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It's a bit of a weird feeling, coming to the end of this.

While I'd written 7 novels, 2 novellas, and a good number of short fictions before this, I'd never written a series. Especially not o...

6.50 - Refuge and Return

Together, they approached Jiankang. Or what remained. Smoke from dozens of fires rose to the heavens. Most densely from one quarter of the city, but other fires had either spread or broken out over...

6.49 - To Stand Together

The fight wore on. With Chen Fei and Li Heng at his side once more, He Yu was bolstered. Facing off against Jin Xifeng by himself had forced him to the absolute edge of his abilities. And once she�...

6.48 - The Fall of Jiankang

Standing atop her fan of silk and lacquered wood, Zhang Lifen hardened her heart and steeled her resolve. As used to the realities of the cultivation world as she was, this was different. The exper...

6.47 - To Stand Alone

Jin Xifeng’s spirit flexed, and she shot off toward Jiankang. He Yu saw it before the motion had truly begun, and by the strength of his perception technique, he was ready. If there was only a si...

6.46 - Jin Xifeng

Nine gleaming blades flew toward He Yu, each laden with killing intent. Every one of his senses screamed at him. Begged him to run, hide, anything. Anything but stand there and face this monster. 2025-07-03 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

6.45 - Hesitation is Defeat

It only took a few moments for Tan Zihao and Li Renshu to arrive. Tan Zihao on his golden cloud, and Li Renshu on his flying sword. Both their expressions were grim, and He Yu could already tell wh...

6.44 - Defiance

Storm, mountain, and winter crashed against the pit of swords. Heaven cracked the sky and metal cracked the earth. Over it all, relentless winter marched. And for every step and stone of weight the...

6.43 - Her True Dragon

Long Tingguang met them on their terms. His jian flashed in the afternoon sun before shadows wrapped around the blade to follow each of his fluid, practiced strikes. Jagged metal blades burst from ...

Announcement!

Alright... meant to do this sooner, but things got away from me.

Anyway, if you couldn't tell, we're nearing the end. As in The End end. Legend of Ascension will conclude on July 12. The Roya...

6.42 - The Eastward March

Although they each had the insights He Yu granted them, it took nearly two months apiece for Li Heng and Chen Fei to break into Divine Soul Apotheosis. Even though Chen Fei emerged from the cultiva...

6.41 - Insights of the Cloud Emperor

When He Yu emerged from the cultivation chamber, he found an unexpected gift awaiting him. An armor stand had been placed just outside the door, and upon it was a finely crafted scale breastplate a...

6.40 - Divine Soul Apotheosis

It took all the next day for Chen Fei to finish reconfiguring the formation script on Li Renshu’s cultivation chamber. While she worked, He Yu cultivated atop a nearby mountain. As he centered hi...

6.39 - Immaculate Monarch's Boon

“You’re proposing a massacre,” Li Heng said.

He Yu merely met his eyes and nodded. “I am.”

“They sealed their fates when they made their bargains,” Tan Xiaoling said. “T...

6.38 - Rebellion

He Yu didn’t allow himself to fully let go of his mounting worry until the walls of Iron Gate City came into view over the horizon. Relief replaced the apprehension he’d felt the entire trip as...

6.37 - Uncertain Journey

Light suffused everything around He Yu, and through his Daoist Mind and the perception granted by the Peerless Judgment, he could feel the world itself warping around them. Aside from the blinding ...

6.36 - Trial of the Azure Dragon

As it turned out, rebuilding an empire was a far greater endeavor than rebuilding a single village. Seeing to the well-being of an empire’s armies was a far more involved task than covering a si...

6.35 - Trials of the Four Symbols Pt. III

Yi Xiurong kept her hands folded in the sleeves of her gown as she listened to the two disciples below make their cases. Most of her attention, however, was focused on He Yu. For someone as young a...

6.34 - Trials of the Four Symbols Pt. II

Ren Huang had to admit, it was a clever solution. Not one he’d have ever landed on. He at least had enough awareness of his nature that he could admit as much. If he’d been the one in charge, t...

6.33 - Trials of the Four Symbols Pt. I

Zhang Lifen moved throughout the village, tending to the wounded. She only half paid attention to her work. Frail as mortals may be, they were worlds easier to heal than cultivators, even without t...

6.32 - The Secret Tomb of Yunchang

Standing at the base of the statue, the carved depiction of Yunchang seemed even more imposing up close. The figure towered overhead, its fierce expression a reminder that this was a man who led ar...

6.31 - Realm of the Righteous

He Yu formed the Bracing Wind, layering Heaven’s Descending Blade on top of it. A shell of sparking heaven burst outward from him, shattering the nearest of Long Tingguang’s blades.

“In...

6.30 - Long Tingguang

“Shit,” Zhang Lifen said softly.

It was a bit of an under reaction, given the circumstances. If there was any upside to Long Tingguang’s arrival, it was that there really wasn’t any p...

6.29 - A Running Fight

Ultimately, they decided that a running fight was the best option. Zhang Lifen laughed when she heard He Yu’s suggestion, pointing out that’s what she and the others usually did. If they stood ...

6.28 - Ambush

The hard-packed road beneath He Yu’s feet turned to silt. With a flex of his spirit, he activated the Sky Dragon’s Flight and called his guandao to his hands. Zhang Lifen moved like a river, fl...

6.27 - In Search of the Lost

“You dare?” Yan Changpu sputtered. “A worthless son of a minor branch of our family seeks to unseat me?” Shadows boiled up around Yan Changpu’s feet, and he manifested a horsetail whisk f...

6.26 - Ministry of Information

He Yu stood in the courtyard of the Li estate with Yan Shirong. They had both long since finished their preparations, and now they only waited on Zhang Lifen. She had completed her advancement to D...

6.25 - Mountain, Tide, and Dragon

Atop the mountain where Abbot Liao kept his monastery, Chen Fei reforged herself into an immortal in truth.

With the elixir Abbot Liao had given her upon her return swirling in her lower dant...

6.24 - Plans and Preparations

The attention in the room shifted, all pointed to Yan Shirong. He Yu saw him smirk as he started to explain himself, and had to give him credit. It was a good plan, and one that would do everything...

6.23 - War Council

He Yu stood with the others in the main hall of the Li estates. The hall was a study in contrasts compared to the Tan palace he’d spent the past years at. Where the palace of Jade Mountain Citade...