The cartilage and skin pill sucked down about a quarter of his reserves while he was on wall duty. Its consumption was even more than that since he cultivated with his domain the entire night, cau...
2025-08-22 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostRather than stew in the stress of not knowing the aftermath of framing Lieutenant Ringo, Hector went to the command center to volunteer for the next special mission. A distracted corporal took down...
2025-08-21 10:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostCosmic energy flooded into his soul through his domain aperture. Hector couldn’t help but cackle in joy at his success. Once he managed to go fast enough, some threshold was crossed and the cos...
2025-08-21 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe weeks flew past. Hector settled into an ambitious schedule of his own design. He would do a four hour block of cultivation immediately after breakfast. Then he would sleep between lunch and ...
2025-08-20 10:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostHector saved Mick in the battle against the rat deviants. Twice. That annoyed him. Maybe he should be above petty resentment, but he wasn’t. The asshole hurt one of his friend’s feelings, mocke...
2025-08-20 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostTheir bunker was assigned to the ominously named Rage Patrol for this rotation. Fortunately, they wouldn’t have to trust their lives to Lieutenant Ringo. There were experienced leaders who ran ...
2025-08-19 10:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostLunch was mass-produced Jinn slop: delicious, nutritious, and of questionable provenance. Hector had long since passed the point where he worried about such things, so he chowed down without comp...
2025-08-19 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostCommanders lined everyone up to walk through a gate opened by the Sage of Transit. There were only a few hundred volunteers, so it didn’t take long to pass through. Hector had to be prodded by Es...
2025-08-18 10:19:16 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Volume 3, let's go! I'm going to post 2x a day this week as well. I have a huge backlog (writing volume 4 now), but it is unedited. I'm not being modest when I say they are not yet ready for t...
2025-08-18 10:18:15 +0000 UTC View PostTransit sat in his private room within the Svarga embassy reading through computer printouts he’d brought back from the Reconquest office building. The strict rules of the embassy forbade bringin...
2025-08-15 10:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostHis day had barely begun when one of his neighbors knocked on his door. “Hector? You have a visitor in the lobby.” Those words were not typical on Promise City. They were especially uncommo...
2025-08-15 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe two Sages sat in a room within Promise City, unaware they were being monitored. Though had they truly wished for privacy, they would have hidden behind the protective runes that protected the ...
2025-08-14 10:05:03 +0000 UTC View PostAll three of them were successful in their bidding. Zara received only a single item, but it was level ten meat from a dolphin, preserved with salt and powdered core dust. Dorian received his heave...
2025-08-14 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe Lord Platinum gestured and the guards shoved Hector fully inside the room before slamming the door shut. Then it was just the three of them: Hector, the Lord Platinum, and Master Percival. This...
2025-08-13 10:05:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe sign read ‘silver plasma elixir, level 7’. That would certainly do wonders for Hector’s current body enhancement level. “Do they always list level for plasma elixirs at the auction?”<...
2025-08-13 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe three of them arrived in a receiving square within an orderly public market. Officials rushed forward to register them. Hector and Dorian stood back with hands clasped before them and head half...
2025-08-12 10:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostHe’d overstepped his bounds. If the gasps from those who overheard his words weren’t enough to make that obvious, there was also the Lord General’s formidable scowl. One didn’t insinuate a ...
2025-08-12 10:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I just realized I would be ending on a cliffhanger this Friday for the second week in a row. That's not cool and also I've been wanting to increase the number of chapters Patreon is ahead of ...
2025-08-12 01:05:08 +0000 UTC View PostBefore returning to Tian the next morning, Hector checked his gains from the Mother Elixir.
Survey Results
Type: Xian
Level: 6 2025-08-11 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Siegfried took one of the last available suites in Tian Tower. Eva got a small room. There was quite a bit of explaining about how things worked on Union Central. Esther did a lot of that, excited ...
2025-08-08 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostCleo’s announcement hung heavy in the air. She smelled tea. Here. Not in any of the places he’d been told to search. In a location belonging to the woman who sold him the information l...
2025-08-07 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostCleo came through the very next day by sniffing out the rotting remnants of a large meal. The carcasses of a family of otters had been brutally ripped apart and partially consumed. Hector may have ...
2025-08-06 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostCleo walked around the pile of stone he’d dumped onto the ground, sniffing at the air like a human bloodhound. “I’m supposed to be sniffing out tea? Do you mean brewed tea or dry leaves or da...
2025-08-05 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostOne-Shot Jerry fired a chaos bolt directly at Hector from close distance.
There was no dodging it.
His tangle of half-formed cables, directly between them, lit up brilliantly.
A c...
2025-08-04 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Dear readers, be aware that this chapter ends on a pretty big cliff. I am writing this as a traditional novel and not specifically for serialization, so end of chapter cliffs aren't something ...
2025-08-01 10:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Two hundred thousand credits,” Wayne said.
Hector stared at the beaker full of clear liquid. It glowed with cosmic energy in his mental sense. He reached for the rubber stopper and Wayne...
2025-07-31 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMen and women twirled about the center of the room with exuberant steps while trumpets and tubas and drums created a jaunty tune. Hector and Isabel gave a poor imitation of the spirited choreograph...
2025-07-30 10:00:37 +0000 UTC View PostHector cultivated for another couple weeks. During that time the maidens grew increasingly nervous. He noticed that they seldom left the hotel. A symptom of their declining funds, no doubt. Meanwhi...
2025-07-29 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHis return to Union Central brought more stress. More specifically, Esther lost her temper.
“Hector, what the fuck is wrong with you? Both Riley and Darius are on Tian because why? You have...
2025-07-28 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“I’d rather not stay in the same building as the maidens.”
Eva epitomized apathy. “You paid for a bed. What do I care if you use it?”
“Could I apply that rent towards anothe...
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