Chapter 83 - Self-study
4th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt slotted his spirit gem into the spell formation and activated it. The ambient energy grew denser, and Newt started with his ...
2024-11-24 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 82 - Seeing a Soother
4th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt stopped before a light-brown wooden door. A black tag with white letters hung at eye level, saying, ‘Joyguard’.
Chapter 81 - Elder Flameax
4th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“A bright lad,” a booming voice said from a handful of steps away, disturbing Newt’s focus.
He was using three tendri...
2024-11-21 09:39:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 80 - Realizations and Improvements
4th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt sent a pulse of spiritual energy into the earth and lost contact with it right away.
“Why’d you start with three f...
2024-11-20 11:25:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 79 - Feeling the Earth
4th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“Don’t worry, you’re really close, much closer than someone your realm has any right to be, and I hate to interrupt you, but now it’...
2024-11-19 07:44:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 78 - An Accident Waiting to Happen
4th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt had been developing his new technique for about an hour when he sensed an intrusion.
“Senior Apprentice Brother, it...
2024-11-17 09:29:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 77 - Reverse Scale
3rd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt felt like gastonias had walked all over him as he entered room five-o-three. Even dead tired, he froze after taking a single...
2024-11-16 10:39:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 76 - The Beatdown
3rd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Alabaster shrugged and said the only logical thing, “Sure.”
Newt could tell she expected Crystal would beat him into th...
2024-11-15 18:19:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 75 - The Welcome
3rd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“That’s an interesting defensive skill for your realm. Most can’t separate their protections from their body until the four...
2024-11-14 08:39:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 74 - Competitive Environment
3rd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt reached the northern training field an hour and a half before noon. His new uniform fit perfectly, but nobody noticed, since...
2024-11-13 13:26:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 73 - The Chamber of Tomes
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“You may check out up to three tomes containing no secrets, martial arts, or cultivation techniques. You may read them wherever...
2024-11-12 12:16:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 72 - Voids to Fill
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“Huh?” That wasn’t Magmin?
“What happened with the cores?” Still obsessed with money, Newt hardly consid...
2024-11-10 04:53:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 71 - Blind
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt’s heart skipped a beat. He opened his mouth, but words failed him, and Elder Woodhopper’s smile grew wider.
“You...
2024-11-09 03:32:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 70 - Scribing and Charming
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“Good day, I am Elder Longfang. I’m also a member of the Formation Scribes’ Guild. You must be extraordinary to join outsid...
2024-11-07 14:43:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 69 - The Chamber Street
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“Opportunities always come with a certain risk.” Newt said after collecting himself.
The words were hollow, when you he...
2024-11-06 04:59:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 68 - Obsidian
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt was at a loss, unsure what to do. Both women shut themselves in their bedrooms while some unfortunate guy’s stuff clogged ...
2024-11-05 07:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 67 - Roommates
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Based on the flaky impression he had of Elder Alabaster, Newt expected a lot of things from her. Two hours every day, ‘be at th...
2024-11-03 08:21:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 66 - Silver Tongued
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“Name?” a bored clerk with gray hair and droopy eyes said, not bothering to grace Newt a look. His aura revealed him as a fou...
2024-11-03 04:49:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 65 - Entering the Explorer’s Gate
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt’s eyes immediately adjusted to the light as he left the sub. Just like Elder Alabaster had said, darkness and the small co...
2024-11-02 08:41:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 64 - The Leg
1st of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
For the first time in his life, Newt entered a port. The pier was huge, catering to a hundred docked ships, with plenty of empty ...
2024-11-01 18:57:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 63 - Star’s Fall
1st of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“Thank you for everything, Senior.” Newt bowed deeply to Elder Frostgrave and the disciples of the Everfrost Palace. They had...
2024-11-01 04:49:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 62 - High Class Travel
89nd of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Elder Frostgrave led the way for about a mile away from Thunder Ridge until the party reached a ramp leading to a stone viaduct. ...
2024-11-01 04:48:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 61 - Parting Ways
82nd of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“Newstar, we are beyond the point where you can just say you owe me another favor, and I will not reveal a secret like that to ...
2024-10-31 13:44:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 60 - Rewards and Gains
80th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The return to the surface was a torture. Luckily, Everlast had some food stashed away in her spatial pouch, and Dandelion reshape...
2024-10-30 09:38:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 59 - Darkness and Light
66th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The green light glared in the claustrophobic space barely larger than a coffin. It shone from below, painting everyone’s face a...
2024-10-29 15:41:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 58 - Ice Jade Marrow
66th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt could not believe what he was seeing. Everlast was also stunned, but she lacked the third eye, so she could not see the intr...
2024-10-27 12:06:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 57 - Team
66th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“Here it comes,” Dandelion flew up from the pit in the furthest corner of the upper tunnels.
The shaft was a spiraling ...
2024-10-26 17:42:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 56 - Flame Needle
66th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt and Everlast carefully entered the frostworm cavern. Dandelion was not as stressed, nor did he tiptoe around, he simply walk...
2024-10-24 10:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 55 - Tips and Lessons
62nd of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The frozen ground shook as the enraged frostworm’s bellows rattled Newt’s bones and made his molars buzz.
“It’s fur...
2024-10-23 11:45:43 +0000 UTC View Post