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281. Breakthrough

The last bolt of tribulation lightning seared Hui’s plant body. It cooked, turning limp and soggy. At the same time, the orbs of qi in his dantian spun faster and faster. The tribulation lightnin...

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280. A Battle Between Experts

Erlan giggled, but continued to subtly retreat. Ah, shit, that snake reached fifth realm? If even one more of them succeeds, I’m outnumbered. Plus, I’m unlikely to steal any souls with the ...

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279. Fifth Stage

The lightning continued to crash down from all directions. Even Erlan and Ding Qinwen paused in their battle to look over.

Erlan’s scalp tingled, and he backed away subtly. Four simulta...

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278. Faking Out The Heavens

Let’s be logical about this, Hui thought, even as another bolt struck him. If I fake my death and the Heavens fall for it, I might fail my tribulation. Failing one’s tribulation is...

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277. Overcome!

Lightning flashed. Zhubi laid there, playing dead with all his might even as the lightning continued to strike with deadly force. The lotus beast thrashed, writhing in the force of the storm. Jin X...

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276. Tribulations

Hui hopped back from the fight. He reached into his storage ring and drew out a barrier talisman and one of Xixing’s crystal pills. Only a few remained of each. I’ve been using too many res...

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275. Three-Way Battle

“Don’t forget me,” Lu Lintei yawned, appearing beside Ding Qinwen.

Ding Qinwen shot an earnest look at Hui. “What happened here, Zhi Ahn?”

Hui gasped for breath, dramatically ...

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274. Summon Seniors

Although Erlan paused at Hui’s declaration, when Hui made no move to attack, he turned back to the storm of souls. The corrupted formation glowed in red and black, still revealed after his ink-ha...

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273. A Different Kind of Reunion

Hui burst back to reality as a hand slapped toward his face. Blood already dripped down his body, and Zhubi hissed, rearing up from Hui’s arm to glare at their attacker. Rather than a hand of fle...

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272. Reunion

A thousand voices sounded out all around Hui, voices he’d heard before, voices he hadn’t. He looked around, peering into the mass of glowing light. Human-ish shapes bobbled in the light, indist...

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271. Probing for Weakness

Hui took a deep breath and circulated his qi, expelling the yin qi with his life qi. When his cultivation recovered, he approached the formation again, this time drawing toward a section he hadn’...

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270. A Big Spill Requires a Big Sponge

As they left Unrivaled Peak, Hui held up his hand. He turned toward the sixth peak and the stormclouds swirling above it. Even now, the clouds teemed with faces, pressing through the darkness to sc...

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269. Golden Qi Tree

Sitting down before his small lotus forest, Hui closed his eyes and began to circulate his qi, quietly settling his cultivation back to normal after the sudden influx of life qi. His body shrank do...

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268. Lotus Clones

Hui’s eyes went blank, and he sunk into a dreamstate. In the dream, he returned to the lotus seed. Darkness spread in all directions. Nothing existed but dirt, cool and silent. A few bugs wiggled...

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267. Away Again

Hui crossed over the barrier’s boundary and stepped onto the familiar grounds of his Master’s peak. He paused, searching for Xixing and Sis Mei.

A friendly hiss caught his ear. Hui turned...

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266. Convenience and Versatility in One Small Package

Zhi Ahn froze in midair. He turned and looked at the mysterious senior’s body. Was… he not actually a senior? For him to die in one blow…

He hesitated, then dropped down to the...

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265. Broken Edge

Hui raced through the grass at top speed. He brushed through the Unrivaled Under Heavens Peak’s barrier, and glanced up sharply as he did. The barrier’s still active? Not even that worn dow...

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264. Confirmation

The crow harrumphed and flew up into the sky, vanishing out of sight. Hui squinted after it for a moment, then turned away. He isn’t gong to help. Not unless it’s something he cares about. ...

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263. End of an Era

They were upon a body barely another few steps in.

Hui stumbled. He looked down and found a finger barring his path. The finger led to a hand, the hand led to an arm, until an entire Starboun...

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262. Return to the Fall

As he rode Zhubi, Hui sorted through the treasures he’d picked up in Chen Wuya’s realm. Most of them he had no affinity with, or plain didn’t know how to use. With his tiny size, he had to us...

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261. Pick Up The Pieces

They rounded a spring of grass, and the whole image revealed itself before them. Not just Hui’s ring, but his entire hand laid there in the grass, the ring still stuck on his crystallized finger....

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260. Survivor

Rewind time to the moment Hui split off into all directions.

An illusion replaced the sword under his feet. Hui summoned the sword into his hand behind his back. Moving quickly, he strapped t...

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259. Chasing a Cockroach

Hui charged ahead, riding Gu Tian’s sword. He glanced back. A dozen fourth-stage or lower cultivators chased him, though those below the fourth stage rapidly fell behind. In the distance, three b...

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258. Flight, not Fight

The All-Heavens disciples hovered around the borders of Starbound Sect, forming a perimeter. The instant the barrier fell, Gui Delun charged inside toward the mountain that appeared in the middle o...

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257. Unwilling

Confusion welled up from within the links, along with panic. Hui reached out, doing his best to reassure everyone. You’re safe. Stay quiet. Don’t fight it. A little longer, and they’ll al...

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256. Death Fell Upon Them

Or so it seemed. Hui held his breath, his body limp, exuding a death aura, his cultivation suppressed to the utmost. All the other cultivators, too, played dead, souls tied to Hui’s through the s...

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255. Soul Transferral

Heaving hard, Hui shifted the outer ring of the compass one last time. It clunked into place, and the entire platform began to hum. The black clouds swirling overhead twisted together into a wild t...

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254. Marching Pillars

Even as the pillars closed in, Hui reached out to Chen Wuya again. “Senior, give me a moment. I have an idea…”

“You again? Didn’t you just rudely cut me off?” Chen Wuya snorted. View Post

253. Encompassing Formation

Author's note: If you didn't already realize, we're entering a bit of a dark arc here. I'm probably going to release chapters in bursts for the duration, to try to lessen the darkness. However,...

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252. Father and Son

High above, Gui Delun and the Sect Master slammed together in a burst of bright light. Waves of magic blew out from their clash, slamming down on the disciples below as a physical blow. Hui stumble...

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