Status Update

Stacie is 53% done

Going to start updating my progress to hold myself accountable for finishing this novel before the end of the year. Started in January and still haven't finished. It's quite long and I've put it aside for other novels too many times.

If you like fantasy, especially xianxia and don't need romance in your fantasy this novel is for you!! The world building alone is incredible.

Reminder this is not danmei

— Nov 12, 2025 02:24PM

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Stacie is 91% done

I started this January 25th of this year and have 8 days to read 283 pages (of 3,174!) 😬

If any of my friends (or potential new friends!) ever decide to read this, please let me know and I will buddy read with you! This novel is unlike anything I’ve read and I cannot wait to reread it one day 🥰.

— Dec 23, 2025 06:54PM

Stacie is 74% done

Priest is SO talented with world building and storytelling. I’m not even done and I can’t wait to reread this 💜

— Nov 28, 2025 11:57AM

Stacie is 70% done

Take this. There's a precious person inside.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

This novel really deserves to be published and marketed to fantasy readers.

— Nov 20, 2025 10:10AM

Stacie is 67% done

Spiritual beasts, a Cauldron of Nine Dragons and an evil cultivators alliance?! Makes me miss The Legendary Master’s Wife 😭

— Nov 17, 2025 06:02PM

Stacie is 64% done

Priest never fails when it comes to well written female characters. In addition to Turan from The Defectives/Can Ci Pin and Gu Yuexi from Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire, there are at least four in this novel that I love so far. So refreshing to see women with lots of depth and central to the plot!

I’m in book 4 of 5 and it’s almost getting to the point of being unputdownable for me.

— Nov 16, 2025 07:13PM

Stacie is 62% done

Love steampunk x xianxia. Iron replacing spiritual stones needed for things to make life easier for common people is 🤌 Fragile system of the cultivators’ control breaking down!

Also, 100 pages read but only 1% progress 🦥

— Nov 15, 2025 05:51PM

Stacie is 61% done

Never thought I would read the words bald donkey in another novel after Copper Coins but here we are!

Character development A+++++
World building A+++++
Plot A+++++

Fantasy readers- add this to your TBR

— Nov 14, 2025 06:43PM

Stacie is 58% done

Always comes down to greed and desire for money, power, and prestige. These cultivators trying to ascend to immortality are the worst. They do not care about the common people and spend so much time in seclusion. But what is it all for, what’s the point? After they become immortal, then what? Because they certainly don’t help the common people then either…

— Nov 13, 2025 02:22PM

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Nov 12, 2025 07:50PM

I have it in my TBR and I will sit one summer to just enjoy the outdoors to read it. I heard it's one of Priest's best works! ♥️

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Nov 12, 2025 08:15PM

@V~ Yes!!! I can’t wait for more people to read this. I was an avid fantasy reader before danmei and this is everything I loved about that genre. Priest’s writing skills are on full display here. I swear you don’t even miss that there’s no CP.

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