Practise, no line art, raw colour for the first 4
Soaring Heaven's Isle: Rou, Seiyu, and Bailu.
Xiulan getting splashed by Tigu
Delun getting kissed on the cheek by Tigu
Mei getting kissed on the cheek by Xiulan
Then Meiling doing the Freiren meme.
Still a couple more chapters. Billing will be paused for march, because billing a full month for the last chapter feels wrong.
Break will likely be a month, as I edit and reconsider the direction for the next volume. I apologise for the scuffed end to the volume, it snuck up on me super hard, i was not really thinking about stopping here, and it shows, but then I remembered the sheer size of this volume, and well, its a lot. Maybe it didn't end with the climax I had in mind, but I think...
2024-02-28 04:52:38 +0000 UTC View PostDrums pounded without cease. Fireworks detonated with wild abandon. Dragon costumes bounded and pranced through the streets, and children chased their tails.
“—And so the Sects of the Azure Hills, and this Director of Spiritual Ascension Affairs, bid you all welcome to make merry on this fine day!”
Xiulan listened to the cheer that went up as the Lord Director’s voice finished booming through the recently repaired formation. His voice was jovial, and punctuated by even mor...
2024-02-26 05:09:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe days continued, sunrise and sunset winding into each other. The cold wind began to blow even in the south, as the trees began to change colours. The harvests of the mortals were reaped in full, the ground in the morning started to be coated with frost, and the fall rains poured from the heavens upon the Grass Sea.
Great herds of bison and deer continued their unending march, heading south, where the winter would be milder. Many would come to shelter in the Grand Ravine, where there ...
2024-02-23 06:28:59 +0000 UTC View Post“By the power the sects have invested in this position, Cai Xiulan calls this meeting to order,” Cai Xi Kong’s daughter declared formally. Her eyes roved over the assembled elders as she spoke. This was the first meeting called with all of them in attendance since that fateful month, where his daughter had revealed her ambitions.
How much things had changed in that short time already. The little seed his daughter had planted was already growing and gathering strength. He had chart...
2024-02-20 05:26:38 +0000 UTC View PostA strange beast that combines Magic and Yu Gi Oh, brought on by a comment about a cultivator TCG. Its dumb.
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"Go, Master of Twilight! Blood Reaper!" Lu Ban shouted, and his Cultivation Spirit Roared with him; the massive blade of blood descended upon The Azure Champion. The woman screamed as her Spirit Core wavered and collapsed. The damage continued onwards, and Jin grit his teeth as it speared into his Soul points—his legs shook as th...
“Keep moving, you bastards! Lengthen your stride! One must find the perfect balance between haste and endurance!” Yin shouted as she blitzed across the Grass Sea along with her squadron. The sun beat down strongly on them, the wind howling as they moved across the sea. The grasslands were bad for stealth but good for speed.
“Yes, Commander!” her people bellowed back at her. There were thirty of them, from all the corners of the Azure Hills, drawn by one thing and one thing only;...
2024-02-09 05:15:50 +0000 UTC View Post“Commander, the last set of reports,” a dry voice intoned.
Dong Chou, known as Rags to his friends—and well, to most people nowadays—glanced up at his subordinate, dismayed to see the number of scrolls in his arms.
“You’re a bastard, Huyi,” Rags groaned.
Hi Huyi, one of Xiulan’s students, simply shrugged apologetically, his dead-fish eyes filled with both commiseration and amusement. The other two people in the office, Khaliyun from the Grand Ravine ...
2024-02-07 04:37:50 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody! I have an appointment at the hospital for a procedure on friday/saturday, so I'm going to be starting my break that will last from the 12-16 a little bit early, on friday the 9th.
Just giving everybody a heads up. This is very routine and carries about as little risk as you can have. I should be fully recovered very soon after!
In the dim glow of a light stone Tie Delun took deep, even breaths as he worked alone. He was standing in the middle of a granite tube, one twice as tall as he was. His hammer gently tapped out an even beat on the back of his chisel. Each tap was uniform in power, and each movement of the chisel was perfectly aligned with the formation that had painstakingly been drawn on the inside of this tube of solid granite; it was cladding for one of the devices of the Ancients, and it aided in regulati...
2024-02-04 06:35:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Chonky Boi
A Hard Day's Work
Jin walking to a town
Xiulan with the fruits of her labours
Rearing the striker back, he swung forwards a second time. The Gong sounded; its call, a command that would have the White Tigers gather. It made his ears ring, being so close to the loud noise. It was scary, like thunder! But Big Sis had asked him to ring it! So he did! He was a good boy!
He dropped the striker (it was not for chewing, no sir!) and turned, racing off to the meeting ground. He was speed incarnate! He was faster than fast! He shot along the corners, his mind fixated on t...
2024-02-01 05:47:20 +0000 UTC View PostAll of us had a bit of a pep in our step as we made breakfast that morning. The letters had brightened all of our moods.
Both my and Meimei’s hips swung from side to side as we hummed a traditional farmer’s song that she had taught me; We chopped and kneaded and made sure the skillets were at the correct temperature. Meimei rammed her butt into mine, trying to shove me aside, and I responded in kind, bumping back.
She stuck her tongue out at me, so I grabbed her in a headlock ...
2024-01-30 04:21:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I have recently recieved these!
Jin, Mei, and Tigu in the Yotsuba! pose.
Jin with his harvest.
Jin, Xian, and Quiet Liu
THE BOYS THE BOYS THE BOYS
Meiling
Biyu
Tigu
Xiulan
Yun Ren
Sorry about the wait on this one.
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There was something to be said for getting a letter. Unlike the Before, with cell phones and email, where you could know what anybody was doing in a heartbeat, getting a letter was an event.
Especially when you had been looking forward to hearing from that somebody for months. I couldn’t send a letter every week with the state of the system, or with them being constantly on the move. And even t...
2024-01-27 04:42:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Tigu and Zhuye. Tigu has that Tomboy Wife energy.
Chun Ke, Hong Xian the Younger, and Quiet Liu, the girl who makes everybody flower crowns.
Gou Ren and Xianghua
THE GLORIOUS LORD MAGISTRATE
Gou Ren took a good look at the guards as he bounced Zhuye on one knee. The guard captain held himself at attention, yet he also had an easy, personable smile; his armour was of incredible quality and well-maintained—Gou Ren could see every slight blemish in the steel from the long travel this man had undertaken, but to a normal person’s eyes it would be unnoticeable. The rest of the guards were the same. They were all disciplined, professional men, even as they drank their tea.
Gou...
2024-01-24 05:53:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe wind blew through Meiling’s hair and steam blew off the top of her tea. It was warm—one of summer's last hurrahs. Outside the small pavilion and in the sun, it was even hot enough that quite a few of the people out in the fields had stripped off their outer layers. The rain from the past week had been chased away, leaving conditions perfect for the harvest… or an event.
And an event Hong Yaowu would have. The Great Reaping Race.
It was a small thing, mostly amongst famil...
2024-01-22 04:32:19 +0000 UTC View PostIt was raining. The sky was drab and grey, and I had a frown firmly planted on my face as I stood across from a great, bloated beast.
It was a truly massive thing, after so long of glutting itself on my farm’s bounty. Its corpulent body rose into the sky, and its smell struck my nose with the sickly sweet tang of decomposition.
I took a breath, and with a heave I thrust my mighty weapon into my foe. The blade bit deep, penetrating into my adversary’s very core; a sublime blow ...
2024-01-19 04:09:44 +0000 UTC View PostThere is a minor change to the end of the last chapter. It now ends on
Shen Yu returned not long after, his face like stone.
Instead of him demanding they make a decision to follow him.
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Shen Yu frowned at the mountain before him, still belching smoke. Demons and demonic cultivators always soured his disposition, mostly because they always found a way to be inconvenient.
He had been almost looking forward to meeting...
2024-01-16 04:16:55 +0000 UTC View PostIts that time again everybody! Vote on what art you want to see the most in the coming book.
Two are set in stone: Gramp's return, where Shen Yu hugs Jin, and Red Leaf, an image of Jin and Meiling holding their child.
If theres anything missing here that people really want to see, write it in the comments!
As always, completely uneditied.
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After the pulse-pounding adventure in the storm yesterday, the more relaxed atmosphere today was welcome. Instead of rushing forwards like a rollercoaster through lashing rain and cold wind, we sailed forwards steadily on a warm breeze; The land below was covered in a gentle blanket of mist. Ningjing was scenting the air like an eager puppy, and my hand on her wheel was relaxed. I was letting her drift just a bit...
2023-12-28 00:56:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everybody!
Art is by Tsuu!
2023-12-24 19:45:14 +0000 UTC View PostZhou Yingwen was in darkness.
He had been in darkness since Fenxian had caused the avalanche that hid them. He didn’t know how much time had passed as he faded in and out of consciousness. The stumps that were his legs had long since been tended to at least.
They had survived, for now, but… Yingwen knew in his soul that this was the end. That this cave, covered by snow, was to be his tomb.
It was an almost comforting thought. It was peaceful here. There was no more terro...
2023-12-19 05:50:33 +0000 UTC View PostNezan watched on idly as once more food and drink was brought out. He had a small smile plastered on his face as he watched Yun Ren entertain the rest of their kin with colours and swirling lights.
It was a scene of levity, compared to the oppressive atmosphere that Nezan had created.
He sighed. He had nearly succumbed to Da Ji’s hate; the blood fury inherent in all foxes when their ire was roused. The savage, destructive malice that demanded to see everything burn. The...
2023-12-17 03:33:42 +0000 UTC View PostTo say Su Nezan was ecstatic was an understatement. Every moment since Yun Ren and his companions had come back with their tale had been spent in a state of bliss that he had been certain he would never be able to feel again. He thought his happiness had died with his dear and beloved Wen. His Qi was churning and jumping about like a child, giddy and bounding so much he felt almost unbalanced.
Yet Yun Ren had ignited that spark again. They had exposed every crime of the Shrouded Mountai...
2023-12-14 05:32:57 +0000 UTC View PostShao Heng awoke to an unfamiliar ceiling; yet such a thing was something he was long used to. He had slept anywhere from under the stars to in mortal barns, and the place where he awoke had long since ceased to be a consideration. As long as his instincts told him it was safe, he could rest his head anywhere.
And indeed, his well honed abilities told him one thing only: that he was as safe as he could be considering the circumstances.
To think he would be safe in the middle of...
2023-12-11 06:25:27 +0000 UTC View PostBi De observed the new moon high above his head. He was sitting on the railing of a second floor balcony. The air was crisp and clear so high up in the mountains. There was something to be said for its refreshing bite.
The sound of music and Nezan’s laughter echoed out from behind him, sounding female this time. The fox had been shifting around and dancing on the tables ever since Yun Ren had come down and received the full story.
Indeed; all of the foxes had lost themselves to ...
2023-12-08 04:39:07 +0000 UTC View PostChe Han stared blankly ahead into the vast blue horizon as they fled from the Shrouded Mountain atop a giant flying sword that looked to be made out of a cloud. The flying sword technique was typically for a single individual, but the sword they flew on was as large as Shen Yu’s presence.
It effortlessly cut through the air, the man obviously not feeling the weight of them at all. Neither did the wind touch them, their trip still and silent.
Well, they were less fle...
2023-12-06 05:55:43 +0000 UTC View PostZang Sheng woke instantly when he felt the power descend from the Elder’s box. It would have been impossible not to; the power the man emanated felt like all of Sheng’s ancestors had had their funerary tablets broken.
Still, he kept his eyes shut and took stock of his wounds. He was not too badly damaged—the massive rent in the front of his body hadn’t hit anything important. His cultivation and refined body had managed to resist the worst of the damage the rooster had inflicted...
2023-12-04 03:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post