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Chapter 70 - Fragments of Lives Gone (II)

The walk toward the bridge and over was unsettling, to say the least. I could feel the pessimistically apologetic eyes of an old man uncerta

The walk toward the bridge and over was unsettling, to say the least. I could feel the pessimistically apologetic eyes of an old man uncerta

The walk toward the bridge and over was unsettling, to say the least. I could feel the pessimistically apologetic eyes of an old man uncerta

The walk toward the bridge and over was unsettling, to s...

Chapter 69 - Fragments of Lives Gone (I)

Light insisted on holding my hand (well, my finger, really) as we descended the mountain, and I obliged. There truly was something magical

Light insisted on holding my hand (well, my finger, really) as we descended the mountain, and I obliged. There truly was something magical

Light insisted on holding my hand (well, my finger, really) as we descended the mountain, and I obliged. There truly was something magical

Light insisted on holding my hand (well, my finger, really) as...

Chapter 68 - Internal Rot (III)

Long Tao's words... shook me. And no matter how desperately I tried denying them... they were like a cockroach, surviving whatever damn hell

Long Tao's words... shook me. And no matter how desperately I tried denying them... they were like a cockroach, surviving whatever damn hell

Long Tao's words... shook me. And no matter how desperately I tried denying them... they were like a cockroach, surviving whatever damn hell

Long Tao's words... shook me.

And no matter how de...

Chapter 67 - Internal Rot (II)

About ten days after he left, Long Tao returned. It was actually a bit faster than I thought. Originally, I anticipated that he'd be gone a

About ten days after he left, Long Tao returned. It was actually a bit faster than I thought. Originally, I anticipated that he'd be gone a

About ten days after he left, Long Tao returned. It was actually a bit faster than I thought. Originally, I anticipated that he'd be gone a

About ten days after he left, Long Tao returned.

It w...

Chapter 66 - Internal Rot (I)

Days fluttered by like leaves in the wind. Okay, my rather poor attempt at poetry aside, they sure do not fly when you've got almost nothing

Days fluttered by like leaves in the wind. Okay, my rather poor attempt at poetry aside, they sure do not fly when you've got almost nothing

Days fluttered by like leaves in the wind. Okay, my rather poor attempt at poetry aside, they sure do not fly when you've got almost nothing

Days fluttered by like leaves in the wind.

Okay, m...

Chapter 65 - Long Tao's Fun Adventure (II)

"What's your name?" Long Tao asked, taking a bite of a recently cooked rabbit leg. The captured old man was sitting politely on his knees,

"What's your name?" Long Tao asked, taking a bite of a recently cooked rabbit leg. The captured old man was sitting politely on his knees,

"What's your name?" Long Tao asked, taking a bite of a recently cooked rabbit leg.

The captured old man was sitting politely on his knees, back upright, look of wonderment and terror on his face.

Chapter 64 - A Boy's Struggle (II)

Xi Zhao was actually rather skillful, as it turned out, at making tea. In fact, he was even better than Dai Xiu. However, there was still o

Xi Zhao was actually rather skillful, as it turned out, at making tea. In fact, he was even better than Dai Xiu. However, there was still o

Xi Zhao was actually rather skillful, as it turned out, at making tea. In fact, he was even better than Dai Xiu.

However, there was still only so much he could do with so few utensils and the cheap-i...

Chapter 63 - A Boy's Struggle (I)

So, with a lot of sudden free time on my hand, I decided to make something for my very new disciple, Xi Zhao. Namely, I decided to dabble a

So, with a lot of sudden free time on my hand, I decided to make something for my very new disciple, Xi Zhao.

Namely, I decided to dabble a bit in the Weapon Arts, as I haven't created a single one yet. At the same time, I also decided to splurge and make a movement art. All else aside, the most important thing in the world is surviving--I'd a...

Regional Map v2

Hello everyone, hope you're having a great day ^^
A quick question: which style of the map do you prefer? The simpler one or a height-map based one?
I'd been playing around in Gaea2 the past few days & decided to quickly sketch out a simple height map for the Innominate Edge region, plug it in, fiddle around a bit, and see whether you'd be interested in me refining the map a bit further + adding locations, or if you'd just prefer a simpler, down-to-business style.

Chapter 62 - Long Tao's Fun Adventure (I)

Desolate Cliffs truly lived up to their name, Long Tao mused ever so briefly. Jagged rock arose in conjoined spires, jutting out against the

Desolate Cliffs truly lived up to their name, Long Tao mused ever so briefly.

Jagged rock arose in conjoined spires, jutting out against the flats beneath it. It was a rather sharp and brutal change of terrain, one without any prior indications. Which meant that it likely wasn't wholly natural.

Long Tao himself had a hand in cr...

Chapter 61 - A Little Respite

"I'll think about it," those were Elder Qin's parting words as he left, rather grim-faced, leaving me wondering whether I'd made the right decision.

It was one thing to fight for my disciples but, technically speaking, that girl wasn't actually a disciple--she was a burden, no, wait, she's a guest. Yes, a guest. Big distinction there.

And she was a planted guest at that, the Sect Master's thinly-veiled attempt to figure out what the hell is happening on the Lones...

Chapter 60 - Songs of Prelude (III)

It truly ended with the proclamation that the cauldron exploded.

Look, I may be a bit stupid, and I may not have a working knowledge of this world, but I know for a fact that wasn't a cauldron exploding. Not unless you think Elder Zhang was a cauldron. And even if the man carried a bit of a belly, it wasn't--look, the point is, the sect was hiding what transpired.

Why?

The first clue came the day later, when the Declaration of War was officially sent out to the Fire Sun Sec...

Chapter 59 - Songs of Prelude (II)

Elder Zhang carefully unfurled the small parchment that was tied to a Firebird. It was eight familiar symbols that he memorized before burning the paper and killing the bird, swallowing its corpse in one go and processing it into small bits of Fire Qi.

He carefully looked around before sighing and retreating toward the Verdant Arch Peak. These past few days, he'd experienced a gnawing feeling in his chest any time he went out to receive instructions. It was a familiar feeling, the one h...

Chapter 58 - Songs of Prelude (I)

"I lost again," Elder Qin sighed, his eyebrows pressed together in thought as to how he lost so quickly.

I'll give you an answer--he sucks. Oh my God, he sucks so bad. He's worse than the kids I used to play back in elementary school! I mean, fine, maybe the chess theory isn't as developed in this world as it was back on Earth (I do not question how we happen to have the same game; I feel it is better for my sanity), but geez-Louise, it has to be better than t...

Chapter 57 - Greedy Justice (III)

Everyone slowly emerged from wherever they were hiding, joining me as the audience. Dai Xiu seemed a bit concerned, but others... yeah, they were here just for a good show.

"When you're plundering his treasury," Long Tao chimed in from the side. "Look and see if he has Silver-Tipped Viper's glands."

"Sure. Anything else?"

"Maybe a bit--"

"--I was being sarcastic."

"Tsk."

Ignoring the click of the tongue, the strange look on Light's face, Hua's barely-vei...

Chapter 56 - Greedy Justice (II)

The man who so boldly called me out stood centered at the peak, facing the entrance of my house, escorted by a pair of mean-mugging kids. His face was... vaguely familiar--no, wait, isn't that the guy who contradicted Elder Qin and spoke up for wartime efforts?

... hey, why the hell are you here, man?

"E-eh? Elder Zhang...?" XI Zhao's voice jostled a distant memory, though it took me a moment to capture its exact location--Elder Zhang... Xi Zhao's former Master.

Oh.

R...

Chapter 55 - Greedy Justice (I)

Calm returned once more to Lonesome Peak.

I'm actually considering the name change as it could hardly be called 'Lonesome' anymore. I mean, yeah, compared to other peaks it still is, but there's 6 of us now, which is enough to start a cult!

... I mean, I won't. But I could. But I won't. Well, it's really I couldn't.

Long Tao locked himself up in his room, seemingly struggling to comprehend the art.

Elder Qin delivered a first batch of cultivation re...

Rough Regional Map (I)

An in-world rough map of the immediate area surrounding the Spirit Sword Sect. Will expand it as the world opens up & detail it a bit more once I can muster up enough patience to boot up 'Wonderdraft' & spend 7 straight hours designing it

Chapter 54 - Tethers of Neverwhere (II)

[Congratulations, Host, on creating 'Tethers of Neverwhere' Special Art]

... wait, that's actually kind of... cool?

[...]

[Tethers of Neverwhere]

[Type: Special Art]

[Rank: low-Heaven Tier]

[Host Comprehension: None (Fails to meet minimum requirements)]

[...]

[Masters of sword ordinarily shine as bright as a collapsing star, shadows only ever cut with the edge of their blade. It is nigh impossible for the child of Dao of Sword to hide from anyth...

Chapter 53 - Tethers of Neverwhere (I)

--so, that cloaking art.

As soon as Elder Qin left, I retired into my bedroom yet again, setting shot atop the demonstrably uncomfortable bed (I swear, I will have to revolutionize the industry of comfort in this world, even if it be the last thing I do).

Once again I found myself somewhat overwhelmed with the massive screen of choices, all floating over there mindlessly. I'd wondered more than once the nature of the System--not necessarily who created it or even who gave...

Chapter 52 - Declaration of War (II)

The wind turned oddly cold as I stepped out of the hall and into the open.

The thin branches of the nearby trees bent and swayed, lulled by the invisible force. And I... I felt a bit choked.

Naturally, I wasn't going to participate in the war--even if most of these guys here would want to see me humiliated, it wasn't to the point they'd threaten the sect's security for it.

At the same time, I wasn't actually nearly as worried as most of them; if it was true that ...

Chapter 51 - Declaration of War (I)

Alarm bells rang at the crack of around 4 P.M.

It was my first time hearing them but Lu Qi's memories did have a few instances of them ringing. They were remarkably loud, almost as loud as those city-wide sirens that would warn of impending doom or such things, and they lasted a whole ten minutes.

Me?

Well, I just stayed in place, wondering what kind of cloaking art should I make for Long Tao, and what other arts I could make with now 350 Creation...

Chapter 50 - Windfall (II)

Hmm.

Allow me a moment to catch you up, and explain why there is currently a boy bending halfway to the ground in front of him, arms like arrows pinned to his sides, wind gently billowing his robes.

You see, about ten-ish minutes ago, while I was busy daydreaming about making a pizza, I was rudely interrupted by a status window. For a legitimate moment I became wholly terrified that Dai Xiu broke through to the Foundation Establishment or, God forbid, that other monster broke thr...

Chapter 49 - Windfall (I)

Ah, home sweet home!

It still looks like someone sneezed it out of a pus-filled putrid nostril, but it's the only one I've got. It was well past the evening by the time we returned as I actually took the pair on a bit of a stroll and even to the sect's restaurant where we somehow managed to spend 100 low-quality Spirit Stones.

In fairness, half of that was spent packing two meals for Hua and Light. Me? Heh. I don't count the stones I spend on me. Never.

Khm.

Anyway, on...

Chapter 48 - Antechamber (IV)

Long Tao left after about six seconds give or take, his tiny frame appearing as I exhaled in relief.

He crossed over the bridge, seeming as apathetic as ever--

Son of a bitch, he broke through!

This guy actually broke through!

I made it a habit to use Creator's Eyes on him at least once a day (as it does not cost a 'charge' when I use it on my disciples) and, yup, right there where it used to say 'Twelfth Stage of Qi Condensation', it now said 'First Stage of Foundat...

Chapter 47 - Antechamber (III)

Winds whipped against his clothes as soon as he stepped on the insular island. Long Tao craned his neck and looked at the vast majesty of churning Qi, a bit stunned. He'd seen many things in his life before, so he knew perfectly what the thing in front of him his--it was actually kind of funny, in a way.

This was an array... that he set up.

He'd completely even forgotten about it as he set it up after he broke through to the Sovereign Realm. At the time, he was helped by a small d...

Chapter 46 - Antechamber (II)

So, remember how I was envious about the climb? And the richness of the mountain slope?

Yeah. I am apparently quite preemptive about things, as I should have saved all my seething, all my jealousy, and all my bitterness for this very moment.

Because, by God, I can't put into words just how beautiful this place is.

Six distinct pavilions, decked out with ornate decorations, crowding around a central plaza with a beautiful, statuesque fountain spewing Spirit Water directly...