I have been catching up on the Toaru/Raildex franchise these past two weeks or so. It's been years, so I was very surprised to learn the novels are still ongoing. 50+ main series books + all the spin-offs is a hell of a thing.
Can you believe it has not even been a year in-universe? It's actually closer to six months. The Toaru timeline is crazy, even more so when one counts spin-offs, w...
2025-05-19 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
“Shen Mi of the Divine Frozen Palace vs. Ruan Leji of the Endlessly Raging Valley!”
Both fighters silently study each other across the ring. With a veil over her face and the blue robes of the Divine Frozen Palace covering most of her body, it is hard to discern much about Shen Mi. By contrast, the glare on Ruan Leji’s face is as unambiguous as the hostile aura radiating f...
2025-05-19 10:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostRecently, Master Duel changed its interface. When you duel someone, the game now displays all the titles you have acquired to each other. It's really cool, but also kind of embarrassing. I barely play nowadays because *Insert incomprehensible Yugioh metagame talk here*, so my rank has gone way down.
So, when the system puts my long ass list of titles side by side with my opponent's signif...
2025-05-12 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
After the ring has been repaired, Yi Jiao fights against a Disciple of the Divine Frozen Palace and claims victory without sustaining serious injuries. One match after hers, Su Daji repeats the feat with far more ease. The violet-haired girl keeps a serious expression throughout. Her purple eyes sweep over the crowd constantly, as if searching for someone.
Alas, her search...
2025-05-12 10:54:03 +0000 UTC View PostOccasionally, I receive bot messages trying to get me to pay them to make AI art. As much as I am always in favor of the merciless march of progress, I cannot help but be saddened we're just repackaging a regular telemarketing scam. It's just a waste of potential, though I wonder if all those scam telemarketing call centers are protesting about being replaced by bots.
More importantly, wh...
2025-05-05 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Something has changed.
Fan Bingbing frowns minutely as she tunes her instrument in the waiting room. A viewing crystal on the wall shows Ten Zichun swinging his fiery hammer against a disciple from the Endlessly Raging Valley. Brother Bei and Brother Huang are both on their feet, shouting at the crystal as though Ten Zichun could hear them. Sister Yi Jiao looks like she wants to...
2025-05-05 10:50:01 +0000 UTC View PostYouTube has been recommending me clips from the new Devil May Cry anime. After seeing a few, I was like, "this ain't it, chief" and decided to watch cutscenes from the games instead.
Let it be known Dante vs Agnus is peak writing. I am not joking. It really is an amazing piece of...
2025-04-28 11:00:46 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Night fell on Imperial Cloud City several hours ago. It is hardly the time to hold any sort of family dinner, and no one would have been surprised if the whole affair had to be canceled in light of the day’s events. Lu Mei certainly would not have complained.
However, the Feng Clan is nothing if not stubborn.
They gather in the tallest room of the Eternal Flame Clan’s ...
2025-04-28 10:50:03 +0000 UTC View PostI was going to schedule this for tomorrow, but I figure you have waited enough
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Who is the strongest cultivator out of the Four Great Sects? Is that person also the strongest on this side of the Dead Plains?
Whoever is the strongest cultivator in the Four Great Sects would automatically be the strongest cultivator on their ...
2025-04-26 05:14:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe Q&A should go up this week. I have been a bit under the weather, so it's taken more time than I anticipated.
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 314: Survival is now available for Core Disciples.
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“Argh! Damnation!”
Young Jiang yells in frustration after hitting the ground for the twelfth time in half that many minutes. He tries to pat away the dirt from his robes, but it is useless. They are already more brown than blue. Having grown up among garbage and corpses, such a silly thing should not bother him. However, the wonders of ...
2025-04-21 10:50:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere's a new Yaiba anime, and it looks really good. When I was a kid, the local tv station put up reruns of old anime, and Yaiba was one of them. It had everything: Swords, Moon Invasions, Swords, Spider-Man but not that one, Swords, that one evil Bunny Girl, more Swords.
Yep.
Here are the week's chapters:
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It is not normal for a fight that does not feature at least one member of the Four Great Sects to evoke much interest. However, the duel between Xiao Fang and Ruan Dafeng proves an exception. The disgraced heir of the Xiao Sect making it to the third round and fighting against the Matriarch’s chosen disciple makes for quite the tale. That Ruan Dafeng is clearly tied to the Endlessly...
2025-04-14 10:53:00 +0000 UTC View PostI was so busy I didn't have time to put my April Fool's idea in place. Maybe next year!
I am going to be on a trip this week, so there's a chance the usual Monday chapter will be one or two days late next week. I will notify you if that ends up being the case.
Here are the week's chapters:
2025-04-07 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Though he would vehemently disagree with the assertion, Bei Hong’s luck proves much better than Pan Qiu’s. He faces someone not of the Four Great Sects and achieves a quick and decisive victory. While Bei Hong could have done it without revealing his cultivation, the idea of not going all out never once crossed his mind. Everyone now knows he is in the Sixth Level of the Earth Rea...
2025-04-07 10:50:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis post is going up later than I planned it to. Lots of things happened, but here we are.
Usually, this where you put up whatever questions you have in the comments, but I want to try something different this time.
This is going to be a Themed Q&A.
As in, all the questions have to be related to a certain topic, and since we're in the middle of the Crimso...
2025-04-04 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt has been some time since the last Q&A, longer than I thought it would be, so I think it's time we do another. The question submission post will go up later this week.
Also, links are now a smaller size. Not sure how that happened.
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 311: Valiant is n...
2025-03-31 11:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Unlike her cousin, Ding Yan of the Endlessly Raging Valley effortlessly claims victory over her opponent. Three matches later, Su Daji also secures her advancement to the next round, winning without needing to reveal her cultivation. The girl smiles and waves to the audience before returning to the waiting room of the Endlessly Raging Valley.
“Hmph, you are quite daring to sho...
2025-03-31 10:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostHere are the week's chapters:
Chapter 310: Forge and Flame is now available for Core Disciples.
Chapter 306: Let’s Talk About the Future is now available for Inner Disciples.
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Gan Nanfeng’s fight comes and goes without much fanfare.
Her opponent, the Young Master of the Leaning Tree Sect, is an exceedingly gifted youth, but he is not Gan Nanfeng’s match. The difference between someone who is a member of the Four Great Sects and someone who is not is simply too much. Gan Nanfeng burns through his defenses and defeats him, revealing her cultivation ...
2025-03-24 10:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostHere are the week's chapters:
Chapter 309: Wouldn’t It be Romantic? is now available for Core Disciples.
Chapter 305: Endure is now available for Inner Disciples.
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Mere hours remain until the beginning of the Crimson Cloud Tournament. The gambling houses are full of people making last-minute bets, and people pour into the floating Crimson Cloud Arena by the thousands. Their combined voices fill the air with never-ending whispers. Anticipation is heavy in the air.
That is when they enter the arena.
Lord Feng Gui and Lord F...
2025-03-17 10:50:01 +0000 UTC View PostI often wonder why Daylight Saving Time is still a thing. I really do. I mean, there are worse things that are things, but still!
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 308: Age Has Made You is now available for Core Disciples.
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“Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous!”
Xiao Yifan’s Qi rages around her, filling the entirety of her room and putting the many protective talismans on the walls under great strain. It is a testament to their quality that they have yet to break. Even a cultivator in the Heaven Realm would have a hard time bearing Xiao Yifan’s presence right now.
Ruan Chens...
2025-03-10 10:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostHere are the week's chapters:
Chapter 307: Connection is now available for Core Disciples.
Chapter 303: Mountain is now available for Inner Disciples.
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Lord Feng Shang of the Eternal Flame Clan. The oldest son of Patriarch Feng Zhang. A man with an exceedingly sterling reputation and one of the strongest cultivators on this side of the Dead Plains.
Her biological father.
When Lu Mei was in the Red Sky Pavilion, Lord Feng Shang was a shadow that loomed over her whole existence. When she joined the Eternal Flame Clan,...
2025-03-03 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostSaw the new Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. It was actually really good, so I'm happy about that.
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 306: Let’s Talk About the Future is now available for Core Disciples.
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“What did you even do?” Liu Jin asks while healing Huang Shing’s bruised eye. His friend’s regeneration should have already mended such a minor injury, but the actions of cultivators in higher realms have the added benefit of permanence. They cannot be easily undone.
“I didn’t do anything!” Huang Shing says, flinching as Liu Jin’s Qi works on his injury. 2025-02-24 11:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 305: Endure is now available for Core Disciples.
Chapter 301: If You Do is now available for Inner Disciples.
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The second stage of the tournament has reached its conclusion. Jades containing the memories of those wealthy enough to witness the countless exciting matches shown in the Crimson Cloud Stadium are being sold on nearly every corner of the city for exorbitant prices. The better and clearer the memory, the higher the price.
In the seventy-seventh district, the only memory ja...
2025-02-17 11:50:01 +0000 UTC View Post