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Street Cultivation 3: Chapters 25-26

I don't know if anyone here was waiting for this, but Tantor is going to publish the audiobook for Street Cultivation 2 this week! They tell me that I'll get some free codes, so I might be distributing them via various channels. Anybody here interested? Comment if you are and maybe I'll work something out, though chance will be involved.

Meanwhile, these chapters introduce some new stuff I've been waiting on for a while. Sorry to end on a cliffhanger, but it's all cliffhangers for a few...

Street Cultivation 3: Chapters 23-24

Back to the Showdown, but this pair of chapters already gets us to the next major event. This sets off a sequence a few have been asking for, and an element I've intended to introduce ever since the first book, it just didn't make sense until now.

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Chapter 23: Completing the Spheres

Rick enjoyed the vistas of New Zealand while their helicopter flew in, then barely at all for the next several days. They might not be in a hotel this time, but the remote train...

Street Cultivation 3: Chapters 21-22

This week's chapters are early because I need to leave for much of the day. I will be back to respond to comments later.

There's a fun worldbuilding element in this next chapter that I've been wanting to introduce since the beginning. ^-^

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Chapter 21: A Jade Seal's Price

At multiple times in his life, Rick had thought he was surrounded by luxury. Some of the earliest times, when he had barely made it out of his family's trailer park, were a bit embarr...

Street Cultivation 3: Chapters 19-20

It's time to introduce immortals! I've always thought it striking that this trope tends to exist in static worlds where there's limited social/political/technological change. Since Street Cultivation is all about doing things a little different by having one foot in reality, I tried to take a new approach.

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Chapter 19: Last Ditch Effort

"I won't say I told you so," H said tersely, "but I will say that you're an utter fool who should have listened to me. You...

Street Cultivation 3: Chapters 17-18

Couple of big chapters this week!

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Chapter 17: Odiyu

The world twisted around him and Rick was briefly sick to his stomach, but his body remembered the strange transition. It was no longer as substantial as in the human realm, more like some kind of dense liquid. He immediately struggled to move his aura, pushing against the resistance until he had covered himself in the defensive barrier that Damian had taught him.

Beside him, H adopted a ...

Street Cultivation 3: Chapters 15-16

Thanks to everyone who helped make the AMA a success! This week we cover some training and move things along.

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Chapter 15: Riding the Wave

The first time Rick took the Formula T, he was more than a little anxious. It started with a flow of strength through his system, similar to philosopher's elixir. He quickly sat down and focused on the exercises he'd practiced, drawing the flood of new power into a single point.

But instead of gathering ...

I'm doing an AMA on r/fantasy!

Hey, everybody! Just dropping in to give you the link to the AMA starting now:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/h9h0ri/rfantasy_writer_of_the_day_sarah_lin_lets_talk/

I'll be answering questions about anything related to my work or process, so feel free to ask anything! Otherwise, I'll see you next Saturday, as usual.

Street Cultivation 3: Chapters 13-14

The world tour is beginning, everybody!

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Chapter 13: Plasma Ants

Despite the dream, which Rick did his best to push aside, he woke up rested. He had so many memories of the specific techniques used in the defensive events that he actually struggled to find his normal aura. Fortunately, by the time H appeared to spar with him, Rick had mostly mastered himself.

"Are they all like that?" he asked before H could start fighting him. His mentor g...

Street Cultivation 3: Chapters 11-12

Chapter 11: Juggling Training

The juggling thing was not a joke: when Rick was exhausted from all his physical and lucrim training, he picked up the rubber balls and learned how to juggle. Most of his routine was completely coherent, but not that.

Every morning he took a number of pills along with breakfast, which proved challenging on their own - he could feel them burning through his system. Most of the morning was spent on fundamental lucrim exercise...

Street Cultivation 3: Chapters 9-10

Next couple chapters.

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Chapter 9: Preparations for Departure

The medical staff were extremely efficient assisting with Rick's injuries, but equally impersonal. He realized that they had to deal with countless fighters throughout the day and probably just wanted to get their work over with, so he didn't try to interact with them. Besides, he had plenty of think about.

Other than thanking them at the end, they didn't exchange any words. Rick was surpris...

Street Cultivation 3: Chapters 7-8

This week we have a mix of action and worldbuilding. I've wanted to get to some of this stuff for a while, but felt like it just wouldn't make sense for Rick to care about it while he has his eyes on immediate concerns. Though this won't be a politics book, if you want a taste of geopolitical lucrim, you'll get it!

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Chapter 7: Peerless Godweights

He took a brisk ride back to central Branton, enjoying the wind rushing past him and refocusing. His preparation...

Street Cultivation 3: Chapter 5-6

No real notes this week, I guess. Hope you enjoy!

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Chapter 5: Perpetual Calculations

Though Rick technically continued his work at the Refuge, he wasn't nearly as thorough as before because he spent all his time in preparation. Not only training, but research. For once he wasn't involved in something illegal or clandestine, so he could simply look up exactly what he was going to face.

Ironically, the Unlimited Defense Ring seemed like the Olympic vers...

Street Cultivation 3: Chapter 3-4

Here we go. ^-^

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Chapter 3: Last Call

As Rick biked back to the Refuge, he felt as though he was on the precipice of something. Twice in his life, he'd taken a risk and soon regretted it. Both of those times, he'd come out of the fires stronger, but he reminded himself that he wasn't protected by any force of destiny. He could easily have ended up crippled or ruined. Taking unnecessary risks was senseless.

Of course, given the level of comp...

Street Cultivation 3: Chapter 2

This is the last oddly sized chapter. After this, double chapters every week! There's a lot to cover this book, so I tried to set the stage and get Rick on course fairly quickly.

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Chapter 2: The Showdown

His first reaction, of course, was to assume it couldn't really be the same person. Looking more carefully, he noticed several differences between the picture and the mortal opponent from his dream. In the dream, the man had shorter hair, an older face, a s...

Street Cultivation 3: Chapter 1

It's time, everybody! Street Cultivation 3 is here, which means regularly scheduled updates. This book is one I hope everyone finds interesting. It involves some things I couldn't logically include in the beginning, plus some arcs I didn't want to try until I had the audience's trust. I don't know if I have that, but in any case, I think these are the right decisions for the third book. I hope some readers will be pleasantly surprised by how certain things come together.

Just one long c...

Panel/AMA + Announcement

Hello, everyone! Thank you for supporting the release of Street Cultivation 2. ^-^ I'm here today with two different announcements for you.

First, I'm doing a panel/AMA with several other authors. This list includes Will Wight, Andrew Rowe, Pirateaba, and nobody103! You can check it out here:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/g6m4j1/rfantasy_...

Street Cultivation 2!

The sequel is now available on Amazon, everyone! Feel free to check it out here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086Q8ZGTD

Those of you who have been following along, please be so kind as to leave a review to get this book off on a good start!

If you're here for Street Cultivation 3, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that this promotional period is really taking a toll on me and I'm not up f...

March Update

Hello, everyone! I haven't done many monthly updates because there's relatively little news, but this time I actually have people coming to me with questions. Hopefully this post will lay everything out clearly.

Street Cultivation 2: This will be published in April, maybe April 10th. You'll hear more about it then. Check out the hopefully final cover above!

Street Cultivation 3: I have written a significant portion of the third book, but I don't f...

New Game Minus Boxset Released

I know only a few of you are here for New Game Minus, but if you've been looking for a chance to jump on to my completed LitRPG trilogy, now is a good time! I've released the boxset here:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085LMS2MS/

That's all three books, totaling over 1000 pages, plus all the appendices and a brand new never-before-seen chapter from Izzy's perspective. The first book is also f...

Street Cultivation 2: Chapter 56

First, an announcement: The Brightest Shadow is out on Amazon! Please check it out if you're interested in my new wuxia-inspired epic fantasy. I wasn't sure how this would go, but it seems off to a decent start.

As with the previous book, I wanted to end on a quiet downtime chapter. Above, you can see the cover for the sequel - after getting feedback from everyone, I decided to go with the system of si...

Street Cultivation 2: Chapters 53-55

Three chapters this week, covering the entire climax. Next week will be a quiet epilogue like the first book, plus the cover reveal and more information about what's next.

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(Moved to RoyalRoad.)

Street Cultivation 2: Chapters 51-52

I know I'm going to get shit from some people for 51, but this is where I've been going with this book. Anyway, next week will be a triple chapter upload covering the entire climactic sequence, which will hopefully offer a surprise or two. Then a quiet epilogue the week after that, with more info about future stuff.

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Street Cultivation 2: Chapters 49-50

Last week, Tehlu requested a glossary of lucrim terminology, since keeping up with details can be harder when spread out over so many weeks. I don't know that I can maintain a glossary over the long term, but I've kick-started a reader-run reference in the form of this doc:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-u8Twp4Op9woqdbRjZvnXqm7Xhf3f_4CNwRYQ4vZz8/edi...

Street Cultivation 2: Chapters 47-48

This week we see where one of the main plotlines of this book has been going. And more worldbuilding, because I have fun with lucrim pseudoscience. ^-^

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Street Cultivation 2: Chapters 45-46

Important question for patrons, this week. Though we'll have a solid February of updates yet until the second book ends, I'm definitely looking toward the release of the book. That includes getting the cover ready, and everyone will get a chance to see that later. But first, there's the matter of the title.I considered various subtitles, like the following:

• Street Cultivation: Qi Surveyor
• Street Cultivation: Wilderness Core
• Street Cultivation: Qi Ranger
2020-02-01 20:41:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Street Cultivation 2: Chapters 43-44

Two more chapters this week, but first, there's a sale of free and 99 cent ebooks! It includes my Street Cultivation and Changing Faces, but you probably already own those. However, it also has books from other authors such as John Bierce, Tao Wong, Will Wight, and Andrew Rowe. All the books are linked from this thread:

https://old.reddit.com/r/ProgressionFanta...

Street Cultivation 2: Chapters 41-42

Before the chapters, I'll mention that I took the advice of you guys last chapter and made a thread on r/rational:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/eqltew/hf_dc_street_cultivation_a_modernized_take_on/

If you participate in that community and want to comment, I'd appreciate it!

Anyway, as for this week's chapters, sorry that they ...

Street Cultivation 2: Chapters 39-40

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Street Cultivation 2: Chapters 37-38

First post of the year with lots of worldbuilding, which I think will surprise no one. Also a promo at the end.

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2019 in Review

Welcome to 2020, everyone! I like to be clear with readers about my thoughts, so I wanted to do a post reflecting on last year and what I'm looking toward this year.

2019

I launched this Patreon and began a new phase of my writing plans. I wasn't sure what to expect, but we've seen some decent growth over the first part of a year. Most likely it won't show consistent growth as I shift between projects, but I'm glad to have all of you with me. ^-^

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