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Liu Jin knows more about hearts than most. He grew up learning anatomy from his father and has performed more than one autopsy. He has held the real thing in his hands and even knows what the heart of a dragon looks like. After all, the first Spirit Beast he ever saw harvested was the Earth Realm Dragon that Old Jiang killed.
Thus, Liu Jin can confidently say the Heart of the Storm Dragon does not look like a heart at all.
The Heart, as everyone calls it, looks mor...
2024-05-03 12:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Night falls over the palace. Most servants have already retreated to their quarters, and the only soldiers still awake are those keeping guard around the perimeter. The rooms that were full of activity mere hours ago are now empty and dark.
Liu Jin rather likes it like this.
The young ruler closes his eyes and leans back into his seat. He is in the same room where today’s meeting took place. It is much more relaxing without dozens of people talking over each other and ...
2024-05-02 12:00:09 +0000 UTC
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It is late at night when Liu Jin visits the top of the palace. Firm Shadow is standing there with his back to him. The visitor from the other side stares into the distance, not acknowledging his presence.
“You are a very hard person to find,” Liu Jin says.
“That usually means one does not wish to be found, friend,” Firm Shadow replies.
Liu Jin fights back a smile. Saying Firm Shadow and Alarming Shadow do not wish to be found is putting it mildly. Th...
2024-04-30 12:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 269: Heart I is now available for Core Disciples.
Chapter 264: Surely is now available for Inner Disciples.
Chapter 261: Wind is now available for Outer...
2024-04-29 12:00:12 +0000 UTC
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AN:
This is the first of four mini-updates this week. Next one will be tomorrow. Wednesday will be a break. Thursday and Friday will have the last two.
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Qing Guo knocks on the door, but no one answers.
The palace is full of activity nowadays. Strategy and logistics are discussed daily, and messengers arrive with news every other hour. Even the nobles can be seen dashing through the halls, forgoing their usual decorum. Everyone...
2024-04-29 11:55:01 +0000 UTC
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Almost delayed this week's update. Body couldn't make up its mind on whether I was sick or not. Still hasn't, really.
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 268: Burdens is now available for Core Disciples.
Chapter 263: World is now available for Inner Disciples.
2024-04-22 12:00:11 +0000 UTC
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“I must say. These are quite good.”
Yong Zhunyi eats one of the cakes brought to them by the servants with a thoughtful look on his face. He does not add ‘Your Majesty’ to the end of his sentences because Liu Jin has already asked him not to.
“The palace cooks are surprisingly good,” Liu Jin says. “Considering the state of the country, I expected far less.”
“It should not be too surprising. The powerful tend to keep those most skilled ...
2024-04-22 11:55:01 +0000 UTC
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I'm back, and I'm super tired, which is how I usually am, so everything is actually normal.
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 267: Tell Me is now available for Core Disciples.
Chapter 262: Life is now available for Inner Disciples.
2024-04-15 12:00:10 +0000 UTC
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“Your Majesty, I have considerable doubts.”
“Your doubts are noted,” Liu Jin replies, “as is the fact that you now feel so comfortable disagreeing with me. I am proud of you, but please, move faster.”
“At once, Your Majesty!”
“And don’t raise your voice to try to get us caught. It’s beneath you.”
The way Lei Kong flinches tells Liu Jin his guess hit its mark, but Liu Jin does not think badly of him for it. Though it has been a li...
2024-04-15 11:55:01 +0000 UTC
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Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 266: Conference is now available for Core Disciples.
Chapter 261: Wind is now available for Inner Disciples.
Chapter 258: Wine and Meat is now available for Outer Disci...
2024-04-08 12:00:11 +0000 UTC
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“Your lunch, your highness.”
Liu Jin pinches the bridge of his nose.
“I told you not to call me that.”
His words are delivered in a quiet, almost defeated, voice. However, the servant reacts as if he shouted at the top of his lungs.
“Forgive me, your highness!” the poor woman says as she frantically bows her head, barely remembering to place his food on the nightstand first. “I mean… I didn’t mean…I…I…”
Lu Mei laughs.
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2024-04-08 11:55:00 +0000 UTC
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I'll be leaving on a trip later this week. That should not interfere with next week's update, but if it happens to be late, that'll probably be the reason.
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 265: End and Chapter 265: End II are now available for Core Disciples. This is not a double update. The chapter ...
2024-04-01 12:00:14 +0000 UTC
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A great many things happen in the aftermath of the battle.
General He Bin’s army surrenders. The few soldiers who try to resist are swiftly put down while the rest are taken as prisoners. Only the nobility receives preferential treatment. It can be no other way. They are all important tools to keep control of the territories that were under He Bin’s command.
Hours later, messengers leave the Storm Dragon Palace one after another. They are dispatched to every ci...
2024-04-01 11:55:00 +0000 UTC
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General Nie Dan descends from the heavens.
Of the two divinities he sensed, the Wandering Wind is gone, and the Storm Dragon has returned to being merely a shadow. Nie Dan is not entirely sure what happened while he fought He Bin, but this is the best outcome he could have hoped for. The remaining dangerous factors on the battlefield are all easily dealt with.
Nie Dan takes a step.
The Renegade looks at him with wide eyes. The Heaven Realm cultivators around him ar...
2024-04-01 11:50:01 +0000 UTC
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Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 264: Surely is now available for Core Disciples.
Chapter 259: Above the Heavens is now available for Inner Disciples.
Chapter 256: A Rarity is now available for Outer D...
2024-03-25 12:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Liu Jin flies over countless miles and through a myriad of dimensions. He speaks, and reality trembles. No matter how outlandish his whims, the world hurries to obey. When he holds out his hand, there is nothing beyond his reach. When he makes a fist, there is nothing he cannot break.
Of course, none of that is true.
Liu Jin is not the one for whom reality quakes. It is not his roar that shakes dimensions. It is the Storm Dragon’s power and will that make it all ...
2024-03-25 11:55:01 +0000 UTC
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Countless childhood memories flash through Liu Jin’s eyes. The many times Xiao Nan escorted him and his father so they could gather herbs outside Eastern Port City, how Xiao Nan protected him from the other disciples of the Xiao Sect when he joined, the trip to New Moon Town, all those times Xiao Nan gave him advice without him even needing to ask. There are so many memories it seems they’ll never end. Throughout Liu Jin’s childhood, Xiao Nan was always there for him.
Th...
2024-03-18 11:55:00 +0000 UTC
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One of the options available to me when posting is to include the full text of the post in the e-mail notification. I hadn't noticed this option until last week, so I turned it off because I didn't want to send you guys huge e-mails.
However, some people noticed this and told me they preferred to read the posts in e-mail instead of having to use the patreon app.
I want to get people's opinions on this. Do you want me to include the full text with the e-mail notifications?&nbs...
2024-03-12 20:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Akira Toriyama.
That's a giant's name, you know? No matter where you go, you'll be able to see a glimpse of his shadow. That's how big he was. How great he was. It wasn't oppressive. Not at all. Knowing he reached so many was comfortable. Warm.
I have been getting teary-eyed all weekend.
RIP.
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 262: Life is now available for ...
2024-03-11 12:00:10 +0000 UTC
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The palace cracks in half.
Huge dark clouds blot out the sun, and furious lightning bolts fall like rain. Countless soldiers scream and try to seek shelter, but there is none to be found. The dark winds blow with such strength that they easily pick up fully armored men and toss them hundreds of yards away in the blink of an eye.
“You have officially become interesting.”
Liu Jin floats in the center of the storm. Between the lightning flowing over his skin and t...
2024-03-11 11:55:01 +0000 UTC
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The Storm Dragon’s spatial realm comes down, and chaos spreads over the battlefield. Not a single person is in the same place they were in when the light swallowed them all. Every formation has been broken, and countless lie dead. While high-level cultivators engaged in duels, the regular soldiers slaughtered each other by the hundreds in the endless corridors of the spatial realm.
Even General He Bin’s soldiers, who knew about the spatial realm ahead of time, do not come ...
2024-03-04 12:00:11 +0000 UTC
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I am fairly sure most of you know by now, but it bears repeating. Last week, someone attempted to plagiarize Ave Xia Rem Y by putting the book on Amazon. It has since been taken down. Regardless, if you ever see my story for sale somewhere, and I have not made any announcement about it, please let me know.
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 261: Wind is now available for Core Discip...
2024-03-04 11:55:01 +0000 UTC
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This is an unpleasant post to type.
I received a PM notifying me that some joker has put Ave Xia Rem Y up in Amazon. Sure enough, this here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWLLDY4K? Yeah, that's Ave Xia Rem Y. You can look at the sample. It's all there. Didn't even bother changing the chapter names. Thankfully, it doesn't have the patreon stuff.
Nevertheless, it's unpleasant.
I already filed a r...
2024-02-28 11:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 260: Below the Heavens is now available for Core Disciples. Also, I hope you didn't miss Chapter 259: Above the Heavens.
Chapter 255: The Unlu...
2024-02-26 12:00:07 +0000 UTC
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It is an odd thing to stand over the corpse of his killer.
Life has already fled the Fleshcrafter's body. Nine-Headed Snake God's poison has seen to that. Its potency is such that it will not stop until the Fleshcrafter's body is completely destroyed. Already, the corpse has turned on an odd mix of yellow and purple, the result of the quick degeneration of his organs. In a few minutes, the Fleshcrafter will be nothing more than a puddle on the floor.
By all accounts, the...
2024-02-26 11:56:01 +0000 UTC
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“Please don’t die, Senior Brother. I will feel really stupid if you die,” Shi Qingxia yells as she frantically tries to find a safe place.
It is not an easy thing to do. While nominally a fight between three people, the clash between the Fleshcrafter and the two new arrivals, who must surely be visitors from the other side, is more akin to a battle between armies. The Fleshcrafter has already raised hundreds of creatures to fight the many puppets that rise from the shado...
2024-02-20 02:00:04 +0000 UTC
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As some of you already know, the chapter for Core Disciples will be uploaded later than usual. Maybe Tuesday morning. Probably Monday evening. For reference, chapters usually come out Monday mornings.
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 254: Beyond is now available for Inner Disciples.
2024-02-19 12:00:11 +0000 UTC
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I hate it when this happens.
The next chapter for Core Disciples will be uploaded late Monday or (more likely) early Tuesday instead of the usual time (early Monday). Many things happened this week, culminating in my building being out of power for nearly two days. It was not fun.
Apologies for the inconvenience.
2024-02-17 03:16:06 +0000 UTC
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Hi, everyone!
Second round of answers went up last week, so make sure to check them if you haven't already.
In completely unrelated news, as you might or might not know, I play Master Duel, and the game is currently doing a new and returning player campaign. This here is a code if anyone wants it for a Swordsoul structure deck: 2d7ac0ae
Now, here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 2...
2024-02-12 12:00:09 +0000 UTC
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