Both red rock mountain cliffs were soon bustling with so many Mudcloaks that the ones on the edge struggled not to fall. Bits of rubble and loose stone under their feet rained down as the ones at the front attempted to hold back the surge.
The excited chorus of shouts from the Mudcloaks as they tried to push their way toward the beacon that was their king was deafening, and Ashlock was starting to wonder where he would even put them all, assuming he could bring them back.
"There m...
2023-11-16 20:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Since Ashlock was no longer in the Mystic Realm, the cost to use {Dimensional Overlap} was no longer [Free]. If he wanted to try and bring these Mudcloaks back to Red Vine Peak, it would cost him.
"I might have a way to bring these Mudcloaks here so long as them flocking to you due to the crown is true," Ashlock explained to Douglas, and the man seemed surprised. "However, it comes at a cost on my part, so I need you to confirm if these Mudcloak...
2023-11-15 20:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Today, I'm pleased to announce that the first book in the Reborn as a Demonic Tree series is finally available through Kindle, Kindle Unlimited & 2023-11-14 15:27:16 +0000 UTC
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Ashlock wasn't sure what Douglas was on about as he freaked out. To him, Elaine stood with a mischievous smile before Douglas while the well-dressed man acted as if invisible people were clinging onto his arms as he stumbled back and tried to push them off. It was rather funny watching Douglas freaking out, but it also made Ashlock incredibly curious. What had happened to Elaine in such a short month for her to be able to do this?
Unlike Diana, who had undergone a practical evolution, E...
2023-11-13 20:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Ashlock awoke to cloudy skies, a cold breeze, and the promise of rain. But that didn't bother him, as today was the end of the Mystic Realm. For once, he hadn't been entirely left out of the fun due to his new {Dimensional Overlap} skill letting him explore distant pocket realms as a tree, and he could even traverse them by floating around with {Skyborne Bastion}.
"I can't wait for them all to get back." Ashlock had been rather bored since Kaida went back into the Mysti...
2023-11-10 20:00:04 +0000 UTC
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All around Elder Margret was a sea of Qi-dense lava. Even with her fire affinity, the heat was nearly intolerable, and exhaustion wracked every inch of her body, even down to her bones. But she had no choice but to press on.
"Keep going! You can't stop for more than a minute," Elder Brent called out from behind her. "I refuse to forfeit my shoes!"
"This is so monotonous," Elder Margret lamented as she jumped from the small mound of rock to the next one a few meters away while keep...
2023-11-09 20:00:04 +0000 UTC
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"Why did you bring me here?" Diana shouted to no one as she cleaved through a twisted demon that was a monstrous amalgamation of rotten bone that emerged from limbs jutting out in the wrong directions and leaking puss.
She dodged to the side to avoid a spray of blackened blood, and once the demon was lying dead on the ground, she bent down and absorbed the demonic Qi within. Despite the monster's grotesque appearance, its Qi was most delectable. If not for her need to maintain a careful...
2023-11-08 20:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The Bastion emerged from the Mystic Realm and blocked out the midday sun, casting Red Vine Peak in a looming shadow. Purple flames rippled across the jagged black rock that made up the ship's hull while Willow blazed with soul flames as if he were a chimney atop the behemoth that was as long as Ashlock was tall.
Something poked its head over the side of the Bastion and gazed at Ashlock with liquid gold eyes. The black scales and mischievous grin were enough to key Ashlock in on who this...
2023-11-07 20:00:04 +0000 UTC
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This was an evolution Ashlock had been eagerly anticipating, and the fact that Kaida had consumed the flesh of a divine beast's unborn children made him excited to see how it would affect the evolution options.
"Yes, I want him to evolve," Ashlock said to the system prompt, and as usual, multiple options popped up. However, weirdly, the first option was glowing compared to the other two.
[Midnight Ink Lindwyrm (???+)]
As a lesser evolution of the Midnigh...
2023-11-06 20:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Ashlock didn't want to stay in the Blaze Titan Graveyard a moment longer. There was simply no reason for him to be here other than to get Maple a snack and briefly check on the Redclaws to see if they were doing fine.
"That titan was weaker than I thought it would be. The Redclaws must have weakened it significantly," Ashlock hummed as he watched the Redclaws group around a staircase that seemed to lead somewhere. "Or perhaps the Bastion's firepower is greater than I thought? It is an S...
2023-11-03 21:23:10 +0000 UTC
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"Well, if we have all the time in the world, do you mind if I ask you some questions?" Elaine asked. "You have opened my eyes to my lack of knowledge, and I can't make such a big decision with incorrect assumptions taught to me by the ignorant."
"Sure, go ahead," Mars said as neutrally as the void that surrounded them. Elaine took no offense to this disinterested and slightly condescending tone, as this was how Mars had spoken so far. Whether it was because they were cl...
2023-11-02 20:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Ashlock and the gang climbing the stairs of cultivation (Larry, Stella, Ashlock, Diana, Douglas, Elaine)
I bought this as promo art to use for the Amazon launch coming up. Since we are within two weeks of launch, pre-orders of the ebook now help with the algorithm, so if anyone wants to pre-order it and help me out, I would greatly appreciate it! Of course, launch day sales are better... but if you are a forgetful person, then a pre-order is the way!
You c...
2023-11-01 19:27:54 +0000 UTC
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Elaine found herself alone, floating in the void.
One moment, she had been with the others gathered around the smaller demonic tree in that strange celestial fog with pocket realms trapped in shards of glass floating by, but now she was here... wherever here was supposed to be.
Maple's sibling had brought her here after only a few words. She glanced around at the total nothingness and fear gnawing at her mind, yet her soul felt oddly comfortable.
It was only now tha...
2023-10-31 20:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Despite the battle occurring up ahead between what Ashlock assumed were the Redclaws and some strange fire titan, a feeling of relief washed over him.
This was partly because he knew the Qi level of this pocket realm was at the 2nd stage of the Star Core Realm, meaning with the Grand Elder there, that fire titan shouldn't stand a chance. But it was also because they had escaped the Azure Clan due to his {Dimensional Overlap} skill... for now.
"I hope the Azure Clan cultivators don...
2023-10-30 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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"Elder Vortexian?"
"Yes?" Elder Vortexian of the Azure Clan looked up from his desk at the intruder of his peace.
The scrawny man gulped when facing his glare, so he diverted his gaze to the parchment in his hands, "Ahem, since Heavenly King Cepheus is in closed-door cultivation to reach the peak of the Sovereign of Realities Realm, the council has requested you show the promising disciples to the Eternal Library."
Elder Vortexian let out a long groan, "Annoying."
"Sor...
2023-10-29 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Among a mist of blood and slaughter, Ashlock deactivated his {Consuming Abyss} skill after confirming everything nearby was dead. The void lake and tendrils withdrew into his progeny, and a moment of peace returned to the mountain in this twisted realm.
In the distance, he could see many monsters fleeing back into the expanse. They were all around the size of a car, so only the nearest ones had suffered from the blinding light and eaten void tendrils to the face. The moment they saw how...
2023-10-28 01:38:00 +0000 UTC
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"Stella, don't look over there," Ashlock used black vines to create a wall around them to obscure the horrifying sight. "Just keep your eyes on me."
"But..." Stella muttered as she tried to look over her shoulder.
"No buts, one peek, and you will never be able to see Maple the same again," Ashlock insisted as he tightened the wall of vines. "Just trust me this one time, okay?"
"Fine," Stell...
2023-10-26 18:28:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, as mentioned a while ago, a plushie has been in development for a few months, and it's finally on sale! Find it here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1595952131/reborn-as-a-demonic-tree-ashlock-plushie
Patreons are getting a 24 hr headstart of the public readers, so don't miss out!
It's a limited edition run as only 100 were made, and of those, 27 hav...
2023-10-25 17:34:02 +0000 UTC
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"Well, that was quite unexpected." Ashlock's gaze lingered on the spot where Diana had vanished with Neptune. Everything about this space within the mystic realm was plain wrong. There was no floor, yet everyone stood around him as if there was one. The roots of his progeny were still linked up with his main body because otherwise, the skill would cancel, yet he couldn't feel any stone. How did one just vanish into the floor anyway?
"Will Elaine be fine?" Douglas asked...
2023-10-25 02:02:02 +0000 UTC
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Ashlock found himself facing off against Larry in a battle of the soul.
Unlike Stella, whose Qi ripples went faster and faster until they couldn't anymore, Larry went for progressively larger and less frequent waves to fight back against Ashlock's Qi Resonance.
Within a minute of their battle, Ashlock learned that the size of the ripples indicated someone's overall ability to exert their presence on the surroundings. Since Larry had a higher cultivation stage, his waves reached hi...
2023-10-24 01:16:06 +0000 UTC
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Ashlock left Douglas and Elaine to have their moment together and returned to Red Vine Peak, where Stella was still sulking about nobody telling her why it was romantic.
"I sometimes forget how clueless Stella is about topics that don't include killing people or making pills," Ashlock sighed, "It's not her fault though; she had nobody to raise her, and she spent all her days alone on a mountain peak talking to a tree. So, it makes sense that she is clueless about healthy human relations...
2023-10-22 22:52:49 +0000 UTC
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Ashlock left the meeting behind, and with {Eye of the Tree God} active, he gazed at the Redclaw's mountain peak from high above. Dominating much of the south side of the flattened mountain peak and facing Red Vine Peak was the White Stone Palace in all its glory. Back on Earth, it would have been a home for royalty, with grand marble pillars supporting the ten-story structure that could house thousands of servants. Attached to the palace's west side was a courtyard facing the cursed forest an...
2023-10-20 02:34:56 +0000 UTC
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Ashlock instructed Stella to summon all of the Redclaw Elders into the White Stone Palace's meeting room.
He hadn't used {Abyssal Whispers} on all of the Elders yet, nor did he wish to needlessly waste Mind Fortress pills, so he had Stella speak for him. It was almost nostalgic this way, and he felt the Elders respected Stella more now than they did in the past, so he was happy to let her handle the flow of discussion for the most part.
Even though the Elders were trustworthy, Ste...
2023-10-19 01:31:06 +0000 UTC
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It had all been a bit too much recently. Ashlock was inherently lazy as a human and especially now as a magical tree. He was perfectly content with watching the seasons pass him by as time moved at a different pace. But recent events had led him to force himself to stay awake into the night and even fight cultivators above his strength while fighting off exhaustion.
With the Mystic Realm in just over a week, he had a short window to relax, sleep, and even contemplate more profound conce...
2023-10-18 01:31:04 +0000 UTC
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"This is why system skills are so much better than techniques. I just think about using them, and bam, there we go. But techniques? I actually have to consider and practice to use them. How bothersome." Ashlock flexed his Star Core to exert his presence on the pocket realm and tried once again to Spatial Lock Stella in place to prevent her movement, but she effortlessly summoned multiple portals at the click of a finger and got away.
Ten minutes had passed since the start of their pract...
2023-10-17 00:18:26 +0000 UTC
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Ashlock observed Titus, who dragged himself into the bubble of spatial Qi that was the pocket realm he had summoned with his new S-grade {Dimensional Overlap} skill.
The Ent had already visibly healed in the short time he had been awake, "System, how much would it be to heal Titus now?" A message popped into existence and overlayed the Ent.
[Titus has sustained 62% damage. Repair for 930 SC?]
"So after around an hour of being connected to me and bathing in t...
2023-10-14 23:20:52 +0000 UTC
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Did the author get kidnapped? Has he gone insane? Probably... he is talking to himself in an author's note after all.
Chapter 2/2 for today.
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Stella finished her dash across the mountain peak and paused in the White Stone Palace courtyard. Despite the fight last night, groups of Redclaw youngsters were silently cultivating, so Stella made sure not to disturb them and made her way over to the destroyed half of the palace...
2023-10-14 00:37:38 +0000 UTC
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Ashlock stared at the system message floating in front of Neptune's face.
[Neptune wishes to form a pact]
As he had learned with Maple, a pact involved mutual cooperation where both parties could act independently without the other's permission. For example, Maple often went off to do his own thing without Ashlock ordering him to, and he could also deny Ashlock's request for help. Whereas Larry, who was a summoned creature by the system, wasn't even allowed to evo...
2023-10-13 17:41:18 +0000 UTC
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Just in case it was hard to picture them from the last chapter, I used Ai to make some images close to how I imagined their human forms in the novel.
The blue-haired one is Neptune. Then red hair is Mars, and the one with animal ears is Maple.
Yes, Maple is small. Also, Neptune and Mars have permanent bored/resting facial expressions as they don't know how to convey emotion in a human body. Also because they used Diana as the basis for their genetic code and, therefore, inherited ...
2023-10-13 13:42:24 +0000 UTC
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Ashlock spread out his spiritual senses and confirmed that the entirety of Red Vine Peak was enshrouded within a large void bubble. However, he could still sense his roots that ran under Darklight City and the wilderness, confirming Ashlock's suspicions regarding his new S grade {Dimensional Overlap} skill. It created a pocket realm in a bubble around him, but foes or his allies could escape at any time by simply walking out of it, so its size mattered, but that drove up the cost drastically....
2023-10-12 21:10:50 +0000 UTC
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