Next week's chapter of Ave Xia Rem Y will be delayed until Wednesday for Core Disciples.
I am hoping to get it posted sooner, but I think it's better to prepare you for the worst-case scenario from the get-go. The reason for this delay is that I'm coming down with something. Hopefully, it's nothing serious, but I'm going to have to get tested over the weekend anyway. Just to be sure.
This is the type of post I like the least to write. I imagine it's...
2021-12-11 01:31:00 +0000 UTC
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Oh, it is the most wonderful time of the year!
Chapter 151: Supremacy should now be out for Core Disciples.
Chapter 146: The Dead Plains is now available for Inner Disciples. Also, make sure you haven't missed any of the Interludes unlocked last week.
More importantly, ...
2021-12-06 12:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Qu Rou clicks his tongue.
“They went inside.”
“So it seems,” comes the disinterested reply from Xi Mou. He can barely see anything from this far out. Still, he trusts Qu Rou not to lie about his failings.
Under other circumstances, Xi Mou would be taunting Qu Rou for missing. It is not that Xi Mou dislikes his fellow Core Disciple. Qu Rou just happens to be skilled and insufferable about it, an all too common combination among those blessed by the Heavens. ...
2021-12-06 11:56:01 +0000 UTC
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Career Opportunities VII
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The door was frozen.
Moments ago, Amanda had been vacillating on whether she should try to force her way into the lounge car or not. Now, the decision seemed to have been taken out of her hands. A thick layer of ice had spread over the door, completely blocking the only way into the lounge car from this side of the train.
“That’s not good.”
“What happened?” Ms. Martel asked through the earpiece.
“The door’s frozen,...
2021-12-03 12:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 150: Ruins should now be out for Core Disciples.
Interlude: Divine Frozen Palace III is now available for Inner Disciples.
Chapter 143: Periphery is now ...
2021-11-29 12:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The Dead Plains are home to many ruins. Some are relatively recent, the results of ill-fated attempts to assert control over these lands. Others, however, are ancient, even by the standards of cultivators. They are the remnants of mighty kingdoms forgotten by time. Many are the tales of people who have gone into them and found unimaginable treasures waiting within.
In the Eye of the Plains, there is only one ruin and no more.
“Incredible,” says a disciple as the stru...
2021-11-29 11:55:59 +0000 UTC
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“Finding such a clear spring is nothing less than divine providence. I must go into deep meditation to better appreciate it. Perhaps for the next thirty months.”
“You speak with wisdom beyond your years, junior. Truly, we should all contemplate this mystery.”
The blue-haired disciple and the bald disciple relax under the sun with their eyes closed. They have discarded their outer garments and are floating on a blue, crystalline lake that is large enough for ships...
2021-11-22 11:55:01 +0000 UTC
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Career Opportunities VI
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Amanda had no idea what she was doing.
The statement was a figurative one, of course. Amanda was making her way to the lounge car as sneakily as possible, and she felt she was doing a decent job. This was helped by the low number of passengers on the train. Only about six compartments in the first three train cars had people in them. Had they taken the 5:00 AM or 7:00 AM trains, it would be a different story. There were many people who lived in Po...
2021-11-20 12:01:01 +0000 UTC
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It always sucks having to make these sort of announcements. As you can guess from the title, this week's chapter of Nine-to-Five will be delayed. It won't be up on Friday but rather Saturday.
This week and the last one have kicked my ass, and I really want to sit down and look over this chapter carefully before positing it.
Sorry.
That said, Inner and Outer Disciples will have their Nine-to-Five chapters unlocked on Friday as usual.
2021-11-17 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 148: I Will Never Insult People should now be out for Core Disciples.
Chapter 144: Burning Reality is now available for Inner Disciples.
Chapter 141:...
2021-11-15 12:01:02 +0000 UTC
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They cook the worm over a campfire.
Not all of it, of course. The corpse of the All-Devouring Worm is a mountain of flesh. More than one even. Eating all of it is far beyond their capabilities.
It is also not particularly appetizing. Alas, there are no poor meals for the hungry stomach, and the All-Devouring Worm makes for an exceptionally nutritious one. Its core may have been destroyed, and most of its Qi lost, but its flesh is still that of a creature in the Earth Rea...
2021-11-15 11:56:00 +0000 UTC
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Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 147: In the Darkness should now be out for Core Disciples.
Chapter 143: Periphery is now available for Inner Disciples.
Chapter 140: Odious Crown Imp...
2021-11-08 12:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Flames illuminate the insides of the All-Devouring Worm.
Despite where they are, neither flesh nor body fluids surround them. There is only rock. Sharp rock. Smooth rock. Grainy rock. Of all shapes. All textures. And all colors. This is the ultimate result of the worm’s eating habits. Numerous rocks smashed and pressed into each other until they became a vast system of caves.
Five cultivators stand side by side, pouring fire into the rocks. Though the caves are far-rea...
2021-11-08 11:55:59 +0000 UTC
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Career Opportunities V
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“You’re going too, Ammes?”
“Valerie told me about it,” Amanda told Tim. It was early in the morning, and the two were down in the lobby. She shrugged. “She said if I said yes, they could make it an intern activity. Give us a tour of the Romi Town branch.”
Amanda doubted anything else at Regum, no matter how fancy, could compare to The Blade. A tour wasn’t the reason she said yes. She was doing this for the same reason she had ...
2021-11-05 12:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Patriarch Feng Zhang’s announcement spreads to every corner of the compound and submerges the Eternal Flame Clan in chaos. It takes Liu Jin four days to recover, and by then, the Eternal Flame Clan is a changed place. Information about the Dead Plains has become the most prized of commodities. Translators like Senior Brother Luo suddenly have no end of work. Enmities are put aside, and old favors are called in. Alliances are made, unmade, and remade in the span of a couple of days...
2021-11-01 21:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Returning patreons, welcome back! Thanks for sticking with me for another month! New patreons, welcome and thank you for joining!
To all, I have hope you enjoy the month's updates.
Here are the week's chapters:
Core Disciples, like I said in the last couple of updates, today's chapter will uploaded during the afternoon. In the meantime, make sure you haven't missed any of the Interludes added last week. There are five of them.
2021-11-01 12:00:08 +0000 UTC
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“You killed my brother, you vile bi-”
In the blink of an eye, the bandit’s body is encased in a block of ice. It cracks then shatters into a thousand pieces along with his body. The countless shards are scattered to the four winds in a matter of seconds. Tomorrow, the ice will melt, and it will be as if he was never there.
Bai Wen dusts some shards from her robes.
“Rude,” she says to the empty spot where the bandit once stood. “There is no need for that...
2021-10-31 01:01:01 +0000 UTC
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“It seems I will be going to the Dead Plains.”
The words are so plainly spoken it takes a while for Lei Kong’s brain to fully grasp their meaning. It takes some more time to confirm his Lord is not making a joke and more time still to realize he cannot convince his Lord to flee the Eternal Flame Clan and look elsewhere for ways to accomplish his goals.
Days later, the roar of thunder echoes across a valley.
It is a sure sign Lei Kong is not executing...
2021-10-30 23:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The Palace of the Storm Dragon is wrong.
Most would not think so. Despite the state of the country, the palace still looks like a place fit for royalty. Long marble halls with black banners lined with gold hanging from the walls. Lushly decorated rooms with priceless antiques. Multiple floors and several adjacent buildings for court officials and servants. It is not as well kept as it should be due to a lack of personnel, but that is ultimately of little consequence. This is n...
2021-10-30 01:01:00 +0000 UTC
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“Young Master! Young Master!”
The words are like the screeching of metal. Xiao Fang closes his eyes and takes a deep breath that makes his shoulders heave mightily. His hand slowly curls into a fist, which he presses against his forehead. He cannot give into anger. Not right now. Calm is of the essence.
Empty yourself.
Enter the void.
Words taught to him as a child, yet only now do they seem useful.
“Don’t say it.”
His voice comes out st...
2021-10-27 23:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Here are the week's chapters:
Interlude: Divine Frozen Palace III is now out for Core Disciples.
Chapter 141: Destructive Whim is now available Inner Disciples.
Interlude: Commonalities is no...
2021-10-25 12:01:02 +0000 UTC
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The One Hundred Frozen Peaks are a cold and inhospitable land where vegetation is scarce and dangerous Spirit Beasts dwell. The mountain range is home to some of the tallest mountains on the continent. The Divine Frozen Peak, in particular, reaches so far into the sky it pierces through the sea of clouds. Many are those who try to climb it. Few succeed. Only they can see how the sun paints the clouds gold and makes the ice glitter in the morning. A more perfect view cannot possibly ...
2021-10-25 11:55:01 +0000 UTC
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Career Opportunities IV
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Gerald dashed through the corridor, just barely avoiding the hail of bullets fired from the turrets. They were rubber bullets, but those still hurt if you weren’t wearing the proper equipment, which Gerald wasn’t.
He considered it extra encouragement.
A buzzer rang off as he reached the sixth checkpoint out of seven. Some would have paused to catch their breath. Gerald didn’t even blink, already moving to the next area. Were this a rea...
2021-10-22 11:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Age has not taken much from their father. Unlike Elder Xun, whose hair has long since lost the battle against whiteness, their father’s hair retains its red color. Normally, it would be tied in a topknot, but now it flows freely all the way to his shoulders. His skin only shows the barest presence of age lines amidst unblemished jade.
His golden eyes freeze them in place.
“Are you children?”
The words are spoken softly and without any shred of Qi in them. In ...
2021-10-18 10:56:00 +0000 UTC
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Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 144: Burning Reality is now out for Core Disciples.
Inner Disciples, I have to apologize. I completely forgot to unlock your extra chapter on Friday. Chapter 138: Uncomfortable Conversations and 2021-10-11 12:01:02 +0000 UTC
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His wounded body lies at his feet.
Drops of his blood seep in between the cracks on the ground. Xun Huwen’s attack had been like countless knives piercing every inch of his flesh with reckless, gleeful abandon. The pain had been so intense, so unbearable, that Liu Jin had lost consciousness. It just so happened that when his mind sought the sweet escape of oblivion, his soul remained awake.
Existing.
Even as the fight between Lady Ling and Xun Huwen rage...
2021-10-11 11:55:01 +0000 UTC
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Career Opportunities III
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“You’re treading on thin ice, Director! Do you think I don’t realize what you and Slate are up to?!”
The words were accompanied by the sound of a fist slamming against a desk. Not her desk, of course. That would require Commissioner Donovan to be in the same room as her. They were having a video call, which was just as well. Donovan would be getting spit all over her desk and her face if they were in the same room, and she’d have punche...
2021-10-08 12:01:02 +0000 UTC
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A new month is here. To all new patreons, welcome! To all veteran patreons, welcome back! I hope you enjoy this month's round of updates.
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 143: Periphery is now out for Core Disciples.
Interlude: Commonalities is now available ...
2021-10-04 12:01:02 +0000 UTC
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