Chapter 1,202.
Added 2024-02-14 18:32:40 +0000 UTCA/N: Extra chapter tomorrow or friday, not sure which yet.
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Whether guarding against outside threats or plots involving the whole Multiverse, Zac was in it now. Then again, was he ever out? How much was coincidence, and how much was design? Getting Ensolus from an unexpected Incursion just a few years into the integration. The war and the remnants rising from the depths of history. Awakening the Ensolus Ruins with the Tribulation Throne, and now being given a title he didn't understand or want.
Step by step, he'd been led to this point. His so-called Void Road and its independence almost felt like a joke. And it wasn't over. There was no way that the flame the templars referred to wasn't the same one as his Flamebearer title for the Left Imperial Palace. The whole Limitless Empire waged an eternal war for some unknown purpose, and the torch had been passed onto him and a few others.
A shudder of hunger forced Zac to table the matter and turn his vision inward. Even if he didn't hold up much hope, maybe the Eternal Servant could provide some answers later. For now, he needed to deal with the blessings before his body did it for him.
His body had seen some improvements, which could be explained by the dozens of lights drifting about. He didn't have time to infuse [Void Mountain] with more than a third of the blessings during his fight against time. A few had been consumed when his mind grew hazy by the end, and even more had been absorbed during his vision.
His Cosmic Core had seen enough progress to let him advance a level, and a few stubborn imperfections to his core had been fixed. It was well within the range of a High Quality Core again after having seen some degradation from his breakthrough. His Soul Cores had seen similar improvements, removing heterogeneity and imperfections left from his heavy reliance on Moss Crystals and Oblivion Energy.
In addition, he felt like he'd gained a few years' worth of practice from the [Nine Reincarnations Manual], which was a welcome boost with the remnant's Atavism around the corner. Together with the stabilization brought from the Pilgrimage of Mind, he was well-positioned to make another leap of strength before he set out for the Imperial Graveyard.
A few blessings had entered his cells, sinking into the unfathomable depths beyond the golden hurricanes. Zac couldn't spot any benefits it brought, but he was sure it had improved his bloodline somehow. If lucky, the Void would return something later. The thought made Zac inspect [Void Heart]. It seemed fine despite having swallowed so many bundles of high-grade faith, though Zac suspected it'd be a while before it finished the job.
There were currently forty-one blessings left in his body. They could evidently be put to good use no matter where they went, yet Zac chose to stick with his original plan and corralled them toward [Void Mountain]. Summoning the illusory mountain wasn't easy, even with [Void Engine] having replenished a bit of Void Energy during the vision.
It grudgingly descended, still flickering precariously after the massive over-reliance. Luckily, it indicated its interest in more than half the blessings. Its drained state couldn't hide how it had become significantly more corporeal after having absorbed over thirty blessings. The improvements didn't seem to taper off as new blessings were added to its spirituality.
However, Zac noted that it lost interest in a particular blessing after having absorbed two more. The mountain had likely reached its needs for specific Dao Peaks, though Zac had a hard time telling which ones. Five minutes later, [Void Mountain] was fully satiated. Zac looked at the Void Sigil with a mix of gratification and regret as it faded away.
The talent was right at the cusp of some form of breakthrough, but Zac wasn't able to push it past the goal line since the mountain wasn't interested in any of the twelve remaining blessings. The good news was that Zac had a pretty good idea of what was missing—the Dao of Faith. [Void Heart] had siphoned off everything related to the Peak of Faith, leaving the pieces that were based on the saints' other Daos.
Zac was confident that he'd fill in the blanks the moment [Void Heart] finished its refinement. And if not, it wouldn't take too many treasures. Zac looked at the twelve remaining blessings, steering three to his Soul Aperture and four to his Cosmic Core. A surge of strength rippled through his body, confirming he'd gained another level. It was a welcome bonus, but the improvements to his core weren't quite as good as he'd hoped. The imperfections that remained after all the treasures and encounters he'd been through were incredibly stubborn.
One blessing fused with his spiritual body, strengthening it and furthering its transition toward a conflict attunement. The rest could only be given to his cells, which had been clamoring after seeing such delicacies being given to everyone except them. A deem hum emerged from the steles the moment the final blessing was absorbed.
Zac warily looked on as each released a beam of energy that converged right before him. The strongest beam undoubtedly came from the Pilgrimage of Faith. It felt like a ray of pure providence. The streaks from the Steles of Combat, Body, and Mind were roughly equal, while the Stele of Heart barely released a trickle.
Together, they formed an illusory rune, its strength and balance based on his performance in the trials. Zac calmly grabbed onto it, knowing this part at least didn't differ from what the other templar candidates experienced. For him, the blessings were the largest gain, but this rune was likely the big one for most of the templars. The rune froze just as it was about to enter his body, and a set of screens appeared.
[Chosen of the Empyrean Chalice (Limited): Pass the five pilgrimages of the Empyrean Chalice. Reward: Base Attributes +500, Luck +15. Strength +13%, Dexterity +11%, Endurance +11%, Vitality +7%, Intelligence +6%, Wisdom +7%. Luck +15%. Effect of Attributes +10%.]
It was a limited title, a shockingly powerful one at that. It wasn't that the System graded his achievement higher than the feats that got him the other Limited Titles. Rather, the ranges became higher on Limited Titles as you advanced through the grades, and most of his other titles were awarded in E-grade.
It was easy to deduce why the attributes were so unevenly distributed. The Pilgrimage of Faith boosted Luck, and his almost impossible record got him a full mark of 15. The Combat score was at 12, and the next two 11. Finally, there was the Pilgrimage of Heart, which dragged down the boost to his Vitality, Intelligence, and Wisdom. The average score was 10, so he got that as Attribute Effect.
The missed-out potential stung, but it was just the cherry on top of his other gains. Zac chose to swap out [Big Axe Gladiator] after some deliberation. It was between that and [Equanimity], which he got from reaching the bottom of the Havenfort Chasm. The former focused more on Strength and Agility, while the latter gave a smaller boost to all Base Attributes. He'd already reached a point where focused allocation provided diminishing returns—lack of raw strength was rarely the cause of the problems he faced.
Name Zachary Atwood
Level 188
Class [D-Arcane] Evolutionary Precursor
Race [D] Human - Void Emperor (Corrupted)
Alignment [Zecia] Atwood Empire – Baron of Conquest
Titles [...] Arcane Ascension, Pathbound Core, Peakmender, Cosmic Introduction, Exalted Destiny
Limited Titles Tower of Eternity Sector All-Star - 14th, Equanimity, The Final Twilight - 1st, Gates of Rebirth, Void Road, Chosen of the Empyrean Chalice
Dao Branch of the War Axe - Peak, Branch of the Kalpataru - Late, Branch of the Pale Seal - Late
Core [D] Evolutionary Core
Strength 218051 [Increase: 236%. Efficiency: 451%]
Dexterity 103232 [Increase: 176%. Efficiency: 300%]
Endurance 98856 [Increase: 206%. Efficiency: 472%]
Vitality 101799 [Increase: 215%. Efficiency: 470%]
Intelligence 21248 [Increase: 156%. Efficiency: 300%]
Wisdom 39542 [Increase: 159%. Efficiency: 315%]
Luck 1510 [Increase: 199%. Efficiency: 404%]
Free Points 300
Nexus Coins [D] 87 548 227
Zac thought he'd unearthed all his gains, but there were a few surprises on his Status Screen. The Holy Son title was missing, being hidden like the Terminus Title. Even odder, his [Destined] title was gone and replaced with a new one.
[Exalted Destiny: Reach 1,500 Luck while in D-grade Reward: Effect of Luck +10%.]
The change was unexpected for multiple reasons. For one, the previous luck-based titles in the chain didn't remove their predecessor. Secondly, the next stage should have been 2,000 or 2,500 Luck. It looked like the System provided a 3% bonus after he'd overshot the D-grade goal by a wide margin. Lastly, while the new Limited Title had awarded a significant chunk of Luck, it shouldn't have been enough to cross the 1,500 threshold. Zac looked around and soon found the reason.
[Void Road (Limited): Reject destiny in pursuit of the unknown. Reward: Luck +110. Exclusive. Upgradeable.]
The Void Road title had actually improved. He'd been waiting for something to happen after getting a related quest by the System when breaking through. However, the System had never given him any follow-up. Now, he finally had some clues on how to upgrade the title. The boost should have come either from clashing with the saints or facing the Imperial Fate in the vision.
There wasn't much else beyond the changes to his titles. He had gained two levels from the blessings, and [Force of the Void] had advanced another 4%, reaching 35%. Zac felt his Dexterity was in a good spot, so he allocated his free points into Wisdom and closed the screen.
Three days had passed since he entered the Halls of Service, and he had already reaped enough rewards for the excursion to be considered a success. It wasn't enough to make him forget being plotted against, but it was a start. Zac took a final look inside the room before turning toward the exit.
It wasn't without some fear he approached the spatial gate. He had good reasons for thinking the Eternal Servant tricked him the same way she did Joanna, where the ancient templar knew the only way he'd survive was to act as he did. At the same time, it was undeniable he'd demolished a whole crypt full of interred saints.
His Draugr half and Ogras had already escaped when he began smashing statues. Not that they had any hopes of orchestrating a prison escape in case the Eternal Servant actually chose to target him. Esmeralda's entrance had been dealt with, and he'd already experienced the extreme disparity of strength.
There was no point in holding off the inevitable. Zac stepped through the gate, appearing before the stele of faith placed in the Halls of Service. The Eternal Servant hovered next to him, looking at his leaderboard entry of 108 blessings. The silence stretched until Zac could bear it no longer.
"I'm back."
"So this is our Terminal Son? A calamitous thief believing only in himself."
A ball of fire ignited in Zac's chest upon hearing the servant's scathing words and despondent tone. "Did I ask for this? You were the one who left me no choice."
"You always have a choice," the servant said, turning toward him. "The saints you profaned all had a choice. They could have escaped or given in. They chose death to uphold their values and beliefs. You could have done the same."
"I should have laid down and accepted death?" Zac spat through gritted teeth.
"You could also have stopped early. If you destroyed the scepter after the sword, along with sixty statues, you could have waited out the trial by the chalice inside your heaven-shrouding ability. Instead, you opted for greed, not sparing a single soul."
"That's…" Zac was about to refute her claim, but his voice lost its fight as his brows furrowed.
She was right. Dealing with the shockwave after destroying the scepter would have been rough, but it was by no means impossible. He could have used [Extinction Event], the upgraded version of his Annihilation Sphere, to erase it. With only the chalice remaining, he could have taken his time to destroy statues with [Void Zone].
That would have cost less Void Energy, leaving enough to resist a weakened Killing Array and block the chalice's energy collection until the candles went out. If he'd gone that route, his rewards wouldn't have been as impressive, but he also wouldn't have been marked as a Holy Son. Zac's convictions faltered, but he shook his head.
"There was no way for me to know that would work, and there was no guarantee the chalice was the final threat I'd have to face. What if the relics outside the crypt came alive? I couldn't take that risk, so I had to end the trial as quickly as possible."
"Righteous words to motivate plunder is no better than faith used to lead the virtuous astray."
Zac glared at the Eternal Servant, reluctantly choosing not to push the matter further. It was clear she'd achieved her goals, yet acted like Zac was the one at fault. But what could he do except hold onto his complaints until he was strong enough to do something about it? He was asking for a beating, trying to argue with a being multiple grades above him.
"Well, like it or not, I'm apparently the Holy Son of your order now," Zac said. "So what's next?"
An entirely too long silence stretched before the Eternal Servant shook her head. "I don't know."
"Uh, what?"
"I had destiny decide your fate, and it did. But the world I woke up to is foreign and unexpected, and only an echo remains of my faith. You want me to tell you what it all means, but who am I to ask? The sages are gone, lost in the river of time. We are both making our way through the darkness in search of a guiding light."
"So you have no mission for me? No holy quest?"
"Would you complete it even if I did? And not just seal off these ruins the moment you left?"
"Then… Are there any rewards for becoming the Terminal Son?"
"Consecration upon reaching the minimum threshold."
"Uh, anything else? Like treasures, inheritances, or opportunities?"
"Insatiable and shameless. Whatever benefits you believe your new status deserves, perish the thought. Even the two previous Holy Sons were treated no differently from ordinary templars. Their resources and rewards were based on their contribution to the cause."
"Fine," Zac said. "But your promise from before is a separate matter. Will you honor it and activate the Halls of Service?"
"No. The agreement said that passing four pilgrimages would allow you to exchange rewards based on your performance. I shall award you Glory Points accordingly."
"What? I passed all five!"
"That may be, but you also said you conceded on multiple occasions before and during the Pilgrimage of Faith."
"How does that count when you didn't accept my surrender?" Zac said, feeling his blood pressure rising.
"A shame, really. You should have believed in yourself, or at least in your affinity for destruction."
Zac mutely looked at the servant for a few seconds. There was something about their inexpressive face that made Zac's eyes narrow with suspicion. "… Wait, are you messing with me?"
"A small punishment for your actions, even if the trial was held inside a dream realm. It will take weeks for the ancestral souls to recover, you know."
"What the hell… Are you really an Eternal Servant?"
"Perhaps. Perhaps not. I took my Eternal Vow after the Fall, and this realm was sealed immediately after. My soul has been dispersed, yet I have not fully integrated with the Imperial Faith. I will not survive long."
Zac didn't know how to respond to the servant's candid confession, though it did lessen his ire a bit. Even if it might be because of Laondio's plot, he was the one who awoke the not-so-Eternal Servant, potentially ruining her chances of fulfilling whatever mission she took the vows for. If he were in her shoes, wouldn't he have grasped at any opportunity to accomplish her mission?
"Rava."
"What's that?"
"You may call me Instructor Rava. I have decided to keep my identity since that part of me remains."
"Instructor Rava," Zac nodded. "Where's Joanna?"
"The Godking's inheritor is still undergoing her test. I expect it to take a week. Now, I have awakened the halls. The rest is up to you and your subordinates. I can sense that the Imperial Tutor has made the road of cultivation smoother, so I will adjust the criteria and requirements accordingly."
"Thank you," Zac said, looking around with anticipation as steles and gates were coming alive by the dozens. "My performance in the pilgrimage, how many points was it worth?"
"The information stele has the answers you seek," the servant said, pointing at one of the large tablets behind the testing platform. "Now, I must leave."
"Instructor, wait! Can I ask—" Zac exclaimed, stopping her dissipation. "Eternal Servants are supposed to safeguard important treasures and institutes. And since this is a normal training facility…"
"You are wondering if there is a Holy Relic hidden here," the Eternal Servant said. "Does your cupidity know no bounds?"
Zac forged ahead despite the evident displeasure on Rava's face. "There's a war on the outside… We're leaving for a critical mission in three weeks. It might decide the fate of trillions of civilians."
"A Holy Relic? There is, and there isn't," Rava said after some thought.
"What does that mean?" Zac said with exasperation.
"The prerequisites are not yet met, so it cannot exist. It depends on Fate and Faith."
"Fate and faith…" Zac muttered. "And if the conditions are met?"
"Then…" Rava glanced in the direction of the main cathedral. "Then a seed of the Apocalypse will be unleashed upon the world."
Comments
Yup. The Imperial Tutor is the Limitless Empire's name for the System.
xlinkedx
2024-03-06 20:48:15 +0000 UTCSo the imperial tutor became the system?
Chris Robey
2024-03-06 20:44:06 +0000 UTCWould be real awk when he fused back
Stormz Rift
2024-02-23 19:30:28 +0000 UTCEveryone keeps mentioning Arcaz + Catheya and Zac + Iz. Y'all remember he's still just one guy, right? Like that would mean he's cheating on/with both of them if he did that lol.
xlinkedx
2024-02-21 20:00:09 +0000 UTCI love how Zac is basically being led along a path by multiple extremely powerful and in some cases long dead monsters. It honestly makes his astonishing progress make a lot more sense. He's just a chess piece in a much more important game being played by powers the story has barely scratched the surface of. Lately I've been thinking A rank isn't the peak of the path and the Emperor, the apostates, and maybe a few others have transcended to
InfernoDroid
2024-02-20 23:09:22 +0000 UTCMore like she's the go to guide. Brazla might be knowledgeable but he has nothing on Rava. She will be the go to guide for all elites she sees interesting and with mystic realms full of deadly missions, they'll have the perfect training grounds to build their path and strength. Add in that those eventual elites can take her methods and and how training should be and spread it among the Atwood military and academies will be a massive boon that will see zacs armies rival even heartland soldiers. As for the C grade, I figured zac would reach it within a century but if he has to not only find out how to return balance with his path but also fix the issues rava pointer out with his foundations, then 200 or so years seems about right. Though how this will play out after the war is beyond me, especially with that deadline from his mother hanging over his head.
Lex Luther S
2024-02-16 20:23:13 +0000 UTCI doubt rava would be willing though she might release the faith seal she put on it.
Lex Luther S
2024-02-16 20:15:34 +0000 UTCI see Brazla as an adviser for F grade to D grade. since we've reached D grade Zac needed a guide to C grade. I think this is what this new teacher is for.
Amani
2024-02-16 19:14:33 +0000 UTCDitto on the Dresden Files. I’m just sad for Jim that his life has had such immense disruptions lately. Not sure about getting all of the last 8 books. One I enjoy that I haven’t seen here is Seth Ring’s Nova Terra series (plural). That’s really what got me started here, when I looked for something like it.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-16 19:14:27 +0000 UTCI think he just got his “benefits” from the Creators when they decided to pay the System “a small price” to expand the shipyard with an additional repair and upgrade section.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-16 19:08:56 +0000 UTCI didn’t mean to imply that she “cares” about it. However, she sees penetrating security as a fun challenge. And Zac has been trying to hide his secrets from her, but that’s one that would be hard to conceal. Apparently he doesn’t believe that he has any kind of confidentiality agreement with her, outside of the Trial. So we’ll see.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-16 19:07:05 +0000 UTCThey're supposed to be installing some kind of secret scanner aboard Zac's ship. Wonder who's behind that. Bet the alarm bells will be going off when 'They' see what Zac's found. Maybe Esmeralda will find the device and bring it to Zac's attention, which might allow him to wring some benefits from the creators in the future.
Mike Naka
2024-02-16 17:50:05 +0000 UTCThe box he got from Mt Illumination was said to take centuries to purify(?) if Zac were to use his own daos to do it, but the Empyrean Faith would probably do just as good if not better a job of purifying(?) it than the Sangha. We might see it in action as a lifesaver right after Ultom.
Minh Nguyen
2024-02-16 17:40:18 +0000 UTC@Palmer That's a pretty good list of fantasy titles. The Dresden Files rank at the top for me. Books 1 and 2 are ok, but starting with Book 3, it's like the door is blown open, and each successive book is like how in the hell does Jim Butcher come up with this stuff. By far my favorite series, especially the audio books. James Marsters is excellent. DOTF reminds me of the Dresden Files as it gets better and better.
Mike Naka
2024-02-16 17:37:45 +0000 UTCI wonder if having a super religious ofler sister will make Brazla more or less sane than he already is 🤔
Minh Nguyen
2024-02-16 17:34:01 +0000 UTC@GC Underworld also has a cheesey cover but it's good stuff. I too avoided DCC but finally broke down during a bored streak and gave it a chance. I finished what's out. Matt Dimmian has a Patreon but his release schedule is maybe 1 chapter a month so I'll just wait for the next book release.
Mike Naka
2024-02-16 17:29:54 +0000 UTCI doubt she cares about the ship yard. With whatever deal she's got going on with lovla, lovla will give all that esmeralda really needs to raise her strength especially given she needs esmeralda at at least autarchy to help her steal an undisclosed item and that would include c grade or B grade ships if esmeralda really cared for one.
Lex Luther S
2024-02-16 17:22:38 +0000 UTCAh yes, the scarf.. Had forgotten about that great moment. The system throwing apocalyptic apparel around. Void scarf of death!?!
TKO
2024-02-16 16:49:07 +0000 UTCIt’s the only series I’ve ever stopped reading out of boredom
Michael
2024-02-16 09:45:57 +0000 UTCI didn’t want to read Dungeon Crawler Carl at first because of title and illustration, but I’m on the 3rd book and that and DotF are my two favorite books in this genre
GC
2024-02-16 05:42:05 +0000 UTCUnbound is good but not in the top tier of the genre imo. I’ve got DotF, Primal Hunter, Cradle, and Beware of Chicken distinctly in the top tier of the cultivation/progression genre. There’s obviously other modern epic fantasy like Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive/Cosmere, the Wheel of Time series, Malazan (hella dark but very, very immersive), the First Law Trilogy… all of these books are peak quality for fantasy readers. All that being said, I did enjoy reading the Unbound series but it just wasn’t at the level of satisfying my reader’s itch that these others achieved
Palmer Evans
2024-02-16 04:36:33 +0000 UTCI just realized, I feel for Esmeralda. Just looked back at their deal: “You'll help me break into a set of temples connected to the trial, and we share the opportunities within, except for anything that might help in Zecia's war efforts.” Uh, yeah, Zac. Turns out the whole thing is going to be an official training base for his army. Guess you’d better make it up somewhere else! Speaking of Essy, I’m curious whether she’s meandered off and snuck into his shipyard yet. Because she’d be able to—and would know exactly the import of an actual Iliex Shipyard to any Empire.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-16 03:57:06 +0000 UTCIf a Dimensional Seed can be used for an Inner World, how about a seed of the Apocalypse for a guy following the path of Oblivion? At least, for half of his Inner World. ,
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-16 03:33:07 +0000 UTCI’m pretty sure that the very first thing he should ask her is what the heck a Wielder of the Flame is. Closely followed by his “Son” title. Question three, wtf a Flamebearer is, and how it relates to Wielder. Iz may just be his Flamebearer. :D
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-16 03:29:22 +0000 UTCHe’s rolling in it because of the expanded production (and repair facility) of his shipyard. I hope we get a look at the next upgrade quest (and one for the Yphelion) before long.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-16 03:24:40 +0000 UTCPrimal hunter
david fulmer
2024-02-16 00:38:26 +0000 UTChere are a few more that haven't been mentioned. underworld is underrated and has a good class/point system. really good mc. lots of progression. path of the berserker has a lot of carnage. BuyMort: Shopocalypse Saga is quirky, fun, and fast. if amazon was the system. 10 realms is good. it peters out at the end like michael chatterfield's other series, the trapped mind. 10 realms has good class development. randidly ghosthound - the spear advances. class and path system. reborn apocalypse master hunter k Grimnoir Chronicles: hard magic, spellbound, and warbound
Mike Naka
2024-02-16 00:24:32 +0000 UTCsuper supportive is really good it’s a relatively new story and the quality is on another level.
Ben
2024-02-16 00:20:08 +0000 UTCUnbound has too many plot holes imo. It’s an okay read but the quality is a lot lower than DotF as the authors ideas are a convoluted mess. Give it a go, but definitely not everyone’s cup of tea.
Ben
2024-02-16 00:18:12 +0000 UTCApocalypse feels like a sub Dao of Oblivion, Chaos is supposed to be a broken peak so once Zac finishes his path it should be equal to absolutely anything else in the multiverse
Lucas Gulick
2024-02-16 00:17:12 +0000 UTCNo way zac will do that. The system itself had to personally intervene when he first said those words and left behind the usual cryptic warning of beware the terminus. There's no way the system will intervene this time as that time was a bit special given sendor was about to let out some heavy info on karz and the void emperor before threatening the old spirit with that apocalyptic scarf. As for summoning a glimpse of chaos, that feels even less likely as his plan for the bell and saving vilari most certainly involves conjuring that glimpse when the undead monarchs are about to shatter the bell.
Lex Luther S
2024-02-16 00:15:41 +0000 UTCYeah that's what I'm hoping for too, presumably the servant was at least a monarch so a few thousand years should feel pretty imminent to her
Lucas Gulick
2024-02-16 00:13:28 +0000 UTCI mean Sendor ripped Zac off, a big part of their deal was the special life saving intervention but Sendor intentionally gave him a flawed method that could easily be sealed by experts to limit the odds of bad karma being generated for him
Lucas Gulick
2024-02-16 00:11:59 +0000 UTCDungeon crawler Carl is quite possibly the best in the genre, it can screw with your head a little at times
Lucas Gulick
2024-02-16 00:07:10 +0000 UTCWhat Berry said. Also: Azarinth healer, Unchosen Champion, Dungeon Crawler Carl. Not the same but solid reads: Borne of Caution, Beware of Chicken .
Alex Reed
2024-02-15 23:29:16 +0000 UTCI imagine at least using more of void of like and void of death is an inevitable aspect of his cultivation considering it's in his cosmic core already
Kevin Albers
2024-02-15 23:05:54 +0000 UTCI think he got 1MM D grade (which I think is 1 C grade?
Stephen Taylor
2024-02-15 22:41:10 +0000 UTCDidn't he get like a hundred million of them from his mom? Might be mis-remembering the amount
Spagay Tittie
2024-02-15 22:32:42 +0000 UTCI hope Zac goes with the first option of saying 'terminus council' b4 he tries for chaos. Chaos is the Fer sure back up plan.
NeverNaught
2024-02-15 22:18:59 +0000 UTCCradle is a Cultivation series, not LitRPG but it is good, recently finished by Will Wight, first book is called 'Unsouled', I've read them all, worth the time
Cain Byrne
2024-02-15 22:16:59 +0000 UTCCradle, by Will Wright. It’s a fun series, it’s all finished up too so you can binge the whole series. Book 1 is a little slow IMO. It’s actually what got me into DOTF and I couldn’t be happier about it.
Berry McCockiner
2024-02-15 22:16:11 +0000 UTCWhat’s cradle? heard a lot people reading is that’s the full name?
Jay00
2024-02-15 21:59:58 +0000 UTCThat's the name they had for it when they were attempting to create it.
MyseriousMage
2024-02-15 21:58:19 +0000 UTCHarnessing faith may mean Zach learning to utilize others’ faith in him—not him having faith in someone else.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-15 21:48:33 +0000 UTCI've also found unbound is it any good ?
2024-02-15 21:41:39 +0000 UTCI've also found unbound is it any good ?
2024-02-15 21:41:11 +0000 UTCWell looks like I've found a new series to binge after catching up with most of the others I'm on. 😅
Thomas Laptain
2024-02-15 21:27:10 +0000 UTCYep - Cradle or Primal Hunter
Palmer Evans
2024-02-15 21:12:27 +0000 UTCBeginning after the end, the primal hunter, and Cradle are my top picks!
Berry McCockiner
2024-02-15 20:56:59 +0000 UTCHey ! I've pretty much finished bingereading this mindbending saga. It's so great and I'll continue to follow it. But I would like to start a new serries that would scratch the hitch, I've read he who fights monsters to and I loved it, do you know any other series in the same genre that I would love just as much ?
2024-02-15 20:42:34 +0000 UTCThey chose to fight the Deviant Ashura. The Kan Tanu invaded Zecia, not the other way around. I feel no sympathy for these fuckers.
Darnell Maxwell
2024-02-15 20:36:42 +0000 UTCYes. I hope she stays far away from this until the palace shows up. Nothing against Iz but she's traveling with a family member that I guarantee will fuck up the plan. Probably in some way to further endanger Zac while ensuring not a hair on Iz gets injured.
Darnell Maxwell
2024-02-15 20:35:30 +0000 UTCI'm relistening to book 11 again, great book once they leave the void star, any way. Zac has all this knowledge about patterns and arrays but can't make them cause of his negative affinities. Do yall think with all this void progression he'll be able to make void dao braids and arrays to boost his attacks?
Darnell Maxwell
2024-02-15 20:31:03 +0000 UTCHeres to hoping the extra chapter is today
RGrocks
2024-02-15 19:56:44 +0000 UTCI think all three are related to different apocalypses. She had that skill for using all at once which was called [Trinity Apocalypse]
Luke Scheffe
2024-02-15 19:53:32 +0000 UTCYou might be right. At the same time, his Void Vajra technique was originally intended to channel faith in some capacity, right? I wonder if Void Mountain will become something similar to the mountain where Everlasting Peace had his monastery that held back the undead.
Telewyn
2024-02-15 19:29:24 +0000 UTCI feel this next glimpse of chaos will be on a much higher level than even the 4th one and that's because this is when atavism is reached. That must entail a more complete and unique glimpse compared the the previous ones. As for what zac does with that chaos, I feel he'll use it to bargain with the system to not only give them safe passage into the breach through the sea of lightning but also protect vilari as the bell is being destroyed. Which is why I feel he won't use them till they call the bell over.
Lex Luther S
2024-02-15 17:59:47 +0000 UTCI see everyone is talking about about titles and powers ups … but shit our boy Zac is really rolling in cash 87million D grade nexus coin man what a come up 😂
M💬
2024-02-15 17:33:58 +0000 UTCFaith cultivation seems interesting. I wonder if there are different applications like the insectoid hives , sangha and limitless empire
Blightdad
2024-02-15 16:24:49 +0000 UTCHe’s attempting to stick five of each remnant together, then defeat THEIR atavism, and then go visit Be’Zi and her hubby in a vision for another power up… …before the Graveyard.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-15 15:10:18 +0000 UTC“Then a seed of the Apocalypse will be unleashed upon the world." I’m going to take a wild guess that the opening words of the next chapter are something like Zac saying, “Seed of the Apocalypse? Say what?” After all, she said that she only became an Eternal Servant after the Fall. The “seed of the Apocalypse” might be a doomsday weapon that wipes out everything.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-15 15:07:02 +0000 UTCShe’s not following an apocalypse Dao, she’s following three separate fire, and one of her techniques was named apocalyptic something or other
Aaron Schwartz
2024-02-15 14:38:42 +0000 UTCTechnically it would be him deviating from his path if he did. Faith is one of the 17 Peaks. Zac has decided his path already
Henry Wartemberg
2024-02-15 14:20:20 +0000 UTCI hope you’re being sarcastic. I could see the evolution of conflict>chaos being apocalypse. That would be a stupidly powerful Dao
ClaySavage
2024-02-15 12:51:05 +0000 UTCWhat about Be Zi and her husband? So far they were only helpful to Zac and presumably help him keep the shards and splinters in check once he absorbs his fifth pair. Though, I don't know their motives. Did we already get information on that?
TSMS
2024-02-15 12:42:01 +0000 UTCFrom previous chapters’ dialogue yeah it appears so 👍👍
Tommy
2024-02-15 12:41:55 +0000 UTC"I can sense that the Imperial Tutor has made the road of cultivation smoother ..." Is 'Imperial Tutor' Rava's name for the System?
Random Information
2024-02-15 10:16:25 +0000 UTCNo, that’s his plan for getting into the graveyard
Michael
2024-02-15 10:09:05 +0000 UTC🤣
Frederik
2024-02-15 08:07:32 +0000 UTC....yeah, he actually, that's fair. Alright, I'd like there to be two of them!
BelligerentGnu
2024-02-15 07:12:29 +0000 UTCI thought sendor was pretty chill
jazz
2024-02-15 07:09:31 +0000 UTCRelease the forgotten gods, let them get wild on the kantaru, then get ride of them using an apocalyptic seed. Easy peasy
Thenais
2024-02-15 06:16:19 +0000 UTCChance to get xp x 3 when killing monsters
Thenais
2024-02-15 06:10:48 +0000 UTCZac upgraded from wold burster to Apocalypse bringer
Thenais
2024-02-15 06:02:16 +0000 UTCSooooo Zac's attempting Atavism before going to the Graveyard?
Scott Mingo
2024-02-15 04:43:23 +0000 UTCLet's not have Zac get the Dao of the Apocalypse, shall we?
Scott Mingo
2024-02-15 04:36:31 +0000 UTCSeven days for the creation, seven deadly sins, etc.
Scott Mingo
2024-02-15 04:35:34 +0000 UTCIt depends on Fate and Faith." "Fate and faith…" Zac muttered. "And if the conditions are met?" "Then…" Rava glanced in the direction of the main cathedral. "Then a seed of the Apocalypse will be unleashed upon the world." So all I need to do is gather Fate and Faith to summon an apacolyptic event. Bitch you obviously have no fucking idea who I am. I do that shit by accident every arc. And now that my Valkerie's know how to gather Faith on purpose... Tell me when Joanna gets out. When she's healed up I'll be back in a week. Have my relic ready for me.
Darnell Maxwell
2024-02-15 02:34:26 +0000 UTC"You could also have stopped early" And you could have let me skip the trial after I already passed 4 of them. Since that was your requirement. You chose to be a dick so in turn I chose to be greedy.
Darnell Maxwell
2024-02-15 02:30:59 +0000 UTCSo many things he could ask and learn from her: what was the empires war on, what is his void heritage, why should he beware the terminus, etc? However he doesn't want more chains, karma, or fate dictating his actions. My concern is wether his ignorance is helping him keep his void road and destiny independent path (like ignoring who the Tayn's are) or if his neivity is allowing fate to box him in or lead him down avoidable paths if he had more information.
Kaladin
2024-02-15 01:27:54 +0000 UTCJust once, *once*, I would like there to be a B-grade or higher entity in this story who is not an asshole. On the other hand, Apocalypse weapon? That sounds about right.
BelligerentGnu
2024-02-15 01:25:30 +0000 UTCTyftc. i hope the eternal servant sticks around for a while like their idea of fading out soon is like 70000 years
Jett
2024-02-15 00:50:03 +0000 UTCWhats the deal with 7 in christianity?
Jett
2024-02-15 00:46:24 +0000 UTCSo the whole control bit? How full up on the QA are we on it Zac? 😆
ouroboros
2024-02-15 00:18:22 +0000 UTCMuch as with the word “Empyrean”, 108 is a widely used number across the multiverse that I’m told is based in eastern religions, much as the number 7 in Christianity.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-14 23:23:52 +0000 UTCIt’s gonna be the Sangha that teaches Zac how to harness faith, isn’t it? Admittedly, I just want the harem to get together.
Telewyn
2024-02-14 23:19:37 +0000 UTC...Intelligence really is his dump stat...Zac is kinda just an insanely lucky idiot isn't he lol
Kahn Thorpe
2024-02-14 22:56:54 +0000 UTCI wonder if the Primo of the undead empire used the 108 bodies to create his 'Eternal 108'!! That would be interesting for sure. Thank you for the chapter.
RWS
2024-02-14 22:49:16 +0000 UTC😂😂😂 this is good.
Kirin
2024-02-14 22:37:33 +0000 UTCdependes if zac can fuck a supremacie up with out fully consuming it it could be used as a detrent but if its a one use item they just gamble an zac using it on someone else
Frederik
2024-02-14 22:31:19 +0000 UTCAll star chapter. Absolutely loved it.
DuskinReview
2024-02-14 22:28:36 +0000 UTCWell, at his upgrade that appetite left a pile of treasures sitting there for him, and ate something else. So I’m not worried about it eating the wrong thing.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-14 22:21:41 +0000 UTCPerhaps. Until he takes out the first one with it.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-14 22:19:55 +0000 UTCZac isn’t the one getting atavism. The remnants are, and he can’t let them overpower him.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-14 22:18:05 +0000 UTCPretty sure that Flame Wielder is a step up. It’s going to be her turn to get a funny look on her face when he tells her.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-14 21:42:11 +0000 UTCGoddamn this is good, Tftc!
James Faulkner
2024-02-14 21:13:37 +0000 UTCI would honestly not mind a bigger editing break or the 3 days needed, if it keeps the first defier sane, ones we reach a point with no pressing cliffhangers. And also hopefully some chapter on Johanna she is a favorite of mine and with her new inheritance she is bound to get some good things.
Han Pol
2024-02-14 21:03:42 +0000 UTCi think it's not that kind of faith.
Han Pol
2024-02-14 21:01:08 +0000 UTCShe said, “I have not fully integrated with the Imperial Faith”. Huh. I guess Zac will just have to integrate her with the Atwood Imperial Faith then, huh?
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-14 20:39:13 +0000 UTCSeed can also be referring to a person, so I think Zac himself is going to be the "seed" considering that larger factions call their favorites "eonic seeds", or it could be referring to a formed Dao considering the first level of Dao is a seed
Kevin Albers
2024-02-14 20:37:34 +0000 UTCWill atavism be enough to count as fate and faith?
Other Tan
2024-02-14 20:27:42 +0000 UTCSeriously, you sass the holy son? I can’t tell if Rava is being punished or Zac. Maybe ask about how your bloodline works or what was the karz and Alondio goal. Some basic groundwork of Emperean faith, like is there an afterlife vs what the Buddhists believe? Maybe the technocrat war beginning? Just mercurial sass after 1200 chapters?
Salvo
2024-02-14 20:25:01 +0000 UTCYes but if you read the top of the chapter he is making up the second of the missed chapters from last week either tomorrow or the next day.
Chris
2024-02-14 20:22:01 +0000 UTCIsn’t there an editing break?
Dylan Alexander
2024-02-14 20:14:20 +0000 UTCLove how she called Zac out on his greed.
Dylan Alexander
2024-02-14 20:13:34 +0000 UTCDid you just use the word “only” for Zac’s appetite? I’m still concerned a Throne is a physical thing. Chances of Zac trying to Nibble at Grandma Tayn’s as she turns around not inconsequential
Henry Wartemberg
2024-02-14 20:04:50 +0000 UTCYeah using that thing as a threat wouldn’t go well. They would only hear, “Hey Supremacies, I have even tastier shit you can nab and I don’t even have backing”
Henry Wartemberg
2024-02-14 20:01:38 +0000 UTCThe pure sass at the end was extremely petty and I loved it.
2024-02-14 19:53:35 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter.
Joshua Little
2024-02-14 19:51:02 +0000 UTCThe puppets are sufficient for the Kan’Tanu. Zac has a big appetite, but that’s only for generic high quality treasures. And maybe the bad spirit in the Bell…
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-14 19:49:20 +0000 UTC“A deem hum emerged” Deep.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-14 19:46:03 +0000 UTCVery interesting, I wonder if this is part of how his path gets aligned with Iz. If I remember correctly she is following an apocalypse Dao
Lucas Gulick
2024-02-14 19:35:05 +0000 UTCI alredy love Ravas Charakter like a big sister who like to bully her littel brother but will help as mutch as she can
Danny
2024-02-14 19:26:24 +0000 UTCI wonder if this will turn out to be Zac’s “Hey Supremacies, Leave Me and My Empire Alone!” card.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-14 19:24:00 +0000 UTCThank you!
Andrew
2024-02-14 19:23:58 +0000 UTC“It will take weeks for the ancestral souls to recover, you know." I suspect this translates directly to “No one is going to be able to take these five Templar Pilgrimages until after you have to leave to meet with Kator”. On the other hand…all of those saints are now infused with Zac’s blood—which was on the floor tiles they repaired themselves with.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-14 19:22:34 +0000 UTCInteresting cliffhanger though hopefully we'll get the make up ch Tomorrow. Can't wait. Though I must say Rava is quite the Interesting one; though I'm more curious how long "won't last long" is for her. I'm betting a few millenia at least. Ans joanna is still on her trial; boy ohh boy she's gonna be much stronger upon her return
Lex Luther S
2024-02-14 19:19:29 +0000 UTCThan his appetite?
Alexander Dupree
2024-02-14 19:10:51 +0000 UTCNo. This is bigger.
Jeff McCulley
2024-02-14 19:09:50 +0000 UTCI thought you would need to be a C grade to be able to blow up a whole entire sector but I can see on the walls that poor sector is going to get plunged in chaos
hachetnif
2024-02-14 19:06:45 +0000 UTCShe’s going to need to see how strong his claim on flame bearer is.
Alexander Dupree
2024-02-14 19:04:04 +0000 UTCNom nom nom tasty apocalypse!
Alexander Dupree
2024-02-14 19:02:53 +0000 UTCTrue, Zac will probably eat it.
Michael Fannon
2024-02-14 19:02:21 +0000 UTCSo on to the graveyard. Am I the only one hoping Iz shows up and invites herself? I mean, she going to need seals and there's bound to be tons of merit and seals to be earned there. And soon as she hears Zac has a plan "you son of a bitch, I'm in". Especially when she hears the insane details of the plan.
Michael Fannon
2024-02-14 19:00:47 +0000 UTCSure but this is seeds of the apocalypse not the actual thing. Though he still probably won’t unleash it.
Alexander Dupree
2024-02-14 19:00:34 +0000 UTCI'll take that bet. This seems more like "wipe out all the imperials including the A-grades" if the limitless empire considers it an apocalypse
Michael Fannon
2024-02-14 18:58:27 +0000 UTCThe good kind. The kind Michael Bay uses to come up with his movies.
Michael Fannon
2024-02-14 18:56:22 +0000 UTCLol “there is and there isn’t” pretty sure she’s talking about you Zac =)))
Minh Nguyen
2024-02-14 18:55:23 +0000 UTCYou want to hand Zac something described as “a seed of the Apocalypse” What crack are you smoking?
Henry Wartemberg
2024-02-14 18:54:01 +0000 UTC“Oh don’t mind me, just tripping over homegrown primordial era super weapons in my backyard” -Zac
FriendorFo
2024-02-14 18:49:47 +0000 UTC| | | | There’s something straight is that right?
Alexander Dupree
2024-02-14 18:46:19 +0000 UTCWell that’s not ominous. Wanna bet he unleashes it on the Kan Tanu ?
Alexander Dupree
2024-02-14 18:45:36 +0000 UTCOk, so let me get this straight The relic will appear when Fate and Faith meet. I'm betting on the Relic appearing inline with the Pillars appearance, after Zac has completed his quest to release the Undergods
Owen Kaz
2024-02-14 18:43:32 +0000 UTC"Then a seed of the Apocalypse will be unleashed upon the world." "But enough about you ..."
Random Information
2024-02-14 18:42:45 +0000 UTCNice
M💬
2024-02-14 18:34:38 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter!
HT
2024-02-14 18:34:30 +0000 UTCFirst to comment
Thomas Shaw
2024-02-14 18:34:28 +0000 UTCThank you for the chapter!
Ryan Pepp
2024-02-14 18:34:27 +0000 UTC
