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[Tree] Chapter 23: Suspicion

Diana trudged into the central courtyard and seemed to be eyeing Ashlock wearily. Her brows were furrowed as if the sight of him baffled the badly beaten and bruised cultivator. She circled him a single time, eyes narrowed and dragging her feet with every step. Eventually, she flopped down to the grass beside the tree, crossed her legs, and began cultivating after swallowing a few pills.

A while passed with nothing happening, and Ashlock let out a nonexistent breath he didn't know he wa...

[Tree] Chapter 22: Nascent soul

Diana knew a secret. One nobody else in the Ravenborne family was privy to, including the other family elders. Even her deceased elder brother never learned of this secret as the man—her father—had gone to extensive lengths to keep the truth of his cultivation a secret.

Her old man, the Grand Elder of house Ravenborne, was not a mere Star Core realm cultivator... instead, he had secretly ascended to the realm above and was now a Nascent Soul.

But he had only ascended this year...

January Plans

Hey everyone, I plan to launch my novel Reborn as a Demonic Tree on RoyalRoad sometime between the 7th and 10th of January. (Exciting!!!)

I used scribblehub as a place to beta test the novel, and you may have noticed Patreon is only around 2-3 chapters ahead. I naturally will not be able to build up the promised 15-chapter backlog in the next week, and I don't want to launch my new novel on RoyalRoad with only a 2-chapter backlog... so here's my solution. (It's not a gr...

[Tree] Chapter 21: Transpiration of Heaven and Earth

Ashlock's consciousness snapped back to reality nearly instantly, as if he had suffered from a flashbang or a blow to the head. The air around him felt suffocatingly hot like a sauna turned up way too high—opening his nonexistent eyes, Ashlock saw the air shimmer from the heat alongside an insane abundance of Qi.

"Ugh... what happened?" Ashlock looked around and was amazed to see that most of the pavilion was still standing—even the runic formation surrounding him survived the fallo...

[NB] 76. God Complex

"Ugh, my head." Alice groaned as she sat up and massaged her temples, "What the hell happened?"

Victor blinked his many golden eyes in confusion. Alice was almost semi-translucent... was this what happened when a Mana Body was mana deficient? Similar to how humans go deathly pale due to blood loss? Victor could only wonder as he floated right beside her.

Seeing Alice was alive and well, Victor was relieved. "Welcome back to the land of the living." Victor joked before becoming mor...

[Tree] Chapter 20: Supernova

Throughout the intense flurry of attacks that decimated the surroundings, Ashlock believed the Winterwrath Grand Elder had the upper hand over the Ravenborne Grand Elder—which made the current situation more confusing. Within seconds the albino man lay on his back in a molten crater of blue fire with the tip of a black sword pressed against his neck.

The Ravenborne Grand Elder gritted his teeth as he attempted to push the blade down to decapitate the man, but the Winterwrath Grand Eld...

[NB] 75. The Undead of Necron

Hyveth had seen many things throughout her long life that had encapsulated the rise and fall of empires—but a man chopping off his own leg and giving it to the stubby three-fingered hand of a slime monster was definitely up there as a brow-raising moment.

Especially when the man now had no legs. He was just a torso, lying on the floor in a pool of his own blood, but there was a distinct lack of screaming that Hyveth had associated with weak mortals—just a nervous look as if the man ...

[Tree] Chapter 19: Peak of Power

Everyone seemed to pause and stare at the incoming calamity, even those supposedly on the same side as the new arrival. "Grand Elder Ravenborne!" The Winterwrath elder standing upon the titanic ice golem shouted—his words boomed for a thousand miles.

Ashlock knew the man's voice traveled that far since Ashlock's leaves rustled from his words, and he was two mountain peaks away.

The five balls of blue fire pelting down the Ravenborne mountain peak paused at the base, lea...

On a break till the 27th of December

For those that missed the December announcement, I am currently on holiday with my family, and am away from my PC, so there will be no new chapters until I get home. 😅

Happy holidays! 🥳

[Tree] Chapter 18: Winterwrath

Despite his numerous murders and consumption of human flesh, Ashlock couldn't help but feel outraged when he witnessed someone so indifferent to the death of an innocent stall owner. The sudden change in the attitude of the elderly man, who had previously disrespected cultivators, only served to highlight the backstabbing nature among the individuals of this world.

"Would Stella backstab me like that at the first opportunity?" Ashlock wondered as he curiously followed the green flame cu...

[NB] 74. A Dragon's Trust

Hyveth Arcspace didn't seem amused by Victor's joke—she glared at him and blinked in disbelief at how such a massive void creature that had loomed over her could instantly vanish. Hyveth had seen stealth used many times in her long life, but even when invisible, the opponents would take up some space in reality. Hyveth didn't see things in only three dimensions. Instead, her inhuman crystal eyes could also see the depression in a gravitational field, allowing her to see invisible t...

[Tree] Chapter 17: Eye in the Sky

With the beginning of a new day, Ashlock's mind had somewhat calmed, and he could rethink his situation. He had been under the false pretense that he was safe in this courtyard. Nobody worked here, and apart from the Grand Elder visiting, there was only Stella here, and he had no issue with her taking his fruit whenever she wanted.

He had been naive, the equivalent of someone walking around a bad neighborhood flaunting excessive jewelry and then getting mad over being robbed as if it wa...

PDF Download - The Villanious Vampire Book 1 & 2

Down below, I have linked the PDF & ePub for all the chapters, so you don't have to read on Patreon :)

Damien Nightshade - The Villainous Vampire

Synopsis:

Vampires are creatures of the night that fulfill their desires from dusk till dawn. Inhabiting the dark caves of the Kazimir mountains, the other races mostly disregard the unintelligent bloodthirsty creatures.

Damien Nightshade, third in line to the vampire throne, a descendant of an...

[NB] 73. Reality Check

Victor felt immense pain as if his leg had been snapped in half. The dungeon shuddered—the walls that had seemed impenetrable with enough mana running through them to form a small star began to crack and groan.

Hyveth Arcspace, an ancient dragon with domain over space, grunted as purple runic circles spun around her arms at varying speeds. Her inhuman crystal eyes shone with light, and she clenched her shark-like teeth. Throughout the chaos of the situation, Alice continued screaming....

[Tree] Chapter 16: House Ravenborne

An hour later, on the neighboring peak shrouded in a perpetual fog, a woman ignored the hawking ravens that observed her while perched upon charred trees and made her way through the low-visibility courtyard with expert movements as if she knew the placement of every shrub and rock. Her black clothes and mask had been left with the maids at the entrance, so the tomboyish girl walked through the hallways of her family's pavilion in skinny trousers that showed off her modest curves and a partia...

December Patreon Update

Hey, guys hope you are all doing well. This is just an update on the state of my Patreon and the plans moving forward. 

The Villainous Vampire just finished its second book. My publisher doesn't expect the third book to be done until 2024, so I will be putting that novel on pause for a couple of months while I work on my two main projects.

Reborn as a Demonic Tree:

So some of you may have noticed my new series. I a...

[NB] 72. Weak Links

As Victor arrived at the top floor of the Grand Dungeon, he immediately spotted Wiggles in the far distance. His pet's titanic body took up the skyline, chasing a blue blob that Victor realized was a dragon. They were over a thousand meters into the sky, and Wiggles seemed to struggle to catch the annoying fly in his gaping maw. The dragon drew Wiggles up high into the sky before dive-bombing toward the ground, causing Wiggles to roar in rage as his snack escaped.

"Need a hand?" Victor ...

[Tree] Chapter 15: Give & Take

The man's attention lingered on each fruit as he stroked his chin and hummed to himself. Then after a while, the cultivator looked over his shoulder, scouring the pavilion's many windows, presumably for any sign of the female cultivator.

As Ashlock nervously awaited his fate, he tried to devise a solution. But then a thought occurred to him: did he even need a solution? After all, he was a tree. What problem could the cultivator possibly have with him?

But then Ashlock tensed as t...

[Vampire] 122. Execution - END OF BOOK 2

As Vanity's fist connected with Prince August's ghoulish face, a sonic boom ruptured Damien's eardrums and filled his ears with a ringing sound. The force of the blow caused all the windows in the room to shatter, showering everyone with shards of glass. Damien watched as Prince August's face caved under the impact of Vanity's punch, sending him flying backward into the wall with a loud crash. While embedded into the wall, surrounded by pieces of brick, the prince's head hung low, blood pouri...

[NB] 71. Enlisting An Ancients Help

Xamrus Arcnight could hardly recognize the Grand Dungeons' first floor as he flew out of the stone tunnel and was greeted by an endless meadow of lush grass with the occasional outcropping of white trees. Usually, the dragons would gather around the floor tower in the far distance, but with most of the eggs destroyed, there was little need for that now. Ever since the prison break and the subsequent hunt on the elusive necromancer that had netted the dragons a hefty loss—a grim mood was all...

[Tree] Chapter 14: Assassin Tree

[Fruit Production Complete]

Ashlock metaphorically rubbed his hands together in glee as he watched the open skies, eagerly anticipating a victim. The juicy red fruit hanging from his highest branches should be too tantalizing for any bird to resist!

Due to being in the 8th stage of the Qi Realm, Ashlock had little trouble using his {Eye of the Tree God} skill for extended periods of time. So while waiting for his prey, he decided to check on his surroundings.