Sweat beaded down my forehead as I stared unblinkingly at the ball of medicinal energy in my pill furnace. Over the past two hours, I had meticulously combed through the energy of all three herbs a...
2025-06-20 20:55:52 +0000 UTC View PostAfter nearly two and a half months in the Hall of the Herb Lord’s third-floor alchemy workshop, I had already advanced to Martial Disciple 3, and I was well on my way to Martial Disciple 4.
Lord Yong had said that he wanted me to attempt to concoct at least five Qi Gathering Pills each day. At that rate, I would need 100 days to use up all 500 sets of herbs that he had given me. This ...
2025-06-18 19:12:35 +0000 UTC View PostAfter taking the storage bag from Lord Yong, I went to the Assignment Hall to see about reserving an alchemy workshop. However, when I arrived, the attendant smiled and waved me away.
“Appr...
2025-06-17 15:21:13 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Jon left me alone with Yong GeHong, the Pill Lord’s posture shifted from that of a subject to that of a Ruler.
“Apprentice Fang, you have been able to advance your cultivation base ...
2025-06-16 14:57:05 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Pill Lord Yong’s departure, I left the Hall of the Herb Lord and returned to my apartment. Once there, I sat down on a ratty, old cultivation mat, closed my eyes, and opened up the copy of ...
2025-06-13 18:56:43 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I had joined the Hall of the Herb Lord, I had been told that my time was my own. I could sign up for tasks whenever I wished, but nothing was required of me. As long as I paid my dues, I would...
2025-06-12 16:55:12 +0000 UTC View PostEver since our lesson on energy control, I had been hesitant to return to the Hall of the Herb Lord since I hadn’t wanted to spend any more time around Jon than necessary. This strategy of avoida...
2025-06-11 13:42:37 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the competition, the Scholar’s Tower held a small ceremony to celebrate Jon’s victory. However, I slunk away before it even began. The Tower’s elders seemed like rather amiable fellows,...
2025-06-10 19:17:00 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the competition, the Scholar’s Tower held a small ceremony to celebrate Jon’s victory. However, I slunk away before it even began. The Tower’s elders seemed like rather amiable fellows,...
2025-06-10 13:19:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe people of the Scholar’s Tower were incredibly efficient. Only moments after their Young Master requested a formal competition, an earth cultivator was sent to the square in front of the pagod...
2025-06-09 12:08:36 +0000 UTC View PostMeeting Jon had forced me to be far more deliberate with my actions. He appeared to be a traveler from another world, and he likely had an unusually potent blessing—one that might 2025-06-06 13:18:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, sorry, but there will be a lengthy delay for today's chapter. The same might also be true for tomorrow's.
The entire posting schedule this week ahs been erratic, and I'm sorry about that...
2025-06-05 12:04:49 +0000 UTC View PostI froze up.
Who was this ‘Jon’? The architecture and naming conventions of the green- and brown-skinned ‘Hall’ people were different from what I was used to, showing that they came fr...
2025-06-04 13:33:42 +0000 UTC View PostTaimoor first led me to an office on the Hall of the Herb Lord’s second floor, where a middle-aged man with charcoal-black skin and long black hair was reviewing a pile of paperwork.
Taimoo...
2025-06-03 13:18:17 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: I generally do not update the version of the story that is released to Patreon. If you want the best reading experience, check out the versions on Amazon and Royal Road. Below is the...
2025-06-02 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello all,
First, as usual, I want to thank everyone for supporting me on this journey. Book 4 & 5 stretched on far longer than I originally expected, but overall, I think that was for th...
2025-05-02 12:08:15 +0000 UTC View PostUpon waking up in my tiny house, I took a moment to decompress and then got to work. Suliang JueXin’s takeover of Chang’an signified a fresh start for my Su Clan, but that’s all it was, a sta...
2025-05-02 12:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostI wanted JueXin’s group to consume as much of the Su Clan’s strength as possible so that they could create a new, more stable clan to replace it. But to make this happen, I needed help.
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2025-05-02 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostUpon waking up in my room in the Su Clan, I wasn’t in any hurry to act. Returning through time signified closing the lid of the Eclosion Pot that was my inner world, and I needed to let things fe...
2025-05-02 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostStepping out of Emperor LI’s portal, Mei and I appeared in a musty cave deep underground.
In the center of the cavern, there was a ring of five large, black vats the size of beach balls. Ea...
2025-05-01 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostUpon returning to my tiny house, I had a difficult decision to make.
Creating that Rank 7 body cultivation technique had given me a huge discount for my next large purchase, but it had come a...
2025-04-30 12:00:29 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing the pattern that I had become accustomed to, I paid for a teleport to the town west of the Wastes and spent two years experimenting with body cultivation. Shortly before this time was up,...
2025-04-29 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostWith my Karmic Energy Storage Formations in place, I could now rapidly increase my strength without needing to rely on outside forces. This gave me a lot more freedom with how to move forward.
<... 2025-04-28 12:00:44 +0000 UTC View PostUpon waking up in the Su Clan’s compound, I made a snap purchase. The clan believed that it would take time for my blessing to return us to the start of the loop, but that only bought me two year...
2025-04-25 12:01:27 +0000 UTC View PostBoth Shen and Du XiongMing had their own goals for this life.
Shen was given a portion of the Jiu Clan’s blood essence and was promoted to the position of the Clan’s Patriarch. No one was...
2025-04-24 12:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostHaving millions of people crammed together in my inner world for any longer than necessary wasn’t necessarily a bright idea. However, there was something that I needed to do in this life, and I c...
2025-04-23 12:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostOnce the vast majority of people were out of my inner world and back to where they had come from, I was finally ready to figure out what the hell had just happened. While there were plenty of peopl...
2025-04-22 12:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostTen years to the day after I first met with Grand Elder Zheng BoQin and took control of both the Nine Rivers Sect and the Nine Rivers Continent, the portal to the Central Continent opened unexpecte...
2025-04-21 12:00:33 +0000 UTC View PostBack in my new cultivation chamber atop the Summit of the Nine Rivers Sect, I extracted a strand of spirit fire from the Eternal Grove Fire and constructed a stone lamp for it to sit within. Then, ...
2025-04-18 12:00:38 +0000 UTC View Post