Chapter 258
Matt fidgeted with a ball of pure mana as he waited for Liz to finish getting ready. As the focus of the upcoming celebration, there was more attention given to ensuring every last thread was utterly perfect on her garment than Matt and Aster’s combined. Her dress was custom-made for the occasion, literally woven around her thread by thread, and was every bit as elaborate as their actual wedding outfits, though a radically different style.
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2023-08-04 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Wanted to give you guys something so here are a few extra bits that were written for the books so they could have an Emp Pov and a worldbuilding Pov.
Not much but figured you would all enjoy.
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Chapter 25
Emmanuel watched the presentation his Generals had laid out for the first line of defense of the Empire and let his mind run through the counters he expected the others to use in the war.
Once the war started, he would need to stay out of it like all assets ov...
2023-07-24 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 257
Matt stretched as he left the teleport hub—spaceship travel around the Capital was regulated enough that it was faster and easier to make the jump from Wandering Fallows through the regular teleports than to sort out the paperwork—and looked up into the sky.
Far above him, an enormous ring stretched across the southern sky, glimmering with every color Matt’s eyes could see and reflecting countless lights from its position above the equator. Matt and Aster drifted...
2023-07-21 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 256
Matt floated in the void of space and blinked at the black hole in front of him. It bore down on his Concept like it was trying to remove its polar opposite from the realm. Which it sort of was. A true black hole wasn’t the weak construct that Minkalla had made as a test, beatable by any Tier 14s. This was a proper, natural black hole, and a Tier 7 one at that.
Despite its low Tier, the black hole held a truly enormous amount of essence in its core that Matt could fe...
2023-07-17 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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7.5k chapter. Enjoy
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Chapter 255
Zack allowed the tapestry of mana to swirl around him, pushing with his Talent as he pulled from the array beneath his feet. He’d always had to be so cautious with his mana usage and how much he could truly experiment, but now he had a higher mana budget than he’d ever thought possible. He still was compelled that he Waste Not, of course, but now, time was the far more precious resource available to him, and that required certain...
2023-07-14 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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I made a few small changes to last chapter to make things more clear the most notable being,
That combined with this chapter should hopefully make it more clear what is going on with the convoluted rules. Yeah I get they are rules made up by me but they weren't made up so this could happen. We crafted the situation based on our existing rules rather then the reverse.
Having a logical cultivation society where the lower Tiers aren't just slaves to high Tiers is hard yo.
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2023-07-10 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Authors note, if I missed any obvious "Why they did the attack" in this chapter please let me know as ill try to fix it and add it in. I think we got most of the justifications but the beta team and I aren't spies and might have overlooked something that seems obvious to you.
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Chapter 253
Maven smiled as she entered Ventillyria’s realspace, right at the very edge of the parent star’s gravity well in a small, single-man vessel.
Once she confirmed she was well awa...
2023-07-07 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 252
Matt was browsing possible ways to infiltrate the local Sect strongholds with Liz when the entire planet seemed to rock. He initially thought it was an earthquake and nothing to really worry about, but that notion was ruthlessly crushed when the PlanetNet erupted with rapid-fire warnings about a possible rift break.
Just when the first rift break was confirmed, a dozen more warnings appeared on his [AI]. In seconds it went from dozens, to hundreds, and then ...
2023-07-03 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 251
Once they had hit the four oldest sects and marked the Tier 15s inside with tracking runes, Matt had expected the spies to lead them to bases or meet up with someone in command, but he was disappointed.
The Tier 15s went to their registered homes and called local healers, who were clean as far as Matt, Liz, and Aster could tell, and then did… nothing. They just sat there recovering without meeting anyone, going to any secret bases, or calling anyone on the...
2023-06-30 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 250
As much as Matt wanted to keep delving back to back, he knew that wasn’t possible. Ventillyria had a serious problem with the Sect influence creeping into the local culture.
While they were still waiting for their newly purchased delve slots to open up, the three of them started to look into what the Sects were doing.
Under two layers of disguises, just in case anyone was actively protecting the known Sect sympathizer's locations, the three of them w...
2023-06-26 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 249
Matt’s first glimpse of Ventillyria was not what he expected. The way Luna had described the planet, he had expected a only semi-settled world, but the Tier 22 world was teaming with humanity to a degree that rivaled any other well-established world.
He was doubly surprised with how many people in sect robes he saw. At least one out of a thousand were imitating the other Great Power's culture to an alarming degree.
Matt looked at Luna, but she just blinked back...
2023-06-23 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 248
Matt and Liz rushed forward to go and meet up with Aster, who he could feel approaching them. She had most certainly skipped the lines and identity checks given the speed she was moving, which would result in a number of fines, but he really didn’t care about that right now.
Aster was home, and that was all that mattered.
It took them almost a minute to weave through the walking people, but eventually, Matt saw the head of white hair with fox ears bo...
2023-06-19 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Author's note: I underestimated how hard moving cross country would be and it's eating more of my time than I expected so I'll be taking a three chapter break consisting of the 24th, 28th, and 31st. Sorry about the short notice but I want to make sure the story stays at the right level of quality and 258 isn't quite where I want it to be so I'm extending my break for everyone.
So enjoy the end of the book chapter and I’ll see you all on the 4th.
2023-06-16 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Please read final Author Note after you read the chapter and don't skip it.
Chapter 246
Allie whistled a slightly forced, if jaunty tune as she and Zack sat in a cafe, waiting for their appointment. For such an important moment, they could have arrived early instead of biding their time, but neither of them actually wanted to do that.
There was a special flavor in the anticipation and build-up that they both relished.
Even she, for all her impatience, knew...
2023-06-12 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Authors note: I didn't take a break at the end of this arc/book because I knew I was moving in the coming months and wanted to take my break then. Now that the date is closer I have firm dates of when I'm moving so I can tell you when I will be taking my break.
My break will happen on July 28th and 31st, so our normal two chapter break just a little delayed so I can move without too much stress.
I just wanted to let everyone know ...
2023-06-09 18:59:02 +0000 UTC
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Our last Aster chapter. It was a fun little side story. Note 245 is the last Matt chapter of our arc and 246 with the Emp pov. We aren't taking a break at the end of this arc as I'll be moving cross country end of July and want to shift my break back until then.
PoA: Aster's Adventures Chapter 7
Aster rocked on her heels with anticipation as she watched the stream of young bonds.
Fen’s bonds were arriving in this batch, which was understandable but made he...
2023-06-07 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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A 7.5k chapter. Enjoy.
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Chapter 244
Liz arrived just three days into his little vacation with Tally, which Matt found endlessly entertaining as Tally immediately challenged her to a duel and was promptly slapped around.
Tally was quite good with his spear, having made it to Tier 16 on the Path with it, but Liz was simply on another level with the weapon. Most of their initial bouts ended within four exchanges, and it wasn’t until Tally was allowed to...
2023-06-05 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Authors note: I didn't take a break at the end of this arc/book because I knew I was moving in the coming months and wanted to take my break then. Now that the date is closer I have firm dates of when I'm moving so I can tell you when I will be taking my break.
My break will happen on July 28th and 31st, so our normal two chapter break just a little delayed so I can move without too much stress.
I just wanted to let everyone ...
2023-06-02 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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PoA: Aster's Adventures Chapter 6
Aster sighed as she waited at the far end of the hall.
The ‘Beginner's Shapeshifting’ class should have been done ten minutes ago, but she needed to follow up on her hunch before anything else. She had a million things on her workload as an eighth year, but some things were just more important than work.
She also felt that she needed to do this one personally due to their mana types' compatibility.
Deep Snow Leopards were a fairly ...
2023-05-31 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 242
With the healing cooldown mostly dissipated, Matt, Liz, and Luna left the system in Matt’s ship. With three full-sized adults, things were a little more cramped than Matt was accustomed to, but it wasn’t actually that bad, even with everyone in human form.
Instead of critiquing their Aperology attempts, Luna only touched on their methods of breaking into rifts and offered a few ways for them to improve. Nothing was groundbreaking or even all that immed...
2023-05-29 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 241
Aperology on a planet without an essence core was not as easy as just slapping down a boundary formation and adding mana, but that was why Matt was looking forward to it. Without both ambient mana and essence, things became far more complicated.
Given he had essentially free reign to make whatever rifts he wanted, all at a fairly low Tier, Matt seriously wanted to test a number of theories he’d developed since his time with Erwin. The past decades had resu...
2023-05-26 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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PoA: Aster's Adventures Chapter 5
Aster was looking around her new office when she heard a light screaming coming from somewhere nearby. She had only been the student council treasurer for a week, and had just started actually coming in to work officially, so while she wasn’t familiar with everything in the office, this seemed particularly out of place.
She considered that it might be some of the others on the council playing a prank on her, but she felt that was a li...
2023-05-24 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 240
While Matt and Liz were mostly kept near the hospital as anchors for Justinian, they weren't able to stay there forever, and they all knew it. Matt could see in Justinian’s eyes how he wanted to beg them to stay, but he never did. Matt wasn’t sure if he just knew it was impossible, or if he feared that asking would shatter the illusion, but they started spending some more time away each day.
The next week was hectic.
While they spent most of thei...
2023-05-22 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 239
Quill coughed out a mouthful of blood, tracking down another section of internal bleeding and stopping it with a [Bandage]. Calling his injuries wounds was a bit of an understatement, as they were better described as horrific damage. His left hand was gone, floating a few miles away after one of Linda’s attacks. Everything below his waist was also cut off and floating in space as gobbets no larger than a mana stone. He was pretty sure the largest bit had once been a part o...
2023-05-19 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Note the 'cat thing' wont happen for more then this chapter. Kids in high school pick up cringy lingo and Aster is no exception.
PoA: Aster's Adventures Chapter 4
Aster padded through the dimly lit hallway on her tippy toes while trying to control her tail. It kept trying to swish back and forth, but even the slightest change in air current could get her caught.
Pausing as she heard her target's gait change, she waited around the corner, not wanting to ...
2023-05-17 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Path of Ascension is officially available on Kindle, KU, Print, Audible! While none of you NEED to read the new version that is appearing on Kindle, it has been thoroughly revised and edited to make it a much cleaner book without changing any actual content. It’s a significantly smoother version of the story you know.
The audiobook was performed by a narrator I hand-picked out of a substantial list of options, and he did an incredible job making the...
2023-05-17 14:52:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 238
Quill looked around at the empty space and admitted that Hardy’s little smuggling operation was surprisingly well put together. The piece of empty space in front of him seemed perfectly normal, and he would have passed it by without a second thought if he hadn’t personally watched one of Hardy’s assistants, helpers, goons, or whatever he called them, drop a train car-sized asteroid in orbit around the sun near a lagrange point.
It was far enough away from the inh...
2023-05-15 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 237
Matt was ready to spring to his feet and leave to assault the noble's estate right now, but Liz’s firm grip on his hand kept him steady as they boarded Luna's ship. As much as he wanted to rush there immediately, that was impossible, and the frenetic energy that demanded he do something was counterproductive. Liz kept him grounded enough to plan out their next steps beyond saving the target. He wasn’t Duke Waters who could just rush in and crush every...
2023-05-12 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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PoA: Aster's Adventures Chapter 3
Aster looked at herself in the mirror and twisted her head back and forth before dropping the fist full of white hair to her shoulders. An updo just didn't feel right for today, but a completely down style seemed too informal for what she wanted.
Twisting her hair, she created a small crown, but dropped that option as well for being too formal.
It did look good with her fox ears, though.
Pouting, she called Kelly for help. ...
2023-05-10 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 236
Matt opened the door of their house, allowing Liz to enter, drop two spatial bags packed with stuff on the floor, and dramatically fall into his hug with a sigh.
“Ugh, it's good to see you again, and even better to be home.” Liz teased, pulling him tighter into her arms.
With a parting kiss, Liz grabbed his hand as she took in the newly-expanded house. “Finally ate some other houses? Wait, don’t tell me... Bigger living room, bigger bedroom, ooh, is that ...
2023-05-08 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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