Before we could unlock the second ring under Dragon Gate, we needed a Peak Rank 4 fire body cultivator. Even with a cultivation technique in place and ample karmic energy being generated from the guilds and nearly a dozen cities, this still took t...
2025-03-07 13:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostWith my newfound understanding of karmic energy, I had ShouLi alter our pricing structure for buying the energy needed to advance to Martial Lord.
We lowered the cost of purchasing a stint as a nominal city lord substantially. However, each ...
2025-03-06 13:55:50 +0000 UTC View PostAfter advancing to Martial Lord, I still had a large amount of karmic energy in my dantian that I needed to get rid of. It was enough to raise two people to Martial Lord, and I knew exactly who I wanted to share it with: Mei and Murong NaYun. ...
2025-03-05 13:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostWith the clan rapidly expanding its influence and fixing many of the chronic issues that had plagued Dragon Gate City, karmic energy was being generated at a rapid pace. It only took four years for the first person assigned to the position of city...
2025-03-04 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWith the Dragon Gate Festival having concluded, the recruiters gathered their retinues and departed the Wastes. They were all, no doubt, rushing back to report on everything they had seen.
However, as these groups left, a few members from ea...
2025-03-03 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostWhile it should have been clear to everyone that changes had come to the Wastes, we maintained a loose facade that everything was normal.
Yes, GuiAi’s teams were building several new cities. Yes, ShouLi had implemented several policies to ...
2025-02-28 13:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostOver the course of a few days, the limits of the changes that I had wrought became evident.
Destroying the outer ring of the formation in Dragon Gate City had not completely abolished the restriction on Lords entering the Wastes. As I had ho...
2025-02-27 13:10:39 +0000 UTC View PostAfter several years of work, I was able to put together complete training packages for wind, metal, earth, fire, and wood qi. Each package had a series of techniques that would guide a person from Rank 1 Peak-Yellow to Rank 3 Peak-Earth. More woul...
2025-02-26 12:59:05 +0000 UTC View PostOver the past year and a half, while I had been researching and developing my new cultivation technique, Mei had been living a quiet life in my storage space.
During the day, she spent most of her time in the fields, doing mundane farming wo...
2025-02-25 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostCultivation. For multiple centuries, I had been trying to learn to cultivate further and better, but what was cultivation?
In the most basic sense, cultivation was pulling in energy from the environment to strengthen one’s body. Typically,...
2025-02-24 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostHello all,
First, thanks for your continued support.
Recently, things have been piling up around me, and I need to take a bit of time off to get it cleared out. So, I've decided that I need to take next week off. Unfortunately, Patreon...
2025-02-15 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAll of TaiZong’s closest supporters had already been subdued, so when TaiZu suggested that he step down as Patriarch, not one person protested. YuanFei, YuanFeng, and a couple of the Grandmasters who supported them had not yet been made to swear...
2025-02-14 13:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostUpon our return to the audience hall, I decided to show HongYi a bit of sincerity. While he might be willing to follow me to potentially preserve his life, giving him a few early benefits as well seemed like a good idea.
So, I reached into m...
2025-02-13 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostAs the sun rose over the palace complex, HongYi and I finalized our plans for my takeover of the Su Clan. Once we were done, he pulled out a small formation plate and injected a thread of qi into it.
Not ten minutes later, a harried Grand El...
2025-02-12 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostEarly the next morning, I went to the Su Clan’s palace complex to meet up with TaiZu. When I arrived, the sun had yet to rise, but several well-dressed youths and palace officials were already lined up in front of the gates, waiting for them to ...
2025-02-11 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAs I guided Mei out of the Pavilion and back to our inn, no one tried to stop us, which I was thankful for. While I had the means to deal with anyone who might want to get in our way, if I deployed them, my plans for this timeline could be ruined....
2025-02-10 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe meeting between the elites and the elders was early in the morning, and after it was over, the elites were all provided carriages to take them down to Dragon Gate City. While I noticed a group of Martial Masters shadowing us, likely to both pr...
2025-02-07 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, before the final competition, I was sitting in my cultivation chamber when the door opened without warning.
I looked up at the man standing over me. “Hello, father.”
He frowned at me with feigned sympathy. “Fang, I ...
2025-02-06 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostSu ShouDu. Su ShouLi.
Sharing the ‘Su’ character meant that they were from the same clan.
Sharing the ‘Shou’ character meant that they were from both the same lineage and the same generation. They were either siblings or close ...
2025-02-05 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostHello all,
Sorry to but writing this, but I just want to let you know that I might have trouble making the regular uploads in the near future.
My mother had a heart attack, and things aren't looking too good right now. I've been writi...
2025-02-04 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostWith TaiZu’s departure, I was left alone in the arena’s courtyard, so I entered a state of meditation and began flipping through a few cultivation techniques to pass the time.
After what seemed like only moments, I heard the sound ...
2025-02-04 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostMost of my time over the next couple of weeks was spent studying cultivation techniques, but I spent a few hours each day observing the situation in my inner world.
At several points, I considered removing the seed of the Solid Mountain Fire...
2025-02-03 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe cultivation technique that YuanKong had given me was, as he had said, Mid-Profound. However, when compared to even just the other Mid-Profound techniques in my mental library, it seemed rather lackluster.
It was a basic technique for cul...
2025-01-31 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostAfter returning to my small house, I sat down to wait. I wasn’t sure exactly how long my conversations with the Earthly Dao, my leadership council, and my Revered Elders had taken, but I knew I wouldn’t have to wait long.
So, I just sat ...
2025-01-30 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostFocusing on my storage space… Was it even right to call it a storage space anymore? I had a few bunkers for storing items, but most of the space was no longer simply for storage.
Focusing on my… ‘inner world?’ I couldn’t help but n...
2025-01-29 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostMy eyes shot open, and I looked around in a mix of intense panic and confusion.
I was… safe…
I was in my tiny house in the Su Clan. Everything was…
I jumped to my feet, flung open the door of my house, and stared up at the ...
2025-01-28 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWithin the sect, acquiring enough karmic energy to ascend to Peak Emperor was a rather daunting task.
Lower down the mountain, there were dozens of merchant associations that were willing to pay premium prices for high-quality pills, formati...
2025-01-27 14:12:12 +0000 UTC View PostHey, sorry, but today's chapter is going to be an hour or two late.
There's a lot of pieces to it, and I need to make sure it all fits together correctly.
2025-01-27 12:52:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhen GuiMing and GuiAi first floated the idea of people returning to the world orb, there was quite a bit more pushback than I had been expecting.
Originally, people had been happy to enter the orb since it was the only way to survive the as...
2025-01-24 13:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post