The group quickly made what few defensive moves they could. Tian’s first instinct was to pull out some barricades he had in a ring, but quickly decided against it. The Monkeys would be attacking ...
2026-01-09 15:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostTian didn’t watch the others cross. He sat on the ground, casually crossing his legs under him and cradling the pinecone. He felt an immense quiet, and like the null chamber in the Six Turns Cave...
2026-01-08 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post“We can start with the obvious- we must cross the river to progress. The river is covered with an explosive haze that condenses approximately six feet above the surface, while the ‘water’ is ...
2026-01-07 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post“This is not my fire. This is not the kind of yang qi I want.”
The fire poison was a vile thing, viscus, leaving a residue of itself wherever it passed that would grow and spread...
2026-01-06 15:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Prior to writing Sky Pride, I wasn't a tea guy. I now have a whole tea brewing setup next to my des...
2026-01-06 03:09:16 +0000 UTC View PostTian’s first move was the product of years of careful, expert training, built on top of a couple of months running through the jungle. It might, to the uneducated eye, have looked like wild flail...
2026-01-05 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostBrother Fu’s bamboo raft looked exactly like the ones Tian remembered from the Agate River- a single layer of thick bamboo poles, bound with cross sections of bamboo at the front and rear. The ti...
2026-01-02 15:00:27 +0000 UTC View Post“Physically, you are in decent condition. Your mentality seems strong, and your meridians are as they should be. The lower and upper dantian are working properly, and while your organs are out of...
2026-01-01 15:00:24 +0000 UTC View Post“How?” Liren demanded.
“Check the elemental flow going through your legs and your feet. It’s a powerful light body skill, so your weight is really nothing much. The hard thing is bala...
2025-12-31 15:00:53 +0000 UTC View PostTian let the dart slide from his sleeve. It still felt utterly amazing to use, but there were people around so he controlled his reaction. He let it hang just off the ground, then gave it a light k...
2025-12-30 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostTian looked at Sister Su, trying to figure out if he had heard what he thought he heard. She sipped her tea, and made a minute nod of approval. It seemed he had met her expectations. Tian glanced a...
2025-12-29 15:00:55 +0000 UTC View PostTian looked enlightened. He slowly nodded, stroked his chin with a small smile, then went back to his breakfast of chicken and chillies paired with glutenous rice. He drank his particularly fiery r...
2025-12-26 15:00:28 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t too hard to sort everything out. Tian’s heart dantian was damaged, which meant the fire qi and yang qi in his body was dangerously low. Tian was relying on his wood aspected vital ene...
2025-12-25 15:00:35 +0000 UTC View PostThree months into his convalescence, he was visited by Brother Fu and a stressed looking senior who practically screamed “Overworked Scholar” with every move. He was introduced as Librarian Yan...
2025-12-24 15:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe hospital stay was originally supposed to be for a week, but was extended another week, then extended again for a month, minimum, and he was told not to fixate on his release date. He should jus...
2025-12-23 15:00:26 +0000 UTC View Post“Quite a special find. Well done, both of you. A spirit nurturing mountain, a wood-fire qi dragon and a metal-earth qi tiger, both properly raised and kept well balanced by the mountain. And each...
2025-12-22 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostTian and Hong spent a couple of days not-quite-bedridden. It was very easy to take things very easy, and they had plenty of medicine. Their body cultivation sped up the healing process, but broken ...
2025-12-19 15:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe tea did, in fact, survive. For most of the brief battle, Suneater had confined himself to brainpower attacks. Tian’s tea set had survived too, except for the murdered cup. His tea pets… Tia...
2025-12-18 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostTL:DR- What the title says. Also this cold is persistant as hell and screwing with my sleep. But mostly the title. And it's no longer the five directions palace but the eight directions palace.
... 2025-12-17 19:57:43 +0000 UTC View PostLiren didn’t wait, lashing out with the blunt end of her spear to smash Suneater’s skull. An invisible hand flicked it away.
“Not even a trace of qi. Pure vital energy. This is path...
2025-12-17 15:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostTian and Hong made their way down the rough stone path into the hill. The grey stone was rimmed with green. Moss, growing thick from the damp, made little forests next to lakes of lichen and the oc...
2025-12-16 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostTian, Hong and the crane set off from the Monastery proper, loaded with every sort of useful thing their limited budget could buy. It wasn’t all that much. The Monastery had never bothered stockp...
2025-12-15 15:00:29 +0000 UTC View PostTian and Hong jumped down the mountainside. Navigating Ancient Crane Mountain had become an interesting challenge for the forcibly sequestered daoists. The Monastery had never been designed for use...
2025-12-12 15:00:25 +0000 UTC View PostTian and Liren weren’t the only two who had been growing. The Sky Grace Crane had been slowly transforming since they came to the mountain.
“Assuming transformation is the right...
2025-12-11 15:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostTian groaned. “I didn’t think everyone knew about that.”
Sister Sia laughed, covering her mouth with her fair hand. “It’s a small monastery these days. The “secret prize” for wi...
2025-12-10 15:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostA week passed since the tournament ended, but the martial square was being used for boxing once again. One cultivator was tall, muscular, manly and valorous, the other short, athletic, and leaning ...
2025-12-09 15:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostA slim white hand gently guided a heavy fist off to one side, fouling the axe blow chasing behind it. The axe wielder’s situation was made even worse when a heavy, if petite, foot smacked into th...
2025-12-08 15:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostTL:DR, oof. Necessary break, very necessary, but I am bad at this kind of rest. Vol. 5 starts on Monday, 10 am Eastern US time.
Longer answer:
So after four days away from my usual schedule, I feel the anxiety of not writing creeping up on me. Still, the enforced stillness is good, because it makes me reflect on what I have written so far...
2025-11-30 16:10:27 +0000 UTC View PostThose of you who have been around for a while might remember that poll I ran about what kind of book I should write next. Sky Pride is what eventually came out of that, so, from the bottom of my he...
2025-11-27 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post