Alistair gave Red the rundown of the Holy Ravine and Silver Comet Sect. Despite hearing about his homeworld and even people that he knew, the bronze-skinned man remained silent.
Not even a mention of Purana of the Stratospheric Flames and the mysterious Dao History of Lisorte fazed Red. Alistair told him about the assault at Nuevo Invierno by those searching for the “key,” and how it identified himself, most likely because of the lingering threads of Fate connecting him to Master Ko...
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Alistair had thought he was going to rest for the next few hours as he awaited the trial, but as always, something else came up.
He walked into the male chambers, expecting tens of thousands of cultivators. Instead, he estimated that there were only around two thousand out of a million candidates.
That’s four percent of the total when you add the female side, Alistair thought.
It made sense. The vast majority of those qualified to become ...
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Emperor Dragus Laketor stared out through the observation dome of the Palatial Satellite. The view encompassed a breathtaking swath of his empire, advanced technology and his Dao Manifest and Autonomy allowing him to view an entire universe as a 360-degree panorama.
Even as an Exalted, his omniscience was not sufficient to understand the individual details of over a 100 quadrillion citizens, but he could see the broad strokes. Imperial Consecration, his greater than Heavenly quality con...
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Alistair’s idea was using his power as an Adept to gather the zombies for his sister. As expected, it worked like a charm.
His speed was something else. [Mindshift] carried him over two miles in a single second. Kadeus’s bullets that he could barely perceive before would be a walk in the park for him now.
Evangeline broke through to Adept with five days to spare. Like her younger brother, she had a perfect idea of what her Domain would be.
“Really?” ...
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When Alistair woke up, he was flooded with notifications.
Congratulations on forming your Domain and breaking through to Adept! Even breaching the second realm is a step that the vast majority of cultivators never achieve. You are a now a true cultivator, on your path to securing eternity. Your body, mind, and soul have been purified of contaminants. With level 100, you must now select a new Class:
Martial Artist (Uncommon/Adept) - Primary Attributes(s...
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“Holy shit!” Evangeline held Alistair’s hands, shaking in excitement. “I knew you were close, but this doesn’t feel real.”
“I know,” Alistair said. “Adept is a whole different ballgame. Foundations are barely considered real cultivators. This is where our journey truly begins.”
Dev’rox snickered. “You sound like one of those sect teachers giving a motivational speech to their students.”
“Are you going to do it right away?” Evangeline asked. “D...
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Alistair stood in a restful lake that stretched to infinity and beyond, a picturesque sun falling into the water in the distance.
Bakrav and Alistair stood underneath the canopy of a five hundred-foot-tall inverted mountain. The summit connected to the lake in perfect balance; the base stretched up to the Heavens.
“Be prepared.” Bakrav closed his eyes, and the mountain groaned as it stirred to action. The tip of the mountain burrowed under the water, only a few feet, but that ...
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The moment Alistair uttered those words, the atmosphere shifted.
He had already used [Eyes of Truth] to investigate, Kadeus, but the man’s Intelligence was too high to reveal much.
Name: Kadeus
Species: Pure Essence Form Human (Non-Pathfinder Analogue)
Bloodline: Hidden (Lacking Intelligence)
Class: Hidden (Lacking Intelligence)
Level: 99 (Non-Pathfind...
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This time, Alistair was prepared to observe. He had suspected that Jindor was going to take his enemies by surprise with his Domain.
The moment Jindor finished uttering the name of his new Domain, it existed.
The expansion was so fast that Alistair could barely register it in his vision. For an Adept, it was a different story—all three on Kadeus’s side responding before Jindor had even finished stating the name of his own.
He found himself standing on nothing in a black ...
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Kadeus, father of Kadeus, tapped into the World of Dreams.
It was as natural as breathing to him. As a Visionary at the threshold of Exalted, he could access the World of Dreams, the Astrashan. Therefore, he saw.
Dozens of universes on the frontier spoke to him. Trillions of quaint, short, pointless lives. If only he could pluck their Mana away to fuel his own cultivation, he would.
His subordinates scavenged six different frontier universes at once. All in search f...
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Fara turned around to face the newcomer. Alistair wanted to take advantage of that, he but he could barely move. Instead, he started dragging himself as far away as possible with his arms. A clash between Fara and Jindor was not something he wanted to be close to.
He then realized two familiar presences flanking the Black Star disciple—Haley and his sister.
They don’t stand a chance, Alistair thought. Unless…
“I’m done with you ants thinking you c...
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Alistair, like virtually all who lived on the frontier, was completely unaware of the difference in strength between any realm above Exalted.
Even for Exalted and Visionary, he truly couldn’t understand the difference until he got stronger himself. He only had what others had told him, and that was that Exalted to Visionary was one of the largest divides in power between realms.
One of the other largest gaps was Adept to Foundation. The presence of a true Domain was felt not jus...
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Despite the shock of the situation, Alistair quickly slipped into Tranquil Mind, assessing what had happened with the rapid ease of someone who had been through dozens of life-or-death fights.
A bullet fired by a gun of the old Earth wouldn’t have been even close to fast enough to strike him. This was clearly the work of a gun-based cultivator, and a powerful one at that. That they were able to disguise their attack nearly perfectly, bypassing even his innate Karmic sight, was nothing...
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However cold Alistair was expecting Nuevo Invierno to be, it was worse.
He had braved the cold of both George’s proto-Domain and the wintry environment from Symphony of Skills. That had given him a foolish overconfidence. Constitution being one of his lowest stats didn’t help, though the [Steel Body] aided somewhat.
The three of them ran like the wind, barely able to see from the torrential out-pour of snow from the invisible sky. White blanketed Alistair’s ...
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Alistair immediately entered combat mode. His first thought was protecting his sister. While it pained him to be so cynical, he knew that the multiverse was a violent and treacherous place, so he didn’t trust the voice right away.
He tapped into the full power of [Reality Sense], becoming nigh-omniscient within the space of the chamber. Something greater and more profound than vision overlapped onto his mind as he understood every nook and cranny, detecting even the t...
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The following day (there weren’t really days on the planet, as it lacked a sun, but they measured time in 20-hour periods) Zilvesky showed the Tan siblings a variety of options for leveling up.
He grouped them in relative danger and payoff. The easiest and slowest method were the various dungeons on Ah’Drezakh. They were similar to the dungeons back during Armageddon, but more standardized. You knew what kind of monsters you were facing before going in, what kind of bosses.
Ev...
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The first thing that stood out about the capital of their planetary system was its size.
Praetei’s ship deccelerated as they approached, exiting the compressed space tunnel created by the Dao of Space. Ah’Drezakh first appeared as a tiny dot in the distance, growing larger with every minute.
The planet looked like a dark gray sphere with black and white clouds swirling on the surface. An aura of death similar to Marzhan’s putrefaction crept around the ship’s exterior once ...
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Alistair learned that over a day had passed in the sauna. The heat and Mana were good for his mental state and cultivation, but he left a mental reminder to never get too distracted by one of them if he had plans.
Over the course of the next day, he feasted on the best food he had ever had. Sure, the Dragon’s Head Tavern was great for a mortal chef, but they couldn’t hold a candle to a cultivator chef, especially one at the Profound realm.
As an honored guest of the Grand Impe...
2025-04-24 04:44:16 +0000 UTC
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Alistair learned that over a day had passed in the sauna. The heat and Mana were good for his mental state and cultivation, but he left a mental reminder to never get too distracted by one of them if he had plans.
Over the course of the next day, he feasted on the best food he had ever had. Sure, the Dragon’s Head Tavern was great for a mortal chef, but they couldn’t hold a candle to a cultivator chef, especially one at the Profound realm.
As an honored guest of the Grand Impe...
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“You should have joined me!”
Evangeline’s warm smile triggered a likewise reaction. There was so little time for family, Alistair felt.
“I wish. Cleanup duty wasn’t so bad. Almost got a level out of it.”
Evangeline raised an eyebrow. “What’re you at now?”
“73,” Alistair said with a smug smile. “And you?”
“Show off. I’m at 64.”
“That’s not bad,” Alistair said honestly. “I don’t understand it fully, but I think the mo...
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Alistair’s two weeks of grinding placed him near level 74 before leaving. That was how he knew that his time on Earth was at its rightful end.
There just wasn’t anything challenging enough for him. His path was not that of a cloistered monk. He needed to save lives, to trade fists.
The ambient Mana of Earth, while having massively increased, was also too low. He wouldn’t get to Adept in time for the yearly admissions testing.
There were a few goodbyes—Oliver, John, W...
2025-04-24 04:42:19 +0000 UTC
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Even a lost heritage of the First Aeon wouldn't be enough compensation to get me to attack the King. Even I know my limits.
- Reinhold of the Mountains
The battle against the Devil Kings was over, but Alistair Tan’s journey had only begun. His six-month deadline to reach the Adept realm loomed, made all the more urgent by Alexandra’s abduction. The demonic forces that had orchestrated events from the shadows had finally revealed themselves, b...
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