DefianceNovels

Defiance of the Fall Book One is out! New goal!

Three bonus chapters! 

Now that I have your attention: As I have mentioned before, after multiple editing passes and me fixing a slew of things, Defiance of the Fall Book 1 is finally out on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

Get the Kindle Book (or paperback) here! 

2021-06-08 13:32:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 692.

“Well, thanks,” Zac snorted  as he saw Catheya wink at him.

Zac wasn’t offended at her utter disinterest in helping him through. Their relation was one of an employer-employee, where both used each other for benefits. Why should she stick her neck out? Zac definitely wouldn’t do so if she got herself in similar trouble.

The auction soon started up, but Zac wasn’t overly invested in the proceedings. He felt that if you had seen one you’d seen them all. He mostly en...

Chapter 691.

The skills in the public section of the repository were mostly Middle-stage, which meant the equivalent of a skill you’d get from an Uncommon Class, though slightly weakened from the transcription. A few skills were high-grade, but most of them were either out of stock or had some sort of drawbacks that made them less popular.

The Eldritch Archivals were in the same situation as most other merchants in the Twilight Harbor; a lot of high-end stock geared toward E-grade warriors had bee...

Chapter 690.

The little flying vessel immediately shot toward the disk where the Dao Repository was housed. Zac’s shopping spree had not only shored up on things that his little planet sorely needed, but it had also given Zac a decent understanding of Twilight Harbor as a whole. The past days had doubled as a crash course that you simply couldn’t get from reading a missive.

He had seen tens of thousands of warriors who, just like him, were stocking up and preparing for the Twilight Ascent. He ha...

Chapter 689.

The general meaning of a Pseudo D-grade pill was somewhat self-explanatory, but Zac had never heard of any such terminology before. Was it pills designed for Half-Step Hegemons or just extra good pills for E-grade cultivators? He had already confirmed that Half-Step cultivators wouldn't be able to join the trial, so it should be the latter.

Asking would immediately ruin his façade though, and Zac could only look on as the screen in front of him changed, turning to the ‘Dawn’ pill s...

Chapter 688.

A/N: Thanks for reupping, and welcome new patrons!

------

“They probed our souls with some sort of treasure,” Vilari muttered a few moments after the trio had left the balcony. “I wasn’t able to block it out.”

“They did?” Zac said with surprise. “I didn’t notice anything.”

“Young master’s soul is strong, but you ultimately aren’t a Soul Cultivator,” Vilari said with a slight smile.

“What’s your tak...

Chapter 687.

The exquisite chimes that danced in the air echoed with the hints of the grand Dao as Va Tapek stepped onto the vast hall that doubled as an observation deck. He was met with a refreshing gust medicinal aroma after taking just one step inside. Va briefly scanned the hall, seeing there were four Perennial Braziers burning, each of them releasing smoke of a different color.

Va Tapek took a deep breath, and felt his cells opening, greedily swallowing the dense medicinal and spiritual energ...

Changes and Summer Schedule

*Note, this is a post public to ALL patrons, so keep spoilers out of the comment section*

As some patrons might have noticed the chapters have started to get longer since the final stretch of the Mystic Realm arc. The average chapter length since then has been over 2800 words per chapter, compared to the 2200 average of Act 1 of DotF.

Initially, this was just to expediently reach the conclusion of an arc that had frankly gone on a...

Chapter 686.

“Turn me in?” Zac smiled, though he inwardly didn’t feel as confident.

He had already confirmed with Triv that not being attached wasn’t a crime, but that was just the official ruleset. Zac wouldn’t be surprised if some hardliners within the Empire wanted to eradicate everyone who didn’t pledge allegiance to their God Emperor the Primo.

Zac tried to gauge whether Catheya was serious or just probing him in search for information, but he didn't get anything from her smil...

Chapter 685.

Nala had taken them to a medium-sized disk with tens of thousands of elegant spires reaching toward the stars. There were also whole towns and enormous settlements erected on platforms between some of the larger spires, forming a multi-layered society that stretched thousands of meters into the air. It looked like a normal metropolis for people of mixed heritage, rather than something belonging to a singular force.

Interestingly enough, the disk had structures built both on the top and ...

Chapter 684.

“It is quite a sight,” a sultry voice commented to Zac’s side, dragging him out of his reverie.

“Dreamers living among our people. I didn’t believe my master when he told me,” Zac said with a snort as he turned toward the source of the voice.

It was a Revenant, seemingly a human with a bit of demonic heritage. She didn’t have any horns, but her hands were a bit clawed and her skin had a thin pattern reminiscent of that of the Torrid Demons. She wore a tightfitting dr...

Chapter 683.

It felt extremely weird to stand suspended in space, but the discomfort was far overshadowed by the awe as Thea looked down upon the vast continent in the distance, its size breaking both comprehension and the laws of physics.

Just how big was that place? It was endless, and planets were nothing but small marbles that hovered around it. This was what she had dreamed about when listening to the explanations of the Tutorial pixies so long ago. Visiting mysterious faraway lands, walking pa...

Chapter 682.

Things proceeded quickly from the moment Calrin had taken the bait, and Zac soon found himself as the main shareholder of the Mercantile License. There was a simple reason why Zac wanted majority stakes; he needed to start planning for his cultivation early. Getting one million D-grade Nexus Coins was an almost unfathomable fortune to him right now, but would it be the same in a few hundred years as he was working on his Cultivator's Core?

Yrial had already said that nurturing a Mortal ...

Chapter 681.

Zac appeared in his courtyard back on Earth, and a look outside showed that the environment was fast returning to normal thanks to Triv and the golem gardeners. His initial outing had taken just over a month, but he believed that the next one might take a lot longer. So before heading out there were some final matters to deal with.

First thing’s first, Zac looked inward and started to channel more and more energy into his hidden Specialty Core until he felt something change. There was...

Chapter 680.

“The Big Boss what?” Zac asked with confusion.

“The founder once tried to forge a huge axe, but he failed spectacularly and even blew up his forge along with most materials. He got so angry that he went on a rampage and hacked away at the core metal he was planning on using,” the devil snickered.

“Ah?” Zac said with a confused smile, his image of powerful Monarchs somewhat ruined.

“Well, the material was no longer suitable for crafting after that, but it was a ...

Chapter 679.

The whole stadium was silent for a few seconds before it erupted in raucous cheers.

Zac gazed at his Tool Spirit with rapt attention until the bloodstorm swallowed Verun whole. It was back in his axe a moment later, the first fractal on his handle dimmed down.

“Amazing! What a Tool Spirit! Even I am getting a bit tempted to get my hands on a beastcrafted axe. Who would have any regrets when walking into battle with a companion like that?!” the announcer screamed. “Of course,...

Chapter 678.

Zac didn’t mind the announcer’s tone since he understood that the man was just playing things up to elicit more bets. He was more interested in the results of the last battles. The effect of his two Dao Fragments on his new skill was pretty interesting. The Fragment of the Bodhi increased the number of leaves, and Zac felt that they also contained more energy, which would make them harder to destroy.

Meanwhile, adding the Fragment of the Axe actually decreased the number of leaves c...

Chapter 677.

It took Zac another hour of walking before he finally spotted the Coliseum. In fact, he had seen it long ago, but he had assumed it was a mountain range judging by its size. He didn’t immediately head over, but first looked at the building in awe. It was simply massive, far eclipsing the enormous containment building that held the Dimensional Seed.

It continued for tens of kilometers, a fortress of epic proportions. The majority of the structure was no doubt private sections meant for...

Chapter 676.

Boje’s back was slick with sweat as he hurried down the vast hallways. Being summoned by the Supreme Ancestor could only mean one of two things. You had either made such huge contributions to the clan that the Matriarch actually ended her perennial cultivation to commend and reward you, or that you had screwed up by such epic proportions that it might implicate your entire branch.

Of course, Boje knew he hadn’t accomplished any grand feats as of late. Furthermore, his father walked ...

Chapter 675.

The second trial went without any surprises, and Zac added another title to his growing repertoire after suffering inside a volcano for three weeks. Zac would probably have been able to reach the core of the volcano in two, but he had decided to move slowly as he digested what he had gone through in the chasm.

The second title only gave Strength, Vitality, and Endurance, but it did provide 4% to all three, which was even more valuable compared to the previous title in Zac’s book. He h...

Chapter 674.

On the other side of the door was a small balcony overlooking the enormous crater left behind after the Havenfort Monarch. Zac had been prepared for the hole to be big after reading about it in the missive, but even then he wasn’t mentally prepared to the staggering scene.

The chasm was endlessly vast, possibly having a diameter that eclipsed Zac’s whole island. As for the depth, it was even greater. Zac fought off his vertigo and walked over to the edge of the balcony, but he immed...

Chapter 673.

There was just one thing Zac needed to do before he left Earth. He looked down at the crystal in his hands, and a tumultuous wave of emotions hit him once again. He hated the thought of using something given to him by that woman, but what choice did he have? If he ever wanted a chance at taking charge of his own destiny or reuniting with his sister, then he couldn’t stay in Port Atwood.

He needed the Array, at least for now.

Zac took a deep breath before he pushed it against his...

Chapter 672.

Zac had gained his first skill upgrade quest at level 90 as expected, and another one at level 100. Both of them provided him with one opportunity to freely fuse or upgrade one of his F-Grade skills, though the upgrade only allowed for upgrading Class-specific skills. The fusion could make use of external skills, but only if the first skill in the fusion was provided by the class. Secondly, only F-grade skills were useable in the fusion.

Zac had reached level 90 just two months after th...

Chapter 671.

Vilari came in a moment later, her eyes shielded by a black silk scarf covered in aquamarine fractals, which also held her shoulder-long white hair back from her face. Her build was still the same as the angelic girl who almost killed him in the Battle of Fates, but her aura was completely different.

Two black streaks ran down her cheeks and continued down her neck. It was a bit reminiscent of runny mascara if not for the massive amount, but its origin was rather Zac himself. When his s...

Chapter 670.

Zac breathed out in relief and elation, thinking everything was over. But a lot of things suddenly happened at once. The rampant energies of the remnants started to recede into the fractal prison as Zac felt two marks appear on his forehead, where each mark formed a vortex that could match even his Hidden Nodes in voracity.

A shocking suction made the space around Zac bend, and he looked on with distress as an enormous amount of attuned energies was dragged into his head. Zac had absorb...

Chapter 669.

A/N: As mentioned before, this is the last chapter of the week with next one on monday.

-------

The will was there, but Zac soon realized that reaching a perfect reincarnation would be easier said than done.

Things went quite smoothly in the beginning, with shards after shards almost effortlessly merging. But more and more force was required to keep the process going. It was almost like the extremely energy-dense shards had a mind of their o...

Chapter 668.

One cycle after another passed as the [Life-Death Array] did its thing, and some sweat started running down Zac's forehead by the time he reached the seventh cycle. He usually stopped infusing the array with his Dao by this point, but his urgency kept him going this time. There thankfully was a huge surplus of energy in his [Spiritual Void], especially since he hadn’t used the array at all over the past weeks.

His second Dao storage helped Zac tide ov...

Chapter 667.

Happy 2nd anniversary, fellow defiers!

Two years, 667 chapters, 1 521 612 words. A big thank you for all the support thus far! You patrons are what makes this story possible.

------------

Zac knew what Henry was talking about. The moment the grace period ended and its shroud was lifted, then Earth would most likely find itself inside the sphere of influence of some faction of the Zecia Sec...

Chapter 666.

Zac's thoughts were a blur as he made his way back to his compound, and he spent over thirty minutes aimlessly wandering around until he stopped in front of one of his sister’s workshops. Far beneath the ground was a large factory, this particular one used to create the Dao Balls meant for Kenzie's breakthrough.

A fiery ember of rage swept away the bleakness as Zac peered down at the ground, and he was more than willing to give in to the feeling. Cosmic Energy surged through his body ...

Chapter 665.

A/N: I've been conscripted for some spring cleaning, so early chap today. Besides, I think that the Sunday has felt long enough for many :)

-------

“Can’t we all stay here together?” Kenzie said as she looked at Leandra pleadingly.

“You have been discovered, child,” Leandra sighed. “You tried to evolve with insufficient preparations. You staying here will put this whole world in danger. We need to leave for the Six Profundity Emp...