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756. Truth and Lie

A/N: Hello, everyone! You've probably guessed it, but MTPDDAT is coming to an end. After so many years, it feels kind of crazy to say it! On December 15, you'll receive the final chapter of MTPDDAT...

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755. Golden Characters

He threw his own qi down beside the death qi and swirled it around, gathering up the scraps of the gold qi. With his own qi, a bit of phoenix qi, death qi, and the remnants of the gold qi, Hui refo...

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754. A Lady's Heart

Jun Ke scowled. “What chance? If she’s taken the Golden Immortal’s blood, she’s as much a puppet as any of the rest of you. Even if I win her heart now, it’s meaningless.”

Xi Much...

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753. Downsides

The door slammed open. Hui and Xi Muchen both startled, while Jun Ke grabbed for a weapon he lacked.

Cho Haoli stormed in. “Xi Muchen! You don’t have the authority to remove prisoner—...

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752. Learn the Game

At the top of the stairs, Xi Muchen pushed the door open. Rather than stepping out into the small dark room or directly into the city, the door led into a large, comfortable room. Plush furniture l...

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751. Freedom at Last

Xi Muchen snapped his fingers. Instantly, the cuffs left Hui’s hands, and the door to the prison swung open.

Hui let out a slow breath, massaging his wrists. Relief flowed through him as hi...

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750. Should I Stay or Should I Go

Hui looked around the prison, pressing his face up against the bars. Now that I have a better angle, do I recognize anyone here?

Unfamiliar and unfriendly faces stared back at him. A...

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749. Immortal Prison

In no time, they reached Heart Lotus City. Hui watched from where he hung under Xi Muchen’s arm. Immortals flew around in the sky, going about their business. No one paid too much attention to Hu...

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748. NOmake

Hovering in the air in a heroic pose, hand outstretched, Cho Haoli looked down at them, dressed in the same glittering gold as he’d been the first time he’d taken Hui out of the village. He smi...

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747. Begin Again

Floating in the void, the Hui wearing white put a hand on his chin. His brows furrowed. What was that? That final image… the Elusive Ghost. Who is he? What is he?

I have no ans...

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746. Loop End

The boy sighed. “I’ve heard that line so many times. Before you make your attempt to escape… why?”

“That world you long for, is the world I long to escape. The shining steel and bri...

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745. Hut

A/N: Bonus chapters for Writathon goals!

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When he stepped into the hut, he found himself in a vast room. Stone walls stretched high overhead and gaped wide in every direction. Tigers,...

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744. Learning

Hui crossed his arms, his lips twisted. He looked at the Prince.

“That’s… that’s really all, I swear. Please,” the Prince said, shaking his head.

Li Xiang glanced up. “He’...

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743. A Nearby Forest

Li Xiang hurtled down into a nearby forest, just far enough away to be out of the sight of the blue-robed cultivators. Hui glanced back. Distantly, fire encircled the blue cultivators and cut off t...

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742. Distant Cry

Underneath them, the Immortal World churned. Sects attacked one another, fended off the gold cultivators, or both. Even in the skies, Immortals exchanged blows and traded massive spells that would ...

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741. Feathers

Hui narrowed his eyes right back at Bai Xue. “I’m not undressing, Elder Sister.”

“Could’ve fooled me.”

He drew his robes apart just enough to bare his neck, then tilted his ...

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740. Naked Time

“Excuse me?”

“You heard me. Take your clothes off.”

“Er, could I decline?” Hui asked.

“Hmm… I don’t think so.”

Beside him, Li Xiang reached up to her nec...

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739. Brothel

This time, Hui flew directly down to the brothel, casually creating an invite in midair. He tossed it to Li Xiang and made a second for himself. “Stay close. It seems to also be a bit of a swinge...

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738. Lost Game

Hui skipped back. The sword cut through the front of his robes. Feathers flew free, bright red like blood.

“You aren’t living your truth, either,” Li Xiang accused him.

Hui touche...

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737. Hatch

“Xiao Hui, I’ve come. Like we promised.”

A voice?

Who is it?

No, I recognize it. It’s—

Hui reached out, and his hand hit a wall. He pres...

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736. To Break Free

Hui laid Li Xiang’s body down on the floor. Reaching to his neck, he laid Zhubi down beside her. Resuming a meditative stance, he plunged himself into cultivating, more than ever before.

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735. Bad End

The thread snapped. Pure, true gold spooled down, looping over Hui. He gazed up, where the crack remained and that single black eye gazed down. He pointed. “I’ve seen you. Are you coming down n...

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734. Strange

After a timeless time, he came upon a feature in the darkness. A small shape, pushing out of the ground. A hand, clawing for the sky. All white, with black fingernails.

Hui knelt. Tipping his...

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733. Gone

White.

A figure sat in the white. Feeling nothing, knowing nothing, it gazed at nothing and thought nothing.

Time flowed by.

Another figure appeared in the void. The first figure ...

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732. Time

Deep lines wound through the jade, twisting through the pale green stone. In the center, a strange, upright on one side, wobbly on the other shape Hui didn’t recognize stood boldly out, its plain...

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731. Elusive Ghost

Immediately, Hui called out in his mind. Mortal? Rogue? Sectgoer…?

No, I don’t have any clones out. But if that’s the case, who is that?

The copy of Hui turned a...

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730. Over the Mountain

On the far side of the mountain, he paused, then shot out of the forest and high into the sky. Flying back over the mountain in plain view, he zipped down toward the manor, following the example of...

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729. Back to the Beggars

He flew after them at a distance, carefully staying out of the range of Jun Ke’s divine sense. He clutched the floor tile, for lack of a better idea of what to do with it. At his small size, it s...

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728. Fly to Stay Alive

Hui zoomed off, low to the ground. Rocks jutted up at him. Stray ceiling tiles from shattered roofs cut at his body, while he swerved narrowly around fallen wooden beams. Li Xiang glittered after h...

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727. Making Money Moves

The second Hui hit the ground, he sprinted toward the mortal cultivator’s base camp. After watching them for a week, I have a basic idea of where they’re hiding during the day. I’ll come ...

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