Jennifer walked through the streets, her father walking close by. Few words had been exchanged between them, after he’d inspected her once and made sure she was alright. She stole glances at her father, at the light brown hair that swept backwards, and the stubble he’d begun to grow. Wrinkles were starting to appear on his face, and she found her gaze drifting down to his hands. Overdrawn and injured, they were covered in thin black lines. Scars from the surgery afterwards. Her father had...
2022-08-19 17:14:04 +0000 UTC
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I will be stopping uploads for QiMC2 on RR till December 31st, 2022.
As some of you may know, I have two stories that I post on Royal Road. QiMC2 and Mark of Time. I have been struggling with posting both of them for some time now, and have decided that having posted the end of book 1 of Qi on RR, this would be a good time to take a step like this.
Does this mean the story is dropped?
No, not even close. I have a contract signed ...
2022-08-19 08:08:19 +0000 UTC
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I left Zhang to settle down by himself, and went about my other tasks. Checking in on Labby, and making sure her Dantian was healing correctly, managing the development of my home and attached lab, talking to the village craftsman and explaining to him why I wanted glass tubes in such peculiar shapes among other things.
The man let out a breath through his thick beard and moustache. A peculiar look not found within the empire too often.
“You’ll need a glass blower for this,”...
2022-08-12 18:28:22 +0000 UTC
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A faded sensation flowed through Zhang’s spirit. Like water flowing through a dry creek after years of drought, bringing fresh life with it. Qi flooded Zhang’s meridians, flowing in a wave from the core of his abdomen. It was a surge, and for a moment he felt as if he was on the cusp of a breakthrough, as his dantian failed to keep the flowing Qi in check.
Then an invisible hand swirled around his core, pushing down on his abdomen, as the Qi inside churned and swirled in circles. A ...
2022-08-10 18:10:23 +0000 UTC
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I stood in darkness, a familiar abyss that surrounded me on all sides. I stepped through the darkness, looking up, and saw one little ring of silver, with a hint of purple, shining like the moon in a starless sky.
Roots spread throughout the ring, woven around its cracks. Essence coursed through them, into the little ring inside here, as the cracks began to fill in, slowly, but surely.
A rumble took my attention to Sheldon, standing next to me in his massive spirit form. So easy t...
2022-08-08 17:07:59 +0000 UTC
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Smoke swirled around my hands, ebbing and cresting with the rhythm of my breath. I let Chi flow through my hands, out into the little burning cauldron in front of it, the energy gathering in a tight knot. Fire flickered below the cauldron in the chamber filled with herbs of all sorts and varieties. A large number of them from the herb gardens Granny Lang had helped form near the perimeter of the village, where my house was.
“Focus, you dimwit. The heat is dimming,” Granny Lang spat,...
2022-08-05 19:14:43 +0000 UTC
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I've got sketches from my publisher for the book cover of Qi. I wanted to have a poll to see which one you guys like the best.
Click on this link to vote!
2022-07-28 03:13:09 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Through my week long suffering, I binged all three books of Red Rising's audiobook, and now I've forgotten how to write in 1st person past tense. I'm not even kidding, it's been an immense struggle, and I'm hoping some more practice can bring it back. Great books though, worth it. Anyway, here's the chapter, took me a while because I literally forgot how to write, is a bit rough, probably has tons of tense errors, but it's here. Enjoy! Book 2 begins!
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2022-07-26 17:59:21 +0000 UTC
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Apologies for the extended break. I'm at my new place, settling in with my new routine. Having to walk 4 Km everyday is not a pleasant experience, and neither is having only 3 hours of sleep each night.
Chapters will begin from tomorrow. The plan was from today but I'm a bit too dead for that today. I'll be aiming for 5 uploads a week. Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Friday and Saturday.
Book 2 begins soon!
2022-07-25 16:48:58 +0000 UTC
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To my surprise, the talk I had been waiting for so much had not happened so quickly. After a brief talk, I had been asked to wait before I could have a proper talk with the Lord. The week had flown by as the tournament progressed, and with the light chill of autumn marking the turn of the seasons, I was finally called to the Lord’s estate.
The manor resided at the heart of the city, a vast and sprawling structure that sat right down the center, overlooking the entire city. ...
2022-06-30 15:56:23 +0000 UTC
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Whoops and shouts echoed all around me, forming a blanket of noise. The people cheered with a mad fervor, as names were chanted through the crowd. My gaze shifted through the crowd, before they finally settled onto Yan Yun.
I saw her watching me silently, a look of concern in her gaze. My heart sank as I realized what had happened.
They had seen the fight. Perhaps even the trial. I had no idea how much, but they had definitely seen something.
“What an incredible end to...
2022-06-30 09:25:57 +0000 UTC
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A resounding crack echoed through the cavern. The ground cracked underneath, a blinding ray of light flashing through the darkness.
Li stumbled from the impact, his body frozen stiff as he heard the crack. Felt the outpour of Qi from his brother’s dantian as it shattered into pieces.
A single strike.
All it had taken was a single strike, to destroy years of training, and cultivation. To shatter everything they had been working towards. His eyes remained pinned upon his ...
2022-06-29 07:23:37 +0000 UTC
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A/N: 100th Chapter! Woo! Anyway enjoy!
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Li coughed blood, feeling the strange lightning coursing through his limbs. He licked his lips, wiping the blood coating them. A throb of pain went through his chest, and he tore his burnt clothes. A black burnt patch let out smoke, blood, skin and flesh melting into a smoldering patch.
Channeling his Qi, Li stumbled ahead. Towards where his brother stood over the girl’s unconscious form.
“Brother, stay back. You’re ...
2022-06-23 12:12:39 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Took a while, this was a difficult chapter to write. While also being easy. Being on a trip doesn't help, I must say.
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A dissonance had plagued me throughout my life. There had been something missing in my interactions and memories. A strange wrongness that had permeated me through every waking moment. My path had been incomplete, fractured.
Memories flashed through my mind, a joint fractured mess being stitched together. Anger, frustration, fear, hate, love, passio...
2022-06-23 09:25:53 +0000 UTC
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Liuxiang opened her eyes, finding a completely new myriad of senses present within them. Where before, she had to focus upon her sight to see through the life energy permeating each creature, now it was a part of her sight, naturally present at any moment like her sense for Qi.
Her gaze shifted towards her great-grandmother. A glowing beacon of life so bright, that Liuxiang had to lower her eyes for a moment.
“So you have succeeded,” the woman said with a trailing hiss, a cold...
2022-06-20 18:01:01 +0000 UTC
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I stared at the Kirin standing in front of me, confused.
“Do you not sense the sprout within your soul? The deep pool of essence that fills your soul? The thing typing you two cores together, preventing a horrifying death at any given moment?” the Kirin asked, glancing towards me.
“I… do?” I replied, before pushing my senses inwards. The familiar little sprout at the core of my dantian reached out to me, in my senses.
“Indeed. The fragile little spro...
2022-06-17 18:01:02 +0000 UTC
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I wasn’t sure what correlation was with endless dark spaces and life changing revelations but there certainly was something in there.
The last I was in an endless dark abyss, I learnt that I had a soul twin, aka, the previous inhabitant of my body. This time, I got to know that the previous inhabitant was cut off during childhood. And that we’re the same person.
Does this officially mean that I have a personality disorder now? My other half even fits the criterias for a murder...
2022-06-16 22:15:30 +0000 UTC
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Yan Yun felt her breath tighten, as she gazed upon the rising figure of the dragon, and the crashing tribulation welling in the sky. Her clothes were drenched from the pouring storm covering all of seventh peak, and the mortals now stood behind formations meant to protect them from the harsh wind and lightning of the tribulations as they remained with their heads bowed.
The past half an hour had been strange, as the entire arena had gone silent, losing track of everyone currently inside...
2022-06-16 19:51:24 +0000 UTC
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The world spins around Liuxiang. Stumbling, he struggles to find his balance as a strange energy permeates his body. Clutching his head, Liuxiang glances around the area, frowning. This was a different forest, with trees adorned by beautiful yellow flowers, and little red blossoms that bloomed on the ground.
His gaze drifts through the area, onto the dirt path cutting right through the path. Just where was he?
“Does Zhi Zhu remember?” Liuxiang asked, before pausing. He couldn...
2022-06-16 16:35:48 +0000 UTC
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A/N: I am going to be writing all the way to the end of book 1, and posting it on patreon as I go. So about 20k words or 10 chapters. Please forgive typos.
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Liuxiang sensed the familiar rumblings of Heavenly Qi pulsate through the air around him. Glancing vaguely upwards through the dark cavern, he wondered if Lu Jie was up to his madness once more.
Unlike when at Granny Lang’s place, it would be nearly impossible to hide the tribulation from the sect no matter what, an...
2022-06-16 15:33:05 +0000 UTC
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Labby raised her head, staring at the massive dragon rising from the pool of water in front of her. The Qi flowing through its scales smelled of unseen storms and thunder. It spoke to a deep inner desire within her Qi, to be let loose and run wild, like a fierce storm.
It was like watching a deity, and for a moment Labby almost felt the same reverence towards the dragon that she held for her Master.
In contrast, the dragon looked quite confused.
“What brings you to our lai...
2022-06-13 19:41:53 +0000 UTC
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Labby twitched, looking around the empty chamber of expansive darkness, where she stood alone.
“Master?” she called out to the dark, but found no reply coming back.
Growing nervous, Labby walked through the darkness. “Master, where are you? Labby is scared…” she sent once more, but something was blocking her bond to her Master, like an invisible barrier that she couldn’t overcome.
Labby felt her Qi roiling in her core, purple lightning cra...
2022-06-03 18:35:11 +0000 UTC
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Darkness consumed my sight, so dense that I struggled to see my own body even with my enhanced sight. My steps echoed with an unsteady beat through the all consuming expanse of nothingness. A tap of three that tripped on every third beat, as the rhythm broke apart, before it began anew again. It had been a while since I’d been in a place this dark.
After gathering better sense for where my feet belonged, so that I stopped tripping over myself, I took a glance around. There was an unna...
2022-06-01 18:00:13 +0000 UTC
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Not a chapter! That'll be out in a few hours. But I wanted to show this story concept off and wanted to ask for some thoughts. It's a small prologue for a story I am thinking of writing after one of my current two stories is done. Here it is!
Synopsis:
Avlon’s chosen. Blessed warriors and Essence practitioners who had armors of metal, carbon-steel and nanomachines that bent to their whims and bolstered their Mystic Arts.
Drevon could never be one. ...
2022-06-01 13:31:33 +0000 UTC
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A/N: This chapter marks the beginning of the last arc for Book 1. Let's see how it goes.
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I chased after the beast, rushing through the misty woods. The Owlbear slipped through the trees, shifting and contorting as it moved at high speeds. I cursed as the mist began to become denser and denser the further I ran, and soon I ditched the torch in my hand, throwing it aside, to chase after the beast with all I had.
Wind whirled around my feet as I poured Qi into them, usin...
2022-05-30 18:01:01 +0000 UTC
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A silver-fur ape flew through the forest crashing into trees that did little to stop its momentum, breaking down and falling over. Two small figures leapt through the forest, swinging through the branches as they chased after the ape they’d struck and shot across the forest. The boys laughed cheerily streaks of thunder trailing behind them as they shot bolts of lightning one after the other at the injured ape.
“The one who beats the ape gets to keep all its treasure!” Yan Li...
2022-05-25 19:01:13 +0000 UTC
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The forest grew denser around me as I stepped further into the trees. The rays of the sun began to be filtered out by a growing canopy overhead that gushed with dense Qi. The amount of ambient Qi spreading all around me reminded me of the Qi vein in Taizhou, but if Taizhou was a pond of Qi letting out light vapors to its surroundings, this was a veritable ocean, brewing a storm that filled every inch.
“I feel like just breathing the air here will make my cultivation grow,” I said ou...
2022-05-23 18:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Twilight licked the bright red droplet of blood off of her hands, relishing in the Qi that it surged through her body. Qi spread through her body, heading towards the flower atop her head and filling it gently.
The little plant spirit chimed in satisfaction, before returning to the little bits of blood still left on the master’s chest, slowl dripping forth.
Injured. She realised with concern. Healing. The thought followed, as her concern ...
2022-05-18 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Light flickered around Xiao Lan, as the seams of the world thinned. The searing heat of his surroundings turned to a dim chill within an instant as he was brought to a chamber brimming with Qi. A hard wall pressed against his back, which he slumped against, sliding down as his legs gave out. With a groan, he opened his mouth, finding his throat dry. His Qi was depleted completely and his inj...
2022-05-02 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Qi flowed through my body, the whispers from Lu Jie guiding my steps. The world shifted around me, Qi thrusting out from under my feet as I dodged back from the arc of sword Qi lashing out at me.
The sword boy did not slow down, swinging his sword ina wide arc one after the other as arcs of sword Qi flashed, carving scars onto the ground. The air shimmered around the boy, cuts app...
2022-04-29 18:13:09 +0000 UTC
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