Sleeping with his new, deeper connection to his manabody was a strange experience. A background portion of his brain was active and receiving information throughout the night. He watched every breath he took, fully aware of his chest rising and falling. His heartbeat was a dull throb that created...
2023-05-30 15:22:07 +0000 UTC View PostThank you to all the new Patrons! Your support is making my writing dreams a reality and I couldn't be more thrilled that you're enjoying my story. Seriously, thank you.
Now that we are 30 chapters ahead of RR and SB, I've dropped the first chapter of my side project (which gives me an occa...
2023-05-29 18:39:07 +0000 UTC View PostSYNOPSYS
The year is 2493
The AI wars have come and gone.
At the minor cost of two centuries in industrial and technological advancements, humanity won… barely.
Ten years ago, a new technology emerged that allowed humans...
2023-05-29 18:29:03 +0000 UTC View PostNiya of Feylon
Niya pulled herself from the rubble of a collapsed building. She cracked her neck before wiping off the trickle of blood leaking from her split lip.
“Life Touch,” after uttering the name of her custom technique...
2023-05-28 19:29:18 +0000 UTC View PostJiran stepped out of the portal and into darkness. He heard the tinkling of water and while sniffing the air, detected hints of musty dirt and rust.
Light Manipulation.
His palms burst into light that devoured the gloom. He waved his arms, revealing ...
2023-05-27 23:28:41 +0000 UTC View PostThank you all so much for the continual support! It's amazing to see all the new names and wow is it motivating to know people like my story enough to come here for more.
Patreon doesn't have an option to hide images behind a spoiler so I've been using links as that was a good suggestion I ...
2023-05-26 20:11:04 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Jiran did any hunting, there was one more very important thing to resolve. With the huge increase in power from his freshly doubled Concentration, he needed to know just how strong his elemental attacks had become. With a layer of Coating on his hand, he created a flame wi...
2023-05-26 20:03:21 +0000 UTC View PostJiran floated in darkness, safely cocooned in a comfortable warmth. He had no body, no mind, he simply was. Time passed smoothly without thought or external stimulation and as all things do eventually, a change occurred. A filament of golden light stretched out to him from the void. It connected ...
2023-05-26 00:10:47 +0000 UTC View PostJiran’s trip through the red sea lasted mere moments after he lost sight of Lenton. Another hole in reality opened and sucked him through to deposit him into an empty room with white paneled walls. They were perfectly smooth and appeared to be made of some kind of metal. Jiran was barely able t...
2023-05-24 19:41:14 +0000 UTC View PostJiran's skin was on fire. He jolted awake with a gasp, his hands already moving to stamp out the burning flames on his arms and chest. He watched his limbs moving in slow-motion, his groggy brain slowly coming to the realization that he could see them moving despite his eyes still being closed. 2023-05-23 22:34:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Jiran snatched three more of the delicious piletear fruits and retrieved the cube from his tent before finding a comfortable spot in the shadow of a large cactus. He started by cycling through memories of each part of his life that was important to him to gently reveal and then organize his emoti...
2023-05-22 20:16:28 +0000 UTC View PostJiran dreamed of flying through the sky over a forested valley that housed a strange civilization. They sang to him as he flew, waving their arms. Or were those branches? The fluttering of a question in his consciousness pulled him to the ground where soft dirt swallowed him. New sensations grabb...
2023-05-21 20:20:07 +0000 UTC View PostWe are switching to a different AI generator for the next story arc. All the characters will be reintroduced in their new styles. I love them so much and can't wait for everyone to see them!
My (very ambitious) goal of getting Emperor tier 30 chapters ahead this week will be only 2 away aft...
2023-05-21 14:24:47 +0000 UTC View PostMy foresight stopped warning me.
I’m safe here… he said I’m safe here!
“Did you really mean what you said?” Jiran directed his question up at Markhiss who hovered in the air as if he were standing on solid ground.
Markhiss held his sides as he burst i...
2023-05-20 20:50:48 +0000 UTC View PostJiran grinned at Clift as he dropped the Coating that covered his cheek.
“How many bandits and what tiers?” Jiran directed his question at the big blonde kid in the cage with the scar running down his face.
“He isn’t even bleeding?” Clift stood thunderstruck...
2023-05-20 15:40:55 +0000 UTC View PostMy mana is being stolen?! Again?! Did he punch me so hard that it reopened my injury?
Jiran ignored the man looming over him and concentrated on the flow of his mana. He breathed an audible sigh of relief when he realized his mana was steadily leaking from his skin and into the str...
2023-05-20 02:56:46 +0000 UTC View PostJiran’s right arm smacked into something hard, sending him spinning uncontrollably through the darkness. Air rushed across his skin as he picked up speed. The little light from the hole above occasionally flashed in the distance, growing smaller with each sighting.
He pulled on his mana a...
2023-05-18 01:27:38 +0000 UTC View PostChirping birds and insect calls faded as Jiran awoke with a start. He reached up to hold his aching head but ended up smacking himself in the face as his arm responded faster than he anticipated.
“Ouch.”
Did I pass out again? Isn’t that like the fourth time?
Time...
2023-05-17 02:53:23 +0000 UTC View PostI can’t believe that explosion only used eight percent of my mana. Isn’t that just blatant cheating?
Science plus magic equals cheating. Message received.
Molding + 1
Shaping + 2
Gas Manipulation + 5<...
2023-05-16 20:44:56 +0000 UTC View PostJiran awoke to the sounds of rhythmic thumping, grunts, and an occasional scream of outrage. He recognized the screams as Niya’s, and shot to his feet.
His foot tangled in his bedroll, nearly bringing him to his knees. With several awkward, hopping steps, he righted his balance and dashed...
2023-05-15 23:33:02 +0000 UTC View PostI made 2 minor alterations to the story starting at Chapter 30 when Jiran first absorbed the challenger density.
First change
There is now a timer in Jiran's status that is counting down. He's not 100% sure what happens when it hits zero but he's pretty sure it means game over.
...
2023-05-15 21:32:56 +0000 UTC View PostJiran held the ancient artifact lightly in his grasp with a thousand thoughts spinning behind his eyes. An effort of willpower brought his wild imaginings back into a semblance of useful order.
If my immediate goal is to unlock the subskills, I should focus on figuring out the other two...
2023-05-15 16:10:53 +0000 UTC View PostThank you everyone, for reading and supporting!
I hope you're all enjoying the new story as much as I am. It's certainly divulged from the original quite a bit by this point and that's not going to stop.
Emperor tier is only one chapter away from the promised twenty chapte...
2023-05-14 14:42:13 +0000 UTC View PostJiran woke up to the unfamiliar sight of a thick, canvas roof rippling gently in the soft breeze. A sleeping roll he didn’t remember entering the night before fell down to his waist.
To his right a familiar sack from the seamstress lay open on the ground, its interior stuffed with new clo...
2023-05-14 14:32:22 +0000 UTC View PostLenton Filibree
What… What the hell am I looking at right now?
Lenton sat atop a tall tree far too skinny to hold a normal person and yet the tree held sturdy and strong as he supported it with the barest trickle of his mana body’s aura.
He watched ...
2023-05-13 20:59:37 +0000 UTC View PostJiran’s breath turned to icy mist so thick that it froze. The mist hovered in the air before falling under its own weight to the frigid ground. The beast lay dead at his feet within a realm of frost that covered every surface.
As he watched in wonder, the might of three suns and the heat ...
2023-05-12 18:54:25 +0000 UTC View PostJiran ran.
His legs pumped as quickly as his mana-enhanced muscles could compress and expand. A flicker of movement to his right was the only warning he had to dive once more. Another boulder sailed overhead, landing several meters to his left amidst a shower of dirt and dust.
I...
2023-05-11 19:45:10 +0000 UTC View PostJiran awoke to an unusual cadence of banging and shouting. His eyes snapped open in alarm but he remained still, allowing the sounds to register.
He heard the maids running back and forth down the hallway, in and out of rooms. They shouted at each other about getting things ready, not forge...
2023-05-11 01:34:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Mister Jiran, your cousin is here to see you.” A soft voice spoke, disrupting his train of thought.
Jiran glanced over his shoulder to see the maid who had been acting strangely all day. She gave him a bright smile that was gone in the next instant as she ran back into the manor.