Shao Heng’s life in the Shrouded Mountain Sect had changed drastically since that fateful day when Sister Ri Zu had confronted him. When she had told him that he could once more become a cultivator if he was determined enough to fight.
He had agreed to do whatever she told him to, if it would let him regain his former strength.
Most of it were things that were self-explanatory. Physical exertion. Meditation. Routine checkups and Spiritual Herbs to assist in filling his empty Dan...
2023-10-21 01:27:35 +0000 UTC
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It was three days later when Xiulan finally managed to get some time alone, collapsing onto her new desk contained within the Dueling Peaks.
Of course, committing to this path had been only the start to things. To Xiulan’s amazement, every Sect present had joined in with them... but she knew in her heart that not all of them had done so out of a true desire to enact the changes they would be making.
No, most had seen the writing on the wall and the implicit threat of the Grand R...
2023-10-18 22:20:19 +0000 UTC
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This is where I stop. I had the writing fever. Next updates for this will be at some point in the future. Lets see if I can get this pace back for the mainline story. I'm feeling things flowing well, so I hope so!
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There once were two great beasts that roamed these lands. The God Beasts, they were known as, for their power and might. One was a beautiful Bird, whose feathers were all the colours of the rainbow. She soared through the sky, free as could b...
2023-10-18 03:34:51 +0000 UTC
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I need to stop. This is too distracting.
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“Then at last pull the rope though like this for the Binding The South Wind Knot.” Bailu instructed, as we worked through the specialized knots I would need to know, the wind blowing through our hair.
I made to pull it tight, fixing the sail in place, but Bailu tapped the back of my hand. “Not too tight, Young Master. It will decrease the speed of the ship by nearly three percent. It needs some giv...
2023-10-18 01:42:38 +0000 UTC
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1htGpz4aofo6AKdm3p6Cza6x3rKaL4EoZWakMLIue6Y0/edit?usp=sharing
Part 3 here.
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The Great Master had given him the name Bi De. He knew not what it meant, but he knew the name was his. He knew it was powerful.
But he was not.
Not yet.
Awareness was a fickl...
2023-10-17 22:11:52 +0000 UTC
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Xiulan and her companions were sitting upon the roof of the inn. The moon was high in the sky, and the cicadas were giving their last hurrah. All of them should have been asleep—Xiulan wanted to be asleep—but none of them could rest even had they wanted to.
The town was so full of intent it had set them all on edge. The sects were surely going through the crystals, and with the revelations they were receiving, there was an outpouring of Qi. It was like sitting in a storm of...
2023-10-17 02:59:49 +0000 UTC
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I was inspired. Have some more. still unedited.
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“Ganbei!” Bailu’s Young Master cheered, as he held up his cup.
“Ganbei!” Bailu and her buddy, Seiyu, shouted, as the heavenly scents of dinner invaded their noses. Sei was already drooling at the sight of the Cloud-Eater Tuna. There were so many dishes! Fish soup, seared flank, fish pie… there was even some of it raw on rice, and Seiyu was looking at it like she was about to ascend....
2023-10-16 07:06:43 +0000 UTC
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Alittle bonus before my actual return. An alternate universe of Beware of Chicken, when Shen Yu sends Jin to the All Female Sect Saoring heaven's Isle. Part 1 here.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LIZqUk5mdCFdHMJpwMp_Z9gXJUoAcFGDeNSZewdaUXU/edit?usp=sharing
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Life comes at y...
2023-10-16 01:12:42 +0000 UTC
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There was a bit on a plot hole last chapter with the number of crystals. I blame me being sick for missing that, but I've gone back and fixed this. Thank you for brining it to my attention!
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Xiulan bowed to the Sectmaster of the Azure Horizon Sect. The normally stern, unflappable man had sweaty palms as he reached for his crystal and was shaking slightly. His finger tapped against it once before he took it ful...
2023-10-08 02:14:14 +0000 UTC
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Xiulan’s heart was surprisingly calm as the fifty-seven Sects of the Azure Hills took their seats. Thousands of people looked towards her, all of them cultivators.
The Elders and Sectmasters sat upon the thrones and those thrones lit up with bands of light. These days, most thought the colour indicated the element of their cultivation, and that was true… but it was supposed to display a person’s rank in the court of Xiaoshi. One line for a minor functionary. Two for a hig...
2023-10-05 22:18:46 +0000 UTC
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Bai Huizhong, Lord Director of Spiritual Ascension Affairs, stared out the window of his study, his knuckles white, feeling like he was going to throw up. To say he was stressed would be an understatement. The Auditor beside him looked equally as pale. The man had an unfortunate, weasel-like face, and was wearing the full courtly regalia of an Imperial Auditor: a bright yellow robe and large black hat. Normally, they were filled with nothing but spite for one another, but for the moment, they...
2023-10-03 22:52:08 +0000 UTC
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Ulagan Tarkhan, known to outsiders as Guo Daxian the Younger, felt almost drunk as he marched through Dueling Town with the Patriarch. It was a heady thing, to be part of such a vast host. To be able to feel the power of your kin as the world shook beneath your thunderous stride, marching at the van.
It was good to finally be out and acting after all the talking. The months after the spring had been hectic in the Ravine, to say the least. First came Tarkhan’s ascension to the...
2023-10-01 05:23:28 +0000 UTC
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It was still light out when Xiulan and her companions set up their camp. In the hour or two left of sunlight they could have pushed on and made it to the Dueling Peaks, but instead she had called a stop to their journey for the night.
When the fire was ready, and the leaping deer had been dressed by the Torrent Rider and Loud Boy, Xiulan bid them all to sit, for she had a few words for them all.
They all settled on the ground in a circle.
“Tomorrow, we will arrive at the D...
2023-09-29 01:33:38 +0000 UTC
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In the Grass Sea, there was a current of tension. It was as if the entire Azure Hills had been electrified, and there was only one topic on the lips of all who lived there. In taverns, as men looked deep into their cups. In brothels, as the normally light pillow talk turned serious. In houses, whispered over dinner.
The cultivators were up to something.
It had started a year ago, with the Dueling Peaks Tournament and the sudden information blackout. It had just been murmu...
2023-09-26 03:25:47 +0000 UTC
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“Alright, now here, pull this and off you go!” the kid, Bowu, said.
Mi Lan watched intently as Yao Che’s apprentice gave his instruction to One-Leg Boquin. He was the first of their number to be allowed to ride the ‘Steam Reaper.’ Lan was holding the old dog’s crutches and watching with interest.
Boquin licked his lips and then pulled the lever. The artifact made a ca-chunk noise, the weird looking kettle on top spluttered, and then it started moving forwards of it...
2023-09-23 04:28:19 +0000 UTC
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Liu Bowu licked his lips and tried to calm both his apprehension and his excitement as he waited for the Lord Magistrate to arrive with the farmers from the surrounding area. He stared at the various machines sitting before him, ready for the demonstration, each one tested and designed by his own hand. The late summer sun beat down on his back as he stood within the demonstration ground, perhaps a fifteen minute walk from the gates. It was a fairly small piece of land, and rice had been trans...
2023-09-21 05:27:52 +0000 UTC
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Sometimes the days passed so slowly that they felt glacial. Other times they seem to go so fast they start to bleed into each other. The summer had mostly passed simultaneously too slowly and too quickly for my liking. Too quickly, because there was too much to do. But too slowly, because most of my friends weren’t here.
I took a deep breath, looking down from the top of one of the back hills on my property. I was carrying a bunch of freshly harvested potatoes on my back, and...
2023-09-19 01:57:52 +0000 UTC
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Shao Heng of the Shrouded Mountain Sect faded in and out of consciousness.
He remembered the moment the Wolf had ripped into his leg, tearing it from him in his nightmares. He could feel it attached to him in his moments of awareness. He should be dead, broken into pieces. But he lived.
Shao Heng drifted, comfortable. The beast was dead. He lived.
He did feel a bit empty. Like there was a void in his chest, where there should be fire. But with his recent battle, his Qi was...
2023-09-11 03:48:15 +0000 UTC
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First! BOC volume 2 hardcover! The Shipping is going to be the same as last time unfortunately, but right now you can order book 1 and book 2. https://store.podiumaudio.com/collections/bocboc
Second! You can also now do print on demand softcover of Volume 1 on amazon!
That is all!
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2023-09-08 04:05:36 +0000 UTC
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“...In this case, demonic corruption cannot be countered conventionally. The only recourse is for the patient to excise it themselves, barring the use of Rebirth Lotus Petals. Such a treasure cannot normally be sourced, however…”
Hong Ri Zu put down the scroll, leaned back in her chair, and stretched. Her arms rose above her head, and her spine made a small popping sound, belying the amount of time she had already spent hunched over this desk.
Master Lishu had been ...
2023-09-06 04:55:27 +0000 UTC
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Yun Ren had to admit, it never got less nerve-wracking being called into the Inquisitor’s offices. Going down into the dark rooms and into the underground tunnels always made his hair stand on end.
Lady Mist was escorting him as always, the woman walking slightly in front of him and gliding gracefully across the ground on soundless footsteps. Yun Ren copied her technique, leaving no trace behind him. It was pretty much how he was used to moving anyways when he was hunting—just alter...
2023-09-04 03:57:38 +0000 UTC
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Warning. this is very dark.
This is from "dark Timeline Meiling" where Jin never went to the Azure Hills. In this, the Wicked Blade Destroys Meiling's village, with her escaping with Meihua, Yun Ren and Gou Ren... only to run into Zang Li, where he kills Gou Ren andtakes Meihua.
What follws then is Meiling and Yun ren igniting as cultivators and going to avenge their brother and Meihua.
This particular snip takes place after her own "Shrouded Mountain Arc",...
2023-09-02 22:07:36 +0000 UTC
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After Ri Zu truly entered the Medical Pavillion, Bi De’s days had once more calmed. No more fools had come to bother him or Old Li, and the days passed paradoxically swiftly, and slowly at the same time.
He had a lot more free time than his companions, unburdened as they were by chores. So he spent most days performing “proper cultivation” like an Inner Disciple was supposed to. Secluded in his mansion and meditating. That, however, always seemed to be a waste of time, and he woul...
2023-09-02 04:09:25 +0000 UTC
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Here we have a bunch of art by Tsuu!
Simsuit and suit Jin, Suit Lu Ri, swimsuit Xiulan.... and a meme that got drawn because epople were having too much heretical fun in the Discord.
2023-08-31 17:15:07 +0000 UTC
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On the Shrouded Mountain, most days passed like any other.
The stone had seen more sunrises than could be counted. The mists had shrouded the peak since before recorded history.
The mountain was eternal.
The cultivators who lived upon it sought the same eternity.
The sun rose. The disciples awoke as they had done for thousands of years. The trod footpaths a million feet had trod on before. They passed the work of generations that still looked brand new.
The Outer...
2023-08-31 01:43:22 +0000 UTC
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The man known as the Special Inspector stared blankly at the transcript of the transmission he had received from Pale Moon Lake City. He could no longer hear the rest of the people in the room talking. The cultivators, the guardsmen, nor the people of Underbridge. They all had smiles on their faces, oblivious to the pounding in the Special Inspector’s ears. The room he was in had narrowed squarely onto the piece of paper in front of him.
It was a relatively short message, with a relat...
2023-08-28 03:34:52 +0000 UTC
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Jin and Meiling take a walk before Zhuye is born.
Art by Tsuu!
2023-08-26 02:34:19 +0000 UTC
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Tie Delun breathed a sigh of relief as he entered the manor that was their base of operations.
He was in the Profound Realm; and yet he was just as tired, sweaty, and sore as he had been capable of being as an Initiate.
Five days.
That was how long it took Delun and his comrades to hit every location and free every slave that had been taken.
In the end, the locations had bloomed to nearly four hundred manors, mines, plantations, and foundries. The list seemed to only g...
2023-08-25 04:05:12 +0000 UTC
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This will be the revamp of the Rags interlude chapter, after taking into consideration some fo the critisism of rags not feeling distinct enough. Chapter for the day is also coming within a few minutes, so look forwards to it!
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Several Hours before the Raid…
“With this many places to hit, manpower is the biggest issue…” The Special Inspector said, frowning at the map he had open. They wer...
2023-08-25 04:03:08 +0000 UTC
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Several Hours before the Raid…
“Recruiting more people from the slums?” The Special Inspector asked, frowning. “It would solve many of our manpower issues, and leave the honourable cultivators much more freedom to conduct their raids, but can they be trusted?”
Dong Chou, also known as Rags to his friends, nodded. All of Rags’ companions were with them, gathered around and planning the raid with the Inspector. “They’re rough around the edges, but they honou...
2023-08-22 03:49:38 +0000 UTC
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