Justin Ankar

Chapter 52 - Ancient Maps

After three days of miscellaneous tasks, Sage finally returned to his transcription of the Ancient Maps. The Map Sphere, as Sage was now calling it, was being rapidly filled with new maps. Af...

Chapter 51 - Library

Many of the Inner Court Disciples were incensed upon the idea of finding another huge treasure trove. There was more than a few who imagined having unfettered access to that Treasury they had...

Chapter 50 - Soul Taming Abode

The Elders had no problem with the Disciples that had gained by searching the Soul Taming Abode first. Sage’s Storage Ring was far different than the standard. Usually a storage bag was the...

Chapter 49 - Two Locked Doors

Sage was treated with a bit of caution, but was gradually accepted after he took out his Sect Token to prove his identity. Each token was attuned to the Sect member using their blood. If the ...

Chapter 48 - Shocking Appearance

The problem of his Spirit Power being drained away had finally ended. Either the transformation to gain the properties of the Serpent had helped out, or the process of starting the transforma...

Chapter 47 - Serpent Transformation

Sage’s skeleton was undergoing drastic changes, but far more than just his bone structure was transformed. Humans normally have seven to eight hundred different muscles while even the small...

Chapter 46 - Spiritual Sea Storm

Sage felt his soul getting ripped and torn apart by the raging winds overtaking his spiritual sea. Gradually growing smaller as he felt the meager amount of spirit power remaining within him....

Chapter 45 - Heavenly Treasures

The eyes are the window to the soul. The Eye of the World was said to be a window to the soul of the world. It was located in the section titled ‘Heavenly Waters’, as it said that the tears from t...

Chapter 44 - Mysterious Well

The arrays seemed to have died down, which meant they were probably triggered by something specific. Pushing his luck, Sage had the Serpent approach the Well, ready to escape at the first sign of dang...

Chapter 43 - The Center

Drawing closer towards the center, Sage started to see more ghosts and spirits floating about in the dark water. Near the edge there was one of them every hundred feet or so, but here near the center ...

Chapter 42 - Soul Magnifying Wheel

The hundreds of plate sized array symbols filled with Sage’s Qi and began to show their effects. It took only a few moments for the light in the area to once again dim, the startling brilliance of t...

Chapter 41 - Dawning Light

When the pillar appeared in the outside world it held up to its name. The massive room was already well lit from dozens of glowing stones embedded in the ceiling, but when the ‘First ray of dawning ...

Chapter 40 - Subduing Souls

Sage had just fought that Twin Soul and before the help of the Seed of Life he had been on the losing side. The Twin Soul was no doubt much weaker now than before, but he was previously fighting it in...

Chapter 39 - Aftermath

Acting quickly, Sage checked if the Twin Ringed Soul Serpent was still living in the most simple way he knew of. Running close to its body he held out his hand and tried to scoop it into his Storage R...

Chapter 38 - Soul Battle

Two souls collided. The head of the Twin Soul darted towards Sage and skillfully dodged his leading hand, avoiding the sacrificial limb and instead circling around behind. Knowing Sage would try to ro...

Chapter 37 - Twin Ringed Soul Serpent

Locking eyes with the Twin Ringed Soul Serpent, Sage choked down a terrified gasp and stayed silent. The decades of relative safety in the Holy Flame Sect had settled in and returned him to the peacef...

Chapter 36 - Lake of Souls

His heartbeat was racing. He circulated his Qi Method, the Verdant Firebrand, and focused on his spiritual sense, trying to find the location of the danger. Drawing forth a weapon from the Storage Rin...

Chapter 35 - Meditation Chamber

Sage picked up the scrolls and seeing no label on the outside, he sent his consciousness inside to take a peek. The first scroll was surprisingly called, ‘Instructions of Divine Paradise’. Confuse...

Chapter 34 - Hidden Grounds

Sage took his time examining the formations on the door. Taking out a few of his tools and using them to measure the different conditions in the area so he could reverse engineer the formations on the...

Chapter 33 - Expedition

The exploration team that had returned from the area had reported that the threat levels weren’t high, but the scouts actually ran into dozens of things they could not identify. After the training e...

Chapter 32 - Middle Aged

Sage’s twenties felt like they flew by. He was learning so many new things, dabbling in all the many professions that Holy Flame Sect had grown famed for. Learning new things was a great distraction...

Chapter 31 - Assistant

Sage’s fourth year in the Holy Flame Sect he turned twenty six years old in this second life as Lang Sheng. These four years combined with those on the road had pointed out the importance of Spirit ...

Chapter 30 - Stock Boy

Sage didn’t go home until dawn the next morning. 

He had only browsed through the material manuals so when it came to identifying the many incoming materials, Sage had to spend quite some tim...

Chapter 29 - Dormitory

Sage had gathered his things and was issued some housing. Finding his way down the streets he found that other than varying types of restaurants there weren’t many other types of businesses spread t...

Chapter 28 - Holy Flame Sect

With nothing else to tie him down anywhere, Sage had no problem following along with the other new disciples and the Holy Flame Sect Elders as they were led from the recruiting area in town to a large...

Chapter 27 - Searching

Having spent so many years doing little more than traveling, Sage reflected upon his decisions. I was so worried and afraid that I did nothing but run for years. I ran so much it has become all th...