Even with all of the improvements to his body and mind, Sen found the days starting to blur together. There was simply so much to do. During the day, there were countless details that he had to sor...
2024-04-13 04:28:12 +0000 UTC View PostAfter wisely choosing cowardice, Sen gave Lo Meifeng a brief recounting of what happened on their way to the capital. She mostly took it in stride until he got to the last fight with Tseun Rong. As...
2024-04-12 05:02:42 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ll do anything,” said the Xie woman. “Please don’t send me back out there. I’ll do anything you want me to.”
Sen just gave her a bland look for a moment before he si...
2024-04-11 06:53:11 +0000 UTC View Post“And then,” said Chan Dishi, howling with laughter, “he just looks around at everyone and says, ‘Go home.’ Like he was dismissing annoying servants. It was magnificent! Oh, you should hav...
2024-04-11 04:12:26 +0000 UTC View PostSen was looking at what he could only describe as a cultivator’s lair. There were qi-gathering formations that, almost beyond belief, remained active. There were a lot of other formation...
2024-04-10 09:16:09 +0000 UTC View PostSen was pleasantly surprised when the crowds dispersed and even the sects departed. He had half expected the patriarchs to come down and offer their very unwanted opinions to him. That was an event...
2024-04-10 03:46:39 +0000 UTC View PostSen knew that there were a million things he should be doing at that moment, but exactly none of them were appealing. The servant girl was just standing there, beaming at him. Long Jia Wei looked l...
2024-04-09 07:51:24 +0000 UTC View PostWhile it was a little disappointing, Sen couldn’t pretend surprise when a few people declined to take the vow. He supposed they didn’t have children, or common sense, or both. Then again, maybe...
2024-04-09 05:29:37 +0000 UTC View PostNow, like a great many other writers, I'm an indoors creature by nature. As Neil Gaiman once said, "We're writers. We have keyboards. We have darkness." Buuuuuttttt, every once in a while, somethin...
2024-04-08 19:59:14 +0000 UTC View PostSen watched as Xie Caiji’s face twisted with the knowledge that this wasn’t over yet. He wasn’t just going to kill her and be done with it. Ever since the rest of the Xie household h...
2024-04-08 06:51:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Soon!” thundered the voice.
Xie Caiji shot up in bed and clutched at her chest. She could feel her heart pounding, even as fear writhed inside of her like a parasite that no medicine cou...
2024-04-08 03:38:49 +0000 UTC View PostSen supposed it was a testament to just how much he was asking for when Jing stood there in motionless silence for most of a minute. Given Sen’s well-known feelings about nobles, it was entirely ...
2024-04-07 06:50:40 +0000 UTC View Post“It was,” admitted Jing, “but maybe we shouldn’t change the subject just yet.”
“Do you really want to compare complaints right now? Because I just got taken through the city by wh...
2024-04-06 08:24:03 +0000 UTC View PostSen wished that he had kept his spiritual sense extended. At least then he wouldn’t been caught off guard by the presence of everyone in the throne room. Not that it took any kind of brilliance t...
2024-04-06 04:46:45 +0000 UTC View PostSen was briefly worried that Jing had decided that they’d all just stay at the palace as the guards led them deeper into the city. Debt or no debt, Sen would have fled entirely if that was the si...
2024-04-05 05:27:57 +0000 UTC View PostAs the royal guards led them through the city, Sen did his best not to grind his teeth. The royal guards were clearly under orders to take their time getting Sen and his companions to wherever they...
2024-04-05 02:39:28 +0000 UTC View PostThere were no more attacks after the one led by Tseun Rong. It was a nice change as they covered the remaining distance to the capital, not that it did much to improve Sen’s mood. There hadn’t ...
2024-04-04 04:32:08 +0000 UTC View PostSen had meant to end it. When he saw Tseun Rong take to the sky, he could just sense the defeat in the man. It was a retreat. He considered just letting the coward go. Sen was injured and, no matte...
2024-04-03 20:53:46 +0000 UTC View PostShen Mingxia had been aware of the fight between Sen and the nascent soul cultivator. It was impossible not to be aware of it with the kind of power those two were throwing around. Her ver...
2024-04-03 06:48:46 +0000 UTC View PostMuch to his surprise and Tseun Rong’s naked shock, Sen’s first attack was very nearly the last word in their fight. The nascent soul cultivator seemed mildly impressed by Sen’s speed, but not...
2024-04-03 04:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, so I want you to know that I am working on chapters for today. However, the weather is particularly screwy in my little corner of Ohio. We have both an active flash flood warning and...
2024-04-02 23:50:52 +0000 UTC View PostWu Gang had been relieved when Sen suggested that he could come along to capital. It had let him put off a decision he’d never thought he’d ever be making. Plus, it was a chance to learn a bit ...
2024-04-02 07:11:09 +0000 UTC View Post“So, did you really—” started Wu Gang for at least the fifth time that day.
“Seriously? Do you want me to start asking you some did you really questions? Because I can,” sa...
2024-04-02 05:12:58 +0000 UTC View PostWu Gang went so still that Sen was certain the man wasn’t even breathing. Then, the teacup in his hand started trembling so badly that the hot liquid splashed out onto Wu Gang’s hand. Something...
2024-04-01 05:00:57 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s not?” asked Wu Gang, his brow furrowing. “That’s odd. Because lots of people called it a sect. The Judgment’s Gale Sect. The Hand of Chaos Sect. The Heavens Scouring Blade Sect. T...
2024-03-31 06:39:57 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, first things first. I now have in my metaphorical grubby little paws a fine box filled with copies of Volume 2. So, for those in the Uncle Kho's Cultivator Corner tier, I'm planning to start ...
2024-03-30 22:42:11 +0000 UTC View PostSen did pause long enough strip the dead cultivators of their belongings. After a moment of thought, he reduced their bodies to ashes. Wu Gang gave him a curious look.
“Dead bodies are bad ...
2024-03-30 08:12:43 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m sorry,” said Sen. “I never should have brought you along for this. I should have known better. I just didn’t expect it to be this violent. I beg your forgiveness, Shen ...
2024-03-30 04:21:03 +0000 UTC View Post“What’s interesting?” asked Tuan Baihu.
The man chanced a look down at his injured leg, but apparently decided that it was something he could fight through. Sen simply ignored the quest...
2024-03-29 05:44:59 +0000 UTC View Post