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Chapter 184: Rumbling Thunder

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Rumbling Thunder City is the seat of General Nie Dan’s power.

The city is built on top of the mountain it is named after and sprawls all the way down. The oldest and wealthiest parts of the city are high up. One can find large houses, open streets, parks, and all sorts of luxuries there. There are even artificial waterways running around the mountain.

As one goes down, the houses get smaller and the streets dirtier, though that does not mean the people there are poor. ...

This Week's Chapters (August 1, 2022)

Hi, everyone!

We reached over 500 patreons last month. The amount is bound to be lower now since it varies greatly from one month to the next, but we did reach it. In recognition, I'm adding a short little interlude as thanks. 

Interlude: Within the Sacred Bottomless Pearl is available to Core Disciples for now, but it will become available to other tiers as per schedule. 

Chapter 183: Departure

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The Ash Road is bustling with activity. It is not just disciples gathered but servants as well. There are multiple crates and luggage, and even some tame Spirit Beasts along with their minders. They have all gathered here for a single reason.

They are waiting to be taken to the Storm Dragon Empire.

Lord Feng Gui made the announcement a little under a month ago, and disciples from all divisions volunteered for the mission. Everyone is eager to prove their worth to the fut...

Interlude: Within the Sacred Bottomless Pearl

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The jungle is silent save for the crackling of his campfire. The trees do not rustle in the wind. No squirrels or birds are moving about. There is not even a lonely cricket around to serenade him. That sort of unnaturalness is the norm in this place. There is never anything until there is.

The sun is up again. It has been a long time since he saw it last. Perhaps two or three months. There is only so much one’s internal clock can do to keep track of time when even the sun wo...

This Week's Chapters (July 25, 2022)

Hi, all!

After thinking about it a lot, Nine-To-Five will go on a temporary hiatus. More details on that latter this week.

Here are the week's chapters:

Chapter 182: Trivial Matters is now available for Core Disciples.

Chapter 177: Until You Are Ready is now avail...

Chapter 182: Trivial Matters

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Feng Hao’s days have become dull.

“Young Master Feng Hao, Young Master Feng Zhi, again.”

Feng Hao and his brother nod and release a steady stream of Eternal Flame from their palms. Weeks ago, it would have filled him with wonder, but this is not the first time he has done this. Nor is it the second. Or the third. Or even the thirtieth.

Repetition tends to make things mundane.

The old men gathered around them do not share the sentiment. They mutter among...

Chapter 181: Small World

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Liu Jin does not visit Feng Zhi after that day. He makes sure to keep an eye on Huang Shing to prevent him from doing anything reckless, but Feng Zhi's enmity towards him makes him too dangerous to approach. Trying to navigate another encounter with him would be a needless risk, especially when his goal is so close.

For the following days, the most dangerous thing in Liu Jin's schedule is his lessons with Elder Xue. Even when he is not directly receiving her tutelage, he pract...

This Week's Chapters (July 18, 2022)

Hi, everyone!

My mom's surgery went as well as it could have. It was apparently really needed because her tendon was completely torn according to the surgeon. She's going to need more care than we thought. Led to a very awkward talk with my boss. Good thing remote work is more of a thing now. 

Anyway, here are the week's chapters:

As I said during my last post, Chapter 181: Small World will be up later today for Core Disciples.

2022-07-18 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Delay Notification

Good news, my mom's surgery went as planned. She's currently recovering.

Inconvenient news, the Monday chapter of Ave Xia Rem Y will be delayed by about twelve hours. Mostly to be on the safe side. I think it's okay right now, but I haven't really slept much, so I'm not the best judge of anything.

Bad news, there will be no Nine-to-Five update next week. I am considering putting the series on a temporary hiatus. 

This Week's Chapters (July 11, 2022)

Hi, everyone!

I want to thank you all for all your well-wishes. My mom's surgery is tomorrow, and if that surprises you, trust me, we were even more surprised. At least, it gave us more time to prepare for everything. 

It also led to a lot of this:

Mom: Surely I can do this totally non-strenuous thing.

Me: No, that's absolutely the type of strenuous thing that made you need surgery and high-powered pain-killers. 

Rinse and Repeat. The experience has bee...

Chapter 180: One for One

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Elder Xue’s hands are inside a floating orb of magma.

The look on her face is one of intense concentration, and her Qi fills the laboratory with quiet purpose. Though not hostile or violent, it is still the Qi of an Emperor. The other experiments in the laboratory would have surely been ruined already were it not for the multiple barriers surrounding them.

Even Liu Jin finds it a little hard to breathe under the circumstances.

The magma shifts and bubbles as Elde...

Nine-to-Five 036

PTO II

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Amanda never understood why Sophie liked running so much. Running was something you did to get from Point A to Point B. It was the means but never the goal. That was fine, though. She didn’t need to get running to be friends with Sophie. Much like how neither of them ever paid much attention to whatever Kate’s obsession of the month was. That was just the way of things.

Things were different now.

The wind against her face, the feel of the asphalt against...

This Week's Chapters (June 27, 2022)

Okay, no easy way to say this. There won't be a Nine-to-Five update this Friday and, more importantly, there won't be an Ave Xia Rem Y updated next Monday. Not how I wanted to begin July, but that's how we're beginning July. 

My mom is scheduled to have surgery (some nasty muscle injury on her shoulder), and I'm scrambling to clear up my schedule because she'll need someone to take care of her while she's recovering. 

Here are the week's chapters:

2022-06-27 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 179: Reasoning

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Though Feng Zhi’s servant is dressed in dark clothes with barely an inch of her skin exposed, Liu Jin has no problems recognizing her Qi. In the past, her androgynous appearance caused him to think of her as a man, but stepping into the True Realm has taken his sensing abilities to a new level.

“What can you tell me about your master?” He asks.

Feng Zhi’s servant does not immediately reply. She looks at him with wary eyes. Her Qi is tense, her body ready to flee ...

This Week's Chapters (June 20, 2022)

Just wanted to let you all know there are comments I have been meaning to reply for a while. Unfortunately, I'm not just busy, I am also insanely scatterbrained at times. Please, bear with me. 

Here are the week's chapters:

Chapter 178: What Can You Tell Me? is now available for Core Disciples.

2022-06-20 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 178: What Can You Tell Me?

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The banquet celebrating Lord Feng Gui’s new status comes and goes without any fanfare. Or rather, there is a lot of fanfare, but none of it is the unwanted kind. The celebration goes precisely as intended, without chaos, destruction, or death. Lord Feng Gui is not the Patriarch yet, but he will be, and the Eternal Flame Clan has chosen to accept it in silence.

The days that follow the banquet are almost boring in how mundane they are. There are no angry outbursts or silly gr...

Nine-to-Five 035

PTO I

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Fifty-seven, fifty-eight, fifty-nine…

Usually, people would be trying to squeeze in as many summer activities as possible before the school year began, but Jack Frost had put a damper on everyone’s plans.

The airports around the city had to be closed due to the snow, the beaches were a mess, and the highways were not exactly in working order. Buildings and power lines had also been damaged by the extreme cold. Some of the older buildings simply h...

This Week's Chapters (June 13, 2022)

Here are the week's chapters:

Chapter 177: Until You Are Ready is now available for Core Disciples.

Chapter 172: Why Should I Not Kill You? is now available for Inner Disciples.

Chapter 1...