Chapter 77: Wrathful Spirit
In every ending lies the seed of a new beginning, though we may not live to see it bloom. This is the eternal dance of existence—to plant gardens whose flowers will grace tomorrow’s dawn.
—Sage Master Wei Huang, Keeper of the First Flame
Feng Yu’s flame orb cast dancing shadows across the damp cave walls. The soft glow illuminated patches of luminescent moss clinging to the rough stone surface. Xiulan inhaled the musty un...
2024-12-03 11:28:57 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 2
The stench of silver and copper mixed with desperate sweat filled the bank. Like pigs lining up for slaughter. Lin Yue watched the endless stream of workers shuffling forward to make their deposits and withdrawals.
Wooden partitions divided the space into narrow channels, each leading to a barred window where tellers peered down at their victims. Bored guards maintained order with practiced indifference, hands resting on sword hilts.
She glanced over ...
2024-12-02 13:25:57 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 76: Tracking Spirit
Xiulan adjusted the straps of her travel pack as dawn painted the eastern sky in shades of amber and rose. The cobblestones of Blackmere’s main street opened wide for their small group. Mei Chen walked close beside her, while Feng Yu and Ren Chun bickered about optimal travel formations a few paces ahead.
“We should maintain a diamond pattern,” Ren Chun insisted, sketching shapes in the air. “Maximum coverage for detecting threats.”
“A...
2024-12-02 08:49:47 +0000 UTC
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This Girl Prefers Demonic Cultivation
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Lin Yue ###
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Whispers in the dark tonight
Watch me turn wrong into right
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Two fingers missing
Through these streets of endless lies
Beat the odds? That's what I do
When you've got nothing left to lose
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They say the house always wins
But I've got my own sins
Watch me flip fate's loaded dice
Being good? I ...
2024-12-02 04:10:08 +0000 UTC
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This Girl Prefers Demonic Cultivation
Blurb
Sometimes the best path forward is the one you carve yourself—no matter who gets cut along the way.
Nine years after transmigrating into a child's body in the endless sprawl of the Big City, Lin Yue has carved out a meager existence through wit, knife work, and a warped moral compass.
Living in the Tiger Gang's squalid den, she survives by meeting daily quotas through pickpocketing, while dreaming of a way ...
2024-12-02 04:09:16 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 75: Farflung Mission
The difference between wisdom and foolishness often lies not in our initial choices, but in how we handle their unexpected outcomes. A wise person learns to navigate the chaos they create, while a fool drowns in it.
—Master Song Lin, Scholar of the Jade Path
The atmosphere of the execution grounds, the square in front of the city manor, was muted. Soldiers stood at attention armed with spears while the civilians stood in a crowd on the other si...
2024-12-02 01:44:30 +0000 UTC
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THE CITYSTATE OF NEFTASU HAS FALLEN. CELESTIALS CROSS THE SURFACE OF ELADU ONCE MORE.
With the help of an Arch-Seraph and a Miracle, Elania and her friends have escaped the fall of Neftasu, and the first destruction of a Celestial Engine in millennia.
But the underground conflict they survived has not prepared them for the challenges they find on the surface.<...
2024-12-01 18:21:44 +0000 UTC
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Ivory Pass With Red Strings
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Cinnamon and spirit stones
Fill my pockets as I roam
Through Blackmere's crowded streets alone
While dawn serpents hiss and moan
Twenty thousand taels of jade
Buy the silence that we made
When lightning struck the marshland bare
And your blood mixed with night air
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This ivory pass with its red strings
Weighs heavier than royal rings
Each step I take away from home
B...
2024-12-01 07:02:11 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 74: Night Airs
The patterns of fate interweave like silk threads in moonlight—visible only to those who know where to look, yet binding all who touch them.
—Sage Li Wei, Keeper of the Eternal Patterns
Xiulan directed servants to prepare the manor’s finest hall for Prince Hao. The prince’s theatrical complaints echoed through the corridors as he inspected every detail—from the jade-inlaid screens to the imported silk cushions. Each criticis...
2024-12-01 06:31:34 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 73: Shifting Wind
“Each step carries purpose, each gesture holds meaning. The wise cultivator learns to read these signs as clearly as their own meridians.”
—Master Yan Hui, Teacher of Common Wisdom
Xiulan strode through Blackmere’s streets with Mei Chen padding silently beside her as they approached the city manor. A line of wagons stretched along the street outside, loaded with furniture and supplies.
Inside, servants scurried about ...
2024-11-30 23:21:16 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 72: Future Insight
“A spirit’s bond to its original flesh represents the last thread of humanity. Once severed, that thread cannot be rewoven. Each new vessel distances the spirit further from what it once was, until only the hunger remains.”
—Demon Lord Sha Kong, Consumer of Ten Thousand Souls
Xiulan’s stomach twisted when the servant delivered Master Qingfeng’s summons. The weight of obligation pressed down on her shoulders as she walk...
2024-11-30 08:28:50 +0000 UTC
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Ice and water bend to my command
Freeze time itself within my hand
Your dark path melts beneath my frost
While my techniques remain unlost
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"The Feast of Power" shows the way
Each soul consumed makes strength today
Perfect clarity in darkest deeds
While your frozen heart just bleeds
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Beast cores resonate with my art
Spirit bonds that set my path apart
Through meridians of wild kinds
Your stolen power...
2024-11-29 21:39:33 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 71: Routed Flame
Words paint the soul’s truth in moments of triumph and despair. Listen carefully to what remains unsaid, for there lies the deepest meaning.
—Master Mei Hua, Sage of Ten Thousand Brushstrokes
Xiulan watched the guards carry Lord Chao on a stretcher across the field and into the city. His legs twisted at unnatural angles, yet his face remained a mask of rigid composure.
He spoke only to declare his rank and demand medical a...
2024-11-29 21:35:35 +0000 UTC
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Fire, Frost, and Steel
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Inspired by RaaWC Chapter 70
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Bodies falling from the wall
Blood-streaked stone marks each one's fall
Lightning crackles through my blade
As my choices fade
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Captain's body torn apart
Soldiers dying for my art
All my dreams of victory
Drown in crimson sea
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This isn't how the stories go
No glory in this overthrow
Led them all to death's embrace
For...
2024-11-29 08:53:08 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 70: Standard Protagonist Moments
Victory comes not from the absence of doubt, but from the decision to act despite it. The greatest warriors I have known were not those who felt no fear, but those who trembled and fought anyway.
—Master Wu Zhi, Commander of Ten Thousand
The defensive barrier wasn’t going to hold, even with her supporting Mei Chen. She squeezed the other girl’s hand and decided they had to retreat. “Everyone off the wall—no...
2024-11-29 08:43:24 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 69: Storm
The exchange of spiritual energy between cultivators is as intimate as the sharing of secrets between lovers. It requires absolute trust, for in that moment, two souls touch across the void that separates all beings.
—Sage Master Liu Yue, Walker of the Midnight Path
The third day of siege brought relentless attacks, each impact sending tremors through the city’s ancient stones. Everyone had to work in synchronized shifts, each group us...
2024-11-28 08:38:33 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 68: The Eye of the...
Physical forms are merely vessels for the spirit. In times of great need, the spirit may transcend its mortal shell, seeking new ways to protect what it holds dear.
—Sage Master Liu Yue, Walker of the Midnight Path
Xiulan charged across the battlefield toward the exposed spirit beast summoner and poison master. Her boots pounded against the sundered earth.
Both cultivators snapped their attention toward her approach bef...
2024-11-28 00:38:40 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 67: Spiritual Sunder
In desperate times, we discover that what we thought were limitations were merely guidelines. True power emerges when necessity breaks these self-imposed chains.
—Master Wu Zhi, Commander of Ten Thousand
Xiulan stepped down from the crenellation. Mei Chen pressed close behind her, frost spreading beneath her feet across the stone. A deep, inhuman growl rumbled from her throat as she tracked the approaching cultivators.
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2024-11-27 19:59:11 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 66: Heavenly Tribulations
Flaming stones slammed against the talisman array protecting Blackmere’s western wall. White nets of energy rippled across the defensive barrier. A dozen stones bounced away harmlessly, but another six punched through the weakened ward and plummeted into the city below.
Xiulan clenched her teeth. The bastards aimed for the buildings inside rather than the walls themselves—a deliberate tactic to spread panic among the citizens. Smoke already bi...
2024-11-26 23:33:24 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 65: Hostile Updraft
Xiulan expected chaos and immediate action—memories of siege warfare from Li Mei’s favorite historical films filled her mind with images of soldiers frantically scaling walls while arrows blackened the sky. The reality proved far more mundane.
The Chao army crept forward across the plains like a dark serpent, then halted well beyond the range of the siege weapons. Soldiers milled about in organized formations, their weapons glinting in the late afte...
2024-11-26 23:09:56 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 64: Lulls Before
Xiulan had studied the assembled cultivators, putting names and Ming’s notes on the ledger to the person. Each one represented a crucial tactical asset for the coming siege.
Wei Kang flexed his scarred arms, earth qi pulsing through the ritual markings. His “Mountain Stands Firm” technique would prove invaluable for blocking siege equipment. Though his disdain showed clearly, his reliability in combat outweighed his attitude.
Liu Shui adjusted ...
2024-11-26 01:03:36 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 63: Conscription Whirl
Xiulan spun Severing Light in a defensive arc, but Mei Chen darted through her guard with supernatural speed. The spear yanked free from her grip, clattering across the training yard’s stones.
Two ornate daggers materialized in Xiulan’s hands. Mei Chen prowled the perimeter of their makeshift arena, frost crystals spreading beneath each silent step.
Ming’s harsh laughter echoed off the courtyard walls. “If you can’t beat her how can y...
2024-11-26 01:02:28 +0000 UTC
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This one is based on the events in Chapter 23.
I think it conveys some of the rage there.
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Sweet Second Daughter
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Second daughter, so refined
That's what you thought you'd find
But poison in my teacup taught
The lessons that you bought
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Now watch me rise from where I knelt
See the cards that I've been dealt
You wanted me to break and bleed?
Well now I'll make you plead
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Her blood soaks throug...
2024-11-25 01:50:33 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 62: Five Elements Blade
Xiulan guided Mei Chen back to the pavilion’s main hall. Her skull throbbed from the morning’s meditation—the exercise meant to clear her thoughts had instead left her mind feeling like overcooked pasta.
Mei Chen glided beside her with unusual grace. The former maid’s eyes remained half-closed, an air of tranquility surrounding her that seemed a bit too intense. Qingfeng’s warning about being left behind had struck deeper than expected.
2024-11-25 01:46:41 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 61: Mastery Push
Exhaustion dragged at Xiulan’s limbs as she made her way back to the Treasure Pavilion’s guest building near midnight. The endless parade of incompetent officials and disorganized soldiers had consumed her entire evening. Still, she’d promised Mei Chen a game of Go.
That extra hour stretched her already limited reserves, but Mei Chen’s excited smile made it worthwhile. The ghost girl proved surprisingly adept at the strategic board game, winning re...
2024-11-25 01:45:09 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 60: Fortification Wave
Feng Yu turned and waved before disappearing down the winding mountain path. Xiulan squeezed Mei Chen’s cold hand and studied the steep cliff face before them.
“Mei, we’re going down the hard way.” Xiulan gestured toward the sheer drop. “Can you float?”
Mei Chen tilted her head, dark eyes scanning the rocky descent. “Yes?”
“Great.” Xiulan released Mei Chen’s hand and stepped to the cliff’s edge. “I’ll go first...
2024-11-24 07:09:39 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 59: Karmic Sigh
Xiulan wrapped her arms around Mei Chen’s waist and pulled her close. Frost crystallized across the garden, coating nearby plants in ice patterns. The sweet scent of peach blossoms mixed with the sharp bite of winter air.
“It’s true. I killed them.” The words fell from Xiulan’s lips like stones into still water.
Ren Chun’s sword remained steady, sunlight glinting off the polished steel. “You won’t even deny it?”
“They torture...
2024-11-23 22:41:35 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 58: Strategic Shift
Xiulan watched Ren Chun and Feng Yu across the garden. They spoke in hushed tones while her brother Zhang Wei practiced nearby. His wooden sword cut through the air with determined swings.
The sweet scent of jasmine tea wafted from her mother’s cup as she poured. Behind Xiulan, Mei Chen knelt on an embroidered cushion with unnatural stillness—almost perfectly adapting her previous demeanor as her maid.
“The Chao family delivered their demand...
2024-11-23 04:41:14 +0000 UTC
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Mei Chen fans will like this one I think!
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Ice Heart Break
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Darkness, endless cold
Frozen thoughts that scream and fold
Trapped in eternal night
No warmth, no touch, no sound, no light
Just pain and fear and memory
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Thread by thread, you pierce the ice
Your spirit flows through mine like fire
Though frozen lakes
To drown most hearts in winter's mire
Yet still you weave your warmth through me
Unt...
2024-11-22 23:49:32 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 57: Returning Zephyr
Mei Chen latched onto Xiulan’s sleeve with surprising strength as they moved down the Treasure Pavliion hallway. Xiulan patted her shoulder in gentle reassurance as they followed Feng Yu into Qingfeng’s study. The scent of aged paper and sandalwood incense permeated the air.
Merchandiser Ming stood rigid beside Qingfeng’s ornate desk, clutching a leather-bound ledger. “No incidents during the night, Master.”
Qingfeng nodded from behind ...
2024-11-22 23:37:48 +0000 UTC
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