In the physical realm, Yoshika’s defensive techniques barely withstood the twinned assault of the tribulation’s fifth strike, while within her soul she struggled against the corrupting influenc...
2024-07-26 20:32:46 +0000 UTC View Post
As Tsuu works hard to get the cover arts for volumes 7 and 8 done (I've decided to schedule them much earlier than others in order to prevent any delays) I decided to give her a little break with s...
2024-07-24 18:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sky Hall’s barrier did nothing to block the tribulation’s strike. Eunae hadn’t had time to retake control of the formations, and they weren’t designed for that in the first place—Heia...
2024-07-24 18:04:23 +0000 UTC View PostIn many ways Seong Eunae considered herself to be an incredibly lucky person. She was born into a powerful family, given the best education available anywhere in the world, and raised in an environ...
2024-07-22 19:05:44 +0000 UTC View PostOwing to its relatively small population and the bountiful resources of Mount Geumji, Jiaguo City was incredibly wealthy for its size, by immortal standards. As such, it was surprisingly easy for Y...
2024-07-19 17:15:47 +0000 UTC View PostYan Yue stretched and yawned as she pored over mountains of impossibly dull legal texts. The Qin Empire had a long, long history of bureaucracy, and a complicated legal framework with...
2024-07-17 20:34:14 +0000 UTC View PostSovereign Shen wasn’t inclined to stay once their deal was struck, and Yoshika wasn’t inclined to host him. He tried to leave the way he came, but Yoshika blocked his access to the spirit realm...
2024-07-15 18:27:22 +0000 UTC View PostYoshika’s reincarnation wasn’t the most comfortable subject. It had been a harrowing and painful experience, and she still occasionally struggled with the question of whether she was still the ...
2024-07-12 20:04:11 +0000 UTC View PostHyeong Aecha quickly skimmed over the list of documents for her mistress to deal with, briefly contemplating how to assess their importance for sorting purposes. Since none of it was truly urgent, ...
2024-07-10 17:17:59 +0000 UTC View PostHeian dispersed herself through the formation Yoshika had created, focusing her essence into the mana stone. Even though it was unattuned, the sheer power of the stone still resisted her at first, ...
2024-07-08 17:52:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun was high and the sky was clear and cloudless as Heian and Narae stepped into the center of the courtyard. Heian couldn’t feel the warmth of the sun, but she could imagine it. She had vagu...
2024-07-05 18:44:34 +0000 UTC View PostHeian sat patiently at her mother’s feet and watched as her friends attempted to prove their worth. It seemed like a silly trial to her. The tests were narrow and specific, and seemed to be desig...
2024-07-03 20:06:59 +0000 UTC View Post“Convert any input mana into a balanced mixture, then filter out each primary element into individual crystallization arrays.”
Narae was already drawing before Seong Min even finished spe...
2024-07-01 20:56:05 +0000 UTC View PostHaeun was nervous. More nervous than she’d ever been in her life. More than the first time she’d snuck out of the palace, more than when Eunae had asked Yoshika to take her on as an apprentice,...
2024-06-28 18:37:02 +0000 UTC View Post
My good friend Loaka and I both have our birthdays in June, so I thought it would be fun to commission a design of the protagonist from her Fates Parallel fanfic-turned-semi-official-author-approve...
2024-06-26 19:28:28 +0000 UTC View PostWith only a few days left before Haeun and Narae’s exams, Eui didn’t have much time to question Misun about what she’d seen in the Kumiho’s memories. Even if she had, she doubted that the p...
2024-06-26 19:28:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe plan is simple, elegant, and almost certainly a trap. The great spirits have no choice but to agree, however. Heaven and earth have turned against them, and they have precious few allies to...
2024-06-24 19:04:43 +0000 UTC View PostMelody of the Dreaming Moon was a technique that Yoshika had learned from Yan Yue. Supposedly passed down through the generations from mother to daughter, but after learning where Yue’s maternal ...
2024-06-21 18:11:31 +0000 UTC View PostI accidentally posted the wrong chapter today, because apparently counting is hard. I've decided to just leave it up for now, and skip the Wednesday post (so basically, the Xiantian+ tiers get Wedn...
2024-06-17 19:58:43 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Eui made the girls perform their spellcraft drills a thousand times per day, she thought she’d been too harsh. After all, even if they spent every waking moment on it, they’d have to compl...
2024-06-17 19:58:30 +0000 UTC View PostWith the girls hard at work practicing for their exams, and Kaede taking care of her administrative duties for a while, Jia was left with the rare blessing of an empty schedule. Usually, there was ...
2024-06-17 18:36:59 +0000 UTC View PostEui’s visit with Misun had left her with more questions than answers. Both Misun and her mother professed to simply trust her to do whatever was best for Haeun and Eunae, but neither of them gave...
2024-06-14 18:03:55 +0000 UTC View PostEui frowned at Misun’s accusation.
“That’s a pretty dire claim. Not to mention vague—what do you even mean by ‘compromised’?”
Misun scowled and returned to her corner, fis...
2024-06-12 20:28:34 +0000 UTC View PostPoring over endless tomes of literal arcane text was not Lee Narae’s idea of a good time. Headmaster Hyeong’s study notes weren’t as horrifically dry as, say, Professor Hwang Sung’s lecture...
2024-06-10 19:52:26 +0000 UTC View PostEui and her disciples gathered in one of the guest mansion’s many sitting rooms to go over the details of Haeun’s upcoming test. As promised, Seong Min had a servant drop off a package containi...
2024-06-07 18:53:20 +0000 UTC View PostAn Eui’s stay at the Goryeon palace had been largely uneventful. Her audience with Queen Eunhee had been brief, cordial, and completely vacuous. A simple exchange of greetings and little else. Eu...
2024-06-05 17:31:13 +0000 UTC View PostJiaguo’s fiends had always been in a strange position. They were by far the smallest minority group, numbering only three—depending on how one counted Melati. That was unlikely to change, since...
2024-06-03 18:47:17 +0000 UTC View Post
At long last, the cover art for volume 6 is finished! I know I say this every time, but really Tsuu just keeps stepping her game up with every piece she does. I'm amazed by how much the effect for ...
2024-05-31 19:03:54 +0000 UTC View PostWith the tour concluded, Jia and the Qin princesses took their time as they made their way back to the city. The twins were happy to enjoy the beauty of the open landscape surrounding the city as t...
2024-05-31 19:03:44 +0000 UTC View PostIn a desperate bid to prevent Jianmo and the twins from coming to blows, Jia bid Lady Tennin farewell and moved things along. Their next stop was New Kasuga—another of Jiaguo’s satellite villag...
2024-05-29 20:26:43 +0000 UTC View Post