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Chapter 1,053.

Kruta ripped his sword out of the hunter's chest, the jerking motion making him grunt with pain. The man's eyes were still filled with fire and desperation as his corpse joined the others on the ground. Two of them were already burning from the heat rising from below. Kruta shook his head, briefly wondering if these souls would enter the lands like his ancestors did. For their sake, he hoped not.

Embers and ash filled the sky, casting the world in darkness. A few streaks of light fallin...

Chapter 1,052.

Three more lives passed before Zac's eyes. The minstrel who sought to lift an ancient curse through Creation, the flickering flame who wished to become a sun, and the warrior who wanted dominion over Life and Creation to resurrect his daughter. Beings of great determination who had turned the shards into engines for their desire.

The trio knew they were trading the vast longevity of a cultivator for a short moment of glory. They felt it a worthy sacrifice if they could turn their desire...

No chapter today.

Sorry, late post. Migraines have been kicking my ass today. Will do double chapters tomorrow instead. 

Chapter 1,051.

The usually crowded Road of Repentance was abandoned. The hawkers had left their stalls where they stood, and the enshrined patrons were without reverend attendants. A suffocating silence held the road in its grip, and his approach only amplified it. The sounds of his boots stepping on the glazed tiles were annihilated, creating the illusion of illusion.

The same was true for the birdcage hanging from a chain wrapped around his left arm. Oblivion swept away the anguished screams of the ...

Chapter 1,050.

"Mad… you're mad," Null cried in Zac's mind as he opened his robes to expose his stomach. "You're already at the eleventh echelon, and the boss confirmed you'd reach the fourteenth by snatching these things.

"Do you know what the fourteenth echelon means? I don't even know when someone reached that level last time. It'll be like having the boss himself aiding you in your Core Formation. Even the top-tier guests go into seclusion after hitting the eleventh. A rare few narrowly squeeze ...

Chapter 1,049.

Zac was reluctant but still sent the message he'd been dreading for so long. Catheya soon arrived, and Zac saw his emotions mirrored on her face.

"It's time?" Catheya sighed.

"It's time."

"We only got seven years," Catheya muttered, leaning her head against his chest.

Zac's heart bled, but he pressed on. "I can't stay much longer. I'm going straight into seclusion after getting the remnants. I don't think I'll be able to do much beyond sending a message that I'm back."...

Chapter 1,048.

The quest asked Zac to remove two Cosmic Cycles from a 'three-cycle item' and a refined item at that. In other words, he needed to extract the spirituality of a piece of High-quality E-grade equipment essence by essence until it was reduced to Low Quality. Not only that, but the product needed to be in harmony and not teetering on the brink of collapse.

The task seemed daunting, but Zac was full of vigor as he immediately set out to accomplish the task. Cosmic Extraction didn't provide ...

Chapter 1,047.

"Remember, if you want me to lean on you, you better be strong enough."

With that, Catheya sashayed away, her swaying hips creating a hypnotizing dance that brought back some soul-stirring memories from the past month. Zac only snapped out of the trance as Catheya turned a corner after throwing him a final wink.

"Vixen," Zac muttered with a smile as he turned toward his own storefront.

Zac had some ideas about why Catheya acted the way she did, apart from being in a good moo...

Chapter 1,046.

The islands looked like glimmering jewels, slowly bobbing about on the horizon. With the perpetual snowfall, they created an ethereal scenery. Of course, these small isles were actually the backs of huge beasts, transformed into death traps meant to capture and harvest the snow spirits. The Everfrost Titans were a type of ice-attuned tortoise, but they shared quite a few similarities to some insectoid species.

Atop their shells were the islands while a huge hive hid inside, which was wh...

Chapter 1,045.

A small needlepoint of green lit up in the distance, and Kruta sighed in relief upon realizing the journey was finally coming to an end. Traveling inside the Perennial Vastness token's claustrophobic bubble hadn't been any better this time around. It felt like a coffin, and the oppressive darkness of the Void didn't make things any better.

So Kruta's heart sang as he saw the emerald vortex grow larger, and he could almost smell the rustling grass of home. He was finally back, and a grin...

Chapter 1,044.

"Well…" Ogras said, his voice trailing off as his perfect plan suddenly felt in need of revision.

Zac's voice had an unmistakable mix of disbelief and mirth, and Ogras couldn't blame him. The description of the Shifting Dreamgeist hadn't painted a vivid picture, but it paled to the real thing.

The Dreamgeist was only one meter tall, looking like an incredibly fat floating baby. A baby born from the unholy union of an ogre and a de-feathered rooster, having three tentacles instea...

Chapter 1,043.

Kruta's decision made sense. There was no point in sticking around when the opportunities had dried up. Even breaking through early made sense in some cases, where you traded perfection for momentum.

"I'll do my best to come over," Kruta said, his eyes gleaming with ferocity. "I'll show those heart curse cultivators what's what."

"I'm looking forward to it," Zac laughed.

The two set up a line of communication in case Kruta managed to reach Zecia, similar to his relay with Ca...

Chapter 1,042.

Neither Zac nor Ogras was surprised Catheya chose to take on this bloody mission. She was simply the best suited for it.

"There are nine names, and there's even Fifth Echelon cultivators among them," Ogras commented. "Dealing with them will be… Expensive."

Zac grimaced at the thought. He remembered his encounter just after entering the Perennial Vastness. Back then, he and the target had only been First Echelon guests, but he still lost over 500 Mana. Wiping out the whole group ...

Chapter 1,041.

A/N: I posted a small rewrite/addition I published on Discord over the weekend, but I realize I forgot to share it here.

Chapter 1,037:

"Kruta's seal too," Zac quickly added. "He also suffered from this injustice." 

"Fine, but that's it, brat."

In other words, both Kruta and Zac now possess modified seals. It fixes the issue with their plan of contacting Iz for a ride. Like some of you noted, that wouldn't be possible with the current rules in pl...

Chapter 1,040.

Esmeralda thumped her chest as she wagged the box in front of Zac. He still couldn't believe it was real, so he slowly walked to a nearby window. Catheya was sitting at a bench in the pebble garden, occasionally glancing in his direction. She lit up upon seeing Zac, who waved at her assuredly before walking back into the room.

Catheya hadn't noticed Esmeralda coming and going, by the looks of it, and neither was there any response from the ghost temple on the other side of the peak. He ...

Chapter 1,039.

Zac and Kruta were exhausted even if Sendor had healed their wounds, but the thought of loot brought a spring in their step. The two spent the next thirty minutes breaking the arrays before carefully harvesting the Conflict-Attuned flowers and herbs in the garden, and they didn't even spare the Spiritual Soil. It wasn't every day you found D-grade War Attuned soil, at least not soil that wasn't sullied by resentment and blood.

Next, they turned to Saeward himself. They hadn't dared pilf...

Chapter 1,038.

A/N: A small note for the discord peeps.

Patreon updated their bot this week, and which removed the Patreon connection for some people. If you're lacking the Heaven's Chosen role, you'll need to re-enter your discord handle here on Patreon.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about; Defiance of the Fall has a Discord Server for those who want to chat about the story or other things: 2023-03-17 17:33:49 +0000 UTC View Post