Justin Ankar

Chapter 22 - Thousand Treasures

Sage was here to do two things. First, find a way to recover his missing hand. Second, appraise the unknown items in his storage ring. He’d been told that the Thousand Treasure was always above board and fair in their dealings. They would never steal from a customer or cheat them in any way. They were fair and honest and so big that other treasure dealers had a hard time competing. To make thing...

Chapter 21 - The Broken Body

Miles away from that canyon where he’d escaped from the assassins, Sage spent a few hours in self examination. He truly wished to continue escaping as quickly as possible, but it was imperative that the Silverbee, the new Queen, properly establish the hive. The silverbee’s were inside Sage’s body after all, if something were to go wrong it could be disastrous. Additionally, the Silverbee Que...

Chapter 20 - Silver Leaf Honeybee Hive

He’d cleaned up most of the mess at the bottom of the canyon, but now it was all inside the storage ring and there was plenty of organizing to do. The most he could do inside the ring was moving things around so he couldn’t really put the shelves back together, but he was free to sort through the mess. He hadn’t had the chance to go through everything yet, having only done a cursory sweep wh...

Chapter 19 - Dilemma

With a pair of broken legs, and covered in cuts Sage was going to have a hell of a hard time getting out of here. His storage ring was already in quite the mess so he checked the beast bag. Blinking with disappointment as he couldn’t even send his consciousness inside. There was a huge hole stabbed into the front of it and not a bug to be found. Frowning, Sage had a quick look around, checking f...

Chapter 18 - Tragedy

The two men were surprised. Their prey had fallen over the cliff. That wasn’t the satisfying kill they were going for. The burned man walked up to the edge cautious of trickery and peeked over. The other one went to Chou’s body and confirmed his death, taking his possessions as the burned man spoke, “I can’t see him, but I heard a splat.”

The other harrumphed, “Good enough, we’ll t...

Chapter 17 - Ambushed

Sage was a coward. 

He hadn’t realized it before, but at this time, running through the woods fearing for his life… all thoughts of resistance had completely left him. All he could think about was escaping. Just finding somewhere safe and calm. Living a life of luxury with no worries about any danger whatsoever. He almost felt like he’d left his body, dreaming of an easy life as more ...

Chapter 16 - Black Dog Company

Joining the Black Dog Company was far easier than Sage thought it would be. The first step was some simple paperwork that consisted of a name and a place of origin, which Sage gave as Ling Sheng from Flying Wind Province. Ling was pretty close to Lang in sound, which would help him from being confused and Flying Wind Province was simply something he saw on a map of the provinces. The next step was...

Chapter 15 - Lionheart Town

Sage stayed in the tomb for three months. He would have stayed even longer, but the solitude was wearing on him. He’d already been trapped in the mines for half a year against his will, and adding on another three months was already too much. The only reason he had was simply because the true Insect Immortal Index was just too engrossing. Partly because it was so powerful, but mainly because he ...

Chapter 14 - Inheritance

Don’t I already know this? What is the ancestor thinking?

As if the Ancestor could sense his confusion that voice spoke again to explain, “That is the true Insect Immortal Index of the Chong Clan. It is far more powerful than the one passed down in our Lang Clan. Only the core members of the Chong Clan and the current head of a Branch Family are allowed to learn it. Since you’re t...

Chapter 13 - Secrets

Rock grinding on rock was not the most pleasant of sounds.

Sage didn’t mind it too much, since at the moment he was suddenly elated. Was this the legendary tomb of treasures? What sort of gaming nerd wouldn’t know about dungeon raiding. Some powerful old guy dies and leaves all his treasures in his burial tomb, then generations later the hero goes in and retrieves them. Usually it’s some e...

Chapter 12 - Destruction

Jiang Hua. 

It was a name that Sage was going to have trouble forgetting. The source of the whole clan being destroyed. Even if he wasn’t very close with anyone but his Uncle, he still felt a sense of kinship. Like distant cousins he’d never met before, he wasn’t wracked with grief over them… but he still felt a sense of loss and pity. It was different with Uncle Zhang. He actually ...

Chapter 11 - Daylight

Sage took one last trip back through the mines, heading to the office and gathering up his belongings. There really wasn’t much, but he wasn’t sure how far away from home he was and needed food and water. The other, and main, reason he returned was to collect his insects. The Fire Weaver Mantis was not an insect that worked in hives or colonies so he could only keep his linked mantis ...

Chapter 10 - Getting Out

The plan he’d come up with wasn’t really foolproof like the others, but it was the best he could cobble together so far. The ceiling was quite low, Sage had guessed this path had been clogged with rocks and mud from the cave in long ago which then let these flatworms in, yet it was still more than tall enough. Sending the Mantis ahead, Sage had her attach a line of silk to a rocky outcropping ...

Chapter 9 - Exploration

The map had marked a place where the mines had caved in previously that was quite far to the east side of the mountain above. Sage knew that there was a canyon to the east side of the mountain, and he was hoping that the recent quake may have shifted the old cave in. If this was a bust, then he was going to start digging!

The constant combat with the spiders, living a solitary life ...

Chapter 8 - Trapped

It had been six months.

Sage had turned the office area into his own personal home. He lived mainly in the outer office, and had turned the private boss’ office into an insect nursery. Things had been very rough at the start, adjusting to the unappetizing cuisine and having to brave many dangers in order to secure a good source of water. Now that he was at the peak of the ‘Ki Bu...

Chapter 7 - Darkness

If the shaking had gone on for more than a few seconds, Sage would probably have dropped to his knees and started praying. He wasn’t really religious, but being a mild mannered programmer meant the only real pressure he’d faced was that of crunch time before deadlines. The threat of imminent death was something he’d only imagined and never really felt before. To his benefit, the shaking stop...

Chapter 6 - Beetles

Moving closer to investigate, Sage realized there was far too many of these beetles for him to go undiscovered by them. Best to see how hostile they were before moving into the more densely packed area. Walking closer some of the beatles twisted towards him, their antenna twitching as he neared. Standing in the center of the path he appeared to be quite safe, some of the beetles even walk...

Chapter 5 - Danger

The mine that caused the death of Lang Sheng!

This new body of his was only mediocre (basically like his old body), and he didn’t have any great status in the clan. That meant the only way he was going to get ahead was by having more resources. Uncle Zhang had already spent most of his favors years ago to allow Sage to be a cultivator, and his Uncle could only earn so much pull with the clan. ...

Chapter 4 - Mantis

Sage smiled as he looked down at his Iron Mantis. He was quite sure those that were afraid of bugs would be downright terrified at the sight of it. It had a dark grey, nearly black, carapace the same shade as cast iron. It’s forelimbs were like serrated knives, flashing about in the air as he had the little guy perform some strikes to see how fast it moved. He’d already nurtured it with his me...

Chapter 3 - No Luck

His talent was mediocre.

Uncle Zhang told him that taking a week to first sense qi meant he was only a middling talent. Really, it wasn’t too bad… at least he could still cultivate, and he didn’t have low talent! 

Seems I don’t get to have a hack to start out. Not only no class, not even awesome stats. Don’t I get anything for starting over here?

Now that he s...

Chapter 2 - Cultivation

“Cultivation is the process by which we build the mind, body, and spirit. With special techniques we gather the energy of the heavens and earth, using it to transform ourselves into higher beings!”

A few weeks had passed, and all of Sage’s wounds had healed. He was in a different world with an eastern culture and currently Uncle Zhang was giving him a lecture. Lang Sheng, formerly Sage, ha...

Chapter 1 - New Life

There was a gun barrel against his head. Sage was thrust into what he could only describe as his worst nightmare. A cold sweat formed on his back as he blinked his eyes, staring up into the darkness of his bedroom. His eyes crossed as he tried to stare at the object pressed between his eyes. As hard as he tried, nothing came forth from his lips, and the look of utter terror was pasted on his face....