Yu Han buckled his knees, collapsing in the most unelegant manner. This split-second decision saved him as the green shadow flew over his head.
"What the actual flying fuck?" Yu Han rolled forward and sprung to his feet. "What was that?"
「It went into the wall!」 Fei Rui said. He clicked his pincers and grew to his full size, shielding Yu Han from the front. 「There!」 He pointed at another portion of the dreamscape wall. The white, chalk-like surface rippled as if it ...
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Name: Yu Han (Johan)
Level: 1
Active Accords: 1
True Qi: 200 (+82) / 200
Pure Qi: 31 / 200
Primordial Qi: 0
Lifeforce: 792 / 792
Trial: [Investigate the Outerplanar Threat.]
“Through dreams of wraiths and burning souls, the Parasitic Fireworm calls.
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「You shouldn't have come here, you dense two-legged—」
Before Fei Rui could finish, Elder Chang slapped him away with a wide palm. Fei Rui rolled like an oversized egg and landed on his back. His legs twitched at the sky. 「No! No no no! It's mine, it's mine—」
Elder Chang moved the bale of hay. There was a hidden space in the bale, with random items littered inside. Paper, parchments, glass vials, half a broom, a Coverall glove, two spirit stones, dried ghoul skins—
2025-01-24 21:56:01 +0000 UTC
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I am in another timezone now, so the scheduling might get messed up.
Yu Han woke up the next morning to an unfamiliar ceiling.
Oh, right. We stayed over at the Night Alchemists’ Yard.
He was lying on a mat on the floor of the resting quarters—a small wing where Night Soil Collectors could stay the night after working their shift.
Fang Zhao sat cross-legged on another mat, and Li Yao was nowhere to be seen. Although there were kidna...
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"Do we have to do this?" Li Yao asked, leaning by the door.
"Your acting was pretty good in the Law Enforcement Hall," Yu Han said. "Now do as I say."
"Fine," Li Yao said, stepping inside the room, though he made it amply clear he didn't like the idea. He took a deep breath, and imitating Ma San, Sima Yan's follower, shouted out a few curses.
Fang Zhao followed up with his best impression of a noble young master. He didn't even have to try. He literally was one.
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They stood in a copse in the forest, one side shielded by a thicket of bushes and the other by a small group of trees and vines. From here, Yu Han could see the main path leading down the mountainside by their huts, and the few side paths, one of which led to the nearby cesspool.
Three Sect disciples walked down the main mountain path, with Tan Ruoxuan in the lead.
"They're from the Law Enforcement Hall," Yu Han said.
"Do you think we should tell them?" Huang Niuniu a...
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「Do you want me to do the thing?」 Fei Rui asked. 「Will the green flame hurt me?」
"Do you want to?" Yu Han asked. He’s probably talking about playing whatever was projected in the pearl.
Fei Rui nodded. 「I can't be afraid of green flames. I'm a big crab, and Soft Niuniu has the ointment to make the pain half go away. It's only half as painful now. Ouch.」
Yu Han took the pearl. It felt like glass on his fingers. Shiny, smooth.
Huang Niuniu c...
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The watch’s second hand moved, and the tourbillon spun like a little hurricane in a glass orb.
「What's this?」 Fei Rui held the watch up in wonder. 「Ah—」
He threw it away, retracting his eyes, limbs, and spikes into his boxy body.
"What's wrong—?"
Then Yu Han saw the anomaly. The watch was engulfed in green flames as it sailed through the air in an arc.
Green. Burning. It seared his soul.
The watch exploded into fragments of pearls, each...
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Fragments flew up from the great lake of blackness and constructed a tunnel. Voices grew louder.
He heard himself. Li Yao. Wu Di. Qiao Jinhai. A kind voice gently calling Huang Niuniu’s name. Her own screams.
「Most dreams are just a bunch of rocks in a muddy pond,」 Fei Rui said. 「Yours is the best dream I've been in. It's so big, and you can make things in it. Are we going into Soft Niuniu's dreamscape? I bet it's soft. Why are the voices so loud?」
Her own s...
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「There are two of the two-legged ones,」 Fei Rui said. The crab scuttled as quietly as he could. 「They talk like monsters. Are they humans?」
Yu Han's heart caught in a tight grip. He looked up and saw Huang Niuniu calmly sleeping, her chest moving in a slow rhythm.
He crawled to his halberd.
No, it's too big to properly use in the hut! He took the dagger that Huang Niuniu had placed by the bed. If they came in, would they use the door or the w...
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Yu Han entered the crabscape and tried to echo a stick. It worked. He echoed Huang Niuniu showing off her bioluminescence on his bed.
It worked.
"I can use Echoing Dreamscape... as long as I’m in a dreamscape?" A surge of excitement flowed through Yu Han. "Fei Rui. You can enter other people's dreams, right?"
「I think so? Fei Rui thinks so. Maybe?」 The crab scampered back and forth.「I can. Not just people, but bugs and fish and cats and—」
"How did you do it...
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“Why is that here?” Yu Han asked, a possibility rearing its head in his mind as Fei Rui continued chattering.
「And this is the third tooth bit from the Dreamtide Leviathan—which one?」 Fei Rui stopped mid-explanation, tilting his body and looking up at Yu Han with one exposed eye.
“The parchment,” Yu Han said.
「That one?」 Fei Rui pointed at the object. He clicked his bigger claw, and the parchment was suddenly between his pincers. 「This o...
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Sorry for the delay guys. I thought I had scheduled this chapter but it was not done properly (Cuuuurse you Perry the Platipatreon!)
「Is he a predator?」 Fei Rui asked. 「Does he want to eat Soft Niuniu?」
“Is something wrong?” Huang Niuniu asked, inching closer. Had she noticed the look on his face?
Not good, Yu Han thought, schooling his expression. It would be bad if the observer found out they were onto them, th...
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“You have to be kidding me.” Li Yao crossed his arms. “She gets two cool weapons, a Profound Grade Martial Art, and a Spirituality Shrouding Charm. Meanwhile we only get one Charm each?”
“Brother Li, even one Spirituality Shrouding Charm is a valuable asset for Courtyards, not to mention small groups,” Fang Zhao said.
“Even you?” Li Yao scoffed. “A young lord from a super clan or whatever—”
“I’m exiled in all but name.” Fa...
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Remember friends, gambling bad. Next chapter tomorrow!
“Shouldn’t there be four?” Li Yao whispered.
“Shut it, dude,” Yu Han said.
“I’m just saying there should be four.”
“And? Are you going to bargain with a Foundation Building Realm Spirit Beast?”
Li Yao shrugged. Fang Zhao watched the interaction with a troubled smile.
The two boxes trudged through the sludge as if they could move ...
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Return of the green glowing slimey tube!
There was a note on the table. Yu Han picked it up and read it under the dim moonlight emanating from the window.
You may restart your shifts tomorrow. Wait until the 28th day of the ninth month before going to the Hidden Realm.
-Wen Liujie.
Today was the 15th day of the ninth month. Day 134 since he’d arrived in this world. Two weeks away. Is there a re...
2024-12-26 21:53:00 +0000 UTC
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Will post tomorrow. I thought I could make it after the Christmas party but way too tired haha. Merry Christmas 🎄 Have an amazing day everyone!
2024-12-25 20:54:10 +0000 UTC
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Fellow bottom dwellers. The crab hath been ordained.
“I have a few names—” Huang Niuniu started.
“Why do you get to choose?” Yu Han interrupted.
She pouted. “What do you mean?”
“I’m the one who has the accord with him.” He pointed at the crab, who was single-mindedly looking at him. “I have the perfect name.”
“You’re not wrong.” She bit her lip. “Let’s hear the name, then.”
“Ferris!” Yu Han be...
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How did you like the eight-legged one? Are we worthy to read about him?
“Y-You can talk?” Yu Han shouted back.
“Quiet down, Junior Brother,” the palace disciple warned. “This is a place of bonds, not arguments.”
Yu Han bowed. “My apologies. It’s just that—”
“Your little companion can communicate with you now.” The disciple smiled. “It means it must have high Mind or Spirit Origin. What you get from a Heavenly Friendshi...
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The boat left the central area of the Outer Sect. The mountains turned into islands, rivers taking the places of valleys. After twenty minutes, they disembarked at a stone pier. The crab waited for them there, waving its claws left and right.
Other than their group of four, three more passengers got off: a woman with a fish in a bucket, a portly middle-aged man carrying a bag full of letters and scrolls, and a boisterous tall youth trying to chat up the Bucket Woman. <...
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I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone here for supporting the novel. I paid my rent for the first time with Patreon's money. You guys rock.
So this was what had been nagging at the back of Yu Han’s mind. Usually, the crab would show him the parchment. But the entire morning had gone by, and it hadn’t.
The crab gargled and hopped down from Yu Han’s shoulder. After hopping from one set of legs to another, it raised its claws halfway, a...
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This is last Friday's chapter. Today's one comes out tomorrow! Copy editing almost done.
Art Levelled Up!
Vitality: 9 -> 10
[Body Origin: 6.40 -> 6.60]
Yu Han’s eyes snapped open, and he was greeted by two eyestalks staring down at him, the full weight of the crab’s body on his chest.
“Get off!” he shouted, trying to push the crab off him. “How the ...
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RR: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/97091/data-driven-daoist-xianxia-litrpg-progression
Reminder: Chapters M/W/F from now.
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“A Senior Sister called Tan Ruoxuan sent a message,” Yu Han said.
Wen Liujie’s face fell. He remained silent for a while, tapp...
2024-12-11 21:57:01 +0000 UTC
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According to the poll, I will only post fully edited chapters. Thanks, and I apologies for any future delays.
“Did you know there’s a Spirit Beast in your yard?” the Senior Sister from the Law Enforcement Hall said. She was the one who had blocked their path before.
“It just appeared one day,” Yu Han replied. He bowed to the “police officer,” saying, “How can I be of help?”
The lady appeared to be in her late twenties, w...
2024-12-11 21:08:55 +0000 UTC
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Sorry guys, a bit delayed again. I go through a full round of copy and line editing before posting chapters so that you get the best experience. Because of that, sometimes it takes 3x more time to edit a chapter than to write the first draft. In case of further delays, which do you prefer? Post the mechanical edited first draft and keep schedule or wait a bit and deliver the copy+line edited final version?
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“There’s a villain out there who wants to sabotage the crab’s memories?” Huang Niuniu exclaimed, shooting to her feet.
“Sit down.” Yu Han rolled his eyes. Li Yao burst into laughter but quietened after a glare from the angry cow girl.
“Brother Yu…” Fang Zhao scratched his chin. “You said the crab wasn’t even aware of the pearls turning blue, right?”
“That seemed like the case. Usually it takes a few days for the pearls to be...
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Yu Han picked up the stick and threw it. The crab scurried after the stick, caught it, then brought it to Yu Han’s feet again.
Yu Han threw it again.
It fetched it.
After a few rounds, Yu Han picked the crab up and shouted, “You remember!”
It remembers how to play fetch! Buddy, I think I just solved your problem.
The crab wiggled its legs mid-air, its eyes rotating like a windmill.
“Can I play too?...
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I will post two chapters tomorrow in the usual release time.
2024-12-05 21:33:28 +0000 UTC
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RR: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/97091/data-driven-daoist-xianxia-litrpg-progression
Give the story a review on RR pliss. It helps a lot :)
Announcement: The next 2 chapters might come up as a batch alongside 7th of December's chapter on that date. 'Might.' I'll let you guys know tomorrow if they are delayed.
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