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Journey to the East 29

The view over Phoenixhome and the settlement at its base was beautiful from up here, Gu Xiulan thought. She had always known her home was a jewel of the wastes, a thronging hub of life in burning sands and ash. It had always been a distant thing before though. A fact she could reel off, like her Father’s titles or the histories of the Lu and the Golden Fields.

It was different, looking down on all of these lights, the motion of people in the streets, too far away to be made out...

Tales of Sun and Steel 2

His second youngest was a strange girl. She had always been a strange girl. A quiet infant, a thoughtful and studious child, who rarely acted out or defied her tutors. She took as well to her mother’s lessons as any of her sisters.

But she wasn’t truly satisfied with them. Xiaoli had been the one to spot her fascination with the forges, and had been pleased to see her satisfied with the more refined kind of metalcraft.

He had been the one to observe that she was ...

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The crow’s wings fluttered once, a loose feather drifting down and clinging to Liming's fabric even as she accelerated away, crossing the compound to cleave the twitching head from a locust-like nightmare gnawing and ripping at a crack in the barrier of warding energies. She swung Cifeng out in a wide arc, trailing radiance, the light coalescing into glowing spheres of power that ripped outward, raining down on the nightmares outside the walls to the soft chiming of bells, heard even over t...

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Q&A Time shift

Just letting folks know this weeks Q&A will be at 4pm est instead of 2pm est since I have some family coming over.

Threads Patron preview Interlude: Unity(Red+)

Their first duty was the coordination of the evacuation orders to keep panic down and movements organized even as the sky began to warp and the hairline fractures in it grew and grew, lingering longer before they were sealed. Steam and fire drifted from the fissures. 

At the head of the clans’ forces, Cai Renxiang led her people to the prepared shelters, dug in and warded under the earth. Various scouts from the clan forces raced across the valley, seeking out scattered li...

Hiatus Ending soon

Things will be restarting come Monday, a week of normal updates and then the week after the Journey and Serpent's Eye stories.

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Commission: Tales of Sun and Steel 1

Molten gold glimmered, glinting under the light of the lantern in the craftswoman’s workshop. The gleaming metal rippled, churning, small impurities slowly emerging, clattering and spattering down onto the iron tray affixed to the top of the workbench. Bits of stone and other metals mostly, but there was something more down in the center, it felt hollow and cold, a sucking emptiness…

“Ah, the young mistress has a volatile one. Excellent work, but allow me to complete this step.”...

Threads Patron preview Interlude: Invocation(Red+)

She was Cai Renxiang, heiress of the Emerald Seas, and it took everything in her power to not put her face into her hands and scream. This undignified urge had been coming to her with greater regularity over the last year, but rarely had it risen to the intensity that it had now.

"I apologize, Sir Jia. The Cai are resolving this matter with the aid of the Ministry of Integrity. I cannot share any further information at this time for security reasons," Cai Renxiang repeated. Again.

Q&A and Hiatus Announcement

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Secondly due to increased understanding of the selection process for jurys in my locality I am pretty much guranteed to be in for least three days so there will be a hiatus from Aprill 22nd-April 26th

Threads Patron preview Chapter 383(Red+)

AN: Apologies everyone here is the correct chapter

Ling Qi tucked her arms to her sides and darted with all her might into the cloud of burning air around the general as a barrier woven of hatred and stubborn pride shattered, unleashing an ocean of boiling marshwater into the sky to be instantly boiled into rancid boiling steam.

The general’s flames threatened to sear her without ever once intending her harm. Because the general believed in bringing peopl...

Announcement/Second Notice

Firstly there will be no update on Aprill 22nd, due to my having gotten called in for jury duty. For my non-american patrons this means I'll be sitting in a courthouse being interviewed by lawyers to see if they want me on the panel that judges a case for most of the day. If I'm selected it may have to be a slightly longer hiatus.

There will still be an update later today!

And of course we are halfway through the month so warning one dollar red soul patrons again tha...

Commission: Bearing Destiny 6

“Sir and Lady Ran, this Rixiong is honored to greet you!” Bent parallel to the ground his back and shoulders were straight, his fists clasped together in respect.

Ran Fen’s Father did not look at him with the blank faced confusion that the younger nobles did, he was too poised for that, but his forehead was a little crinkled. Then again the older mn was a little off from his own expectations too. Ran Fan’s father had shoulders like an oxen and was a head taller than even Rixiong...

Serpent's Eye's 2

“I remain highly displeased that our Bai clan was allowed to be targeted by malcontents,” Her aunt’s voice was a cold blade, cutting through the air, even with the distortion and echo of the speaking scale. The palm sized white talisman rattled slightly in her hand the faint pressure of Bai Suzhen’s power leaking through the connection.

“But the Duchess and her daughter both understand the gravity. Though it is troublesome that you allowed even our light demands to be negotiat...

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Merch Art complete!

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Journey to the East 28

“Goooooing up!”

A tattered skeletal warrior, clad in rusted plate dented and cracked inward screamed into the air flipping end over end with the force of the throw. Below, Gu Xiulan’s arm whipped upward, leading its arc as a bead of molten qi bloomed at the tip of her outstretched fingers. Wind whipped away from it as it compressed down to a tiny, blinding dot, screaming past her ears.

And then the Lance of solar radiance erupted with a booming crack of sundered air, lancing...

Journey to the East Chapter Coming Tomorrow

What it says on the tin! The next leg of Gu Xiulan's adventure will be released tomorrow, with the Bai Meizhen sidestory coming on Thursday.

Bearing Destiny 5

“Have you tried the Seven Springs Oil I recommended last week?”

“Only  small amounts. The scent is too strong, though the shine is pleasingly bright.”

“Really, you’re meant to dilute it with three parts water you know. Did you not read the instructions?”

“I did. The recommendation was not meant to avoid the caustic properties when applied to flesh?”

“Well, obviously that, but it also dilutes the scent. Honestly I wonder if that helmet is hollow...

Membership Role Changes

Hey everyone, been updating things lately and working on more content, but the time has finally come to bump the Red Soul tier up a notch, with fees and all the inflation since we began $1 just isn't too viable, so the tier will be getting bumped up to 2 dollars usd. The old one dollar tier will be removed at the end of the month, so please switch if you'd like to maintain access and keep supporting me!

I have set things to the subscription model so you won't be charged until the next ...

Threads Patron preview Chapter 382 (Red+)

Ling Qi felt her feet sink into deep, cold mud, and the scent of rot filled her nose.

Those sensations barely lasted a second.

Screams. Crackling flames and hissing steam. Heat seared her, an impossible cooking heat pressing down in every direction.

She let out a hacking, gagging cough as white smoke engulfed her

The Heron General stepped past her, hand loosely gripping the hilt of her sword. Ling Qi could barely perceive her silhouette in the smoke. Only… it was not...

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Threads Patron Preview Chapter 381 (Red+)

AN: There was a small editing error, go back to the previous chapter to catch the final few paragraphs that got cut off!

Meng Dan hummed. "Your offer is appreciated. I may seek you out when my own task comes. Another formation expert will be useful."

"The call shall be awaited," Xuan She acknowledged, passing them by. His staff manifested in his now bare hands, the rings jangling. "I hope I can share the good tidings I have on a later day, Miss Ling."

She in...

Bearing Destiny 4

Rixiong grimaced as his foot caught on a twig, sending a crackling snap echoing through the forest. The sun was setting, the undergrowth in long, ruddy shadows. He froze where he stood, eyes darting to and fro, ears straining for any sign that the noise had alerted. The weight on his back shifted. Ran Fen let out a small groan, slumped against his back.

“Aren’t you supposed to be good at this,” she said, words slow and slurring. The venom of the dreamspinners clearly not yet purge...

Threads Patron Preview Chapter 380 (Red+)

The direct messaging formation was useful. It projected her words directly to the target along with the signature of her qi. Jaromila had gotten her message, and the woman's response had been swift. The White Sky would delay and put off all meetings for the day, ending them entirely if need be, and they would set their own security even higher.

So that was that.

Outside the ministry’s offices, Ling Qi walked with Meng Dan. He looked very unwell, and she could not blame him.

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Threads Patron Preview Interlude: Chicken (Red+)

AN: So this particular commission is being inserted as a main story chapter, cleaned up and edited as they are.

"You know… You know, I've been thinking I should warn you off that girl, but she's doing pretty good work here."

Xuan Shi sat cross-legged in the inner garden of the building set aside for the Xuan clan upon a flat stone in the center of a pond that was the centerpiece of the garden. His hat, coat, and staff were set aside by the door leading in...

Art Poll Closed

Style A was the winner. Will look forward to showing everyone the finished art and what is done with it!

Threads patron preview Chapter 379 (Red+)

Ling Qi was surprised by the sheer, quiet panic in his voice. She had thought she understood the implications,as someone who studied the past and the many times clans had fallen in the Emerald Seas, the Chu only being the most recent.

Jin Tae fell silent, and it was Cao Chun who spoke. "We have, thanks to Baroness Ling, a Name, and more than one after my own investigations. Would you know the Name of a hidden elder of your clan, if it were presented to you?"

Meng Dan looked pained...