An Explainer For New Readers
At first glance, Forge Of Destiny looks like a regular novella series on Amazon with a new installment every 6-12 months, but underneath the surface is an audience-participation choose-your-own-adventure releasing 3 new chapters a week - if you wish, you can join the rest of the audience in voting on Ling Qi's actions.
The big picture is Destiny Cycle: the collective term for the books you are reading, including Forge Of Destiny, Threads Of Destiny, and any future installments. All three volumes of Forge and the first two volumes of Threads are available as of this writing. There's audiobook versions available as well.
Royal Road
The books on Amazon are first published chapter-by-chapter on Royal Road, a website that hosts writing by independent authors. All chapters here are free to read, and no account is required. Royal Road's most recent chapter is always ahead of the bound volumes on Amazon, as it takes time for them to be collected and edited together into books by volunteers.
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21188/forge-of-destiny
Sufficient Velocity
Each Royal Road chapter is itself first released on Sufficient Velocity, a web forum designed for roleplaying text adventure games - and this is because Destiny Cycle is actually played as a turn-based roleplaying text adventure, where the audience votes every few days on Ling Qi's major decisions. Ling Qi has stats, equipment, and even makes dice rolls to determine uncertain outcomes. If you are familliar with the term, Destiny Cycle is a quest thread.
Sufficient Velocity's most recent chapter is always ahead of Royal Road, as it takes time for each one to be proofread, edited, and brought up to RR's standards. If you want to read the story as it is being written, and help shape it, then this is the place to read along. All chapters here are free to read, but voting requires an account.
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/threads-of-destiny-eastern-fantasy-sequel-to-forge-of-destiny.51431/
Omakes
Fans can also submit writing or art (called "omake") that take place in Destiny Cycle to the Sufficient Velocity thread. If Yrs likes it, he'll add it to the "Apocrypha" list of worthy fanwork. If he really likes it, it'll be added to "Sidestories" instead and become part of the Destiny Cycle canon until further notice. Readers are awarded points for either of these two merits, which can be spent on improving the odds of Ling Qi's dicerolls.
The Discord
This is the "official" centralised discussion space for all forms of Destiny Cycle, including spoiler-free channels for those keeping pace with Royal Road. Fans catching up to the most recent chapters are still encouraged to join - everyone loves to see the reactions of someone reading Destiny Cycle for the first time.
https://discord.com/invite/bc8bKZM
The Wiki
This is the up-to-date repository of lore and character information for the series, such as character portraits, cultivation spreadsheets, and maps.
https://forgeofdestiny.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
Commissions
Yrsillar also does writing on a commission basis, with prices currently ranging from USD$55 to $80 depending on the piece. Most fans commission small Destiny Cycle stories that get added to the "Sidestories" collection on Sufficient Velocity. As of this writing, the queue is over a year long (he's very popular with fans) and listed on the discord.
Patreon
Readers can support Yrsillar with monthly money via Patreon, gaining a special discord role and early access to both commissions and Royal Road chapters.
