After I finally found the bowl, I considered checking in with the young mistress. But the more I worked over the various ways that conversation might play out in my mind, the less I liked it. Meng ...
2024-09-15 23:01:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe revenant leaned back, dodging the sword I'd sent rocketing toward it by a hair. Empty eye sockets tracked me as I approached, sword held low.
The dozen feet between us disappeared in two ...
2024-09-08 22:53:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs we emerged into the inner core of the dead sect, the first thing I noticed was the hatred. The ground beneath our feet hated our weight. The stagnant air hated us for having the temerity to dist...
2024-09-01 20:14:52 +0000 UTC View PostNOTE: I added a few more lines to chapter 44, cleaning up the ending, and adding a plot point I missed (An explanation of how to contact the Ghost Immortal further, as opposed to only an exhortatio...
2024-09-01 20:14:16 +0000 UTC View PostI'm hoping to get two out next week though, one patreon exclusive at some time during the week, and one general release next sunday. We'll see if that happens, I'm definitely hitting that writing p...
2024-08-25 20:09:05 +0000 UTC View PostI woke feeling pleasantly cool. I'd thrown the heavy blankets off in my sleep. I glanced at the clock. 7:49. A terrible time. Too late to get back to sleep, too early to do anything worthwhile befo...
2024-08-18 21:43:33 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Wang Li awoke, it was in chains. This was in truth a novel experience for him. He'd been robbed and beaten, even lost a hand once. That latter experience had shaped the form of his bodily cult...
2024-08-11 21:55:03 +0000 UTC View PostI might have underestimated Elder Cai. Not her level of social acumen, I was pretty sure I was spot on about that.
I'd just spent hours watching her order disciples about, demanding they fetc...
2024-08-04 21:45:28 +0000 UTC View PostIn the moment when Su Li kicked the young master, there were perhaps forty five people in the common room of the Rosewood Alley. Five Qi Condensation cultivators. Fifteen mortal men, a roughly even...
2024-07-29 00:38:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun was already high when Su Li’s bleary eyes cracked open. No matter what twists and turns her life took, it seemed fate was certain that she would never be a morning person. Still, a smile ...
2024-07-21 22:23:19 +0000 UTC View PostNinja Edit: Sorry, I just got back on the 11th, I'm taking one more week. I definitely did not look carefully enough at the calendar when picking that first date. After that travel experience I was...
2024-06-17 19:13:54 +0000 UTC View PostSu Li felt like she was drifting through a dream. It wasn’t merely the fact that she’d spent more than a quarter of her life in the Pathless Night. The drastic change of scenery was sudden, but...
2024-05-27 20:24:38 +0000 UTC View PostSee title. I did something dumb and pulled a muscle in my neck. Poor sleep from that has put me even further behind schedule than usual, and I'm gonna take labor day to finish chapter 39 instead of...
2024-05-26 18:37:53 +0000 UTC View PostFang Xiao and I followed Elder Cai through a twisting warren of lifeless stone hallways. There were traces of the life that had once dwelled in these ancient halls, silk tapestries withered into th...
2024-05-13 00:50:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe women surrounding the gate were as still as statues. From a distance, they might have looked poised. Disciplined. Up close, one could practically see the tension in their frames, as they stood ...
2024-04-28 20:59:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Elder Hu, you’re wanted on the bridge.” A familiar voice said.
I looked down to see Fang Xiao staring up at me. I’d spent much of the three day journey sitting on the roof of the af...
2024-04-15 00:18:05 +0000 UTC View PostThere’s no chapter today. I’m about 3/4s through chapter 36, so if all goes well I hope to post it tomorrow. But I dislike posting delay announcements, and since I've done two in a row, I’m g...
2024-03-11 01:22:40 +0000 UTC View PostI stared down at the table full of supplies before me. Storage rings could allow their user to visualize their contents, but I still preferred seeing the items in person. The spread before me felt ...
2024-03-05 02:19:55 +0000 UTC View PostYeah, sorry, thems the breaks. I have plenty of excuses, bad trip made me question the nature of existence, saw shakespeare last thursday and I'm having trouble keeping the register from seeping in...
2024-03-04 02:23:14 +0000 UTC View PostSu Li collapsed into a heap atop her bed. She stared up, peering into the shadowy abyss that was her ceiling. Was that a spider web? Should she do something about that? Her broom should reach it. S...
2024-02-25 21:34:34 +0000 UTC View PostTwo disciples walked through the shadowed woods, side by side. Every so often a hand would reach down and brush against the hilt of the swords they each carried at their sides. And yet, though the ...
2024-02-19 00:26:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s always funny, just how fast life moves on after a tragedy. It’s different if it’s your tragedy of course. Then the light goes out, and you feel like nothing will ever be right again. But...
2024-02-11 22:20:50 +0000 UTC View PostSee above. My day job has been pretty wild these last three weeks, and I'm kinda running on fumes atm. The long hours have been putting me in a place where I've basically been writing the chapter o...
2024-02-04 23:42:18 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a dark and dreary night. I had a strange relationship with that word these days, night. It was the time of business and teaching. Darkness might cast shadows over every face, but our inhuman...
2024-01-29 00:38:18 +0000 UTC View PostSu Li hadn’t known what to expect, when she was awoken by a knock at her door. It was barred, of course. As were the windows. No disciple too poor to afford protective formations slept with their...
2024-01-22 00:16:36 +0000 UTC View PostWang Li stood alone in a field of broken blades. Shards of metal littered the scorched remnants of what had once been a field of tall grass. His muscular chest was bare and bloody, mundane silk and...
2024-01-14 23:03:28 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Note: So, this is not the chapter I originally intended to post this week. You’ll notice it’s tentatively numbered as Chapter 31, and it’s a two parter. Unfortunately, I didn’t quit...
2024-01-07 20:08:18 +0000 UTC View PostI was sleeping, when the knock came. I was up in a moment. It was easy, when you could eschew the comforts of blankets and sleepwear. The cold of the season didn’t bother me. If I’d opted for a...
2023-12-31 23:25:15 +0000 UTC View PostIt was interesting, watching Su Li cultivate. When I’d inspected Qin Wenyuan’s ineffective attempts, there hadn’t been much to look at. The internal motions of his qi had been relatively opaq...
2023-12-24 17:55:44 +0000 UTC View PostFang Xiao enjoyed teaching the outer sect. It was far from the most efficient way to amass contribution points, especially for a disciple with his skill in battle. Hunting spirit beasts, or more in...
2023-12-18 00:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post