The brilliant light show was too much for even Sage and his Body of Laws to observe properly. Not even the strengthened form of a Nascent Soul could stare directly at the bright light and energy being released. Yet, Sage didn’t give up just yet, as he had more options than others did. His eyes shifted, pupils splitting into three as he used th...
2023-08-09 00:09:40 +0000 UTC View PostA golden eyed man sat in front of a large oak tree, with his legs crossed and his hands held out in front of him. His hands were placed palm up, over the left was a swirling disc of water, half green and half black, surrounded by wisps of white fog. Over the right were two masses of far more viscous liquid, orbiting each other like two binary st...
2023-08-03 22:32:23 +0000 UTC View PostThere were many projects to manage on the Inner World. Aside from the continent wide infrastructure, there were many other smaller scale activities. Large scale breeding and raising of different Demonic Beasts and Insects continued, supplying the research teams with experimental materials and also mass producing things like Blastids and lesser f...
2023-07-26 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIn Stormport City, Sage stopped by the local Gu shops and purchased a few of each Gu that were for sale along with their corresponding materials. While he was at it, he stopped by the restaurants, and produce stores to sample the local foods and acquire their ingredients so they could be reproduced on the Inner World. There was also local clothi...
2023-07-21 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIt turns out the Xuanyuan Empire was run on Bug Breeding. The notes showed that for new Gu, the mark of success was focused around the two main purposes of Gu. If they retained the ability to share cultivation and develop laws by consuming Natural Treasures, then they were a success and could be considered a new type of Gu. If it lost either of ...
2023-07-14 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhat followed was a complicated negotiation that took far too long to complete. In the end though, Sage got what he wanted. It was his intention from the start to share everything about the Blastids, but it was a tricky thing to ensure he could receive all he wanted in return. With a team of negotiators to advise him from the Inner World, he onl...
2023-07-13 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe presenter was astounded at the sudden power in his hands. As someone who had always been a weak mortal this was a rush he’d never felt. His aptitude for bonding with Gu was extremely low and so he’d never been given one of his own. In Xuanyuan, compatibility with Gu was what determined who became Cultivators rather than cultivation talen...
2023-07-06 21:23:15 +0000 UTC View PostDie Lunwen did not believe him immediately.
“I’m unconvinced.”
If someone were to steal the technique and then spend some time learning it before returning to claim they were distant relatives, how much different would it be than now? Proving the truth of his story to Die Lunwen would not be simple. This was exacerbated by the ...
2023-07-03 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIn the past, Sage did everything he could to avoid the overwhelming power and talent of those he deemed as ‘main character types’. Their inordinate talent or ability in comparison to their peers made others jealous and attracted danger. Then, their great luck would lead them to somehow survive and benefit from it. Or at least, that was how t...
2023-06-27 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThere were probably only so many places and ways for a kid in a city to get corpses. It wasn’t like this weak kid could just go around murdering people all the time. If he did, it was only a matter of time until someone found out and hunted him down. That was the sort of dark thing that people took over cities or towns to pull off. If they wer...
2023-06-22 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the frothing red energy, a narrow stalk sprouted. The beaten teen looked like a small mound, and the red energy like a soft meadow of grass. The single stalk extended upwards and then suddenly blossomed like a flower, expanding outwards into a wide disc shape. Wisps of darker red smoke billowed around this strange flower, which made its tru...
2023-06-19 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostRather than gather all his information directly from Bear Three, Sage chose the much cheaper path of purchasing books. Someone else might be annoyed at having to read through the pages of a book rather than just ‘downloading’ the whole text into their mind using a Jade Scroll or Tablet, but Sage had an abundance of time. Even if he didn’t,...
2023-06-16 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a lot that Sage, and the research team, wanted to know about Gu. At the same time, Bear Three was someone at least at his own level of strength, but with what seemed to be more power and influence. Much of what he wanted to know about Gu could be explored on his own, so he didn’t want to waste days of the man’s time asking what wou...
2023-06-09 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe big man blinked and then laughed loudly, “Haha, I see! Well, then allow me to introduce you.”
A ghostly apparition suddenly appeared behind Xiong Xiong Xiong, floating up out of his back and hovering in the air behind him. This apparition was at first an appalling sight, wrinkled flesh, long thick hairs like a forest of thorns, but...
2023-06-07 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostJust after leaving the room someone ran right up to Sage and bowed deeply, “You’re out! Quickly, come with me.”
As this person spoke, and also while they were bowing, they kept an eye on Sage, watching his reactions with a careful gaze. Sage nodded to them and followed the person’s lead. Sage had a hard time placing the gender of t...
2023-06-01 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Guan Zhenyan was being tortured by friendship, Sage was focused inward. While he was left with only his Nascent Soul in the outside world, on the Inner World the Soul Clone was still in ‘perfect’ condition. Calling it perfect was a bit of an exaggeration as the Soul Clone had used its strength to create the many clones that the Sea Kin...
2023-05-23 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs they approached closer they had a more unobstructed view of the battle that was going on. The worms weren’t actually large in comparison to some of the beasts he’d seen in the past. Far from it actually. They were nothing like the mountain sized Living Disaster. They were merely huge in comparison to their original sizes. Each of the two ...
2023-05-17 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThey let the Artifact Spirit choose his own name, but with their input so that they wouldn’t be embarrassed again. After some deliberation he chose the name Xiang Fei Long, the Fragrant Fat Dragon, for himself. As for the Flying Ship itself, it was now to be called the Shifting Jade Mountain. It was a simple name, but the dragon insisted that ...
2023-05-12 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostGuan Zhenyan had to reluctantly stand upon the back of the giant man as it laid horizontal in the air and flew around in a superman style pose. He threw a cloak over his head and hid his identity, not wanting anyone to see him piloting the behemoth through the air. Palace in the Sky had its own dedicated air lane that led from their shop directl...
2023-05-08 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the Trader and Guan Zhenyan moved on to the next ship on display, they caught a bit of motion in the corner of their eye, but when they looked back everything was still. They turned away again and Guan Zhenyan used his Spirit Sense to ‘see’ the morbidly obese ‘statue’ turning its eyes and head slightly towards them. After reaching t...
2023-05-03 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAfter making his demands known, Guan Zhenyan gave the Trader a cold stare. The Trader tried to hold the stare for a while, but Zhenyan was a high level expert after all and even if he didn’t radiate his aura, the strength in his gaze was still there and pressured the Trader to back down. The man looked at the goods a few more times and then he...
2023-04-29 00:06:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe Red Comet was not of his own creation, but it was a high speed Flying Tool which meant it should have some value. There was a chance this trader would find something useful about its construction, but Sage mainly put it out there to show a sort of baseline for the speed they were upgrading out of.
The Flying Wing was sort of the opposi...
2023-04-24 03:36:54 +0000 UTC View Post“You can just pick up your people and then head to the Shou Empire. I still have a few connections there. They’re not as bold as the Sea King. Those beasts still know how to respect a hierarchy. They didn’t lose their minds just because of a few hundred years.”
Considering how they wanted to turn Sage into a pampered captive the on...
2023-04-14 20:24:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe flat black eyes of the Sea King watched Guan Zhenyan’s back as he walked away until the man reached the dry land and walked down the ramp towards the lower level. Then he finally unclenched his fist and looked down at his palm where a purplish discoloration was slowly expanding.
“The rumors still underestimate that man.”
Af...
2023-04-09 20:26:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe sloppily dressed man appeared on a cliff next to a gnarled tree that was shedding soft pink petals. He puffed out a wisp of purple smoke that curled delicately between the falling flowers to create scenery one might only find within a painting. His eyes were half closed, a very contemplative look that ended with him glancing down and twistin...
2023-04-02 20:48:17 +0000 UTC View PostA man with slicked back spikes of silver hair and black eyes with no whites suddenly appeared inside the area of the Universe Ring. He looked around at the forest around him and then saw three tall spires in the distance. Turning around he saw six more of them, and recognized the pattern. Eight surrounding a single taller tower in the center. No...
2023-03-30 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDeep beneath the ground, a dark mass separated itself from the fleshy ‘root ball’ of bloody and spike-covered tentacles. The oil-like shape burrowed down into the ground, moving far away from the mass of fleshy roots that were already shriveling up rapidly. On the surface, the huge cage or net of tentacles had already been ripped apart and i...
2023-03-24 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe new enemy rode within a sphere, traveling down from atop the huge pillar of water. Then the sphere pulled back, joining into a huge wave of water where this new enemy was now riding. Hidden within the curl of a huge wave, surfing towards the Flaming Chariot. The other eight shot off at full speed in different directions, but the huge wave wa...
2023-03-20 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFaced with this enemy that was likely the most powerful he’d ever gone up against, since he knew nothing of Guan Zhenyan’s actual strength, Sage gave up on his plan to mask his capabilities. He’d intended to only show off his Infernal Qi and attempt to keep a clear separation between this persona and his prior identity as the Dream Dealer...
2023-03-15 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Spire’s defensive formations were constantly under assault and Six Grains was getting increasingly flustered from the fact that he couldn’t fix the problem. He was no slouch when it came to Formation knowledge, in fact most Cultivators had picked up more than a few bits of knowledge when it came to formations by the time he’d reached N...
2023-03-08 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post