I AM DROPPING IT NOW BUT THIS IS YOUR 29th CHAPTER.
Chapter 165
Torch watched as Quill was teleported out and wished her character wasn't supposed to be so reserved. He had worked so hard on [Sword Rain], and seeing it end the fight so decisively made her ecstatic. She wanted to join everyone else in the stadium and shout at the top of her lungs.
Even Light, as he reappeared, riled up the crowd with an enthusiasm that she felt almost matched her o...
2022-08-08 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 164
Luna was situated amongst the crowd pretending to be Liz, when she felt an ever-so-subtle pressure try to rub against her and all the people around her.
A Seeker. She could smell it.
With a mental thought to Tur'stal, she alerted her that someone was trying to spy on the competitors and smiled. Through her spiritual perception, she watched a clone of the royal replace the original on the stage, where she was giving a speech, and the real royal teleport...
2022-08-05 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Ok So I know when the arc will end. 167 will be the last Matt chapter and 168 will be the end of BOOK Emp pov. That has us ending the arc on the 19th. Ill probably post on the 22nd as well then just take off the last two days of the month. So FYI to everyone.
I AM DROPPING IT NOW BUT THIS IS YOUR 29th CHAPTER.
Chapter 163
Queen smiled as the waiter placed a chocolate lava cake in front of her. The cheery expression melted into a frown when a tall ...
2022-08-01 19:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 162
Melinda watched as Matt took the loss against Queen with all their friends and shouted and cheered with the rest during the match.
The fight had gone exactly like the rest of his matches had, but in a twist she hadn’t expected, he had pushed Queen much harder than she thought possible.
Thanks to her Concept, she had known from day one that Matt and Liz were swapping places with other people, whom she assumed were Luna and Kurt. But she hadn’t been ...
2022-07-29 19:01:02 +0000 UTC
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7.6k words. Enjoy.
We are coming to the end of this arc. Mid next month looks to be on track for that estimate.
I AM DROPPING IT NOW BUT THIS IS YOUR 29th CHAPTER.
Chapter 161
Matt sipped his drink as he watched the fight going on underneath him, listening to the announcer talk about ‘A Stopped Clock Was Correct Once A Day’, or Once as everyone shortened the name to.
The masked Pather was an oddity in the tournament, bei...
2022-07-25 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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I AM TAKING A BREAK AS THE T15' PATREONS REACH THE END OF THIS ARC. ALL NON-T15 PATS WILL BE GETTING THEIR TWO CHAPTERS EARLY BUT KNOW WHEN YOU REACH THE END OF THE ARC THAT WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU AND YOU WILL HAVE A TWO CHAPTER BREAK. Just an FYI.
I AM DROPPING IT NOW BUT THIS IS YOUR 26th CHAPTER.
Chapter 160
Matt was strolling through the crowd with Liz as they made their way to Kyle's upcoming fight when he got a message from ...
2022-07-22 19:00:07 +0000 UTC
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In discord the Matt bot now has the ability to ping the Patreon chapters as well if you so desire. If you want that you need to join the discord and get the opt in notification role but you will (Usually) get notified of new chapters. Its opt in so you can leave at any time.
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2022-07-18 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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I AM TAKING A BREAK AS THE T15' PATREONS REACH THE END OF THIS ARC. ALL NON-T15 PATS WILL BE GETTING THEIR TWO CHAPTERS EARLY BUT KNOW WHEN YOU REACH THE END OF THE ARC THAT WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU AND YOU WILL HAVE A TWO CHAPTER BREAK.
Just an FYI.
Chapter 158
Shadow watched on through the rend in space into the mundane room that the two Sect spies were staying in. Using a mundane hotel under a fake name was such a traditional idea that the base ha...
2022-07-15 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Ok So I know when the arc will end. 167 will be the last Matt chapter and 168 will be the end of BOOK Emp pov. That has us ending the arc on the 19th. Ill probably post on the 22nd as well then just take off the last two days of the month. So FYI to everyone.
Chapter 157
Kimberly nodded along as the healers finished reattaching her leg and tried not to show any weakness.
Ruby Wand wasn’t a weakling.
She clenched her fist as the helples...
2022-07-11 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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A 7.1k chapter. Thankfully the others are closer to the 5k I aim for.
Anywho, enjoy the chapter!
ps: I also figured out what makes the start of the chapter weird. When firefox corrects the spelling of something Patreon shits itself. Good to know going forward at least.
Chapter 156
Allie flopped bonelessly to the floor of their hidden base to bask against the coolness of the tiles, only to grunt as Zack nudged her with his foot.
He sat ...
2022-07-08 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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7k words. Why can't I stay at my 5k word count? lol. Enjoy.
Ok So I know when the arc will end. 167 will be the last Matt chapter and 168 will be the end of BOOK Emp pov. That has us ending the arc on the 19th. Ill probably post on the 22nd as well then just take off the last two days of the month. So FYI to everyone.
Chapter 155
Queen woke up with the taste of bile coating her tongue. Ciceron tried to help her up, but she drove her sti...
2022-07-04 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 154
Aster yipped a hello to Matt, but he wasn’t in the mood for her diversion. She had no reason to be feeling that bad if she had only been playing with her new best friends, as her messages had indicated. Aster had done something to her very spirit, and was now recovering.
Still, he trusted his bond, and first asked what she had done before yelling. “Are you ok, Aster? You feel as bad as I look.”
Through their connection, he felt that Aster w...
2022-07-01 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Ok So I know when the arc will end. 167 will be the last Matt chapter and 168 will be the end of BOOK Emp pov. That has us ending the arc on the 19th. I'll probably post on the 22nd as well then just take off the last two days of the month. So FYI to everyone.
Chapter 153
Matt found himself standing in a sea of oppressive white light for what felt like an eternity until slowly, almost too slowly to notice, the color and form bled back into th...
2022-06-27 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 152
Tur'stal looked around to her fellow Royals and Lila, who, while not a Royal, meritted a say in the upcoming decisions.
“Are we in agreement to increase the number of the children we allow into the legacies for this tournament, along with the next four? Anyone after that won’t be on the timeline to fight in the upcoming war, so they don't matter nearly as much as these upcoming generations.” Her question was met with frowns and nods.
No one wante...
2022-06-24 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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In discord the Matt bot now has the ability to ping the Patreon chapters as well if you so desire. If you want that you need to join the discord and get the opt in notification role but you will (Usually) get notified of new chapters. Its opt in so you can leave at any time.
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2022-06-20 19:01:02 +0000 UTC
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7.5k this chapter took a ton of effort to get right so I hope everything is understandable. Also one of my favorite quotes from a unexpected source (Calamity (The Reckoners)).
Chapter 150
Aster was a bundle of nerves and excitement as she waited in the meeting room they had set aside for Aunt Helen's arrival. Or rather, the room that Leon and Mara had set aside.
There were half a dozen other people also waiting in the room. She didn’t really pay atten...
2022-06-17 19:00:07 +0000 UTC
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In discord the Matt bot now has the ability to ping the Patreon chapters as well if you so desire. If you want that you need to join the discord and get the opt in notification role but you will (Usually) get notified of new chapters. Its opt in so you can leave at any time.
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2022-06-13 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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7.8k words enjoy.
Chapter 148
Allie shoved away from her desk and spun in her chair with a tap of her foot.
She was on her third time around when her AI beeped with another fruitless scan.
Her search query involved a possible identity of one of the masked Pathers, but she had to be careful to not directly search for anything important. If she carelessly searched for keywords related to the identity in question, she would trip a million automated a...
2022-06-10 19:01:02 +0000 UTC
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A 7k chapter. Why can't I keep the word count down? lol
Jokes aside I hear the comments from last chapter about having to see Matt hold back. I'm already five + chapters ahead of all of you so its kinda hard to adjust a ton.
Speaking of being ahead I'm going on vacation from around two weeks starting tomorrow. My internal backlog is long enough that your chapters won't be interrupted but I just want to thank all of you for making it possible.
So enjoy the chapter!
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2022-06-06 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 146
Matt and Liz met up with Melinda and Annie's teams outside the group rift over an hour earlier than the scheduled delving time, which gave them a chance to catch up with each other.
The topic of conversation quickly turned to their upcoming delve, and the monsters contained. Wyverns were the dragons' failed cousins, according to the dragons themselves at least.
They were similar to dragons in nearly every way, except their lack of front legs, only havi...
2022-06-03 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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A bit of a cooldown chapter from our last big conversation chapters. Enjoy.
Chapter 145
Zack watched four different news stations report on the various Pathers in the tournament. While they repeated the same ten or so top moments, giving a dozen talking heads their chance to analyze the competitors fighting styles, he was busy scanning through all the information available on the top competitors.
Not the teams that the news stations claimed were the top...
2022-05-30 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Here is a 7.5k chapter to finish the met up. Whoo. These chapters took a lot out of us to get right. Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 144
As Matt finished his little self-introduction, he watched as all the Royals stared blankly back at him.
Seeing that, he tried to reiterate his mana concentration weakness, but even that didn’t seem to bother them. He had honestly expected more of a reaction from the Royals. He was almost… disappointed by the lack o...
2022-05-27 19:01:02 +0000 UTC
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You waited patiently for this. Here is a 8k pay off. I hope you enjoy this as much as all my beta readers did.
Chapter 143
As Matt and Liz quickly stripped and jumped in the shower, Liz started to give him one last rundown on the Royals. They had done this before, but Matt appreciated the refresher.
“Tur'stal is nice enough, though she has little patience for fools, so no issue there. Out of all the Royals, she's my favorite on a person...
2022-05-23 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/66681988
We got Aster emoji's in the discord. check em out.
Chapter 142
Quill walked up to the Tier 25 gardener after Fen left with his prize and asked, “So what's the gimmick this time around?”
The woman smirked right back at him. “Completing it is the gimmick, as you say. It's a rift three Tiers higher than you. The monsters in there ...
2022-05-20 18:59:45 +0000 UTC
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For those that want it. We have cool discussions and stuff there.
Discord link: https://discord.gg/6ukhCjayC5
More art, A LOT more is coming but this was the first to finish. No time on the rest though.
2022-05-20 18:57:42 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 141
Quill sidestepped the bear's raking claw and shot a [Jolt] at the raging monster.
The bear shrugged off the attack with an annoying resistance that it had exhibited with all of his attacks so far.
If he had his sword, he could have made short work of the monster, but at Tier 13, it was just too strong for the average spell.
Torch was fighting a second bear and was having the same problem.
What the bears had in defensive power, they lacked i...
2022-05-16 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 140
The rifts they passed were all central to the construction of the various buildings and shops that the crafting Pathers were already settling into which created interesting pathways and buildings they flew over.
Eventually, after nearly an hour of slow flying, they came to a large square formed around two rifts on opposite sides.
From the giant projections, Quill was able to see two different teams fighting against seemingly random monsters on a hoveri...
2022-05-13 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 139
Zack observed the projection of the opening ceremonies with half a mind, until the Pathers were teleported to the now much closer trial planet.
They weren't going to be making a move until most of the royals, and most importantly, the Emperor, left. At that point, moving over wouldn’t be suicidal, just recklessly dangerous. That, they could handle.
Families and people close to the Tier 10s could get visitor passes to the Tier 15 planet, a method he a...
2022-05-09 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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So we have a Wiki thanks to a discord member, magicwafflez, please thank them for all their hard work.
https://empirenet.fandom.com/wiki/The_Path_of_Ascension_Wiki
Its fantastic and well detailed and sourced so please go check out out!
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So finally got in to see the specialist for the rash and he actually knew what it was and we have a treatment plan. So ya! Nothing to be ...
2022-05-06 19:01:03 +0000 UTC
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So this chapter was a simple 5.1k chapter before we started going over it. Its final form is a 8k chonker.
Enjoy.
Chapter 137
Matt froze like a rabbit that had just noticed Aster was standing above it.
He also felt the instinctive urge to run that the rabbit must have felt before it was gobbled up.
In the instant their eyes met, Matt settled his instincts and looked at the Emperor, trying to analyze him as any other person.
Witho...
2022-05-02 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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