C_Mantis

Chapter 337

Chapter 337

Matt tiredly flew over to where Liz and Aster were floating with the rest of Team Zero.

Joy was still flying back to the battlefield, but Darrow was already giving post battle organizational orders. Part of Matt noticed how even those officially surrendered to the other side were staying with their own sides. What was more interesting was how the Great Powers who were just fighting side by side split into three distinct camps while they all waited.

Wit...

Chapter 336

Chapter 336

Emmanuel permitted himself a small smirk as he studied a projection of the Harmony Accord’s smoldering flagship. For the second time in as many hours, his faith in his Ascenders had been rewarded, and he was thrilled. He and the other Tier 50s had remained in their war summit hall as he’d projected what was likely the final battle of the war above their conference table. He’d phrased it as a convenience, but in truth, he was delighted that they wouldn’t be...

Chapter 335

Chapter 335

Matt reached the shields of the Harmony Accords' ship in what felt like an instant, propelled by Light’s travel mana and an acceleration formation he and Origami had cobbled together after much planning. In all of their strategizing, they kept running into the same issue; they were outnumbered.

That, especially when combined with the giant neutral mana blocking crystal, made it difficult to push through not just the elites, but the corporation mercenaries ...

Chapter 334

Chapter 334

Long Zhiyuan wasn’t surprised to get an order for a full out decisive attack, even if he had hoped they wouldn’t be the ones getting such an order. It didn’t take a genius to put together that if they were receiving such an order, then the armada that had sailed past them had failed in its mission to secure one of the Empire sub-capitals.

The very thought was horrifying and almost unthinkable, but there it was. Long Zhiyuan was just happy he wasn’t p...

Chapter 333

8k chapter. God these were hard to write lol. I hope you enjoyed them.

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Chapter 333

Emmanuel was irritated. Contrary to his orders, Aiden hadn’t returned from the border when told to do so the first time, even though he had personally sent the order to recall the man.

He wasn’t even sure that the order had been what called Aiden back, and not the hint of a promise of further advancement for the man's Domain. “Hey, Boss man. You wanted to talk?” 2024-05-31 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 332

Ok Pateron doesn't like formatting so if you are reading on mobile you might want to download the epub, pdf, or google docs to get the intended experience as there's some formatting which Patreon doesn't support. It's all the same info but looks way better.

9k chapter. Enjoy.

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Chapter 332

“You owe me! You owe me! ...

Chapter 331

An 11k chapter. Enjoy.

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Chapter 330

Ill see you all on the 5th.

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Chapter 330

A month.

Capturing Gan Le bought them almost a month of tentative peace before the Harmony Accords ship started forward. They immediately stopped moving when Joy changed their trajectory and the elites teleported outside the ship.

Darrow had mentioned they would do something like that, but it made sense. Either fight them, or they would leave.

That was the threat, at least.

It was...

Chapter 329

Just to clarify, no chapters the 17th and the 20th. 

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Chapter 329

The battlefield seemed to hang in a single moment of stasis, though Matt knew that was just an illusion. He’d expended a lot of willpower with his Domain meld, but [Archmage’s Presence] still cranked his reaction speed up high enough that most people hadn’t been able to recover from it, even now. 

His hand, still raised above his head, turned slightly and unlea...

Chapter 328

Ok so plotting out the rest of the book it looks like this arc/book will end on chapter 340 (the Manny epilogue) which comes out the24th. That means the end of arc/book two chapter break will be on the 28th and 1st. Just FYI for anyone cycling paterons.

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Chapter 328

General Lucas Darrow sat in quiet contemplation as the endless maelstrom of the infinite realm whirled by outside the viewport. It was an odd sight these days, made all the more outlandish by the re...

Chapter 327

Haven't done it in a while so here it is. Discord information.

https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-Get-my-Discord-role

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Its a fun time where we talk about the story and meme so join us.

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Chapter 327

Chapter 326

Ok so plotting out the rest of the book it looks like this arc/book will end on chapter 340 (the Manny epilogue) which comes out the24th. That means the end of arc/book two chapter break will be on the 28th and 1st. Just FYI for anyone cycling paterons.

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Chapter 326

The moment they arrived back into the rift, someone - presumably Baxter - whisked Allie away like a thief in the night. It was a good thing too, as to Matt’s spiritual perception she felt like a w...

Chapter 325

And we are back with normal chapters.

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Chapter 325

Impossible.

Once again, Long Zhiyuan watched as Ascender Titan simply punched through a shield he had raised. Across his other simulations, fourteen other clones experienced similar fates, their own defenses overwhelmed summarily, and he could do naught but restart the fights.

His clones darted forward within his spirit, each taking a different approach to dodge the implacable black bl...

Chapter 324

Just to clarify, no chapters the 17th and the 20th.

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Chapter 324

Matt watched as nineteen mostly frozen cultivators bound in manacles on their hands, legs, chest, and heads were dropped off to the stunned faces of the guards. 

He still wished they were heads, rather than captives, but he had made a promise and he would not flaunt it. He had set his course, and he would certainly not waver from it now.  2024-04-22 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 323

And we are back with normal chapters.

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Chapter 323

Matt knew he had a feral grin etched on his face as they left their eight elite floating in a spreading cloud of lightning, but he couldn't help himself.

They had chosen their targets carefully and gone after the more valuable targets first, with peak elites being handled in passing if they were close enough to the pinnacles. As a result, of the three dozen pinnacle elites the opposing coalition had at their ...

Chapter 322

Just to clarify, no chapters the 17th and the 20th.

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Chapter 322

Matt felt like his blood had been replaced by electricity the moment they arrived back in the rift. He wanted to pump his fist and cheer, but he was too focused on their follow up plans. As part of their attacking the enemy backlines, they had scored a victory versus the Harmony Accords, creating a large enough opening to go further behind enemy lines and really star...

Chapter 321

And we are back with normal chapters.

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Chapter 321

Aster wanted to be happy. Actually that was an exaggeration. She didn’t need to be happy. Happiness seemed like a distant dream. She just wanted some good news. It had been closing in on three months straight behind enemy lines, breaking everything they could get their fangs on, and while that should have cheered her up, it just didn’t. It certainly seemed to help Allie, who was working the hardest o...

Chapter 320

Just to clarify, no chapters the 17th and the 20th.

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Chapter 320

Janet was fifty hours into working on a rebuttal to a proposal for an overhaul of Veil policy in some of the inner regions when her AI blipped at her, but she ignored it. As much as she felt that mortals should not need to worry about cultivator business, they couldn’t allow the Empire’s current policies to go un-investigated.

The idea that low-Tiers, born of low-Tiers a...

Chapter 319

Just to clarify, no chapters the 17th and the 20th.

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Chapter 319

Matt wished he could say they immediately sprang into action, fighting the Harmony Accords to a standstill before crushing them, but that was the opposite of what they did. Instead, the mission they were given was exactly what Darrow said they would receive, finding the limit of the Harmony Accords’ response times.

Before anything else could happen, they needed to know the limits of...

Chapter 318

Chapter 318

Matt wanted to feel good about their latest fight with the Harmony Accords, but considering they had only rebuffed their latest ambush, he didn’t feel as good as if they had wiped them out. He wanted revenge so badly, he could taste it. 

Sadly, it was still out of reach and that made him feel like a coiled spring ready to pop at the slightest provocation. His being on edge made him keep his distance from those around him, and the different perspective...

Chapter 313 (OLD 317)

Trying moving this chapter in the release sequence as suggested by the higher Tier pats.

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Chapter 317

Aiden gave his best feral grin as he crushed the final elite in the army that had been attempting to besiege the fortress below. Enough so that it forced a surrender out of him, which caused a wave of similar surrenders to follow.

They had been ready for him, in that the members of the army immediately pulled back while their elites tried to woun...

Chapter 317

Chapter 317

Matt was elbow-deep inside a Republic soldier when he felt the space near the inhabited planet ripple. His hairs rose up on the back of his neck as a giant ship appeared, a ship he had just seen three days ago. A swarm of smaller ships took off from its surface, racing towards the battlefield at top speed.

Growling, he wrenched his arm free from the chest of the soldier and waited for a moment as Darrow sent the soldiers an offer of surrender. It would allow the...

Chapter 316

Chapter 316

Matt felt a level of disconnect he hadn’t ever felt before as he made his way into the briefing room. 

Unlike their normal, relaxed debriefing where if half of them bothered to appear, it was nearing on a wonder of the realm, this debriefing was somber, with everyone giving it their full focus. 

Or, almost everyone. Eric’s empty chair stood out like the gaping hole it was. Dena’s chair was also empty, but the fact she could, and even 2024-03-22 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 315

Chapter 315

Matt had to check his AI to see how long he stood in complete stillness and silence. It felt like hours, days even, but ended up being a whopping five minutes. That's all he was allowed to grieve before the healers grew insistent enough that he gave way. But as soon as his armor was off, his body snapped back to full health. There were only a couple of things that his baseline healing couldn’t deal with, but he was able to flush those out with a quick few hundred mi...

Chapter 314

This is just word vomit to take up the preview space on this post cause I dont want anyone getting to read any of it. :P

This is just word vomit to take up the preview space on this post cause I dont want anyone getting to read any of it. :P

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Chapter 314

Matt teleported to interpose himself between most of Team Zero and the newcomers, then powered up [Archmage’s Presence] to enhance his mental cultivation, wanting to catch surprise attacks, but he wasn�...

Chapter 312

Chapter 312

Matt forced out a weary smile as more of Team Zero trudged into the meeting room. He was the only one who did so, however. Even Aster and Allie dropped almost reluctantly into their seats, not even making a basic attempt to provide some amount of amusement to the group. They’d been on a bit of a trend lately of dressing up in unusual ways, starting with them coming into the meeting dressed as one another, and gradually shifting into other members of the group. They’d eve...

Chapter 311

And we are back with 'The War Part 2: War Boogaloo". 

Also the USA is going though daylight savings time so the chapter might change by an hour for those of you who switch at a different date. Be ready for that.

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Chapter 311

Long Zhiyuan blinked as he entered the Zanbar system. An otherwise unremarkable Tier 1 planet that had only been captured, and locked into the network of Great Powers, because no one wanted their populated planets to be directly ...

Chapter 310

Ill see you all on the the 8th.

Chapter 310

Lila snorted as she watched the rift entrance.

Going off Susanne’s normal delving times, the girl should be coming out of the rift any minute. But others, not Lila, expected that the girl would stay within the rift for a few months yet, pushing for an Inspiration. If she managed to find one, and emerge as Tier 24, people would politely ignore questioning when, exactly, the inspiration happened, and allow her to continu...

Chapter 309

I might end up switching this chapter and the last. Not sure which way I want it. Either way Manny chapter next!

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Chapter 309

General Declan Raven chewed his lip as he watched the starscape that represented the war front as he listened to General Crawford. “As per the orders from King Rusty himself, we need to slow the advance as much as possible.”

Declan didn’t bother to hide his eye roll. No shit. They all knew the situation but if they wanted to even just s...

Chapter 308

Audiobook for book 5 comes out April 5th.

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Chapter 308

Liz took a careful sip of tea as she reclined in her chair. Across from her, Judith Kanakas set her own cup down and sighed.

“You’re still struggling, aren’t you?”

“I don’t know if I’d say that, personally,” Liz responded, “I’m adjusting, it’s just weird, going from one body to… well, this.” Her phoenix body, sitting on the back of her chair, chirped in agreeme...