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Feng Zhi allows them to enjoy the Bright Phantasm Sect’s hospitality for exactly one day. Liu Jin supposes it is his way of being kind. Unfortunately, it is not Liu Jin’s idea of a pl...
2020-12-21 12:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Night Forest Nation did not earn its name lightly.
Mountains, grassy plains, and hills. All those have long since faded away, replaced by acres of forest that extend across the enti...
2020-12-14 12:58:59 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Their transport flies at least a mile above the ground. Its flaming wheels leave streaks of flame in its wake, soaring through the skies like a comet.
“Incredible!” Huang Shing ...
2020-12-07 12:59:11 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
"How could this happen?!"
The look on Bai Lianshi's face as she paces back and forth around the room is positively stormy. Frost creeps over the floor and windows like spider webs. ...
2020-12-04 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
Liu Jin closes his eyes and gently cycles Qi through his body. It flows through Nine-Headed Snake God’s Veins and passes through his dantian.
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2020-11-30 12:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostI am happy to announce Nine to Five Villainy has claimed victory with 62% of the votes. It will take its place alongside Ave Xia Rem Y as a new (monthly) story sta...
2020-11-24 03:11:29 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
The Punishment House is easily the most humble-looking building within the Eternal Flame Clan. Barely two-stories tall, it only has five rooms and does not occupy much area. It is a simpl...
2020-11-23 12:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis arc went through several changes.
There were chapters I’d merge with each other. There were chapters I’d cut in half. Scenes I deleted entirely, and others whose order I changed. It ...
2020-11-21 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 92: I Can Safely Say
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Huang Shing and Liu Jin run at top speed. Now that they no longer have to worry about accidentally damaging the crates, nothing stops them from using mo...
2020-11-18 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLast week, you had four choices. Now, there are only two! Nine to Five Villainy took an early lead and maintained it, taking first place with 35% of the vote. Meanwhile, Th...
2020-11-17 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
I see we have made it to over 100 patrons when I wasn't looking (105 as I type this). That's huge! Seriously, thank you for all your support.
It makes me wish this wasn'...
2020-11-13 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt's time!
Rules: There are four choices. The poll will be open till the end of the week. The two choices with the most votes by then will pass to the second round.
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“What do you think is in here?”
“Something that will probably be spoiled if you keep shaking it like that. Remember, you are the one who wanted to do something different to ea...
2020-11-09 12:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone!
Just posting to remind you all there is a poll going on that will close Sunday night. The next poll, containing the four story choices, will be up Monday afternoon.
... 2020-11-08 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostCongratulations, everyone!
We have reached the next goal, and to be honest, I am still a little bit wowed by the whole thing. I knew we were close. We’ve been close for a while, but I still...
2020-11-03 00:39:08 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
“Please leave.”
Liu Jin’s eyebrow twitches.
It is not the words that annoy him. It is the way they are being said. Khong Hu speaks without malice or derision. His postur...
2020-11-02 12:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Huang Shing and Bei Hong drink freely and laugh. There is no trace of the hostility and imminent violence that had been so prominent in their interactions until just a few hours ago. Join...
2020-10-26 11:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the most annoying parts of writing Ave Xia Rem Y is coming up with new names.
Sometimes, I’ll put it off for as long as I possibly can, leading me to use placeholder names like “So...
2020-10-23 04:08:22 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Left.
Right.
Left.
Thrust. Thrust. Slash.
The rhythm of a spear is different.
That is the thought that drifts through Liu Jin’s mind while fighting an Inne...
2020-10-19 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
“I hate that woman.”
Liu Jin sighs as he changes into his new robes. They are predominantly dark red with a white sash around the waist and patterns of the same color embroidere...
2020-10-12 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Fifty miles and thrice as many Spirit Beasts later, Liu Jin comes to a surprising conclusion.
Huang Shing is unexpectedly strong.
Saving him had been an unavoidable impulse. O...
2020-10-05 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Qing Jin.
The spear on his back, he’s gotten used to. The red hair, he barely notices. The name, however, still feels foreign to him. No matter how many times he hears it, there w...
2020-09-30 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
If you were to start the journey in the capital of the Crimson Cloud Empire, you’d need to travel west for many days and many nights. Cross the Red River, traverse the Yellow Swamp, and...
2020-09-28 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostEastern Port City is now but a small dot on the horizon.
To Su An, it still doesn’t feel real. None of it does. Her memories of the battle are a blur of blood, violence, and flashing steel....
2020-09-25 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI write using an outline. That’s something I have mentioned a couple of times, I’m sure. I do outlines for individual arcs, and I also have one big outline that’s for the entire story. It’s...
2020-09-23 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Wise. Patient. Insightful.
Whenever he asks, that is how the Elders reply. Funny and full of wit, his mother once says. Yes, it is always something like that. Whenever people speak ...
2020-09-21 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Thousand Steps of the Thunder God is a blindingly fast technique. Liu Jin wishes he could order Lei Kong to take them out of Five Bats City at once. Alas, there is one last thing he needs...
2020-09-14 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Liu Jin finishes all the preparations early in the morning. He spends the rest of his time cleaning his instruments, pacing around the room, and writing a letter he should have written fr...
2020-09-11 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
It is the third time Liu Jin enters Ruan Goutin’s throne room. It is the second time he is left alone with him.
He does not feel any safer.
Ruan Goutin is not in the E...
2020-09-07 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Liu Jin stares at the ceiling with a blank look on his face. His muscles do not so much as twitch. Even his chest rises and falls so slightly one could be forgiven for thinking he is not ...
2020-08-31 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post