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Anonymous11/30/25, 09:22No.6340545Heretic Cultivator Quest 32
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The much applauded winner of the Magical Beast Tactician's Contest, Mi Wanpisheng has lost all of his bluster and cheekiness now that's he's been brought before you to recieve his reward. The ice tailed macaque is holding his tail in front of himself, his almost human face spread into a shy grin as you lounge before him, preening the back of your paw as he is guided forward by one of his Sect's elders. As his master and adoptive father had business with the Weiyupo of the innocent witch courts, but a little birdy er, well Yujijiao told you they were just exchanging care tips for young magical beasts.,
"Wanpisheng" You savor the victors name, drawning it out in a way that you realize might sound slightly threatening as the kid who your own, bunny eared kids had become so fond of so quickly winced and barred his teeth, trying to replicate a human's smile rather than baring his fangs at you like an impudent monkey
"Yes, your highness" He addresses you with a courtly bow, very much resembling a sniveling eunuch despite what you'd seen to be his ordinary, bombastic personality
"Your sect and mine are neighbors, we share many of the same borders and also a fondness for beasts" You explain, imperiously and booming as you rise from your pile of cushions, the elder stiffening and smacking the Macaque on his backside to make him remember his posture "But your temple doesn't host any wild royalty, now does it?"
"I understand, seat of the palace, that you consider few other magical beasts to be primordial nobility" The elder, whom you do not know by name, face or deed states and you smirk, amused by his cheek to interrupt you while the great Huanliuxue was speaking
"You understood correctly, its a matter of evolution and presence, and dignity" You explain, nodding, deciding to keep the mysteries of magical beasts a bit more mysterious for a bit longer "There are three, living, Wild Princesses [野生 格格, Yěshēng Gége], myself and my sisters, The Geges"
"The very same who lead the armies of giant insects against the Ling Chuan alliance?" The elder asks, catching on quickly judging by the sparkle in his eye and the way he's stroking his beard, like a merchant eyeing up coins or a flesh merchant eyeing up a pretty girl
"Yes, Tiexingege and Jionghuagege" You answers excitedly as the confused Wanpisheng suddenly stiffens, gritting his teeth as he stammers and lets go of his tail
"Ah ah, your highness, I am honored beyond words to be offered" He starts and you smirk, tail flicking as you understand immediately that its Tie Tie that's making him so hesitant to accept this grand privledge and rare offer. She is a bully.
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Anon11/30/25, 09:23No.6340546
But Jiong Jiong can usually keep her in check..."We accept" The elder cuts him off, covering his mouth as the Macaque wilts, eyes shut tightly as his brow furrows and wrinkles deeply"Oh come on, your a boy, men should be brave, courageous, daring!" You laugh, patting him on the head with your regal paw "Sure, Tie-er has something of a volatile temper, but you should learn how to handle such fires, boy! And Jiong-er should teach you the manners and etiquette expected of beastly nobility""Wait you mean" Wanpisheng, catching on, gasps, eyes sparkling before his elder makes him bow and scrape the floor, pressing his hand down on the back of his head"We will be most honored to accept this intersect tutelage, Princess Huanliuxue!" he shouts in his place as you cackle, like the witch that raised you and grant them permission to leave your throne room, monkey and man both casting suspicious glances at the swaying trees lining the walk up to your seat, and the curious carmine glow rippling down their trunks like living veins.
_"Now" Her majesty Huanliuxue, the highest and greatest of all house cats, the most splendid and heavenly of all felines, spoke unto the crowd of lesser beasts, but Mianhuagege (Cotton Princess, 棉花 格格), knew in her heart of hearts that the queen of kitty cats was addressing her subjects. Mianhuagege was...well she was a squirt, her legs weren't as long as they should've been, but that was but one sign of her good breeding and illustrious genetics. She'd been told as much, as she recalled, by Granny, the old noble in Suiqi who'd bought her for a small fortune. Yes, her stubby legs marked her as nobility, amongst her fellow cats who were of course the natural royalty of magical beasts.She blinked, and tilted her head, puffing out her chest as her bell tied tail tingled behind her as she listened to her beloved liege explain the basic principles of magic. She recalled the number of sages her granny had bought for entertainment, and the street magicians she'd hired to celebrate her growth spurt and sudden gift of speech not long after all the excitement the two legs had stirred, when her majesty taught them all a lesson in humility and obedience.The other house cats, who'd made fun of her "Squished" face and "Pointlessly" long coat, mocking her aristocratic features and silken regalia, as often as they had her admittedly short legs, look just as focused as she was, and those monk sorts trained by one of the two legs cultivators, seemed to understand every word. But the beast not born blessed as a house cat, struggled to make sense of what her majesty was saying, even if it seemed pretty self explanatory.Qi. Spiritual energy. it existed every where. And, as the name implied, all magical beasts could harness it, given practice or training, unlike the two legs, who needed a rare talent to even be aware of the breath of the universe.
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Anon12/04/25, 11:51No.6342333
It takes sometime for Mianhuagege to recover, which you spend watching over her and embarrassing her cause your size difference in beast form makes her feel like a kitten, as she loudly and often complains as you wait for her to catch her breath with quiet dignity, lapping at the back of your paw as you look her over and scrutinize her.You'd noticed it when she was tagging along with Yinying and his choice of royal guards, but she really is rather fat. In the way only a truly spoiled lap pet can be. And her former owner slash granny is all too willing to ramble on and on about her daily life of comfort and ease. The old bat is also, entirely unafraid to brush you, who is seen as an earthborne deity by most of the kingdom, as she gossips about the excitement of Mianhuagege suddenly becoming, well, a magical beast in your passing.Up close, the spoilt cotton princess' face isn't as squished as you'd noticed. Her snout is shorter, rounder, looking like a meatbun that grew fur, but not smashed in as you'd worried it had been by the monk she'd fought in the first round. And the sign of her enchanted life, her sapphire eyes are nearly as brilliant as Siwang's. Though hers are much more conceited and vain looking than that clever judge's ever sharp gaze. But the more you try to ignore it, the more you're forced to focus on and confront thatMianhuagege really is fat. Her long coat fur doesn't make her look slimmer, but she is rotund enough it makes her gait shorter and more hurried just because she can't take as long of strides as a svelte and lithe beast like yourself. You're proud of your muscles and slimness, so seeing another cat so blubbery really makes you cringe. Once she starts training, you're putting her on an intense diet. Maybe Lian Luli could help. She's a hard worker and got her weak body muscled up and brawny quick once you got her on a training regime.But besides the prodigious belly of the young girl, her bushy tail is what draws most of your attention. Just because of how much more fluffy it is compared to other cat's tails you've seen.Once she's able to pick herself off the ground, you, her rich granny, head to the safe location in your spiritwood grove to begin the lessons. The other victors of the magic trial, all magical beasts brought into and raised by other sects, are waiting with escorts, whose eyes boggle as they see you stride into the grove, half woman half beast and as frightening as you like."Sorry to keep you waiting, I was in audience with this pretty young queen" You compliment Mian's grandma, who blushes and hides her shameless smile behind a gaudy peacock feather fan "I'm sure you all want to receive my blessings and the prize for your victory, but I'm also sure your teachers might get offended to know what it is. And before the seniors present ask, know, I'm not head hunting them. In fact, if their masters are shameless, they might be over the moon with glee when they hear"
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Anon12/04/25, 11:52No.6342334
Though none of the sect heads or grandmasters were present. Not Shandian, not the Weiwupo, not ancient Mi, and certainly not Xue Long. But you recognize the elders they sent, by their face or their sent if not by their name. Some of them did pretty well in the last bracket, even if they were far from taking first place themselves."Breathing exercises" The innocent witch court member escorting Tian Zhuwang, Baifenchi's spidery friend, guesses after a quiet discussion of exchanged gazes and gesturesYou grin, and the witch winces to see such fearsome fangs peek out from behind a full human smile"Each sect practices their own set, and each technique has their own unique form. Cultivators only really adapt their breathing styles when they rocket up in power. But different forms have different benefits" You explain, for the benefit of the youngsters as their seniors nod along, transfixed "And I've seen fit to offer to see if they have an affinity for some of the Palace of Natural Law's methods, and Mianhuagege here, as she is the only one of the winners whose not already part of a sect"Mian lifted up her chest with pride, hanging stomach wobbling"Will be given my personal method" You say and she has a thoughtless look in her eyes as the senior's eyes bulge and you realize she isn't aware of the fact her liege cultivates primarily off of the breath of ghosts "And learn how to absorb the essence of the dead, and refine it into useable spiritual energies""The taboo act of robbing the dead of their breath" The Xue clan representative says, shivering as you smile and twirl a false ghost light into the palm of your clawed paw padded hand "A mere step above consuming the souls completely""It is actually beneficial for the dead" You scoff, floating the bobbing false ghost light toward your brother's man "eases their suffering, reduces their madness. Healthy for the mind and the soul it belongs to. And, if you do it right, makes you near immune to ghostly or deathly yin qi's unpleasant side effects""But without the aptitude" the witch starts, scaring poor Mianhuagege "It could be lethal""Mraw?" Mian asks meekly, tail fluffed up and raisedYou shrug off their concern and her growing dread. Maybe she'll drop a few pounds out of fright"We cats are nearer to the boundary between life and death, I often sway over one side or the other. And as you can see, my soul isn't as tightly tethered to its beautiful vessel" You cackle, eyes gleaming with confidence and a bit of mischief "And little Mian here, has shown an apptitude for ghostly arts'"Mrah!?" Mian squeaks and her granny claps her hands excitedly, her little wrinkled face lighting up. And that is what stops the fatty from complaining or refusing, even as, with a snap of your fingers, you summon a few of your more tame subjects and some of your most loyally. The ghost who'd been with you from the start, like old beetle general, or the axe lady. Not Xiongji. Because he is still...a handful.
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Anon12/08/25, 23:21No.6344285
Sorry to make you wait over the weekend juniors. Caught a winter cold and I'm still fighting it. I'll end and tally up the vote soon and get writing, but I figured since its been three ish days I should tell you the cause for the delay. Might be able to do it later tonight, hope I will, but we'll see.So please be patient, juniors. I will return after some cold medicine and a nap
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Anon12/09/25, 15:28No.6344556
You watch the flickering light of Pony's ghost light as she floats deeper into the wild growth grove of your gardens as you tap a clawed finger on your chin, watching as Mianhuagege and the beast students of other sects practice their breathing exercises, under your watchful eyes as their seniors sit politely on a silken rug they'd brought with them, sharing snacks and gossip as they try to ignore the presence of the ghosts. And the departure of one that could've probably killed them if you'd gave her a bit slack on her leash. You'd, almost offendedly, wondered where the sect masters, your supposed peers, were if they weren't watching their students lessons which could've easily been taken as an insultBuuut, you'd realized just as soon as you began to stew in pique and resentful thoughts that they had an actual reason not to attend and see their disciples get taught by you. And that was reason was you. They were golden cores, and the beast tournament was proceeding with remarkable swiftness and ease compared to some of the earlier rounders. And that meant it was their reputation and asses on the line next and they all knew that you were the peak they had to challenge if they didn't get knocked out before they inevitably crossed your path. And the thought was pretty satisfying, since it just proved your superiority and that you didn't have to worry about any of your neighbors aiming for your throat. You were, widely, agreed to be the strongest existence in Chuan Kingdom, a smirking herald of misfortune and oblivion that shattered the strongest shield of Chuan when you clashed with Xue Laohue and turned the strongest and largest sect into a faint shadow of its former self by humbling them and killing off a lot of their disciples and elders.Of course they'd be busy preparing and training. This would be their one shot to dispel the illusion of your invulnerability and the only way to safely gauge your actual combat prowess without risking a sudden and explosive demise! You could overlook the offense of not accompanying their students to this lesson, since they only missed it to prepare for their own contests. And the possibility of meeting you in the ring. And that they were putting some real effort in, meant any bouts you had with them might actually end up being more exciting than you'd imaginedBut now that you weren't seething and fuming about the imagined insult, there was something else that came to mind. Why did Pony of all ghosts showed up. Sure, she wasn't the only of his generals that chose to stick to Ao's ghostly thigh rather than proceed to their next life, but she and you had a history since you kinda tried to tear her heart out after driving her further into madness with your moonlit eyes. She probably wasn't trying to pick a fight, since she's had her excess Deathly Yin Qi drained away and Ao's presence has had a remarkable effect on the sanity of his underlings, but she was also supremely loyal to Ao.
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Anon12/13/25, 04:12No.6346259
"Hey, Hey" You say, trilling with your tongue as you hop and bounce closer to her, lifting your voice to a higher, cutesy pitch as you can see Pony's ghostly form flicker and shift towards a more monstrous countenance as she struggles to restrain her temper at your pestering "What were you going to say? It sounded like you had a lot more to say, and a ghost's tongue can't rot out of their mouth when they aren't, ya know, corporeal and enfleshed, so what were you going to say, Pony? I'm curious now""Why out of all the women beneath the heavens, across the vast gulf of time and history, are you the one whose caught his interest!" She snaps, stomping a hoof as you leap back and floating gracefully to the ground, a smug, self satisfied smirk on your lips "Half crazed at the best of times, and too strong for any of the weaklings of the era to humble you in defeat! Why are you, smug egoist you are, the object of his attention? A brat of a girl""Is that jealously I taste on the resentment pouring from you?" You cackle "Are you still bitter about your own humbling defeat?""I am not jealous of my king! I am just...baffled as to why the kid rampaging around and claiming all she sees as her kingdom by birthright is the one he chose to kneel and submit before! It is enraging! Especially when you choose to haunt me like you're the cursed ghost between us!" She yells, stomping all four of her hooves as you titter behind your drooping sleeves, very much entertained by her outburst "Why...why were you the one to equal my king, in this era or any other! Conceited, Resentful, with head sometimes filled with cotton and others pure brilliance""Ao likes interesting things, and he likes strong people" You offer with a shrug "But, I think a lot of the faults you see in me, can be found in that proud king of yours, so tell me, Pony girl~~How'd Aodasheng win your loyalty?"Being asked that point blank stalls her temper and makes her return to a less inhuman shape as you sway up to her, eyes locked on hers, intense and curious"I'm curious, because loyalty beyond death is rare" You gingerly explain, dipping down your shoulders to look at her eye to eye, brow to brow and nearly nose to nose "and Ao had an entire army still believing in him after centuries of limbo""You really are more idiot than genius" She laughs, shaking her head as she tries and fails to push you away, looking shocked by just how muscular you are under your robes despite her being enchanted by you when you subjected her to your Lunatic eyes technique "It should be obvious""Eh?" You snort, and press your forehead against hers, glaring down at her
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Anon12/16/25, 08:05No.6347565
"Why~" You purr, leaning into her face, eyes wide and sparkling with starlight as your teeth become more fang like as your smile stretches into a face framing grin "I'd reward you! It'd only be proper to."Stepping back, straightening your back and regaining your regal bearing and elegant posture, you clap your hands together and unable to stop the words from slipping over your tongue add."A good subject gets rewarded" You sneer, eyes flashing red as Pony's brow wrinkles and her eyes narrow, clearly offended but unable to argue with your logic"And I can expect this word to be material, and not simply, say the presence of your imperial self or something as meager as a kiss" She for whatever reasons feels the need to make clear as you roll your eyes "Something that I'd find value in, that I'd have a use for and not what you yourself would consider valuable or decree as a heavenly treasure""Tch you really have a sharp tongue, shame you're keep it behind that iron mask, it could use some tempering and dulling" You drone, rolling your neck before shrugging "and I told you I'd reward you, why do you think I need to have what a reward is explained to me""Your values are twisted and you're as conceited, vain and catty in your vivaciousness, I just want to make sure I won't be offered humiliation as my "prize" for teaching you how to hold a bow" She explains, bluntly and you snort through your nose "But, bringing up your flighty nature, I should also tell you that, if you're aiming to shoot down an archer of your level, I doubt we have the time to make you his equal in archery. If you'd asked me earlier during these games you're hosting, it might be doable or"You cut her off, hand hovering over her throat, eyes slitted and cold like a serpent's as Pony, very wisely, shuts up as you glare through her."Don't tell me what is impossible. I can accomplish anything if I set my mind to it and put in the effort to achieve it" You lightly scold her, pulling your hand away "I'm a quick learner and reach mastery as easily as landing on my feet, in most of my endeavors""Dully noted" She says, cool as the corpse she is "But, I warn you, you're setting yourself up for a humbling. I'll do what I can, but don't expect to pull off a miracle just because you've done it already once or twice""I've created miracles much more commonly than "once or twice" My darling Pony, Now draw your bow and begin my lesson before I get impatient, or worse, Booooooored!" You snicker, lifting up her chin with a nail before slipping away from her and turning your back to her, eyes scanning and darting around the blood thirsty orchard "Ah, shoot an arrow through that fruit that looks like an apple, as a demonstration""You are the precise reason I've always preferred dogs" the recently freed cursed specter behind you hiss through her teeth, but obeys like a good girl despite how much you clearly annoy her.
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Anon12/20/25, 14:03No.6349242
So since trying to do more than one of the training choices at a time will drastically increase the DC, even though there's been a longer gap between updates than I'd like for various reasons, I feel that the only fair thing would be to let you juniors make your choice after seeing the increasesSo, combining one of the DC 95 choices to make a specialized form of Archery Reliant on one of Ghostly yin, Pure Blood Qi/ Carmine mysticism+ Magical Beast shenanigans or Cosmic Qi/ MOON magic with attempt to reach as high a level as mastery as possible in the time you haveWould have a DC larger than the combined total of the two choices, 275Shooting for Mastery + a customized style, in one quick pre fight lesson, would in fact reach to a DC total of 550. And extend the lesson to the point Huan would miss the later half of the beast contests and maybe even some of the Gold Core rounds/ prep. And if anyone but Huan with her Crit-fail immunity tried, the range for the crit fail would be 1 to 10So, lightning round of voting. It'll be tallied later today or tomorrow if real life stuff comes up and I can't find the time (Like has been the case the friday and thursday)
>Just go with Maximum effort>Just go with creating the Primordial/ Verdant style>Try to do both,
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Anon12/21/25, 11:34No.6349735
Okay, lightning round last longer than I meant it to. I ask for forgiveness juniors, but circumstances were out of my handsMaximum effort: 5Primordial/ Verdant style:1Very clear winner winner for you to put in maximum effortIntermediate update will arrive shortly, then I realize we'll need to do the vote for bonus, most likely. Probably should've done that sooner but it skipped my mind
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Anon12/21/25, 11:57No.6349738
"Well it'd be improper to find fault in the faults of one's personal tastes" You cackle, throwing up you hands before sitting down with a dramatic puff of air, smiling as you flick a sleeve and bid Pony to begin demonstrating the absolute basics of archery. She sighs through her nose and sits down, and you watch as the ghost begins to strip down her bow made of blackened bones and iron, unraveling a string of dried intestines and corpse hair from its to ends and carefully allowing it to go slack before presenting the bow to you with a two of her four arms. Her talons of black bone tapping on its surface"The material matters" She explains "In both bow and string, in mundanity, this would be restricted to wood. It'd need to be pliable, flexible, able to withstand the torque and pull of the string to launch the arrows. But in the world of cultivation, this isn't a hard set rule""And I have no end of choices when it comes to bow material" You hum, tapping a nail on your chin "And probably won't be able to draw and shoot a bow in my original form, will I?""Not without greater effort or clever use of Qi strings, maybe a crossbow would work" Pony says with a shrug "You can borrow my bow for now, just""I see, I see" You exclaim, running your hand down the length of the bow and the wire of guts and hair she handed you "You made this from your own physical corpse, tempered and hardened it in spectral fire, strengthening it further in corpse ash and grease. This is a marvelous cursed tool, overflowing with malevolence and malice"Pony shut her eyes as you dragged the string of her hair and guts between your fingers, testing its give and durability by twanging and plucking it like it was one of ghost empress melody's strings. Oh that's a thought, you could make a guqin strung with ghost hair and human viscera, but that'd be nothing more than a novelty considering your...lack of experience as a artisan and the fact the Melody has served you well despite it being a magical tool made for a much weaker Huanliuxue. It still has its uses in battle, and functions as well as a instrument as it ever has"When you are done playing with my mortal remains, I'll show you how to restring the bow and properly notch an arrow, in a number of styles. Not that I expect you to ever ride horse back, but your habit of floating off the ground and letting yourself be bowled around by the breeze like a cotton seed, would require a different style of draw and notch" She starts to explain before you clap a hand on your thigh and wag a finger"No no no. No half measures. You'll show me everyway there is to string this bow, stealthily, quickly and every other way there is, before we move onto notching, where you WILL teach me every method you know and instruct me until I surpass you in most of them!" You scold, and Pony bows her head, going stiff like a corpse for a few moments
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Anon12/21/25, 19:17No.6349947
Pretty clear winnerTotal Bonus for training/ cultivation is now 1317and the result is 190, ten over DC. A fair success in overcoming a great challengeupdate will arrive shortly
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Anon12/21/25, 20:14No.6349960
It has been awhile since you've trained under a teacher, even if you'd never call Pony as such, you've gotten by and reached great heights all by your own direction, instincts and natural talents. Forging your own path in pursuit of a dao only you can witness and comprehend. It is almost quaint to once again be learning from another, and Pony proves to be a much more demanding and ruthless instructor than Monu ever was. She sets a blistering pace, exactly as you demanded and only moves from one lesson to the next more rapidly as you meet and surpass the speed of her lessons as you'd commanded. It is rather entertaining and fun, and actually challenging to nearly match some of the fights that pushed you to surpass even your own limits and highest estimates of your own power. Almost.You learn how to string in styles of archery that died out when the gods, offended by Aodasheng being, well an asshole at times and a villain at others declared no rain should fall on his homeland and turned it into a desert, as well as the ancestral techniques that had survived in some form across the broken kingdoms of the empire you helped settle down into its death bed while learning what it meant to be human. Dusk Marsh Wolf Guerilla archery, Chuan River Boat Shooting, Summer Sea Dawn Pirate Bowmanship to name the ones closest to home. Once you've gotten the fundamentals of stringing, notching and shooting down, Pony tests every mundane style she had mastered in life and perfected in death to see if one will stall you or be the one to prove her right that your arrogance would be your humiliationNone of them give her the satisfaction, as you quickly pick up each disparate style and comprehend them quickly"Pony, I invented a martial art wholesale when I was just starting out, learning mundane techniques like these is as easy as napping for me" You snicker, slapping her flank as you just aced a course for the more acrobatic and showy style of mounted archery of the Starlit Dance, which she'd put as a challenge after you'd shown that you could shoot just fine astride the back of a bucking and wild Pony who tried to put off your aim when she was showing you how to use the foundation style of her archery, the Chuan Herdmen style that had gone extinct when, well, the gods buried all of the surviving practitioners with their king.Ling Swallow Shooting. Bao Wall Archery. Shaolin Monastery Archery. Beggar's Concealed Bow. The list goes on and on for styles of archery that either exist only in their descendants or couldn't stand the test of time. You learn every form of archery from Centuries past, driving Pony mad as she tries to find one you couldn't practice and quickly attain mastery with by watching her and mimicking her moves before refining them with specter lightness and blood qi enhancements, and the general benefit of still being alive and breathing.
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Anon12/21/25, 20:15No.6349961
It is a fun diversion, until she finally relents and shows you the kind of archery Cultivators practice. And teaches you techniques that have probably all dried out except for the collection and memories of Aodasheng and his remaining followers and the scrolls repositories of the nine heavens themselves.And these lessons are the ones that take up most of your time. Learning this level of martial art, can takes years of practice for the unprepared and untalented, but for rare geniuses like yourself with truly prodigious natural skill, aptitude and thousands of insights, it just takes a lot of focus, determination and effort, from both teacher and pupil. In the time you have to waste learning how to become a great, master archer amongst "immortals", Pony is able to hammer into your bones the techniques of two complete mystical archery styles that had been lost to, well not the sands of time but rather the sudden and crushing weight of an flipped over mountain smashing down on all of their extent practitioners.The gods truly do work wonders, heh-heh.The first is the Black Night Arrow Scripture(黑夜箭经文,Hēiyèjiàn jīngwén), a lost assassination art that combines acupoint and meridian sealing with rabid fire stealth archery and to your delight is what you'd call a ghostly cultivation technique as its shots are commonly empowered with negative yin energies, such as your favored ghostly yin and deathly yin Qi's, and you can just imagine how they'd work with destructive yin Qi. According to Pony, Aodasheng got annoyed by the constant assassination attempts by the long dead school that practiced this cultivation killer technique and wiped them out and stole their style as a final insult. In its heyday, this technique was the terror of the world of cultivation, and was actually one of the reasons the Night Lantern Sutra ( 夜灯笼真经, Yèdēnglóngzhēnjīng) was invented as those who were killed by it and those who attained even a middling level of skill with it had a bad habit of returning as rather potent cursed spirits and hungry ghosts.The second is the Rotten Oath (腐烂 誓言, Fǔlàn Shìyán) is what can be generously described as a mutual self destruction technique. It is a technique that relies on tying together the red string of fate between archer and target and using it to transmit curses from the shooter to the quarry, sharing the burden. It is, effectively, a game of drinking poison to see who drops dead first. According to Pony, a sect of witch's invented it when their founder love became twisted and suicidal, and she killed herself and her paramour with one, incredibly deadly curse. The name sake Fulan Shiyan, a curse of supreme potency that worked almost like a marriage pact, and would cause both parties to rot and decay rapidly. That is its ultimate technique, but it is just one curse of many that can be slapped on to arrows via talismans, scrawled in blood or simply planted inside of them through sheer malice
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Anon12/22/25, 16:40No.6350263
I want all yo have a good season, and a good celebration, for 2 years ago, Xue was turned into steam
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Anon12/24/25, 23:12No.6351099
"Heard you went chasing after a ghost, after giving a lesson to some good children" Your mother teases as you come swaggering into the chamber used to host the dual alchemist and crafting contests, your tail flicking as you look up to her a smirk"Those clever kids already figured out the basics, and I knew little Cotton could figure out how to absorb the breath of ghosts easily enough on her own" You say, smiling as Monu smirks and dips her chin down, unfurling a paper fan as you sit beside her and lick the back of you paw, looking over at the beasts gathered here "How is that long furred girl doing, anyways""Complaining loudly to her mama and being followed by the ghosts who've gotten fond of her" She snickers "She really reminds me of someone""Younger me, right?" You snicker and your mother just bounces her shoulders, pursing her lips to try and repress laughter "Say, I have a job for you""Right before another exciting contest?" She asks"Yes, I know you are enamored with us beasts but it is a very important task. Fetch our sects' demon descendant" You tell her, lifting up a paw and using it to hide your muzzle "And gather some fresh, strong humming vines. I need you to fashion me a bow"Your mother's eyes flash as her fat tongue flicks out of her lips, making her look particularly toadlike"Oh, a hidden weapon for your own contest? Why, I'd be delighted to provide it for my beloved daughter" She cackles, and you have to clench your jaw to stop from joining her with your own witchy cackle "I'll go find Feiqing and tell him we've got a commission, I presume the particulars are...""Left up to you, but I can fetch some body parts I've shed during my last prance over to the yellow springs if you need them" You tell her, wincing as you see the look of concern pass over your mother's face and tell her a harmless lie "I was joking, dear mother, now hurry along"She snaps her fan shuts, bows in a curtsey and then swishes away, a mirage of poisonous looking colors, leaving you alone to assess the on going contest and sigh sadly. Seems you'll need to give them all a bit of push. You'd wanted to chat up and gossip with the other sect heads about the beasts disciples they had snatched up after watching their performance in the prior trials, and had meant to share a story of your first stumbling attempts at alchemy with just a pair of paws to get by or your first dabblings into poison making, guided by the gentle, loving and motherly hand of Monu the foremost poisoner beneath the heavens as far as you know.However, outside of the beasts already part of a sect, these children have no idea where to start. Seems none of them lived their past lives under the care of an alchemist or cunning smith! Even the adorable, kitty cat faces look utterly confused and you know that Suiqi was abundant with alchemists and craftspeople! Seems they need a bit of a push, or rather more of a shove.
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Anon12/28/25, 04:39No.6352076
Hope you all had your fill of festivities this holiday season, juniors. I was gifted several notable divine scriptures, namely the physical copies of Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint LN, so I'm happy.Anyways, ending the vote, tallying its result now.Give the sects you aren't allied with a chance to take them on as their students: 3Choose the winner by having them taste your blood and see if any of them has the potential to be a Carmine mystic like yourself, Ruolan or Renshu:1Spread out the winners amongst the sects of your alliance, taking the best then letting the Five colors and Five Purities, Summer Sea Dawn, and Thousand Lotus hall sects fight over the runners up:1So you'll give the other sects a chance to take on the beasts who complete the alchemy or crafting contest as "Winners"Update will arrive shortly
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Anon12/28/25, 05:21No.6352082
Simple. You take the best of the best and give the other sects a chance to recruit the other, but less impressive victors into your sect. Sure the palace of natural laws is intended to be a safe haven for all beasts and outcasts, but Chuan will only remain a safe haven for magical beasts if they are accepted throughout it and spread far and wide. And the only way to ensure that is to make them the brothers and sisters of cultivators, and while you might be the peak of cultivation and power in Chuan Kingdom, you are only one woman. Yes, that's a good compromise, and it'll give your new students rivals across the kingdom rather than concentrating them all in the Eight Heavenly Gates in the form of Mi Shendao's menagerie of adopted kids.And that would keep membership in your sect as a great honor and ambition to work towards, while also making beasts like yourself common place and accepted even if something so terrifyingly strong to eclipse your power so completely emerges and slaughters you. As unlikely as that is, it is still a possibility to be wary of. No reason to drop your guard. You'd been that eclipse yourself countless times already...You don't feel the need to provide commentary or question the contestants, and so merely silently observe with a regal bearing as you watch your disciples guide them along, the rest of the crowd silent. Mostly, you think, because anyone who'd joke, mock or make fun of the good children trying so hard to succeed knows that they'd only succeed in making you angry. And everyone, from cultivators to the people who think you're a vengeful goddess, knows that to draw your ire is to court death. But it is amusing, and strangely relaxing watching these youngster fumble with the tools they're given while they listen intently to the quick lectures and on the fly lessons given to them by your ever diligent students. It feels, like it should be. That is normal. Ordinary. And that is something you'd been striving for, since you'd become aware of your place in the world.For beasts to be accepted and safe. You'd be afraid of being lulled to sleep by how peaceful the scene is, and how quiet the crowd is, but your dignity as a ruler keeps your eyes open and your mine alert and sharp as you watch the slowest of all the contests save for of course the days long free for all between the core formation elders, and see which of your subjects throw their hands up in frustration and those who stubbornly persist despite the handicap. It is a big ask to tell a novice to make a pill or craft a sorcerous tool, but it is an even bigger demand to tell one completely unaware and unschooled of the basic principles to do the same, even if they're given mentors and teachers to explain the foundational to give them a shot.
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Anon12/31/25, 04:10No.6352994
Ending and tallying the vote now.Stubborn Stone: 5Heavenly melody: 1
___River Shadow: 5Water Bandit 1: 1Stubborn Stone and River Shadow are the third and fourth disciple the palace of natural laws picked up in the beast only bracket (After xiaoyu and Mianhuagege)Update will arrive shortly
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Anon12/31/25, 04:37No.6353000
" Wángùshítou (Stubborn Stone, 顽固石头)" You call out, the smokey hided mule lifting up their head passively with a laziness you couldn't help but to respect as a housecat, he had a similar coloring to Huili, looking scorched and ashen with a few bright orange, yellow and red furs that made it seem as if his coat held live embers "You are the ultimate victor of the alchemy trial, the potent blackpowder you mixed was enough to earn yourself a place in the roster of the eminent palace of natural laws"His eyes flared like a lit fuse and he bowed his head, dipping his front legs unsteadily, his tail flicking rapidly revealing the surprise and glee he hid so well on his burned snout"I am honored, your majesty" He says with a yokel dialect and a hick accent that reminds you of Chicken farmer Ho."Hmm, you must not have learned the recipe from an official tutor, I'm guessing you used to live with miners or bandits" You hum, as you pace around him, admiring how well he repressed his prey instincts as he was stalked by one of the greatest predators beneath the heavens"You would be correct, your majesty, ain't sure what they was, but the one who fed me and brushed my coat knew chemistry" He explains, head still bowed"hmm, might've been a disgraced imperial alchemist or engineer. The dead dynasty did make itself many enemy out of its servants" You snicker, before tapping him on the back of his head "And hold your head high, boy, you're my direct student now and a member of the palace of natural laws. Don't act so meek. Be proud, shameless, you're one of the elite now. Or will soon be, once we've figured out your talents'He brays and lifts up his head, and the few who laugh shut up when you flash a fierce glare in their way, then you turn to the novice Artisans and smile."Chuānyǐngzi (River Shadow, 川 影子 ), you are not the first snake, river or shadow to be part of our illustrious sect, but you are the first living serpent and the first painter" You tell the large, violet scaled anaconda that much like her idol Chuandapo, resemble very much the shadows beneath water, though her underbelly is a striking, sky blue. The snake stares, flicking out her tongue. She is smaller than Yujijiao was...is, but that is because horned serpents are larger than even constrictors like Chuanyingzi! She does look big enough to swallow a horse whole, but her presence is smaller than Xiaoyu's who is the smallest magical beast in your sect currently"I am...honored" She hisses quietly"You should be, you captured my likeness well, even if the shade of my fur wasn't right" You tell her, staring deep into her eyes, nose to nose with her as she goes a bit cross eyed trying to avoid meeting your gaze "you've got some talent, to wield a brush so gracefully, without any hands. I'm sure you'll live up to the legacy of the late, but still present, Yujijiao"
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Anon01/03/26, 10:31No.6354192
Ending the vote, tallying it now. Hope the New year is treating you well, juniorsGet your worshippers to bless the arena grounds in preparation for the free for all brawl, both to amuse yourself and increase the faith of the common beasts in your "divinity":2Offer advice and wisdom to the beasts you didn't recruit and help them decide on their sects:3Ask the Geges if they want their daughters to be given proper instruction as cultivators, or if they're going to teach them the ancient laws five colors taught them:1So you'll offer advice and wisdom to the beasts you didn't recruit and help them decide on which sect to joinUpdate will arrive shortly
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Anon01/03/26, 11:10No.6354202
"However, steady hoofed Stubborn Stone and brilliant brushed River shadow are merely the most excellent of victors, they don't alone stand atop the winner's pedestal" You declare with a flourish of your tail, and wag of your paw as you plod past the two newest recruits of your sect and saunter up casually to the so called "Runner ups", who only didn't enter your sect due to your personal decision and sense of fairness."And" You continue, smiling as you lay down in front of them, sitting like an idol statue in one of the temples built for you across Chuan "Your ability has been catalogued and noted, not just by myself. So as the rightful, proper monarch of all beasts, allow me to offer you some sagely wisdom to help you on your journey, as it parts from that of the path trailblazed by my own ascendant Palace of Natural laws sect""Rose Maiden. You've already know the thousand lotus hall, you and your sisters are familiar faces around that shrine. You're like your mother, my younger sister. Gentle hearted, well mannered, and genial natured. I don't think you or, really, many of your sisters would do wrong courting the flowers of that garden. But do remember, you are her daughter and were once a medic in my army. So if you do decided that it is under my dear friend lady Lian you wish to be raised and taught, seek permission first" You tell her softly "And remember, that the world is not at all like the stories your mother so loves. It is wild, ruthless and growing more untamed by the day"Rose Maiden buzzes her wings, antenna shining as she looks up from the sugary tea she'd been sipping at and you can tell the good hearted girl didn't even realize she was competing for anything. Not all of Jionghuagege's daughters are geniuses, after all. She did awaken all of her brood, rather than Tiexingege's choice to only have her daughter's who became magical beasts naturally ascend to sapience."Thousand legs. I offer similar advise to you. You would've done well in our sect as a poisoner and student of my own mother. And you already know my sister Tiexingege through her daughters. However, you've caught the eye of more kindly master than I. So I shall tell you what I've learned from my mother. Live everyday as if it were your last, enjoy yourself and be proud of your talents. Just because most consider centipedes vermin and poison to be a coward's craft, doesn't change the truth of your magnificence"She just stares at you in such a way that you'd think she'd be crying if centipedes could do that, and her tearfully thanks proves you right!"Heavenly Melody, pretty little bird. Your looks will get you far, but I'd say stick to the ground. You've spent too long with your head in the ground. Learn commitment, focus and drive. You cannot breeze through life and must learn this quick. This world of ours can turn cutthroat in an instant!" You boom and the bird peeps, surprised by the sudden shout you sent his wayCont
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Anon01/06/26, 07:18No.6355350
https://youtu.be/yvFgNP9iqd4
_Your body goes limp, soul's frayed tether snapping as your aura eclipses the sun, the very moisture in the air turning into minuscule drops of blood as the fullness of your imperial and deathly cultivation aura reveals itself like the miasma rising from the site of a genocide, ripples of carmine spiritual energy wavering in the densest, darkest black that could be glimpsed by living eyes as the temperature plummets and gives all in attendance a brief taste of the coldness of death as your physical form contorts, snapping and cracking as it retakes its human form in the most gruesome manner of blood transmutation, leaving you standing in the eye of the storm of curses & grudges, the turmoil between the essence of life and essence of death swirl and form the Taijitu. The white yang dyed red and the boundary line cut marked by moonlight.Drenched in blood, you remain limp, like a corpse hung and left for scavengers on a crossroad, the only signs of life the ominous crimson starlight shining in your usually yellow cats eyes, as your hair ripples and flows as blood drips down it. You look past all of the spectators, all of the other rivals you'll face. The rarest creatures in Chuan. Your fellow golden cores. Ignoring those who hold grudges against you to focus in on the one soul present who had actually wounded you and drew blood. Nearly killed you, coming closest of anything alive, since Aodasheng took the title of the closest of anything dead that has come to killing the great Huanliuxue.All five fallen stars react. Shining brilliantly with what remains of their cultivation base and spiritual power, like lanterns before an ill omen breeze, struggling against being snuffed out against the foreboding wind whistling and creaking through a funeral house. Blood pools around your feet, the sickly sweet scent of decay fills the air and pale glimmering lights flicker into and out of reality around you as all bear witness to the mass grave your aura has so often been described as. A grim bloody spectacle of the price of survival and the harsh truths of life. That most things that live die violently. That nature itself bloodies its fangs and its teeth more than any human army has wetted their blades with their blood.Xiannu (Immortal Fury, 仙怒) aura is like fireworks, flashy, explosive. A mirage of colorful flames and bright blasts. And as impotent and transient as a firecracker. Sparks, struck like the first man to try and hold back the dark of night and the death it embodied. Fires that could be easily snuffed out and taken away, no matter how hot they burn.Diqui Lang ( Earth Breaker, 地球浪) is more like a mountain, standing tall and resolute against a sea of blood. But all the bloodshed in the world, from beginning to end could draw even mount tai. and his peak is as a mole hill compared to the heights you intend to crest!
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Anon01/09/26, 16:22No.6356512
Ending the vote, tallying the result now. Forgive me for my tardiness juniors. Been distracted with the demonic horse scripture known as Umamusume again. The heart demon of fan fiction has afflicted me, sadly."Oh, right. None of you know. He was a god once....etc": 1Brush them off and vanish from their sight: 1Oh he tried to court me...: 1He shot me with an arrow once. That's all the history we share. Now buzz off before you make me mad: 4Two story write in:5And so that sharp witted juniors write in is the winning choice. How funUpdate will arrive shortly
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Anon01/09/26, 17:18No.6356523
Sighing, groaning and making your annoyance as obvious is it can be outside of changing your hands to claws and hissing as you bat at the crowd of your loyal disciples and respected sect heads, you realize as you loudly but wordlessly complain about them pestering you and acting like gossipy old hens that there is an opportunity here. The sects of Chuan weren't the only ones who saw your outburst, and your story is seen very differently in the world of cultivation than it is "known" in the world of commoners and mundanity. Your ears perk up, as much as they can in this form and you smile.Which alone is enough to make your students and the weaker grandmasters heel and reel away as if you'd just unsheathed a sword and pressed it to their throats. Fu is already shielding his neck with dying grudge shields, remembering that you'd made something of a game of ripping his head off to test and demonstrate his durability."Xing Sheshou" You say, gradually rolling each syllable over your tongue as you take a few, elegant and very refined steps forward, strutting as the shadows you wear cling tightly to your frame and splay out over your bare feet like the tentacles of some horrid deep sea octopus "He shot me with an arrow. A demon killing arrow that split the clouds and broke the clear blue sky"Monu's eyes narrow into hateful, venomous slits. Tianhua covers her mouth in shock. Jinse-Shayu winces. And Zhe'xinglu strokes his beard thoughtfully as the other sect heads listen thoughtfully, carefully controlling their expressions and body language to disguise their thoughts."I had to go through the heavens to reach the moon" You say, speaking slowly as if you were talking to a child not blessed with...particularly quick wits "That's just common sense. Xing Sheshou tried to bar my way, and injured me terribly"That makes Jinse-Shayu look very afraid. Amongst the sects of Chuan, none of them have known you to be threatened let alone gravely wounded. His rival, Lord Shidi, looks nearly as on edge and afraid as his peer. As he is well aware of your power even if he wasn't as cowed by it as the lord Xia was and still is."And why did he do that, my sweet daughter?" Monu asks in her "I am going to murder someone and use their corpses as medicinal ingredients" voice and you just keep a pleasant and serene smile on your lips as you tap a finger to them"Why did anyone try to pick a fight with me or kill me before I brought out the records proving that Magical Beasts were a natural phenomena? Because he thought I was a demon, mother, hence the demon slaying arrow he pierced my hide with" You say sharply, and touch your side to try and garner sympathy, as if you were pretending your paw had gotten hurt and gone lame"And you didn't..." Fu, your oldest student, begins to ask slowly
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Anon01/12/26, 18:41No.6357624
An even though you were the obvious favorite to sweep and win the entirety of the Golden Core Bracket, it seems as if a plague of madness had swept through Chuan kingdom. Because even the mighty temple of the Garden of the wild empress was overflowing! It had been a festival before, but now the tournament was feeling a little cramped. Travelers, once wary of the "Demon infested, cult lead and haunted kingdom" had come in droves along with the stragglers who hadn't been able to attend the earlier rounds. And that meant more rogue cultivators and heretics had also joined the peasants and late arriving nobles and other colorful wanderers. Lord Chuan himself had arrived, with much pomp and ceremony and you granted the first king of the Chuan dynasty a bit of legitimacy and fan service by appearing before his train and personally welcoming him to your garden as an honored guest and beloved servant.It was getting pretty hectic, but thankfully, the presence of all of Chuan's strongest made any trouble making rogues, cunning heretics, ruthless demonic cultivators or suspicious foreigners behave themselves. And, you'd also gotten roped into blessing a newborn member of the Chuan royal clan, but you were happy to see the gurgling, laughing baby try to cling onto your finger and drool on the lock of your crimson hair you gifted them as a lucky, protective charms.Everyone in the kingdom was excited for the climatic finale of the first tournament hosted by the Palace of Natural laws, and you even spotted a few cultivators you recognized as being from across the border. Seems He Ping of the Nine Clouds Pavilion had gossiped and gotten a few more sects from over the border of Bao to come, and there were also some masterless martial art schools that were following the meagerest grandmaster, Ehuang of the Autumn Swan Lake School. And a bunch of rough, barbaric looking sages were chatting with Liao Gang of the Nomadic Star Breaking fists.The Bao cultivators, martial artists and Nomads seemed on edge, especially when you leaned closer to spy on them. They were clearly not used to the presence of so many magical beasts, ghosts and folks with awakened bestial bloodlines and adorable cat ears and tails, least not as much as the Chuan sects and people or the representatives of the three distant sects that had wandered into your tournament.And every sect, even the meek thousand lotus hall, were trying to drum up support and holding religious rites to try and get the attention and support of the crowds. One offering box had already been burned, as some beggar cultivator had made the mistake of calling you a demon in the face of the wandering mobs of your most faithful worshippers and had gotten stomped into the dirt when he bared his fangs at the members of your cult who had joined your sect properly and drew the ire of Fu for bullying his juniors. The stupid prick was currently tied to a tree, being smacked by Siwang with an iron rod!
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Anon01/12/26, 18:42No.6357625
"You shouldn't be wandering the crowds, your majesty" Yinying, in his human form and looking half an assassin as he followed four paces behind you, trailed by a mob of awakened house cats who are just happy to help their liege by "patrolling" and "guarding" Your regal self"Why? Any foreigner or stranger who'd come watch the games are half way to a heretic themselves already" You say, pausing to smile and wave at Lei's relative still pretending to be a student of an exitinct sect, who froze up as you idly wondered how Xie'e Mowangzi's quest to learn how to do good deeds was going"Or merely able to restrain their bloodlust and so called righteous fury" The ever diligent boy hissed through his teeth, blushing and turning away as you bounced on your heels, smirking the bold hell fashion you were wearing struggled to keep all of you covered"Spies? Hah. Ling's border temples are dealing with a Gu master, The sects that were beset by that artificial beast stampede are still dealing with the damages" You brush aside with a laugh, patting him on his head as four of your subjects brush their cheeks against you, adoring your presence and warmth "Who'd send spies, the Bao province, or are they a kingdom now, like our fair Chuan?"Yinying fixed you with the stare of exhausted servant, you grinned and leaned closer cackling"And I'm sure anyone who'd want to pick a fight with me on my own turf would think twice after seeing the bloodshed I reaped last time someone really put effort into taking my head" You confidently end the conversation "And if Ling dogs are about, I recognize their stench. And their taste'"Your carelessness is making my blood pressure rise, Master" Yinying muttered as Siwang got done meting out punishment to the idiot who called you a demon AND threatening your sects fresh recruits, leaving him missing most of his teeth and with broken legs to be dragged off by Fen Kong who had lost a bet or something and was in charge of dealing with garbage for the whole last leg of the tournament"Maybe I should cut a vein, see how beautiful a shade my loyal guards blood must be" You tease as he and his chosen royal guard follow you, the exhausted Mianhuagege following behind you, Lian Luli and Qiang on either side of her, Luli plucking mushrooms from her arms and Qiang giving advice on how to deal with hungry ghosts to the sniffling chubby cotton ball."Shouldn't you be preparing for your matches, master?" Luli asked "My sister is working herself to the bone to make a divine medicine and you're...well I'm not sure what you're doing?""Brushing shoulders with her rightful subjects, or searching for weaknesses in her rivals" Qiang yawned "Or just delighting in seeing the foreigner visitors piss their robes at seeing their worst nightmare galivanting around like a princess on tour""Obviously, she's checking her territory now that a bunch of strangers have entered!" One of the royal guards Yinying picked out for you confidently suggest
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Anon01/16/26, 08:17No.6359112
Once you've done your rounds and properly patrolled your garden and made sure there weren't any trouble makers, random murders or sneaky demons about to spoil the fun, you began you own preparation. It began as light, for you, exercises. A lot of your power was mystical, but it was easy for people and primarily your opponents to forgot that your natural stat was an ox sized house cat that once had a taste for human flesh. And easy for them to think you're handsome, pretty face and beautiful, bountiful body meant you were a tael a dozen jade beauty and not the wild and strong maiden you truly were: even though only your daoist robes really hid your well muscled phsyique.So it was just as hidden a weapon as your more obscure hexes, spells and techniques, your natural and greatly refined physical abilities. Dexterous on two legs as well as four, hard to exhaust and harder to kill and strong enough to pin any brute that tried to wrestle you to the ground, even if they were a dragon or some terrible beast. Of course, all of these benefits of your active lifestyle and diligent training would be useless if they weren't backed up by skill full moves and well honed techniques, so once you're satisfied that you've gotten warmed up, you switch to practicing your self taught martial arts, from the simplest of redirections and counter strikes to your more advance and lethal moves that require much more careful set up and conditions. You warm up with the basics of your soft style, fighting against puppets borrowed from your mother, one very unwilling Qinxin, and few dopplegangers formed out of your own blood, then you slowly scale the ladder of every special move and trick up your sleeve, repeating them until you're certain you've polished and sharpened your skills with each and every strike and blow.Then you run through the Blood Qi body strengthening skills you know, the Lively Yin Qi arts you've already come up with, and a few stretches and acupoint activations to gauge what is the effective limit of your physical abilities. You've got a pretty good idea of how far you could go, but unless you were teetering on the line between life and death and willing to risk damaging your own property, you can't say for sure what is the exact limit of your body. And you don't want to have to slice your wrists and throats just to reach the absolute pinnacle of your powers right before you've got some serious fights to see to.And when you're satisfied with that and figured out a few combinations of body strengthening skills and divine blood honey medicines to push yourself as far as your body can withstand the backlash of, you go to see what sort of bow Monu and Feiqing made for you.They're both exhausted, having been working tirelessly to produce the artifact which is still nameless.
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Anon01/16/26, 10:32No.6359134
Might not be able to write the next part immediately cause I'm feeling pretty tired.If i can't, do feel free to decide if you wanna spend any of your training/ cultivation bonus without me, juniors
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Anon01/16/26, 19:20No.6359224
Alright, slept longer than I'd meant to.Anyways, lets lightning round this>Spend Training/ Cultivation Bonus (How much?)>Don't
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Anon01/17/26, 01:05No.6359337
Word counter, where I usually write my updates, seems to be down right now. Currently it seems spending 259 to get 444 is going to be the winning choice. But I'll wait to call it until Wordcounter is backup and I'm able to write the update properly
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Anon01/17/26, 04:10No.6359399
To start with, you simply lay the nameless enchanted bow in front of you, setting it besides its "Senior Sibilings" of Ghost Empress Melody and Moon Collapse and admire its craftmanship, tracing hand and paw both along every surface of it, scrutinizing and studying every inch of it intimately until you're as familiar with it as your own reflection or the back of your paws & hands or the rich perfume of a man's stomach freshly spilt or the soothing incense of a sealed tomb filled with moldering bones, until the touch of it and its weight is as known to you as the feeling of warm blood flowing through hair and fur and soaking into the dry,Monu and Feiqing didn't disappoint. This is a treasure worthy of being called an artifact! A perfect tool and weapon to be wielded by you, who so favors Ghostly, Blood and Lunar Qi in their cultivations and techniques. And despite how tall it is, it is light and easily carried and with some adjustments of hand positions and postures, you're able to hold the unnamed artifact in the method of both the Rotten Oath and the Black Night Arrow scripture. But first you test its draw, and see just how strong it is.And your demand of having a humming vine turned into its bow string is immediately proven to have been a canny choice to make, as the arrows sing, whistling as they shoot through the air. The vibration makes them punch through sturdier targets than your natural strength could achieve and the arrows continue shivering and vibrating for sometime after they've finally been stopped. And with some twanging of the string, you learn you can make the arrows fly in chaotic and unusual trajectories that wouldn't normally be possible without guiding them with spiritual energy or strings of Qi. And If you hold the bowstring for a long time, you can "Charge" a shot to even further increase the punch it packs and how penetrative it can beWhich combined with your Phantom Cat Step and two forms of specter lightness skills, could be a sure kill technique that deserves a name. Purring Arrow, is a nice, deceptively harmless sounding title for the move ( 猫喘鸣 箭, Māo chuǎnmíng jiàn). And you also figure out, that if you strum the string like you would your Guqin, you can create a short lived "barrier" of sound and vibration that can block projectiles, which Fu helped you figure out, and you find if you strum the string with enough fervor it can reflect projectiles similarly to your Dying Grudge Shield protection spell! You decided to name this ability Cicada Rampart Rhythm ( 蟭蟟 壁垒 节奏, jiāoliáobìlěijiézòu)You experiment and practice with the resonance of the bow string and the many trick shots and sneaky shots it allows you to pull off, and seeing just how far you can lodge ordinary arrows into the strongest targets you can find. Like Fu. In Feiqing's personal armor and covered in Dying grudge shields.
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Anon01/19/26, 23:00No.6360488
Contested vote, so I’ll do a early count
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>Carmine Mysticism evolution:3
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Anon01/20/26, 06:53No.6360634
You shake your head, hard, roughly twisting and rocking it back and forth to force the foreign thoughts out of your head, rattling your brain round your skull until the voice stops and the resonance of divine energies flowing out of the part of your body you secretly stored the inert seed of sanguine divinity dams and stops up. You touch your fingers to the skin above that hiding place and scowl. You hadn't expected that. And had a worrying feeling that the faith and worship you were receiving was reaching the stone you'd locked away inside your own flesh. That'd explain why it only reacted now, when a new myth had been added to the hearts and minds of your followers.You hoped that wasn't the case. It'd be annoying if every story told about you and every legend spread in your honor would make that drop of immortality wake up and urge you to take steps to transcended mortality onto the path of divinity. Since you fully intended to fulfil your side of your bargain with five colors like you have done everything else in your life. At your own rhythm, by your own pace, and trail blazing your own road forward!But with the weird urge to murder the sun out of your head, which you wonder if it might've been connected to your enmity with the Ling, the bones of the crow king's message were able to reach your ears"Ya know, not even many demons have the right mindset to wield hellfire, or bodies strong enough to tame it. Neither they or the tormented dead understand it like I did. An evil villain, a brute bastard like myself, oh they can leash and lash it. But malevolence isn't the natural state of the black flame of daiyu. Merely an expression of it" The rattling, curse containing jaw bone explains as you sit cross legged and listen to the dead monster speak, nodding along "Just like old Yama isn't a demon, Hellfire isn't merely a tool for the wicked and spiteful. For, who does that bitter flame burn if not devils and sinners? A wicked, black heart may better attract and contain Hellfire, but that doesn't mean it cannot be held by any other vessel, My handsome murderer"Baoli's spirit better not be possessing your bow."Oh how your cold, murderesses heart has softened and warmed. Makes me sick. But, at the center of that caring organ, sits that same core of resentment and bitter hate. Yours, even if it has tamed and calmed, is a forever vengeful heart" the bone continues with a low, relaxed chuckle, like an opium addict's "And Hellfire is a tool of judgement and punishment, just as much as it is for sadism. A pure, saintly heart like yours can also learned to accept it, harness it. All it takes is a properly twisted, demented mindset. Like, say, that of a girl who embraces and adores death, to whom enacting vengeance is as natural as breathing, yet who expresses enmity through kindness and benevolence. Hah, you really had potential, ya know""Well, I'm alive. And you're dead, birdbrain" You snap and snarl at the bones
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Anon01/23/26, 04:12No.6361761
"One might mistake this for piety, Huanliuxue" Five colors laughs as you seek him out, finding him observing the crowds of mortals and cultivators in the same way an old man might watch the birds in his garden "Few visit my temples as frequently as you've sought me out in these last few days, why only the two princesses have visited me more than you, Beastly Queen""Well, I believe you're about the only god worth the title and divinity, but I don't worship you so I'm not sure if that counts for me to be consider pious" You chuckle as you sit down at the base of the bent tree he'd climbed up "Wouldn't that be funny? The doom dwelling heretic being the most pious of all daoists, heh-heh""It would be amusing, though it would be rather unbecoming for a goddess in the making to be seen at the temple of an old myth like myself" He giggles and glances down at you, eyes shining with mischief "I assume, you have something you wished to ask of me, considering it is just about time for you to make your entrance in this grand tournament of yours""Perceptive as always, Five colors" You snicker and nod along, grinning ear to ear "I'd like you to take my place as announcer again""Oh? The first time was quite entertaining, it is always amusing to trick others into thinking you're a simpleton and beneath them before showing enough of a glimpse of your true intelligence and ability to shock and perhaps humble them" He says, grinning now "I was worried you might've been ashamed by my behavior, enough to not ask me to dress like an addled sage again to taunt the supposed elite of the modern world""Oh why would I be? You, like you said, Uncle. Made them realize they were the fools for thinking the "mountain hermit" I found was a moron and mongrel" You say, cackling as you talk "And it was very funny to watch the looks of horror, disgust and confusion on their faces while you kept up the act, but even funnier when they looked like fishes gulping for air when you stopped acting like the fool they thought you were""I'd be happy to take the role of announcer again, but be warned, I won't spare you any critique. Though you're the only right minded daoist and the one prodigy amongst the contestants, I shall treat you like any of the other competitors. My commentary shall be free of bias and I will voice any observations I make of your technique and habits as a fighter and cultivator" He says wagging a finger and you nod"I would've been mad if you didn't, but the warning is appreciated, Five colors" You tell him "I'll be taking part in the first match""Against the former goddess of the war festival?" He asked and it takes you a moment to realize he's talking about Immortal Fury "I wonder if you chose this match to teach her a lesson, avenge yourself against the heavens' wrongdoings, or simply to show off""Who can say. And I've eben wanting to brawl with all of them since I met them" You tell him "And I hope you've taught the squirt some manners"
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Anon01/23/26, 21:28No.6362031
Pls have this junior's impression of Xiannu (AI cause I can't draw)
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Anon01/25/26, 15:58No.6362722
Sometimes the best thing to do is Nothing at all. Your yellow eyes gleamed like distant stars in the night sky as you smiled smugly in the way only a cat could and puffed up your chest as Xiannu fumed and began to ground her heel into the ground. With one eye twitching and her whole body trembling like she was moments away from self detonating, she endured the torrents of vitriol, insults, and mocking as well as the trickle of concern both earnest and false as the crowd responded to her bratty behavior and the offense they had presumed it had caused to you, their saintess, their idol and their hero. Or at least for the mortals, to the cultivators, she was a impudent little shit challenging the beast everyone knew stood on a peak the rest of Chuan's daoists couldn't even dream of viewing from the absolute zenith they could reach in their own cultivation. And that sort of arrogance, which might've reminded those cultivators who weren't so fond of you of your illustrious self, had them join in on the ridicule.Despite the legitmacy of strength even attending this leg of the tournament brought, she was still an unknown, even if she was clearly a prodigy due to reaching golden core as a teenager buuuut, you'd proven that sea could be crossed in a handful of years if one had the right stuff, conditions and drive to push themselves to their absolute limit and ignored the minor detail of what the shitty gods considered proper cultivation and permitted methods."Hah! Look at our elegant sect head, Lady Huanliuxue isn't demeaning herself by stooping to that child's level"
"Senior Fu, you agree, that this will not be an exciting fight. We won't see the Sect head go all out will we?"
"Brother Feiqing, what do you think? Has that brat worked at all in a day in her life"
"Ping, you once quarreled with the earthly goddess, didn't you? What do you give the odds of that brat?"
"Lei are...wait are you sleeping?!""No, she will. Master isn't always consistent in what she considers a kid and that brat has a lethal temper. And knowing my master, being called a cow might just turn this into a death match" Fu answered"She's a noble, I can tell, but that doesn't mean she's harmless. She's got that...dangerous sort of entitlement that nearly had me lose my head, before I ran into this very forest" Feqing explained"Huanliuxue, when she is serious in a fight, even back then. Defies description. But, I can sense...an explosive force in that girl. She has better odds than the crowd realizes" Ping explain"Yeah, Ping is right. That girl is a killer, just like master" Qiang agreed "That might be why she's gone silent as the grave""No, she's just being smug" Fu corrected"And adhering to proper social conventions. She's deemed that girl her lesser, and so sees no cause to argue with or even acknowledge her insults and outbursts" Siwang, rather adroitly explains
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Anon01/28/26, 21:56No.6364035
Xiannu however, stops soon after stepping through the gateway you cut through space and cosmic distance, standing breathlessly on the edge and not just because she isn't adapted to breathing the void of space as you are. You frown and creep up behind her, leaning over her to see what's gotten her attention and taken her breath away."Never knew there were so many fireworks beyond the heavens" She says, quietly, wistfully like she's just a little girl attending her very first festival and has become entranced by the blossoms of colorful fire in the night sky "So this is what the star shepherdess we're talking about, all that time""Oh those chicken hearted girls? I've sent them packing just plodding up to say hello" You cackle, snickering from behind the face guard styled like boney hands "And it is rather pretty isn't it, this world beyond even the heavens""The emperor said you were a cosmic beast, this shouldn't all belong to you, cow" She says, her brow pinching together adorably as she remembers who she's talking to "This is a sea of fireworks, Xiannu will claim it""Well, take a sip of my moondust rich blood, maybe you to can turn to a native of the cosmic realm" You tell her hopping back as she snarled, her twin tails floating over her head like she'd been struck by lightning "We can wait here until you get your fill, who in the crowd could tell us to hurry up""Lungs burn, the air is thin by the portal. Is there none past it?" She asks and you nod "Tch, home field advantage, you really are shameless""You haven't seen me around silver vine, or people I actually enjoy the company of" You titter, hopping away from her and floating "Come, lets add your blood to the moon I painted red"Xiannu doesn't follow, even as you poke, prod and tug on her cheeks. She just stays by the tunnel you ripped through space with your claws, staring out at the astral abyss, contemplatively, her eyes shoot down."I could go back" She says wistfully, faintly"They'd kill you" You tell her, completely honest in the belief "Red Star Fat Pig nearly beat one of his best to death just because he was too drunk to notice a cat like me slinking away from him"Her expression soured, her lips pursed and she crossed her arms"Yeah they would. I wouldn't be welcomed, would I? I'm mortal now. But, what did I even do there. There wasn't war before you showed up, but I was born still" She hums and ums, looking like she's getting herself a headache thinking about her place in the world, or rather, former place in the heavens "All us martial deities, what purpose did we have before the dynasty crumbled and you showed up, coated in blood and resentment""Getting fat, drunk and lazy?" You say, glancing down at her toned stomach. Her face screwed"Really?" She asked sadly "All the aunties and uncles were like that, but my brothers they weren't...they were like those four. They wouldn't have"
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Anon01/28/26, 23:55No.6364084
Waiting on 2 more rolls
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Anon01/29/26, 01:16No.6364116
The black of the cosmos is lit by blasts and blossoms, marking where Xiannu kicks off nothing to propel herself faster and faster across the Lunar surface. It is like standing in front of a whole festivals firework display, watching them pop and explode right in front of your eyes. The pressure is immense, the whiplashes of heavenly spiritual energy and explosive force enough to whip the moon dust around your feet and send quakes through the crater, causing it to ripple like water. She's trying to catch you off guard, by not shooting directly at you but instead moving in a random, chaotic pattern.Or, maybe that's what she sees it as. To your starlit eyes, watching her veins burst from the over exertion and sheer magnitude of the explosions she's kicking off of, you see she is drawing a constellation. Her constellation. And just as your predicted, the point where she'll finally get the courage to launch her attackWill be right where her aura's missing dragon would bite down on the last star in the sequence. You shut your eyes, breath out, ice crystals gathering on your spider silk armor and you bow your head down, going slack as you relax your whole body and wait. Through your eyelids, you see a crimson red streak. Your vein hunting eye technique catches sight of a vein in Xiannu's leg exploding into a painful looking bruise. You duck down, dipping like you were stretching. Then, you shoot back up, grabbing your wrist with your own hand and twisting around to position your elbow directly in the path of the little goddess' face.Strengthened and fortified by moonlight, your already hard body becomes an even greater obstacle. And she slams into it like a wall, face first. She was just moving too fast to avoid it, and all of her explosive momentum slams directly back into her teeth and neck. Her silver eyes are wide, free floating globs of blood bubble out of her split lip and crushed nose. But you're not finished with her, she still has some movement left unspent. Rolling your arm, you throw her to right, dragging your elbow and smashing it across her chin as she launches towards the ground.And surprises you as you move to grab hold of her throat and slam her to it. She catches herself on her hands and spins her body around, sweeping with her legs as a string of firecracker sized blasts of volatile qi explodes behind and in front of her double kicks. You block the first two of her kicks, the strands of your vambraces unraveling as she rolls onto her back, and then spins in the opposite direction, twisting her rotation and using the recements of Qi left behind by her firecracker kicks to spark even larger explosions. And your arms are already stinging from the singes of deflecting the first round of heel strikes.So, you wait for the moment, and having already parried her first go around, pinch her by her ankle and twist your wrist. Redirecting her momentum and with the next blast, she sends herself spinning off the ground.
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