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Chapter 83 - Self-study
4th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycleNewt slotted his spirit gem into the spell formation and activated it. The ambient energy grew denser, and Newt started with his first item on the agenda. He created one tendril of fire-aligned spiritual energy, letting it drift and sway in the phant...
Chapter 82 - Seeing a Soother
4th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycleNewt stopped before a light-brown wooden door. A black tag with white letters hung at eye level, saying, ‘Joyguard’.Did he change his name after taking up this position, or is it a coincidence?Popular superstition stated that name was the omen of...
Chapter 81 - Elder Flameax
4th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle“A bright lad,” a booming voice said from a handful of steps away, disturbing Newt’s focus.He was using three tendrils to feel the ground. The sensation was akin to looking a different way with each eye while someone held you by your legs and s...
Chapter 80 - Realizations and Improvements
4th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycleNewt sent a pulse of spiritual energy into the earth and lost contact with it right away.“Why’d you start with three feet right away?” Elder Alabaster yelled before reining in her voice. “Go slower, an inch at first, no more. You took the For...
Chapter 79 - Feeling the Earth
4th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle“Don’t worry, you’re really close, much closer than someone your realm has any right to be, and I hate to interrupt you, but now it’s time for our daily lesson.” Elder Alabaster did not mention that Newt was closer to figuring out technique...
Chapter 78 - An Accident Waiting to Happen
4th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycleNewt had been developing his new technique for about an hour when he sensed an intrusion.“Senior Apprentice Brother, it’s past eight in the morning.” The faintly familiar voice came from a world away, it was no heart demon, but the outer discip...
Chapter 77 - Reverse Scale
3rd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycleNewt felt like gastonias had walked all over him as he entered room five-o-three. Even dead tired, he froze after taking a single step inside. The room was brightly lit, the air fresh, and the piles of dirty clothes were gone. Someone, probably Obsid...
Chapter 76 - The Beatdown
3rd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycleAlabaster shrugged and said the only logical thing, “Sure.”Newt could tell she expected Crystal would beat him into the ground. He looked at Crystal, and the young woman had a gentle face, but her eyes were stern and focused at the moment. Newt h...
Chapter 75 - The Welcome
3rd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle“That’s an interesting defensive skill for your realm. Most can’t separate their protections from their body until the fourth realm. How far can you push it?”Newt projected Granite Crust away from himself, and the dark cloud started dissolvin...
Chapter 74 - Competitive Environment
3rd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycleNewt reached the northern training field an hour and a half before noon. His new uniform fit perfectly, but nobody noticed, since sect uniforms were supposed to fit perfectly anyway. Or at least that was the case with everyone using the training area...
Chapter 73 - The Chamber of Tomes
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle“You may check out up to three tomes containing no secrets, martial arts, or cultivation techniques. You may read them wherever, or even take them on missions. However, you have to sit down and copy them by hand, should you lose or damage them in a...
Chapter 72 - Voids to Fill
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle“Huh?” That wasn’t Magmin?“What happened with the cores?” Still obsessed with money, Newt hardly considered the embarrassing question as it escaped lips. Luckily, Elder Woodhopper misunderstood his concern.“Both the Cloud Monarch’s and ...
Chapter 71 - Blind
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycleNewt’s heart skipped a beat. He opened his mouth, but words failed him, and Elder Woodhopper’s smile grew wider.“You are Newstar, a new inner disciple. It’s highly irregular for you to join the inner sect at this time.”Newt nodded and clamp...
Chapter 70 - Scribing and Charming
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle“Good day, I am Elder Longfang. I’m also a member of the Formation Scribes’ Guild. You must be extraordinary to join outside the admittance period.”Newt half-bowed to Elder Longfang, he was the person with the highest concentration of spiritu...
Chapter 69 - The Chamber Street
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle“Opportunities always come with a certain risk.” Newt said after collecting himself.The words were hollow, when you heard the stories, the risk always happened to others and they survived, making it a gripping adventure, but a part of him knew th...
Chapter 68 - Obsidian
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycleNewt was at a loss, unsure what to do. Both women shut themselves in their bedrooms while some unfortunate guy’s stuff clogged his. Worse, he could not just throw the junk out, on account of the late guy’s girlfriend, who in turn did not want to ...
Chapter 67 - Roommates
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycleBased on the flaky impression he had of Elder Alabaster, Newt expected a lot of things from her. Two hours every day, ‘be at the northern training field an hour before noon, and not a minute late or I beat you,’ was definitely not one of them.The...
Chapter 66 - Silver Tongued
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle“Name?” a bored clerk with gray hair and droopy eyes said, not bothering to grace Newt a look. His aura revealed him as a fourth realm cultivator, and considering his appearance, he must have been ancient.“Newstar Blazing Salamander.”The man ...
Chapter 65 - Entering the Explorer’s Gate
2nd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycleNewt’s eyes immediately adjusted to the light as he left the sub. Just like Elder Alabaster had said, darkness and the small confined space meant little when cultivators meditated. And the peace of mind from cultivation meant little to Newt with th...
Chapter 64 - The Leg
1st of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycleFor the first time in his life, Newt entered a port. The pier was huge, catering to a hundred docked ships, with plenty of empty space left over. Then, he saw the sea. The greenish-blue stretched into the horizon, stealing his breath away with every ...
Chapter 63 - Star’s Fall
1st of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle“Thank you for everything, Senior.” Newt bowed deeply to Elder Frostgrave and the disciples of the Everfrost Palace. They had escorted him to the twenty-seventh imperial city called Star’s Fall.The elder gave a solemn nod, minding the public, b...
Chapter 62 - High Class Travel
89nd of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycleElder Frostgrave led the way for about a mile away from Thunder Ridge until the party reached a ramp leading to a stone viaduct. The elevated road was around eighty feet wide and stood twenty feet above ground.Newt had seen nothing like it, and once ...
Chapter 61 - Parting Ways
82nd of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle“Newstar, we are beyond the point where you can just say you owe me another favor, and I will not reveal a secret like that to you, nor anyone else, without getting something of equal or greater value in return.”Newt nodded. He had asked Dandelio...
Chapter 60 - Rewards and Gains
80th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycleThe return to the surface was a torture. Luckily, Everlast had some food stashed away in her spatial pouch, and Dandelion reshaped their bubble once so they could sleep. But even with all the advantages and a body which hardly required air, sustenanc...
Chapter 59 - Darkness and Light
66th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycleThe green light glared in the claustrophobic space barely larger than a coffin. It shone from below, painting everyone’s face a ghastly play of green and shadow. Newt’s heart drummed so hard, he was certain it was beating against Everlast’s bre...
Chapter 58 - Ice Jade Marrow
66th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycleNewt could not believe what he was seeing. Everlast was also stunned, but she lacked the third eye, so she could not see the intricate flows of energy as Dandelion executed yet another third realm frostworm. The fourth one since they had arrived at t...
Chapter 57 - Team
66th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle“Here it comes,” Dandelion flew up from the pit in the furthest corner of the upper tunnels.The shaft was a spiraling tube as wide at the cave was tall, and an infuriated, butt-burned frostworm was slithering up it, a dozen yards behind its smili...
Chapter 56 - Flame Needle
66th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycleNewt and Everlast carefully entered the frostworm cavern. Dandelion was not as stressed, nor did he tiptoe around, he simply walked normally, his steps muffled by cushions of air. Newt would not be surprised if the man started humming, but as they ap...
Chapter 55 - Tips and Lessons
62nd of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycleThe frozen ground shook as the enraged frostworm’s bellows rattled Newt’s bones and made his molars buzz.“It’s furious,” he said aloud what they already knew.“At the fifth realm, spirit beasts are nearly as intelligent as humans, and most...
