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Chapter 167

The room was a mess of motion. Red light bloomed at Chen Haoran’s feet. The Golden Child escaped from beneath the bed in a yellow blur. Phelps and Xie Jin threw themselves to tackle it bodily. A valiant but fruitless effort as the Golden Child dodged them effortlessly. Books and papers went flying across the room. Phelps’s muscles bulged and he grew to twice his size, shrieking mad. Xie Jin rolled to his feet in a mess of ink and paint ready to pounce. The Golden Child darted to the door....

Chapter 166

The barrier hadn’t moved while they caught their breath. It didn’t take a genius to realize the Golden Child was hiding and waiting for them somewhere within it. After steeling their nerves they crept into the ruins of the camp, crossing under a gate of grey wood that was still standing despite the disrepair of the rest of the camp. Chen Haoran noted the smashed hinges and the wood splinters spread out into the camp.

“Wait,” Xie Jin suddenly said. He crouched down and pinched th...

Chapter 165

“Golden Child,” Xie Jin said, his voice barely above a whisper. “Brother Chen, do not move.”

Xie Jin didn’t need to tell him twice. Let alone move he could scarcely breathe, staring both transfixed and horrified into the eyeless sockets of the little skeleton. The child skeleton. It was not merely a dwarf or something designed to be small but looked as if someone had mixed ash with gold leaf and beaten the mixture with a hammer into the bones of a baby. The cloth...

Chapter 164

Mistakes were made in the beginning of book 3. I failed to mention what was going on with Chen Haoran's armor. The answer as some have said is the restriction of Qi. It was an oversight and I'll be editing it later. I'm not very satisfied with the first chapter looking back at it. There are mistakes in it, its dialogue, and its thinking that I think isn't helpful or logical. It's due for a rewrite.

Next chapter will be on Friday the 14th.

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Chen Haoran ...

Chapter 163

The beginning chapters of this book are in a way even more difficult to write than the initial chapters of book 2 was. Not just due to the circumstances of it but also the fact I'm trying to go for a more horror-inspired atmosphere which isn't the easiest to convey. I think it's finally settling in a proper direction now.

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Not all silences were made equal.

Theirs was a terrified one. The silence of the Tenth Green Hell, terrifying. Chen Haoran could only wonder ...

Interlude: The Peacock Prince

I originally wanted to include this interlude in the Epilogue of Book 2 but there was just no room. Then I wanted to make it the first chapter of Book 3 but forgot. So now it gets placed here. For those who need a reminder. Shen Jianyu is the prince who canceled the Exams Lan Fen wanted to take in book one and is the one whom Song Yuelin was fighting at the end of said book.

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In Shen Jianyu’s opinion, it was much harder to be born rich than it was to be born poor. 2024-03-23 08:26:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 162

Chapter 2 of Book 3 is here! It was tough to write this while constantly refreshing Amazon. Book 1 has been released and is doing quite well I'm proud to say. We finally broke though rank 1k on the sales ranking. It's done quite a bit better so far than I ever expected it too. We'll see how it goes from hereon. 

Enjoy the chapter!

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Despite what Chen Haoran said they did not, in fact, blow the joint...

Book 1 Publishing

Hello and greetings. A lot has happened in the long hiatus. Some of it okay. A lot bad. But this at least was very good. Book 1 of Immortality Starts With Generosity was picked up by a publisher and will be released on Amazon on March 12th. It will be my first book ever published. A lot of mistakes were made along the way but I've learned a lot as well and I...

Chapter 161 (Start of Book 3)

Out of the poisonous frying pan. Into the polluted fire. Chen Haoran was hurt enough to die three times over and tired enough to sleep through the world ending. His exhaustion seeped into his bones and hung like weights across all his aches and pains. It was because of this that he let himself go when they charged into the Tenth Green Hell. Surely he could be forgiven for taking a moment to collect himself?

As always, it was his careless mistakes that damned him.

He had been warne...

Epilogue: The Valkyrie/The Swordsman (End of Book 2)

In the middle of a frozen river there is an island. Atop that island is a ruined dome. Within that ruin is a basin lined with the runes of a dead culture. Before it was the sight of a great vengeance fulfilled. Filled with the last essence of a betrayer. Now it is dry. The little white flower had slipped its pot and strangled the garden, supping on their life to bloom anew.

Thunder brewed overhead as dark clouds glowed with hidden lightning that chased away the darkness of the endless c...

Chapter 160

Chen Haoran crushed the Spirit stone in his hand, and the Yellow Dragon leaped to devour the energies, quickly converting them into qi. The silver light surrounding him was faint and weightless, but the pressure he felt under it was heavier than his armor.

Across from him, Lu Aotian desperately ripped out pills from his storage bag and stuffed them into his mouth. Xie Jin sent a wave of liquid miasma to engulf him, forcing Lu Aotian to shove the Metal Lily forward to break the wave and ...

Chapter 159

Bao Si was right. The first bite of the Bodhi Pear really was something else….

In that it was profoundly underwhelming.

There was no awakening. No sudden revelation. No grand inspiration bestowed upon him from up on high. Chen Haoran polished off the rest of the fruit but still there was no change.

……is this it?

He’d been expecting a bit…. more from a so-called enlightenment.

The others had yet to react to his sudden reveal of a Bodhi ...

Chronicle of a Rising Demon Chapter 1

Update on the next chapter of ISWG. It's about halfway done now and will be coming out soon. In the meantime, however, have this draft of a different project to tide you over. Inspired by various depictions of the Demonic factions across Xianxia and Wuxia fiction.

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The day started entertaining enough. A few thugs were beating up a beggar boy.

The Old Man, for he was old and ostensibly a man as the situation required, took his breakfast tea in the outdoor seating...

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Book 1 of Immortality Starts With Generosity is on Amazon. 

Chapter 158

It's a New Years miracle. Happy New Year to everyone. This chapter is long overdue. I'll explain what's been going on at the bottom of this chapter. Until then please enjoy.

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The cheers of the Garrison forces rang loud, and the barrier shuddered as the main force built up ramps and began hammering at it with waves of fire qi. The elites that had engaged with the rebel forces began to fall back and fight defensively now that time had switched sides. The rebels attemp...

Chapter 157

On a scale of one to pain, Chen Haoran was feeling Yes.

He must’ve definitely looked cool, but damn did he not feel it. Regenrating his chest cavity and all the mushed up bones and viscera was perhaps the most intensely uncomfortable experience of his life. He could only like the sensation to filling up a meat balloon except he was the balloon. Suffice to say, the Banquet Peach really put in work and showed its value. He’d have to do something nice for Xi Wangmu next time he never s...

Chapter 156

Would you believe it if I said I caught a cold right after I said we were resuming our regular schedule? Cause I sure as hell don't. I guess it's thematically more appropriate that the regular schedule starts back up on Monday. Anyway I'm feeling better now. This chapter has been brought to you by ibuprofen, vitamin gummies, and Pear Cinnamon Red Bull.

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As Ninth-Layer Liquid Meridians, Qiong Qi and Lu Aotian had reached the top of the pyramid and exchanged half a hundre...

State of Affairs

Hello. Long time no see. Or chat. Except for those on the discord I suppose. 

Regardless I'd like to start off this post by saying thank you. I'm aware that I certainly didn't make it easy on anyone in any way these past few months. The fact that so many of you stuck around is just incredible to me and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I don't have any excuses for the lack of uploads nor will I make any. As per usual I run head first into the fact that I'm not as menta...

Chapter 155

Getting punched in the face was a truly universal experience, whether one was a mortal or a cultivator. The brief moment of clarity before one’s thoughts were rocked in every direction was the same. The weightlessness as one’s body gave out was the same. The way the eyes took in everything and nothing at all was the same. Clipping the unbreakable stairs of the pyramid and cracking open the skull was the sa— no actually that wasn’t very normal.

A snarled qi-filled roar from the Y...

Chapter 154

Chen Haoran and Bao Si followed Qiong Qi to the third terrace of the pyramid to look over the walls.  Phelps was left to guard the still recovering Xie Jin back at the hut. A hundred archers lined themselves across the third and fourth layers, bundles of arrows sitting by their feet. The rest of the Rattan Armor soldiers reinforced the fortifications. The vine walls expanded and contracted in tune with the steady breathing of the rebels’ chests, waiting with them in guarded anticipatio...

Chapter 153

Hello everyone! I am back from my break. Enjoy!

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Qiong Qi hadn’t sounded threatening as he spoke but his words triggered the surrounding Rattan Armor Soldiers to pull out their spears.

“Don’t test me right now, Qiong Qi,” Bao Si snapped, her hands still pressed to Xie Jin’s chest. “They’re my people.”

“And they killed my people,” Qiong Qi said.

“As if the situation created allowed for another solution,” Bao Si bit back.

“Wha...

Chapter 152

“Just what is going on here!?” Pan Gong thundered.

“They’re traitors,” Lu Aotian snarled.

Chen Haoran pointed his sword at him. “You were trying to kill my friend!”

Lu Aotian ripped off the ragged remains of his uniform. “He’s a Black Bone Shaman. He worked together with the rebels to draw me into a trap.”

“You were the one hunting me for treasure!” Xie Jin accused. “It was a coincidence we ran into them!”

“The rebels were looking fo...

Update

Chapter will be posted Wednesday as I'm currently juggling writing it and traveling. After that will be a chapter to bring us back up to 10. All things going to plan by the end of the week everything will be normal.

Also I'm considering letting Patrons offer suggestions to name the Royal Road Chapter. Will probably turn it into a poll or something but as a sort of trial run the next RR chapter will be Chapter 146 so feel free to offer your suggestions in the comments below. 

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Chapter 151

A scythe of white-cutting energy extended from Chen Haoran’s sword and reaped the earth beneath him. Xie Jin’s attacker wisely leaped backward to avoid it but lost his footing as the White Tyrant’s Harmonization made the earth violently undulate like an ocean in a storm. Chen Haoran flashed his sword as he came down and a single white line bisected the roiling earth. The Liquid Meridian spiked his qi and narrowly dodged to the side as a trench opened up in the earth and extended far pas...

Chapter 150

To watch over the rebels required the observers to be aware enough to notice any movements immediately and fast enough to get the hell out of dodge if the Rattan Armor Soldiers decided to come out in force. Additionally, Six-Eyes needed to go around the whole circumference of the lake to observe the barrier. Naturally, he couldn’t do it alone. For some reason, however, Chen Haoran was conscripted into helping him. On top of it all, there was still no sign of Xie Jin and Bao Si. He ...

Chapter 149

Man. The flight has thrown my whole schedule into wack. This is the chapter that you guys should have gotten Friday. Of course, now Monday's chapter is delayed. Don't worry though, you guys will get all three chapters this week. It's just gonna be a bit weirder than usual. Thanks for your patience. You guys are amazing. Enjoy the chapter!

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The nature of the ambush was fully revealed to them as they moved out to link up with the other elements of the Garrison. A good hal...

Update

Hello everyone. I am alive. My flight was....not good but I made it to where I needed to go. That being said bad flights and re-adjusting really do exhaust you huh? Or maybe I'm just a weak traveler. Regardless. I promised a chapter on Sunday. I don't have it. At least not right now. It's mostly done but I'm about to collapse from exhaustion and am seeing double. So the chapter will be delayed until tomorrow.

 That sucks thought so instead I hope this revised chapter of a WIP of mi...

Chapter Delay Due to Flight

Hello. I am going on an 11-hour flight tomorrow (Friday) and will be landing late Saturday. As such, for Crystal Transformation Realm Patrons, your chapter will have to be delayed till Sunday. Now, functionally this doesn't make much of a difference to you guys given the.... schedule in recent weeks, but this time warrants an official announcement. So yeah. Yay me.

Chapter 148

The Emission Node exploded, and Chen Haoran and the Garrison were thrown on their backs by the rebounding force. A few quick-thinking ones spread out covers of liquid qi in an attempt to shield them from the cascading energies, but thankfully it surged into the barrier instead. Above them, the White Tyrant’s Harmonization seized the spilling energies and, well….cut.

Stark-white cracks spread across the barrier’s surface, the river turning into glass and shattering into a million p...

Interlude: The Silkworm

Had a good vibe while writing this. Don't worry though. This will be the last interlude until the end of the arc.

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Separating the Ninth-Layer of the Qi Realm and the First-Layer of the Liquid Meridian Realm was a river as vast as the Machu. The worst of the Liquid Meridians was still better than the best of the Qi Realm. This was a paradigm that held true at every level of cultivation. Oh sure, there were stories and legends of heroes at the pinnacle of their Realm who c...