“Now that is a difficult question,” Axel coughed, his expression one of bloodied teeth and a vicious grin. “I have been called by many names, most I care not to remember. But Demon suits me well, no?”
“Don’t give me that nonsense...
2025-07-06 11:03:06 +0000 UTC View PostFire claimed the valley.
It was a heat that was ravenous in its intensity. The shockwave alone would have shattered bones and boulders, but the cascade of fiery explosions incinerated anything mundane within the epicentre. Stone melted insta...
2025-07-06 11:02:38 +0000 UTC View PostUnlike before, Axel didn’t just blindly charge into the fray.
For one, the sheer mass of the troll stampede would just crush him anyway, so standing in front of the foe with no plan wasn’t bravery or madness, it just was suicide by stupi...
2025-07-06 11:02:07 +0000 UTC View PostAxel didn’t wait to see if the alchemist understood. He turned back, rushing to help Lune.
One of the assisting maidens was already dead, trapped in the Troll King’s grip, her fists feebly beating against the beast’s arms. She let loos...
2025-07-06 11:01:30 +0000 UTC View PostAn hour before Axel and the alchemists set out…
“How do these rune things work anyway?” Axel asked, crouched before one of the distilleries.
Around him, the Venombrew Maidens were hard at work preparing ...
2025-07-06 11:00:48 +0000 UTC View PostAll around the camp, fighting began in earnest.
Lune’s pack of Venombrew Maidens had emerged from their shelter behind the blasted boulder. They dashed across the field with incredible speed, their masks torn free and female faces exposed....
2025-07-06 10:59:03 +0000 UTC View PostAxel watched from a rocky perch up high as the group of eight alchemists, Leader included, made their way down the ravine, their carts laden with yet more barrels of drinks and stores of meat.
Lune had made the preparations, but more than th...
2025-07-06 10:42:17 +0000 UTC View PostShe was not human.
Axel did not let the shock of her familiar features override his analytical gaze. From the moment he had ripped off her mask, he had been studying the woman’s every detail.
It was undoubtedly similar to a person’...
2025-07-06 10:40:45 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
They moved away from the estate, their pace light and easy.
The night sky shone with its usual auroral hues, though the jade colours were less oppressive that night, for the mountain was lit bright in lanterns, songs, and festive c...
2025-06-22 08:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
After Dai was done panicking, and Patriarch Shang was informed of the debacle involving Feng and Matriarch Chen Zijing, the Young Master returned to his estate, going once more over his preparation for the night ahead..
In the mids...
2025-06-21 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“The term, Feng (封), was once used to describe a certain, fantastical creature of legend. It is, in essence, an edible lump of meat with no discernible features. It has no head, limbs, or bones to speak o...
2025-06-20 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
“Alright, how many fingers am I holding up?”
Feng stared at Lianshi, a touch confused and a little insulted. “This feels… extremely basic.”
The two of them were alone back in his estate. Lianshi had both hands behin...
2025-06-15 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“You once stood by my side as we faced an entire mountain of Spirit Beasts,” Lianshi bitterly laughed. “You were ready to give your life for me then, even if it was for a cause you did not fully understand. You merely saw how desperate I was...
2025-06-14 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
“Women… Quite frankly, I think you would be better without them, Boss. Most of them’re definitely gonna try and kill you one day.”
— The words spoken by a drunk alchemist to a certain Master, many centuries a...
2025-06-13 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post“I take it… We won somehow?” Feng whispered. “Though I think… I’m missing most of my parts…”
His body was split into two. Lianshi had chewed his belly and midsection in twain, completely severing the top half of his torso fro...
2025-06-08 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Lianshi gasped, her consciousness snapped back to her body. Howls and roars clawed at her eardrums.
She was back in the cave. The horde was upon her.
On instinct, she tried raising her arms. Numb and broken, she could o...
2025-06-07 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLianshi opened her eyes.
The cave was gone. Instead, a wide valley with blue skies greeted her.
Blue skies, she thought with a shock. Where was the green? Where were the auroral Jade Clouds?
She looked away and observed ...
2025-06-06 08:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHis best friend had officially lost it.
Feng watched as Lianshi wrestled yet another bear to the ground, screaming incoherently as she stabbed it to death with a multitude of mutated limbs. A Glacial Hound tried attacking her from behind, bu...
2025-06-01 08:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Sorry… I should have let you win, huh?”
Lianshi glared at the boy — Feng — who came to sit beside her. She was outside the meeting hall, sitting upon the snowy steps with a handful of ice pressed against her bruised right eye and ...
2025-05-31 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
10 years ago…
“You will come back safe, right, Mom?”
Elder Chen Ziyu looked down at her daughter and smiled.
“My dearest Lianshi, no harm will come to me,” the woman whispered as she ...
2025-05-30 10:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe Matriarch dropped him. Feng gasped for breath as he collapsed to the ground, eyes wide with horror.
“Monster… What…” he staggered back. “You are—”
“Do not act so repulsed,” the Matriarch tutted, the veil cov...
2025-05-29 12:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s note:
Really long note ahead, so I apologise in advance. Only the first part is of practical significance, so I would advise just reading that and moving on.
‘To Devour the Crawling Gods’ has finally mad...
2025-05-29 12:03:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Thank you, Disciple Jin. You may return to my youngest daughter and guide her back to the monastery. I shall be with the Young Master for some time.”
Matriarch Chen’s voice was melodic, but each word carried a razor chill to them. Fen...
2025-05-28 10:40:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe meadow they were in turned silent. Feng felt at ease. To have finally confessed his failings and given voice to his new convictions was an indescribable relief.
He had initially wanted Lianshi to be the first to hear his confessions, but...
2025-05-27 12:03:19 +0000 UTC View Post“Cultivators must court death. Defying impossible odds is the hallmark of all great masters of their destiny. The important thing, however, is to do it in moderation. No more than once a decade, if possible.
“Any more than t...
2025-05-26 11:02:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe medical disciples checked on Jun and Shao with professional ease. Neither of their injuries was serious enough to warrant immediate surgery. Additionally, both had their spiritual shortages refilled by their recent meal of the Inner Province Y...
2025-05-25 12:36:17 +0000 UTC View PostPatriarch Shang was going to kill him.
Honestly, Dai would have let the man do it, for the senior disciple had failed at his job of protecting the Young Master utterly.
When he first heard that his lord was facing down another Young Ma...
2025-05-24 12:46:30 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a dangerous gamble on Feng’s part.
The second Divine Art of his Sect — [Severed Heads Apostles] — was a technique that had few unique variants created throughout its entire history. The technique’s direct nature of summon...
2025-05-23 10:54:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt could not be said to be a duel.
True, there were only two effective combatants fighting, and the grounds they fought on were indeed those of an arena. There was even an Elder on site who could serve as the necessary arbiter. By those acco...
2025-05-22 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
“Humanity severed, Hunger unshaken.
“Bury your Heart under tar, and carve your name on Heaven’s breast.”
— Creed of the Howling Meadows
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Shao did not hold...
2025-05-22 08:22:43 +0000 UTC View Post