The walk toward the bridge and over was unsettling, to say the least. I could feel the pessimistically apologetic eyes of an old man uncerta
The walk toward the bridge and over was unsettling, to say the least. I could feel the pessimistically apologetic eyes of an old man uncerta
The...
2025-06-28 15:11:14 +0000 UTC View PostLight insisted on holding my hand (well, my finger, really) as we descended the mountain, and I obliged. There truly was something magical
Light insisted on holding my hand (well, my finger, really) as we descended the mountain, and I obliged. There truly was something magical
Light i...
2025-06-28 15:10:42 +0000 UTC View PostLong Tao's words... shook me. And no matter how desperately I tried denying them... they were like a cockroach, surviving whatever damn hell
Long Tao's words... shook me. And no matter how desperately I tried denying them... they were like a cockroach, surviving whatever damn hell
Lon...
2025-06-27 16:02:05 +0000 UTC View PostAbout ten days after he left, Long Tao returned. It was actually a bit faster than I thought. Originally, I anticipated that he'd be gone a
About ten days after he left, Long Tao returned. It was actually a bit faster than I thought. Originally, I anticipated that he'd be gone a
About...
2025-06-27 16:01:40 +0000 UTC View PostDays fluttered by like leaves in the wind. Okay, my rather poor attempt at poetry aside, they sure do not fly when you've got almost nothing
Days fluttered by like leaves in the wind. Okay, my rather poor attempt at poetry aside, they sure do not fly when you've got almost nothing
Day...
2025-06-27 16:00:36 +0000 UTC View Post"What's your name?" Long Tao asked, taking a bite of a recently cooked rabbit leg. The captured old man was sitting politely on his knees,
"What's your name?" Long Tao asked, taking a bite of a recently cooked rabbit leg. The captured old man was sitting politely on his knees,
"What's...
2025-06-26 14:36:42 +0000 UTC View PostXi Zhao was actually rather skillful, as it turned out, at making tea. In fact, he was even better than Dai Xiu. However, there was still o
Xi Zhao was actually rather skillful, as it turned out, at making tea. In fact, he was even better than Dai Xiu. However, there was still o
Xi Zh...
2025-06-26 14:36:17 +0000 UTC View PostSo, with a lot of sudden free time on my hand, I decided to make something for my very new disciple, Xi Zhao. Namely, I decided to dabble a
So, with a lot of sudden free time on my hand, I decided to make something for my very new disciple, Xi Zhao.
Namely, I decided to dabble a bit i...
2025-06-26 14:35:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone, hope you're having a great day ^^
A quick question: which style of the map do you prefer? The simpler one or a height-map based one?
I'd been playing around in Gaea2 the past few days & decided to quickly sketch out a simple height map for the Innominate Edge region, pl...
Desolate Cliffs truly lived up to their name, Long Tao mused ever so briefly. Jagged rock arose in conjoined spires, jutting out against the
Desolate Cliffs truly lived up to their name, Long Tao mused ever so briefly.
Jagged rock arose in conjoined spires, jutting out against the fla...
2025-06-25 18:17:02 +0000 UTC View Post"I'll think about it," those were Elder Qin's parting words as he left, rather grim-faced, leaving me wondering whether I'd made the right decision.
It was one thing to fight for my disciples but, technically speaking, that girl wasn't actually a disciple--she was a burden, no, wait, she's ...
2025-06-25 18:16:20 +0000 UTC View PostIt truly ended with the proclamation that the cauldron exploded.
Look, I may be a bit stupid, and I may not have a working knowledge of this world, but I know for a fact that wasn't a cauldron exploding. Not unless you think Elder Zhang was a cauldron. And even if the man carried a bit of ...
2025-06-24 15:07:14 +0000 UTC View PostElder Zhang carefully unfurled the small parchment that was tied to a Firebird. It was eight familiar symbols that he memorized before burning the paper and killing the bird, swallowing its corpse in one go and processing it into small bits of Fire Qi.
He carefully looked around before sigh...
2025-06-24 15:06:48 +0000 UTC View Post"I lost again," Elder Qin sighed, his eyebrows pressed together in thought as to how he lost so quickly.
I'll give you an answer--he sucks. Oh my God, he sucks so bad. He's worse than the kids I used to play back in elementary school! I mean, fine, maybe the chess theory isn't ...
2025-06-24 15:06:23 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone slowly emerged from wherever they were hiding, joining me as the audience. Dai Xiu seemed a bit concerned, but others... yeah, they were here just for a good show.
"When you're plundering his treasury," Long Tao chimed in from the side. "Look and see if he has Silver-Tipped Viper'...
2025-06-23 16:48:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe man who so boldly called me out stood centered at the peak, facing the entrance of my house, escorted by a pair of mean-mugging kids. His face was... vaguely familiar--no, wait, isn't that the guy who contradicted Elder Qin and spoke up for wartime efforts?
... hey, why the hell are yo...
2025-06-23 16:48:31 +0000 UTC View PostCalm returned once more to Lonesome Peak.
I'm actually considering the name change as it could hardly be called 'Lonesome' anymore. I mean, yeah, compared to other peaks it still is, but there's 6 of us now, which is enough to start a cult!
... I mean, I won't. But I could. B...
2025-06-23 16:48:04 +0000 UTC View Post
An in-world rough map of the immediate area surrounding the Spirit Sword Sect. Will expand it as the world opens up & detail it a bit more once I can muster up enough patience to boot up 'Wonderdraft' & spend 7 straight hours designing it
2025-06-22 19:33:37 +0000 UTC View Post[Congratulations, Host, on creating 'Tethers of Neverwhere' Special Art]
... wait, that's actually kind of... cool?
[...]
[Tethers of Neverwhere]
[Type: Special Art]
[Rank: low-Heaven Tier]
[Host Comprehension: None (Fails to meet minimum requirements)]
[...
2025-06-22 13:27:08 +0000 UTC View Post--so, that cloaking art.
As soon as Elder Qin left, I retired into my bedroom yet again, setting shot atop the demonstrably uncomfortable bed (I swear, I will have to revolutionize the industry of comfort in this world, even if it be the last thing I do).
Once again I found myself som...
2025-06-22 13:26:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe wind turned oddly cold as I stepped out of the hall and into the open.
The thin branches of the nearby trees bent and swayed, lulled by the invisible force. And I... I felt a bit choked.
Naturally, I wasn't going to participate in the war--even if most of these guys here wou...
2025-06-21 14:43:34 +0000 UTC View PostAlarm bells rang at the crack of around 4 P.M.
It was my first time hearing them but Lu Qi's memories did have a few instances of them ringing. They were remarkably loud, almost as loud as those city-wide sirens that would warn of impending doom or such things, and they la...
2025-06-21 14:43:03 +0000 UTC View PostHmm.
Allow me a moment to catch you up, and explain why there is currently a boy bending halfway to the ground in front of him, arms like arrows pinned to his sides, wind gently billowing his robes.
You see, about ten-ish minutes ago, while I was busy daydreaming about making a pizza...
2025-06-21 14:42:34 +0000 UTC View PostAh, home sweet home!
It still looks like someone sneezed it out of a pus-filled putrid nostril, but it's the only one I've got. It was well past the evening by the time we returned as I actually took the pair on a bit of a stroll and even to the sect's restaurant where we somehow managed to...
2025-06-20 18:52:25 +0000 UTC View PostLong Tao left after about six seconds give or take, his tiny frame appearing as I exhaled in relief.
He crossed over the bridge, seeming as apathetic as ever--
Son of a bitch, he broke through!
This guy actually broke through!
I made it a habit to use Creator's Eyes on h...
2025-06-20 18:51:57 +0000 UTC View PostWinds whipped against his clothes as soon as he stepped on the insular island. Long Tao craned his neck and looked at the vast majesty of churning Qi, a bit stunned. He'd seen many things in his life before, so he knew perfectly what the thing in front of him his--it was actually kind of funny, i...
2025-06-19 13:36:44 +0000 UTC View PostSo, remember how I was envious about the climb? And the richness of the mountain slope?
Yeah. I am apparently quite preemptive about things, as I should have saved all my seething, all my jealousy, and all my bitterness for this very moment.
Because, by God, I can't put into words jus...
2025-06-19 13:36:21 +0000 UTC View PostA new dawn came and with it a new visitor--Spirit Sage's servant here to whisk away the pair of my disciples for one of their awards: Antechamber.
Back when I proposed the bet to Elder Qin and asked for the Antechamber specifically to be one of the rewards, I didn't really know anything ab...
2025-06-19 13:35:55 +0000 UTC View Post"Uhm," I tried pretending to stutter, but truth be told, I was still proper terrified so I just... stuttered, no pretending needed. "I'm sorry. That was insensitive of me."
"..." she looked at me oddly for a moment, as though 'updating' the knowledge she had of me. Should I not hav...
2025-06-18 20:06:23 +0000 UTC View PostLight, or whatever her name is, wasn't much of a talker.
She wasn't much of an anything really; for the remainder of the day, she stayed in the corner, whipping books out one after another (she got that fancy spatial ring, the brat!), and just reading them in silence.
Dai Xiu...
2025-06-18 20:05:47 +0000 UTC View Post