Ave Xia Rem Y

Ave Xia Rem Y - Chapter 383: Messenger from the Heavenly Sword

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:00:08 GMT

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The games go by without any further incidents. Certainly, there are some small hiccups, inexplicable moments of vertigo that last but a few seconds. Granny Zhao calls them aftershocks. They will continue for a while, but eventually they will grow so weak that people will no longer notice them. Nothing that can be compared to the slowly healing sky above their heads.

Liu Jin is not sure how to feel about it all. Glad, perhaps. Other than the disastrous first night, where multiple were injured and a few died, no one else has been harmed by the quakes. The only injuries now occur inside the arena and to the delight of thousands.

Long Zei claims victory in the unarmed tournament, then goes on to defeat his armed counterpart, becoming the first champion of the Glacial Games. The sight of his bruised self walking to the stands so he might kiss his bride-to-be is sure to be immortalized in tales. It might have gone differently if higher-ranking officials had been allowed to participate, but they wanted the average citizen to have some semblance of a chance.

Besides, scores of his soldiers are patrolling the country right now, locating anomalies and reporting them. Granny Zhao assured him that the worst is over for now, but Liu Jin and General Nie Dan decided to err on the side of caution.

It ends up being the correct choice.

“I want you to repeat that,” Liu Jin says while sitting on this throne. A vein throbs in his temple, but he does his best to keep his aura calm.

That does not make the soldier in front of him any less afraid.

“It is what the message said, (...)

Ave Xia Rem Y - Chapter 382: Broken Sky

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:12 GMT

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Liu Jin is busy working with dead flesh when he feels the sharp crack resound above his head. His vision sways, and it takes him a moment to realize that it is not his eyes that are failing. Reality itself is literally rippling all around him, like the reflection on the surface of a lake after a stone is cast. Liu Jin looks at his hands and feels less real than he was a moment ago.

Screams rise soon after.

The panicked voices of nobles, soldiers, and servants alike echo throughout the palace. In the town below, countless people are running about, confused and scared. Their happy festival is being destroyed in the blink of an eye. People trample over one another in their panic.

No.

Liu Jin’s Qi rises, and the authority of the Storm Dragon rises alongside it. The shadow of the Divinity spreads across the land. It is a warm cape drawn over those who are shivering in the night. It is a shield for those who cannot protect themselves. It is the will of the Emperor enforcing itself over reality and telling his subjects one simple thing.

You are safe.

Reality stops rippling. The screams die down. The riots stop. Liu Jin rushes out of his study. His guards are visibly shaken by the experience, but they immediately bow to him.

“Go to the town. Take charge of the soldiers. See to the wounded,” He orders one. To the other one, he says, “Go to the nobles one by one. I want to be sure no one within these walls has been harmed.”

“At once, Your Majesty!” they say, before departing to do as he says.

Liu Jin starts walking. (...)

Ave Xia Rem Y - Chapter 381: Nothing if not Resolute

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:00:10 GMT

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“Are you certain?”

Xiao Nan nods. The look on his face is grave.

“Completely, Little Brother. Even more so now that I am here,” he says. “The feeling is too similar to be a coincidence.”

The two are in Liu Jin’s study, away from prying eyes. Xiao Nan arrived at the palace wounded and covered in hastily applied bandages and ointment, much to Xiao Shuang’s dismay. However, rather than allowing his injuries to be treated, Xiao Nan demanded to speak with Liu Jin in private.

Liu Jin understands why now. He closes his eyes and reaches out to the Storm Dragon, awakening the slumbering Shadow. Those in the palace only feel the slightest of tremors running through the walls, but Liu Jin feels how the enormity of his presence fills the room. It is as if an entire reality has been created between these four walls, infinite in majesty and boundless in scope.

And so very angry.

Liu Jin winces as the Storm Dragon’s emotions wash over him. His Qi rises as the Divinity’s wrath becomes so loud that it starts to overwhelm his own thoughts. This is exactly why he didn’t want to do this.

“Are you-”

“I am all right,” Liu Jin says, even though he is obviously not. His body is covered in sweat, and his hand has grabbed hold of the wall to steady himself. “He’s just a little loud. However…You were right.”

Xiao Nan frowns.

“I didn’t want to be.”

Xiao Yifan only visited Eastern Port City a scant few (...)

Ave Xia Rem Y - Chapter 380: Dragons and Vultures

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:00:14 GMT

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“This is your fault!”

Su Daji looks up from her bowl of sweets. It hadn’t been easy to acquire them. Whenever she goes to the kitchen, Shi Qingxia always chases her out, claiming the cooks have more important things to do than cater to her whims. Su Daji understands why the Boss keeps that woman and her friends around, but she is a menace.

The woman in front of her is also a menace, but in a different way.

“What did I do?” Su Daji asks, blinking innocently.

“Don’t pretend to be unaware!” Song Daiyu yells, glaring at her. “I just had a very difficult, very embarrassing conversation because of you!”

“Ah, you finally got around to it,” Su Daji says. A sweet dumpling goes into her mouth. She savors it. “How did it go?

Song Daiyu’s glare grows darker.

“I…ended up promising him the Five Blessings Group because I was scared he’d reject me if he had to decide right now,” Song Daiyu admits, looking away.

Su Daji blinks.

“Oh, well,” she says, shrugging. “It all worked out for the best.”

Song Daiyu’s Qi spikes. Her hands ball into fists.

“How was that for the best?!”

Su Daji meets her anger with a flat look. Her aura rises softly but with enough force to remind Song Daiyu of the difference between them.

“Because,” Su Daji says. “This was never about helping you. It was always about him. Boss would (...)

Ave Xia Rem Y - Chapter 379: I Can

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:00:10 GMT

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New Moon Town looks exactly the same as it did when Xiao Nan last saw it. So much has happened, yet this one place remains frozen in time. Xiao Nan feels a nostalgic urge to see if the restaurant where he ate with his Little Brother is still there, but that’s not a priority. He is here for one reason only.

“Where is my treacherous aunt?”

“Young Master Xiao Nan!” cries out Elder Gang. His eyes are as wide as dinner plates. “You are…You are…”

Most likely, it is the shock of it all that has rendered him speechless. Still, Xiao Nan does his best to quell his presence. He has spent far too much time around the powerful people his Little Brother surrounds himself with and has forgotten the common courtesies. Elder Gang might be at the top of the Heaven Realm, but the rest of New Moon Town is far from that level.

He’s probably made half the town faint just by arriving.

“You are not so weak that you cannot speak in my presence, Elder Gang,” Xiao Nan reminds him. “Now, please tell me where-”

Xiao Nan stops talking when Elder Gang grabs him in a hug.

“You foolish, foolish boy,” Elder Gang says. “When news arrived of the fate of Eastern Port City, we thought we lost you. To think you’re now in front of me as an Emperor… The Heavens are kind to this old man.”

Xiao Nan’s face softens. He hugs the Elder back. Unlike his Little Brother, Elder Gang never had a chance to see him before he departed for the Dead Plains, and it was too dangerous to visit him while he was still a Renegade. He might have already known he survived (...)

Ave Xia Rem Y - Chapter 378: Aftershocks

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:00:05 GMT

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The Dead Plains are an impossibly vast area through which only a select few can travel. Anything that happens on the other side is a mystery to most people. Even those skilled in the art of sensing Qi cannot sense what happens over there. The distances involved are simply too large.

And yet, there are signs.

A day after the failed invasion, a light tremor shakes the earth. Most are quick to dismiss it as an aftereffect of the battle. The day after, night takes an hour longer to arrive. The next day, the weather is a little cold in places where it should be warm, and warm in places where it should be cold. A massive bird migration is reported the following day.

A week later, a green sky can be seen at night in various parts of the Storm Dragon Empire.

“You can’t know that for sure!”

Liu Jin sighs and looks away from Emperor Xiang’s angry face. Thanks to a set of mirrors provided by the Divine Frozen Palace, the two can communicate without leaving their countries. Liu Jin doesn’t doubt that the Divine Frozen Palace must have some way to overhear their conversations, but that doesn’t really matter to him. Not right now.

Right now, he wishes Emperor Xiang would stop being so stubborn.

“What I am saying makes sense,” Liu Jin says. “You know this.”

“I know that you want it to be true, but that doesn’t matter. You are not treating this seriously enough!” Emperor Xiang replies, jabbing his finger at the mirror. “You almost lost the entire population of your country. Do you have any idea what could have happened (...)

Ave Xia Rem Y - Chapter 377: Be Done With It

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:00:13 GMT

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Rarely does one see Emperors fight. Rarer still is to feel one of them die. However, that is what has happened. Since the start of hostilities, four Emperors of the Temple of the Thousand Shadows have attacked the Storm Dragon Empire, and all four are now dead. It is nothing short of miraculous, and as the stunned stupor gives way to sheer relief and vibrant joy, people begin cheering all over the palace.

Only one place is the exception. Only one place remains in silence.

The throne room.

Serene End stands unnaturally still. She should be happy that the Temple of the Thousand Shadows suffered yet another humiliation, but her mind has a hard time accepting this outcome. Those on this side of the Dead Plains are weaker. That is what she has been taught all her life. They were not blessed enough to be born on the Sacred Lands.

So why is this the result?

Numerically, this side of the Dead Plains cannot compete with them. They have more Emperors and more Divinities, yet in this battle, where numbers and cultivation level were equal, the quality of those on this side was higher. Her mind rebels against the notion, but how can she deny what her senses so clearly felt?

“It seems there will be no need for your aid.”

Xiao Shuang is the one who breaks the silence. She looks at Serene End with a smug smile.

“Mind your words, little girl,” Serene End says, growing angry for the first time.

“No, she does not need to mind them,” Liu Jin says. The shadow of a Divinity hovers around (...)

Ave Xia Rem Y - Chapter 376: Fading Fire

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:00:06 GMT

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“Obviously, I could not allow things to continue as they were,” Feng Gui, Future Patriarch of the Eternal Flame Clan, says as he paces impatiently around a spacious red room. “The Divine Frozen Palace loaned that madwoman to them. The Eternal Flame Clan could not be seen as a lesser ally.”

His words are met with silence.

“Just think of the repercussions had the attack from those barbarians succeeded! The Elders would never agree to this whole conflict after that. My plans would have been set back by at least five centuries!” Feng Gui says, throwing his hands into the air. “All because of that child!”

His listener raises an eyebrow. It is impressive how Feng Gui says the word child with fondness and bloodthirst in equal amounts. His hands twitch as if preparing to squeeze someone's neck.

“I had to do something, and it couldn't be me who went there. That wouldn’t be proper at all,” Feng Gui says, shaking his head. “I had to send someone, and who better than my most trusted subordinate?”

Feng Gui turns towards his listener.

“It felt good! I love ordering my brother around like a common lackey,” Feng Gui says with a gleeful smile. “Besides, I’m letting him go rescue his children. He should be thanking me. I win. He wins. The child wins. It all works out.”

The smile gradually fades from Feng Gui’s face and is replaced by a thoughtful frown. His mouth opens and closes multiple times, his words struggling to get out. Finally, he manages to get them into the proper order. (...)

Ave Xia Rem Y - Chapter 375: The Last Piece

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:00:18 GMT

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“Hear me, Emperor Qing Jin of the Storm Dragon Empire! I am the Red Shadow! Surrender yourself to the authority of the Temple of the Thousand Shadows. Otherwise, every single person in this country will die by my hand!”

Red Shadow’s roar is heard all around the country, and Liu Jin’s throne room is no exception. The young Emperor knows those words are not an empty threat. The mass of energy floating above the palace, the core of the technique that threatens all, is entirely too real for that. In the blink of an eye, every single person in the Empire has become a hostage. It’s unthinkable. It’s outrageous. It is…

“Well, isn’t this interesting?"

Liu Jin’s pupils become slits as he looks at Serene End. His Qi crackles with power, and scales rise over his body. The whispers of the Storm Dragon suddenly seem so reasonable. In fact, Liu Jin is having a hard time remembering why he is allowing so many unneeded things to exist.

Serene End smiles.

“I’m not the only member of the Death Fashioning Scripture close by, Your Majesty,” she says. “There is a group of us waiting just on the other side of the border. It seems to me that the people of this nation could use our strength right now.”

“Say what you truly mean,” Xiao Shuang says coldly. Frost covers the floor as her angry Qi fills the room. “You will only help us if he surrenders himself to you. Is that it?”

“It is only fair,” Serene End says, shrugging. “We’d be entering into a war with the Temple of the Thousand (...)

Ave Xia Rem Y - Chapter 374: Proper

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:00:17 GMT

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Meng Yue and Quiet Shadow fly high above the ground. The area around them is surrounded by a barrier with a perimeter that spans multiple miles. On the ground is the frozen form of the massive shadow that invaded the Storm Dragon Empire. There is no telling how many people are trapped inside it. Behind Meng Yue is the Storm Dragon Palace. Nobles and military officials are watching the battle unfold with bated breath.

Meng Yue has a sword in her hand, a beautiful blade of ice that gleams like a diamond. She assumes a stance, her sword pointed at the enemy, before furrowing her brow as an idea occurs to her.

She throws her weapon like a javelin.

The weapon breaks the sound barrier several times over before it has even left her hands. In the blink of an eye, it is already in front of Quiet Shadow. The blue ogre clad in golden armor swings his golden club and knocks the sword out of the air. It travels multiple miles before cratering into the ground.

Meng Yue narrows her eyes. Most wouldn’t have noticed it, but her sword lost speed and power as it grew close to Quiet Shadow.

“You should not be so quick to throw away your weapon,” he tells her.

Meng Yue shrugs.

“Swords look good, but I have never been fond of them,” she says, changing her stance slightly and raising her fists. “The sensation of someone’s flesh and bones breaking against my own… Wouldn’t you say that’s more satisfying?”

She speeds up.

[Frozen Path]

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