Chapter 156: KILL AND BLOOD
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KILL AND BLOOD
Jieyuan
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Well, Jieyuan thought, his gaze lingering on Jiahao’s corpse, if we weren’t in a hurry to leave before, we sure are now.
The nearest S...
2026-01-21 03:16:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 155: TO BISECT
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TO BISECT
Jieyuan
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Stepping out into Radiant Street, Jieyuan set a brisk pace, leaving the hulking black form of the Mysterious Night House behind him. Not so fast that he’d be running...
2026-01-14 03:52:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 154: BUY AND SELL
(Chapter 2 of 2 today.)
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BUY AND SELL
Jieyuan
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“Should you wish to bid on a lot,” their attendant was saying, indicating one of the two pedestals rising...
2026-01-07 22:25:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 153: STARRY NIGHT
(Chapter 1 of 2 today. The next chapter will be published right after.)
So here’s the release for the Monday before last, which was significantly delayed, as well as this Monday’s release, which was considerably less delayed.
Normally, when I delay a release by more th...
2026-01-07 22:24:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 152: BACK AND BLACK
Here's last Monday's chapter. Cutting it close again, but still in the right week. Planning on getting the next chapter sooner, but we'll see how it goes.
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Jieyuan 2025-12-29 04:52:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 151: DRINK AND TALK
Here you go, last Monday's chapter. Cutting it close, but at least it was still released in the right week.
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DRINK AND TALK
Jieyuan
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In a small but tidy li...
2025-12-22 05:40:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 150: TO BE BACK
A bit delayed (I really wanted to get this one right, and it took me longer than I would have thought), but better late than never. This is last Monday's pending chapter. I hope you enjoy it.
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TO BE BACK 2025-12-15 05:49:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 149: VOID TO CAVE
Sorry about the delay! I ended up having to travel last week, and that messed up my schedule. This is last week's chapter. This week's chapter should actually be coming out tomorrow, Thursday at the latest (it's already half-done).
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Chapter 148: BLOOD AND BOON
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BLOOD AND BOON
Jieyuan
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It was not the blood-red plains Jieyuan returned to. Rather, what the void of the Heavenly Room gave way to was, for once, an actual room.
The room was larg...
2025-11-30 23:39:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 147: TO LAY BARE
This is last Monday's chapter, as promised, even if a bit late. I'd like to say next week's chapter is coming out tomorrow, but clearly I'm too optimistic with dates, so let's just play it safe and say it'll come out sometime next week.
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... 2025-11-24 04:22:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 146: BURNING END
Chapter 2 of 2 today. Chapter 147 is coming out tomorrow.
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BURNING END
Jieyuan
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He didn’t appear in any of the forests or towns he’d burned down. Nor di...
2025-11-19 03:09:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 145: FIRE AND SELF
Chapter 1 of 2 is today. The next chapter will be published immediately afterward. There will also be another chapter tomorrow—today’s two are the one I owed from last week plus a bonus as an apology for the delay (the fifth stage ended up needing two chapters, rather than just on...
2025-11-19 03:08:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 144: THORN AND PAIN
Chapter 2 of 2 today. Again, please check the Discord announcement. There WILL be another chapter this (or next, for some of you) week.
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Chapter 143: OF DEAD BONE
Chapter 1 of 2 today—and these are still last week's chapters. I'll be explaining the situation clearly in the Discord announcement, but there'll still be another chapter next week. Long short short, I overdid things a little and ended up with two full length chapters last week. Oop...
2025-11-10 04:49:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 142: SHAPE AND CHANGE
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SHAPE AND CHANGE
Jieyuan
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Jieyuan stared blankly at the metal surface of the door in front of him. It was darkened, the handle gone.
The woman’s frenzied words still rang in his ...
2025-10-28 06:42:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 141: DO OR DO
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DO OR DO
Jieyuan
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Jieyuan sighed as the Heavenly Hall reappeared around him, along with all the cultivators there.
The sphere he had chosen now sat within his body...
2025-10-22 04:36:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 140: TWISTS AND TURNS
And there we have it: the first chapter published following the new schedule. The next chapter will be coming out next Monday; I've also adjusted previous chapters so that paying patrons are now seven chapters ahead instead of fourteen—but still seven weeks ahead of...
2025-10-16 02:41:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 139: THE TWIN SNAKES
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THE TWIN SNAKES
Jieyuan
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All things considered, the snake didn’t really come as a surprise.
Jieyuan had just barely told the Amphis Concept what difficulty he wa...
2025-10-07 03:53:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 138: A WAY FOUND
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A WAY FOUND
Jieyuan
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In the place of the infinitely distant ceiling was now a starry sky. An ocean of silver orbs scattered throughout a black void.
Not just any starry sky, either...
2025-09-30 03:45:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 137: PAST AND TOWER
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PAST AND TOWER
Jieyuan
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Anren knelt down, picked up Gleaming End. Then she walked over to Daojue—whom she’d just dropped to the ground with her last attack—and ext...
2025-09-24 02:32:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 136: TO INSTRUCT
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TO INSTRUCT
Jieyuan
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Jieyuan, of course, didn’t let go. Not that he reckoned he’d have stood much of a chance if this turned into a tug-of-war situation. Given what he’d seen of An...
2025-09-16 05:16:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 135: CUT THE SHADE
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Jieyuan looked between Daojue and Anren.
Anren, who was in a relaxed stance, her sword up, the tip pointed at Daojue.
Daojue, who had ...
2025-09-09 06:13:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 134: BARREN PLAINS
So. A quick author note: So far, I’ve been restricting myself pretty heavily punctuation-wise, but that’s led to a gross overuse of em-dashes, so it’s something I’ll be addressing in the rewrite. However, I figured I’d already start putting it into practice, so expect to...
2025-09-02 05:18:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 133: SOUL AND SWORD
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SOUL AND SWORD
JIEYUAN
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The voice was deep. Resonant. And loud—so loud it should’ve left his ears ringing, his eardrums bleeding, his bones rattling.
But none ...
2025-08-31 03:05:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 132: BEAST OF MIST
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Once swindled, twice guarded. Jieyuan had learned his lesson.
This time around, he didn’t just stand there waiting for Meiyao to get them ...
2025-08-31 03:05:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 131: HIGHER REALMS
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HIGHER REALMS
JIEYUAN
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Chromal beasts weren’t necessarily bigger than their mundane counterparts, and realm didn’t correlate to size. Jieyuan had met massive Redsoul...
2025-08-31 03:04:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 130: TO DESCEND
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TO DESCEND
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Two months.
As best Jieyuan could tell—even after all this while, keeping track of time in the Dome was still no easy task—that was about h...
2025-08-31 03:04:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 129: HIS AND HERS
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HIS AND HERS
JIEYUAN
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“Meiyao,” Jieyuan said, catching her attention. “Are we safe here, or do we need to move?”
To his surprise, Meiyao didn’t even need...
2025-08-31 03:04:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 128: STAKE YOUR CLAIM
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JIEYUAN
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Jieyuan would be lying if he said he hadn’t thought of kissing Meiyao before. He tried not to think about the subject—it was a total waste ...
2025-08-31 03:03:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 127: KILL AND KISS
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KILL AND KISS
JIEYUAN
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Jieyuan almost shouted it out—but then he caught himself, swallowing down the words. Keeping half his attention on the fight, he jumped from one...
2025-08-31 03:03:03 +0000 UTC View Post