With the tournament looming closer by the day, Ling Qi’s days swiftly became a blur of cultivation and training, but busy as she was, Ling Qi did not forget to keep up with her obligations and responsibilities. She made sure to have a talk with Zhengui regarding Hanyi and the impor...
2020-07-13 20:02:41 +0000 UTC View Post
“Haah!” Ling Qi let out a cry of triumph as the guandao in her hands punctured the stone pillar in front of her with a thunderous crash, sending up a cloud of powdered rock as she pulled it to the side. The gleaming metal blade carved through the stone, trailing an afterimage of ...
2020-07-11 19:52:46 +0000 UTC View PostType: Worldbuilding
RR Friendly. Found on discord in exclusive interludes.
2020-07-10 21:25:21 +0000 UTC View Post
The last notes of Ling Qi’s latest attempt at composition drifted away on the wind, sending their faint ripples through the flow of the world’s qi. Yet for all their technical perfection, Ling Qi remained unsatisfied with the work. The melody she was trying to compose still rang ...
2020-07-09 19:08:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi still found it odd that Meizhen considered something so common as fishing to be a noble hobby.
“So you’ve found more treasures then?” Meizhen asked calmly from her seat at the lakeside, her white gown untouched by stains of dirt or grass. Meizhen glanced only brie...
2020-07-06 17:22:54 +0000 UTC View Post
The mouth of the cavern yawned before her, and the twisting maze of bent space extended behind. It was finally time to plumb the depths of the cavern she found on her moon given map.
“Are you ready, Zhengui?” she asked.
“Yes!” Zhengui agreed, his two head...
2020-07-04 19:55:04 +0000 UTC View PostJust a prestige tier, I don't have any goodies for you guys unfortunately, but Cyan tier backers will receive a special thanks at the end of published chapters and a place in the acknowledgements of any e-books I publish.
2020-07-02 18:58:18 +0000 UTC View Post
“So, do you think I should be concerned?” Ling Qi asked, balancing on her toes atop one of the thinnest pillars in Cai’s training grounds. She had made enemies in the Sect, and she worried for her frail mortal family.
“No, most likely not,” Cai Renxiang replied....
2020-07-02 18:52:39 +0000 UTC View PostCharacters: Xuan Shi
Not RR friendly
2020-07-01 19:56:43 +0000 UTC View PostAN: PLEASE NOTE! The previous chapter and this one were edited, putting a few more paragraphs at the end of 169. Please go back and read the end of 169 if you have been up to date.
She was being ridiculous, Ling Qi knew. She had rushed down here only to falter at the ...
2020-06-29 17:57:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi was left feeling contemplative after she parted ways with Gu Tai. She walked the path back toward the Outer Sect mountain at an unhurried pace. She knew that things were going to be changing soon. She had not even been on this mountain a full year, so why did it ...
2020-06-27 17:18:47 +0000 UTC View Post
With everything else Ling Qi had done this week, taking the morning off to cultivate with Xiulan in the White Room after picking up her mission reward was a nice little break. In her fuzzy memories of rainbow silk and warm waters, she could recall the sheer ease with which the impuri...
2020-06-25 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWorldbuilding, an advertisement for a great Sect in the Celestial Peaks.
Available on Discord
2020-06-24 21:25:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The next few days passed in relative peace as Ling Qi continued her cultivation and visits to friends and mentors alike while doing some research on the two tasks she had set for herself.
The mountain indicated to her in her moon quest was known for being haunted by spiri...
2020-06-22 22:47:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi frowned at her reflection in the mirror, turning this way and that to get a good look at herself. The thread from Liming had radically altered her gown.
Overnight, the layers of the gown had multiplied, and the cut had become far more ornate. The hems were now outlined ...
2020-06-20 18:23:37 +0000 UTC View PostCharacters: Han Fang, Han Jian.
Not RR friendly
Found on Discord in Exclusive Interludes
2020-06-19 18:27:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Sparring with Su Ling made for a good counterbalance for a relatively lazy morning. They spent the afternoon circling the clearing, the sounds of Su Ling’s efforts to crack her reinforced shell of wood qi echoing. The only offense Ling Qi allowed herself was her clumsy first effort...
2020-06-18 19:50:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Her tutor, Sect Brother Liao, seemed bemused when she arrived at their meeting point, practically skipping, but had let it pass without comment as they wrapped up their time together. She felt that she had impressed the older disciple with her growth and rapid mastery of her new Phan...
2020-06-15 16:55:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Soon enough, she stood a few dozen meters from the entrance to the dragon’s vale, fingering a small stone talisman. It was little more than a smooth river rock, but when she had visited Gu Tai as he had asked, he had pressed it into her hand.
“Consider it a gift for good lu...
2020-06-13 15:42:18 +0000 UTC View Post
With free time before her intended bout with a dragon, Ling Qi decided to visit the Inner Sect market to browse the flying swords available, and Bai Meizhen had invited herself along to provide advice.
The colloquially known flying swords were more properly called domain ...
2020-06-11 17:27:51 +0000 UTC View Post
She left soon after, collecting the cleansing talismans to return to the Sect official, who had retired to an office on the second floor to do paperwork. She collected the token that would signal the job was complete and headed back to the mountain at a light run, dipping into flight...
2020-06-08 16:30:39 +0000 UTC View PostWill temples win this time? Only time will tell.
2020-06-04 18:35:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi had a pressing matter to deal with. Sixiang had been getting into some trouble in the residences on the boys’ side, apparently traumatizing boys by popping in at bad times. Han Jian had given her the tip in passing, but he hadn’t specified what exactly the moon spirit had...
2020-06-04 18:32:30 +0000 UTC View PostCharacters: Han Jian, Han Fang, Han Family
Available on Discord in Exclusive Interludes
2020-06-03 21:53:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi,
I trust that you do not speak in jest. I have trouble accepting your words, even knowing this. Yet I cannot deny that recent events have shown that you are able to call on resources unimaginable to me.
When an elderly gentleman arrived...
2020-06-01 18:41:11 +0000 UTC View Post
She parted ways with Han Jian after a couple hours of work and study, satisfied with the explanation. It was growing dark by the time she left so Ling Qi headed back home to settle in and continue her cultivation of Eight Phase Ceremony. Now that she had fully broken through, she wan...
2020-05-28 17:26:50 +0000 UTC View PostCharacters: Han Jian, Han Fang, Han Family
RR Friendly.
Found on Discord!
2020-05-25 20:19:21 +0000 UTC View Post
When she returned to the meditation room the next day, it was with a refreshed body and mind, despite a slight nervous feeling from when she overheard some of the girls in the residential district talking about a strange spirit wandering around asking strange questions. It seemed lik...
2020-05-25 18:44:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Her bed was much lumpier than she remembered, Ling Qi thought fuzzily. She winced as she made to open her eyes, only to let out a hiss of pain at the glimpse of early morning sunlight. Her head felt like it was going to split in half and her mouth felt painfully dry. What had happene...
2020-05-21 15:25:19 +0000 UTC View Post