《5 Dragon Emperor》Prologue - 0
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Five Dragon Emperor is a story that will be written like Xianxia novels, Xianxia novels are usually long and are about the MC training to the peak of cultivation, or very close to it.
Most Xianxia novels are 2000+ words per chapter, however i've seen a few novels containing words less than that, and this novel will be one of them.
Soaring Dragon Continent, Outside Emperor’s Palace
Outside the Emperor's Palace, it is highly usually guarded day and night however this night there are no guards in sight. Highly suspicious most people would assume, but considering the emperor’s strength you would have to be crazy to even step foot in the Palace.
At this moment, outside the palace, a black haired red eyed man was staring at the shadow of a man. There was sweat dripping all across his body, and he was breathing heavily. From afar if one were to look they would suspect that this person is an intruder who was being chased after from the palace. This was not the case, he is the emperor himself.
As his chest heaved you could tell that he was highly exhausted, exhausted enough that he could collapse at any moment. If it wasn’t for his will of not wanting to die then you can expect that he would fall. However, his eyes were fierce and cold, you can tell that he was looking to kill someone tonight.
Around him was a crowd of twenty-seven individuals who encircled him blocking all his escape routes.
“Chang Mu, give up! Hand over the five Dragon Pendant and you can return back to the palace!”
“Chang Chi, never would... I have thought you...would be the one to try... and kill me!”
“Brother, if one wants to be strong he needs to beat the stronger foe. If only you weren’t the one who picked up that heavenly treasure two weeks ago.”
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Chang Mu clenched his hands tight, he knew there was no escape for him. The people who surrounded him were all at the top of their cultivation. If one were to pass by, they would feel terrified by the aura’s these people were emitting.
Paragons of Truth, the highest one could cultivate to before becoming a true immortal. On the Soaring Dragon Continent, there are at least five hundred who have cultivated to that realm. Those who cultivated to the Immortal realm was only three, and Chang Mu was one of them.
“Ha, you want this five Dragon Pendant, not in this lifetime! You dare use Six Demon Sealing poison on me to block my meridians! You couldn’t even face me as a man!”
Indeed, Chang Chi did poison his own brother blocking his meridians making him a mortal. Chang Chi himself was only at the Paragon of Truth level while his brother was an Immortal, there was no way he could kill him no matter how hard he tried. Poisoning him was the only way, they say take a dragon's powers away and he's nothing more than a giant lizard.
“Fine! I gave you a chance to give me the pendant but you foolishly choose to die.”
“Die? No, not by your hands.”
Chang Mu grabbed the pendant over his neck and tightened his grip over it. The five Dragon Pendant was truly a sight to behold, five Dragon heads, each one a different color circling around a jade gem that held power beyond anything in the world.
The surrounding people gasped at the sight of the five Dragon Pendant, drool slid down from their mouths. Even if they didn’t know what it was used for, it was something worth looking at. Chang Mu slowly raised his head, and he glared at them with arrogance. “You Chang Chi, my own brother wants to kill me to take away a treasure given to me by the heavens! I say NO!”
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Chang Mu tightened his grip on the pendant using all his strength to crush the pendant. The once beautiful treasure that caused all this was now turned into silvery ash that floated away, leaving only the jade gem.
“Now lets see you try to take the pendant!”
Chang Chi’s eyes turned bloodshot red and cold. After finding out the effects of the five Dragon Pendant he urgently devised this plan to take it from his brother. If his brother wouldn’t hand it over, then he would kill him for it. One thing he didn’t know was the five Dragon Pendant was fragile, and it could break with the slightest pressure.
“CHANG Mu! You will not leave here alive!”
Chang Mu knew that he wouldn’t leave here alive, and if he did he would still die. He who reached the peak of cultivation turning into an Immortal, having an endless lifespan and became the emperor who united the seven kingdoms. He drank a poison that turned him back into a mortal, there was no use in him living again, even if he did get out of this situation.
The jade gem that he held in his hand lost all of its power, now it was just a gem that could only be sold. The real power was held in the five Dragon heads that surrounded the gem. Now that the five heads were gone, all the power they had disappeared also.
Grapping a dagger out of his chest pocket Chang Mu clutched it tight. “You will not escape from this unharmed Chang Chi. Once everyone knows that the emperor has been murdered by his own brother, you will be beheaded and your family will burn.”
“No one will ever find out!”
“Fine! Say no one will find out, but remember this well I will have my revenge. Maybe not now, not in ten years or even in this lifetime, but I will have my revenge!”
Chang Mu pierced his own heart with the dagger, but in his eyes was a resolution to make it out alive.
Chang Mu knew that when he died his soul would pass on into the next world, but he couldn’t accept that. Reincarnate into a world he didn’t know anything about, no! ‘I Must have REVENGE for all those who wronged me!’
The souls around his were being pushed by an unknown force, but Chang Mu didn’t follow that force. He made his soul go against the current and made his own path. ‘Just you wait Chang Chi!’
Pew! His soul shot off in the distance, towards an unknown land to him. Chang Mu might be the first person in history to go against the heavens and have his soul reincarnated into the same world.
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A World Forgotten
***This story will contain lite-litrpg elements, mainly character pages and a town page. There will also be settlement building and adventuring, missteps and achievements. But one thing it definitely won’t have is a harem. Nor will it have an overpowered MC. Contains mild cursing.*** ***feel free to critique my writing and offer input. This is my first venture into writing. I've always enjoyed litrpg/gamelit books. I feel like I write how I talk, so it may be a little different. You won't hurt my feelings if you see something wrong or out of place! *** ***What follows is a condensed part of chapter 1. Enjoy!*** Drew Cooper is thrust into a new, unfamiliar world. Waking up in his sweats and t-shirt near what seems to be a forgotten path through some woods, he struggles coming to terms that he's no longer in his apartment. As he tries to cope with his new reality, he hears a horse coming down the path. He hides behind a nearby tree dreading what may happen next. As the horse approaches, he sees a man walking next to it. The horse is burdened with packs and gear. When the man nears, Drew nearly panics. He has a large sword strapped to his waist, obviously a fighter. He continues to hide as the man slowly passes only for the man to stop a dozen meters past his hiding spot. "You may as well come out, ya know. You weren't as well hidden as you thought," the man stated matter-of-factly, letting the horse’s reins go and putting his hand on the hilt of his sword. Slowly and scared for his life, Drew raised up and walked from behind the tree. "I-I'm sorry. I wasn't planning on attacking you. I-I don't know where I am. I heard your horse and hid. I didn't know what you'd do if you saw me. I'm sorry," he nervously blurted out. A minute passed. Then two. The man seemed interested with Drew and stepped closer, eyes squinting as if trying to see something. "What's that on your shirt? Is that. What is that? Is that, Pac-man?" The man was visibly shaken while pointing at me. Looking down at his t-shirt nervously, "Yea. Yea. I woke up here a few hours ago I think. 3 maybe 4 hours. I’ve just been sitting here. Where am I? What's going on?" Drew asked. "That's not important right now," the man replied. " What's important is where you're from. What year is it?" "What year? April something 2020. Why? What's going on?" Drew continued now worried. The man was taken aback. After a few moments, he seemed to calm himself some. The man sighed and looked at Drew in earnest. "Well, I've got good news and bad news for ya. Bad news is you're not on Earth anymore. Good news is you happened to run into me and not someone else. You’re either really lucky, or it’s fate we met in these woods, and I don’t believe in luck." The man continued to walk towards Drew while talking and put out his hand. "I'm John Mitchell from St. Louis or thereabouts. You’ve got nothing to be scared of by me. Walk with me and let’s talk."
8 94Devourer of Destiny
A wise old grandpa in a ring. An ancient weapon to unleash one's true potential. An unorthodox teacher who emerges from obscurity to provide heroes with enlightenment. In a cultivation world, those who would rise to the top usually have some sort of advantage that propels their rapid ascent. Things that many would offer their souls to obtain. Ebon Dirge, a fallen devil descended from the highest realms of the divine, is more than happy to accept their payment. Thwarted by the machinations of the mightiest beings in the universe, he is forced to begin anew in the lands of the weakest mortals. To prepare for the ultimate confrontation, he has hatched a plot to steal the best weapon of all: destiny. Whether it is a downtrodden youth in the savage wilds, a prince driven to desperation by the royal web tangled around him, or the students and staff of an illustrious magical academy... all should beware what they wish for. They just might get it. For a price, of course. --- PROGRAMMING NOTE This is a wholly rewritten version of the novel that originally began in 2018, not a copy-paste of those original chapters. ABOUT THE NOVEL Devourer of Destiny is an exploration of cultivation story tropes and foibles. It features: - Cultivation stuff. The story is a satirical take on xianxia and xuanhuan staples and tropes.- An irredeemably evil central character.- Multiple POVs. A lot of them, although the central character remains central and will always have the lion's share. POSTING SCHEDULE TBD. Still working it out.
8 125Addiction
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8 190The Soul Saga
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8 199Beyond Time and Space
Liam Mason went to sleep thinking about his deadly fight the next day, but woke up in a white room accompanied by countless people. Without choice, he must fight to survive and thus protect his family from the imminent onslaught of demons from another universe, but soon will find that there are enemies even in their own universe and the apocalypse is inevitable. *** (3 chapters per week)*** Game System / no-harem and possibly no romance *** MY PATREON PAGE: https://www.patreon.com/JamesFernando *** English isn't my first language so please excuse my mistakes. I hope you enjoy what i will write in the future. ... This story is also being posted on: https://www.webnovel.com/book/11008660705236305/Beyond-Time-and-Space
8 222The Mystery Replacement
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