Fic Update Thread 53

[Mamorien]

From the standpoint of OEX, it's a Destiny-palooza! First, the side-story Tales of Destiny continues with Journey to the East 25.

“Take heart, sons of the dunes. This is only pathetic artifice. This shadow is the work of the Enemy, to break wills and shatter spirits. It has no more power than you give it. You are stronger than mere trickery,”

Guo Xinhua’s rich voice reverberated in (Gu Xiulan's) ears, more than the mundane sound that would pass from a human(')s lips, it reverberated in the air, shook the nightmare desert from the earth to the sky, sending ripples through the crumbled ruins, leaving glimpses of golden dunes and a pale blue sky. Of watchtowers still standing proudly along an unbroken road. Utter surety and confidence manifest, bolstering them.

Where the dead still clawed at walls, but spears and arrows still answered them, and always burning purifying flames still lanced out.

False, false. The voice whispering despair and submission, so pathetic and repugnant, was false. The Pain in her arm was real, the fire in her veins was real. Guo Xinhua’s voice was real.

Then, the main Threads of Destiny weave chapter 382: Perdition 2.

A blade whispered, and Ling Qi was driven to her knees, tears burning in her eyes as she vomited into the dust beneath her. The labyrinth was split asunder, a kilometers-long canyon rent in the earth at the stroke of a blade. No concealment. No tricks. No confusion.

The Sovereign of Steel and Fire had come.