Sen looked around at the nervous group of cultivators. He’d summoned all of the alchemists from both the army and the Soaring Skies Sect. They traded wary glances with each other, and stole uncertain looks at him. He’d waited to explain why they were there until after everyone arrived since h...
2025-06-28 06:34:02 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, the time sure does fly. My publisher just reminded me that Unintended Cultivator Volume 6 is due to go live on Amazon in a little under two weeks. Two weeks! I'm trying to figure out where the hell the last four months went. Anyway, that means that it's time for me to post a link f...
2025-06-26 23:22:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe heads lining the walls of the Soaring Skies Sect compound seemed a bit overly dramatic, but Laughing River looked quite pleased with himself. Sen was willing to concede that the spectacle made a very direct and difficult to misinterpret statement. I suppose it’s better to be too blunt than ...
2025-06-26 23:05:27 +0000 UTC View PostSen sat at a table in the common area of an inn he’d taken control of through the expedient of throwing gold at the owner and all of the current guests. The place had emptied of everyone but the staff in under ten minutes. Sitting across from him was a very uncomfortable Elder Deng. Prop...
2025-06-26 17:52:17 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re a curse. Did you know that?” asked Terry.
“What? Why am I a curse?” demanded Kelima.
“Because every damn time I spend more than five minutes with you, some of my clothes get ruined. First, my hat. Now, my outfit,” said Terry, pointing an accusing finger at her. ...
2025-06-25 10:52:26 +0000 UTC View PostOn most other days, the news of Hsiao Jiayi’s arrival at his town with refugees and the fall of Kanshun would have been the most important things on his mind. On that particular day, Sen barely had the opportunity to spare those events any attention. That’s going to be a headache l...
2025-06-25 03:28:29 +0000 UTC View PostHsiao Jiayi leaned against a tree and just let herself rest for a moment. When she’d first come up with the idea to take whatever mortals she could find and try to get Lu Sen to give them sanctuary, it had sounded simple. And, she supposed it was simple. What she hadn’t fully considere...
2025-06-24 06:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostSen did feel the tiniest bit of pity for Magistrate Hu. The man had somehow found himself with the unenviable task of denying a powerful cultivator things they wanted. Then, that same cultivator had announced that he was, in fact, the king of the country they all stood in. It was an imposs...
2025-06-22 11:24:24 +0000 UTC View PostGot a migraine last night that’s come back for another go at me this morning. I don’t usually make announcements about this anymore, but I also don’t usually post Unintended Cultivator chapters on the weekend. I guess I could just wait until Monday and post two chapters, but that feels like...
2025-06-21 13:19:19 +0000 UTC View PostI know. I know. You guys would have preferred a fresh Isekai Terry chapter or more Unwillingly Summoned or more (insert your favorite unfinished project here). But my mind, for all the goods things about it, has some downsides. It never really stops feeding me ideas. Ever. And if I ignore all...
2025-06-20 13:29:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe view of Emperor’s Bay, or rather the wide valley that made up Emperor’s Bay and all of its neighboring farm villages, proved somewhat disorienting for Sen. He’d arrived from the north on his only visit. Then, he’d fled by sea with Lo Meifeng to elude that cabal of demonic culti...
2025-06-20 07:16:26 +0000 UTC View Post“And you just left him out there?” asked Xu Xiao Dan.
The man’s tone suggested that he didn’t want to believe that Sen was telling the truth, rather than that he didn’t believe Sen. The still-steaming tea in front of Sen drew his attention. He lifted the cup and to...
2025-06-19 10:36:50 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, thought Terry as Kelima did battle. This planet is seriously weird. Are those actually goblins?
As near as Terry could tell, they were goblins. They looked like goblins. Short, green, red eyes, and hyperviolent all fit the bill. It just didn’t line up part...
2025-06-18 09:29:37 +0000 UTC View PostSen jerked the man’s head up and continued.
“That mortal whelp, as you called her, is under my protection. I saved her life, and I take that responsibility very seriously. You should know, she calls me Uncle Sen. And by the time I’m done with you, you’re going to know why the...
2025-06-17 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostI know everybody has been waiting a long time for this, but I didn't abandon this story. Here's proof. A chapter. A whole chapter. With words and everything! Enjoy! ~Eric
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In a particularly academic corner of his mind, James noted the difference b...
2025-06-17 09:08:18 +0000 UTC View Post“We have guests arriving,” said Sen as he landed.
“Guests?” asked Falling Leaf.
“Cultivators from Emperor’s Bay.”
“Why didn’t they just wait a few days?”
“More than likely because they think they’re in control,” said Misty Peak, stepping out of he...
2025-06-17 09:05:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Uncle Sen!” shouted a little girl as she ran up to him.
“How does she always know where to find you?” asked Falling Leaf, giving him a baffled look.
Sen shook his head as he watched the girl race toward him.
“I honestly have no idea,” he said as squa...
2025-06-14 07:38:51 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Lu Sen had expressed that his main intention was to travel south, the army had been traveling North for the last two weeks. Something that Song Lan, Matriarch of what fragments remained of the Order of the Celestial Flame, understood. That understanding did little to assuage her frus...
2025-06-13 08:22:25 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a surprisingly short time, to Sen’s mind, for the generals and cultivators to organize themselves. Once inside the city, it was simple enough matter for Sen, the Matriarch, and Xu Xiao Dan, former Patriarch of the Clear Spring Sect, to direct the rescue efforts. They had largely ...
2025-06-12 06:47:49 +0000 UTC View PostTerry and Kelima left the fake small town. He cheerfully waved to the two demons while Kelima seemed determined to ignore them. Thoughts of giving her endless shit about it played prominently across his mind, but he decided to leave well enough alone. While he had never been in any real danger fr...
2025-06-11 06:39:10 +0000 UTC View PostDepending on whether it was the mortals or the cultivators, Sen’s return to the camp with the Matriarch and her disciples was met with one of two responses. The mortals reacted with near-total indifference. It wasn’t that they didn’t understand the value of adding another nascent soul culti...
2025-06-11 04:32:16 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I know that the chapters have been light recently. Some of it was just me coming off the writer's retreat. It was good in most respects. I got a break from being at home. I learned some stuff. I saw some people I hadn't seen in a while, and I met a few interesting new people. But, it...
2025-06-10 06:07:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe funeral was an oddly prosaic thing for Sen. He wasn’t sure if it was because his role was so mundane, or if he was just incapable of processing the sheer magnitude of the loss. Then again, maybe I’m just getting numb to this kind of thing, he thought. His only rol...
2025-06-10 05:29:46 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re pale,” said Falling Leaf.
Sen smiled a little. Once he’d recovered enough that standing no longer felt like a monumental effort, he collected the ghost panther and went outside. The matriarch and her few remaining disciples needed time to speak privately, quite probab...
2025-06-07 09:13:45 +0000 UTC View PostSen remained sprawled where he was for a while. That had taken a lot more out of him than he’d expected. He remained silent until he felt steady enough to stand up. It was only after she could see him that he chose to answer.
“I think what you meant to say was, thank you for doin...
2025-06-06 03:12:48 +0000 UTC View PostSen left the alchemy room pinching the bridge of his nose and shaking his head. He also held the absolute certainty that he would have a terrible headache if he was still mortal. It wasn’t until the three Order members rushed up to him with expressions of worry that he realized he was mu...
2025-06-05 04:21:06 +0000 UTC View PostSen’s opinions about what alchemy actually was had changed over the years. Sometimes, those changes came in response to actual facts, such as those provided by Auntie Caihong. Like most mortals, his childhood understanding of alchemy amounted apply magic on one side and different magic c...
2025-06-04 02:21:14 +0000 UTC View PostIt was late the next day by the time that Sen returned to Inferno’s Vale. Unencumbered by others, he had traversed what even he felt was a truly absurd distance to collect what he needed for the Matriarch. That much would have been enough by itself. He’d also discovered, almost by acci...
2025-06-03 02:54:51 +0000 UTC View PostSen had thought that they might actually take his offer to let them flee when none of them immediately moved to violence. Yet, that fragile peace didn’t last long. One had stepped out of the forest to confront him. The spirit beast resembled a transformed deer he had seen before, althoug...
2025-05-31 01:28:31 +0000 UTC View PostFor all the traveling Sen had done, he was once again struck by just how much of it had happened near roads. At least, that was case in this part of the kingdom. There had always been something driving him on from place to place. He’d either been running from someone or toward some goal....
2025-05-29 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post