“I’m assuming you guys have made a decision?”
Upon hearing Li Lang’s questions, the three lifted their heads and made direct eye contact.
Each of them had many things going through their minds, but a consensus had been formed before they arrived. They had to swallow down any lingering regrets.
“That’s righ...
2024-08-21 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe doors to the elevators opened, and several figures exited. Seeing this, I exited my lab to go greet them. I came just as they disabled their holographic disguises.
“Congratulations to you, head designer! Your baby is a success,” Claire cheered.
While I was used to her antics, I wasn’t ready for what came ...
2024-08-21 11:42:41 +0000 UTC View PostVengeful Leaf Compendium. That was the name of the manual Li Lang had copied down to his computer.
It was exactly what Li Lang had asked for. He had been given a choice between one that went into more detail about how Qi poisons were created as opposed to a singular, powerful technique. The latter would likely only include the pr...
2024-08-20 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Calm down. You look like you’re being blackmailed to do something bad, so there may be some misunderstandings here. The letter isn’t something that’ll get you in trouble. As long as you can pass for an orthodox cultivator, you should be fine to just deliver it.”
Li Lang maintained eye contact with Liang Po and examined...
2024-08-19 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhile our car made its way through Elevate City’s everlasting traffic, I sent a message to my sales department.
It had begun to bug me that it wasn’t possible to internally vocalize my thoughts over calls. From what I’ve seen, it was a limitation of commercial SAID models. Now that I’ve discovered a way to address that wi...
2024-08-19 11:15:41 +0000 UTC View PostOnce Li Lang had exhausted his means of investigating spiritual roots, he set his sights on where he could produce results in the short term.
With the artifact spirits of the pocket realm on his side, he was bound to obtain what he desired. Still, there were rules in place, and he still had to pass the trial in order to be reward...
2024-08-16 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostI sat there with my eyes closed as the barber bot worked its magic around my head. It was one of the many purchases we made in order to allow our employees to have a comfortable life within our compound without leaving.
While some corporations mandated that they couldn’t leave without reason, I’d rather use a softer approach....
2024-08-16 11:29:31 +0000 UTC View PostReviewing the report, Li Lang observed many things.
Besides the tests he performed, he had asked each participant for some basic information. It consisted of their aptitude and number of spiritual roots. It wasn’t anything classified and with the endorsement from the likes of Sima Xue and Tang Yulian, the young cultivators were...
2024-08-15 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostNot having to be worried about his trial points anymore, Li Lang dove straight into his research. He wanted to identify what spiritual roots were and if they could be increased.
Previously, he had examined several human corpses and learned that the humans in this world were the same as his old world. That meant there wasn’t any...
2024-08-14 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostI had my body double continue to show his face around Elevate City while I took the trip to NLA with Thorne. As always, we used our holographic projection tech to disguise ourselves as average Joes.
That meant we wouldn’t be getting an escort from Vin and our men from the airport to our compound. Instead, we got a hotel like an...
2024-08-14 11:23:44 +0000 UTC View PostAll three artifact spirits were taken aback by Ruby’s demand. They stood still in shock for several moments before Green recovered. He spoke with indignation.
“We swore not to take another master! You can’t be seriously asking us to submit to this Energy Gathering realm br—”
“Silence!” Blue chastised her compa...
2024-08-13 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSeeing Li Lang’s expression sour, Blue quickly stepped forward and explained.
“These two are Green and Orange. Like me, they’re also artifact spirits of this pocket realm.”
Li Lang alternated glances between them. They appeared to be normal teenagers, no different from all the cultivators he had encountered within t...
2024-08-12 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Ralph - ???
It only took an hour for the two agents to update each other on their investigation. Upon finishing their report, they both sat in the call in silence, as they took in the situation before them.
“How can this be possible?” Ralph muttered. “In all my years, I’ve never heard of a compa...
2024-08-12 11:23:20 +0000 UTC View PostLi Lang had just finished the fourth round of the brushweaving trail and returned to his room after copying over the manual he received onto his computer.
As always, it was related to what he had shown during the trial. This time, he used elemental Qi to draw out the runes that corresponded to the same elemental. With the irrelev...
2024-08-09 22:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostRalph - ???
In the busy city of Elevate City, there stood a lone man inside a narrow alleyway. He was leaning against the walls, admiring the graffiti artwork on the walls before him. Or at least, that was what any passerby would think.
While Ralph appeared to be one hundred percent baseline human, free fro...
2024-08-09 11:23:41 +0000 UTC View PostLiang Po’s breakthrough took time. Enough time that the few who sensed it managed to return to the mountain and spread the news.
The outdoors was no longer peaceful. The serene purple skies became turbulent as a storm began to brew. By the time those who were free rushed to the scene, rain flooded the scene.
Liang P...
2024-08-08 22:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostLi Lang had occasionally met up with his friends even while he was obsessed with his research. He may have been a rare sight, but he had been there enough to keep up with the latest updates.
Both Wei Ping and Long Yi had reached the next stage of cultivation. At some point after the stimulation from his fights, Long Yi successful...
2024-08-07 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“How has everything been going? Do you have everything you need?” I asked as I walked over to one of the many labs within my new base underneath the Burrow.
We had started calling this place Lab Zero, to differentiate it from the others. It may have been me being lazy, and copying the naming convention of Nova Tech, but I did...
2024-08-07 11:20:17 +0000 UTC View PostAs they had planned, the trio were able to return to the mountain before night fell.
While they were scheduled to meet up with their peers in the mess hall, Li Lang headed straight for his chambers instead.
Long Yi and Wei Ping could only shake their heads at their friend’s antics, as they gathered their thoughts on how t...
2024-08-06 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSap could tell you a lot about a tree. While the sap of different species of trees differed in appearance, it could still give hints about their physiological state or health conditions.
Upon seeing the blue sap, various thoughts raced across Li Lang’s mind. The blue color could be due to the presence of pigments like anthocyan...
2024-08-05 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostGrace - Halls Corporation
Almost half a year after Rollo’s triumphant return from Nova Tech, the Halls Corporation was on the horizon to pick up steam in the corporate world again. While it sounded like a long time, it was the bare minimum they needed in order to establish their foundation so they could take th...
2024-08-05 11:13:57 +0000 UTC View Post“Sure, I don’t mind, but if it’s pressure to hone yourself is what you need, wouldn’t it be more effective for you to go alone? “ Li Lang replied.
“B-boss, it’s—”
Before Wei Ping could explain, Long Yi held up a hand to silence Wei Ping.
“I’ll explain. Rumors are spreading that some people have b...
2024-08-02 22:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Thanks for your patience. Things have gotten a little busier with life and editing for Corpo Age entering the late stages. That means the published version will be coming eventually, so stay tuned for it!
Claire - Halls Corporation
Claire strode headfirst toward the unit that she got ou...
2024-08-02 11:25:18 +0000 UTC View PostHaving earned a new technique to practice, Li Lang was eager to get started right away. Before that, he would have to record its contents in Ruby first. While the cultivation manual for the Gliding Coil Spear Art only lasted for a day, that didn’t matter to Li Lang, as he recorded everything on his lab computer within Ruby.
Day...
2024-08-01 22:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe first two rounds of the combat trial ended uneventfully for Li Lang. He had already been doing similar tasks when testing out his poisons on the Qi beasts. The task that came after hunting the Spiral Stags was simply to hunt several Crimson Simians.
With the strength of approximately a third stage Energy Gatherer, they weren...
2024-07-31 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe construction of our first hidden base didn’t take as long as I had thought. The lengthy part was surveying for a spot with a stable foundation to dig into. The entire place was set up in short order after that, making use of habitat modules to set up the initial framework of the facility.
They would then replace these modul...
2024-07-31 11:11:57 +0000 UTC View PostAfter examining his spear for a while, Li Lang returned to Ruby’s artifact space. He then got onto his computer and opened up the CAD software.
One could see a spear pulled up on his screen. He fidgeted around, creating internal compartments in it without affecting its structural integrity too much.
Working with a p...
2024-07-30 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostNormally, Brushweavers focused on the movement of their Qi, adjusting it as they inscribed to ensure the runes and the entire talisman were in harmony. It was like pill-refining, where the alchemist monitored the situation within the furnace the entire time, but without the physical aspect of it.
For seasoned masters, it was fine...
2024-07-29 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a lot to do now that I was back, but security was my priority. It was confirmed that we had come into the crosshairs of the big corporations. The ships that ferried me all the way from Ceres to Earth weren’t stealth ships, so every competent corporation should have caught wind of something by now.
They may not know th...
2024-07-29 11:11:52 +0000 UTC View Post“Is he…okay?” Tang Yulian carefully asked upon seeing Li Lang striding over with a strange grin on his face.
His gaze kept alternating between her and Sima Xue. The two young women were both familiar with yearning gazes from the opposite sex, but they noticed something was different about his gaze.
It was ...
2024-07-26 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post