"Stop! Don't lower the Bastion any further," Nox shouted with concern while leaning over the Bastion's bow and looking down at the swirling darkness below.
Ashlock stopped the Bastion's descent. "Why? What's wrong."
"There's something wrong about this whirlpool of shadow Qi," Nox pointed at Hades, who was caught up in it along with the Shadow Leviathans. "Hades is unable to escape its pull."
"...
2024-07-14 14:22:37 +0000 UTC View PostLarge cracks appeared along the surface of the colossal obsidian statue, which was so towering that Ashlock couldn't see the top of its feet in the abyssal darkness below. As if there was a black hole in its stomach, the cracks in the statue deepened until it couldn't resist anymore and collapsed on itself, much like the Shadow Lich.
It seemed that once the death Qi from the seed killed whatever ego lingered, it would be absolutely loyal to him; the skill would then devour anythi...
2024-07-12 15:26:59 +0000 UTC View Post"Evelyn, you need to leave. Now." Ashlock said as he opened a portal that led back to Red Vine Peak. "Don't worry, you can reenter the Mystic Realm fog and pick another hopefully more suitable pocket realm."
"But—"
"If you stay for a moment longer, you will die," Ashlock said bluntly. Now was not the time to mess around. The seed of death Qi was about to be deposited within the shadow lich, be...
2024-07-10 15:42:25 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock could use Progeny Dominion multiple times a week as he could offset the incurred soul damage by recovering under the nine moons' healing energies. But that didn't mean he wanted to. Soul damage was scary, and as fun as exploring the pocket realms alongside his sect members could be, it was sometimes frustrating.
Morrigan had left him with more questions than answers before she vanished to 'prove her trustworthiness' to him. His concerns about being an origin...
2024-07-08 14:58:50 +0000 UTC View PostJasmine's legs burned as she rushed through the thicket of the jungle. Streaks of light pierced through the foliage from Sol, illuminating her path. The Ent was following behind her with large strides and using its many arms to effortlessly shatter branches in showers of splinters that got in its way. Jasmine wasn't sure in which direction she was even running anymore as she had long lost her bearings in an effort to run away from the Icky Tree.
"This should... be far... enough,"...
2024-07-06 15:16:31 +0000 UTC View Post[Evolution to Chaos Slime (Rare Variant) is complete]
Xen awoke to a golden system message overlaying a white skull. Some of the letters got lost within its hollow eye sockets, and as Xen tilted his head down slightly, the words moved to the skull's teeth.
Wait... Xen's mind slowly kicked into gear. How can I be looking at myself? Hold on, I made my bones black, not white.
A confused groan came from the skull a mer...
2024-07-05 05:30:43 +0000 UTC View PostStella had really not wanted to reveal her true identity to Elder Vortexian. She had tried her absolute best to fix the origin stone with her current capabilities and knowledge of spatial dao, but it was nowhere near enough. Hours had passed, and as fatigue dug its gnarled claws into her mind, she had to accept the reality that she had made no clear progress.
Yet she pressed on. Call it pride, stubbornness, or whatever else, but she was determined to try and fix it ...
2024-07-04 03:01:47 +0000 UTC View Post"Flowery nonsense?" Elder Vortexian raised a brow as he stared at arrogance incarnate and mused over her strange answer to his question. Without a doubt, this was the girl he had encountered in Heavenly King Cepheus's Eternal Libary because of the blob of void hiding under her hood. It was likely the pet Worldwalker that had effortlessly devoured his arm despite being under the effects of his time-slowing domain.
If not for my life-saving artifact inscribed with my famed Spat...
2024-07-02 14:15:18 +0000 UTC View PostStella pulsed her spatial Qi and moved faster than her brain could process. Lyra's corpse vanished in a flash of silver light. She used telekinesis to raise the blood off the floor and rearrange the furniture. Anything destroyed, she Spatial Stepped next to and stored in her spatial ring. It all happened so fast. Barely a second had passed before she Spatial Stepped back to the chair Lyra had originally been sitting in.
"Com—ahem," Stella coughed as she readjusted her voice to ...
2024-06-30 14:10:14 +0000 UTC View PostDays had passed since Stella arrived in this Azure Clan pocket realm, and the tournament was in full swing.
"Outer Disciple Thalassa from Spatial Peak will be fighting Outer Disciple Evan from Dream Peak." A bored-sounding Elder announced before he sat down on a raised platform alongside the other Elders. Stella counted three Elders in participation for today, with one she recognized. The man taking the center seat was the Monarch Realm Elder who had tried to kill her in the libr...
2024-06-27 12:48:14 +0000 UTC View PostUnsurprisingly, Morrigan was not happy with his rejection. Her eyes dulled like an emotionless killer before slaughter, and her fingers trembled and clenched as they struggled to contain a rising rage.
"No?" She asked, her voice colder than ice. The edges of her lips twitched. "In all my lifetimes, I have never met someone as arrogant as you. If only you knew what you were dealing with and what was at stake." Morrigan vanished and reappeared beside...
2024-06-25 13:56:29 +0000 UTC View Post[Varients consumed: None]
[Titles: None]
[Sponsers: None]
[Options:
Greater Mind Slime]
Xen looked at the single option floating in his vision and realized he had messed up.
The system had informed him that he needed to hunt variants to get more evolution options, but this was... disappointing. He had been so caught up with the wolves, undead, and human...
2024-06-24 10:12:29 +0000 UTC View PostAshlock opened a hole in the Bastion's shadow shield, allowing Evelyn to pass through. The liquid shadows sealed up behind her as she hopped off her sword and absorbed it in a flash of silver light.
"I'm so relieved you are okay," Nox drifted over and embraced Evelyn before she could even react, "We were worried you were going to die in here. Thank the heavens we made it in time."
Evelyn frowned while awkwardly returning the hug, "Why would...
2024-06-23 14:28:22 +0000 UTC View PostDespite being downed, the Eclipse Behemoth continued to put up a fight.
"I guess a Nascent Soul Realm monster wouldn't be so easy to kill," Ashlock grumbled. Through his spiritual sight, he could vaguely see the flow of Qi as the veil of darkness began pouring toward the monster.
"It's using Darkness Absorption to heal," Nox informed him, "and if the amount of shadow Qi around us is anything to go by, this monster might as well be immortal." 2024-06-21 14:36:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Ashlock hated winter. The days were shorter, and he took longer to wake up. Which was a problem when the Mystic Realm had a set duration. After finally wrestling off the sluggishness of sleep and rushing to open the Mystic Realm for everyone waiting, he had some questions.
"Stella, what is this?" Ashlock asked his adopted daughter, who was lounging on a couch in her house and watching the sunrise through a portal he didn't remember making.
"Morni...
2024-06-19 12:34:18 +0000 UTC View PostJasmine awoke to a familiar wooden ceiling. Huffing the hair out of her mouth, she rolled over on the incredibly soft futon Stella had bought her and looked out the window. The nine moons that always dominated the sky here in Ashlock's Inner World were dimming, and the dreamscape was fading away.
"It's almost morning," Jasmine murmured and pushed her body and sat upright. Perhaps it was a habit she picked up from her Master, but she wouldn't call herself a morning person anymore....
2024-06-17 14:37:59 +0000 UTC View PostMy symptoms got worse, so I went to the doctor. Turns out I have strep throat. I was given antibiotics and I was told it should be gone in a few days. In the meantime I’ve been trying to get some writing done but find myself falling asleep at my desk so progress has been slow.
Apologies for the delay, hopefully there will be a chapter out soon!
2024-06-15 02:02:13 +0000 UTC View PostXen knew he was stronger than the average monster or person for his level due to the added stats from his Mine Slime form. However, he was currently inhabiting the body of a level 3 undead with rather pathetic stats in every department except magic.
[Class: Shapeshifter (Unique)]
[Strength: 9 (+6)]
[Vitality: 9 (+3)]
[Agility: 9 (+6)]
[Resistance: 9 (+6)]
In a sunlit room made from interwoven and overlapping golden wood, a group of white-cloaked cultivators sat crossed-legged in silence around a shimmering crystal tree that supported thousands of tiny golden balls on its branches like fruits. Divine energy swirling freely through the room was pulled in and circulated by the cultivators, making their veins glow like a web of golden thread through their skin.
A door to the side of the room opened, and a tall, slender man gracefully ...
2024-06-12 07:41:23 +0000 UTC View PostSam had been nothing but a simple village boy—born a mortal and raised on a farm a mountain range away from Darklight City. As a child, he was told stories of the elusive cultivators that lived on the mountain peaks. How they could fly through the skies and effortlessly slaughter the monsters the mortals were so afraid of with a finger flick. They sounded like unbelievable fairy tales to the young Sam until he grew old enough to join his old man on a trip to Darklight City to sell their pro...
2024-06-09 23:50:42 +0000 UTC View PostEvelyn strode through the Duskwalker residence with a spring in her step and a smile on her face. It felt like centuries of misery were finally paying off as she passed maids hanging up new art pieces and a team of mortal builders repairing cracked tiles. For the first time in generations, she had money that wasn't obtained by groveling at Albis Lunarshades' feet.
Since the Ashfallen Sect's arrival, the money had been flowing.
Boxes of porcelain pill bottles...
2024-06-05 23:13:19 +0000 UTC View Post[Devour Complete]
You absorbed 80% of the human's memories due to familiarity with the target.
You acquired the following skills:
[Buff of the Berserker (C)]
You and the target shared similar skills:
[Dark Bolt (C)] has fused with [Magic Missile (D)] to form [Corruption Missile (B)]
"He sure tasted better than those piles of bones," Xen mused as he s...
2024-06-04 21:49:22 +0000 UTC View Post[Demonic Demi-Divine Tree (Age: 9)]
[Nascent Soul Realm: 1st Stage]
[Soul Type: Nine Moons(Spatial)]
It had been over a week since Ashlock ascended to the Nascent Soul Realm. As the system had warned him, it had taken around a week to fully stabilize his new cultivation and imbue his attacks with the weight of his Inner World. Along with all the changes, it now said on his status screen that his soul type was of the '...
2024-06-03 22:11:22 +0000 UTC View PostDiana had been peacefully cultivating on the mountain peak when she felt Douglas's presence descending into the Citadel's depths. Curious and with nothing better to do, she followed and was surprised to find Elaine, Douglas, and Mister Choi sharing some spirit wine.
Inviting herself in, she took the seat beside Mister Choi.
"What is the Mystic Realm?" He asked as he leaned his beefy arm on the table and faced her. The man reminded her of every earth cultivator; bulky...
2024-06-02 23:05:25 +0000 UTC View PostGerald knew he was dying—in fact, he was staring death right in the face.
"Just give me a moment, Gerald," Death said in a chilling voice as his flickering eyes of purple flames danced in the darkness before glancing away.
How does the Skeleton Mage know my name? Gerald thought in horror. Xen was nowhere to be seen, having likely run away from the floor boss, who shouldn't even be here. I can hardly blame him. Skeleton Mages are usually found on the se...
2024-06-01 22:37:21 +0000 UTC View Post(Author Note: Mister Choi was the earth cultivator who sold Douglas to the Ashfallen Sect back at the start of book 2)
Mister Choi shook his head in shame as he looked at himself in the cracked mirror. It had hardly been a few weeks since Douglas showed up at his noodle shop with a heavenly contract and a proposal he couldn't refuse.
Just maintain control over Ashfallen City's underworld for us and complete a few tasks. How hard could it be? Or s...
2024-05-31 23:31:18 +0000 UTC View PostXen went all out as he believed it would be a hard-fought battle with the addition of a magic skeleton. His legs burned as he barreled forward, smashing the Skeleton Warriors aside, and he targeted the only one that mattered: the mage.
"Reinforce undead," the Skeleton Mage's grave voice echoed, and black mana swirled around the undead horde. To Xen's surprise, the buff made the skeletons feel like they were made of metal as they weighed far more and didn't shatte...
2024-05-30 15:34:51 +0000 UTC View Post"What the hell are you two doing up there?" Ashlock asked Stella and Diana, who were sitting on a vast bone branch of the Divine Flesh Tree. They looked like insects compared to the tree's size, which is why he hadn't noticed them at first. Diana seemed very uncomfortable as she shifted around. Meanwhile, Stella happily swung her legs while surveying the sprawling landscape of his fully formed Inner World.
"Oh! Good morning, Tree," Stella grinned. 2024-05-29 23:32:28 +0000 UTC View Post
[Skeleton Warrior: Common Grade]
The Skeleton Warrior is the most basic type of humanoid undead found roaming the floors of some beginner dungeons. Though they have high resistance to physical attacks for their level, their slow movement and low strength make them easy opponents for most. Magic is super effective against them as their hardened bones are loosely held together by mana, so even basic spells will cause them to fall apart.
As it...
2024-05-28 22:58:04 +0000 UTC View PostStella idly sat on a rock surrounded by sparkling wealth and unfathomable chaos.
Strewn across the island in Ashlock's soul were piles of spirit stones, mortal currencies, and artifacts looted from the Lunarshade family. With nothing better to do while they waited, Stella and Diana had been sorting through the items.
The currencies went into one pile, while the unverified artifacts were piled up with the intention of selling them through the Silverspire f...
2024-05-27 22:51:52 +0000 UTC View Post