It was a lovely day--
Birds were chirping, sun was burning, the smell of tea was sweet and inviting... but my heart would not calm. It beat like a drum at a rock concert, and this became the first day I desperately missed being a pharma salesman. Even if not legal, if I started feeling this...
2025-06-18 20:05:16 +0000 UTC View Post"Ha ha, Sect Master; I can barely keep up with those two..." I tried to squirm my way out of being given more disciples.
I'd already planned on just asking for some resources from Daoist Mu and forgoing a new disciple. Honestly? I can barely keep up with the two I have. Even with ...
2025-06-18 20:04:46 +0000 UTC View Post"... you've hidden well, Elder Lu."
Yeah, I'm Bond in his prime--oh, shut up...
I was already annoyed with this scrooges, and now that guy also decided to do his thing. Haah, at least I still have Dai Xiu on my side--yeah, I just jinxed the shit out of that, didn't I?
If there'...
2025-06-18 20:04:11 +0000 UTC View PostLong Tao barely stopped himself from yawning as he heard his name being called out. He'd paid some attention at the start, but all of these kids were... well, kids. They didn't know how to fight, they didn't know any special martial arts, and only a few of them were even, technically spe...
2025-06-18 20:03:34 +0000 UTC View PostKids streamed into various rows and columns, lining up according to their numbers.
There were honestly so many of them, at least a few hundred, a number distinctly larger than the totality of the last batch. It wasn't all that unsurprising; if Elder Qin somehow managed to 'sneak in' Dai Xi...
2025-06-18 20:02:58 +0000 UTC View Post"Hoh? Elder Yao, did you break through?"
"I've had a bit of luck recently."
"Congratulations, congratulations!"
"Ha ha, many thanks, fellow Daoists! But it's a small matter; us old folk breaking through is nothing compared to seeing the young shine."
"You must be confident...
2025-06-18 20:02:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe excitement is palpable; so much so, in fact, that even I am beginning to be swayed a bit.
I quickly quell that crap down, however, and continue the descent.
As we emerge from the mountain and toward the flattened areas, I notice hundreds upon hundreds of souls converge to the spec...
2025-06-18 20:01:52 +0000 UTC View PostI must admit, I never expected days within the world of cultivation to be so... mundane. Once I handed the method to Dai Xiu, and mostly finished the barebones construction of their home, things just... settled down. Inordinately so.
Long Tao never asked me for the cloaking art again; he
Master didn't lie!
That was Dai Xiu's first thought as her eyes sprung open, her entire body faintly aglow with hazy mist of vanishing Qi. She felt her entire body churn with energy the likes of which she never experienced, even when she originally cultivated.
She felt capab...
2025-06-18 20:00:32 +0000 UTC View PostI have to admit: I didn't expect this now-expectant girl to be so obedient over the past two months. Then again, she was just entering... those years, so maybe I got a bit lucky? Nonetheless, she didn't practice Qi even once despite me never explaining much of why, instead just ...
2025-06-18 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDamn.
That's one thick window.
And that's a lot of information to dump on me.
So, all my points are gone, my body feels slightly lighter (likely due to extra 3% purification) and, apparently, I got a trait?
Demonic Qi Sensitivity... call me a paranoid little prick, but t...
2025-06-18 19:59:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 101
To Be Deemed Worthy (I)
A’stul sat on the fringes of the roaring, crimson fire, his eyes glazed with the warm glow of the dancing embers. The sky above was dark and fettered with stars, and the world seemed quaint and whimsical–though he looked more a...
2023-12-30 19:09:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 100
The Will of Man
Within an hour after Ethan departed from the scene of the battle, the entire town–now all but razed to the ground–was swarmed by hundreds of people. Some were Awakened, curious as to what happened, most were military personnel trying t...
2023-12-20 20:13:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 99
Battle For the World (IV)
Ethan withdrew the sword as yet another spray of blood flew out, dousing him. He hardly cared, having already been dyed red from head to toe. Some of it got in his mouth, forcing him to spit out as he withdrew the sword back into ...
2023-12-14 16:04:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 98
Battle For the World (III)
Zaya flew forward, crossing her blades and melding into the cascade of shadows–the small town, quickly emptied, grew dark and desolate as the crawlers began bending around the buildings and lampposts and parasols. She appeared ...
2023-12-08 21:11:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 97
Battle For the World (II)
“Hey Beck, how’s Jonnathan?”
“Ah, he’s still sick!”
“Wow, really? How long has it been? A week?”
“Ten days, going,” a middle-aged woman gasped in exasperation. “At least his fever subsided. ...
2023-12-04 19:46:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 96
Battle for the World (I)
Ethan watched apathetically as a woman on the screen easily killed seven people. Rather than focusing on the tragedy of it like those around him, he was more focused on the woman herself–she was skilled, quick, decisive, and had ...
2023-11-26 20:02:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 95
World Ablaze
The world was in an uproar.
Whatever little global infrastructure was left was immediately corralled into the worldwide manhunt for one person–Zaya Lowlik. A name that wouldn’t inspire even a second of thought just a day prior sudden...
2023-11-23 21:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 94
Truths Unbecoming
Ethan sat alone, in silence, pondering.
His thoughts swam through time and space, trying to figure out who it could possibly have been. He’d already spent days surfing the internet, trying to look for even the smallest of grains t...
2023-11-20 22:23:10 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! Apologies for going AWOL for a while. I caught a rather nasty bug and was bedridden for a while. Could hardly think, let alone write anything remotely decent. Started feeling a bit better, so hopefully everything will be back on track.
Again, apologies, and thank all o...
2023-11-18 18:30:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 93
World on the Brink
Above Kraków, almost juxtaposed with the sun itself, an otherworldly vortex spun ominously. It hovered mainly above the Wawel Castle, casting a foreboding shadow over the Vistula River. The sky, once a canvas of serene blues, now churne...
2023-11-18 18:28:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 92
Churning Reality
By the time Elijah and Delilah woke up, the gory scene had long since vanished, absorbed by the strange, obsidian tiles beneath their feet. The two kids were rather sullen and dejected, a sense of shame permeating their yet-to-develop-full...
2023-11-10 22:27:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 91
He Who Would Undo the Heavens (V)
They tore through the nether and came burning out, disfigured.
There was no longer a concentrated array of misshapen things–two-three types, rather–but an assortment of all manner of abominations unfit for life. ...
2023-11-07 22:02:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 90
He Who Would Undo the Heavens (IV)
The sheer amount of notifications had Ethan scrolling through them for nearly half an hour. The most prominent ones, naturally, were the ones associated with reaching Level 30–he’d unlocked one more Core Ability, two ...
2023-11-04 20:45:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 89
He Who Would Undo the Heavens (III)
The third wave came three days later–and it came like a storm.
Besides the two enemies from the first two waves, there was one more grotesque thing lumbering from the darkness, its misshapen limbs forming strange...
2023-10-31 17:45:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 88
He Who Would Undo the Heavens (II)
Delilah observed from the side the duo’s ‘training session’.
Rather than a training session, it looked like an old man bullying a kid and having a bit too much doing it. Elijah was forced to run, roll, fall, s...
2023-10-28 20:28:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 87
He Who Would Undo the Heavens (I)
She stepped forward–though there was a falling firmament before her, and though the sky bled creatures beyond compare, her expression remained flat. The entire world around her was falling apart, crumbling, shattere...
2023-10-25 21:04:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 86
Sacrosanct Warp
Ethan, Elijah, and Delilah wandered about the desert terrain of the Colorado Plateau for nearly a day and a half before they finally managed to stumble upon the spinning vortex that was hiding in the shadow of a tall rock formation. Despite...
2023-10-23 21:52:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 85
The World’s a Stage
Ethan decided to take a week-long break.
They rushed two Tunnels and completed them within fifteen days, leaving a whole month and a half for the other two. While he didn't want to relax and risk anything, even he was getting me...
2023-10-21 20:28:39 +0000 UTC View Post