The basis of cultivation is that human potential is unlimited. By unlocking that potential at the various cultivation stages, we inferior humans can bridge a portion of the gap separating us from the unreachable gods.
I have decimated my long career to advancing human cultivation, but my efforts have been stymied by the accidental discovery of locks inhibiting human potential. The deities of Pandora have forbidden further research on the topic, so I can only pu...
2023-10-20 22:39:38 +0000 UTC
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Hello Everyone,
I've been dragging my heels on this, but it's time to come clean: I need a break from Painting the Mists. An extended break. I've been burnt out from the series for two years now, and I need to work on a new project. Its the only way I'm going to be able to keep going on as an author.
The good news is, I've already decided on my next project. It's a series called Pandora Unchained, a story about a physician who becomes a poisoner wielder in pursuit of truth and ...
2023-10-20 22:38:21 +0000 UTC
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Hey Everyone,
As usual, the latest book's content has been removed to stay compliant with KU. If you've subscribed as a Patron and weren't able to access the ePub and mobi files on time, please send me a PM, and I'll be happy to send them to you ^^.
Best,
Patrick (RedMirage)
2023-09-19 14:30:49 +0000 UTC
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Hey Everyone,
As promised, I just uploaded the mobi and epubs for Painting the Mists 18 - Planesfall. Please let me know if either file isn't working, or if you'd like another format.
Happy Reading!
Patrick (RedMirage)
2023-09-13 17:00:42 +0000 UTC
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The void was a cold and merciless place, filled with deadly spatial storms and vortexes and predatory creatures. Only saint-level cultivators could travel the void, and even then, it was only the minimum requirement.
Cha Ming was an exception to the rule, as his Primal Chaos True Body was completely immune to most spatial anomalies. There were other hazards that concerned Huxian, however, which was why he’d been busy over the past few months and would be busy for the forese...
2023-09-12 20:08:54 +0000 UTC
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The airspace above the planar core was a broken mess of ink, the five elements, and spatial glass. Giant rifts that were 5,000 kilometers long threatened to punish the six combatants for the slightest mistake.
“You can’t keep this up,” said Melody to the five. “If you continue this any longer, you’ll damage your hosts’ foundations and fail to pass your tribulations. And it won’t just be you who pays the price, but all your descendants on the lower planes. Thin...
2023-09-12 20:07:10 +0000 UTC
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Ink and paint mixed with the blood of demons as they fought and sacrificed and killed. Eventually, even the strongest of them could no longer endure, and joined their brethren as corpses on the battlefield.
Carnage was right at home in such a setting and had no problem throwing the seemingly endless troops he commanded to their doom. While demons of the four clans died, he stood back and collected the spoils in the form of Dao origin fragments and used the blood of the fallen...
2023-09-12 20:06:49 +0000 UTC
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Black and white sand swept across Huxian’s meditating figure at the center of the Ba Desert Sea. It was a tug of war between yin and yang as both sought to devour him and regain the authority he’d taken from them.
Beside him were his eight friends. Each of them occupied their own platforms, specially built to withstand the potent eight-directions energy that poured in as they took over the oversized but admittedly low-energy territory known as Mendin.
This had bee...
2023-09-12 20:06:21 +0000 UTC
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Balancing the will and authority of the Five-Point Monarchs came easily to Cha Ming. With his help, the Five-Point Monarchs were able to speed up their conquest of the planar core. Dao origin fragments poured into the camp by the tens of thousands, leaving Cha Ming no choice but to ask Carnage and Ninesky to help him manage everything.
They soon encountered a problem, however. The Five-Point Monarchs could easily retrieve fragments but weren’t able to easily absorb...
2023-09-12 20:06:01 +0000 UTC
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So I've decided to release Book 18 around a week from now. I'm going to set up the preorder right away - but only after I speed post the last chapters.
Expect an ePub and mobi file in the next day or so. I like to sit on them for a bit in case I find any mistakes. ^^
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One moment, Cha Ming was outside the planar core, and the next, he was inside it. Except his body was still in the outside world—the “him” here was a will projection.
He was distinctly ...
2023-09-12 20:05:19 +0000 UTC
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The world behind the door was an expanse of shallow water, ankle deep and inky black. It stretched out hundreds of kilometers in every direction and was as calm as a mirror’s surface. There was no wind here, and neither was there a sun; a black metal cage kept this world perfectly isolated from the outside.
Cha Ming and friends were the only living creatures in this place. They walked at a slow and careful pace, only stopping occasionally to inspect large black stones that ...
2023-09-12 14:30:29 +0000 UTC
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I have my proofread manuscript back. After a bit of back and forth, I'll format the ePub / Mobi and post it.
Since release is imminent.... I'll post another chapter right after this one. Enjoy ^^.
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Violet immortal lightning raged in a small corner of the Clear Sky World, shattering the void and causing damage wherever it passed. Cha Ming frantically collected and diluted the violent energy and converted it to Clearmist before it could wreak havoc.
Clearmist was...
2023-09-12 14:29:49 +0000 UTC
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So I'm going to go ahead and commit to four chapters this week. Enjoy ^^.
An update on PtM 19 - it's at 45% of draft 1. If all goes well, we'll have a 1 month break on Patreon and resume the next month. Wish me luck!
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Cha Ming found himself in a cozy foyer, which included a single armchair, a crackling fireplace, and a small tea table that held one small pot of green tea and a single cup for him to enjoy it with. There was a bookshelf on every wall, as well ...
2023-09-11 15:34:25 +0000 UTC
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3/3 this week.
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The painted world contained landscapes that mirrored both the transcendent and immortal dimensions. There were deserts, forests, jungles, and even entire seas. And right next to them existed giant flowers a hundred miles across, inverted mountains, and golden cloudscapes.
Cha Ming was currently ducking in and out of said golden cloudscape, chasing a rune beast fish that contained an especially rare rune. Said fish was difficult to catch, but in the face of ...
2023-09-08 15:06:16 +0000 UTC
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2/3 this week. Posting another chapter just after this one.
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A wave of teleportation energy swept past Cha Ming and friends as they passed through the entrance to the Gallery. Elder Yang had warned them this would happen, so they did nothing to resist this force. Moments later, Cha Ming found himself in a strange new world.
Everywhere he looked was lush greenery and plentiful fruits and flowers. It was a deceptively peaceful scene, and quite lethal to those lacking high at...
2023-09-08 15:05:22 +0000 UTC
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1/3 this week.
And welcome to all new patrons! Don't forget to integrate Patreon with discord to get access to the patreon spoilers channel!
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Unlike Serrendil and Silver Fish, there were no medicines that could help Cha Ming recover. He could only mobilize Clearmist energy to fix the major gaps in his inner world before turning his attention to other means of increasing his strength.
Let’s hope I’m right, thought Cha Ming before hitting the old suit of...
2023-09-05 14:38:25 +0000 UTC
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Progress is being made. The website is back up at www.paintingthemists.com. There's links to all sorts of social media and progress bars thanks to a helpful fan.
On another note, I'll have the entire book and out to you by the end of September. There will be a one month Patreon freeze after that, but my intention is to finish the second draft of Book 19 in time to start posting in November.
Wi...
2023-08-31 14:47:52 +0000 UTC
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1/2 long chapters this week. As for this chapter... well... there is as discord server to let out your feelings.
https://discord.gg/5QbaGSd
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Hot desert sands swept across a lone desert path that ran from south to north, from west to east. The path was a blade. It cut the desert into hot and cold areas and maintained a tenuous balance between these two opposites.
On each side was an endless str...
2023-08-29 14:59:04 +0000 UTC
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2/2 this week!
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A suffocating feeling assaulted Cha Ming the moment he crossed the spatial node and entered the Starry Road’s compressed dimension. What had once been a wondrous rainbow-colored road lay in pieces strewn about the void. Mixed in among them were wooden splinters from the broken hull of the massive ship that blocked the entrance to what was left of the path to the Inky Sea Sect.
Spatial winds swept through cracks in the void, completely bypassing the Starry...
2023-08-25 14:19:18 +0000 UTC
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Two chapters again this week! This one is short, but the next one is long.
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Two weeks later, Cha Ming was sitting in a cave at the center of the Dragon Metal Realm, pondering the wonders of the Dao origin located inside the core at its center. The core belonged to Serrendil, who was currently merging with the core to catalyze her ascension to sainthood. But that did not stop him from reflecting on how he might use the origins for his own inner world.
The core of the Dragon...
2023-08-21 16:06:02 +0000 UTC
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2/2 this week!
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The Dragon Metal Realm was an extremely stable pocket realm, and its laws were of an extremely high level. Cha Ming was curious about how this could be the case, so he asked the Clockwork Ancestor to clarify his doubts.
“It is a simple matter, Clear Sky, which has much to do with the materials involved,” explained the Clockwork Ancestor. “Dragon metals, you see, are immortal materials by nature. Diluting them down to this extent was a difficult task a...
2023-08-18 18:01:07 +0000 UTC
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Once again, only two longer chapters this week.
1/2
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Adjacent the Inkwell Plane and affixed to the Dragon Vein Mountains existed a wondrous world of wonder and metal. This place was called the Dragon Metal Realm, and inside it, metal laws reigned supreme. It was a thriving place where metal-based life forms grew – or it had been, till recently.
The world was almost entirely made of metal, and was porous in nature, partially due to its natural construction but also ...
2023-08-16 01:20:14 +0000 UTC
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2/2 this week!
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The entrance to through the Dragon Vein Mountains ran deep underground, through a tunnel that burrowed metal and stone and rivers of magma. It was a veritable labyrinth that provided much needed protection to the fledgling Dragon Vein Kingdom.
When Cha Ming asked Serrendil about the effectiveness of the maze, she laughed and pointed out a few shadowy locations. “See those creatures over there? It’s not the maze people need to worry about, but them.” A...
2023-08-12 02:05:34 +0000 UTC
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Two longer chapters this week. Moving went well ^^.
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A week’s time wasn’t enough for Cha Ming to fully recover, but given Serrendil’s situation, he could only rush the process. Fortunately, the Jade Memory Demiplane was helpful to his regeneration and vitality, and greatly increased his inner world’s recovery speed.
Crystal City was one of the largest cities in Slovana barring the capital, Nine God City. At the center of the city lay ten crystalline spires that joi...
2023-08-08 15:22:08 +0000 UTC
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3/3 this week!
Cha Ming woke to the ticking of an old clock. Mould was the predominant smell in the tiny bedroom he found himself in. New clock, he thought. But old, peeling paint. The linens are clean though. That’s something. His old friend Silverfish was many things, but stable was not one of them. That he’d taken the time to take care of a few simple things instead of self destructing while he was gone was a wonderful thing.
The first thing Cha Ming did w...
2023-08-03 13:16:29 +0000 UTC
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I'm moving tomorrow, so 2 chapters today! 2/3
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It took three days to paint Carnage, and in that time, Cha Ming’s ship reached a boundary just outside the East Branch of the Inky Sea Sect, where the Bridge of Ascension was located.
“Ship!” Ninesky called out as they crossed this boundary. Cha Ming painted a fold in space using the Clear Sky Brush.
Ten minutes later, a trio of scouting vessels arrived not far from his hiding place. A group of thirty inkwell clan ...
2023-08-03 13:15:45 +0000 UTC
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Three chapters again this week. 1/3.
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Spatial waves slapped across the hull of Cha Ming’s twenty-three-winged ship as it cut through the void between continents. It stuck to the edge of the water-filled continent, as the Inkwell Clan’s scouts were difficult to spot and would grow more numerous deeper in.
Cha Ming cultivated board the ship as he travelled, only occasionally inspecting the debris belt decorating the fringes of the Central Inkwell Sea for suitable planar ...
2023-07-31 15:49:12 +0000 UTC
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3/3 from last week. Another chapter coming right up!
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Beneath the fiftieth floor of the Santana Dungeon lay a large cavern measuring a thousand kilometers across and half as deep. It was a dark place, only dimly lit by crystals that hung down from the ceiling like dim stars in the night sky.
“The stories passed down by my ancestors fail to do the ancient city justice,” said Solana as she led them down a towering spiral staircase. “Few cities on the Inkwell Plane coul...
2023-07-31 15:47:56 +0000 UTC
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2/3 this week!
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With the assistance of his friends, Huxian was able to greatly accelerate his conquest of the Santana Dungeon. Three floors fell in less than an hour, and by the end of the second hour, they’d cleared the 45thfloor, securing enough energy for Huxian to break through to the late fusion realm and late law stitching realm.
His increased strength enabled them to clear three more floors in the next hour, leaving only two floors between their group and the dung...
2023-07-27 15:29:10 +0000 UTC
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3 shorter chapters this week. Once again, all Huxian. I decided to group them all up together to deepen the immersion. Don't worry, Cha Ming will come back, and with fewer interuptions than ever!
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Blood dripped from a paper-thin gap on Huxian’s battle robes and splashed onto the white dungeon floor. He dodged the rest of the storm of parchment paper, taking no additional paper cuts, but the original cut hurt, and the pain didn’t seem to be going away.
“Paper...
2023-07-24 14:03:06 +0000 UTC
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