“That cocky ass!” Yu Nuan reacted an instant after Ling Qi. Qiu let out a booming bark as she swung back onto his back and took off after the pair of spirit brothers.
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2022-06-23 18:44:11 +0000 UTC View PostThese deep halls were quiet. Whether this was because of the party above or a regular occurrence, Ling Qi didn’t know. Worked stone and polished tiles gave way to more natural stone, organic form...
2022-06-20 20:42:57 +0000 UTC View Post“Haha, well it is good to know that we can impress a revelry of the dream,” Leigong said cheerfully, the clacking of his beak punctuating the words. “But! Your arrival is sudden. I will rouse...
2022-06-16 20:36:18 +0000 UTC View PostAs they left the town behind, Ling Qi smiled. “I think you did pretty well there.”
“Are you sure about that? Pretty sure your mother doesn’t approve of me,” Yu Nuan said.
“I...
2022-06-13 21:24:56 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re surprisingly pushy about this.” Yu Nuan hunched her shoulders under the fur-collared mantle she was wearing.
“You’re surprisingly shy about this,” Ling Qi retorted. They p...
2022-06-09 22:18:17 +0000 UTC View PostA great wail of hatred, fury, and pain resounds. The fallen titan’s limb spasms, and its toxic ichor spills across the land, rotting and corroding the earth. It twitches, it jerks, and it shrinks...
2022-06-06 21:52:56 +0000 UTC View PostBrilliant light scours away shadow and doubt. Minds clear. Resolve renews.
I Am Here, declares the Light, and in the darkness, one million nightmares burn.
The Radiance, the Ideal, stri...
2022-06-03 00:12:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe turmoil of the earth sends the branches of heaven swaying, the leaves rustling as has not been seen since beasts last ruled the earth. Among the clouds and palaces, the thrones of the gods shak...
2022-05-30 21:36:27 +0000 UTC View PostYou are Cai Renxiang, and truth scourges your mind.
The white and gold threads of Liming, your minder, your shield, your bones, hang in the air, glittering in the crackling firelight. You sit...
2022-05-27 00:25:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe light was dim in the preparation room, and Ling Qi let the echoes of her words fall silent as Cai Renxiang gazed into the mirror set on the dresser table.
Renxiang was already immaculate,...
2022-05-24 01:52:49 +0000 UTC View Post“I get your interest with these two, but I’m not sure what I have to do with this,” Su Ling said warily.
Ling Qi held in a sigh. Even if her friend had gotten better at socializing, Su ...
2022-05-19 20:24:09 +0000 UTC View PostThey parted ways with the Bai delegation as usual following the closing of the day’s matches.
This evening, she and Cai Renxiang were going to attend another gathering of the Duchess. This ...
2022-05-17 00:03:32 +0000 UTC View PostLing Qi let out a sigh.
“Your peer retainer is dramatic,” Lao Keung said dryly.
“He is,” Ling Qi said with a small smile. “But people remember dramatic declarations, don’t t...
2022-05-12 22:54:27 +0000 UTC View PostRenxiang’s hand moved toward the bell as Cai Tienli cried.
“Cai Renxiang, do you want a sister?”
Her liege didn’t answer, but she also didn’t touch the bell. In the absence of...
2022-05-09 23:47:23 +0000 UTC View PostLing Qi danced through the newly grown woods atop the hill, a wraith of dream and wind and mist flickering in the shadow of blossoming green and verdant qi. She ran, leaped, and played along the we...
2022-05-05 20:07:55 +0000 UTC View PostLing Qi sang a high clear bar. The wind howled, the ground frosted, and the whirling panels immediately snapped together into a solid dome that flashed a deep blue as it met the force of her Hoarfr...
2022-05-02 20:59:06 +0000 UTC View PostLing Qi stretched her arms over her head and let out a sigh of satisfaction.
“Look at you being all uncouth.” Sixiang laughed, the ghostly image of their face appearing over her shoulder....
2022-04-28 18:29:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe Argent Peak Sect had long vanished behind t
2022-04-27 21:47:50 +0000 UTC View PostLightning crashed, a flash of light painting the chamber white. Wood splintered and burned, filling the air with the scent of burnt sawdust.
Gu Xiulan stared down the length of her arm with n...
2022-04-27 21:44:48 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone. My little vacation is ending and soon I'll be pumping out more content for your great folks, but there are going to be some changes going forward. Namely the Destiny Cycle is going to...
2022-04-24 19:28:32 +0000 UTC View PostTiangong, the Labyrinthine Realm, was the capital of the Meng lands. Said to have been won from the hands of a mighty spirit of chance and fate in a game by the founder of the Meng long ago, this w...
2022-04-15 00:36:37 +0000 UTC View PostActually being on the tournament field at ground level was nostalgic, Ling Qi thought. It was here, just last year, that she had taken her first real step in establishing herself before the eyes of...
2022-04-12 00:01:54 +0000 UTC View PostLing Qi had an idea, and Sixiang was amenable to helping. “You make the sea sound beautiful, but I think the sky is a greater inspiration for artists.”
“As you have never seen it, that ...
2022-04-09 18:56:33 +0000 UTC View Post“Getting back to what’s in front of us, what do the other provinces think of our venture, Lady Renxiang?” Ling Qi asked.
“As we suspected. The Zheng see it as a grand adventure. The L...
2022-04-07 22:51:30 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Sorry for the slight lateness of this one, but here is March's chapter.
Gu Xiulan wondered when her chambers had become so dull.
Her bed took up most of the floor s...
2022-04-07 00:33:06 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the 18th to the 25th of this month I will be on hiatus taking a little break to recover and rest. Other announcements for going forward coming soon.
2022-04-04 23:41:42 +0000 UTC View PostThere was one more thing she needed to ask, if she was to wrap her head around these creatures as something more than foes.
“When I infiltrated…” Ling Qi paused. “You implied that Ya-...
2022-04-04 23:40:03 +0000 UTC View PostLing Qi pondered about Shu Yue as she rejoined the party. A follower of an older cultivation method? She wouldn’t have thought such a person would be so close to the Duchess.
She moved thro...
2022-04-02 20:07:11 +0000 UTC View Post“I should think the answer is obvious then,” Ling Qi said. “The renown of the Wang clan is known far and wide.”
Wang Lian nodded once. “Good. I had hoped you would choose that.” 2022-03-29 01:53:11 +0000 UTC View Post