Torsten Hewson

v6c9: He's a Fun Guy

After breakfast, we did our usual morning exercise routine. It was a little weird to have some people watching us so intently, and occasionally shooting glances at Gramps, but like always it centered me and set me up for the day.

Today, after the stress of yesterday, would be kind of a free day for everyone. The little minor chores we had to do could be knocked out in perhaps half an hour, with the longest thing being cooking, and cleaning up after the meal.

It was cold and blowy ...

v6c8: Bright and Early

The morning, as always, dawned bright and early.

However, this morning, I had to deal with an issue related to our guests. It had been a surprise—I never expected something like this to happen, but really, I maybe should have seen this coming. So with a stone heart, I looked upon it, focused completely on my current predicament. I steeled my spine, and with as much of a commanding presence I could muster, I addressed the problem.

“Meimei, I have to get up,” I s...

v6c7: The Sword and the Falcon

I'm sorry everybody, but this will be another 1 chapter week, and the LAST 1 chapter week before we go back to 3 chapters next week. I am getting worked over by some final editing stuff. Thank you all for your patience, its been a bit of a rough start to this volume for me.

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Minyan stood upon one of the logs that had been impaled into the riverbed outside Rou Jin’s home. The moon was high, and the lights were being extinguished as everyone retir...

v6c6: The Musings of a Blade of Grass

The morning had started off rather stressfully for Cai Xiulan. While she was quite used to odd things happening at her home, it was something else entirely to have some of the foremost experts in the Empire suddenly drop by for a social call.

Well, aside from Shen Yu, but she hadn’t exactly known who the man was before she had gotten relatively used to him.

But their guests? The Cloudy Sword Sect and the Soaring Heaven’s Isle Sect? Everyone knew those names.Less ...

Beware of Chicken Animation: Break the Rocks

This is finally done, after it being teased forever ago!

I really wanted to do something as thanks to you all for supporting Beware of Chicken, so I commissioned an animation!

Break the Rocks is finally done. Everyone who assisted me in bringing this to life has been absolutley amazing to work with.

Animation by Rayji
https://x.com/RealRayjii

Music by Alex Moukala
2025-02-25 04:10:34 +0000 UTC View Post

v6c5: Through a Falcon's Eyes

“… first thing in the morning he takes a big swig—and gets a mouthful of horse piss!” 

Tianzhe Minyan, who had been restraining herself, couldn’t help the honest laughter that broke free. Ge and Shou made not even a token effort—both started howling. Ge was holding his stomach, while Shou was hitting the table with his fist. Yukong’s shoulders shook with mirth, hand planted onto her face as if to hide her laughter..

Minyan...

Soaring Heaven's Isle: Wuting Xiaobao

The Indomitable Condor strides forth, Armored in The Celestial Feathers wielding the enormus Guandao Heaven-Divider, both peerless treasures of the Sect.

What can the enemies of Soaring Heaven's Isle do but fall?

v6c4: The Forest and the Trees Part 3

Hong Meiling hummed a tune popular in Hong Yaowu as she handled the wok, the vegetables cooking perfectly. The sizzling of meat, the smell of spices, and the sounds of a kitchen working full bore filled the air. She grabbed a skillet of toasted pine seeds and added them to the mass of fresh vegetables, rice, and wheat berries. Spooks needed a lot of food, and despite his statements that he could go out and forage to give them less work, that would not do.

She finished the bow...

Tianzhe Minyan

The Divine Falcon of the East Wind, Tianzhe Minyan.

Art by Tsuu

Happy Valentines Day!

I received a surprise gift from Tsuu.

Truly, she is a heretic.

v6c3: Forest and the Trees Part 2

From there they continued their tour of the grounds, much to Shou’s delight.

The bathhouse teemed with Spiritual Herbs, like walking into a hidden grotto of surprising quality—similar to the one he had ventured into in Pristine Lotus Vale, where he had first acquired these seeds, near four hundred years ago. Steam filled the air, and mortal plants.

“Of course, we’ll have a bath prepared for you tonight. The herbs do make for a nice experience.”

v6c2: The Forest and the Trees Part 1

Ah, how wonderfully unpredictable the world was, Ge mused as he finally managed to get his laughter under control. Shen Yu was clearly not lying—he would not lie about something like this.

A chicken, Shen Yu’s disciple. Utterly absurd, yet here it was. The Heavens were clearly having their amusement this day. Yukong looked intrigued, and Shou was clearly restraining himself from an annoyed outburst at what he thought was another of Shen Yu’s prank...

Soaring Heaven's Isle: Tianzhe Rou

The Young Master himself. Hes very Xianxia here.

Imma be honest, Jin with long hair is just alittle bit cursed, lol.

Art by Tsuu

v6c1: A Cloudy Arrival

The melodious cry of a rooster split the air, echoing over the hills. It greeted the sun and roused all who heard it to wakefulness.

As the resonating note finished, Bi De nodded to himself. He was in fine form today indeed. A sentiment echoed by his little brother, as Zhuye’s shout came not soon after, the babe’s joy a palpable thing as he cheered the coming of the dawn.

Bi De treasured every time he heard that little cry—just as he treasured another v...

v6 Prologue: We All Lift Together

I always did my best thinking while I worked on something else. While my body did one thing, it was easy to let my mind wander… and now there was plenty to think about.

It had been nearly a month since our home had been attacked by demons. Nearly a month since we had been forced to fight for our lives.

It, in some ways, didn’t feel real. Like it was a distant nightmare… which, to my surprise, I hadn’t really had too many. Sure, I got up at night most ...

The Plan for Chapters in February

Hey everybody! Just going over the current plan for February, and the return to your regularly scheduled Beware of Chicken!

I still have some writing and editing to do on volume 5 for official release, so my intention is to start things slow. February will start off with 1-2 posts a week, maybe until the end of the month, and when I complete what I need to do on the most recent volume, it will return to 3x a week.

Thank you all for your patience and support!

Soaring Heaven's Isle: Wuting Xiaobao

The Indomitable Condor of Soaring Heaven's Isle, Wuting Xiaobao is second only to the Elders of the Four Winds in might. A giant of a woman, standing seven and a half feet tall, Xiaobao is a titan literally and figuratively, and a protector of all her little sisters.

SHI: The Typhoon Wing Unleashed

art by Tsuu

SHI AU Chapter 20: Grand Plans

As always, unedited.

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“We’re approaching the wards now, Senchou, continue upon this course.” Seiyu’s calm, quiet voice seared us in the right direction, and into a patch of unassuming-looking sky. Or rather, unassuming looking for me. Ningjing overlaid what she saw over my eyes, and I could see the distortions in the air, characters in a circle that formed an access point, as well as a faint, almost invisible bubble that covered the ...

SHI: Seiyu, the Tsunami Wing

Like Bailu turns into a dragon, Seiyu has her own super mode.

When the Tsunami comes, it washes away everything in her path.

Soaring Heaven's Isle: Wakokukin Seiyu

Wakokukin Seiyu, the Tsunami Wing, is a tribal woman from the islands of Wa, an autonomous region that has sworn fealty to the Empire.

Historically, the tribes of Wa were pirates, and as the daughter of the ruling family, Seiyu is a literal pirate princess—and technically a political hostage to ensure her people's good behaviour. However, her skill and loyalty to the Sect that saved her people have basically made that arrangement moot.

Seiyu is, on first glance, the calmer, mo...

Soaring Heaven's Isle: Lanlong Bailu

Lanlong Bailu, the Typhoon Wing. The scion of a temple that both worshipped, and descended from a draconic ancestor, she was kicked out of her temple for an incident where a drunk Bailu ended up suplexing the head priest through an offering table when he went to try and take her booze away.

Bailu is normally bubbly and cheerful, taking each day as it comes—but when she goes all out and calls on her draconic ancestry, she proves why they earned their other nickname: the Disaster Wing...

Happy New Year!

A bit late, but have some Delun and Tigu content

Patreon Billing Mess Up

Good Morning everyone. Unfortunately, there was a bit of a screw up on Patreon’s end. See, when I checked it yesterday, I read a big notice at the top of the page that said “if nothing changes billing will resume FEB 1.

I went, “Oh, they finally fixed the thing where you have to click the pause billing option on the day, instead of just extending it automatically until you turn it back on!”

I went to sleep content.

Turns out, they did NOT fix this, and when I w...