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Interlude: The Centipede Princess

The Liquid Meridian Realm. In days of yore, before a great power shifted their hand and tied the tongues of the world together, there were many names for the Second Realm. Each of them a unique expression shaped by a cultivator’s experiences on ...

Chapter 147

When gambling, no matter how well you stacked the odds in your favor, the old adage always rang true. The House always wins. Unfortunately for Zumulu and the rebels, the Empire had been the House in the south for the last 400 years. It wasn’t th...

Chapter 146

Notification Of Change: Because I decided it would be funnier. Chen Haoran's fake name he gave to the Garrison will now be Song Yuelin from hereon instead of Lan Junjie.

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Chen Haoran pumped as muc...

Interlude: The Silkworm/The Centipede Princess/The Damned Archer

Hello. It's me. Plutus. He who cultivates the Dao of Delays. I'm sorry for this week and this chapter in particular given how long its taken. This arcs chapters have taken longer to write as I have a vision I'm trying to make sure fits together. A...

Chapter 145

Sorry for the delay yet again. Big action scenes aren't really my strong suit and this chapter was my attempt at such. It is also coincidentally the longest chapter I've written for the story so far. Thank you once again for your patience. Cheers!...

Chapter 144

Hey all. Sorry this chapter is so late. Just took a long time to write for whatever reason. Thank you for your patience.

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“Damn you!” Pan Gong roared. Admirably or foolishly, depending on how you looked at it he didn’t ...

Chapter 143

Sorry for taking so long. A bit of a longer chapter today.

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Foot. Insert mouth. At times like these, Chen Haoran was grateful at how consistent he was at saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. At least he had enough experie...

Chapter 142

Chen Haoran picked a random direction and hoped for the best. He didn’t really have the means to orient himself in the secret realm. The Trial Pyramid didn’t have any useful information in that regard. Where was he? How big was the secret real...

Chapter 141

Chen Haoran thought he was being funny, imagining what Xie Wangmu’s face would be if she knew the level of Banquet Peach he was eating. Now he had a good idea of what that face might look like. He’d returned to the top of the pyramid and left ...

Chapter 140

Li Mou didn’t have time to react before Chen Haoran crushed his skull. It was the only mercy he was given. Following his final breath came a flood of burning orange qi. Li Mou’s body was vaporized to ashes as his liquid qi became out of contro...

Chapter 139

Hello everyone. Thank you for your patience. I am doing well and luckily managed to avoid any real damage from the fire. With any luck we won't have another chapter be delayed like this from a fire.

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First came silver light. The...

Chapter 138

Standing next to Pan Gong made Chen Haoran feel small, and it wasn’t just because of his superior cultivation. If there were ever a case to be made about cultivators being greater than normal men, then Pan Gong would be the visual proof of it. E...

Chapter 137

Chen Haoran slowly rose. A single step carried him out of a hole taller than three men. He followed the Yellow Dragon’s glare into the sky and cycled qi to his eyes. Of the two Crystal Transformations in the air, only one had butterfly wings. He...

Chapter 136

I apologize for how long it took for this chapter to come out. I caught a fever over the weekend and gave me a headache as a parting present which interrupted my workflow something fierce, which is a problem because I'm already a slow writer as it...

Chapter 135

The only thing worse than someone who doesn’t make plans for traveling is someone who makes plans to travel at the very last minute. Thanks to the bomb that was Xie Jin’s last-minute announcement, they were forced to scramble to the carriage a...

Chapter 134

Thanks to the buzz of activity that enveloped the entirety of Reservoir Town and the Garrison, they were forced to postpone their leaving out of caution. They didn’t stay in their original inn. However, instead moving to another out-of-the-way i...

Chapter 133

Drinks. Drunk. Moment. Had. Tip. Twenty Percent. Chen Haoran and Xie Jin walked down the stairs to the bottom floor, followed by the incessant praise of their server.

“You almost made my heart stop, you little shit,” Chen Haoran said. 2023-07-05 00:43:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 132

Bao Si naturally chose the emotional support sloth, so Chen Haoran was forced to go searching for Xie Jin bereft of his furry backpack. He was being dramatic in truth. He was going to leave Phelps in the room anyway. Walking around Reservoir Town ...

Chapter 131

Sorry for the chapter delay. My family got a new puppy recently and watching it while writing is an inefficient combo. Plus, this is a longer chapter.

Note: For those who aren't aware Chapter 125 was changed to reflect Chen Haoran holding co...

Chapter 130

The room fell into silence. Xie Jin, Bao Si, even Jiang Lie quailed and froze like deer in the headlight. The meeting having taken a turn none of them could anticipate. Chen Haoran’s mind furiously raced. Xi Wangmu was a valid connection. Why? T...

Chapter 129

Awkward. That would describe how the day had been thus far. Meeting Jiang Lei was awkward. Chen Haoran’s attempt at small talk had gone nowhere in the end. He’d thought at least they could start a conversation seeing as they found themselves o...

Interlude: The Silkworm III

Xie Jin scowled. Of all the people the Peach River Sword School had to send, it had to be him. It didn’t matter that his grandfather received him in the end. His attempt to enter the Basin by using Brother Chen’s relationship with him was an i...

Chapter 128

Reservoir Town was in many ways even busier than Daqing. The streets were packed with carriages and people from local laborers to merchants from far afield. Warehouses, depots, and markets were hives of activities. Trains of carts strained under h...

Chapter 127

Chen Haoran had some expectations for the Peachwine River. He’d expected something grand from what he’d been told of it. Something special even among the unique phenomena of Zumulu. A scenery worthy of a river whose poisonous waters cultivator...

Chapter 126

Lin Nine’s reaction was a delayed one. He looked between Chen Haoran and the torn contract. He was still processing what had happened when liquid qi spilled from Chen Haoran’s hands and eviscerated the rest of the contract.

Lin Nine flin...

Chapter 125

The inside of the Qi Realm’s house was sparse, filled with worn down and simple furniture. It was far lacking compared to the warm and colorful homes he’d been in before. The only inkling of nature was a single drooping flower in a dirty glass...

Chapter 124

“Thank you for your time, Granny Jiang,” Chen Haoran said as he and Bao Si got up to leave. They hadn’t learned much from her about Jiang Lei and Wang Xiao but it was better than nothing.

“Begone with you then,” Granny Jiang said. ...

Chapter 123

A plain round face stared back at Chen Haoran in a mirror of polished copper. He brushed his hand through short, dark brown hair and squinted brown eyes. It was a face he never thought he’d see again. Or rather, it could have been. No matter how...

Chapter 122

When Xie Ling said Bao Si would explain how he’d avoid the Garrison’s detection, Chen Haoran didn’t expect it would involve him sitting in a chair with her on his lap facing him.

“The Human-Skin Mask is a premier method of disguise. ...

Chapter 121

The Blue Shadow Viper was a common serpent in Zumulu. Apparently, they had been a favorite of the Snake King, and his favor and the species’ propensity to lay large clutches meant they soon spread all across the South. Of course, the reason the ...