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I gained a little steam this week writing and I’m still hopeful that I can finish the book before my narrator deadline. Thanks to your support I took some extra time off from my day job...
2024-12-14 06:51:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42
Shocked silence followed Uruziel’s statement.
Uruziel frowned. “Well maybe not alive, alive. But we’re definitely experiencing the outside world directly now. Your turn...
2024-12-14 06:50:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41
With the destruction of the artifact Clouds Embracing the Sun, the oath no longer held. Ruin had expected this grove to disappear, but here it remained. Why? He had a guess, and if...
2024-12-14 06:48:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40
Ruin entered Last Breath and scanned the battlefield. He found his worst fears had manifested.
Minions, including the Risen Queen and Fallen Lord 2024-12-14 06:47:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi!
I’m much better today and my niece has arrived to help with the kids while she is on school break. So there are two things to celebrate today.
With help here, I now need to push h...
2024-12-08 01:53:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39
The shadowy tendons holding the darkness together weakened under Ruin’s onslaught, and the area around him turned from patches of complete darkness into areas of twilight. Uruzie...
2024-12-08 01:52:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38
If the dungeon had pulled out all the stops, Ruin decided to do the same.
He increased his Core Velocity to three thousand, and his torso burned on the inside from the surge ...
2024-12-08 01:49:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37
The Destruction Realm valued decisiveness, strength, and destruction, which all suited Ruin’s Saraph body. He felt a primal response to the environment and, if he wanted to under...
2024-12-08 01:48:26 +0000 UTC View PostHey!
I have three chapters written but they need a little cleanup before posting. I’m not feeling well so I can’t do that tonight. I’ll post them tomorrow. Sorry for the delay.
T...
2024-12-07 03:55:16 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
Holiday weeks generate many distractions which are hard on productivity. Thankfully I wrote three chapters early in the week.
I opened up chapter 30 for Root.
I opened up chap...
2024-11-30 07:36:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36
Ruin now had an abundance of energy around his core, and he didn’t hesitate to use it.
Three thousand arm-sized icicles appeared a thousand feet above and they fell as one....
2024-11-30 07:35:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35
Ruin prepared to trigger his other options if he’d underestimated his ability to weather this attack with his armor and body.
The ultrahigh frequencies struck Ruin like aud...
2024-11-30 07:34:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34
Silver motes swirled above the bodies and Ruin focused on the mass near his feet. The mental acknowledgement was enough, and a loot summary appeared as the silver mist disappeared ...
2024-11-30 07:32:47 +0000 UTC View PostToday is Thanksgiving in the States and I wanted to send a quick note about how thankful I am that you are part of this Patreon.
You are the wind that drives this ship we call the Divine Apos...
2024-11-28 20:58:45 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
I’m on the mend and managed three chapters this week. Not much else to report. If I can’t increase my pace my January 20th deadline to have the book ready for Travis is in peril. I re...
2024-11-23 06:40:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33
Ruin had gained the skill he needed to use the Frost Bow with confidence, so he stepped cautiously into the forest of stalagmites, and strained his Awareness to detect any danger. ...
2024-11-23 06:39:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32
Ruin acknowledged each notification. He’d certainly confused the System that ran this dungeon. He wondered if only one Notification would normally activate. If so, hopefully it w...
2024-11-23 06:38:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31
This time when Ruin entered the portal to the fifth floor, the Dark Tower left him alone. He exited onto a platform twenty feet across and followed Zylkin who strode quickly away.<...
2024-11-23 06:37:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
Another very rough week with lingering sickness and work. The end result is I barely finished one chapter. Fingers crossed this coming week will be better.
I opened up chapters 26 (...
2024-11-16 07:33:16 +0000 UTC View Post[Author's Note: This is very rough. I haven't even re-read it.]
Chapter 30
Ruin raised a hand to stop Deryssa’s questions. He felt overwhelmed himself and wanted time to think ...
2024-11-16 07:31:49 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
I’ve finally recovered enough to get these chapters out. Sorry for the delay.
I opened up chapters 24, 25, and 26 for Root.
I opened up chapters 26 (enhanced) and 27 for Har...
2024-11-11 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29
“It’s my Archangel body,” Ruin said. “Suppression isn’t the right word. It’s more like my body is in the way. Like I’m at the bottom of an ocean trying to communicate...
2024-11-11 02:58:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28
No one spoke while Ruin read the prophecy two additional times.
Ruin didn’t consider himself special. Yes, a god most Cultivators revered wrote a poem about him, but he’d...
2024-11-11 02:57:14 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
I have two chapters written but they need another pass before I release them. I can’t do that because I traveled for work all week and I’m now very sick.
Hopefully I’m fine t...
2024-11-09 07:20:57 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
This week was a disaster. I spent half of it traveling for work and the other half trying to recover from that. Unfortunately, next week I need to do it again.
I added about a page ...
2024-11-02 05:44:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27
“Give me a few seconds,” Ruin told Zylkin.
“Of course.”
Ruin activated Last Breath and appeared on the platform in his mind. Overlord, Uruziel, and Sivart appea...
2024-11-02 05:42:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26v2
[Author's Note: added some more detail around the fight to highlight the difference between Ruin's mental and physical strength when compared with the shadow figure.]
<... 2024-11-02 05:40:33 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
Tonight’s chapters were a lot of fun to write as Ruin got to flex a little. I hope the action translated well to the writing as this one really consumed my thoughts a lot. Why can’t I...
2024-10-26 05:35:15 +0000 UTC View Post