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Chapter 92

A wooden ladle slammed onto Wang Xiao’s head. “Not in my house, you won’t,” the old woman said.

Wang Xiao clicked his tongue but reined in his anger after a warning look from his senior brother.

The old woman placed bowls of steaming pork broth in front of them. In the center of the table she laid out a massive platter of noodles, small cuts of meat, leafy greens, and thin-sliced mushrooms.

“Thank you for the meal,” Chen Haoran said.

Jiang Lei clasped his h...

Chapter 91

“Next time you try to play hero, try to avoid damaging anything, will you?”

“I said I was sorry.”

Chen Haoran and the old woman wandered down various streets and alleys of Daqing. Chen Haoran had the woman’s carpet thrown over his shoulder like a sack. From within came the clicking and clacking of her bone wares. He thought it was the end of it when the old woman extorted him out of a gold tael for a sculpture he was positive wasn’t worth that much. The old woman still...

Chapter 90

Chen Haoran made good on his promise.

Received Hundred-Fold: Qi Congregation Pill

Received Hundred-Fold: River King Grass

Received Hundred-Fold: Jade Maiden Bellflower

Received Hundred-Fold: Three Gorge Pill

When given the choice, Phelps’s preferences leaned toward resources with a water element to them. It made sense considering the nature of his home. It did leave Chen Haoran wondering about the nature of a beast’s cultiv...

Chapter 89

Chen Haoran left the Ever Spring Pavilion with a whistle and a spring in his step. An easy one hundred thousand taels would do that to a man.

“Have a nice day, honored customer,” Chanchu called out from behind him. “I’ll have your purchases delivered to your address as soon as possible. We look forward to you purchasing with us in the future. ”

Chen Haoran would have almost believed the merchant was saying it out of the kindness in his heart if it weren’t for the beami...

ISWG Q&A

Are there only humans there? Or other races too? How big is the world and empire?

When it comes to races that are sapient, then it's just humans. There are plenty of beasts and monsters in the world, but they’re not going around creating civilizations or speaking human languages.

The size of the world is classically xianxia in that it's way bigger than Earth is. Qi is the force that makes the inhospitable livable, and so the usual issues you’d see arise from t...

Chapter 88

The token flashed gold a few more times before the message disappeared, and the metal surface became blank once more.

The Golden Lily Association.

He hadn’t given much thought the night they’d given him the token. He didn’t expect he’d ever go to another of their auctions. Where would he have even gone to find out about them? Lan Fen received her token and knowledge of the auction through her connections, something he severely lacked. He held the token up to the light and ...

Chapter 87

“I’m sorry,” Xie Jin said. “I had promised to help you get settled in Zumulu but…”

Chen Haoran clasped his arm. “Family comes first. Thank you, for everything. I can take it from here.”

As soon as the sun rose over the horizon Xie Jin had been out the door and preparing to leave with Bao Si, despite seeming dread her company. Sister Jia watched them bid farewell from the door.

Xie Jin sighed. “If you need any help then look for Brother Ang when he comes bac...

Friday Q&A Announcement

It is what it sounds like. We'll be having a little Q&A session. If there's any questions you wanted to ask or anything about the story you wanted clarified then feel free to ask. Heck maybe you even have some questions about me lol. 

Rules are simple, post whatever questions you want to ask either in the comments of this post or in Discord and I'll answer them on Friday so long as it's not too spoilery.

Looking forward to it. 

Cheers!

Chapter 86

“You know her?” Chen Haoran asked. The centipede head snapped at him, and he leaned back as far as he could. It’s qi an amorphous blur to his sense.

“Jin, who is this?” Bao Si lifted a brow as she properly looked over him. “He’s handsome.”

Xie Jin flexed his qi and tried to throw the centipede off him. When that failed, he turned to him in desperation. “Brother Chen, get her ass!”

Chen Haoran sent a silent prayer to his self-control because that wasn’t ...

Chapter 85

Whether it was Earth or this new superpowered world it remained a fact that when you needed to sell your valuables for quick cash someone would undercut the price on you.

“Oh no. You are not telling me a Mortal-rank artifact necklace is only worth 1000 Gold taels.”

“We also have to make a profit here sir.”  The owner of the pawnshop Xie Jin led him to was very skilled. Being able to say so much bullshit with a straight face was impressive.

“That’s what marki...

Friday Delay Announcement

I'm going to be flying out on Friday and so the chapter release will be moved to Monday. So there'll be two chapters on Monday instead. Sorry for the delay. Thanks for understanding.

Chapter 84

The journey was smooth, for Zumulu’s standards at least, from there on out. They cut their way through thick walls of vines, traveled down roads fighting against the jungles encroachment and rowed down two blessfully normal rivers. All that while fighting heat, humidity, and the odd spider that decided to crawl down Chen Haoran’s back although he was pretty sure Xie Jin was responsible for that last one.

“I can see why this place was so difficult to invade,” Chen Haoran said as ...

Chapter 83

With Phelps settled on his back Chen Haoran sought an answer. “Is your Gu really dangerous enough to threaten a Liquid Meridian?” It wasn’t quite a question that came out of nowhere on Chen Haoran’s part. Xie Jin had implicitly revealed it when he threatened Jiang Lei who confirmed it by acceding to his demands. Granted Jiang Lei seemed to be an easy going type of character but being a ‘Black Bone Shaman’ clearly wasn’t something easily trifled with.

It was just hard for h...

Chapter 82

“Junior Brother,” the Liquid Meridian said. Though Wang Xiao called him Senior he didn’t seem much older than any of them. He looked similar to Wang Xiao, in the way people raised in the same circumstances do. Their demeanors couldn’t have been more different however. Where Wang Xiao had drawn eyes like a proud bird showing off his feathers his Senior Brother had no need for such displays. It was like comparing a parrot to a falcon.

He nodded to Chen Haoran and Xie Jin. “Hello...

Chapter 81

The earth beneath Chen Haoran’s feet cracked. The dragon screamed with terrible fury. “Xie Jin.”

“I’ll find him,” came the quick reply. Xie Jin waved his sleeve and out it unnaturally crawled his Gu. It took to the air with buzzing wings and hovered above the spot on the street Phelps and the Eighth-Layer last stood.

“You’re a shaman?” They ignored Wang Xiao’s shocked question.

The Gu shot off down the street.

“This way,” Xie Jin said, running a...

Chapter 80

“Phelps!” Chen Haoran’s qi spun to life, and he sprinted to the newly made hole in the wall.

“You dare!” Xie Jin roared behind him.

Chen Haoran grabbed the splintered wood of the wall and crushed it with a white knuckle grip as he looked at the fallen form of the Eighth-Layer. “Phelps!”

A squeal came from the man’s body. He slowly floated up and Phelps slipped out from underneath and floated in the air looking dazed but none worse for wear. Chen Haoran heaved...

Chapter 79

What if someone were to rip out your spine, but it took them days to pull the last vertebrae from your body?

Chen Haoran didn’t bother counting how many days they spent walking within the snake skeleton. Any number would be ridiculous and he couldn’t find it within himself to care about measuring it after crossing through the Snake’s Mouth. The Machu River, while similarly absurd in size for what it was, at least wasn’t larger than the oceans back on Earth. The Snake’s Mouth h...

Chapter 78

Power has been restored to me. Turns out a transformer caught on fire. Sorry for the delay I'll cook up something fun in return. Enjoy the chapter!

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The cattle drivers gathered up their beastly bulls and left in the morning. Xie Jin didn’t pay the man he insulted any mind as he led Chen Haoran down the road under a grey sky overcast with clouds.

Chen Haoran was once again filled with questions he wanted to ask Xie Jin. What did he mean by smelling peach blossoms? ...

Chapter Delay

Currently posting this from my phone. There's been a blackout in my home and so the chapter will be delayed to tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience. 

Chapter 77

Here's a Happy Birthday Shout Out to Sebas Tian! In a cultivation world, your birthday party is an event where MCs go to slap faces and get Jade Beauties.

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Xie Jin made good on his word of staying long in the city. They detoured only for a moment to purchase supplies, a terse affair with price-gouging vultures where they leaned more on their superior cultivation to get a good deal than any real haggling skill. Chen Haoran noted how quickly the price ro...

Chapter 76

It was night time when the river brought Chen Haoran and Phelps back to the boat and gently placed them on its deck. A sharp look from Chen Haoran had the few sailors on night duty scatter away to hidden places, leaving him alone for the time being. A quick application of qi wicked away the water on him and Phelps and he marveled the new feeling of fullness throughout his meridians.

Each Layer of the Qi realm required qi to be accumulated to a certain extent before one could break throu...

Chapter 75

“You’re joking,” Xie Jin said.

“I’m very serious,” Chen Haoran replied.

“What would you even be hoping to do by doing that?”

“I don’t know but I’d like to do it at least once before we reach Whiteridge.”

Xie Jin looked at Old Jiang and pointed to Chen Haoran. “Tell him its a bad idea.”

Old Jiang shrugged and stepped back. “It’s just swimming.”

“In a living river?” Xie Jin asked in disbelief.

“Were sailing on it,...

Chapter 74

Thanks for your patience. Sorry it was late

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Xie Jin hadn’t been lying when he’d said the ambient qi would rise the further into the Central region they got. What he had neglected to mention was just how drastically it would rise. When Chen Haoran emerged on the deck the next day he was practically blasted in the face by the difference. From near nothing to higher than anything Clearsprings City could offer. It was almost like he had fallen asleep and woken up in anot...

Sick Leave

I caught a bad cold over the weekend which I'm currently recovering from. I'll be trying to get the chapter out today but realistically it will come out tomorrow.

Thank you for your understanding.

Chapter 73

“Brother Chen,” Xie Jin said, his voice filled with controlled panic. “Please tell me you know what you’re doing.”

Chen Haoran lowered his hand and watched the water tendril stop moving. “I won’t tell you then.”

“Wonderful.”

Chen Haoran silently apologized to Xie Jin in his heart. He really had no idea what was going on. He had to thank his lucky stars that the tendril only waved and didn’t try to drag him into the river.

As if to mock his thought...

Chapter 72

All of Chen Haoran’s hard work avoiding damaging the inn was for naught when a drunk Phelps broke a hole through its roof and Chen broke a bigger one going after him. After finishing off the bottle of wine Phelps proved to be the worst case of curious drunk as he decided to make one small leap for sloths, one giant leap for sloth-kind and fly to the moon. It had taken Chen Haoran throwing Xie Jin into the air, the use of his Gu, and a stolen fishing net, to stop Phelps from changing his nam...

Chapter 71

Chen Haoran looked at Xie Jin. “Am I not a Ninth-Layer or something?”

“No you’re definitely a Ninth-Layer,” Xie Jin said.

“Then what’s this guy’s deal?”

“Clearly he thinks he can take you.”

“Do I really look that weak?”

“Like a stiff wind would blow you over,” Xie Jin replied. “You have to be more intimidating like me. They would have never come over here then.”

“Isn’t that just a roundabout way to say your low cultivat...

Chapter 70

From then on Chen Haoran took off Phelps’s blindfold every night after the sun fell and made sure he was awake to watch the first light of the sunset before putting the blindfold back on. He would gradually let the sloth watch the mornings until he was sure his eyes were adjusted. Until then Phelps contented himself watching the shifting phases of the moon. It was to the extent that he wondered if Phelps would have been a wolf had he not been a sloth.

On the eve of the full moon, they...

Chapter Delay Till Saturday

Apologies but due to a scheduling error I made the next chapter will have to be posted tommorow. I apologize for the delays this week.

Thank you for your understanding.

Chapter 69: This Young Master Is Nice

“South?” Chen Haoran looked at Xie Jin in surprise.

“I’m going back home anyway,” Xie Jin said. “Why not come with me? There hasn’t been a royal in the jungles since the Sunset Emperor.”

Chen Haoran could come up with several reasons why he wouldn’t want to go with himself anywhere. For all that Xie Jin seemed like a straightforward personality, there was no way he didn’t recognize that.

“I don’t know…” Xie Jin might have done him a favor by searc...