Chapter 126: THE IMPASSE
CHAPTER
126
THE IMPASSE
JIEYUAN
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That, Jieyuan decided, did not go as planned.
The saber gone, Meiyao and t...
2025-08-31 03:02:31 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 125: PLAN AND FAIL
CHAPTER
125
PLAN AND FAIL
JIEYUAN
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Jieyuan knew that voice. How could he not, when he’d spent the last two months hoping to hear ...
2025-08-31 03:01:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 124: TO BE FAKE
CHAPTER
124
TO BE FAKE
JIEYUAN
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Meiyao. She was there, somehow, standing on the other end of the pocket. Her hair was even longer t...
2025-08-31 03:01:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 123: BLOOD AND SIGHT
CHAPTER
123
BLOOD AND SIGHT
JIEYUAN
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The forest snapped back into place around him, but all of Jieyuan’s attention was on the lit...
2025-08-06 15:48:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 122: THE RED RING
CHAPTER
122
THE RED RING
JIEYUAN
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Daojue moved the Yellowsoul bracelet to his right hand, the hand with the red ring, and took hold...
2025-08-06 15:47:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 121: BAGS AND PRISMS
CHAPTER
121
BAGS AND PRISMS
JIEYUAN
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“What?” Jieyuan looked from Daojue to Gleaming End and then back to Daojue. “Why not? Wh...
2025-08-06 15:47:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 120: ABRUPT HALT
CHAPTER
120
ABRUPT HALT
JIEYUAN
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They spent only as much time inside the cave as it took to collect everything. And not a second mo...
2025-08-06 15:46:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 119: WITHOUT SENSE
CHAPTER
119
WITHOUT SENSE
JIEYUAN
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It took Jieyuan a moment to recognize the beast.
The triangular ears, the fox-like head, t...
2025-08-06 15:46:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 118: DOWN AND UNDER
CHAPTER
118
DOWN AND UNDER
JIEYUAN
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There was a hole in the ground.
Jieyuan didn’t like it on principle.
He and Daoju...
2025-07-11 04:16:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 117: PASS A TEST
CHAPTER
117
PASS A TEST
JIEYUAN
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Daojue’s gauntlets flashed every time it touched a string and it disappeared. And with how fast ...
2025-07-11 04:15:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 116: STRING AND RED
CHAPTER
116
STRING AND RED
JIEYUAN
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Jieyuan stood in the middle of the clearing, eyes on the thicker wall of mist ahead that marked...
2025-07-11 04:15:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 115: TO BREAK THROUGH
CHAPTER
115
TO BREAK THROUGH
JIEYUAN
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“She isn’t coming,” Jieyuan said.
It was the fifth day.
The fifth day since...
2025-07-11 04:15:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 114: THE FOOL’S GOLD
CHAPTER
114
THE FOOL’S GOLD
JIEYUAN
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Jieyuan stared at the snake.
It had fallen barely a foot away. Within arm’s reach. H...
2025-07-04 03:51:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 113: KICK IT IN
CHAPTER
113
KICK IT IN
JIEYUAN
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He might’ve hit the ground rolling if it weren’t for Daojue’s grip on him, and the fact Maeva...
2025-07-04 03:51:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 112: TO SPLIT UP
CHAPTER
112
TO SPLIT UP
JIEYUAN
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Jieyuan didn’t know which was worse—the split between the snakes, or the earth armor on the wh...
2025-07-04 03:50:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 111: SHOOT AND FAIL
CHAPTER
111
SHOOT AND FAIL
JIEYUAN
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Jieyuan had just gotten a foot forward before Daojue appeared by his side, grabbed his arm, and...
2025-07-04 03:50:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 110: AND IT STRIKES
CHAPTER
110
AND IT STRIKES
JIEYUAN
—∞—
As if the menacing, unblinking, slitted stare of the green snake head wasn’t bad enough, the ...
2025-07-04 03:50:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 109: ONE OR TWO
CHAPTER
109
ONE OR TWO
JIEYUAN
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Someway, somehow, things were looking up.
Jieyuan crouched in front of a bushy bramble and pl...
2025-06-24 04:23:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 108: PASSION TALK
CHAPTER
108
PASSION TALK
JIEYUAN
—∞—
Meiyao pulled the group of ingredients she’d separated for the antidote closer and pushed the o...
2025-06-24 04:23:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 107: CHANGE IN AREA
CHAPTER
107
CHANGE IN AREA
JIEYUAN
—∞—
The flowers came as a surprise, and not a pleasant one.
As Jieyuan stepped into the pocke...
2025-06-24 04:22:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 106: BLOOD REVEALED
CHAPTER
106
BLOOD REVEALED
JIEYUAN
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Jieyuan had grown used to Meiyao’s looks, but he didn’t think he’d ever grow numb 2025-06-24 04:22:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 105: SAFE AT LAST
CHAPTER
105
SAFE AT LAST
JIEYUAN
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They didn’t stop.
As they rushed into the next much, much smaller pocket of mist...
2025-06-24 04:21:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 104: THE LAST STRETCH
CHAPTER
104
THE LAST STRETCH
JIEYUAN
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The first thing Jieyuan did as he came through was cast a quick look around.
The avenue stretched wide a...
2025-06-17 05:30:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 103: TO COMMAND
CHAPTER
103
TO COMMAND
JIEYUAN
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For all the ways the city had twisted, shifted, and come alive around them—stirring like somethin...
2025-06-17 05:29:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 102: COLORED BEAM
CHAPTER
102
COLORED BEAM
JIEYUAN
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Jieyuan’s eyes flicked sideways—left, then right—past the length of the bridge, scanning th...
2025-06-17 05:29:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 101: CLIMB ACROSS
CHAPTER
101
CLIMB ACROSS
JIEYUAN
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“Rot,” Meiyao murmured next to him.
“Rot,” Jieyuan echoed. The word tasted bitter o...
2025-06-17 05:28:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 100: TO RUSH OUT
CHAPTER
100
TO RUSH OUT
JIEYUAN
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Jieyuan ran faster—pushed harder—feeling each step sink into the roots underfoot and crush them flat. He did it...
2025-06-10 04:28:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 99: SACRED SOURCE
CHAPTER
99
SACRED SOURCE
JIEYUAN
—∞—
Only now did Jieyuan really see the trunk of the Sacred Source. The curtain formed by the weeping, flowing leaves ...
2025-06-09 05:29:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 98: CULT OF DEATH
CHAPTER
98
A DEATH FAITH
JIEYUAN
—∞—
It was a long way down. Thousands of steps, each one thick with tangled roots, to the point you could hardly see t...
2025-06-09 05:28:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 97: THE CRADLE
CHAPTER
97
THE CRADLE
JIEYUAN
—∞—
Judging by how Huaxin started beating faster still, it wasn’t any happier with the direction things were heading th...
2025-06-09 05:28:15 +0000 UTC View Post