing his rush. Hui grit his teeth and backed up at full speed, still th...
2022-06-13 21:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostHui’s hands flickered as Tang Fei closed in. Wall after wall materialized between them, the barriers so thick their transparent walls began to blur Hui behind them. Shouting ferociously, Tang Fei smashed one wall after another, as animal projections raced out ahead of her fists.
The last ...
2022-06-12 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostJin Xian hesitated. She turned back and looked at Hui, then vanished. A black blur raced toward the sect below.
The disciples she’d held back charged toward Hui. The lotus beast ignored them, too busy fighting the disciples in front of her. Hui backed away as they charged. He glanced over...
2022-06-11 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHui and Li Xiang blasted out of the dark void alongside a handful of fellow disciples, all of them with their hair bedraggled and their robes in disarray. Before they even had the time to look around and fix their robes, a ferocious explosion shattered the air. Silvery light shimmered over the se...
2022-06-10 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostDeep inside Hui’s soul’s dantian, one of the ducks stirred. This duck’s eyes burned red, its feathers ragged and crow-like. It flapped its wings once, twice, then took flight, bursting out of Hui’s soul’s dantian and into his flesh. It tore its way free, biting and clawing, twisting a b...
2022-06-09 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun beat down. The poppies rushed around them, whispering past. Hui paid none of it any attention, focused on absorbing qi from the passing pavilion and contemplating his faking-death talisman at the same time.
His vision flickered abruptly. He froze in place and looked around. “What?...
2022-06-09 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs he and Fang Hua ran, they passed by a pavilion. Hui grit his teeth, trying to ignore it, but at the last second, swerved toward it.
“Hey! Xiao Hui, where are you going?” Fang Hua asked.
“I… I can’t face Li Xiang like this!” he shouted back. Walk away from good fortu...
2022-06-07 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThey walked along, Hui clinging to Fang Hua’s hair. He relaxed and looked around, enjoying the ride. Being small isn’t so bad. I can get rides, no one’s going to target me… if I play dead, it’s easier to hide, too!
Still, I’d rather be in my original body. I can’t...
2022-06-07 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostFang Hua’s voice sounded in his mind. “I’m ready.”
Hui took a deep breath. He nodded. “Here I go.”
Circulating his qi, Hui focused on his connection to Fang Hua. He pressed his lips together, still nervous despite everything. The soul is a form of energy, like qi. I sh...
2022-06-05 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHui followed after Chen Wuya, hurrying along. “Senior… why did you stop me? What would have happened if I chose the needles instead? The pavilions only show an illusion, right?”
“What is illusory can become real, and what is real can become illusory. If you make a different choice i...
2022-06-04 15:15:34 +0000 UTC View PostSunlight against closed eyelids. Drifting shadows. A faint cold breeze to offset the still heat of summer.
Hui opened his eyes. He laid under a wisteria tree. Trailing blossoms drifted low over his face, blue as the sky above.
This doesn’t seem that dangerous, he thought, s...
2022-06-03 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostAcross the field. An endless monotony repeated itself before them. When Hui glanced back, no trace remained of their crossing. When he looked ahead, he saw no way to differentiate the field before him with the field behind. Am I even moving? Maybe I should stop. It’s pointless.
H...
2022-06-02 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostCrows chased after Hui, crying out, their claws spread wide, beaks gaping. Hui ran, hands over his head. He circulated his death qi and fled at top speed.
Just once, he chanced a look back. Elder Sister, will you help this small cultivator?
The white-robed woman turned her he...
2022-06-01 16:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostA hair’s breadth from his neck, the sword stopped. Hui sucked a shallow breath, staring down at the naked blade. “Li Xiang. Li Xiang, it’s you, right?”
The sword shivered. It backed away a centimeter.
“Dao Dao, return,” the sword cultivator called.
The sword shivered...
2022-05-31 21:08:00 +0000 UTC View PostHui cast his eyes aside. “I, er, I don’t know what you’re talking about, Senior.”
Gu Tian frowned at Hui. “Xie Hao, what’s going on? You know the crows’ leader? Tell them to stop eating my plants.”
“Silence,” Chen Wuya snapped, eyes blazing. Gu Tian stumbled back, ...
2022-05-30 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostGu Tian! Hui stared, wide-eyed. That’s right, I remember! Those cultivators mentioned him vanishing into the realm. With Li Xiang vanishing, I forgot about Gu Tian. Did he end up in the same place as me?
Wait. What do Gu Tian and I have in common? Hui frowned, p...
2022-05-29 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLight spiraled around him. Something wrenched at Hui’s body, pulling it apart. He screamed, soundlessly. The rift devoured all sound. Hui hung between the worlds, neither in the realm nor the world he’d come from. For a moment, he caught a glimpse of darkness, biting through the brilliant lig...
2022-05-29 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFang Hua stopped suddenly. Hui looked up. “Fang Hua?”
“Over there. Was there always someone on that hill?”
Before the, the land rose up in a soft rise. A woman stood atop the hill, hair swaying in the wind, sword in hand. A strange blur hid her face. She wore plain, undecorate...
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2022-05-27 00:44:45 +0000 UTC View PostAnother few days passed by. Jin Xian raced from pavilion to pavilion. Unlike Hui, she felt no particular emotions at the insides of the pavilion. Suddenly, she froze in place.
“What is it?” Hui murmured, paying more attention to what his left eye saw.
Jin Xian stared hungrily at a...
2022-05-26 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostNodding one last time at Hui, Sis Mei stepped through the portal. The world wobbled all around her. Bright light obscured her vision. When it cleared, she stood in a wide field. The field stretched in all directions, completely coated in knee-high poppy flowers. They undulated gently under a soft...
2022-05-25 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostCowering atop Unrivaled Under Heaven Peak, Hui looked up. Brilliant light lit the heavens above, nearly as bright as the sun. He shaded his eyes rather than look directly at it. Is this the realm that Master warned me about? Naturally, I won’t enter! I remember your words, Master.
<... 2022-05-24 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs Weiheng Wu faded into the heavens, the spectators turned and vanished back into the sect. A few remained. Sect Master Lan, Lan Taijian, and the other Peak Lords. Their eyes fell on Hui, who stared back.
“We need to choose a new Peak Lord. Does anyone have any disciples close to breakin...
2022-05-23 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHui sighed one last time, then drew his sword. If I’m going to fight, I’d better learn how to fly on a sword. He looked at his sword and frowned. Is it really as simple as Bai Xue says? Is that even possible?
Well, it’s worth a try.
He put his sword on...
2022-05-22 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHui wobbled atop his sword, both arms spread wide. He bit his lip in concentration. His feet slid back and forth, the sword sliding up and down with his weight. Sometimes the tip started to fly up, sometimes the handle. He narrowed his eyes and balanced for a moment, only for the sword to suddenl...
2022-05-21 21:03:59 +0000 UTC View PostAt the top of his Master’s peak, Hui looked around, staring into the sky at Mount Mu above. “Master!”
No response. His voice echoed up Mount Mu’s root system and over its bark. He frowned. If I could fly... argh! Is it time to learn?
He drew out his sword and held it ...
2022-05-20 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sect Master left. Lan Taijian followed after him, and in the distance, beams of light shot up with them as the Peak Lords gathered.
The second the Lan father and son left, Hui stood from behind the other disciples, shedding the scholar skin as he stood and replacing it with a snakeskin ...
2022-05-19 01:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostLan Taijian glared at Gui Delun. “Is our Sect Master your servant, to come at your beck and call?”
Gui Delun gave a cold snort, which rattled through the watching cultivator’s minds like thunder. A few of the weaker ones directly collapsed. He gave no answer, but simply turned his hea...
2022-05-18 01:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostLi Xiang turned, but too slow. Tang Fei’er’s hand darted for her back.
Hui narrowed his eyes and stepped forward, using the Bai Clan step technique, but flickering with death qi. Time slowed as his perception sped up. He threw out a barrier talisman, but it flew too slowly.
Ho...
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