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Chapter 1,025.

"Fine," Zac smiled. "You get 60% if we both reach the trove."

"Don't forget the finder's fee," Kruta grinned.

"Are you trying to lead me into the lion's den before scurrying back to saf...

Chapter 1,024.

Zac was about to share his prepared excuse, but he sighed and shook his head before leading Catheya into his study.

"It's nothing much. My senses are just telling me someone is targeting me. ...

Chapter 1,023.

It was a shame [Cosmic Infusion] didn't work when you wanted to extract the essence of Natural Treasures for his personal use. Instead, Zac opted to rely on his tried and true meth...

Chapter 1,022.

Zac was curious about his haul, but one thing took precedence. He closed his eyes and started scanning his body for any wrongness. Occasionally, Zac activated [Void Zone] for a min...

Chapter 1,021.

Zac's first entry into the hostile Red Zones was the Imperial Spire. The incredibly high mountain had seemed like a perfect place to start his collection of items. Even then, he had found himself a...

Today's chapter delayed until tomorrow.

Sorry about the inconvenience 

Chapter 1,020.

"This is the one," Zac muttered, pushing away the unsettling sense of doom as he picked up the withered branch with his free hand.

The Omnitool in his other transformed from its standard rock...

Chapter 1,019.

IMPORTANT CHANGE:

I generally try to avoid doing retroactive changes to the story, but sometimes you have just pull the trigger and change the past. I have decided to make so...

Chapter 1,018.

The cold no longer felt as invasive as Catheya led Zac toward one of the outermost pagodas.

"This region is called Tears of Belsim," Catheya said. "According to legend—"

"What legend?...

Chapter 1,017.

[Mana: 18,953]

Zac looked at the line appreciatively. Less than two months had passed since arriving, yet he was already approaching the third echelon. He was more than a yea...

Chapter 1,016.

Zac's heart beat with anticipation as he picked up the inlaid tome. Unsurprisingly, its pages were filled with the unfamiliar scripts of the First People. Of course, they were no longer unfamiliar,...

Chapter 1,015.

The firefly sun had turned into a storm that engulfed the whole building, even dragging the flames out of the braziers by the walls. Zac stood in its center, pick hammer in his hand as he looked ar...

Chapter 1,014.

"You're playing a dangerous game," Lova commented as they looked down at the children.

He'd just absorbed the last of the keys, which would trigger the summoning. A powerful force was buildin...

Chapter 1,013

"You hear that? This lunatic is cheering you on," Ogras sighed. "You have to understand that's not a good sign."

"As I've said, I'm not going crazy. It's just those visions overloading my bra...

Chapter 1,012

Innumerable broken fragments floated in the air, locked in orbit by the immense energy fluctuations and inherent gravity of the vast ancestral platform. Below, the fractures of broken space swirled...

Chapter 1,011.

Zac checked everything was in order before stepping through the teleporter. He had returned to his human appearance for this excursion. He wasn't worried about being attacked—the Quarry was a gre...

No chapter today

Sorry, I know this is a frustrating post to see just as we're supposed to get back on regular schedule. But have to take today off for health reasons.

We should be back tomorrow.

Chapter 1,010.

Zac calmly looked at the smiling vampire, but his Dao was already coursing through his [Thousand Lights Avatar]. He'd unleash [Void Zone] at the slightest energy f...

Chapter 1,009.

The air screamed, and a series of explosions ripped open a set of new wounds before Zac's blood calmed the storm in his immediate vicinity. He was almost dragged to the sky, but he quickly took out...

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Book 8 of Defiance of the Fall is now out on Amazon/Kindle Unlimited! Book 8 ...

Chapter 1,008.

'What do we do? WHAT DO WE DO?' Kalva's frantic voice rattled in Uthar's mind. 'This guy is too dangerous.'

Uthar's face was calm, but his heart drummed as he looked on as t...

Chapter 1,007.

The group of four made no move to attack, and the two sides wordlessly looked at each other for a few seconds until the leader of the new arrivals spoke up.

"You are the Draugr who has been m...

Chapter 1,006.

A huge gust passed by overhead, leaving behind a curtain of explosions. A boulder the size of a skyscraper fell in the distance, piercing through the budding storm and enraging it even further. A m...

Chapter 1,005

It seemed like the weight of the whole Calamity Mountain bore down on Zac's shoulders as he continued his climb. His arms strained from the pressure, and he would already have been thrown back to t...

Chapter 1,004.

A/N 2023-03-30: Chapter 1/2 of today (doing a double chapter release today. Next one in an hour or two.

For next month, normal release schedule, except no chapters Ap...