v4c64: Upending Heaven and Earth
Added 2023-11-25 03:14:44 +0000 UTCThe disciples of the Shrouded Mountain Sect were for a moment arrested. Mouths wide open as if they had been slapped by a writhing fish. The disciples watched on as the magnificent rooster took an obvious breath and began to stretch like a mortal before they did strenuous activity—making sure his body was in perfect shape. His movements were smooth and unhurried; and though he still bore marks on his body where Sheng had struck him, he seemed little worse for wear.
After he was satisfied… he stopped and turned his profound gaze upon Sheng.
“This one apologises for holding back. We may begin again,” he said, his voice deep and smooth.
The world was held spellbound by the sheer absurdity of it all.
A single voice called out from the crowd, thin and reedy, croaking out an exclamation “It’s a fucking chicken!?”
The spell broke. The crowd roared in shock.
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Zang Zhong stared at the arena.
A chicken. He had been humiliated by a chicken. He had failed to suppress a chicken. He had been surpassed by a chicken. It was a chicken a chicken a chicken—
More blood came out of his mouth.
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Zang Fengfeng felt like her soul was leaving her body. She had… She had offered that to a chicken? To a Spirit Beast?! Oh heavens!
She stared at his bright plumage and handsome eyes and—oh heavens!
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Yushang turned to Biren as he looked down into the arena.
She pointed at the chicken.
“Yeah. He's a chicken,” Biren replied evenly, as he squinted at the arena.
Yushang was at a loss for words for a moment before she spoke up, pointing at his sideburns. “Are you a monkey?!”
Biren snorted. “No, but my brother is.”
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Master Lishu of the Medical Pavilion paused, his eyebrow rising. He had come down to the emergency room to assist his disciples in what was surely going to be a rather bad situation; Sheng had sent many, many disciples into Lishu’s hands over the years after all.
He also knew Bi De and Ri Zu were close… so he decided to do a kindness to one of his new favourite students.
At first, all of his disciples had been watching the fight with interest.
Now, they were staring in shock… all except Ri Zu.
Lishu frowned at her reaction… and especially when she turned to look at him, a slight bit of apology in her eyes.
Ah. He felt the sting of betrayal. A promising student, a woman he actually liked, leading him on.
And yet… it did not make full sense for her to be some manner of nefarious infiltrator. She had been far too helpful, and had even trained able replacements. She challenged him and caught his attention on purpose.
He pushed down his rising feelings and beckoned Ri Zu forward.
She followed him to the back of the room.
“So… what exactly is going on here?” He asked, his eyes peeled for any sort of treachery.
“As Ri Zu and her companions have said; we were sent here to learn from the Shrouded Mountain Sect.” He could feel her openness and honesty. He looked into her dark eyes, and found no deceit. “And investigate the Shrouded Mountain Sect for demonic corruption, as a test from Bi De’s Master.”
That pulled Lishu up short. He paused. Zang Li had been a hollowed out husk—likely puppeted by a demon. He was defeated by somebody, and now their Sect was apparently under review by disciples of… Elder Shenhe going off fighting something demonic in the north…
Lishu swallowed. This had suddenly changed things.
“Who exactly is your patron?” he asked tentatively.
Ri Zu told him. A dull ringing began in Lishu’s ears.
“He isn’t just a story?”
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Elder Chongyun swallowed thickly. He had nearly screamed in shock, but managed to contain himself. It would not do to lose his head in front of the Patriarch.
Still, it was a bare thing.
Elder Lulai, the older woman beside him, had shamefully dropped her cup and was staring with bafflement at the arena below them.
In truth, Chongyun did not blame her.
The man had transformed and ascended a Realm and a Stage.
Transformed into a chicken. Chongyun had suspected the man to be a spy for the Cloudy Sword Sect! He was either a Spirit Beast, or a man who had a transformation technique that turned him into a chicken. The fact that anyone would willingly take the form of such a beast was absurd… He even had a fox-fur vest on—
Something suddenly slammed into the forefront of his mind. A report from the Fulmination Squadron that had been in the Azure Hills with Zang Li when everything had happened. They had mentioned a chicken, a Spirit Beast commanded by Master Rou. A Spirit Beast with a fox-fur vest and a silver necklace. The creature had not been given a name in the report, but it was the splitting image of the thing in the arena at this very moment.
He wished that any of the men who had returned from the Hills were still around to confirm; but Shenhe had taken all of them with her north to remove them from any retaliation Elder Zeng might have had in mind for “failing his son.”
But now that he recognised the chicken… all of the pieces that had been bugging him clicked into place.
Chongyun had been suspicious of Bi De from the start. One did not just come out of nowhere that powerful and asked to join a sect. Or at least… not their Sect.
Chongyun had taken notice of the irregularity, though Bi De had spoken the truth about his master wanting him to learn the ways of the world.
He had initially suspected the young man to be a disciple of the Cloudy Sword Sect. It fit after all. Bi De’s mild personality, his insistence on reading, and his utter disregard for any kind of reward for his actions. In addition to this were the herbs he grew that had purifying properties, which were especially effective against demons.
The Inquisitors had considered that angle… but Chongyun himself had dissuaded them. They wanted more surveillance, and perhaps a quiet conversation, the fools.
If they were truly being audited by the Cloudy Sword Sect then the worst thing they could do was get in the man’s way. So Chongyun supported Bi De as he could, distributing the purifying herbs, and having more sent to those battling in the north.
Chongyun was cautious by nature… But he was not above some underhanded tricks. If they were being inspected by a member of the Cloudy Sword Sect… then he would be known as the helpful Elder who assisted him at every turn. If they passed whatever test was in store for them, there would be rewards; but if the rest of the Sect failed,there would hopefully be lighter punishments.
And if he had not been of the Cloudy Sword Sect at all, then they got some extremely useful herbs and a talented disciple.
Yet… the Rooster was a spy for the Cloudy Sword Sect.
His hunch had been utterly correct.
For Master Rou had sent his chicken to check them over for demonic taint, after they failed to act upon his first hint. He had sent a Spirit Beast to infiltrate their Sect and make sure they were doing as he ordered.
Chongyun swallowed… And then flinched as the Patriarch’s lightning Qi exploded out of his body.
“Someone seems intent on making a fool out of our Sect with this farce. Whoever it is I shall destroy them,” the man declared as he rose to his feet, stalking forwards to leap from the box. “They dare to have a Spirit Beast as our Young Master’s final opponent? I shall stuff the creature into a soup pot—”
“Now, now. None of that, boy,” an amused voice declared from behind them. Everybody in the box froze before wheeling to look at where the voice was coming from… because it was speaking from within the box.
In the box was a person, sitting in the Patriarch's formerly vacated chair, and who was even now practically lounging in it.
The voice issued forth from a ragged old man wearing a rice hat. His beard was unkempt and would not be out of place on the face of a beggar or a street-sweeper. His clothes were rough and worn. A smell hit Chongyun’s nose— dumplings and cheap wine.
All of the members of the Shrouded Mountain Sect sucked in a breath—because none of them had sensed this old man even move. Between one instant and the next, he was suddenly in the room, in the Patriarch’s seat and…Chongyun gaped as the old man took a pull of the Patriarch’s wine. He examined the bottle and huffed. “Hm. Mediocre. If you’re going to get something expensive, make sure it actually tastes good.”
The man was drinking the Patriarch’s wine and complaining about it. It was Spirit Wine of nearly the highest grade! And he had just called it mediocre?!
And then he had the further gall to completely ignore all of them and fix his attention on the man and chicken who were now sizing each other up.
The sheer audacity of the man was something that made Chongyun want to spit blood—and made the Patriarch grind his teeth so loud it sounded like a landslide. The air itself began to feel like a storm as the Patriarch’s Qi turned wrathful. Chongyun flinched as an expert in the Sky Realm flared his Qi, then focused all his attention on the man who had sat in his chair.
“You court death,” the Patriarch rumbled like an oncoming storm. He advanced on the old man, murder in his eyes. “Who dares to enter my Sect and insult us so? I shall fly your skin from your muscles and keep you alive for a thousand years in agony for this.”
The old man sitting in the chair nonchalantly lit his pipe.
Chongyun, on the other hand, realised that things were about to go very poorly. The Patriarch’s rage spiked even higher.
“You dare—” the Patriarch began, his Qi making Chongyun shudder. It felt like the largest storm imaginable was about to vent its fury. A mortal in this room would have died instantly from the pressure alone. The world shifted and started to crack as the Patriarch began to express his domain, imposing his soul upon the world.
Storm Clouds and lightning flashed without ceasing as the Patriarch’s body began to decompile into pure lightning.
The old man pushed up his hat, revealing his eyes.
He gave the Patriarch a singularly unimpressed look. Then, he changed slightly. His body shifted. The beggar faded and an Emperor revealed himself clad in qi. A Sovereign of Cultivation.
Chongyun barely resisted the urge to throw himself to the floor and kowtow. He had no idea who this man was; and clearly neither did the Patriarch.
But recognition was unnecessary in the face of a monster.
It was almost gentle, the way his Qi grasped the Patriarch’s own burgeoning domain and snuffed it out.
The Patriarch’s thundering voice caught in his throat. The man’s pupils dilated and sweat began to pour off his body. The lightning disappeared as if it had never been. The Patriarch was forced to once more be a man, rather than an avatar of the storm.
“Do be quiet,” the old man said kindly. “I want to watch the match.”
Chongyun did not move. The Elder held his breath, it took all he had to be still.
The old man simply smiled as the battle below them began anew.
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Shen Yu arrives, and does Shen Yu things.
one more chapter this week!
Editors: Massgamer, Ayje, Oshi,
Comments
11/10.
Jack Everitt
2024-03-01 22:53:08 +0000 UTCI do hope that Ri Zu and Master Lishu stay in touch. I can picture them and Mei exchanging letters on healing elixirs and experiments etc
Catherine
2023-11-29 14:12:24 +0000 UTCShen Yu never disappoints. Though BiDe still takes the cake!
D J Meigs
2023-11-28 16:47:40 +0000 UTCthat sounds like a good correction to me
wanderer117
2023-11-28 14:45:47 +0000 UTCIt's firmly in the "you lose" no possible exceptions category of power difference. Especially with Shen Yu explicitly having an invuln his lessers field.
Binge Reader
2023-11-28 09:10:09 +0000 UTCI was thinking.... (I know not a good habit), If the SMS patriarch is in the Sky realm and Gramps is in the Imperial realm, could it be that he is way way stronger than the Patriarch not just one realm stronger... but the patriarch could be first stage Sky realm and Gramps is Fifth stage Imperial? Isn't that way way stronger?
Melanie Me
2023-11-28 06:56:18 +0000 UTCShouldn't it also be corrected as SPITTING image not SPLITING image as referenced to Bi De by Chongyun
Melanie Me
2023-11-28 06:44:20 +0000 UTCShen yu just performed a "Boop" technique
Igor Kaplunov
2023-11-27 13:37:43 +0000 UTCHer actions were at odds with those expected from a nefarious infiltrator. (But... if I read the author's original version completely stripped of context, I'd assume it came from this story.)
Randall Brynsvold
2023-11-27 11:50:55 +0000 UTCHe won't. Or more accurately, he can't. Cultivating the way he does is incompatible with Immortality, which is why Shen Yu was so opposed to it. It was this realization that almost drove Xiaoshi to betray Tianlan in the past.
Empty Shelf
2023-11-27 06:19:12 +0000 UTCHonestly shower thoughts after reading everything 😂😁
Dj Schmitt
2023-11-27 01:49:59 +0000 UTCHonestly I hope Jin become an earth immortal, and how gramps will brag to others about, “a boy I pick off the streets shoveling shit to learn the courtly characters disciple of the cloudy sword sect who knew and learned of heavens path but found it wanting and with a fractured soul he learned to bless the earth and earth blessed him as he reached immortality but not ascension for he shall live as earth. The power of a province no the very empire itself you’d need to kill, yet he is no Emperor but a Farmer who not commands his fields but raises them with heavens wisdom and the earths blessing.
Dj Schmitt
2023-11-27 01:46:49 +0000 UTCYushang has the extra connection with the Fa Ram team because she's certain they're good people. The other two may be slowly backing away from that guy who hangs out with a monster chicken.
Randall Brynsvold
2023-11-27 00:22:53 +0000 UTCWords can have multiple meanings, and context matters.
Randall Brynsvold
2023-11-27 00:19:23 +0000 UTCThe Shrouded Mountain folks fear and respect strength and reputation (not virtue so much as the reputation for virtue). They respect Jin for his strength and his connection with the Cloudy Sword Sect. Jin being allied with someone much, much stronger would *not* reduce their respect for Jin, but may increase their fear.
Randall Brynsvold
2023-11-27 00:17:24 +0000 UTCI would hope so, especially if the author claims there is supposedly one more this week
Javier van der westhuizen
2023-11-26 21:42:15 +0000 UTCWill there be another chapter today?
Timothy Dana
2023-11-26 19:02:37 +0000 UTC“it did not make full sense for her to be some manner of nefarious infiltrator” - the phrasing here is a little awkward? To me, this feels less clunky: “the idea of her being some manner of nefarious infiltrator did not fit her actions” If there’s anyone who would likely temper the beliefs about Iron, it would be Bi De. If nothing else, he might be able to get him to understand that if he DOES break someone, he should take responsibility for helping them rebuild themselves. Han’s skills would likely be helpful to him, as well as Yushang’s ability to determine trustworthiness (meaning she can be a good litmus test for how worthwhile it is to listen to someone’s advice.) That’s if the two don’t come with them…
V01D
2023-11-26 18:04:29 +0000 UTCIt’s kind of like how the term Master gets used in Star Wars. Basically, ‘sensei’
V01D
2023-11-26 17:59:42 +0000 UTCI also have the feeling that before he met Jin, he was basically wandering around aimlessly, somewhat despondent (whether he was aware of it or not is a different thing) Given how excited he was to find Rou…
V01D
2023-11-26 17:58:32 +0000 UTCI think Lishu's reaction is my favorite.
Randall Norman Pick
2023-11-26 15:04:00 +0000 UTCMaybe only the Patriarch is sky realm, and that's why he's the Patriarch.
Andrew Denton
2023-11-26 14:40:51 +0000 UTCDivine is higher than Imperial. So it would make sense that while normally in the divine realm, he's currently in the imperial realm from the effort of, as you say, suppressing his taint. Taint.
Andrew Denton
2023-11-26 14:37:54 +0000 UTCExactly! And it's not even really that she's giving him the most relevant info out of respect, it's just that Shen Yu is CLEARLY the answer that Lishu was asking for because again that how English WORKS. People do not typically give nonsensical answers to straightforward questions, unless the author is a complete hack and that's the only way they know to "build tension" in their work. Now unless people are just not that fluent in English this shouldn't be that complicated, this is basic sentence and narrative structure.
Z H
2023-11-26 12:55:06 +0000 UTCI hope Shen Yu protects Yun Ren too.
Melanie Me
2023-11-26 12:15:28 +0000 UTCIndeed. However, I expected all three to turn and look at Yun Ren, not just Yushang.
BargleNawdleZouss
2023-11-26 03:00:07 +0000 UTCTheir initial reactions were given at the end of the previous chapter. Yushang was the only one so far to look to Yun Ren for an explanation. "Liao Yushang’s eyes had gone completely blank. Che Han had dropped the dumpling he was stress-eating, while Shao Heng had just looked completely befuddled."
Randall Brynsvold
2023-11-26 02:32:55 +0000 UTCBi De would have accepted the loss and wouldn't have transformed except Shen Yu showed himself and prompted Bi De to reveal his full power and continue the fight.
Randall Brynsvold
2023-11-26 02:17:10 +0000 UTC(Zang Zhong stared at the arena. A chicken. He had been humiliated by a chicken. He had failed to suppress a chicken. He had been surpassed by a chicken. It was a chicken a chicken a chicken— More blood came out of his mouth.) Mr Zang suffered the worst of it all. 😉
Duke of Coffee
2023-11-25 21:14:03 +0000 UTCFrom our point of view, sure. I was wondering more about the cultivator cultural rules
Nicholas Grey
2023-11-25 20:11:23 +0000 UTCIt's actually worse for the SMS than some of them think. They think Bi De might be from the Cloudy Sword Sect. But the Cloudy Sword Sect is still... a sect. An organization. It has rules, procedures and bureaucracy. The SMS is actually being evaluated by Shen Yu. And Shen Yu will do whatever the fuck he feels like doing, possibly up to and including "kill every one of them from the Patriarch down to the lowest servant."
John D Jones
2023-11-25 20:04:26 +0000 UTCShen Yu doing Shen Yu things... it's fun when the old monster is on your team :P
Logrus
2023-11-25 19:38:09 +0000 UTCI thought Gramps was in the divine realm? Nezin said he was in the imperial realm, but then gramps said he was at a realm below normal because of the demon taint before meimei removed a big chunk. So wouldn't that make him currently in the divine realm?
Michael Fannon
2023-11-25 18:44:13 +0000 UTCSo she likes good looking cocks that stand tall and proud. What's wrong with that?
Michael Fannon
2023-11-25 18:37:15 +0000 UTCIf I recall Lu Ri knew Shen Yu existed but thought he died long ago. He was surprised he was still around. So it’s really like only those in the imperial realm or elders of the CSS know he’s still alive.
Derek Walker
2023-11-25 16:54:45 +0000 UTCSomeone to absolutely not be fucked with for fear of having that same Monster crush them in response.
John D Jones
2023-11-25 16:45:01 +0000 UTCHahahhahhaahahahahahaha
WolfKnight22
2023-11-25 16:41:13 +0000 UTCTo me it's not about syntax word games. Ri Zu likes and respects Lishu, so she's giving him the most relevant information. Yes, Bi De's master is Jin and her own master is Meiling. But the most vital info for Lishu is that Ri Zu and her friends are working for that legendary, terrifying cultivator in the Imperial Realm, Shen Yu, who is right the fuck there, right the fuck now.
John D Jones
2023-11-25 16:33:58 +0000 UTCShe wants some Fa Ram Hot Chicken.
John D Jones
2023-11-25 16:22:39 +0000 UTCI shall fly your skin from your muscles and keep you alive for a thousand years in agony for this. should be I shall flay your skin from your muscles and keep you alive for a thousand years in agony for this.
wanderer117
2023-11-25 16:06:35 +0000 UTCBe Di has frequently referred to Shen Yu as "Master". Since that started, though, Jin has been "Great Master".
Andrew Denton
2023-11-25 16:06:10 +0000 UTCI am actually impressed the Patriarch is Sky Realm, I had assumed all Elders of the SMS were Earth Realm.
BlueMage_VT
2023-11-25 15:29:50 +0000 UTC"Yo! Where the human women at?"
Proteus Jones
2023-11-25 15:24:46 +0000 UTCWill this make matters worse for Jin. His disciple is under a Monsters wing, so who does that make him in the sects eyes.
Justin
2023-11-25 15:13:46 +0000 UTCBi De is currently apprenticed to Shen Yu, making Shen Yu his current master.
Scout Mills
2023-11-25 15:12:20 +0000 UTC“This one apologises for holding back." Bwahaha😂🤣😆🔥
Skylar
2023-11-25 15:01:00 +0000 UTCExactly. You are paying to read the rough draft after all...
Echo Sparksong
2023-11-25 15:00:50 +0000 UTCOh, My! 😱😆😁🤣
Echo Sparksong
2023-11-25 14:45:14 +0000 UTCIt isn't that I don't like the books or the characters the journey is half the fun. But sometimes too much anticipation is.... not good. It is like saying I will give you $1 mil. But you gotta wait. Then the next week, wait again. Oh but after 65 weeks of waiting you kinda go eh
Melanie Me
2023-11-25 14:37:35 +0000 UTCThe smart elder admitted it himself. Someone as talented as Bi De does not randomly join their sect. The higher ups in the sect know their place in the global pecking order.
Tarmandan
2023-11-25 14:17:28 +0000 UTCPretty sure that would be 'Biren'!
Paul Boros
2023-11-25 14:15:53 +0000 UTCShen Yu has been Wandering around as Gramps for a very long time. Long enough that only the people who still know him remember he actually did what the stories say... That makes me wonder how old Lishu is
Paul Boros
2023-11-25 14:14:38 +0000 UTCI was thinking of Bi De saying "'scuse me while I whip this out", or "Candygram for Young Master!"
Cyrus McEnnis
2023-11-25 13:48:06 +0000 UTCThere is non-zero chance of Shen Yu not doing something in this situation... but it's as close to zero as possible
Paul Boros
2023-11-25 13:47:48 +0000 UTCA Rule 34 situation.
Paul Boros
2023-11-25 13:45:56 +0000 UTCI love that Shen Yu came in to cover Bi De and protect him from the wrath of the Patriach. Now that is a master and a leader
Samuel Terrazas
2023-11-25 13:26:17 +0000 UTCIf the journey and the character details don't keep you interested, you might be happier with reading it in finished book form, or after the series is completed. To each their own.
Randall Brynsvold
2023-11-25 13:06:59 +0000 UTCRi Zu mentions Bi De's Master (assumed to be Jin, who was the one originally concerned about demonic influence there and who is Bi De's only Master), then Lishu asks "Who exactly is *your* patron?" as in "who is running your operation here".
Randall Brynsvold
2023-11-25 13:01:06 +0000 UTCWell, they're fully sapient and capable of communicating consent, or lack there of, so they pass the Harkness Test. After that, it's all a matter of personal opinion.
Just A Dude
2023-11-25 12:57:31 +0000 UTCNope, straight to an anime, done by the same team from Madhouse that did OPM Season 1. Only way it can be done justice.
Just A Dude
2023-11-25 12:53:33 +0000 UTCRi Zu doesn't have any weird facial hair disguise, and she wasn't the one in front of Yushang at that particular moment. Questions about whether Ri Zu is a spirit animal, knowing that Bi De is "her man", will come next.
Randall Brynsvold
2023-11-25 12:52:07 +0000 UTCThe home team passes inspection. There's still a squad in the field that has been led by the nose by a demon.
Randall Brynsvold
2023-11-25 12:46:41 +0000 UTCI don't remember that. Pops had to hide his Qi so he wouldn't be sensed as an unfamiliar potential threat, and he seems to also have an effective Don't-Look-Here technique.
Randall Brynsvold
2023-11-25 12:44:33 +0000 UTCQue inquisition shitting pants as they realize they gave the intermediate keys to someone who sided with the foxes and knows Shen Yu. Whether gramps actually does anything (or needs to) is another story
Michael Foat
2023-11-25 12:41:21 +0000 UTCI wonder if he'll do some taunting, or whether that's beneath him unless he has to mess with the head of an opponent to buy time (as with Lu Ban while he was protecting Xiulan).
Randall Brynsvold
2023-11-25 12:39:39 +0000 UTCTake my like you filthy animal
Orion1024
2023-11-25 12:27:20 +0000 UTCAs always, thank you for another awesome chapter.
Old Dog
2023-11-25 12:26:35 +0000 UTCHe is just used to being despotic with his unrivaled strenght in the region moreover strong cultivators tend to not come to poor places or when they neccesity to , they usually go about it head on by storming the sect , announcing their presence and actually looking the part . For this guy who takes grandeur and his hollow face for granted it's probably unfinkable that someone with enough strenght would take roundabout methods and look like commoner instead of just using force up front and looking and acting like peerless master .
Szymon Szczełkun
2023-11-25 12:05:42 +0000 UTCand the other is more of a dick
Szymon Szczełkun
2023-11-25 11:50:22 +0000 UTCTypo: I shall fly your skin -> flay Thanks for the chapter
Umut Numanoglu
2023-11-25 11:40:59 +0000 UTCThis all going to end with Yun Ren holding his sword to his own neck and shouting "Nobody move or the Fox gets it!"
Z H
2023-11-25 11:40:22 +0000 UTCThank you for the Chapters.
Demian Buckle
2023-11-25 11:38:53 +0000 UTCIt's not syntax rule lawyering, it's common sense and just basic understanding of the English language. Come one, stop trying to make things unnecessarily complicated.
Z H
2023-11-25 11:28:36 +0000 UTCIt's time for Shen Yu's stories to come on.
Z H
2023-11-25 11:21:33 +0000 UTCWhen Bi De says "Master" to Shen Yu, it's a title of respect (short for Master Shen Yu), not a declaration that he is Bi De's personal Master. In Bi De's head, "Master" always means Jin. I think that when he talks about his Master with others, he's always been referring to Jin. When Shen Yu agreed to take Bi De on as a student/disciple, this is what he said: "Bi De. You asked to learn from this Shen Yu, so that you may protect your Master and my Grandson. I shall accept this. You shall forthwith be a disciple of Shen Yu, as your Master before you." Shen Yu acknowledges that he doesn't take Jin's place as Bi De's Master.
Randall Brynsvold
2023-11-25 11:08:40 +0000 UTCAmazing. Just what I needed after a crappy couple of weeks!
Sebastian Rubin
2023-11-25 10:46:43 +0000 UTCWell in defense of the SMS, even senior decides of the man's own Cloudy Sword sect don't think he's real, much less a former member. Seriously appart from the demon war the guy has probably been out of the public eye for a few centuries.
Truedragon5374
2023-11-25 10:42:31 +0000 UTCHYPEEEEE!
STORRM
2023-11-25 10:42:08 +0000 UTCLike the Joker once said "I might be crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS? NO THANKYOU!"
Truedragon5374
2023-11-25 10:39:57 +0000 UTCBut you forget, Jin is and will always be "The Great Master". Shen Yu is just Master...
DrNutella
2023-11-25 10:18:54 +0000 UTCOh man. I suddenly had an image of Bi De starring in a Wuxia version of Blazing Saddles, and it was glorious.
Cyrus McEnnis
2023-11-25 10:00:49 +0000 UTCThey should fail since they where infiltrated by demons. They just got lucky that all the demons are out of the sect at the moment. Kinda makes it worse, getting infiltrated by demons, finding out that an inner disciple got bodysnatched and still letting the rest of the demons escape without noticing them in the first place.
Borigi
2023-11-25 09:33:53 +0000 UTCI didn’t see your comment before making mine, but great minds!🫡
Matt
2023-11-25 09:29:40 +0000 UTCAnd Fengfeng unlocked a new fetish
Borigi
2023-11-25 09:28:38 +0000 UTCLishu’s response is easily my favorite. We all knew Gramps was going to face slap someone effortlessly, which was hilarious. Snuffing a thunderstorm like it’s a candle was epic. But the wise, deliberate elder who hides his emotions/compassion in a cutthroat sect being surprised into acting like a country bumpkin was more entertaining to me. Especially since they claim to be a top sect. If they were as big a deal as they claim, then they should know he’s real.
Matt
2023-11-25 09:22:17 +0000 UTCLot of good reactions to Bi Di and Gramps from named characters, but my absolute favorite is the random anonymous character yelling out from the crowd, “ It’s a fucking chicken”
J Klugh
2023-11-25 09:08:50 +0000 UTCI do hope our favourite cultivators take advantage of all the eyes on them and Shen Yu's presence for backing to reveal the truth of the Shrouded Mountain sects history to everyone at this tournament
The-Nowhere-Man
2023-11-25 08:50:20 +0000 UTCWell, one of them is a rooster.
Anonymous
2023-11-25 08:19:29 +0000 UTCRemember that Shen Yu isn't just in the Imperial realm, he's at or very near the top of it. So the difference isn't just a realm, but likely also several stages. And it's a fair assumption that the distance between stages also increases the higher the realm.
Cindermoth
2023-11-25 08:13:43 +0000 UTCLishu not having known Shen Yu was real is a great way to bring back the perspective of where the SMS sits in the hierarchy of Sects. Where the big kids teach their disciples that the Unconquered Blade is totes real, and the ants have never even heard of him, the SMS has heard the stories but is too far from the big leagues to have any idea of the truth. Great subtle worldbuilding. Love it.
Anzer'ke
2023-11-25 08:06:14 +0000 UTCUsually the gaps between Realms just get wider and wider as you go up, so it fits the genre conventions. I'm more fascinated by the glimpse of just what a Sky Realm cultivator looks like in battle.
Anzer'ke
2023-11-25 08:03:36 +0000 UTCSeveral of Shrouded Mountain's Elders are very glad they've been kindly to their auditors.
David Giles
2023-11-25 07:53:22 +0000 UTCOr go live action
Michael Foat
2023-11-25 07:31:55 +0000 UTCIts so awesome that the Cloudy Sword sect have the reputation of heroic asthetics. Makes it all seem more epic.
Runcible Technician
2023-11-25 07:14:43 +0000 UTCWhen the hype is real.
a passing Fnord
2023-11-25 06:21:50 +0000 UTCI know he's done it before but to me it feels wierd for Bi De to refer to anyone other then Jin as his "Master" like its fine if he calls him master directly but when referencing who his master is to others Jin feels better maybe Shen Yu can be his patron
Matt Pendragon
2023-11-25 06:19:35 +0000 UTCFengfeng having some white woman tendencies right there.
Memememe
2023-11-25 06:07:39 +0000 UTCI think they all know who Shen Yu is, but they just think he's a myth. Master Lishu was just the only one who was directly told who he was.
Memememe
2023-11-25 06:06:37 +0000 UTCAnd you don't think she's above those games? Remember, her master is Meimei; that would be perfectly in line with her personality.
Deathlokke
2023-11-25 05:48:01 +0000 UTCOof. A realm difference in that level between Sky and Imperial is even worse than from initiate to profound, huh? Makes sense but damn, Sheng Yu is so powerful even these Sky Realm 'experts' don't recognize him LOL. Thanks for the chapter CF!
Kasinki
2023-11-25 05:47:47 +0000 UTC"no but my brother is " :))
Net
2023-11-25 05:43:27 +0000 UTCFucking excellent.
Seth
2023-11-25 05:40:04 +0000 UTCShen Yu is going Shit you things indeed. 😜
Duke of Coffee
2023-11-25 05:26:50 +0000 UTCyyyyyyyyyyYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSS! Finally Shen You reveals himself and it is as badass as it's supposed to be! Thank you so much for the chapter.
Melmoth
2023-11-25 05:12:58 +0000 UTCCan a cultivator have a heart attack? Cuz all these blood spitting clenched jaws has got to be hell on your blood pressure with cultivator strength.
Carlos Torres
2023-11-25 05:12:54 +0000 UTCAnime would be great. But, you have to walk before you can fly.
Remo Williams
2023-11-25 05:08:26 +0000 UTClol. Shen Yu things indeed.
V
2023-11-25 05:04:09 +0000 UTCWell I mean, she said that investigating the sect was a test from Bi De's master, and then is immediately asked who her patron is. So it's clear Lishu is asking "and who's Bi De's master?", and I'm assuming the only answer to that would be Jin, right? So there'd have to be some sort of rule lawyering syntax word game fuckery for her to think that the most appropriate answer to Lishu's question is Shen Yu.
Gardor
2023-11-25 05:00:39 +0000 UTCOMG this is what i have waited for. OMG OMG Love it. Keep it coming. Completely at the edge of my seat now.
Stan Cornett
2023-11-25 04:53:18 +0000 UTCIt’s obvious Fengfeng loves the cock whether it’s in human form or au natural. 🤣
Ender419
2023-11-25 04:40:29 +0000 UTCVery excited for the battle
Mike lee
2023-11-25 04:39:09 +0000 UTCSerious flex going on. Loving it. Typical Patriarch being put in place....can't help not love this!
Bender
2023-11-25 04:35:28 +0000 UTCBow-chicken-bow-wow.
Andrew Denton
2023-11-25 04:35:06 +0000 UTCShen yu things are bad ass
TheBugEater
2023-11-25 04:34:35 +0000 UTCOld Ling's at the bar, drinking alone.
Andrew Denton
2023-11-25 04:34:17 +0000 UTCSo fucking hype.
BelligerentGnu
2023-11-25 04:33:55 +0000 UTCWas it a short chapter or did it seem that way after no chapter on wed.? Ugh. Nice enough chapter but..... the foreplay is getting a bit long and boring. No climax. I do hope it gets better. Hope he doesn't kill off any of the beloved characters. We'll time to look at my TBR list.
Melanie Me
2023-11-25 04:33:37 +0000 UTCActually, now that I think about it, Ri Zu didn't say that her "Master" was Shen Yu. She was asked who her [i]patron[/i] was. And in this case, her (and Bi De's) patron is Shen Yu.
John D Jones
2023-11-25 04:29:22 +0000 UTCFengfeng is still totally down for it… Wonder what the actual taboos are regarding “relations” with Spirit Beasts? After all, cultivator “bloodlines” gotta start somewhere…
Nicholas Grey
2023-11-25 04:23:50 +0000 UTCYasss Shen Yu yaaaaaas
El Squidd
2023-11-25 04:23:34 +0000 UTCCan't deny Shen Yu has style. Thanks for the chapter!
The Fergun
2023-11-25 04:22:45 +0000 UTCThis will almost certainly be one of the illustrations for the light novel 🤣
Nicholas Grey
2023-11-25 04:21:42 +0000 UTCExcuse you, you mean anime. This needs motion and sound.
jord
2023-11-25 04:21:40 +0000 UTCThe library show? man that's a blast from the past...
jord
2023-11-25 04:20:49 +0000 UTCWhat were Fat Han's and Shao Heng's reactions?!? What about Old Ling?
BargleNawdleZouss
2023-11-25 04:19:41 +0000 UTCTftc
Nick
2023-11-25 04:19:20 +0000 UTCIt makes complete sense that of everyone at the Shrouded Mountain, it is Master Lishu who knows about Shen Yu.
BargleNawdleZouss
2023-11-25 04:18:39 +0000 UTCPerfect chapter! Thanks CF!!
Cam
2023-11-25 04:17:41 +0000 UTCWhat a reward for finishing an assignment, I am tweaking for the next chapter
Javier van der westhuizen
2023-11-25 04:17:36 +0000 UTCWe didn't actually see/hear what Ri Zu told Lishu, but it's not like Lishu would have thought that Jin was somehow a myth. Figure one prominent aspect of the legend of Shen Yu is that he tends to render judgement on the unworthy. The Shrouded Mountain Sect has been less than worthy.
John D Jones
2023-11-25 04:17:11 +0000 UTCAwesome. This episode: Shen Yu! Next episode (presumably): Proud Cock vs. Arrogant Dick.
Barry Morgan
2023-11-25 04:11:29 +0000 UTCYes, that's why it's so funny
Ashlee Jacobsen
2023-11-25 04:11:21 +0000 UTCIt's very interesting to have the elder's view of things revealed.
Andrew Denton
2023-11-25 04:08:23 +0000 UTCblue balls
Quixotic
2023-11-25 04:04:12 +0000 UTCShen Yu's gotta Shen Yu.
Andrew Denton
2023-11-25 04:03:49 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter and can’t wait to see how it all goes down.
Ibiso Charles
2023-11-25 03:57:27 +0000 UTCDid Ri Zu say their master was Shen Yu? And the medical pavilion dude thought Shen Yu was a myth?
Gardor
2023-11-25 03:57:24 +0000 UTCI’m honestly not sure which reaction I find most amusing between Zang Zhong, Yushang or Fengfeng… like, they’re all just amazing.
CringeWorthyStudios
2023-11-25 03:55:50 +0000 UTCOh good. I can go to bed now. And hopefully the next one soon! lol
Splutty
2023-11-25 03:54:25 +0000 UTCThis has to be made into a manga. For this moment alone, at least.
Remo Williams
2023-11-25 03:53:18 +0000 UTCI’ve thought it a million times between chapters, books, series and Authors but this is the first time I’m writing it down. “Cliff Hanger, hanging from a cliff. And that’s why he’s called cliff hanger!” From a kid show I watched in my youth called “Between the Lions”
Dion Crump
2023-11-25 03:52:52 +0000 UTCI loved the instant assumption that Yun, not Ri zu is an animal.
Monkeytoster
2023-11-25 03:51:48 +0000 UTCLishu's and Fengfeng's reactions are the best. Fengfeng getting hot and bothered of that magnificent cock, and Lishu finding out the man, the myth, the legend that is gramps is very much real.
Michael Fannon
2023-11-25 03:48:58 +0000 UTCIn all fairness, it is truly a magnificent cock.
CringeWorthyStudios
2023-11-25 03:48:01 +0000 UTCLove the level headed elder always my favorite character. Being cautious is being cowardly being smart and taking in all the information before acting is preferable. Not only for the long term because sometimes it can seriously help in the short term..I'm not sure what the patriarch is thinking when an old motherfucker appears out of nowhere. He doesn't notice no one notices and he's in a room surrounded by elders...that's not normal..
BigBro Bluesman
2023-11-25 03:47:19 +0000 UTCAh, Gramps gently shushes the Patriarch like a slightly spoiled child.
Teh One & TrueTabi
2023-11-25 03:43:04 +0000 UTCYEEEEAAAAH BIG GUY! Can't wait for the rest of the fight.
Mistfate
2023-11-25 03:42:40 +0000 UTCI'm straight giggling so hard right now
jeffrey niski
2023-11-25 03:41:14 +0000 UTCShe do be down bad for that fly cock tho
H
2023-11-25 03:40:55 +0000 UTCGod I love so many characters in this story and Gramps is definitely near the top of the list
Palmer Evans
2023-11-25 03:36:21 +0000 UTChe is enjoying himself far too much
Maltec
2023-11-25 03:35:05 +0000 UTCI love the explanation of where the azure Hill squad had gone and why they didn't recognize the names. It was a good detail
matthew gilley
2023-11-25 03:34:17 +0000 UTCToo short! Ah! It's all cliff hangers!
GreenB
2023-11-25 03:31:58 +0000 UTCArg, more cliffs! All the time, cliffs. Behold, my forest of... cliffs! Still loved it, Bi De's swag is endless, Shu Yu does bad ass things.
Sean Graham
2023-11-25 03:29:36 +0000 UTCShut up and sit down; tely's on aint it?
Gaunt
2023-11-25 03:28:42 +0000 UTCCackles in traumatized Elder
Octavia
2023-11-25 03:28:18 +0000 UTCThey pass inspection. They are assholes yes, but as Jin might say, Cs get degrees.
Samuel Wang
2023-11-25 03:26:57 +0000 UTCI thought it was mentioned somewhere that the patriarch would recognize Gramps if he saw him, or am I mistaken?
Weird 3dud
2023-11-25 03:26:48 +0000 UTCFly the skin -> flay the skin
WyrdWizard
2023-11-25 03:26:25 +0000 UTCOh that was absolutely worth the wait.
2023-11-25 03:25:35 +0000 UTCWe do a bit of trolling around here.
Nathan Ganesan
2023-11-25 03:25:32 +0000 UTCShen yu's got swagger
Mr Fox
2023-11-25 03:25:24 +0000 UTC'I shall fly your skin from your muscles' Should prob be 'I shall flay your skin from your muscles' Though I'm not sure if 'your skin from your muscles' or 'the skin from your muscles' sounds better. Using your twice in a row feels a bit unnecessary and clunky imo. Might just be me though.
Aaron
2023-11-25 03:25:13 +0000 UTCCan't resist that beautiful cock now can she. Haha.
Npad11111
2023-11-25 03:24:59 +0000 UTCThis chapter makes me feel giddy as heck!🤣🤣🤣
Havencross3093
2023-11-25 03:24:56 +0000 UTCDelicious
Wyatt
2023-11-25 03:24:36 +0000 UTC"Things were about to go very poorly"... haha.
James Paparella
2023-11-25 03:23:51 +0000 UTCConfirmed that FengFeng is super thirsty...
WarStrider72
2023-11-25 03:23:12 +0000 UTCGreat chapter but the lack of Bi De providing... instruction is killing me.
LenoraeKB
2023-11-25 03:22:24 +0000 UTCAh, I love these face slapping moments
WarStrider72
2023-11-25 03:21:58 +0000 UTCYessss!
Briar
2023-11-25 03:21:15 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter
LegosFreak
2023-11-25 03:20:34 +0000 UTCLet the cock fight begin!!!!
WarStrider72
2023-11-25 03:19:57 +0000 UTCShen Yu has no time for your tantrums, he's got a wuppin' to witness!
William Johnson
2023-11-25 03:19:32 +0000 UTCTftc
RaPa
2023-11-25 03:17:38 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter boss!
WarStrider72
2023-11-25 03:15:00 +0000 UTC1st
WarStrider72
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