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“Dad, look! Someone’s walking around inside Grandpa Hetcher’s house!”
Beene found his daughter seated at her usual spot in the second-floor window’s culvert. He inwardly sighed at the schoolbook in her lap. It had been passed between multiple f...
2025-03-14 19:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostBecome a Patron to read ahead.
Zac—or rather Everit—had been crippled.
Lawkeepers lived lives full of danger, at least the greedy or ambitious ones. The [Peregrine Gondola] had brought Zac to a timeline where one of Everit’s missions had gone sideways. Inst...
2025-03-12 20:45:51 +0000 UTC View PostBecome a patron to read ahead.
It was as though Janos had discarded his real persona the moment he stepped onto the gondola. It left Zac feeling like he was looking at a stranger. He still brought out a blank Information Crystal and copied the introduction of [Foreign Gods]...
2025-03-10 20:26:27 +0000 UTC View PostBecome a patron to read ahead.
A barrier of faith had already appeared, blocking access to the gondolas. Zac was green with regret from having used both [Eye of Desolation] and [Arbiter of the Abyss]’s spectral chain to guarantee a quick kill on Xiny...
2025-03-09 21:36:12 +0000 UTC View PostThere was no time to get a proper understanding of the situation on the other side, though the memory domain’s shimmering wall in the distance proved they’d found the right place. The Spatial Tear was rapidly closing while the existential decay in the house recovered. Zac turned into a streak...
2025-03-07 20:22:38 +0000 UTC View PostAs mentioned in Monday's chapter, this week's releases will be a bit erratic. Unfortunately, the past days have turned into a perfect storm of problems stacking on top of each other, making a bad situation worse. I'd hoped to release a chapter today and another tomorrow, but it's simply not tenab...
2025-03-06 19:36:12 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: We're kicking off March with a bang, in my case literally as I managed to break my toe against my bed's leg. The spice must flow, and it shouldn't affect the releases too much. However, the posting times might get a bit erratic this week. Anyway, thank you for re-upping, and welcome ...
2025-03-03 21:04:33 +0000 UTC View PostThis close, Zac could tell his opponent had greatly overdrawn his source. His turbid mind was struggling to grasp what was going on, seeing as there was confused jubilation on his face. Did he think Zac had given up on the challenge, not even entering the maze? After all, the two struck completel...
2025-02-28 21:06:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe organizers made no effort to quell the clamor and reestablish the solemnity of the occasion. If anything, they welcomed it. Zac’s face scrunched with annoyance upon seeing concession stands appearing among the F-grade cultivators and Mortals at the back of the square. He’d been turned int...
2025-02-26 20:24:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe Peregrine Ocean’s herbal scent permeated the dense mist, surpassing yesterday’s visit to the docks. The fog wasn’t harmful, though an unusual sense of déjà vu hit Zac as he descended the mountain. Zac only needed to leave the First District to confirm the source of the immense amounts...
2025-02-24 21:43:24 +0000 UTC View PostThere was much to do and very little time. Zac could picture the race to the docks the moment the Theomore Dynasty shared whatever helpful hint they possessed. Half the gondolas would be gone within minutes, and Zac couldn’t lag behind. Today was his last chance to squeeze the Transformation Do...
2025-02-21 20:57:45 +0000 UTC View Post“You could simply move on to the next stage,” Esmeralda suggested. “Things should be set up the same way around the other courts. That means the clock started ticking the second the Hollow Court got its halo. Three weeks have passed already. If you wait too long, your other side won’t hav...
2025-02-19 19:47:26 +0000 UTC View PostSeizing Everit Draom’s lantern wasn’t a chance encounter like stumbling onto Tam Brooks’ lantern inside the storm. It was the result of hard work. Everit was actually one of the leads Zac found during his first visit to Dawndeep Bastille, and it had taken another memory domain to narrow dow...
2025-02-17 21:44:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Holy crap,” Zac mumbled with awe.
Zac could only identify one pile without Esmeralda’s assistance: the neat stacks of Cosmic Crystals. There were exactly a thousand Middle-quality Cosmic Crystals, nearly half of them attuned. The ten High-quality Cosmic Crystals were all unattuned. T...
2025-02-14 21:12:13 +0000 UTC View PostA streak of blue light appearing out of nowhere announced the next round of torment had begun. It tore straight through the podjumper’s barrier, and its plating fared no better. Upon reaching the compartment, the light transformed into a corrosive gas that targeted all organic matter. Zac swung...
2025-02-12 20:21:54 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: A small continuity announcement. I've been fiddling with these POV chapters over the weekend as they're the end of what'll be book 16. I've decided to make a slight change. Today's chapter will be placed directly after second half of Emily's POV, with Janos gett...
2025-02-10 20:53:13 +0000 UTC View PostAnson—no, Janos!—watched as the deranged scholar scurried back to his workshop while the memory domain collapsed around them. Kadel’s mysterious power had somewhat calmed down, but he still left small fractures in the dream behind him. His ability to fuse with the River of Time was amazin...
2025-02-07 21:21:23 +0000 UTC View PostA deafening roar heralded an enormous shockwave of fire and smoke. It would have been easy to mistake the eruption with the volcano coming alive with Emily’s totem pole as the epicenter. Six streaks of condensed destruction moved much faster than the expanding cloud. They smashed directly into ...
2025-02-05 21:34:11 +0000 UTC View PostEmily had to admit, it was astonishing how quickly and effortlessly things could spiral out of control. Before she knew what hit her, she found herself clad in an embarrassingly cliché hooded robe with thousands of other compatriots. Emily had nothing against the witchy aesthetic, but she had un...
2025-02-03 21:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe names of the Nine Imperial Clans were known in every corner of the empire. The dissemination of information was so absolute that it had to be intentional. If Emperor Limitless was the ultimate focus of the empire’s Faith, then the Nine Kings subordinate Gods of a wider pantheon. With their ...
2025-01-31 20:02:52 +0000 UTC View Post“They’re afraid to even extend their perceptions,” Esmeralda sneered.
They were observing an extraordinary mountain covered in natural Dao markings related to Gravity and Space. Looking at it felt like staring directly into a black hole. It exuded an immense spiritual pressure that wo...
2025-01-29 20:36:59 +0000 UTC View Post“Mox? It sounds vaguely familiar, but I can’t place it. I’ve sealed away most of my more dangerous memories as a precaution,” the toad said after Zac finished narrating what happened in the Joyful Gardens. “But the demon’s right. It doesn’t hurt to be careful. A good thief quits whi...
2025-01-27 20:41:47 +0000 UTC View PostDark clouds of uncertainty surrounded Zac and the Grand Elders as they individually grappled with the idea of being targeted by an ancient evil like Mox. Having avoided being marked by Mox’s Karma provided some comfort, although Zac understood there were no guarantees with beings like Jalach an...
2025-01-24 19:34:25 +0000 UTC View PostMei’Er’s soothing melody brought much-needed stability to Zac’s overtaxed mind, and he spent half an hour in blissful emptiness before inspecting his state. Thankfully, his soul wasn’t much worse than after most intense battles. His core were left with some surface cracks, and there was s...
2025-01-22 20:45:51 +0000 UTC View PostMaseya, the Pavilion Grand Elder, mentioned having repeatedly searched the realmgate for clues. It should have been impossible for the culprit’s putrid aura to elude the scan of a Middle Monarch. It stood out like a sore thumb when placed against the crystal’s homogenous Dao of Life. The expl...
2025-01-20 20:59:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Don’t forget,” Sasoi said.
“I know. Half a day,” Zac promised, glancing at Ogras and Ventus before leaving through a private exit in the sect’s wall.
Liu’An stood by their side, not to mention the powerful perceptions that oversaw Zac’s exodus. As expected, there was ...
2025-01-17 20:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Hope. Good name,” Zac praised. He carefully stowed the leaf in a jade box. Its recording didn’t necessarily represent the direction Zac wanted to advance his Earthly Dao, but the performance would help him recall his current state. From there, he could search for a direction uniquely suite...
2025-01-15 20:41:06 +0000 UTC View PostZac completed the fourth layer of the [Void Vajra Sublimation] shortly after his battle with Yselio Tobrial, thus shattering the Shackles of Man. Those limitations referred to the lowly pursuits of the mortal world in the original Buddhist method, and breaking them meant leaving ...
2025-01-13 21:03:18 +0000 UTC View Post‘Most of the courtesans aren’t aware of their allegiance, and those who do are not responsible for assassinations,’ Ogras explained before Zac could ask.
‘I’d say. An assassin cultivating the Joy of Life would have a hard time advancing,’ Zac commented. 2025-01-10 20:40:26 +0000 UTC View Post
The three took in the scene a minute, confirming patrons came and went without proving their identity or presenting any form of invitation. Whatever security measures were in place were placed outside the memory domain. Ogras looked at Zac for direction, and Zac nodded after some thought.
T...
2025-01-08 21:15:05 +0000 UTC View Post