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Chapter 1,082.

"I had an idea I wanted to run by you before the meeting," Emily said as the silence grew heavy. "I've been talking to my subordinates, and more than a few wish we'd transition from our slow-paced and defensive tactics to more aggressive ones. They feel this war is their chance to rise and are wi...

Chapter 1,081.

A finger of pure lightning pushed out of the dark clouds, intent to squash the bug intent on defying the natural order. Meanwhile, Alea radiated an aura of conviction, the swirling energies around her so familiar they might as well have been Zac's own. She was like a celestial general, and the wo...

Chapter 1,080.

Zac had made great progress on his Evolutionary Precursor pathways, even if his private cultivation grounds weren't at the level of what his other body enjoyed over in Kavista. Thankfully, the biggest factors in redrawing pathways were mental persistence, a strong constitution, and pain tolerance...

Chapter 1,079.

Zac nodded at Tavza to continue, the promise of treasure making his heart beat faster. Not even upgrading his skill could compare to the prospect of getting access to the Undead Empire's stockpiles. Perhaps if he'd gotten another title out of it, but the System wouldn't award bonuses from somethi...

Chapter 1,078.

Zac sighed as the gates closed, his exhalation creating swirls in the medicinal mists around him. The ambient energy of the Cultivation Chamber, which actually was inside the trunk of an enormous tree, was even greater than the caves he'd used in the Orom World's Blackink Mountain. But while the ...

Chapter 1,077.

"You've captured a Zecia sealbearer?" Zac said with a frown.

Zac knew the reaver was just taunting him, but he was still worried. On paper, it should be almost impossible for him to know whoever Kator had captured, but things weren't that simple. For one, the circles were much smaller when ...

Chapter 1,076.

Tavza kept her face impassive, but masking the waves in her heart wasn't easy. She knew this meeting was an opportunity Laz Tem'Zul presented, a way to tie a first string of fate between herself and this walking calamity. She had spent years trying to nudge him closer to their camp by hook or cro...

Chapter 1,075.

A welcoming wave of Death filled every pore of Zac's body, and he took a deep breath of contentment. Only now did Zac realize he had actually never really felt the Dao of Death in this calm and natural state. Twilight Harbor and its trial Realm, Earth, and Ensolus all had Life mixed in with death...

Chapter 1,074.

"What's the greatest source of Faction Merit?" Zac asked.

"Conquering worlds deep in the Kan'Tanu Territory," Vilari said without hesitation. "The neutral battlefronts span three to five worlds. One is in the middle, while the others likely are dead planets in either sector. You generally s...

Chapter 1,073.

Zac looked at his second tally with a smile. Getting 125,000 merit hadn't felt too impressive when he saw it the first time, but he was far more appreciative after joining his first campaign. He'd repelled half an army almost on his own and then conquered the world, yet it only rewarded him 600 m...

Chapter 1,072.

"What? Young master is really visiting the capital?"

"As soon as I've dealt with a few things," Zac nodded.

"What about young master's condition?"

"Things have changed," Zac said, sharing his prepared excuse.

"Life and Death… difficult indeed," Triv sighed before perking...

Chapter 1,071.

Zac shook his head before tuning out the ruins around his human half, his Abyssal eyes refocusing on the notes around him. Progress was slow, even if there weren't any particular issues stumping his progress. He'd entered a Void State with his human body to focus on recovery, but it was hard to s...

Chapter 1,070.

Spirit Tool War Regalia were extremely expensive, high-quality ones even surpassing the price of Cosmic Vessels. It was also an issue of supply and demand. You wouldn't necessarily be able to get your hands on one even if you had the money to spare, even in the Multiverse Heartlands. Artisans who...

Chapter 1,069.

The surroundings were reduced to a blur as Zac made a beeline toward the frontline. Zac's instincts urged him to emerge through the breach and unleash a massacre, but he remembered Vilari's warning. Rushing headlong into the heat of it might lead him right into a trap, one that might implicate hi...

Chapter 1,068.

Zac didn't know which of the two demons was right. Both, most likely. Some of these volunteers might be wartime opportunists. But it wouldn't be odd for many of these old warriors to stir after witnessing the brutality of the struggle.

He remembered the problems they'd had with their recrui...

Chapter 1,067.

"Rating and designation?" Zac asked. "What's going on?"

"There are several facilities near every Battlefield Array," Vilari explained. "One of them is a recruitment center. You must first register to access the Teleportation Array, War Merit Exchange, and various other features. At that tim...

Chapter 1,066.

Zac sighed as he sat down to face himself. He'd check in with the creators for a shipyard-upgrading quest later, but he had too much on his place to worry about this matter right now. He'd have to survive the war and Ultom before worrying about heading into the Endless Storm. Perhaps he could tra...

Chapter 1,065.

"It's time," a voice echoed through the peak. "You've arrived."

"Thank you for your help," Arcaz said as he stood up.

Sendor had left soon after the first body was sent away, but he was clearly still keeping watch. A second cocoon enclosed his body, and he was soon shuttling through t...

Chapter 1,064.

"How did you know about the Kayar-Elu?" Zac asked, finally expressing the question that had been burning in the back of his mind for the past hour.

"It just made sense," the Realm Spirit shrugged. "When you've lived as long as me, you start to see some patterns in the river of time."

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Chapter 1,063.

Zac's heart furiously beat as he looked into the smiling Realm Spirit's eyes. So Sendor knew. Had he known all this time? Had he investigated him, or had his breakthrough exposed something? Did he have information about Kenzie? His mind was thrown into chaos by the name he had only heard from his...

Chapter 1,062.

'There's no Karmic link between my bodies?' Zac thought with surprise.

"How marvelous. I sensed something hidden within your body, but I didn't expect something like this," Sendor continued, seemingly talking to himself. "How did such a method elude my gaze? Why can't I figure it o...

Chapter 1,061.

Zac looked at his other self, or himself, with mixed emotions. The words had been born from one thought, yet they emerged from two mouths. He still couldn't believe decades of planning had been thrown overboard just like that. His soul and body had mostly recovered during his month of unconscious...

Chapter 1,060.

Lova looked at the departing clouds with marvel through the dimensional chute. She could still feel the tapestry of red on her retinas while comparing the spectacle with her own breakthrough all those years ago. Her blood-steeped path had resulted in a furious tribulation, but it was nothing comp...

Chapter 1,059.

Zac's body was absolutely wrung dry after enduring the tribulation, yet he felt like a million bucks as he dragged himself toward the Nexus Node. He only briefly stopped, looking hesitantly at his core. It had shrunk to two-thirds of its original size, emitting a condensed aura of power. However,...

Chapter 1,058.

Over the past three months, Zac had spent a fortune on talismans, pills, and treasures to pave the path through his Core Formation Process. The total cost was undoubtedly counted in tens of C-grade Nexus Coins if you included the outside value of all the unique treasures he'd picked up inside the...

Chapter 1,057.

Zac released a breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding. Forming a nucleus obviously wasn't the same as forming a core, but it was the step that had worried him the most. If any of his theories or deductions were incorrect, the whole project would be doomed to fail. And there was so much that ...

Chapter 1,056.

The pressure the Core Formation Array levied on the treasures was immense, and they sporadically released bursts of energy that shook the [Hollow Core]. It almost looked like they were venting to sustain the compression. But there was no venting to be had. The energy was forced r...

Chapter 1,055.

The road that'd led Zac to the Daos of Life and Death was more circuitous than his connection to the Axe, marked by coincidence and outside factors. It was his battle with Mhal, the Corpselord General, that had accidentally steered Zac down the path of Death. It was only a short conflict at the b...

Chapter 1,054.

Zac flashed forward, appearing by the gates of his mansion. The powerful waves of energy greeted him by burrowing into his body, but it didn't feel like a hostile infiltration. It was akin to a gentle caress, like a missing part of himself coming home. There was no mismatch, and it barely took hi...