Chapter 1,186.
Added 2024-01-20 10:39:15 +0000 UTCA/N: Reminder, next chapter Wednesday.
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"You're still alive? Let me see."
The Thousandflame Eccentric sat at the same spot as before, locked in the same position, holding the same leaf. It was as though a month hadn't passed since she hurled him into that pit of despair to reforge his core. Kruta stuffed down the choice words that were always bubbling just beneath the surface.
"You don't have to sound so surprised every time," Kruta sighed as he rotated his cultivation base.
Steel and flames coursed through his body, fueled by his Middle D-grade Cosmic Core. An illusory flame appeared on his head, spreading down his torso and into his hands. Kruta felt his muscles straining with barely repressed destruction, and the burning spirit of his ancestor appearing behind him exuded a matching ferocity.
Kruta had to admit that while staying by his Master's side meant constant suffering, the gains were more than a match. The path she'd illuminated, or rather kicked open, held boundless potential while perfectly matching his heart. Even the benefits brought from the seal of the Indomitable Court paled before the rebirth she'd guided him through.
"Little Candle, when did you become so confident?" the mad Supremacy grinned as she stuffed the leaf into her mouth.
"Please, just call me—"
The universe shook, and Kruta saw his life flash by when a tendril of living flames flashed past him, entering the mountain range he'd spent the last few months in. Space collapsed, the Dao unraveled, and the Cosmos cried as a piece of its fabric was forever lost to the monstrous conflagration. Kruta groaned and fell to his knees, his memory repainted with fire and fate's culmination.
That wasn't a controlled demolition of his training ground. A sliver of energy had escaped through his Master's teeth while chewing her treat. Thank the ancestors she hadn't felt peckish while he was undergoing his breakthrough. His ancestral spirit collapsed, retreating into the depths of his Soul Aperture. If it were possible, his ancestor would have dug a pit and hid inside.
Who'd ever heard of a soul burning with the flames of war being afraid of fire?
"Ah? What's that?"
"Little Candle," Kruta said with resignation. "Please call me Little Candle."
He hated the nickname he was given after his [Thousandwar Flame] was awakened. At that time, he'd only been able to release the flames on the top of his head. His dear Master had laughed for ten straight minutes. Meanwhile, he'd been halfway through death's door, greeted by ancestors adorning pitying smiles. Then he was dragged back, denied the final escape from his nightmare.
"So weird," Thousandflames scoffed, oblivious to the destruction she'd caused. Her face had gained a mesmerizing blush as she swallowed the terrifying treasure. "That's the stuff."
"So, about the small vacation master promised… No, I mean seclusion to incorporate Master's teachings."
"Ah? A break?" Thousandflames said, her eyes going apart while scratching her ear. "That doesn't sound like me. And why would you need a break? The fact that you're acting so confident can only mean my efforts have borne fruit. We should look into intensifying your training. You're not pushing yourself hard enough if you can't feel the shadow of death creeping closer."
As expected, avoiding disaster was all but an impossibility with his Master. There was no point in complaining or railing against her broken promises. She wouldn't mind the outburst—in fact, she'd welcome it. However, her rewards for 'showing mettle' still haunted his dreams. He couldn't believe he longed for his grandma's punishments. What was hog duty to being flung into the horrifying realms this scourge had collected throughout the Eternal Storm?
"Actually, training will have to wait," the beautiful orc said with regret, igniting a small flame of hope despite Kruta's better judgment. "We're picking up little Iz. I can't have you looking like a toasted rump; it will reflect poorly on me."
"Ah?" Kruta said, finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. "I passed?"
"Don't get ahead of yourself. Only the ancestors know whether your fate is strong enough to glom onto the family," Thousandflames scoffed. "However, something's changed, and we have to hurry up."
"Is it the trial?"
"Your little friend is messing with fate," Thousandflames grunted, a hint of displeasure appearing on the eccentric's face. "He stole half a year from the little miss, and fate's still in flux from his meddling. He's lucky his little region is protected by the Ruthless Heavens."
Kruta's face paled, knowing all too well the fate of those who displeased this maniac. The penal colony he woke up in only represented a corner of the gallery of suffering in this planet-sized Cosmic Vessel.
"I'm sure he had his reasons! I even bet it was on accident. Zac's just as dumb as me. What does he know about messing with fate?"
"Whatever the reason, we need to leave ahead of schedule. We can't stay on the sidelines, or fate might slip through our fingers. I'm sure the others feel the same way."
"Others?"
"Some joined the party early. Others have their own ideas, hoping to use side doors to grab onto fate's tail," the orc shrugged as she got to her feet. She stretched, creating a mesmerizing ripple of chiseled muscles. "How do I look?"
"Perfection," Kruta whispered, his breath swept away.
"This old lady's still got it," Thousandflames laughed. "If you only knew how many chieftains were running after my skirts back in the day. Maybe I should visit a few of them when this is all over."
"The Red Sun Council was rooted out during the war," Kruta sighed, a flare of grief and indignation flickering in his chest.
"Why look like that?" Thousandflames said with a roll of her eyes as their surroundings exploded. "It's not like you knew those irascible old goats. They would probably have killed each other if the Second Heaven hadn't gotten to them first."
"It's just… The tribes were scattered, and now we're essentially subordinates to the Imperial Heavens." Kruta said with sorrow. "We only grow more dependent while our oppressor grows stronger."
His Master didn't say anything for a few moments as they passed through a tunnel of spatial flames, but Kruta noticed a dangerous flicker in her eyes. "Fate's a tricky thing. Accumulate too much, and you'll be crushed under its weight. The Imperials have pigged out on the providence of others for a very long time. Eventually, balance will be restored."
"You—" Kruta said with hope but groaned when a painful flick to his forehead shook his soul.
"Don't look at me. Even Master would have to think twice before setting the Heavens ablaze. Besides, the Imperial Clans did help us out during our rough patch. It would reflect poorly on the Empyrean Quadrant if I caused trouble."
"More like took advantage of your conflict to expand their borders," Kruta muttered.
"So? Enemy of an enemy, and all that. If you don't like it, do something about it," Thousandflames scoffed as the flames deposited them in a garden. "Make a good impression, and you'll get the chance to kill some imperials in the upcoming years."
Kruta didn't get the chance to ask what that meant before an immense pressure almost crushed every bone in his body. The trees before him had disappeared, giving way to a mountain burning with golden flames—a living mountain whose glare threatened to erase Kruta's existence.
"This is the kid? You better not act out of turn with my niece, or I'll—"
"Little Rock, you've grown since I saw you last," Thousandflames grinned as worldending force gathered in her fist. "You even dare threaten my disciple."
The flames shrunk, and the mountain transformed into a hulking golem twice Kruta's height. "Wait, Mistress Valisa!"
The Thousandflames Eccentric answered with a burning punch that forced the wailing golem into another dimension.
"I don't like that name," Thousandflames muttered, glancing in Kruta's direction.
"Ah, Kru—uh—Little Candle heard nothing."
"Good. Anyway, what Little Rock said was right. Eruz Tayn was like a daughter to me, so Iz could be considered my only grandchild. How could I face Ruru in the future if her child suffered under my watch? You better be smart and alert."
Kruta eagerly nodded.
"She's here. Go on, make me look good."
"What? How?" Kruta whispered as a fiery portal opened up before them.
"That's perfect. Just keep looking stupid, and I'll come off in a better light."
His Master's scathing remark became a distant whisper as Kruta mutely took in the being stepping out of the flames. He'd heard the rumors. To think they paled before reality. How could the Heavens tolerate such a beautiful being? Her appearance was truth, subverting the natural order.
"Mistress Thousandlflames?" the Heavenly Creature asked as she looked around. "Uncle's not here?"
"Just call me Aunty Valisa," Thousandflames said with a warm smile as she grabbed the newcomer's hands. "Valderak had a few things to take care of. Now, look at you. What a pretty child! I can see Ruru in you. And you've even awakened your father's flames. How marvelous."
"It's nice to finally meet you, Auntie," she smiled, prompting the Dao to bloom. "I'll do my best to live up to your expectations and hard work."
"What expectations?" Thousandflames said with a gentleness that shouldn't exist. "Just living well is enough. Is there anything you need before we go? Should we visit Lord Mohzius?"
"I just said goodbye to Grandpa. Everything else is ready," the Celestial Spirit said. She turned to Kruta, who once again lost himself in her sapphire eyes. "You're Aunty Valisa's disciple? The one who knows Zac?"
For the first time in Kruta's life, he cursed his suave grandfather for another reason. Why couldn't he use his chiseled frame and slick mouth to charm another human instead? Then Kruta would also have been human, increasing his odds of courting—A painful stab quashed the taboo thoughts, and Kruta inwardly thanked his ancestral spirit for saving him from the pyre.
"You do somewhat resemble him," Iz Tayn continued with a small smile. "Going by convention, I should call you Eighth Uncle."
The fear gripping Kruta's heart when sensing his Master's glance far surpassed what he'd experienced during his numerous brushes with death. His soul shook as the walls closed in. It felt like the Ancestors turned their backs on him across the river of time, drawing a clear line in the sand to protect the tribe. Even the Dao was abandoning him, unable to bear the weight of his new title.
Kruta had never felt so exposed and alone. His instincts told him to shake some sense into this beautiful calamity before she got him killed. His brain screamed at him to prostrate on the ground and plead for mercy.
"N-no! We're the same generation, so Mistress Tayn does not need to worry about honorifics," Kruta stuttered, settling for wringing his hands and smiling pitifully. "It would be unnatural if I became the uncle of my friend's friend. Kruta is just Kruta. Or Little Candle, if Mistress Tayn prefers."
Iz's head tilted in thought, and Kruta almost cried with relief when she nodded. At the same time, Kruta felt he'd lost something as her expression subtly changed. The distance between them suddenly seemed as great as the endless steppes.
"I'll bring you to Zecia. You will also join my subordinates in their training over the upcoming year to better prepare for fate's culmination. In return, you'll avail yourself inside the trial, should I require assistance."
"Of course! Thank you, Mistress Tayn! Kruta will work hard!"
Kruta shrugged off the disconcerting feeling, his heart singing with anticipation. He'd crossed the hurdle, and he only needed to endure one more year. By then, he should be strong enough to give Zac a well-deserved punch.
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"Not bad," Ponel said without looking up from the parchment before him. "You actually earned yourself a Four Star Bounty. I didn't think you had it in you."
"What! Faceless Monarchs are coming for me? I didn't even kill that many. Well, maybe things got a bit out of hand in the end, but that wasn't completely my fault," Ogras said, his excuses giving him the unsettling feeling he was turning into that brute back home. He pushed down the terrifying notion, flashing an ingratiating smile. "Surely it would only require a word from Your Excellence to remove a kill order?"
"You're right."
"My sincere—"
"1,474 C-grade Nexus Coins, or treasures of equivalent value if you prefer."
Ogras blankly looked at the youthful assassin for a few breaths before shaking his head. "Nevermind. The pressure will help sharpen my instincts."
"So it will," Ponel agreed. "I received word from your benefactor. The deadline changed, and you're running out of time."
"I am?" Ogras frowned, his intuition telling him this was all because of that troublemaker. "How do I get home?"
"Here," Ponel said, throwing over a crystal and a teleportation Token.
Ogras scanned the list of names and locations, not recognizing a single one. "This is?"
"Targets. The kind of people who would make perfect additions to the little underworld you're building," Ponel said with a pointed look.
"Uh, you saw that?" Ogras coughed. "I'm simply—"
"I don't care. It'll hold impressive power, but it will forever be bound by strict rules and restrictions. One misstep and you'll be dragged under," the assassin said. "How can that headache compare to a simple stab?"
'Easy to be picky when you're sitting at the top of the ladder,' Ogras inwardly complained, though he didn't show any displeasure on his face.
"I've had one of my disciples place a Teleportation Token and a piece of my technique in each of their Spatial Rings. You'll be back in your neighborhood by the time you've made your way through the list, having fully digested what you seized from the Heart Burial Domain. Don't dally. The targets are very tricky, some having eluded capture for millennia."
"Uh, what if I can't find them? Or if they get themselves killed before I reach them?"
"Then I guess you're out of luck," Ponel shrugged. "You can always try to get to the next target if one slips through the net. You'll probably have to rob a couple of factions to afford the teleportation fees, though. The distance between each jump is quite big for a Hegemon."
"Fine. These are all Heretical Cultivators with great fell karma. They must have massive bounties placed on their heads," Ogras said, his eyes gleaming.
"Of course. 1,474 C-grade Nexus Coins, to be exact," Ponel nodded, his next words stifling the mad laugh already escaping Ogras's lips. "Don't worry, I've already claimed the bounties in your name. So work hard."
"You've—" Ogras wheezed, looking wide-eyed at the crude doodle of a fountain held up by his Master.
"I can finally have my winter garden renovated," Ponel said, a dangerous gleam appearing in his eyes. "You better not mess up my budget."
"Your budget? Wait, the bounties exceed a thousand C-grade Coins? Just how powerful are these heretics?"
"It should be within your capabilities so long as you and your flag improve fast enough," Ponel said as the Teleportation Token triggered in Ogras's hand, dragging him into a spatial rift.
The extremely fast teleportation was extremely painful despite the resilience awarded from sacrificing half the Heart Burial Domain. Ogras didn't dare make Ponel the target of his bellyful of anger, afraid the assassin's supernatural senses would pick up on it. So he could only settle for the next best thing.
One more year before he could thank Zac with a well-deserved stab.
Comments
That doesn't sound like her at all. Lol
Chris Robey
2024-03-04 17:03:35 +0000 UTCWell surely at least Catheya will be happy to see Zac again and express it in a non-violent manner?
David Giles
2024-03-01 03:10:38 +0000 UTC“Well, maybe things got a bit out of hand in the end, but that wasn't completely my fault," Ogras said, his excuses giving him the unsettling feeling he was turning into that brute back home. Lol! Perfect!!!
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-12 05:51:32 +0000 UTCDamn just made a connection that's been escaping me. Zacs always going on about hegemony creating thier own worlds. And then we get training montages of his friends in all these regions perfect for an aspect of thier path in order to refine the path. Anyway all these masters are hegemony throwing hid friends into thier own personal worlds.
Alric
2024-02-05 07:12:35 +0000 UTCCan confirm, sitting around and coming up with absurd rules that are selectively applied is a common pasttime for English speakers
Lucas Gulick
2024-01-24 23:24:00 +0000 UTCEhhhhh @Hartman, I don't think the undead empire is that impatient. Doing such a thing has a strong chance to sever ties with Zac and potentially destroy his relationship with Cat. I don't think it's a guarantee that the descendant would awaken the bloodline of Eoz without Zac either. They want HIM not just the baby juice
Lucas Gulick
2024-01-24 23:22:22 +0000 UTCUser name checks out
Lucas Gulick
2024-01-24 23:13:55 +0000 UTCIt's Wednesday...I need my crack... Where my chappy? :P
Acidionis
2024-01-24 21:53:15 +0000 UTCSo glad I forgot to check until just now... soul cores crumbled when it wasn't out yet
Cain Byrne
2024-01-24 21:31:53 +0000 UTCThe wait is absolutely brutal today
Jason Bradford
2024-01-24 21:21:01 +0000 UTCIt was strongly implied in Tavza's monologue from before "Arcaz" appearance on the Ladder that Catheya had a secret mission in the Perennial Vastness given to her via the helpers Tavza sent and how that task was the only chance for them to get hold of the Eoz line. What other task could that be than getting pregnant. If Catheya is indeed pregnant or has given birth than that child would probably immediately be sent to the Abyssal Shores upon returning to Zecia and Catheya may be even forbidden of mentioning it.
Hartmann
2024-01-24 20:20:27 +0000 UTCStrong As Bull
Mike Naka
2024-01-24 20:09:53 +0000 UTCThis seems like the worst time tbh. After how Leandra abandoned him and his sister, Zac would settle for nothing less than extended time with them while they're growing up, implying a minimum of 2 decades with them. We can't afford to set aside that much time when we're in the middle of the war for Zecia.
Summas76
2024-01-24 19:58:55 +0000 UTCGet those refresh fingers ready.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-24 19:10:27 +0000 UTCThe Abyssal shore, where the Abyssal lake is located, entered a lockdown after Eoz made an appearance through the river of time and I doubt they'd open up so soon after doing so. As for a time skip, while it feels appropriate, it'd likely only be a few months time skip instead of skipping to just when Iz arrives. Though there's not much to show plot wise without that so who knows.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-24 15:43:34 +0000 UTCIs there going to be a time skip? This will probably be the right place for one. Do we know if the abyssal lake opened up? They never explained why they closed it and if it was open again after Zac was in the deep. I also wonder is Zac will have kids soon, Ogras keeps bringing up the fact that he doesn’t and needs to soon. I think Catheya having his first kid/kids would be perfect.
Amani
2024-01-24 13:36:41 +0000 UTCIt makes them a lot MORE sufferable - just ask Kruta and Ogras! And if they could reach past the 4th wall to affect you, you'd be singing a different tune.
Random Information
2024-01-24 06:35:10 +0000 UTCOf course I do. It makes them no less insufferable.
BelligerentGnu
2024-01-24 04:25:13 +0000 UTCI was just thinking about this Kruta, Ogras and Catheya have Suprimaces as master is really insane like that’s a perc most people do not get
M💬
2024-01-24 04:21:35 +0000 UTCLook I'd feel bad Ogras but this is what you wanted & kinda deserve but Krupa yeah give Zac a punch
ItWasIDIO!!
2024-01-23 20:49:09 +0000 UTCah yes makes perfect sense if It is to confuse us😅
Frederik
2024-01-23 16:51:46 +0000 UTCWednesday is indeed correct. You are pronouncing it correctly though. We like to spell shit really weird to confuse non-native English speakers.
xlinkedx
2024-01-23 16:11:24 +0000 UTCI am not a nativ englisch speaker but I feel like Wednesday is spelled wrong (i always speak it like wensday and thought it was written wendsday)
Frederik
2024-01-23 13:11:44 +0000 UTCSo, if I read right, during the conflict where monarchies died, one that died was from that clan. Im thinking his return may have to do with that. Like that monarch was one of the orthodox elders and without his force the Redeemer returns to try and pluck fate from the war. But im betting hes probably an early Monarch now. Or went incredibly unorthodox after Zac left the hidden mystic realm years ago. So eother early monarch or crazy powerful peak hedgemon.
The Grand Moose
2024-01-22 21:11:54 +0000 UTC1. She wont care and probably see it as the cost of tying herself to him over the last decade through fate. 2. Be im pressed a barbarian did what she has treasures or ancestors to do somehow. 3. Probably realize without him telling her and laugh about what a weird bug he is. 4. Subtle jealousy maybe? Better question is, now that hes fully incorporating and cultivating Void, what will her reaction be to him?
The Grand Moose
2024-01-22 21:06:31 +0000 UTCFor real. Sorry Thea and Catheya. Iz is the best and it's not even close.
xlinkedx
2024-01-22 20:19:04 +0000 UTCDo you not realize what a gift those two are actually bestowing on Kruta and Ogras? Do you think those two could possibly survive the upcoming trial against the best in the Universe without this help?
Random Information
2024-01-22 20:07:09 +0000 UTCNo no no my friend, the system helps Zac not heaven. Heaven wants him dead just papa sys protects his favourite boi. On the other hand Iz is loved by heavens, she is heaven's favourite little princess. We don't really know what daos she uses, but I bet it's boundless path.
SandreX
2024-01-22 18:55:03 +0000 UTCShould really have a monthly update chapter involving Kruta. Most hilarious chapters seem to always involve him. Ogras having someone else besides Zac give him heart demons was a nice added bonus. I'm just looking forward to the two of them trying to give Zac payback and then realizing that even with all the gains they have had, they still can't hold a candle to him.
Hms
2024-01-22 17:21:50 +0000 UTCI keep waiting for that too. One last power up before the trial. Some good kill energy to get him the last levels he needs.
2024-01-22 17:12:08 +0000 UTCWould be interesting seeing valisa throw zac into one certain death trial after another only for him to claw his way back from death every time. So much so that she just gives up trying to get him killed😂
Lex Luther S
2024-01-22 13:36:30 +0000 UTCMakes one wonder what esteemed master Mozheus can do, or his even more scary wife?
TKO
2024-01-22 09:57:45 +0000 UTCWait until they hear Iz has sat in a bathtub for the last few years with Supremacies watching over her and servants bringing her natural treasure after natural treasure 😂
Jason Bradford
2024-01-22 05:16:20 +0000 UTCIz mentioned, before perennial vastness, that another blast of chaos would cut the connection with her tracking mark. And Zac made a blast of chaise to make his core. So I doubt she knows from the mirror. Though it seems likely that the tayns would leave spies in zecia, and would know by now that Zac and arcaz are split. Anything past that is just guess work at this point
Michael Sheetz
2024-01-21 22:14:52 +0000 UTCBut they don’t have built in compulsions. Catheya might be forced to share.
Luke Scheffe
2024-01-21 20:53:13 +0000 UTCHaven’t you been paying attention? Zac’s the one who eats tribulations for benefits. He’s practically at the point of the heavens just sending him a fruit basket congratulations.
Luke Scheffe
2024-01-21 20:51:23 +0000 UTCHe has told Emily and Vilari the truth
Dro
2024-01-21 16:21:44 +0000 UTC+Vilari and maybe Emily for support.
Dro
2024-01-21 16:11:58 +0000 UTCThey should basically be Eonic Seed level at this point - at the very least able to hold their own with flambearers for a bit. Kruta, Ogras, and Catheya are being directly trained/mentored by top Supremacies. Kruta by an A-level supremacy known throughout the multiverse. Ogras by one of the top 5 assassin's in the multiverse. And Catheya by, what I can assume is, one of the few actual Dragon Supremacies in the multiverse. Vilari will also be powerful after all her time with that ancient monarch-level bell, and that other girl (forgot her name) getting the limitless-era spear opportunity will round out the group. If Zac can lock down Iz as wifey, Earth would basically be a C-level empire once they all make it to monarch.
Dro
2024-01-21 15:56:42 +0000 UTCBest girl is back in the picture!!!! And the gang is coming back together; sounds like we'll get to at least hear what A-grade talent training is like for Kruta and Ogras will be ridiculously overpowered/strong by the time he gets back to Zecia.
Dro
2024-01-21 15:39:49 +0000 UTCand add in the faith energy from Joanna!
Lonez Zhavec
2024-01-21 13:52:51 +0000 UTCI can already see it. The dumbfounded look as he sees the treasure itself went to his planet. and lets not forget what he did with that spear.
Lonez Zhavec
2024-01-21 13:45:34 +0000 UTCyou have a supremacy teaching him. I would assume they can practically do whatever they want.
Lonez Zhavec
2024-01-21 13:44:30 +0000 UTCOhhh it will be hilarious if he gets to piss of Iz, poor guy will drown in bodies of enraged suitors :d
SandreX
2024-01-21 10:34:18 +0000 UTCBet it'll be opposite of Zac's both will have tribulation, but while Zac is getting roasted, she gets candies from heaven :d
SandreX
2024-01-21 10:31:20 +0000 UTC:d true. Boi will piss off Iz's grandmas with his unkillable body
SandreX
2024-01-21 10:28:15 +0000 UTCBarbarian!!!
SandreX
2024-01-21 10:26:00 +0000 UTCFunnier would be when Ogras is boasting and Zac be like observe and procceds to show the new ruins :d
SandreX
2024-01-21 10:24:57 +0000 UTCThat's sad not gonna lie
SandreX
2024-01-21 10:21:52 +0000 UTCHe will probably tell Iz but not Catheya. Her affiliation to the Undead Empire would make telling her his secrets problematic.
Hartmann
2024-01-21 10:13:26 +0000 UTCAs Ogras was thinking, by even considering stabbing a supremacy it might actually realize it so you better think at stabbing Zac.....much doable 😂
Stefan Muntean
2024-01-21 09:06:34 +0000 UTCDoes Zac’s karma severing core thing stop iz’s mirror or does she not know about the split because I think that would be a funny interaction between iz and catheya. Will he tell either of them the truth he hasn’t told anyone else about the fact he is both. Or will it be they both think they are independent.
Austin Barton
2024-01-21 08:47:42 +0000 UTCYou’ll act like heaven itself isn’t gonna roll up it lightning sleeves and stare them down”New rule: ya’ll line up after me!”😡⚡️⚡️💥
Salvo
2024-01-21 05:44:51 +0000 UTCI think she'd hate him since his body would keep eating her higher tier concept fire energy and she'd need to spend inordinate amounts of power to properly roast him without actually just killing him
austin kutz
2024-01-21 03:31:59 +0000 UTCAnyone else thinking that Ultom, with the flamebearers and flameguard, will enable Iz to connect to the Destiny, giving her something like Flame Kismet or something, again making her match Zac in a way? I feel like she’s got to do something that will force her to deviate from her inherited paths.
Luke Scheffe
2024-01-21 01:16:12 +0000 UTCHe might have just changed its expression. Conflict that spreads and acts like flames, or something like that.
Luke Scheffe
2024-01-21 01:12:54 +0000 UTCShe probably doesn’t have a connection to Destiny yet. Maybe something to fix during Ultom.
Luke Scheffe
2024-01-21 01:09:11 +0000 UTCCouple people keep mentioning Iz using the mirror on Zac but she said MULTIPLE times Zac chaos prevents her from spying on him. Zac added another shard set, now his core is enough chaos to negate karmic links. Also, Kruta Dao is totally different now, right? Wasn’t he a conflict guy? This is pretty huge to add different Dao in the D grade!
Salvo
2024-01-20 22:26:07 +0000 UTCI want more art!!! TFD would make bank off it since I’d pay absurd amounts for it and I’m sure others would as well
Palmer Evans
2024-01-20 22:09:29 +0000 UTCI love how Panel just casually mentions that one of his disciples has ALREADY put teleportation tokens and techniques in the rings of Ogras targets. Y’know, the ones that have 1k+ C grade coin bounties on their heads and have evaded capture for millenia. Not sure Ogras realizes how seriously this master is treating him - that value in coin is worth more than Zac’s empire and fortune.
Nathaniel Green
2024-01-20 21:59:07 +0000 UTCI look forward to Ogras boasting to Zac on how he tempered his soul and body through torturous suffering and hunting down heretics. I really look forward Zac reply’s that he came upon mountains of unmatched treasures and sat on a chair to do his.
Henry Wartemberg
2024-01-20 20:27:21 +0000 UTCI forsee much grumbling about ungrateful friends in his near future
Henry Wartemberg
2024-01-20 20:19:29 +0000 UTCTo be fair only Zac would be crazy enough to get fresh with her crazy Aunt and Uncle threatening immediate immolation over her shoulder. Weirdly I kind of want Zac to be forced to train under Valissa for a month or two. She’d love him
Henry Wartemberg
2024-01-20 20:17:37 +0000 UTCHmmm, fair point. Maybe having been annulled and reborn through the laws improved his features in a way thats similar to how dao improves a cultivators features as they progress.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-20 20:03:55 +0000 UTCI doubt it'll take that long. Besides, there are novels out there with 2-3k chs that didn't go on for decades. If anything I see this going for another 6-8 yrs. Guess it really depends how Ultom turns out and the over arching storyline for when ultom is over.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-20 19:58:42 +0000 UTCNothing like chaos itself to bring balance.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-20 19:53:54 +0000 UTCI feel he'll show up again. There's no way he doesn't come around with so much fate gathering and I'm willing ti bet the old fool will try something towards zac and likely Iz when he sees her insane providence and fate.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-20 19:53:07 +0000 UTCYeah but they're Supremacies so it'll have to wait till Kruta and ogras are Supremacies.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-20 19:50:33 +0000 UTCThe four laws refinement has likely improved his spiritual appearance. His body should be more in line with the four laws than usual.
Luke Scheffe
2024-01-20 19:37:36 +0000 UTCHis family had that bounty on him for fate reinforcement. I think it would be funny to see a bunch of monarchs sweating over trying to empower Zac’s fate.
Luke Scheffe
2024-01-20 19:34:54 +0000 UTCHe can, it just is in a more academic way. A much larger part of the treatment is him specifically avoiding learning any of the rumors about her family.
Luke Scheffe
2024-01-20 19:33:16 +0000 UTCIf they are seal bearers purchased from the Kan'tanu, there's a chance one of them could be but if not and they're just potential seal bearers, then it's a no go.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-20 19:25:03 +0000 UTCYeah but if he gained a seal and was captured, there's a chance the Tayns bought him and have been training him. Unlikely but boy would it be funny.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-20 19:23:08 +0000 UTCOnly to immediately get floored from the insane accumulations he's gained since the war started.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-20 19:21:52 +0000 UTCThat's rather how I've pictured it. Iz invites zac and asks he brings all his seal bearers to which she'll have a simple test of fate for the lesser seal bearers and when they're before the throne in whatever faction they choose(likely the Dravorak) Iz will personally test zac and he'll get through it with nothing but slight burns, then zac does the same, sending a punch or Axe blades her way. Though I highly doubt she'll hug him unless she wants to abuse her new found freedom; or maybe an annoying princeling that got a ride to ultom through connections will have caused her such displeasure in his attempts to court her, she'd do that just to see his reaction. Afterall, without zacs aura, most would perceive him weak because of his Zeo Affinities...... and ugly? Maybe? Yrial is really the only one to have that issue.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-20 19:15:03 +0000 UTCI think Kruta is there to round out a team with Zac, Catheya, and Iz when he goes on that mission for his mom. I imagine most of the people from his empire, like Ogras and Emily, will stay there to protect it because he’ll have to be gone for decades.
Darryl Williams
2024-01-20 19:15:01 +0000 UTCLol. Rising to supremacy and being annulled by the throne of chaos, Zachary Atwood and flying in a planet sized ship without a care for anyone else.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-20 19:09:32 +0000 UTCI've already pictured Ogras and Kurta locking eyes, nodding at each other and pincering zac in their belly full of anger😂😂 and zac will just floor them with his insane foundations.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-20 19:05:28 +0000 UTCI’m to the point where I just don’t think that really gets a conclusion. Dude seems like someone who’d hide during the war, and by the time it’s over he should no longer be much of a threat to the Atwood empire. Even if he’s a monarch by now, Zac has too many powerful allies. Best case, he Zac happens across him in the future and just sweeps through him as a side note
Darryl Williams
2024-01-20 19:03:17 +0000 UTCI'm hoping to see a test of fate from Zac to Iz the first time they meet just to get a rough idea of there level of power. Then a hug after just to see the reaction of the people she brought with her and the people in the know in Zecia.
Justin van mele
2024-01-20 19:00:26 +0000 UTCThe Great Redeemer, unorthodox karma cultivator that was the adversary until the integration was done.
Gnothi Seauton
2024-01-20 18:25:14 +0000 UTCRemind me who that is?
Craig
2024-01-20 18:21:05 +0000 UTCEveryone is mad at Zac 😂 he’s gonna reunite with everyone and be all excited and then they’ll all attack him haha
James Faulkner
2024-01-20 17:57:49 +0000 UTCWell she is a strong supremacy, considering her ship was told has like 3 supremacys divine territorys and like a thousand autarchs used as materials. "Little Rock" is just a pebble for her 😆
Stefan Muntean
2024-01-20 17:57:41 +0000 UTCA dum one 😂😂
Stefan Muntean
2024-01-20 17:49:24 +0000 UTCI'd buy that, fucking love this story
Rushin Lad
2024-01-20 17:32:08 +0000 UTCReally? I imagined that he’d tag along for an adventure or two, but return to be named chief and assign his grandma permanent hog duty
Henry Wartemberg
2024-01-20 17:24:46 +0000 UTCthe main information from this chapter is that for iz, zac looks like an orc.
Thenais
2024-01-20 17:22:45 +0000 UTCAm I the only one who finds Valissa and Ponel really irritating? Like, it's not Zac who needs punching, it's those two.
BelligerentGnu
2024-01-20 17:18:32 +0000 UTCTo be fair, Zac has no dao affinity and literally can't see her the way every other cultivator sees her
austin kutz
2024-01-20 17:16:08 +0000 UTCAw, poor Iz. She thought Kruta might be like Zac and treat her like a friend but he just started sucking up to her like a supplicant.
Sam Williams
2024-01-20 17:09:16 +0000 UTCNot Catheya I think Kruta and Ogras. :D
Han Pol
2024-01-20 16:30:27 +0000 UTCI would honestly like an Iz breakthough chapter maybe for Monarchy when we get to that just too see how it's done in the top fractions or high hegemony.
Han Pol
2024-01-20 16:28:20 +0000 UTCTime skips are a thing. I'd expect at least one or two big ones when Zac has to go up grades. Long seclusions are likely to be needed even with the usual Zac Ex Machina.
Scott Mingo
2024-01-20 16:04:32 +0000 UTCThis world you've built keeps fascinating and entertaining, thank you for the chapter!
Alexander Hallonblad
2024-01-20 15:28:21 +0000 UTCI'll jump on the comment, you must be fun at holiday parties... Or toast at a wedding asking when the divorce is... Hehe
Mouser
2024-01-20 15:27:11 +0000 UTCNot to mention his share in the gnome company. They are probably faring quite well.
Daan Kindermans
2024-01-20 15:23:05 +0000 UTCKruta and Ogras are going to be best friends. Both victims of Zac's providence. We also got a partial answer of who was looking for Zac, it wasn't any of the current factions in the war, it was a new player who tried to saddle Zac with Karma, lucky him he got himself out of it. Seems the war is going to get more complicated, but if Zac plays it right he'll add more recruits to his Echelon class.
Omiso
2024-01-20 15:08:17 +0000 UTCI wonder if Voridis A'Heliophos is gonna show up any time soon. That would be another monkey wrench to throw in the works.
Gnothi Seauton
2024-01-20 14:43:07 +0000 UTCSmaug doesn't deserve to be a subordinate of Iz.. also he went to another faction within Zecia
Russell Widger
2024-01-20 14:08:45 +0000 UTCKruta probably won't go back to his clan after what's happened with Thousandflame
Russell Widger
2024-01-20 14:07:56 +0000 UTCYou could always just.. not post on the authors patron about this.. somethings you can just not say
Russell Widger
2024-01-20 14:05:37 +0000 UTCYep some of my favorite novels died that way. I can think of severa novels, web novels, light novels and manga. l right off the top of my head. Overlord has basically die from author boredom. Berserk creator died continued but who knows if it what they intended. Dune died continued but sucked. Grasping evil author boredom. Reincarnated lord author boredom. Just to name a few.
zozzy the beast
2024-01-20 13:58:55 +0000 UTCI half expect at least some the subordinates Iz mentioned having direct connections to Zac (love it if Smaug was one) and are constantly cursing him for their fates.
Michael Fannon
2024-01-20 13:46:41 +0000 UTCI guess it's like getting married in highschool. Will it work out yah maybe. Are the chances good no. Out of all the web novels I've seen and read. I've only seen one that made it to 4000ch (martle God asura). Which is almost 40 600 page books. If you scoured the internet you might find a couple more. Stories that would have made it there but where dropped by the author a lot. Not saying the author doesn't like to write. Would you like to spend almost every day of 14 years working on the same thing. When already being established as a author. You could successfully move on to one of the many new ideas no doubt rolling around up there. Starts with breaks once in a while then often then down to 4ch to 3ch then 2ch a week. Then every other week then month. Shortly after the story dies. Some of my favorite novels died that way around 1500 chapters. Some more some less.
zozzy the beast
2024-01-20 13:45:13 +0000 UTCIt is a deep worry of mine with many long running works. One that has happened with several favorites, like Berserk. Best thing to do is continue doing Yule rituals for good health and be prepared to donate a kidney. Of course, if the authors have extensive notes and outlines, it is possible that others might finish like Berserk once again. Still, better than abandoning their work and never finishing. Like the Land, or doors of stone, or winds of winter.
Michael Fannon
2024-01-20 13:44:29 +0000 UTCYup. The peak Autarch that roasted the space whale was yeeted by a single punch. As a friendly greeting.
Michael Fannon
2024-01-20 13:35:20 +0000 UTCIz does have access to that mirror, so she may know if she had to watch during her training. Though it is a open question if she thinks he is fully split like his cover story says or if she knows the truth. I just want Zac to make her jealous for once. He now has a few unique titles and 7 limited title slots after all. Plus he probably has a higher luck, so she will notice how he simply knows where treasure is and realize that when adventuring. I just a character mention how Iz's jealous pouty face is so adorable it breaks reality.
Michael Fannon
2024-01-20 13:27:04 +0000 UTCBut none of them are registered for the war so none of them can see the ladder.
Darnell Maxwell
2024-01-20 13:21:51 +0000 UTCBoth of his names are on the ladder. It's not exactly private.
Austin
2024-01-20 13:20:43 +0000 UTCWhich 3 are you thinking of as reinforcing Earth. Ogras - yes Vilari - Yes Kruta - he may stick around for a bit but I doubt he’s joining earth Catgeya- UE
Henry Wartemberg
2024-01-20 13:20:22 +0000 UTCShe calls all the family's disciples aunt or uncle. She's just extending that tradition to him.
Austin
2024-01-20 13:19:55 +0000 UTCZac can't have Karmic debt and bonds anymore. Though I agree that she will want to test his fate as soon as she shows up. My main question for that is how long the line will be for beating up Zac as well as the order. Though I can completely see Ogras, Kruta, and Catheya all appearing at the same time, look and nod to each others without words, and immediately attack Zac together.
Michael Fannon
2024-01-20 13:18:14 +0000 UTCWhy is that a trap? If I remember right Jeff left college deciding to go the course a with writing full time as his profession. A 14 year career is hardly world ending
Henry Wartemberg
2024-01-20 13:17:14 +0000 UTCThanks TDF
Kirin
2024-01-20 13:14:31 +0000 UTCLool she’s half way there
Kirin
2024-01-20 13:14:19 +0000 UTCZak is going to get a lot of nice greetings it seems, how fun.
mohamed sulaiman
2024-01-20 13:14:18 +0000 UTC2 she wont care… she already has an understanding of him but as usual she gonna warn him and test his fate! Or maybe she’ll need a favor to clear the karmic debt… but knowing zac hell do it for free
Kirin
2024-01-20 13:13:54 +0000 UTCShe has that Mirror. She knows all of those things already. So do her family likely. I suspect his ass cheeks are going to be quite warm soon
Henry Wartemberg
2024-01-20 13:13:17 +0000 UTCiz and Kruta confirmed « outside variables » !
Thenais
2024-01-20 12:59:26 +0000 UTCValissa is what I want future Emily to be, just absolutely shameless
gotag
2024-01-20 12:36:17 +0000 UTCAs we get closer to the conflux of the Left Imperial Palace, I’d love to see a kickstarter or something with a poster or some kind of Art piece w/Zach in both bodies surrounded by his crew - Joanna, Thea, Ogras, Kruta, Catheya, Iz…put Elena in the background of Arcaz as an overreaching shadow, Haro writhing around Zach’s human form, maybe Be’Zi and her husband in the background w/Leandra and Karz….get Michael Whelan or someone similar to create it. I’m guessing that’d hit its goal number in about 30 seconds….
Jason Bradford
2024-01-20 12:34:01 +0000 UTCSo any guesses what Iz is going to do when she finds out that Zac 1) has used her family name to escape trouble 2) has figured out how to reliably call the 4 laws while in D-grade and has refined his body 3) has split his bodies or 4) she meets meets Cathaye?
Michael Fannon
2024-01-20 12:30:25 +0000 UTCI didn’t get Iz’s little uncle joke. Husband of her Aunt? He should’ve gone for it. Actually no, god only knows the standard ThousandFlame would expect for a potential spouse
Henry Wartemberg
2024-01-20 12:26:01 +0000 UTCDon't forget Iz will want to "test his fate" again. Especially after using her and her family as cover.
Michael Fannon
2024-01-20 12:24:47 +0000 UTCI wonder if any of them have heard about the split? I hope they don't find out until they meet up with him again.
Darnell Maxwell
2024-01-20 12:22:17 +0000 UTC"The Imperials have pigged out on the providence of others for a very long time. Eventually, balance will be restored." Say hello to Zac!
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2024-01-20 12:21:41 +0000 UTCSo is 'Little Rock' Valderak? "Valderak had a few things to take care of." Like being punched into another Universe.
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2024-01-20 12:18:41 +0000 UTCCan't wait to see a pov from them instead of Zac when they first met. To see what the war made of him. His suffering and the cost of constant struggle. Would be more than interesting how they see him.
Rabauke
2024-01-20 12:07:03 +0000 UTCWee bit more hahahaha 😁
Stefan Muntean
2024-01-20 12:04:42 +0000 UTCToday is good
Jonas Lemke
2024-01-20 12:04:34 +0000 UTCStill laughing at that one
Stefan Muntean
2024-01-20 12:02:42 +0000 UTCAWESOME Chapter! Little Candle 😂😂😂
Jason Bradford
2024-01-20 12:01:41 +0000 UTCWell when you almost die of cancer you think about this shit. And it's the truth do the math. Chances are no one will see the end of the story. I like this series a lot. the author is just falling into a trap with the plot progression.
zozzy the beast
2024-01-20 11:54:19 +0000 UTCEh, the point was to make them closer to being Eonic Seeds than heaven's chosen. Ogras was a Heaven's chosen before the training. That's why he got access to an Arcane class.
Darnell Maxwell
2024-01-20 11:54:06 +0000 UTCYou must be really fun at parties
Oldfaithful
2024-01-20 11:46:28 +0000 UTC"the beautiful orc said" If I heard this 5 years ago, I'd swear you were describing something impossible.
Darnell Maxwell
2024-01-20 11:44:50 +0000 UTCI hope we get a comparison for the toll of hegemony. We know that his was five times the distance to indicate monarchy readiness. How did Iz fare? If there’s anyone who could reach supremacy on sheer talent, it would be her.
Luke Scheffe
2024-01-20 11:37:24 +0000 UTCI sensed a chapter in the force. And it woke me up at.... 6AM!!!!!! Ogras is in this chapter. Instantly worth it. TFTC
Darnell Maxwell
2024-01-20 11:33:07 +0000 UTCHe'll be mad only until Zac drags him to the Exchange and shows him the empire's current bank account
Erik Halberg
2024-01-20 11:25:55 +0000 UTCI will also be very receptive to Ogras and Kruta hearing about Cath's relatively easy power-up and getting heart-demons from it and trying to punch her instead. My only wish is for Zac to teleport around and flick all of them on the forehead to remind them that they're all his minions
Erik Halberg
2024-01-20 11:22:04 +0000 UTCI love the story, but I am curious. At the current rate of Zacks progression. To get to what I imagine is the rank after s, is 3795 chapters in all. With a total story time in real life being 14.5 years to completion 10.03 years from this chapter at its current rate (max 260ch a year). All told is 20.8% of the average human lifespan. I just don't want to see this story dropped by the author. It takes a lot to keep writing the same story that long. Also, a not small chance they die before the story is finished. Math it's a cruel but honest mistress.
zozzy the beast
2024-01-20 11:17:21 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter.
Joshua Little
2024-01-20 11:16:25 +0000 UTCEhhh Catheya isn't being tortured by her master like these guys lol. She's going through training to perfect herself into a pristine block of Ice, and while the dangers are there it's not being tortured while being called training. Though she might strike Arcaz with an atk just to see if her Ice can incase a walking human shaped calamity. And right indeed, I feel tavza will send catheya to earth because of kator and ogras will appear on earth somehow and zac will likely pick up kruta when Iz arrives and asks him to come to the dravork empire with ALL his seal bearers so they can talk prices. And those little fuck boy princelings won't be able to do shit😂
Lex Luther S
2024-01-20 11:14:54 +0000 UTCThe Thousandflame Eccentric does a little more than fireballs.
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2024-01-20 11:11:08 +0000 UTCSo if Ogras and Kruta both want to slap the hell out of our boy, I'm slightly worried for what Catheya will do to him... But Zac and Earth getting reinforced by 3 Heaven's Chosen (they've all got to be around that level after Sendor's favor, right?) Hegemons is going to go 'Brrrr' as Zac launches into the final year of powering up before Ultom
Erik Halberg
2024-01-20 11:10:32 +0000 UTCA puncto, a stab, missing the fireball and the icicle though
Chemistrywarrior
2024-01-20 11:09:55 +0000 UTCDo you think catheya will freeze zac
Jett
2024-01-20 11:09:04 +0000 UTCSo, I hope Zac likes pain. His two bros are going to stab and punch him. 😆 At least Little Candle tried to cover for him a bit. Not sure that'll work though.
ouroboros
2024-01-20 11:07:02 +0000 UTCA well deserved stab and punch… I know it’s just not Kruta and Ogras looking to pay back his monstrous luck 😂
Kade
2024-01-20 10:58:18 +0000 UTCFinally we got kruta; seems being tortured and calling it training is a good excuse lol. Seems kruta missed the chance to become a genuine friend of Iz like zac, that's how it goes. As for her being even more beautiful, man zac is gonna he drowned in spittle by her suitors by the end😂 especially after they see his lacking spirituality. As for subordinates, seems Iz is gonna bring some flaming chaos to the frontier soon; she'll be like her future husband in no time. And ogras literally getting a bounty placed on his head? And being FORCED to claim the lives of other assassins to get home? Lol, truly can't wait to see how that stab and Punch works out for them; they'll probably lock eyes and immediately attack zac at the same time only to be FLOORED by the Son of Chaos' insane strength. Hopefully we'll get catheya on Wednesday, see how well she's doing after jumping into Abyssal cold from chills of the former era, I dare say her Ice will be a match for even Iz flames.
Lex Luther S
2024-01-20 10:57:16 +0000 UTCHaha can't wait for the reunion xD
KollegvomMirgan
2024-01-20 10:57:15 +0000 UTCThe "everyone's angry at Zac" chapter.
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2024-01-20 10:57:01 +0000 UTCGive him a good ol stab, see it doesn't hurt him and then be mad lol
Nikolai Beckel
2024-01-20 10:54:09 +0000 UTCA brilliant chapter
Kahn Thorpe
2024-01-20 10:54:08 +0000 UTCSurprise 5 am chapter yeaaaah
Jett
2024-01-20 10:51:43 +0000 UTCWhaaaaaat?! The pattern continues... Breakthrough=> POV swap
Bilal Williams
2024-01-20 10:47:24 +0000 UTCLet’s goooooo
Dranek19
2024-01-20 10:40:57 +0000 UTCYay
Kahn Thorpe
2024-01-20 10:40:35 +0000 UTC