Chapter 1,349.
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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...
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Chapter 1,348.
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Zac—or rather Everit—had been crippled.
Lawkeepers lived lives full of danger, at least the greedy or ambitious ones. The [Peregrine Gondola]<...
2025-03-12 20:45:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,347.
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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 br...
2025-03-10 20:26:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,346.
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A barrier of faith had already appeared, blocking access to the gondolas. Zac was green with regret from having used both [Eye of Desolation]&n...
2025-03-09 21:36:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,345.
There 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 T...
2025-03-07 20:22:38 +0000 UTC View PostDelay announcement
As 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 s...
2025-03-06 19:36:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,344.
A/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...
2025-03-03 21:04:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,343.
This 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 thin...
2025-02-28 21:06:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,342.
The 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 a...
2025-02-26 20:24:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,341.
The 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 th...
2025-02-24 21:43:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,340.
There 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 withi...
2025-02-21 20:57:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,339.
“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 Co...
2025-02-19 19:47:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,338.
Seizing 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 fou...
2025-02-17 21:44:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,337.
“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 Cosm...
2025-02-14 21:12:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,336.
A 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...
2025-02-12 20:21:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,335.
A/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 slig...
2025-02-10 20:53:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,334.
Anson—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...
2025-02-07 21:21:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,333.
A 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 stre...
2025-02-05 21:34:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,332.
Emily 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...
2025-02-03 21:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,331.
The 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 ...
2025-01-31 20:02:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,330.
“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...
2025-01-29 20:36:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,329.
“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...
2025-01-27 20:41:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,328.
Dark 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 Karm...
2025-01-24 19:34:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,327.
Mei’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...
2025-01-22 20:45:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,326.
Maseya, 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....
2025-01-20 20:59:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,325.
“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 thei...
2025-01-17 20:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,324.
“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...
2025-01-15 20:41:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,323.
Zac 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 ...
2025-01-13 21:03:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,322.
‘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 a...
2025-01-10 20:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1,321
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 outs...
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