Chapter 1,156.
Added 2023-11-25 20:38:42 +0000 UTCAn ominous presence filled the court when light and darkness were inverted, and the three glowing runes above the throne seemed to have taken on an entirely different meaning. The dusk was pervasive and suffocating, leaving Zac stunned at the realization that Yselio possessed not one but two Earthly Daos from the Peak of Taiji.
The prince's path appeared surprisingly similar to his own. Two opposing Daos from one peak, while Yselio used the Dao of Faith to give shape and context, instead of Zac's Dao of Conflict. Of course, their cultivation ultimately was completely different. Light was not Life, and Darkness was not Death. They held entirely different truths, and Yselio's path had nothing in common with Zac's.
Yselio's path seemed to reflect human nature, at least according to his personal worldview. Everything had two sides, and no one was purely good or evil. Perhaps it was his understanding of Imperial governance, where an Empire needed both glory and ruthless callousness to survive.
The sudden revelation of the true scope of Yselio's Daos was a huge blow, considering dealing with one Earthly Dao was hard enough. Fusing his Daos with his Dao Stamp and elevating them with [Spiritual Void]would let them contend with Peak Branches, but the next step was an almost unbridgeable gap. Worse, Yselio had discerned Zac's path just as Zac had understood Yselio's. The Void had remained hidden since all who faced it had died.
Warning sirens blared in the back of Zac's mind from having his secrets laid bare, and Yselio's cruel smile gave the impression of a spider having trapped its prey. But what could he do? Zac knew he was like a released arrow. Every skill in his repertoire had been used to create this opening, and he'd crammed most of his Oblivion Energy into the skill fractal he'd named [Extinction Event]. Backing down only meant all that effort being wasted, and initiative would be in Yselio's hands.
He'd have to forge ahead, ensuring his sacrifice yielded some result.
Time paradoxically moved excruciatingly slow and shockingly fast as Zac's mind ran in overdrive. His muscles and sinew groaned with complaint as he pushed his aligned constitution to unprecedented heights in an effort to hasten the Oblivion Blade's final stretch on its journey. Zac could no longer see Yselio's eyes because of the pervasive darkness, but it felt like they were mocking him from the shadows.
A small backlash and a transferred notion of pain indicated the two sets of vines sealing Yselio's limbs had simply disappeared. The darkness shifted, and the bones in Zac's right arm creaked when his swing was abruptly stopped like it had hit a solid wall. [Extinction Event] was already an experimental skill, and the sudden collision made Zac lose 20% of its energy.
A billowing shockwave of Annihilation became a blight on its surroundings. Even the darkness was annihilated, giving Zac a better look at what'd happened. His ultimate strike had been blocked by a sword in Yselio's hand. The weapon was utterly black except for a singular dot of unblemished light above the hilt.
It emitted no aura, more acting like his Void by consuming all around it. Still, it wasn't hard to tell it was an unfathomable relic surpassing any of Zac's Spirit Tools. How else could it block a strike made from so much Oblivion Energy, with the only price being its edge fading a bit? In fact, the sword acted like a black hole, rapidly draining the energy of his strike.
Yselio looked different, draped in a robe darker than the Abyss, while his face hinted at unspeakable evil. Still, there was a small hope of salvation hidden in the depths of the brutal eyes, like the dot of light on the inky sword.
A stalemate meant loss, and loss meant death. Luckily,[Extinction Event] wasn't a physical manifestation. It was directed Annihilation unfettered by shape or form. The Oblivion Edge cleanly split in two, passing the sword by when it couldn't destroy it. Yselio's eyes widened slightly, but there was no panic.
Reality split in two as light joined darkness, where a white-robed Yselio swung a second blade, this one a radiant white. It unleashed a cascading wave of light that consumed [Extinction Event] and Zac alike. Zac held on as long as he could, but he knew it was futile. He was already focusing on a hidden spot within his body when he lost the connection to his skill.
Zac couldn't see anything, even with his Soul Sense, but the lack of Kill Energy confirmed his gambit had failed. Yselio had proven too powerful, resisting Oblivion and Void alike. Zac had a few cards left, but none were as strong or reliable as those he'd already used. His only remedy now was to rely on Sendor's protection while finishing his breakthrough. By that point, he might be able to turn the tables on the Imperial Prince, if the Void hadn't already consumed him.
He acted decisively, but Yselio was even faster. Three arms and three swords fused into one that pierced toward Zac's torso. The stab moved with the speed of light and contained the weight of an empire. [Void Zone]barely managed to dim the blade's radiance as it skewered its nullification zone, and [Ossuarby Bulkwark] may as well have been made from brittle clay when faced with its tip.
A trinity of Dao and energy flooded Zac's body before his danger sense had the chance to activate, and not even the Void could approach the invading force. Blinding light irradiated his Soul Aperture, and Zac's Soul Cores began eroding under the unrelenting glow. It was like the light wanted to cleanse his whole aperture, leaving behind nothing but a blank slate. Cruel darkness buried his cells to stall the golden hurricanes within.
All the while, a towering majesty of Imperial Judgement overwhelmed his thoughts in an attempt to shatter his Dao Heart. The lightning-quick thrust simultaneously targeted the Soul, Body, and Heart, where a single weakness meant death. Zac would have instantly succumbed if not for his unusually holistic path.
Decades of hard work narrowly awarded him the resilience needed to endure while the vortices in his cells began consuming the three entrenched Daos. Zac desperately tried to disengage while refocusing on the Sendor's seal, but a wave of despair almost gave the Imperial Judgment an opening upon realizing killing him wasn't even Yselio's goal. Three miniature seals had formed around Sendor's hidden impartment, stopping Zac's attempts to activate the life-saving grace.
"Don't be hasty," Yselio's voice carried through the blinding light. "Show me what else is hiding within your body."
The Tobrial scion gave no quarter or respite, following his taunt with a deadly thrust aimed at Zac's forehead. This time, he was only targeted by the white sword, but that was bad enough. Zac parried, relying on instincts and Luck since his eyes couldn't keep up. At that moment, a black blade pierced his back, wreaking havoc on his insides while injecting more hostile darkness.
It was the beginning of a desperate and confusing fight in the boundary between light and darkness, where just staying alive was asking more than Zac could give. He was fighting three Yselios at once, each possessing a Dao and power surpassing Zac's. They were both real and mirages, resulting from the prince's unbelievable speed and the Earthly Daos blocking Zac's senses.
Yselio's methods were furious, unforgiving, and unpredictable, where two swords occasionally fused into an empowered thrust before seamlessly separating again. Dozens of Dao-infested wounds had racked up within a second, and Zac was constantly forced to retreat and accept injuries to avoid death.
Zac kept trying to contact Sendor's seal, but the barrier was impregnable. It would take at least a few minutes to grind down the barrier, even with the Void's assistance. Time Zac absolutely didn't have. Activating skills with Cosmic Energy was out of the question, with a well-timed estoc disrupting the energy rotation. It was the same technique Zac had used many times on his enemies, though Yselio relied on raw speed rather than technique.
Void Energy couldn't be blocked, but what was the use? [Evolutionary Edge] was already running, powerless to turn the tides. His other skills were either on cooldown or unable to endure Yselio's domain. Verun fought furiously to break free and help out, but the corrupted beast was already a huge threat. It could consume spirituality, explaining how it so effortlessly had destroyed Galau's Array Dragon.
Zac couldn't keep backing down, even if he urgently needed a breather. The domain had drastically changed when the Dao of Darkness mixed with the Dao of Light. One moment, he saw the celestial court shrouded in darkness, defended by the imperial guards. The next, he stood in the middle of a twisted dungeon filled with blood-soaked inquisitors wielding macabre tools of torture.
Guards and inquisitors were bearing down on him, ready to push an already helpless situation to certain death. Zac knew he'd have to take another gamble before it was too late, this one even more dangerous.
One rune on the wooden handle of his axe already glowed with sanguine light, and the second one finally joined it after months of slumber. A roar from the ancient wilds shook Yselio's domain. Blinding light flickered and dimmed, and suffocating darkness dispersed. Out of nowhere, hundreds of smaller beasts formed, like a pack answering their leader's call to the hunt.
Soldiers and jailors were ripped to shreds, and Yselio's assault temporarily halted as the princeling found himself drowned by a frenzied pack that only kept growing. The three forms fused into one true form as his movement became restricted by relentless carnage.
Five swipes became a dozen bites, which grew and morphed into an unfettered storm of violence when dozens of primordial hyenas fused into a force of nature. Even space buckled under the assault, but Zac didn't hold any hope [Primordial Call] could contain Yselio for long, let alone take him out. It was a testament to the prince's power; even an ultimate skill with a month's cooldown requiring the blood of a hundred D-grade opponents to recharge couldn't change anything.
It was fine, so long as Zac got the small window needed to follow through on his plan. A large stone appeared in his hand, and a vortex instantly formed as Zac almost blacked out from hunger. It was the [Stone of Celestial Void], the treasure Zac first saw in the Orom Exchange and later got from Iz Tayn. Zac was no longer holding back his breakthrough; he was kicking the doors wide open in hopes his bloodline would rip Yselio apart before he lost consciousness.
It was a desperate gambit, considering he couldn't control the Void well enough to use the vortices in battle. Especially not against an opponent moving so fast, Zac's eyes couldn't keep up. Unfortunately, it was the only solution he had left. He was all out of cards, and the only move left was to flip the whole table.
Hopefully, it would at least give Yselio pause and make him back down. Every second wasted meant a new lease of life, where new variables could provide a path to survival. Twenty-eight seconds had passed since Galau activated the [Centurion Spear], though he'd only endured Yselio's onslaught for five. The rest of the time was through Yselio's stalling, which meant the [Centurion Spear] would fire any moment.
Hundreds of vortices opened as the tower's ransacking officially began, dragging treasures and piles of materials into the beyond with redoubled effort after having been held back so long. Zac gave his tacit blessing, only demanding one thing: bring the Void to him. He exerted his will, picturing a vast vortex ripping the whole domain asunder.
Zac felt blood vessels in his eyes burst as he strained with every fiber of his being, and he almost cried with relief when a ten-meter-vortex popped up in the middle of [Primordial Call]. It instantaneously consumed all around it, leaving a pocket of nothingness like an [Annihilation Sphere] had gone off.
A streak of exhausted spirituality poured into [Verun's Bite]. The Tool Spirit had already lost much of its spirit to the corrupted beast's attacks, and activating [Primordial Call] had exhausted what it had left. Its opponent was not much better off after having been pincered by Verun and its pack.
The situation had completely turned around, like it had many times before, thanks to Zac's bloodline and Void's inherently unpredictable nature. However, Zac barely had time to register the lack of Kill Energy before an immense beam tore through the Void. It shattered the vortex, depositing a pile of items and Void Energy before bearing down on Zac with undodgeable speed.
Zac saw death's approach and desperately tried to form another vortex. The Void resisted, like it understood it had just been damaged by the approaching force. Then, a huge halo of vibrant Life flooded the court, its splendor even surpassing the Dao of Light. Within, a familiar yet foreign flower swayed.
It was Vivi, looking as young and vibrant as a sapling as she formed thousands of vines to form an impenetrable wall before him. Zac's eyes briefly lit up before being clouded by despair. The beam was blocked, but not because of an opportune breakthrough. Verve was replaced by decay as Vivi's true form expended her last mote of life force.
The vine flower shattered like a mirror, her husk unable to endure the remnant energies. Zac's already frayed rationality almost snapped when he felt the mental connection break. Towering fury overwhelmed the hunger and took control of his bloodline. The Void had denied him when he needed it the most, so he would take from it what he needed, just like he took from the heavens.
The surroundings shifted as the distance became Void, and Zac found himself before a startled Yselio who had just returned from the beyond. The prince reacted instantaneously, but his thrusts passed through Zac without connecting with flesh. When the attack failed, Yselio decisively retreated, but the Void blocked his way. Zac stood behind him, before him, around him. His hands were vortices of cold retribution and connected to the one thing that best resonated with his mental state.
A deluge of murderous intent from an ancient era joined Zac's own, mixing and fusing into hatred manifest. The ancient Autarch's lingering will seemed to sense the target was a descendant of his enemy, and it stopped resisting Void's pull. The combined Killing Intent poured into Yselio, its quantity and focus surpassing what Zac previously endured many times over.
Yselio's eyes lit up like beacons, and writhing veins twisted his graceful features. He unleashed a bestial roar instilled with his full path, and the shockwave pushed even Zac away. But Zac wasn't ready to let go, and neither was the creature roused from his slumber by Vivi's demise.
Haro was wide awake, and his rage burned so hot that the sun in Zac's chest almost exploded. An immense pull on Dao and Mental Energy almost shattered Zac's Evolutionary Soul Core, but Zac gave no heed to cost or damage as he provided what Haro needed.
The World Ring on Zac's finger wasn't designed to endure a rampaging Skyrender Vine or the drain from its blinding growth. A scream of intense danger forced Zac awake from his rage-addled state, and he hurriedly ripped off his left ring finger and threw it at Yselio while letting the shockwave carry him further away. The World Ring had already twisted on itself because of the immense spatial energies pouring from its cracks.
The ring exploded, unleashing a tempestuous spatial storm that swept the incoming sword away. Zac didn't see exactly what happened. One moment, there was only chaos. The next, a bowl-sized hole had been punched right through the chest of a delirious Yselio. The method had escaped Zac's senses, but the source was clear. The attack came from the blood-red bulb in the storm's center that released such intense Killing Intent the air twisted around it.
It was Haro, having forced his way through the spatial seal in his desire to exact revenge. A full quarter of his body was withered, which was shocking considering how much life force a Peak-quality Plant King held. It was the price Haro had paid to unleash an unstoppable attack the moment it appeared. Even then, Haro wasn't satisfied. Vivi was still dead, while Yselio remained alive.
Zac could hear a primal scream as hundreds of vines lashed out at everything that moved. The sinister devils were grabbed and ripped apart by unyielding vines, but their bloodless deaths only seemed to make Haro angrier. Even Zac had two vines shoot toward his chest like bullets, though they stopped at the last minute to target something else.
The wounded corrupted beast became the first true casualty, its body reduced to meaty pulp. Yselio bore the brunt of Haro's anger. Half the vines were lashing and ripping at the Tobrial prince. Unfortunately, even with his mind overwhelmed by corrosive Killing Intent, he became an impregnable wall through reflexive, lightning-quick swordplay.
Such movements should have worsened his already lethal wounds, but a necklace had shattered, releasing a storm of Imperial Qi. It felt like Yselio was being propped up by billions of citizens ready to share his burdens. Zac's anger still burned red-hot, and he refused to let Yselio escape.
However, nothing happened when he tried to join Haro's onslaught. He was locked in place, with the Void fully seizing his body. The same was true for his Draugr half, who had been gorging on Void Crystals and high-quality treasures the moment he decided to go for broke.
Yselio's face was pallid. His long hair was in disarray, and his luxurious robes were drenched in blood from the terrifying wound in his chest. He leaked energy like a sieve because of a crack in his Cosmic Core, and his aura flickered precariously as ancient Killing Intent tore apart his soul piece by piece.
Yet his defensive swings grew increasingly refined, like he was gradually reclaiming control. Yselio soon emitted such a dangerous aura that even Haro snapped out of his mania and retreated. The blazing fury was still there, but the Skyrender Vine was a natural predator. He understood that he could only exact revenge if he survived.
"Flame…bearers…" Yselio slurred with a jarring voice as trails of blood and spittle ran down his mouth. "Dangerous... Indeed."
Zac struggled to stay awake, but his vision was already closing in. The tower was picked clean, and he could tell he had reached the quota. An exhausted smile appeared on Zac's face as he thought of Emily and Ra'Klid. At least they were safe. He could feel the immense torrents coursing through the tower and the aura of a true dimension peeking through the cracks. The weapon had been activated successfully, and the whole base of the fortress should have been deposited outside.
The rest was up to the Heavens. Zac couldn't move a finger and was forced to look on as Yselio ambled closer. His eyes shone like beacons from the depths of hell, and a twisted smile grew on his face as he lifted the terrifying sword to deliver a final blow.
A crack of a familiar origin silently opened behind Yselio. It had the same archaic air as skills imbued with Void Energy, but the breach was not made by Zac or his bloodline. Neither was it made from Void Energy. Four black blades emerged from Yselio's chest before he could react, and a pulse of unidentifiable energy scattered the Imperial Qi keeping him safe.
The attacker was a young woman wielding a claw in one hand and something resembling a detonator in the other. Floating behind her were two exquisite drones that emitted the same aura as hers. A Technocrat, one far more powerful than the others he'd encountered.
"You—!" Yselio roared, the rest of his words growing indistinct as the final tethers of reality were severed.
The boundary between self and Void disappeared as Zac's consciousness was dragged into the depths of his bloodline. Hundreds of vortices formed around him, forming an alien constellation. Yselio, held aloft by the claw on the newcomer's hand, could no longer hold onto his domain. The celestial court shattered, and they returned to the command center.
Something landed by Zac's side as the drones formed a sphere of blue sigils, enclosing the Technocrat and her prey. They were gone the next moment, teleporting through unknown means.
'Hurry, hide!' Zac urged with the last shred of consciousness, prompting the Skyrender Vine to disappear into a spare Worldring on his hand.
Then, nothingness.
Comments
That technocrat was his sister right?
Dan
2024-01-09 18:02:57 +0000 UTCNoooooooo Vivi!!! 😭
Sirloki
2023-12-01 19:02:29 +0000 UTCWait was that his sister!!??
Matt Spratte
2023-11-28 14:19:43 +0000 UTCLight and darkness exist with one another, coalescing into the peak of Taji. The peak of chaos is far different. For one, chaos is considered a paradox, by their current eras' cultivation system, the peak of Chaos shouldn't exist. For 2; life and death can not coexist peacefully, it's why chaos is considered a paradox, the storm is a poignant example why. Life and death were constantly trying to snuff each other out, creating an extremely volatile zone. B. Light and darkness don't have this issue, while the 2 daos might clash and fight in certain areas, it's certainly no where near as severe as life and death. It's why zacs master could create a core and inner world of fire and ice despite them being 2 separate elements, because ultimately the 2 nourished and elevated the other under the same peak.
Lex Luther S
2023-11-27 17:54:42 +0000 UTCIt seems like that but his path is lot more easy, first his peak isn't broken so it works just fine
SandreX
2023-11-27 16:46:45 +0000 UTCF5!
xlinkedx
2023-11-27 16:43:44 +0000 UTCI’m curious how Yselio's core works since he is trying something similar to Zac and doesn’t have the void to fill in the gaps.
ben purdy
2023-11-27 16:04:19 +0000 UTCIt's actually book 11 the one that just came out.
2023-11-27 15:26:22 +0000 UTCDo you happen to know what chapter she was introduced?
2023-11-27 15:25:42 +0000 UTCVivi's death scene could use some edits for consistentsy. Reads like it was rushed for the holidays. The scene has been building from first chapter she was introduced, life from death. Zack doesn't wear rings, cause his hands blow up. That checks out. Tearing off your own finger to make a grenade is awesome idea, but could it be saved for later or rewrite to be more consistent somehow? During read through it felt like the scene was forced to make that attack work, rather than authors usual attention to detail for fight mechanics and flow. Also, the positioning doesn't make sense again. Vivi has room to emerge from Zacs back to stop an attack at the speed of light? Zac doesn't let her attack from the ring. He wears her on his back and Haros ring round her tube. Also, room for Vivi to grow defense, get her flower head cut into, close enough for haro to bite with core? Positioning? It feels like Vivi was supposed to emerge to defend Zac when he was knocked prone on his stomach, and attacked from behind. Then Haro emerges right after her to avenge mama. Instead, scene got a rewrite so Zack could be a boss and toss a grenade finger. I think Zac is big enough, he doesn't need to steal Vivi's scene.
eriah cat
2023-11-27 12:39:16 +0000 UTCImperial my a...is Author b.s to make trouble for Zac:( his enemys are always more op
Stefan Muntean
2023-11-27 12:37:30 +0000 UTChe dead
rene kaminawash
2023-11-27 10:38:44 +0000 UTCOne of technocrat leaders, that helped Yselio to infiltrate Alliance
SandreX
2023-11-27 09:02:53 +0000 UTCFrom the chapter it sounds like Arcaz feasted on prepared treasures while the void roots that spread out from zac emptied out everything in the Spear. He fell unconscious because he managed to eat all he needed, at least if that's what "filled the quota" means.
Rebekka
2023-11-27 01:07:07 +0000 UTCI don’t remember exactly where it’s said but I believe that in D-grade the race evolution is tied to advancing the cosmic core to peak quality, so you slowly gain progress on race as you perfect your core. I don’t think his core reached peak quality but maybe that was the result of the fake tribulation
blarper
2023-11-27 00:17:28 +0000 UTCSo.. Arcaz. Is he gonna eat the Ensolus Ruins on the other side of Zecia? Or is he gonna teleport to Zac through the Void ?
xlinkedx
2023-11-26 23:55:53 +0000 UTCYou're gonna have to remind me who Nuztu is?
xlinkedx
2023-11-26 23:54:23 +0000 UTCCould be a tracker, transmitter, sensor, anything really. It's technocrat technology, so what 'appears like a detonator' is just a handheld device with a button of unknown function. If this is Nuztu, which seems most likely, then we know they're interested in finding the remnant of the Supreme Ancestor - which seems most likely to be Zac, though could be Jeeves as well. The question is does Nuztu think Zac is that remnant or just probing individuals with lots of fate to find what they're looking for.
Matthew Hay
2023-11-26 23:31:47 +0000 UTCOh wouldn't it be funny if the spear is flying towards them and all the cultists are running around like ohnoohnoohno and then right before it lands Zac eats the C grade weapon and lands, burping in front of a line of cultist monarchs who proceed to shit themselves.
It'sATap
2023-11-26 23:23:04 +0000 UTCWell Zac is in full energy nom nom nom mode right now so any bomb is likely just going to become fuel for his bloodline, assuming those swirls work the way they should. Dunno if they have a threshold for 'too much energy per second' but I see no reason for that to be the case. Though maybe he'll get hit by some 'energy shrapnel' ?
It'sATap
2023-11-26 23:21:06 +0000 UTCYeah, but there is so much irrelevant and useless info in between the good parts.
Caelum
2023-11-26 21:39:26 +0000 UTCSo what landed by Zac's side? Some kinda bomb? The Technocrat was holding a detonator. Also what does she want with Yselio? Are they planning on infiltrating the Seventh Heaven by impersonating Yselio? Could be why she nabbed the body before dipping.
xlinkedx
2023-11-26 21:37:40 +0000 UTCSounds like a reasonable plan. 0% chance it works. Zac is definitely going to face off against that guy in or during the Ultom Arc
Henry Wartemberg
2023-11-26 20:00:06 +0000 UTCgood summary overall. Zac became a D-grade human during his first bloodline evolution, so maybe C rank human is possible. Zac has also been holding back on Abyssal improvements (Eoz memory and abyssal tattoo) was waiting for his Void bloodline to improve. Soul compression was a huge benefit in the tribulation as well; shards seals are degrading. His void powered slip through shielding is probably the most tactically beneficial. The prototype creation and annihilation skills are damaged but useable. I theorized his core can now generate a small amount of void energy, he hasn't really been able to study other core designs using void. And Galau was gonna blow up the place anyway, so a looting spree was never in the cards. Selfish, selfish Galau:').
Salvo
2023-11-26 18:23:06 +0000 UTCBut most of that was messed up cuz Yselio put his 2 daos in every wound he gave Zac. So now Zac is full of corrosive dao, it's even in his soul.
Kirivina
2023-11-26 18:20:26 +0000 UTCMy guess is they will keep him prisoner because if they kill him his dad could bring him back. So keep him contained until after the Ultom. Then kill him.
2023-11-26 18:13:50 +0000 UTCHe also made big advancements for his soul, and got two titles, one of which is a new limited title slot. And he gave Emily some great treasure that was hidden.
2023-11-26 18:07:26 +0000 UTCWould be nice if his body modifications turns him more into an old imperial and so the bloodline is now pure
Rabauke
2023-11-26 17:13:59 +0000 UTCI wonder if his (Corrupted) will be purified?
xlinkedx
2023-11-26 16:45:17 +0000 UTCMost likely Nutzu, she was in the chapter before the break
Surgebinder
2023-11-26 15:35:18 +0000 UTCMost likely Nutzu, she was in the chapter before the break
Surgebinder
2023-11-26 15:34:39 +0000 UTCSo what are the ganes of this short fortress endeavour? - Optimized body thanks to the synthetic tribulation. Probably D grade human now. - Optimized core and less imperfections thanks to the synthetic tribulation. - Close to finishing the next layer of his body tempering. - enhanced and more attuned body thanks to the killing intent and the supreme cactus - glimpses and inspiration for his Dao thanks to a similar path of the prince - bloodline Evolution - Haros awakening - huge load of contribution points cause it was his token that activated the spear that will probably kill or destroy c grade stuff. - ensolus ruins appeard No big treasures or intel caus of his rush. That's the only downside. All in all big gains and good outcome for a few days of work
Rabauke
2023-11-26 15:31:25 +0000 UTCWherever the technoprat has taken yselio I hope they are punishing him severely. He killed Vivi!
Tommy
2023-11-26 14:49:13 +0000 UTCI've been thinking about what the void side of progression would look like based on the whole 'it's a shadow of the dao' stuff. Sooo how about these. Dao Seed = Void haze / obscuration ? Or perhaps go another way and list off the progression with parallels to matter/energy but in reverse? Like the daos go from material things like seeds/branch and the voids start with say something like fog/smoke and slowly progress to more physical things like ocean/mountain as the daos get more mystical and less physical at the upper layers?
It'sATap
2023-11-26 12:17:40 +0000 UTCMaybe this will FINALLY be the push Zac needs to actually get something from the void that isn't just his bloodline doing all the work. I'd love to read about Zac actually interacting with the void in this story and not just 'activate this node' 'flirt with mountain for energy' 'eat old void jerky for 1up' like ccmmmmmon... Can we please get some sort of actual interesting shit from the void that isn't just stuff you can explain away as some sub-part of zac doing all the work..
It'sATap
2023-11-26 12:03:33 +0000 UTCwhere's the yandere fiery babe when you need heR?!
It'sATap
2023-11-26 11:48:44 +0000 UTCPeople above D-Grade can't enter the spatial pocket they're in, so it can't be Leandra
Nikolai Beckel
2023-11-26 10:20:03 +0000 UTCI would argue not being able to clearly define power levels is good writing. It means TFD hasn't added some stupid deus ex or broken system that's an 'I win' button. And in so doing, it leaves him with the ability to remain creative in fight resolution, since there are many potential paths to victory.
Matthew Hay
2023-11-26 10:10:19 +0000 UTCNo I completely agree. No way it’s Kenzie it ruins the whole story if it were
Anomander Rake
2023-11-26 09:07:50 +0000 UTCI disagree. The system saved his ass one time. And that in the Technocrat mystic space with that questline. He went there of his own volition and would have died without the system's help. Every other time from getting the remnants, meeting Iz Tayn in the tower, to fighting a late stage beast King in an E grade trial. Has all been the system trying to get him killed. Even if Ultom just appeared in front of Zac like it originally wanted to. Zac would have grabbed some nice stuff and the second a big faction like the Undead Empire would have shown up wanting it. He would have simply said its all yours and been done with it. Maybe he would get an extra pv token from them or something similar but that's it. He doesn't want be part of this stupid youngsters trial now! He'd be happy getting the last seal and then giving up his spot in the competition. He just knows that he can't so he might as well milk some more stuff out of the undead empire while he can.
Darnell Maxwell
2023-11-26 08:57:59 +0000 UTCI think system saves his ass as much as it creates troubles for him. Ultom is technically only his, well if we believe that other guy from there, Zac forcebly took it :d Sooo system really saved his ass when it extended to younger generation
SandreX
2023-11-26 08:50:05 +0000 UTCYeah, but he always recovers most of it so no big deal so far
SandreX
2023-11-26 08:44:56 +0000 UTCShe had a convo back when war just started and technocrats replaceed one of alliance command centers. They are after Kayar-Elu and possibly Kenzie. It seems that theyvknow about Void Emperor bloodline, but if they are friends or foes is still unknown.
SandreX
2023-11-26 08:31:02 +0000 UTCMother?
Stian Bjøntegaard
2023-11-26 08:30:55 +0000 UTCIn brief conversation when this female technicrat talked with other leader, he mentiond that one who woke up Ultom was void emperor, so they at least know that someone has that bloodline plus they are searching Leandra's clan probably because of Jeaves.
SandreX
2023-11-26 08:23:34 +0000 UTCWell Kenzie :d, To be honest I doubt that he is even Leandra's son. He was created in lab so most likely they took best samples of bloodlines and combined them (Which might have come from Leandra too)
SandreX
2023-11-26 08:19:05 +0000 UTCWell, Yeselio will probably survive so Haro can avege his mom.
SandreX
2023-11-26 08:13:18 +0000 UTCUgh Not Kenzie. The only reason to think it's kenzie is that it's a female technocrat. As far as we know kenzie is completly redoing her cultivation. And can't leave seclusion until zac does the thing he's mom asked him too. Where he has to invade the big technocrat base.
C Smith
2023-11-26 07:58:27 +0000 UTCIsn’t Leandra and Kenzie basically hiding amongst cultivators because they are being hunted by the Technocrats or at least firmaments edge? I was assuming these others Technocrats engaged at the tower weren’t aligned with Leandra and the Kayar Elu
darkkingrayley
2023-11-26 07:48:52 +0000 UTCIt sucks that Zac had to be saved by some technocrat, even if it was Kenzie. Yselio KILLED Vivi! Heads need to roll
Anomander Rake
2023-11-26 06:18:49 +0000 UTCI think the object she threw out next to Zac that hit the floor is a portal device to escape
Jay Fowler
2023-11-26 05:33:38 +0000 UTCyes the end from colluseum of mortals is quite good in my opinion
Frederik
2023-11-26 04:45:40 +0000 UTCYou could argue that he has insider intel from PV (maybe even something like Iz’s looking glass). But more likely he could “see” through Zac’s body—maybe even see something he couldn’t access—and blocked it not knowing what it was.
Stephen Taylor
2023-11-26 04:32:13 +0000 UTCWhat a fantastic cliffhanger. That fight was awesome.
Lauren Edwards
2023-11-26 04:17:23 +0000 UTCIt didn't stop a supremacy, it stopped Zac from opening a door, by blocking said door. Don't need to know what's behind the door to block it off. When the energies invaded him, it found whatever wasn't "Zac" and blocked it off, I'm pretty sure its SOP for fighting against other Heavens Chosen, or Imperial Scions. Block whatever hidden aces they are borrowing from their elders.
Darthnarciss
2023-11-26 04:15:52 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter.
Joshua Little
2023-11-26 02:15:18 +0000 UTCLoved the fight and the chapter! Only thing I wasnt a fan of was him blocking Sendor's seal. How'd he know about it? Idc about faith energy, no way he stops a supremacies activation like that. Kind of took me out of the fight a bit but loved everything else. Rip vivi!
CURTIS ISBELL
2023-11-26 02:09:10 +0000 UTCWow! 🔥🔥🔥 I always hoped Vivi would make it.
Tommy
2023-11-26 01:20:18 +0000 UTCYa Primal..... I stopped reading that a while back. Got back into it recently and got to the never more part. About 30 chapters into never more and it's just boring. Looked ahead to see when never more ends and there are still like 100 chapters of never more, which killed my motivation for reading primal. Does never more get better because the first part is a slog.
C Smith
2023-11-26 01:18:49 +0000 UTCI havnt read anything to show the technocrats are after Zac. What makes you think so? It's clearly been stated they are in this base for the research.
C Smith
2023-11-26 01:14:57 +0000 UTCI think Kator and that draugor scion would both be on the princes level if not stronger. Kator was limited down to zacs stat level and zac couldnt even come close to contending with his final form. And were zac and kator even using skills in there fight? I thinknit was just a martial fight. So ya full power Kator was far far beyond zac when they fought. It's hard to tell power levels in this series. It's honetly one of the areas TFD is pretty lacking in his writing.
C Smith
2023-11-26 01:12:23 +0000 UTCIt's just one of the technocrats involved in the war. Why does everyone think it's Kenzie. There is no reason to think it's Kenzie besides it's a female technocrat. I'm sure they have more than one lol. It would honestly be wierd if Kenzie showed up anytime soon around zac since last we heard she is working on comoletly redoing her cultivation and zac has to invade the big technocrate base to help her out.
C Smith
2023-11-26 01:04:51 +0000 UTCYa not kenzie. People are like its a technocrat girl, It's kenzie its kenzie. Nope sorry.
C Smith
2023-11-26 01:02:21 +0000 UTCIt was just a mark not an artifact from vastness, and not an Autarch, a small portion of a 100s of millions of year old highly diluted killing intent of an Autarch. So not even remotly close to an Autarch. And vivi was stuck at peak E grade. It's impressive, But not even remotly in the realm of what you described.
C Smith
2023-11-26 00:59:12 +0000 UTCI’m feeling an Ogras or Kenzie POV Monday TBH
Michael
2023-11-26 00:18:53 +0000 UTCThe best out rn. Was dragging a bit but now that ultom is in full swing I see the vision. Primal the only thing that could compete, but we’ve been stuck in nevermore for a year
jazz
2023-11-26 00:17:36 +0000 UTCWonder if Zac has half siblings
Swagmaster
2023-11-26 00:03:35 +0000 UTCSeems like the technocrat took the little princeling and teleported away leaving Zach alone.
Eloren Koori
2023-11-26 00:00:32 +0000 UTCThe Technocrat team hunting for the missing Kayar-Elu was teamed up with someone they despised.
Natbite
2023-11-25 23:51:20 +0000 UTCWhat a weekend cliffhanger! It's going to be a long weekend waiting for that next chapter.
2023-11-25 23:50:25 +0000 UTCI believe you are right.
2023-11-25 23:49:04 +0000 UTCThis will probably somehow tie into family matters.
2023-11-25 23:48:04 +0000 UTCOh when he had to do his body refining moves to protect his dao heart
Swagmaster
2023-11-25 23:47:37 +0000 UTCThe system will not allow him any peace, it will continue to throw him into increasingly unstable situations. It just so happens that Zac has the mindset to deal with that and come out on top, at least so far. I can't imagine this bodes well for his lifespan though with how much he burns it with these Razor Edge situations.
2023-11-25 23:46:36 +0000 UTCLesson learned. All Flamebearers are legit. Proceed with caution.
Tsunami
2023-11-25 23:43:32 +0000 UTCI don’t think they killed him or even made a proper attempt. He is shrewd enough that it will be obvious. They stabbed him, scattered his energy and then teleported away with him.
Henry Wartemberg
2023-11-25 23:39:15 +0000 UTCDidn't Yselio team up with the technocrats in the first place? Zac's army was surrounded by Yselio's deathsworn because the undercover technocrats set it up that way. It's less that Zac has a connection but more of they betrayed him when he showed an opening.
Neneera
2023-11-25 23:34:35 +0000 UTCIt begins.. I don’t think it’s Kenzie, since she is in hiding from the heavens. I think the technocrats are after Zach. right? Wonder why they teleported away. So is Zac still shooting into the enemies main base? Be will interesting how his gonna get out of there?!
Amani
2023-11-25 23:24:02 +0000 UTCReally enjoyed this chapter, The big 1 for me is Yselio Dao path is just as all-encompassing as Zac's. Not many fights even do this, shows that not even Kator would have the chops in this fight. Vivi going out only for Haro to spring forth is a nice 'evolutionary path' benefit as well. TFTC
Salvo
2023-11-25 23:21:41 +0000 UTCOne would be my guess. A cultivation technique for the Void would be sweet. Can't complain about a Limitless & Karz interaction either. Just don't want to be trolled with a random POV.
Tsunami
2023-11-25 23:11:40 +0000 UTCLeader of Technocrats. If I'm not mistaken.
Tsunami
2023-11-25 23:04:20 +0000 UTCI was hoping for the Primordial to make an end boss style entrance. Forcing both to retreat. One can always dream.
Tsunami
2023-11-25 23:02:03 +0000 UTCmuh. all that in 5 sec. dbz would be proud.
Thenais
2023-11-25 22:59:07 +0000 UTCmore like a ticket to get to kenzie.
Thenais
2023-11-25 22:56:45 +0000 UTCThe one whose killing intent is infusing the Spear. Zac unleashed what got sucked into his Void Heart at Yrial.
Sam Williams
2023-11-25 22:56:11 +0000 UTCWhat autarch?
Swagmaster
2023-11-25 22:50:22 +0000 UTCa futur waifu ?
Thenais
2023-11-25 22:48:33 +0000 UTCIt would be nice and appropriate if that was Kenzie, but we have too little information to go on. It's probably going to be an unknown person with the goal of using Zac as precursor, introducing the Dao of Technology as a one of the main paths of the 43rd age. in the hopes of establishing the technocrats as a proper, and no longer hated faction to the universe... Or something more nefarious lol...
2023-11-25 22:43:46 +0000 UTCRIP Vivi — glad Haro cared for her!!
Mack
2023-11-25 22:32:26 +0000 UTCWell, it was a great chapter! Vivi went out in a big way, protecting the ones she loved. I don’t remember Zac having visions when he updates his bloodline, I thought it was when opening his nodes. 🤷♂️ I doubt that that girl is Kenzie because Zac didn’t recognize her while Ysillio did, and if I remember correctly she was following a traditional path, not a path of technocracy. Anyway, I can’t wait for next chapter!
Victor
2023-11-25 22:25:19 +0000 UTCI kinda expected something like this to happen. Since the technocrats are a group he needs to get in touch with if he's ever going to reunite his cores. And they've had a heavily established presence in this arc and an unknown goal. Have to take care of all that before we move on.
Rick Baker
2023-11-25 22:24:25 +0000 UTCYselio mentioned in another chapter that bloodline was important in the fortress. Maybe it’s required to access the project?
Beezy
2023-11-25 22:06:55 +0000 UTCwho is Nitzu?
Gervel Giva
2023-11-25 22:06:08 +0000 UTCVivi went out just like she lived, like a real boss bitch. Hail the victorious dead! Fantastic chapter
Summas76
2023-11-25 22:00:54 +0000 UTCDamn, that dude prevented the activation of a Supremacy's (or whatever the hell Sendor is) artifact, countered the intervention of an Autarch and the death throes of a Hegemonic plant, all while stomping on everything Zac and Haru could throw at him and he *still* lived through whatever the hell this Technocrat just did afterwards. Imperial Prince indeed.
Sam Williams
2023-11-25 21:54:31 +0000 UTCWow! Tftc
Berry McCockiner
2023-11-25 21:42:13 +0000 UTCI expected Zac's bloodline to rip his core right out of him and leave him a husky.
R. Maxwell Steele
2023-11-25 21:41:57 +0000 UTCIf it was Kenzie... why would Yselio recognize her and not Zac?
R. Maxwell Steele
2023-11-25 21:41:09 +0000 UTCProbably less than a percent of the investment he's put into Vivi and Haro.
R. Maxwell Steele
2023-11-25 21:40:23 +0000 UTCZac started his journey by betting his life on a spin on a roulette wheel at 500:1 odds and coming out on top. The stakes have changed but he's still spinning that wheel.
Sam Williams
2023-11-25 21:40:05 +0000 UTCI dunno why everyone assumes she's after Zac when Yselio obviously knew her, she goes out of her way to kidnap Yselio and she didn't even acknowledge Zac's presence.
R. Maxwell Steele
2023-11-25 21:38:55 +0000 UTCThe choice is out of his hands. It always was. He was assigned a sole inheritor. Multiple factions could intuit it. No matter what he does they are coming for him. He even agrees with you. He doesn’t even want to attempt to claim it. Since he’s basically been forced into the mess he has to go. Go grab u can then book it. 🤷🏿♂️ A
Henry Wartemberg
2023-11-25 21:38:28 +0000 UTCExactly why he must forge ahead. The system will bring ultom to him if he runs from it. This entire story only works because he is 'fated'.
rapscity2K
2023-11-25 21:38:01 +0000 UTCRIP Vivi, awesome chapter. Thanks TFD
K S
2023-11-25 21:36:30 +0000 UTCThinking they aren't there for Zac at all. Otherwise why not take him instead of Yselio. Because Yselio recognized her and Zac didn't, I'm betting this is a Yselio/technocrat deal. Maybe a Juliet from his past? Maybe a bounty hunter. Maybe a paid helper or a revenge plot. I'm sure Zac will have his own beef with her down the line after he steals the shroud protecting the technocrat sanctuary, exposing trillions to save his sister.
R. Maxwell Steele
2023-11-25 21:34:02 +0000 UTCI have a reaaaaally good feeling about Monday. I can feel it in my lore bones
Observer Whimsy
2023-11-25 21:33:30 +0000 UTCTss, not iz :p
Thenais
2023-11-25 21:31:54 +0000 UTCNooooooo Vivi :(
Kharas
2023-11-25 21:31:38 +0000 UTCI am thinking it's neither. Maybe a random technocrat that Yselio hired and then betrayed. Or someone his family hired to protect him. Or just someone he screwed over and wants revenge.
R. Maxwell Steele
2023-11-25 21:30:00 +0000 UTCThey don't want to kill him anyway since his father would just bring him back to life. Better to capture him and throw him in a hole
austin kutz
2023-11-25 21:29:39 +0000 UTCI doubt it. It's technically possible since she should have three Earthly Daos by now but there's no way her mother would let her get involved with this considering how much the system hated/hates her. I bet this girl knows Kenzie though. Something landed by Zac. I bet it's a message
austin kutz
2023-11-25 21:27:42 +0000 UTCit's so good i want more
Ryan
2023-11-25 21:22:49 +0000 UTCAmazing! Simply amazing chappy and one hell of a cliff!
Shafan Knight
2023-11-25 21:19:36 +0000 UTCI honestly thought it was Kenzie
support!
2023-11-25 21:18:31 +0000 UTCThat was an INTENSE chapter, wow. Vivi better get buried in the best spot in all of Port Atwood.
TorHKU
2023-11-25 21:14:56 +0000 UTC😲 😱 What a masterclass in writing!!!
2023-11-25 21:14:44 +0000 UTCHad same thought
Seaspike
2023-11-25 21:13:33 +0000 UTCI stand by my previous statement. Fuck Ultom this shit aint worth it. Zac has three trees and he's supposed to use them to fight people with two or more planets on their side. Fuck that. This shit aint worth it. We don't even know what the fuck Ultom is. At this point I don't even know if Zac should go after the last seal. He still has that exam token from the radiant temple. I say abandon this sector, do some quests for the temple. Get a throwaway planet and then move his people there. He can start over when this war is finished. Obviously the system doesn't care how much it stacks the deck against Zac. It stopped caring about balance since the day he entered the integration. He is a technocrat and the system is doing everything it can to treat him like one.
Darnell Maxwell
2023-11-25 21:13:24 +0000 UTCLooks like his sister came hunting imperials!
Eli Gray
2023-11-25 21:13:02 +0000 UTCIt was kinda expected when what you expected was Zac to lose.
Tyler S.
2023-11-25 21:12:50 +0000 UTCRIP Vivi. Any bets on if that was Kenzie or someone else working for Leandra?
Peter
2023-11-25 21:11:49 +0000 UTCIt was probably only worth a few C grade coins maybe few dozen but only the best for his plants
Tyler S.
2023-11-25 21:11:01 +0000 UTCInteresting. Didn't think vivi using herself as a sacrifice would have such an impact but given she's been nurturing Haro for around a decade now, it's rather understandable he had such a violent reaction. Figured the Technocrats would play a role but Is thought it'd be an actual fight, seems Yselio is gonna be in a rough spot wherever that Technocrat woman took him. Doubt he's dead though, this was to easy for someone like him to go down. As for what the Technocrats goal is, I'm convinced they are there to aid zac or at least find out about him; might be how he escapes the spear hurtling towards a Kan'tanu monarch. Can't wait for Mondays ch.
Lex Luther S
2023-11-25 21:10:19 +0000 UTC😢😭
ItWasIDIO!!
2023-11-25 21:09:34 +0000 UTCThis was a wonderful chapter as well as a sad one rest well Vivi Haros gonna eat themselves some more princelings, as well as ancient monsters. And what does miss Technocrat want with Zac? Tyftc
Tyler S.
2023-11-25 21:09:14 +0000 UTCAwesome fight. Now that is a nemesis to be concerned about. And yes he is definitely alive and probably now has another secret of Zac’s (that he has a connection to the technocrats)
Henry Wartemberg
2023-11-25 21:08:38 +0000 UTCTime for a vision! And lore!
Luke Scheffe
2023-11-25 21:08:01 +0000 UTCDamn, Zac's so rich he has a spare world ring. He really has come a long way.
Darnell Maxwell
2023-11-25 21:06:46 +0000 UTCDo we get one or two bloodline visions I wonder?
RWS
2023-11-25 21:06:19 +0000 UTCVivi nooooo 😭😭
Nic
2023-11-25 21:04:57 +0000 UTCThank you!
Andrew
2023-11-25 21:04:44 +0000 UTCI think it was Niztu. She was one of the two Technocrats in charge of the infiltration.
Hartmann
2023-11-25 21:03:03 +0000 UTCKenzie!
mrthorwahl
2023-11-25 21:02:41 +0000 UTCLittle on the nose having a Technocrat as a deus ex machina.
Scott Mingo
2023-11-25 21:02:06 +0000 UTCDamn that was good, poor Vivi didnt get to retire on Earth 😢
Minh Nguyen
2023-11-25 21:02:01 +0000 UTCLike a sweet adoptive mother. She always made sure Haro ate first and most.
austin kutz
2023-11-25 21:01:50 +0000 UTCDamn, will miss you, Vivi. It's upgrade time people.
RWS
2023-11-25 21:01:39 +0000 UTCOh hell yeah
Rushin Lad
2023-11-25 21:00:11 +0000 UTCPerfect
Timothy Dana
2023-11-25 20:57:57 +0000 UTCAwesome fight!
Lucas Gulick
2023-11-25 20:56:07 +0000 UTCwas that Kenzie?
Augustus
2023-11-25 20:54:08 +0000 UTCDamn, that was brilliant
Surgebinder
2023-11-25 20:50:51 +0000 UTCViVi was best mom😭😭
support!
2023-11-25 20:44:34 +0000 UTCYes !
Thenais
2023-11-25 20:39:32 +0000 UTC👌
Victor
2023-11-25 20:39:31 +0000 UTC
