Torsten Hewson

Announcement of Day off, Nov 26th

Additionally, I would like to announce I'm taking Friday, November 26th off, as it is my birthday!

So I will be doing birthday things that day, instead of writing. Thank you for understanding!

V2c79: The Tournament Continues

“The Azure Blade goes in, Huo Jian tries to counter— No, the blade strikes true! And there it is, The winner is the Young Master of the Azure Horizon Sect! Raise your voices for his victory!” Bai Huizong, His Imperial Majesty’s Director of Spiritual Ascension Affairs for the Azure Hills, shouted into his Resounding Crystal Dias.

There was some polite clapping and cheers from the spectators. The fight had been quite good, in Huizong’s own humble opinion, but the crowd had gotte...

v2 c78: Aftermath

Xiulan’s eyebrows raised at the tall, solidly built Young Master of the Hermetic Iron Sect. His face was flushed, he nervously glanced back at his junior disciple, who was nodding rapidly. He took a breath then held out a necklace with an intricately carved pendant.

“Rou Tigu! I—I, uh, made this for you.”

The night had started rather innocently enough at a Chao Baozi, aside from Xianghua’s interruption. The restaurant was crowded at this time of night. Rags’ and Loud B...

v2c77.3: The Misty Duel part 3

She awoke to a dull roar. It was like a physical weight. She could feel a dull rumble deep in her chest from the sheer power of it all. An all-consuming buzz of a hundred thousand voices, screaming and hollering. Stamping feet, thunderous applause. The Members of the Hermetic Iron Sect Striking their hammers against anvils. The howls of the Grand Ravine, and the barge-poles of the Misty Lake.

“What a battle! What an extraordinary battle! I swear upon my honour, that this bout will be ...

The Misty Duel (just part 2)

Just part 2, For those who don't want to re read part 1.

There is a small change, and thats that the Xong Brothers are sitting with Baowu. GIf you've read the scrapped part 1 you're good

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The repurposed Pill Furnace closed with a soft clunk, its long smokestack properly affixed. “It’s as ready as it’ll ever be.” Xianghua’s brother said with a sigh, as he wiped off his hands of soot and g...

v2c77: The Misty Duel parts 1 and 2

I redid the entire chapter of The Misty Duel part 1 for the third time as well, so I've combined things into one super chapter.

If you feel like skipping this part, its basically an amalgamation of the scrapped part and the new part. Bowu is with the Xong Brothers in the stands.

That said, this one was a doozy. Maybe it doesn't particularly fit the tone, and maybe the second part of the story is a bit dark, but I believe I'm content with this. Lets see how I did on the fight scene...

Chapter Delay

The chapter cannot come out today. I have some things I need to tweak, and that is leading to the delay. Just a small spot of trouble on events that I didn't foresee, but that happens sometimes when you write. You think you have a plan, you think on it more, and see something that you overlooked.

This is just to keep everybody informed, and express my regret if you were looking forwards to seeing it today. Sorry for posting it so late.

With luck it will be released not too late to...

v2 c77: The Misty Duel Part 1

And back to the tournament. My second attempt at this.

EDIT: Third

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The trick to not becoming bored with these matches, Tigu found out, was to act like the crowds above.

They shouted and ranted, and it was quite fun to copy them. Especially as she could shout the loudest out of any of them. Her Qi enhanced her voice, and sent it booming off the stands. The people watching listened intently to her shouts, and echoed her sentiments.

v2 c76.3: The Delivery part 3

Rou stared up at the night sky, filled in with a thousand cracks of gold, and the glimmering points of stars.  It was warm here, like a late summer evening. The deck he was sitting on felt comfortable and worn, as if it had seen a thousand nights just like this. Area they were in seemed both endless, and tiny at the same time. The grass stopped not far off the deck, fading into darkness, yet Little golden trails continued onwards, far, far away until Rou couldn’t see them anymore.

v2 c76.2: Delivery part 2.

If there was one way I thought my day was going to go, I’ll admit. It certainly wasn’t like this.

I had strode into the pavilion as resolved as I could be. Senior Brother Lu Ri was already waiting for me. His dark hair in a topknot. Dressed to the nines in courtly clothes sitting in the pavilion with moonlight shining on him. It was like something out of a book.  If you looked up “severe court scholar” you’d probably get an image of Lu Ri.

Instead of stern,...

Interlude: Rou and Gramps

“Hey, brat. Where did you learn to shovel like that?.” The voice startled him. Jin Rou paused in his work, and turned, wiping his sweaty face on his sleeve. There was an old vagabond sitting on the stone steps where he was working. He wore a threadbare tunic, and had a ragged straw hat that was hanging down his back.

The boy frowned at the old man, and his relaxed posture. His face was creased, and he seemed lethargic, but his eyes had a small spark of interest. The boy considered h...

v2c76: Delivery part 1

The land whipped by below Lu Ri in a green blur. Each bounding leap took him over enormous, forested hills and tiny villages.

He had pushed himself hard, moving as fast as he was able. The air had long since stopped screaming in protest. It simply wasn’t efficient, the circular breathing of The Clouded Steps useless when there was no Qi to replenish. Instead, with his tight grip on his power unleashed for haste, the very air that entered his lungs wicked away his energy with ...

v2c75: To the Meeting Point

Okay. The old chapter needs a bit more TLC than I thought. So instead, we're going a different route while I fix that one up. The old Chapter will be removed, as we do this route first. Sorry for the change up!

This one takes place right after 74, Interrupted.

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‘‘What is going on? Who were those people? Why are we waiting here?’ Yin asked as she scratched at her ear. She glanced towards the window, where the Great Master was sit...

No Patreon chapter this Monday+ Casual's rambles

As said at the end of the previous chapter, I will not be posting a chapter this Monday, October 25th.

This is so I can do a reassessment. There may be an update to the most recent chapter as well. 

Secondly, for the rest of the week there will be no posts on public platforms (SB RR, QQ). This is both to give myself a break, and hopefully to get some more advanced chapters available.

And I guess I'll just ramble a bit here about my own thoughts. It migh...

[Currently Scrapped]: The Misty Duel part 1

“So, An Ran is opening today?” Yun Ren asked, as they rose into the air. They were standing on a large platform with an entire crowd of people. The chains it was attached to rattled and clanked as they moved, dragging them up the mountain.

“Yeah. She’s a bit nervous, but she thinks she can win it..”

“Oh? She talked to you about it huh? Speaking of things, I didn’t see you after we got back from the restaurant. Do you have anything to say to your big brother?” He ja...

v2c74: Interrupted

“So what were you two up to last night?” I asked as we walked down the street. Big D and Yin had only returned late last night. They hadn’t exactly snuck in, but I waited until the morning to see what had happened. It would have been kind of funny to pull the “Stern dad” routine, but neither of them seemed injured, just out late. I trusted them to guard my farm. They had been in the city before too. They could be out as long as they wanted.

‘We explored!'' Yin enthu...

v2c73: The Hearth

Some nights she dreamed. Dreamed about a girl, pacing back and forth. She would occasionally look to the horizon, and wring her hands, or fold her arms across her chest.

She always wondered what the dreams meant, because eventually, the girl would wander back over to Meiling, and curl up on her lap. Her body was tense, and her eyes would flicker. The world underneath them was restless.

Her fingers would trail through short, unruly hair, and the girl would cal...