Brandon Varnell

STnS: Chapter 98

The man who was once hailed as the most powerful person in the kingdom no longer possessed the bearing or demeanor of a ruler. The dignity, majesty, and strength he used to exude, which made him respected and beloved by his people, was gone.

Hou Jingshu sat beside the bed and held her father’s hand. His hands used to be large and strong, sturdy and reliable, but now they were weak and frail--so skinny she could see the bones. It hurt to see him like this. The ache in her chest was onl...

STnS: Chapter 97

It took one whole week for Wu Jian to stabilize his cultivation. An entire weak of doing nothing but standing on his hands while balancing a boulder on his feet. During that weak, Wu Jian had become intimately familiar with his power and even learned how to control it to some extent.

Huǒ Shuchang had loudly complained that doing a handstand wasn’t how cultivators were supposed to meditate, but Wu Jian didn’t see the problem. He always felt calmer and more in control of himself when...

STnS: Chapter 96

Huǒ Shuchang stood far enough away that he wouldn’t bother Jian Wu while he broke through. He watched the younger man with excitement. While he had seen people break through for the first time before, something about this specific moment had his heart pounding.

Jian Wu is stupidly strong. I bet he’ll break through to at least the fifth subrealm! Maybe he’ll even break through to the sixth one!

He only knew one person who had broken through to the sixth subrealm bef...

STnS: Chapter 95

Despite protesting numerous times, Huǒ Shuchang still ended up sparring with Wu Jian every single day. Every single day, Wu Jian found himself on the brink of burnout. Sparring with Huǒ Shuchang was unlike sparring with Wu Meiying, Zhou Lihua, or Hou Jingshu. This man used a cultivation method that seemed to embody power. His flames could burn down everything in their path. It took everything Wu Jian had just to stay alive.

But that was exactly what Wu Jian wanted.

It was only w...

STNT: Chapter 94

Huǒ Shuchang was a man of many eccentricities. He was currently on a pilgrimage to acquire strength, though he wouldn’t say why. He was also looking for something, but he wouldn’t tell Wu Jian what. All he said was that both of his reasons for leaving his homeland were important and that he couldn’t fail in either task.

As a man in his early or mid-twenties, Huǒ Shuchang was taller than Wu Jian by about two heads. He had long hair that descended from his back. His hair was a str...

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Severing Time: Chapter 93

Many thoughts ran through Wu Jian’s head, but the one at the forefront of his mind was the knowledge that he could not fight against this person. He would surely die if he even attempted to.

“So what if I am?” asked Wu Jian. His mind raced a mile a minute as he tried to think of a way out of this mess.

“You’ve got a pretty big pair on you. Do you know who I am? I’m the master of the Raging Boars, and the Raging Boars is the most powerful sect in Chenhou. We’re connec...

Severing Time: Chapter 92

Mao Yuhan reclined on his throne, one hand on the head of a beautiful young woman who sat on her haunches near his crotch. He gripped her hair tightly and forced her to move back and forth.

“Come on. Are you even trying now? Stop dicking around and suck harder,” he commended. The woman released a muffled cry but did as she was told. “Hmph. That’s a bit better. Guess I’ll keep you for a little while longer.”

While one beautiful young woman pleased him, another sat on th...

Severing Time: Chapter 91

Wu Jian ate breakfast on a terrace overlooking the Xing Family gardens. The lush array of flowers and flowing rivers spread across several lǐ of land. A single bonzai tree sat on an island surrounded by a mote of tranquil water in the garden’s center.

He was not alone. Xing Zhenya sat on the opposite side of the table and spoke while she ate.

“I’m planning to take a group out to explore the Magical Beast Forest today. Are you interested in coming with me?”

“I woul...

Severing Time: Chapter 90

A startling silence fell over the restaurant. The only person who was not hunched over as though trying to hider was Xing Zhenya, but even she had become abnormally stiff.

“What’s the deal? Why’s it so quiet now? Weren’t y’all having a good time before we showed up? Could it be you don’t like us?” asked the man in the lead.

He wasn’t very old, about twenty or so, but his appearance was far different from anything Wu Jian had ever seen.

His hair was dyed brigh...

Severing Time: Chapter 89

The early morning sun streamed woke up Xing Zhenya. She groaned slightly as she stretched while lying on her bed, luxuriating in the feel of having an actual bed. While traveling was nice, one of the few things she disliked about it was not having a proper bed to sleep on.

Minutes passed by before she sat up and prepared for her day, donning her clothes, combing her hair, and washing her face. She soon left her bedroom and wandered down the hall. It didn’t take long to reach the door ...

Severing Time: Chapter 88

Wu Jian looked around at the dark expanse of space. Where was he? How did he get here? The last thing he remembered was… nothing. He couldn’t remember what he was doing before now.

“Wu… Jian…”

A low groan echoed behind him. It was the sound of someone in agony. Wu Jian felt a jolt of fear race through his spine. He didn’t want to turn around, but something compelled him to.

“F-Father…”

His father stood before him, his face gaunt, skin palid like it ...

Severing Time: Chapter 87

“You… can really pack food away. You must have been hungry, huh?” said the shocked young woman who had rescued Wu Jian as he scarfed down his tenth bowl of food.

They were sitting around a campfire. The warmth from the fire and food helped settle Wu Jian’s aching stomach and body. How many days had he gone without eating or properly resting? He couldn’t remember.

“Thank you for treating me with such hospitality,” Wu Jian said after her surreptitiously placed his half...

Severing Time: Chapter 86

Wu Jian didn’t know how long Yōuměi had been running for, but the nightsky broke as the sun began rising, then set again, only to once more turn to day.

They passed by rivers, plains, and fields. Several cities came into sight, but Yōuměi traveled away from them. They nearly ran into several cultivators, but the magical beast was good at sensing them and always avoided them by leaping into trees or hiding under the ground.

Wu Jian’s body remained paralysed. Wu Meiying had ...

Severing Time: Chapter 85

With blood dripping down her gritted teeth, Wu Taohua unsheathed a butterfly knife and swung it forward. The figure leapt back.

“S-Sister!” Mother screamed in shock and horror.

“What are you three still doing here?! Go! Run! I’ll hold them off!”

“I can’t! I can’t leave you too!” Mother shouted.

“Mei! Get them out of here!” Wu Taohua ordered.

Wu Meiying didn’t even speak as she grabbed Mother and Wu Jian by the arms, hauled them to their fe...

Severing Time: Chapter 84

Wu Jian and Wu Meiying returned home just in time for dinner. They sat in their usual place inside of the dining hall. Wu Jian glanced at his companion as he used his chopsticks to pick apart his steamed fish.

“Mei, what’s wrong? You’ve barely touched your food.”

Wu Meiying was a gifted Human Realm Cultivator. It wouldn’t be long before she reached the Anima Realm.

Because cultivators used chi, they consumed a lot of energy, and one of the more efficient ways to re...

Severing Time: Chapter 83

“You’re being pretty clingy today.”

“Am I? It has been a whole month since I saw you. I’m running low of Jianinium, so I need to stick close to you to recharge. Are you complaining?”

“No. Of course not. Just making an observation.”

“Should I call you Captain Obvious then?”

“I’d rather you didn’t.”

The carriage trundled along the dirt road. It was a little bumpy, but Wu Jian didn’t mind as he, Wu Meiying, and Yōuměi sat inside. He a...

Severing Time: Chapter 82

The morning light shining through the window brushed against Wu Jian’s eyes. He groaned and tried to roll over but couldn’t. Something was pinning him to the bed. It was warm, soft, and very squeezable. Whatever it was, he decided to deal with it later, and so he wrapped his arms around the object tried to go back to sleep.

Or, at least, he would have if something warm and wet didn’t slap his face.

“Ugh… Yōuměi, stop that…”

Despite his orders to stop, the lic...

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Severing Time & Space News!

Patrons,

It is I, the overlord, your grandfather, the hermit living in his den... er... nevermind. I'm just the writer who made this page.

Anyway, allow me to get right into the news I wanted to share with you.

Severing Time & Space Act 1 is officially finished. I call this the childhood arc because, well, Wu Jian is just a kid. It starts when he's 8 and ends when he's about 14.

This act was mostly an introduction into the story. I give you the protagonist...

Severing Time: Chapter 81

Days turned into weeks, weeks into months, and before Wu Jian knew it, a whole half a year had passed since Hou Jingshu left.

Just like they had promised, Wu Jian and Hou Jingshu wrote to each other a lot. It took three days for a letter to be delivered, so correspondances happened within a six day interval. He now had a drawer filled with letters.

He could have thrown them away, and some of his fellow clansmen had even suggested it, but he refused. These were letters from someone...

Severing Time: Chapter 80

Wu Jian and Wu Meiying stood in front of the Wu Clan compound’s gate, facing Hou Jingshu, who looked emotionally torn as she stood before a carriage with the emblem of the Shang Kingdom. The carriage was a work of art, but Wu Jian hardly spared it a glance. He was focused only on the girl before him.

Hou Jingshu’s eyes were red and puffy. It looked like she had been crying, or was about to cry, but he didn’t dare say anything because doing so might make him cry.

“I guess�...

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Patrons,

This month has been busy. I'm getting a bunch of stuff ready, trying to get all my ducks in a row, cross my T's and dot my i's. I'm almost done, and I'll have a surprise for you when I am.

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Severing Time: Chapter 79

Since he was still too far to be of help, he scooped up a rock on the way and lobbed it at Ming Chen as hard as he could. The man must have been too focused to notice. The rock struck him on the side of the head.

He screamed and turned enraged eyes on Wu Jian, but that was good. It meant Hou Jingshu was no longer in immediate danger.

He and Wu Meiying soon reached Ming Cheng and began their fierce confrontation. The man swung his sword down from above, but Wu Jian dodged to the si...

Severing Time: Chapter 78

All those who could fight had gathered at the front gate. Even Father was present. He would not be fighting against the two Anima Realm cultivators, but he said that he could not sit back when his clan was in danger. Wu Jian understood how he felt. Perhaps the others did too, which was why they were letting him participate even though he was unable to use his chi.

Wu Jian’s heart was thudding so loudly against his ribcage that he was sure the others could hear it. This would be his fi...

Severing Time: Chapter 77

Wu Jian woke up some time later. As he opened the shudders to his bedroom, he gazed upon the evening sun and realized he had probably missed dinner… though whether that even mattered in their situation was another issue entirely. Did they even have enough food left to feed everyone?

Our supplies are running low. That includes food. How many more days can we survive like this? Well, I suppose it won’t matter soon.

He decided to forego any exercise, but he didn’t negl...

Severing Time: Chapter 76

Four days had passed since the Wu Clan’s enemies had attempted to break into the compound and failed. Several battles had taken place each day, and each time, the Wu Clan’s forces would be reduced from injuries and deaths. What had been a clan of around five hundred strong was now only about four hundred—and at least half of that number was made up of young children and people who had no cultivating talent.

Deaths were relatively low, with only twenty-five people having been kille...

Severing Time & Space Wu Family!

Here are some character designs for Severing Time & Space. 

Wu Àiliàn
Wu Taohua
Wu Yong
Wu Yōushì

Do these characters look like you imagined them?

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Severing Time: Chapter 75

So this was all about proving himself to his old man? Wu Jian could understand and even respect that. Was that not what all young men wanted? Wu Jian often wanted to earn the approval and respect of his Father as well.

But he would still never respect Ming Shen.

The boy was arrogant and had no regard for others. Who cared if he went through a hard time? A lot of people had it rough. Nothing about his circumstances were special, and to make matters worse, he treated others like cra...