“One drop of aquar spidoriod silk goo
Half a pale of shadow mouse aura
Thirteen fiery snowflake stones ground unto pyramidal dust
And a wisp of a dying mountains last breath”
A glowing crysglass bottle shakes with the sound of an earthquake. Then a man turns his attention to a massive tome to record the results. “To...
2023-08-31 14:03:16 +0000 UTC View PostRosha and Courtney return with little fanfare. Their couple hours of stolen time is enough to get a proper taste of the powers present around them. Next time, they will be ready to pull in the power and truly cultivate.
Not that Jason would say they weren’t cultivating. Too many cultivation snobs put limits and requirements on what is ne...
2023-08-30 12:39:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter those discoveries and the planning, the trio checked the time and decided to not bother repacking everything. Courtney’s fact finding had happened irl and thus took a few hours so while there was still half the day left, it wasn’t out of the question to stop. Of course, that meant they only managed a couple hours of travel, but it isn...
2023-08-30 12:38:30 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle turns back to his status, ‘Welp, now I can focus on making the thirteenth floor. Time to finally figure out what my new monster even looks like.’
To get to that step quicker, Doyle doesn’t even wait for the 13th floor’s main expansion to finish. Instead, after a quick check of the new floor’s stats.
{Thirteenth floor ...
2023-08-25 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostRosha rolls her eyes, “Personal skill at growing herbs aside, I feel we should keep the mode in place at least until after our time in the Deep Wilds.”
Jason nods, “At the very least, it sounds like it should keep us and our base safe from any griefers, whether player or local.”
Courtney, “That is actually the one of the ot...
2023-08-23 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Courtney logged back in, she didn’t look happy.
Rosha, “What did you find out? Is it Jason’s fault?”
Courtney raises an eyebrow, “Why in the world would it be Jason’s fault?”
Jason shrugs, “While you were away we realized that when we separated to head to the dungeon, you two saw a few people traveling whil...
2023-08-23 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle sighs, ‘I guess I can’t really do much about those skills right now. Instead, I should figure out my paths and then try and think of new skills to gain. Because until now, it’s mostly been haphazard.’
Ally, ‘Not quite haphazard, rather curated. While the system won’t pop up a message asking if you would like to learn a sk...
2023-08-18 10:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostWith the addition of Tess’s fledgling healing magic, the teams of Ace and Jim can progress in beating the tenth floor without pushing. They were worried about how she would handle the floor. It would be perfectly reasonable for her to have some form of negative reaction.
Whether that was to shut down or go berserk, they expected the wors...
2023-08-18 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostOnce Jason is back in NeoRealm, things move fast. The group had been ready to leave the day before and were ready and raring to go. While they didn’t have quite as defined of a route as when leaving the nine bamboo kingdom, they knew where they wanted to go.
The kingdom of Steelford, creatively named after the capitol which was positione...
2023-08-16 10:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostJason settles in, he doesn’t have much time left before needing to get back to NeoRealm and plans to use as much as possible on clearing his meridians. At the moment, he only has one meridian open and so the speed at which he can clear new ones should still be relatively fast. The only problem is that the false sleep or whatever it is being in...
2023-08-16 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostTime passes as Doyle waits on his next floor. While this is happening, Tess has sunk into learning magic, delving quite deeply into training. Some might even say to an unhealthy degree.
Though since she had been stating herself to be a melee fighter, Tess had more than enough Constitution to handle it. If only she hadn’t hit a roadblock ...
2023-08-11 09:28:33 +0000 UTC View PostCourtney sighs, “I guess we’ll have to depend on getting lucky.”
Jason rolls his eyes, “Hey, it isn’t like we need the reverse meridian stuff. We’ll definitely get a ton of mystical herbs with an extraordinary meridian opened and that will help. Beyond that? It will be on us to find them ourselves.
“While hard,...
2023-08-09 10:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostJason sighed, “I wish there was a simple solution to finding the reverse meridian resources. At least, that there was a simple solution that could still hide what you were looking for. In my previous life, the solution was simple. You just need someone that has excavated their normal meridians, but not moved on to the next stage yet.
“...
2023-08-09 10:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostLast year I was considering a bit of a change up with how my tiers are structured. However, I didn’t get around to releasing my third book and some responses weren’t too positive, so I put it off. Now, the third book is going to start releasing and I have some ideas.
First, there will be a new $3 tier. This one has actually been kickin...
2023-08-08 02:44:34 +0000 UTC View PostBeen working on the blurb even more (between not having time and sleep). Anyway, I've got a better feel for it this time and I've taken various suggestions into account. Any feedback is appreciated, though the actual poll is going to be lightning fast at only 24 hours. So without further ado:
There were things hidden in the darkne... 2023-08-07 11:01:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Doyle, ‘Why maybe? If my growth is slowing down, it would make sense for my skills to slow down as well.’
Ally shrugs, ‘Because you haven’t reached the first major milestone for any of your skills. None of them have hit level 100 yet.
‘Mind you, nothing particularly special happens at 100. However, it is seen as a general m...
2023-08-04 13:12:19 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle focuses on the nine golems and with the intent to gain the pattern, deconstructs them.
{Plated Crystal Core Crystal Clay Hexape Golem pattern acquired at lv13}
{Plated Crystal Core Crystal Clay Hexape Golem
S[6] A[15] C[15] I[2] W[1] P[1]
Inherits from [Golem]
Max 2 Skills
Required Skills: Magic Resist 2023-08-04 13:11:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Below are the full prompts as the poll doesn't allow the full text. In the case of ties the first option that got there wins. The short story will be finished by the end of the month.
Magical Research - A really bizarre plot with an intrigue around a magical research project.
Heroic Weapons:- God: "OH HEROES, YOU HAVE BEE...
2023-08-03 03:40:02 +0000 UTC View PostJason smiles, “Now I admit, that is being a little harsh. The matching items do have a variety of methods you can use to improve their efficiency. However, most of those involve having the second type of item, the opposites.
“You might think that shouldn’t be too hard for the extraordinary meridians which come in pairs. That is sadly...
2023-08-02 10:10:17 +0000 UTC View PostRosha lets out a long sigh, interrupting the others. “This is interesting and all, but is there anything else that needs to be done about the whole cultivation nonsense? Like, yeah, I felt all of that irl, but where does it go now?”
Jason shrugs, “Form your core with whatever powers call to you, excavate your meridians, find and open...
2023-08-02 10:09:44 +0000 UTC View PostSo with his plan for the next floor crystalized in his mind, Doyle begins work on what will hopefully be his first golem pattern. With that in mind, he went all out in terms of quality. The first step being the quartz core and dust.
The making of which ended up taking multiple days and many failures. Before, Doyle had just carved a pleasin...
2023-07-28 20:43:04 +0000 UTC View PostJason shrugs, “The military shouldn’t get their hopes up too high, at least to start. Part of why only low-level cultivators tend to be in the army is because you need someone stronger at the top. Not by a rank or two, either.
“You need someone who could keep them all in line by themselves. Now, I’m sure this world will fare better...
2023-07-26 10:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostCourtney, “While I will admit that some of the elders are... hmm, less than stable. Work has been done to assist. Why would cultivation fix this specific problem? There doesn’t seem to be anything directly modifying the mind. Which admittedly, if there had been, we wouldn’t have gotten this far.”
Jason, “There are two major troub...
2023-07-26 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again I'm here to ask all of you for short story prompts! I'll take the more popular ones as decided by the number of hearts (or that I particularly like) in the comments and make a poll at the start of the month. The winner will be made into a short story of a thousand or so words.
Not many rules on what you can suggest at the moment...
2023-07-24 03:38:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound of a single pair of hooves echoes through a hallway made of black stone. Well, it is painted to look like black stone. There hadn’t been any locally available that matched the desired quality and so the owner had made do.
Also, that pair of hooves isn’t the only sound, however their sharp clickity clack does cut through the n...
2023-07-24 03:35:13 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle leans back, ‘Okay, so I’m a bit weak on the faith aspect.’
Ally nods, ‘Yes, you personally are. Good thing you’re not the only human around. Faith, despite what people may believe, isn’t a personal thing. Yes, you may or may not personally have faith in something, but that is only a single grain of sand in a desert. Wheth...
2023-07-21 10:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostAlly shrugs, ‘That’s a good question. Be nice to know the answer, but the system isn’t telling and it isn’t like other dungeons are too talkative about the subject.’
Doyle sighs, ‘The system really does hate dungeons using golems, doesn’t it?’
Ally once again shrugs. ‘I wouldn’t say hate? Though mostly because I d...
2023-07-21 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostRosha shrugs, “Sure, it does that, but wouldn’t mental acceleration do the same? You can’t tell me that the godly figures with thousands of years under their belts aren’t capable of accelerating their thoughts a bit.”
Jason, “Firstly, the big thing with the whole ‘messing with time’? It works from an outsider’s perspectiv...
2023-07-19 10:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostJason sighs, “For now, humans are enough of a handful for humans. So”, and he turns to Rosha, “Since you succeeded, how did it go?”
Rosha rolled her eyes, “Basically answered that by the fact I didn’t have to push any disruptive nonsense out of the way. Probably caused a tizzy for those watching you.”
Jason nods, “I...
2023-07-19 10:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostInstead of using clay, Doyle found a way to use quartz. Well, any of the gemstones would likely work, but basically all his crystal patterns were various quartz varieties. Anyway, it had to be a non-magical crystal.
What needed to be done was you had to get a relatively large crystal. One that if added to the clay would equal around one pe...
2023-07-14 15:33:40 +0000 UTC View Post