So, I've recently starting thinking. "Hey, this whole writing thing isn't all that bad! Maybe I could even do this full-time after graduating?" Actually, I'd started thinking that a long time ago when my first story had gained a few thousand followers on Royal Road. But now, the thought has gone from "Writing may be a potential career option somewhere in the future" to "I am starting to plan for eventually doing this, if circumstances allow."
So, to that thought, I just had some ...
2022-04-20 18:15:01 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Not gonna lie, as easy as naming some chapters “insert title VI” is, I’m kinda regretting not adding a proper name.
Alternate name: The forgotten not-friend
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Poison Qi flowed, pulsating through Liuxiang’s pathways as he channeled it onto his needles. Mists that left trails of green and purple billowed from his sleeves, spreading through the forest.
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2022-04-20 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Mist filled Tian Feng’s vision, as the whispers of the world carried by the Qi crawled upon his ears. The rivers of fate had been turbulent recently, clouding his vision of the future. Whatever tribulation the Heavens held in store for them, Tian Feng could not divine.
The Elder opened his eyes from his meditation, taking in the dark secluded chamber he sat in. A small turtle wi...
2022-04-15 18:01:02 +0000 UTC
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I glanced around the cavern, reaching out with my senses to find where the cultivator was. Focusing my senses, I tried to remove the spirit herbs and beasts, focusing on the one shimmering ball of Qi that was heading towards this direction.
“Labby, come here, quick,” I said out loud, pulling Labby back in my dantian. I reached up to my head, grabbing Twilight in my hand, be...
2022-04-12 15:04:56 +0000 UTC
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A/N: This is a strange chapter. I knew I would write something like this for ages now, yet I had know idea I would write it like this. In any case enjoy!
Chapter 5/7 for this week.
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The room was covered in mushrooms. From the top to the bottom, it was covered in mushrooms of various shapes and sizes, poking about from all sorts of places in their mini paradise inside thi...
2022-04-08 20:26:18 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Chapter 4/7 this week.
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I bent down, touching the earth. Closing my eyes, I suppressed my Qi sense as the world around me went dark. I hadn’t felt this blind in a really long time. Quickly switching over, I opened my senses for Gu and let them spread through the earth. The various pockets containing the minute energy of death began to reach my senses.
Little pocket...
2022-04-08 20:07:49 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Day 3/7 for the daily posts. Hope you enjoy!
Also, quote for the day: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a big gun.
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Yan Yun felt the Qi stir in her core, crackling with the promise of violence and thunder her Qi waited to be let out, to strike and bring down her enemies to their knees. The whispers of strength crawled upon h...
2022-04-06 19:47:48 +0000 UTC
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A/N: I was going to write 2 chapters today. I'd made good progress and it'd have been extremely doable, but of course life came in and kicked me in the nuts, before spitting on my face just for good measure. Sigh. It's been a day folks, but I've got the chapter done. Please enjoy.
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I stepped beyond the light and found myself inside a pristine hallway, decorated with varied ...
2022-04-05 18:43:36 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Chapter 1 of 7 this week! I... have a feeling the daily chapter challenge is going to kick my ass a bit. Enjoy!
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I walked out of the cavern, stepping through an odd gate of fog that sent me back to the place I’d stepped in from. I sensed the Qi rustle behind me, as the gate closed to the cavern within the illusion with the lunar medallion gone from the inside.
“A...
2022-04-04 19:26:36 +0000 UTC
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I'd be happy if I didn't have my finals from 26th April... But leaving the dreadful exams aside, I have an announcement to make. It's pretty much what the header says. I'll upload a chapter everyday from Monday on wards, in the next week for patreon.
I have 8 chapters ahead available right now and I definitely need to kick my ass in gear and get those numbers up. This will be my way of doing so. Just for accountability's sake and to have a proper schedule. Chapter post time will b...
2022-04-02 12:38:44 +0000 UTC
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A/N: So this won't make as much sense untill you read the first part here.
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I stared at a dragon flying at me, as I stood within a broken library, flying across the sky on a crumbling island. Only one thought came to my head.
“Of fucking course.”
How had I gotten here? I had no fucking clue. Al...
2022-04-01 16:29:21 +0000 UTC
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Lightning crackled in a spiral of purple, gathering around Labby’s body with rising fury. I watched as Labby leapt from my shoulders, glowing a bright purple as a powerful beam of lightning surges from her body and shot towards the boy.
I watched as the guy’s eyes widened in shock at seeing the lunar lightning rushing towards him. Mist exploded around him, as the boy leapt, graceful...
2022-03-27 13:34:01 +0000 UTC
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I've made an announcement on Royal Road. You can head to this link to go through most of it but here's a brief summary. I do not have a posting schedule anymore. Not for Royal Road at the very least. You can read the full version at the link above.
Now, here's the version...
2022-03-24 17:55:18 +0000 UTC
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I got some art for Yan Yun, as promised, and it turned out really good! I've also got a reader who's been writing some scenes from Yan Yun's books and they've been a delight to read. I bet Yan Yun would appreciate a community that shares the same interests as her. Perhaps one day.
2022-03-21 16:01:06 +0000 UTC
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A/N: The Tournament arc begins!! I am back!! In other news, I've settled into the college dorms, but life is a lot more hectic here, so uploads may be a bit on and off for a while. I also have my second mid-terms from this saturday too, and some of the proff decided this to be the best time to give us some assignments as well. Go figure.
Also, IMP NOTE: Posting time might be changing to 6 pm GMT. Which is about 2 hours later than it is now. I still haven't decided on this, but the curr...
2022-03-21 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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I've moved into my new place! It's... kinda small, but otherwise pretty alright. I'll try and get started on writing as soon as I can get myself settled in, but for now, have a little scene from Yan Yun's fan fic, which was written by one of my readers. So a fanfic of a canonical fanfic? Anyway, enjoy! (Also, there's no NSFW content here, and I 100% suggest reading to the end for everyone. It's pretty hilarious)
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Su Lin entered Lu Jie's laboratory, sweat-stained
2022-03-13 17:31:05 +0000 UTC
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I'm moving out to my college (at last) and it's all the way across the country, so life's been a bit busy. Chapters might be on pause for the next week, nothing fixed yet, it really depends on how much time I get and how quickly I can get my new place up and going.
Really sorry about the short notice, I've been caught pretty badly with trying to manage everything, get things in order and pack up. Finally had some time to breathe today, so I quickly made this announcement.
Than...
2022-03-11 12:35:52 +0000 UTC
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I pushed my senses outwards from the grove, and found two cultivators heading towards this direction, their guards up.
“Senior, we need to run. The formation will deflect them for a while, but it’s strength will run out soon,” Liuxiang said, his voice clipped. He slipped his hand in his sleeves, as two more needles appeared in them, and he threw them swiftly outwards, engraving th...
2022-03-09 15:55:07 +0000 UTC
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AN: Life has been a bit rough recently, making me miss some chapters. I apologise for the lack of information or pre-notice given.
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It took me a day to finally create a version of the fire Gu pill that was exploding in the way I wanted it to. My lack of control over Gu and the corrosive nature of the energy make handling it a far more challenging task than Qi. B...
2022-03-06 15:40:20 +0000 UTC
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“Ouch!” I exclaimed, mostly from the surprise rather than any real pain. I looked down at the little plant spirit suckling on my palm, with two thorn-like fangs peeking through as it drank my blood. Streaks of red began to develop on the white flower on its head. I felt a sense of satisfaction coming from Twilight as it… (she?) had its fill.
“You’re a thorny litt...
2022-03-02 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Three days had passed since the first leaf had sprouted from the bloodroot and I found each passing day agonizing slow. I’d spent some more time reading even more into the bloodroot and how the little plant spirit worked, but even on the second floor of the library, there was surprisingly little information to be found on it.
The plant had grown into a bulb poking from the ground like a little blob of green and red. From what I’d read, it’d blossom into a flower, taking the form o...
2022-02-28 16:01:15 +0000 UTC
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Trying not to appear suspicious and unreasonably nervous, I quietly headed towards the Old Man’s chamber, keeping my Qi subdued. Even with the increased activity in the sect due to the tournament coming up, or perhaps due to it, no one seemed to notice anything as I walked through.
The path to Old Man’s chambers had become rote to me by now, and even as idle thoughts distracted my mind, my feet took me to my destination almost on their own.
“What brings my wayward disciple t...
2022-02-21 16:01:05 +0000 UTC
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The days began to turn warmer with only two weeks left until the spirit hunt began. I took a deep break in, running the sharp blade over my hand once more as I made a small cut on my palm, as blood began to pool up and run down.
I held my palm above the box filled with dirt, dripping it down carefully. The blood mingled with the dirt for a bit, hurriedly being sucked in by the bloodroot. I picked out the crushed salve of herbs that the Old Man had made for me, and smeared it on the cut....
2022-02-21 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Labby felt a faint presence in the far distance from her bond to her Great Master. A strange melancholic emotion filled her chest to be so far away from him. It had been almost a week since Labby had started visiting the Inner Sect, and today, she had declined the chance to go with her Master once more as he traveled by himself.
Lightning shot towards Labby as she leapt, her own purple lightning crackling around her in response.
“Leiyu sees the little rat's distraction. At this ...
2022-02-18 15:57:55 +0000 UTC
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I opened my eyes to a white expanse stretching onwards until a blur of fog and mist covered it from all directions. Thick gargantuan roots spread through the ground beneath my feet, originating from what I could only describe as a lotus tree, that bloomed brightly at the very center of this world.
A thick trunk had twisting and curving branches extending upwards and to the sky, as tiny white lotus blossoms covered it like leaves. At the base of the tree, grew a singular massive lotus fl...
2022-02-16 16:02:00 +0000 UTC
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After a brief talk with everyone regarding my plans for Taizhou, I set my eyes towards Cao Chen. The boy stood in the back, his arms and chest broad and sturdy with dirt coating them in a way that somehow only added to him.
I’d barely interacted with Cao Chen in all the time I’d known Su Lin. Now that I thought about it, the same went for Zhang. Even with everything I’d done, I barely knew the boy himself, or how Su Lin and the rest of them had come to swear each other as brothers...
2022-02-16 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Seeing how annoying it can be to go from one chapter to the next on patreon, or to find previous chapters I've made a table of contents here for ease of access. You can find this post at any time by going to the post categories and selecting the "Table of contents"
The public chapters can all be found here
I'll try and add in all the chapters here event...
2022-02-11 16:02:41 +0000 UTC
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I looked at the seed for a moment, picking it up, as I sensed the Gu present in it. My eyes shifted to the scroll present inside the box and I picked it up, opening it to reveal the contents within.
I continued to read, my frown growing deeper the further I read. It was a short note, with details on possible methods to grow the seed of Gu without letting it spread. A formation was inscribed on the scroll itself that would prevent the vicious plant from spreading.
At the end sectio...
2022-02-11 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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So uhhh, I totally forgot to share this but. Art! For Lu Jie! Also if you're looking for the chapter that post is the one before the current one. But art! I may get some more, given time. Which character would you like to see the art for? I'm thinking either Yan Yun, Su Lin, or Liuxiang.
2022-02-09 16:11:20 +0000 UTC
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The rush of the wind passing by filled my ears as the world passed by in a blur of colours. Even as I ran as fast as I could, my mind struggled to keep up with the fact that a human could go at such speed. It was one thing to sit inside a car and watch the world zip by, and another to feel the rush of the wind in rhythm with the movement of your body as you flew across vast grasslands..
I had picked up a movement technique from the Library after consulting Liuxiang over the last week th...
2022-02-09 16:02:44 +0000 UTC
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