Because both sides of the Manticore tribe had so many scouts and spies, a true surprise attack on the army was impossible. Kai had still wanted them to attack early for several reasons: it let them...
2024-12-09 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt took two weeks for them to return to the Manticore tribe's region, but with all three of them reunited, Kai didn't mind the trip at all. His training along the way was mostly for fun, while Zae ...
2024-12-06 18:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe pit walls seemed to extend upward forever, to the surface that was just as far away as Sky Soul. Zae Zin Nim cultivated as intensely as she could, but at the Pits of Power it would take centuri...
2024-12-05 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFor Kai, the fight must have been savagery, bloodshed, and hunger. Omilaena watched from the outside, coolly examining their latest experiment.
Now that he was fully prepared, Kai flickered a...
2024-12-04 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Kai finally limped back to their secure base, his body was aching all over from the combination of poison, exertion, and injury. The manticore was surprisingly fast, and very determined whenev...
2024-12-03 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTechnically, Zae Zin Nim was guarding her mana pool, but she wasn't sure what would actually happen if she was challenged. The Thundering Scorpion tribe required everything to be done in pairs, due...
2024-12-02 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAs the manticore bore down on them, Kai actually swayed on his feet. He'd grown so used to Behemoth's Heart taking care of small aches and pains that he was off balance at first. It swiped with one...
2024-11-29 18:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe Western Wilds spread around them. As they traveled further north to hunt down the manticore, the rocky outcroppings lost their bizarre twisting shapes and became lower and flatter. Far more fol...
2024-11-28 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBeing a tribal patriarch turned out to be both easier and more tiring than Kai had expected. He wasn't an administrative leader, not by any means, and actually most of the organizational and even s...
2024-11-27 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Stay."
Kai had just moved his legs off the side of the bed, ready to begin what was sure to be a trying day, when Omilaena's hand gripped his arm. Not gently - her fingers dug into his muscl...
2024-11-26 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
(This is the cover for the fourth book/arc. The arc isn't actually particularly focused on these two, but I wanted to save the full trio for the fifth arc in case it's the last.)
After Feida ...
2024-11-25 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostOmilaena had always hated tribes.
They went by different names, depending on whether you were on Rosemount, Cloudspire, or Deadwaste. Sometimes they were called sects, sometimes guilds, somet...
2024-11-22 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostCracking blows echoed across the wasteland as Zae Zin Nim fought her husband.
Their fists flew between them, and since Kai was holding back, they could trade blow for blow. Without him using ...
2024-11-21 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt was really quite unreasonable that someone as talented as Kai had taken this long to leave the Body Refinement stage. Zae Zin Nim waited and watched, hoping that fate would not manage to ruin hi...
2024-11-20 18:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThey had a variety of options for flying across the Western Wilds, some of them more respectable than others. The absolute fastest would have been for Kai to use Thunderbird's Wings and carry Zae Z...
2024-11-19 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostFor several long seconds Kai just squeezed Zae Zin Nim and Omilaena as hard as he could. Normal women might have been crushed, but they both hugged back: Zae Zin Nim's face was buried in his chest ...
2024-11-18 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe first book is now out on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DML13DV1
This version is edited in v...
2024-11-15 18:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThey had started with eight Earth Souls. A mighty force, including all the strongest cultivators in the Manticore Quill faction. And now...
The Quill patriarch had thought their decision was ...
2024-11-14 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a month of war amidst the Manticore tribe, Kai felt as though he was on the cusp of everything, yet unable to take any next step. He had more than enough mana ink and specialists to form a cu...
2024-11-13 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post"I have evidence to present!" The other cultivator supported Zin Nim to one of the speaking positions, a platform across from Shen Yu Yei, while the old woman spoke. "The poisoner's companion volun...
2024-11-12 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe qi resisted as it was forced down into liquid form and Omilaena imagined spiritual screams. It wanted to be an ephemeral energy flowing through all life, not something as tangible as chakra, bu...
2024-11-11 18:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostKai moved through the blood and carnage, death on every side, and felt nothing.
It hadn't been straight murder, at least. The Tail faction had stopped the Manticore Head breakaway party and d...
2024-11-08 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAs the bandit tribesmen poured out of the hills, Kai waited for the inevitable. He lurked within a caravan of weaker cultivators, his bulk hidden by a shapeless Manticore tribe robe. They were a we...
2024-11-07 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostZae Zin Nim sat in the audience, watching Omilaena and thinking it was almost unfair how fast the other woman had advanced in a month.
Instead of belching out smoke, Omilaena let it waft from...
2024-11-06 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostNow that the battle was over, the Manticore tribesmen didn't seem inclined to start murdering one another again. Kai spent a while cultivating atop one of the stone outcroppings, just watching both...
2024-11-05 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostKai stood atop a small outcrop, trying to get a handle on what he was seeing. This was definitely no training exercise: he saw blood flying right and left, stinger techniques piercing through chest...
2024-11-04 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostBefore he reached the Blueblade sect, Kai stopped using Thunderbird's Wings and instead jumped onto his flying sword. It traveled much slower than going under his own power, but this way he would l...
2024-11-01 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostFortunately, Omilaena was in the middle of a vicious battle.
When she'd first arrived in the Pureflower sect, she'd been honestly worried that they were going to spend all their time pouring ...
2024-10-31 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIn the two days after the duel, Kai eagerly explored the Pits of Strength and discovered the possibilities. He'd been concerned at first that there might be retaliation, but since he hadn't killed ...
2024-10-30 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThere were no judges or officials, just four fighters standing on the wind-swept stone. Kai doubted that there were any rules about falling out of bounds, so the contest was likely to be decided by...
2024-10-29 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post