Tian slammed into consciousness driven by the screams of dozens of monstrous insects. Like spiders stretched out a little too far- ten legs instead of eight, and their mandibles stretched out far t...
2025-09-01 14:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostGood news, mostly. I'm not taking Labor Day off. In fact, next week there will be an extra chapter on Saturday. Yes, a week from tomorrow, an extra chapter will be running. Because I do read what y...
2025-08-30 01:34:56 +0000 UTC View PostIt seemed Tian had spoiled the fun. The Fried Dough Daoists stomped off. Oily fanned himself in a silent fury, while Doughy looked like he was sulking. The women from the Courtyard were giving him ...
2025-08-29 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe party of “adventurers” consisted of the juniors from Ancient Crane Monastery and an equal number of talented youths from the Five Elements Courtyard. The stated goal was to traverse the jun...
2025-08-28 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“I honestly thought I might have something going with Sister Su. You know, she’s got that cool elegance to her, and she said on a couple of occasions that she enjoys my company. Not something I...
2025-08-27 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Fried Dough Daoists were eventually allowed to escape, but not before Tian extracted a promise from them to put on a demonstration for the whole delegation from Ancient Crane Mountain. He was q...
2025-08-26 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostTian thought Level Ten of the array might be his limit, which was irritating. It really shouldn’t be this hard, teamwork or not. There was blatantly a trick to it, but his hosts didn’t voluntee...
2025-08-25 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostTian and Wang were invited to take a tour of some of the Five Element’s Sect’s points of interest. Lin, Hong and Su were going with some young ladies on a slightly different tour. Why they were...
2025-08-22 14:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostThere was one more round of fights before it was agreed that it was all quite enough for the night. The agreement largely seemed to be on the part of the Five Elements sect, and Brother Wang was ab...
2025-08-21 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Big Bro Wang, is it really okay to operate a gambling table?”
“It will only be a problem if I lose, Little Mei. Besides, I’m backing my sectmates to the limit. What could be wrong wi...
2025-08-20 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Waah! Little Brother is so handsome! Let Big Sis pour you a drink.”
Tian slammed his hand down over his cup while trying to smile politely. “No thank you. I don’t drink wine anyhow. ...
2025-08-19 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Windblown Manor spent two days flying deep into a mountain range. They had to go slow. There were “atmospheric challenges” presented by the Primeval Giant’s Spine Mountains. Under normal ...
2025-08-18 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe morning after his first lesson with Daoist Steelshimmer, Tian rose before dawn and invited Sister Liren to cultivate with him in the garden. They both seemed to get something from watching the ...
2025-08-15 14:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post[Author Note- Apologies for this going up late. I was sure I had it scheduled. I was wrong. Sorry!]
Tian stood in the garden facing Daoist Steelshimmer. Her beauty remained a puzzle that he p...
2025-08-14 14:31:52 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a few days since Lin and Tian spoke privately. She didn’t warm up, exactly, but she stopped giving the feeling of being actively hostile. It was progress, and he’d take it. It wasn...
2025-08-13 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostTian watched Lin make the tea. Her motions were skillful and practiced, but unenthusiastic. She had bluntly refused his hospitality, but understood that this conversation had to happen. Tian had no...
2025-08-12 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostTian had guessed the Elder’s intention correctly. He was sure his sect siblings got the point eventually. The Elder confined him to his cell for three days after his “shocking display” at the...
2025-08-11 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMy dog died on Thursday. His name was Samuel Phineas Snoot, and he was our dear friend for thirteen years. I first met Sam when he was launched at my still-sleeping chest from the foot of the bed. ...
2025-08-10 19:24:36 +0000 UTC View PostTian felt his muscles try to jump him to his feet before his brain had fully caught up. Yes. Ten thousand times yes! This sounded excellent. This sounded like the best deal he had heard in a long, ...
2025-08-08 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostTian looked out across the green water of the lake, dotted with its white cranes and swimming ducks. Felt the breeze on his face and the remnant bitterness of his apparently diabolical tea. The cal...
2025-08-07 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostTian emerged from his cultivation with a happy sigh. He stretched slowly and luxuriously, feeling the wind on him. The smells of the lake, the marsh, the trees, all mixing together into something m...
2025-08-06 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostDear Daoist Shu
This is my second time writing a letter. The first person I wrote a letter to threatened to beat me until my shoes went flying off, which I thought wa...
2025-08-05 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The next few months passed more calmly. Elder Feng had apparently become entirely exhausted by surprises, and was downright eager to keep her charges from any unfortunate conversations they might h...
2025-08-04 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m sure I said something about the elders coming to an agreement. I remember my lips moving and everything.”
You are offering the opportunity for fire and earth cultivato...
2025-08-01 14:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post“Ancient Crane Monastery comes forth! Who dares bar our passage?!” Elder Feng’s voice thundered across the rocky plain before the fortress, battered its gates and shook its defenders. 2025-07-31 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
They were summoned to the main hall at sunset. The flying cloud was waiting for them. Tian was embarrassed to see that he was the last of the juniors to arrive. Fortunately, he was rescued from his...
2025-07-30 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“How long have you been sitting there?” Aunty Wu slowly opened her eyes.
“I don’t know. It’s around midday, so a few hours.” Tian smiled a little.
“I guess the better firs...
2025-07-29 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostDisciple Shu sat with Tian at a little table outside the hospital. It seemed that where there were hospitals, there must be patios available for the exhausted doctors to cover their eyes with cool ...
2025-07-28 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThey retired for an early dinner. Tian felt like a bully, and kept his head down. The others from Ancient Crane Mountain were all still barely concealing their anger. Tian suspected they shared his...
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