Even though Kai had ventured out from the Bloodcoral sect multiple times, that usually meant hunting monsters near the coast, so this was his first time venturing deep into the Western Wilds. At fi...
2024-10-28 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn't possible to simply fly to the Pureflower sect's headquarters because a great magical formation would strike down anyone who tried to get close without permission. Instead Zae Zin Nim had ...
2024-10-25 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post(Cognosticon here. Every time I ask about using the Patreon feature to make individual posts purchasable, I get a few positive responses and no other feedback. Deciding that most don't care and a f...
2024-10-24 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostKai should not have been excited to see a wave of monsters flooding toward civilization, but truthfully he felt a thrill that was more than just hunger. This was why he'd started fighting in the fi...
2024-10-23 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEven though she was supposed to be keeping watch, Zae Zin Nim couldn't help thinking about Kai. Was he getting into trouble? Had sending him to the Bloodcoral sect been the right choice? It seemed ...
2024-10-22 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostTechnically Kai was setting foot on Cloudspire for the first time, but that was nothing special: the coast was sand and rock, like everywhere else in the world. He was far more interested in the fa...
2024-10-21 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post(Cognosticon here. I have added the story Taming the Maneater to the 2024-10-18 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
When Kai struck the monster his Tyrant's Claw tore deep, unleashing streams of blood into the water, but he immediately realized that it wasn't enough. The Great Cetae wasn't armored, it was just m...
2024-10-17 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMiraculously, their journey to Cloudspire wasn't sunk by a tsunami, attacked by a kraken, or struck down by the gods. Instead they made excellent time, using the final month of travel to train and ...
2024-10-16 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostKai leapt from the water with the taste of monster blood in his mouth. Not to the ship, not yet, simply arcing through the sky for the joy of it.
Combining Thunderbird's Wings and Sahagin's S...
2024-10-15 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSix months of bliss. Kai struggled to believe it had really happened.
As happy as he’d been going off to Darkmist Island, part of him had been sure that it couldn’t last. The island would...
2024-10-14 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostKai paced through the caverns, determined to finally catch his quarry. For a long time he’d been certain that there was something powerful in the caves with him, both based on his hunger going wi...
2024-10-11 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAs Zae Zin Nim circulated the qi in her dantian yet again, she realized that it couldn’t last forever.
She certainly hoped that her marriage would - she wanted to achieve immortality alongs...
2024-10-10 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostEven though Zae Zin Nim was not a participant in this round of poison cultivation, as she had come to think of it, she still enjoyed being present. The most socially acceptable reason was that she ...
2024-10-09 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostAnother day, another step along the path of cultivation.
Despite everything that lay behind them, and everything that lay ahead, Zae Zin Nim was enjoying herself surprisingly thoroughly. This...
2024-10-08 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post(Cognosticon here. I meant to notify just $25 backers about the new bonus content, but think the notification went to...
2024-10-07 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWeeks into her honeymoon Omilaena was still, against all reason, learning new things about threesomes.
She had far more experience than the two no-longer-virgins, and while admittedly that wa...
2024-10-04 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThree days into their honeymoon on Darkmist Island, Kai had begun to accept that they weren’t going to get privacy like he had hoped. The mansion was filled with magical items that would let them...
2024-10-03 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostKai raced through the ancient mansion’s corridors, wondering what Omilaena could possibly have discovered that made her so serious. More importantly, why would the elves have acted against them? ...
2024-10-02 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAll throughout the trip, Kai had been wondering how an island could really be hidden. Alright, he’d been doing a lot of other things, but the question had been in the back of his mind ever since ...
2024-10-01 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post(Cognosticon here. I have closed the poll after most people got a chance to vote and there was a s...
2024-09-30 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostCognosticon here, announcement time. Chapters will resume next week on the normal schedule, but I'm taking today to cover longer issues. Skim for info that may be interesting to you, plus some key ...
2024-09-27 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Verdant River sect was one of the most prestigious in all the Southern Rivers, acknowledged as one of the Great Rivers worthy of the name. It had vast holdings across the south, including great...
2024-09-26 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTroulon woke up, which was something he hadn't expected to ever do again. When that syringe had entered his neck, he had been sure that it was the end, and the human part of him had welcomed it. 2024-09-25 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
With all the destruction around him, Kai had been barely keeping up with a speed half-phase. That was the only reason he noticed immediately when the obelisks harmed Graveylin and had time to see M...
2024-09-24 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post(Cognosticon here, with good news: I am renewing my pledge to continue writing Depthless Hunger through the fourth major arc, which will wrap up a great many long term plot threads.
As a one ...
2024-09-23 17:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post"What are you doing here?" Matiavel sounded more irritated than angry, and his eyes narrowed in suspicion. "Have I seen you before?"
"Possibly." Kai wasn't about to take one of the great powe...
2024-09-13 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe razor sharp paper blade scraped across Omilaena's throat with a shriek of metal. Troulon's eyes shifted from victory to surprise and he slowed when he should have pressed his attack.
She ...
2024-09-12 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe silvery clouds tried to invade Kai's mind, but he was no longer so vulnerable to Anaelina's sexual manipulations. When she struck at his throat, he caught her arm. Now that he had her by the th...
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