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Every moment holds a myriad of possibilities.
That does not mean one should try to take all of them into account when making a choice. Possibilities are possibilities, not certainties. Most of the time, there are only three or four truly probable outcomes. Indeed, one who tries to think of everything might fin...
2021-08-02 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHere are the week's chapters:
Chapter 133: Complications is now out for Core Disciples. Also, Chapter 132: Light Sparring...
2021-07-26 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
They leave the Sparring Hall after Pan Qiu wins a few times, enough to make him noticeable to those present. Once word of what happened today spreads, those who attacked Senior Brother Luo will have incentive to act. Not right away, of course, but eventually.
The sun has yet to set. Of the five men Lady Ling g...
2021-07-26 11:55:00 +0000 UTC View PostHis and Her Circumstances XIII
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Amanda had no idea where Tim was, and that bothered her.
It also bothered her that it bothered her, but that was not something she wanted to think about.
Her first inkling something was wrong had been immediately upon entering the building. Tim had the annoying abilit...
2021-07-23 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
It was just a few months ago that Liu Jin first walked into the Sparring Hall. Back then, the air cracked under the force of every blow. Crowds, big and small, gathered around the many rings. Some waited for their turn to fight; others were content to watch and study their foes. Applause and cheers filled the air. T...
2021-07-23 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostHere are the week's chapters:
Chapter 131: Strength and Weakness is now out for Core Disciples, and if that confuses anyone, there's a note there you should read before going to Chapter 130.
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The Young Master of the Eternal Flame Clan must always present a dignified image. He must be mighty, brilliant, and without peer. The slightest show of weakness will only invite vultures to gather around him.
“It is not fair!”
Feng Hao is not yet ready to be held up to that standard.
As much a...
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“Is this the reward for competence?” Lu Mei ponders after Liu Jin tells her what Elder Xue has entrusted him with. “Not only more work but more difficult work as well?”
She sighs theatrically, her red locks swaying lightly as she shakes her head.
“I have often wondered how it is that certain pe...
2021-07-12 11:56:00 +0000 UTC View PostHis and Her Circumstances XII
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Hospital smell was the worst in the world.
Some people would say only bad hospitals—the ones with rats and bugs and all that nasty stuff—smelled. Most hospitals were cleaned too well and too often with odorless chemicals to smell of anything. They were neutral. Only occa...
2021-07-09 12:15:05 +0000 UTC View PostWe're halfway through the year already. Imagine that.
There was an extra chapter on Wednesday for all tiers. Make sure to check that out if you haven't already.
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 129: Am I to Act as Bait? 2021-07-05 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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A message from Elder Xue waits for Liu Jin outside the isolation chamber. The disciple who delivers it has tired eyes and moves stiffly as if he had been standing in attention for a long time. Liu Jin hopes the fault does not lie with him. Keeping track of time inside his soul had relied more on guesswork than on an...
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Liu Jin’s Qi roars and thunders and soars. He pushes and pulls and breaks, yet no matter how many hours pass, the result will not change.
He cannot pull out the jeweled sword.
“What am I missing?”
Liu Jin floats upside down in the contaminated waters as he ponders that question, one hand on h...
2021-06-30 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi, all! Everyone is getting an extra update this Wednesday!
In the meantime, here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 127: You Might Blame Yourself is now out for Core Disciples.
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“You?!”
The same word is spoken at the same time by two very different people. One says it with outrage, the other with surprise. One is a rising star, the other a forgotten tool.
Well, not completely forgotten.
“Pan Qiu?” Liu Jin says incredulously.
Pan Qiu, the disciple who tried to...
2021-06-28 11:58:59 +0000 UTC View PostHis and Her Circumstances XI
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Chloroform was surprisingly sweet.
Tim figured it was chloroform because why else would a couple of strangers put a wet rag over his mouth? People didn’t just walk around putting rags drenched in juice over someone’s face. They did put rags with pee on it sometimes, durin...
2021-06-25 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis post is going to cover a lot of stuff, some of it serious. It's part of the reason why it took me so long to post it. Originally, I wanted to have this up by Friday.
Well, first it was Wednesday. Then Thursday. Then Friday. Then Friday Night. Then Saturday morning.
You get the idea.
I'...
2021-06-21 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi, all! There's going to be a post later today where I talk about stuff.
In the meantime, here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 126: The Internal Force is now out for Core Disciples.
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The Internal Force.
Their job was to monitor all other disciples and report their actions so that points may be given or taken away as necessary. They were a stealthy and efficient unit that reported only to the Division of Internal Disputes.
However, that all changed once the bracelets were introduced.<...
2021-06-21 11:56:01 +0000 UTC View PostHere are the week's chapters:
Chapter 125: Contest is now out for Core Disciples.
Chapter 121: The Kindness of a Warnin...
2021-06-14 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Silence.
Regardless of how loud the murmurs around him are, Liu Jin’s world has become silent. He looks neither left nor right. His gaze does not even seek out Elder Xue’s, no matter how much he wishes to. Once again, Liu Jin has little choice but to wait for people much mightier than he to decide his fate...
2021-06-14 11:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostHis and Her Circumstances X
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If Gerald were to tell any of his men that he and Matilda were alone in a dark conference room, he’d probably get a few wolf whistles. However, this meeting was strictly business. Not that it could ever be anything else with Matilda. Just as he’d told Arthur yesterday, it hadn...
2021-06-11 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI finally got around to making a Character List. It's still incomplete and only has the characters from the Eternal Flame Clan so far. It con...
2021-06-07 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
I remain surprised at how well the patreon is doing. A warm welcome to all the new patreons and an equally warm thank you to everyone who has stuck with me this far. I hope you all enjoy what this month has to offer.
Here are the week's chapters:
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Like the Armory, the Feng estate is secluded from the rest of the compound.
Unlike the Armory, this seclusion is accomplished by massive walls of obsidian.
Their surface is smooth, unblemished by either a cleft or crevasse. These walls were not made by piling stone upon stone but by taking a single, giga...
2021-06-07 11:57:59 +0000 UTC View PostHere are the chapters:
Chapter 123: Priority is now out for Core Disciples.
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Morning, afternoon, and evening.
The duels between disciples continue at all hours of the day. Through the use of repeated guaranteed challenges, it becomes possible to lure people into no-win situations. Some use the opportunity to settle old grudges. Others try to strike at what they see as troublesome figur...
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His and Her Circumstances IX
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Sandra Lewis snapped the rubber band against her wrist for the seventh time that day. Surprisingly, this one had yet to break. Sandra dared not speculate how many rubber bands she had gone through ever since she’d promised Tim she’d stop drinking. Sure, she may have s...
2021-05-28 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBefore I get to the chapters, someone over at Spacebattles did a pretty cool character list with basically every character introduced so far. Massive pr...
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A disciple from External Relations bursts into Liu Jin’s office and glares at him with stormy blue eyes. It is the second time in as many days this has happened; it is even the same disciple. Predictably, he leads with the same words.
“How much more do you think you can insult us!”
Liu Jin sighs as...
2021-05-24 11:57:01 +0000 UTC View Post
