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KILL AND BLOOD
Jieyuan
—∞—
Well, Jieyuan thought, his gaze lingering on Jiahao’s corpse, if we weren’t in a hurry to leave before, we sure are now.
The nearest Shifting Feather—the one that had nearly split th...
2026-01-21 03:16:09 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER
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TO BISECT
Jieyuan
—∞—
Stepping out into Radiant Street, Jieyuan set a brisk pace, leaving the hulking black form of the Mysterious Night House behind him. Not so fast that he’d be running and drawing people’s attention, though. More li...
2026-01-14 03:52:24 +0000 UTC View Post(Chapter 2 of 2 today.)
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BUY AND SELL
Jieyuan
—∞—
“Should you wish to bid on a lot,” their attendant was saying, indicating one of the two pedestals rising off the floor, “then you need only channel chro...
2026-01-07 22:25:21 +0000 UTC View Post(Chapter 1 of 2 today. The next chapter will be published right after.)
So here’s the release for the Monday before last, which was significantly delayed, as well as this Monday’s release, which was considerably less delayed.
Normally, when I delay a release by more than a week, I like to include a bonus chapter to ma...
2026-01-07 22:24:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's last Monday's chapter. Cutting it close again, but still in the right week. Planning on getting the next chapter sooner, but we'll see how it goes.
CHAPTER
152
BACK AND BLACK
Jieyuan
—∞—
Meiyao gave Jieyuan an utt...
2025-12-29 04:52:16 +0000 UTC View PostHere you go, last Monday's chapter. Cutting it close, but at least it was still released in the right week.
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151
DRINK AND TALK
Jieyuan
—∞—
In a small but tidy living room, Jieyuan, Meiyao, and Daojue sat around ...
2025-12-22 05:40:41 +0000 UTC View PostA bit delayed (I really wanted to get this one right, and it took me longer than I would have thought), but better late than never. This is last Monday's pending chapter. I hope you enjoy it.
CHAPTER
150
TO BE BACK
Jieyuan
—∞—...
2025-12-15 05:49:43 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about the delay! I ended up having to travel last week, and that messed up my schedule. This is last week's chapter. This week's chapter should actually be coming out tomorrow, Thursday at the latest (it's already half-done).
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VOID TO CAVE
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BLOOD AND BOON
Jieyuan
—∞—
It was not the blood-red plains Jieyuan returned to. Rather, what the void of the Heavenly Room gave way to was, for once, an actual room.
The room was large and mostly empty, with bare gray stone walls, ce...
2025-11-30 23:39:28 +0000 UTC View PostThis is last Monday's chapter, as promised, even if a bit late. I'd like to say next week's chapter is coming out tomorrow, but clearly I'm too optimistic with dates, so let's just play it safe and say it'll come out sometime next week.
CHAPTER
147
TO LAY BARE...
2025-11-24 04:22:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 2 of 2 today. Chapter 147 is coming out tomorrow.
CHAPTER
146
BURNING END
Jieyuan
—∞—
He didn’t appear in any of the forests or towns he’d burned down. Nor did he appear in the midst of the charred, burning l...
2025-11-19 03:09:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1 of 2 is today. The next chapter will be published immediately afterward. There will also be another chapter tomorrow—today’s two are the one I owed from last week plus a bonus as an apology for the delay (the fifth stage ended up needing two chapters, rather than just one).
Tomorrow’s chapter is already written...
2025-11-19 03:08:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 2 of 2 today. Again, please check the Discord announcement. There WILL be another chapter this (or next, for some of you) week.
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144
THORN AND PAIN
Jieyuan
—∞—
When Jieyuan stepped into the Heavenly Room, ...
2025-11-10 04:53:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1 of 2 today—and these are still last week's chapters. I'll be explaining the situation clearly in the Discord announcement, but there'll still be another chapter next week. Long short short, I overdid things a little and ended up with two full length chapters last week. Oops.
CHAPTER
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SHAPE AND CHANGE
Jieyuan
—∞—
Jieyuan stared blankly at the metal surface of the door in front of him. It was darkened, the handle gone.
The woman’s frenzied words still rang in his ears.
Listen to me. You must… You must...
2025-10-28 06:42:37 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER
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DO OR DO
Jieyuan
—∞—
Jieyuan sighed as the Heavenly Hall reappeared around him, along with all the cultivators there.
The sphere he had chosen now sat within his body; he could just barely feel its presence here in t...
2025-10-22 04:36:14 +0000 UTC View PostAnd there we have it: the first chapter published following the new schedule. The next chapter will be coming out next Monday; I've also adjusted previous chapters so that paying patrons are now seven chapters ahead instead of fourteen—but still seven weeks ahead of the regular releases (and also ahead by the same ...
2025-10-16 02:41:21 +0000 UTC View Post
CHAPTER
139
THE TWIN SNAKES
Jieyuan
—∞—
All things considered, the snake didn’t really come as a surprise.
Jieyuan had just barely told the Amphis Concept what difficulty he wanted when the beast spilled out from the mouth of ...
2025-10-07 03:53:28 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER
138
A WAY FOUND
Jieyuan
—∞—
In the place of the infinitely distant ceiling was now a starry sky. An ocean of silver orbs scattered throughout a black void.
Not just any starry sky, either. It was a mirror of the same vision Jieyuan had s...
2025-09-30 03:45:47 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER
137
PAST AND TOWER
Jieyuan
—∞—
Anren knelt down, picked up Gleaming End. Then she walked over to Daojue—whom she’d just dropped to the ground with her last attack—and extended a hand.
Jieyuan watched in awe as Daoj...
2025-09-24 02:32:50 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER
136
TO INSTRUCT
Jieyuan
—∞—
Jieyuan, of course, didn’t let go. Not that he reckoned he’d have stood much of a chance if this turned into a tug-of-war situation. Given what he’d seen of Anren’s performance against Daojue earlier, it was...
2025-09-16 05:16:55 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER
135
CUT THE SHADE
JIEYUAN
—∞—
Jieyuan looked between Daojue and Anren.
Anren, who was in a relaxed stance, her sword up, the tip pointed at Daojue.
Daojue, who had taken a combat stance himself, both hands on Gleam...
2025-09-09 06:13:02 +0000 UTC View PostSo. A quick author note: So far, I’ve been restricting myself pretty heavily punctuation-wise, but that’s led to a gross overuse of em-dashes, so it’s something I’ll be addressing in the rewrite. However, I figured I’d already start putting it into practice, so expect to see some semicolons, colons, and parentheses pepp...
2025-09-02 05:18:18 +0000 UTC View Post
CHAPTER
133
SOUL AND SWORD
JIEYUAN
—∞—
The voice was deep. Resonant. And loud—so loud it should’ve left his ears ringing, his eardrums bleeding, his bones rattling.
But none of that happened. Because the words hadn’t been ...
2025-08-31 03:05:52 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER
132
BEAST OF MIST
JIEYUAN
—∞—
Once swindled, twice guarded. Jieyuan had learned his lesson.
This time around, he didn’t just stand there waiting for Meiyao to get them into another mess. The moment he realized what was...
2025-08-31 03:05:32 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER
131
HIGHER REALMS
JIEYUAN
—∞—
Chromal beasts weren’t necessarily bigger than their mundane counterparts, and realm didn’t correlate to size. Jieyuan had met massive Redsoul beasts and tiny Orangesoul ones. If anything, the...
2025-08-31 03:04:55 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER
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TO DESCEND
JIEYUAN
—∞—
Two months.
As best Jieyuan could tell—even after all this while, keeping track of time in the Dome was still no easy task—that was about how much time it took him and Daojue to meet Meiyao...
2025-08-31 03:04:29 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER
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HIS AND HERS
JIEYUAN
—∞—
“Meiyao,” Jieyuan said, catching her attention. “Are we safe here, or do we need to move?”
To his surprise, Meiyao didn’t even need a moment to answer. “We’re fine for now.” 2025-08-31 03:04:04 +0000 UTC View Post
CHAPTER
128
STAKE YOUR CLAIM
JIEYUAN
—∞—
Jieyuan would be lying if he said he hadn’t thought of kissing Meiyao before. He tried not to think about the subject—it was a total waste of time to dwell on fantasies, as far as he was co...
2025-08-31 03:03:42 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER
127
KILL AND KISS
JIEYUAN
—∞—
Jieyuan almost shouted it out—but then he caught himself, swallowing down the words. Keeping half his attention on the fight, he jumped from one thought to the next, trying to decide on his next...
2025-08-31 03:03:03 +0000 UTC View Post