The magma elemental recoiled as the girls simultaneously erupted in multi-color flames, quickly shrinking away from the fire and reforming itself into a vaguely humanoid shape. The flames took on a life of their own, coalescing in the center of the room in the form of a giant six-tailed fox with scintillating hues of red, pink, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The two beings eyed each other war...
2022-05-20 18:22:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe girls panicked, each of them firing off every ice and water spell they could manage in a desperate attempt to stave off the encroaching elemental. It was implacable. Every cooled bit of molten stone was a drop in the seemingly endless ocean of energy that the Magma elemental had at its disposal. Yoshika was beginning to understand now what Jianmo had meant. While the magma itself was no mor...
2022-05-18 18:45:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe girls all sat in rapt attention as Jianmo explained. Most of what he was saying wasn’t useful to anyone but Yoshika yet, but none of them were going to pass up the opportunity to learn from such a powerful and ancient being.
“The techniques you know rely on understanding of the world—and yourselves, to a point—in order to coax out a certain phenomenon based on the essence you ...
2022-05-16 14:05:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe silence in the room was deafening, and Yoshika’s friends were all glaring at her accusingly. She had unwittingly challenged the elementals and they were calling her bluff. The magma elemental had never spoken, as far as Yoshika could tell—she wasn’t even sure it could, since its face was just a smooth dome of glass—but she had no doubt that it was a xiantian level fighter. ...
2022-05-13 18:24:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt was strange and a little off-putting to see Jianmo split into two tiny versions of themself. They didn’t look younger at all, just...smaller. The feminine Jianmo was still just as voluptuous and scantily clad as ever, while the masculine still showed off his well-defined, shirtless musculature. All of Jianmo’s imposing figure and raw sexuality condensed into two miniature forms. Not ...
2022-05-11 18:31:58 +0000 UTC View PostJia was almost entirely dumbfounded by the absurd claims of the elemental in control of Ja Yun’s body.
“Are you telling us that the elementals are specifically trying to destroy the world?”
Iseul blinked once—the first time Jia had seen her do so at all—then shook her head.
“Oh, no. Well, not really. It’s more like they just don’t care if it does? I gu...
2022-05-09 19:45:50 +0000 UTC View PostJa Yun wasn’t cut out for this life. She’d nearly fainted after Eui’s sudden body reconstruction, and then the elementals had shown up and rendered all their efforts entirely moot. Well, not entirely—Han Shin was still dead, and strangely the Ice and Magma elementals had no interest in freeing Sagong So from his bonds. In fact, they had ignored everyone but her—the others had...
2022-05-06 18:24:12 +0000 UTC View PostEverything was going wrong at once. As if the heavens themselves trying to blast her to smithereens hadn’t already been a bad enough time, now Rika’s friends were in danger and there was nothing she could do about it. The lifeless look in Ja Yun’s eyes had been heartbreaking when she saw it, and Rika just wanted to go over and give the poor woman a hug—reassure her that everything would...
2022-05-04 19:13:54 +0000 UTC View PostHan Shin’s spell was impressive in its design. The kind of complex spellcraft that only an accomplished mage who had extensively studied mana theory could accomplish. The results of a brilliant mind applying all of their hard work and knowledge towards a singular purpose—to kill. This particular spell was made to kill groups of people in large conflicts—and not just any normal people, eit...
2022-05-02 18:55:54 +0000 UTC View PostYoshika was momentarily paralyzed by indecision. Across the threshold to the throne room was perhaps the most terrifying battle she’d ever witnessed, and she was torn between rushing in to try to help little Haeun, or fleeing for her life. It wasn’t as if she expected to be able to actually accomplish anything. She was little more than an ant among giants in that room. And the barr...
2022-04-29 16:53:17 +0000 UTC View PostYoshika ran alongside Rika back towards her house. At the same time, she searched her way through the palace with Hyeong Aecha and Eunae, avoiding conflict as they made their way towards the throne room. It was an odd feeling to have her domain stretched out so thinly, but Yoshika wasn’t willing to give up her connection during such an emergency. The biggest downside was that her ability to c...
2022-04-27 18:25:29 +0000 UTC View PostIt was eerily quiet as Yoshika left the Sky Hall. Once the protective formations around the chamber were disengaged, she swept her domain outward to get a better picture of what was going on in the palace. Two things stood out right away.
“The barrier around the palace is down.”
Eunae gasped.
“What?! That’s—it’s never been lowered for as l...
2022-04-25 18:59:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Tsuu has finished yet another lovely character design, this time it's Master Ienaga, the martial arts instructor. It's been a while since we've seen her, but I'm sure she's kicking ass somewhere. We're slowly catching up to the backlog now, so you can look forward to a new vote soon (finally!).
2022-04-20 14:50:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Tsuu gave me a little easter surprise by finishing the Heian character design ahead of schedule (well, ahead of the new schedule, it's actually months late, but such is life). As always her work is absolutely fantastic. I love all the little details hinting at her spiritual nature. Really looking forward to seeing Ienaga!
2022-04-18 03:04:37 +0000 UTC View PostI'll be taking a break next week while I move house. Next chapter will be on the 25th. Thank you for understanding and I'll see you all next week! <3
2022-04-15 22:07:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe first bolt struck so forcefully and suddenly that Yoshika’s bodies were nearly knocked over by the shockwave. The magic of the Sky Hall dampened the blast, keeping everyone but Rika safe from the effects of the tribulation. The barrier protecting Rika shattered like glass under a blacksmith’s hammer, but when the blinding flash of lightning subsided, Rika herself was completely unharmed...
2022-04-15 18:08:42 +0000 UTC View PostPain. Indescribable, unbearable pain. Yoshika had felt this kind of pain only a few times before. Once when Yan Yue had accidentally torn her aspects away from each other, again when Jia had attempted to sacrifice her soul to save Eui from Zheng Long during their confrontation on Mount Geumji—she’d even felt the pain of Soulfire once, though that memory actually belonged to Rika. T...
2022-04-13 20:48:34 +0000 UTC View PostYoshika was trying very hard not to look at the naked body of the gorgeous being in front of her, but there was nothing else to look at. It felt too much like an invasion of Eunae’s privacy, and it made her extremely uncomfortable. Yoshika couldn’t shake the feeling that she was not supposed to be here, wherever ‘here’ even was.
“That’s right. You’re not. And yet, y...
2022-04-11 18:16:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Damnit!”
Yoshika swore in frustration as she once again failed to accomplish anything with the piece of divine essence before her. It felt like she was right back where she started—she could take the essence into or out of her dantian, but it remained entirely inviolate to everything else she tried to do to it. Heeding Jianmo’s warning, she had been careful not t...
2022-04-08 18:36:44 +0000 UTC View PostSitting awkwardly in one of the empty rooms in the Lee estate, Ja Yun lamented—not for the first time—that she felt entirely out of place in the household. The An couple and Lee Jung kept asking increasingly worried questions that she didn’t know how to answer, and Narae kept bugging her for training. Or at least, she did until Ja Yun had revealed that she only really knew magic—Narae h...
2022-04-06 19:11:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Rika had begun her meditation, Yoshika, Eunae, and Hyeong Aecha were left in a somewhat awkward position. They couldn’t leave the meditation chamber for fear of Seong Misun’s wrath, but there wasn’t much for them to do inside the chamber except—well, meditate. Though Hyeong Aecha made a point of checking up on the various formations, and Eunae would occasionally argue wit...
2022-04-04 18:53:05 +0000 UTC View PostDivine tribulation. Powerful bolts of heavenly lightning that threaten to rend any unprepared cultivator asunder. They were a poorly understood phenomenon—there weren’t very many xiantian cultivators and fewer still who were willing to study tribulations or share their findings. As such, their purpose was the subject of quite a bit of scholarly debate. Some said that they were punishment fo...
2022-04-01 19:06:43 +0000 UTC View Post“If you can understand what I am saying, reach out and touch my left hand.”
The presumably sentient blob of slime did not respond to Jia in any meaningful way. Elementals were supposed to be intelligent, but no matter how she tried, she couldn’t seem to get this one to communicate. At the very least, it seemed relatively harmless as it followed her around everywhere. It was a first ...
2022-03-30 18:36:09 +0000 UTC View Post
The Kindle edition of Fates Parallel Volume 2 is now available for preorder on Amazon, and will be available on Kindle Unlimited on April 12th. On top of that, the first volume's Audi...
2022-03-28 19:34:53 +0000 UTC View PostJia shot out of her seat and made it halfway out of the garden before her mind caught up and she stopped to think for a moment. If the elementals wanted to attack, then they wouldn’t need to surround her house. Whatever they were up to, it didn’t necessarily mean that her family was in danger. Still, that didn’t mean she wanted to risk it. She turned back and saw the girls looking at her ...
2022-03-28 19:29:46 +0000 UTC View PostTime began to fly by weeks at a time as Jia and Eui’s days were filled by a constant deluge of meetings, negotiations, and—when they could squeeze in the time for it—training. Between all of that, it was difficult to find any time to themselves, but there was one person for whom Jia would always make time.
“Big sis, when is Haeun coming back to play again?”
Jia sighed. She...
2022-03-25 19:12:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe days following the ‘kidnapping incident’ were surprisingly quiet. Kaede was upset, but it was more resigned frustration than actual anger. She assured Jia and Eui that covering up something like an escaped princess was a perfectly mundane thing for royalty. The rumors would just be a small additional difficulty compared to the monumental task of getting the Goryeon nobility on their sid...
2022-03-23 18:02:17 +0000 UTC View PostYoshika had been meditating quietly in her room when she felt it. A sudden spike of panic and confusion from Narae, who had been quietly sleeping just moments before. Unlike Haeun who had already managed to gain control of her domain, Narae and Ja Yun still had uncontrolled proto-domains—closer in nature to a mage’s aura than a proper domain. One of the disadvantages of this was that to any...
2022-03-21 20:34:58 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time they finished their discussion, the teapot had gone empty, the pastries were all eaten—mostly by Jia—and the sun was low in the sky. It had mostly been Eunae and Kaede, though Rika and even Eui would occasionally chip in with a question or suggestion. Only Jia and Ja Yun remained silent for most of it—each of their own reasons. Jia just couldn’t bring herself to be int...
2022-03-18 18:16:26 +0000 UTC View Post“Haeun! Stop clinging to Jia like that—people are going to—urk!”
Eunae’s chastisement was interrupted by Rika’s tight embrace.
“We missed you too, dummy.”
Eunae’s flustered sputtering brought a smile to Jia’s face, and for a moment, it was as if they’d never been separated. Then Eunae finally gained her composure and pried herself out of Rika’s...
2022-03-16 21:05:11 +0000 UTC View Post