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Heaven's Law - Monolith - Ebook

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The epub and mobi are attached below. Thanks for bearing with me with this one. Underworld should be starting later this week.

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Update

More than halfway done with my last read-through of HL book 2. Publishing early next week. Underworld coming soon.  

Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 73 - Part b

Reaching the top of the stairs, Chao felt the weight of a divine cultivator’s perceptions crash down on him. It was still repressive, but it didn’t affect him as much as the first time he was here. Living on the sixth floor for a few months had greatly benefited him.

“Shall I reduce the aura?” Ji asked.

“Thank you, but no,” he replied.

The door sealing off the bulk of the seventh floor was almost identical to the white vault. Its color made him think of the Heave...

Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 73 - Part a

Sister Pangfua bid them to go on without her from the Water Cultivation Chamber. Core Disciple Shoi-ming was already purging the gore that had remained there with fire, but not without first retrieving the spatial rings of the cultivators Huifen had killed.

Sage Harnish’s ring would first be returned to Sect Masters Uilleam and Ginevra. Their son’s personal effects would first return to them before the ring would come to her.

Just being in the room caused Huifen to relive thos...

Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 72

As they exited, the first thing Chao noticed was that the kneeling Morning Midst Village had vanished from the staging area. It seemed they’d been commanded to return to their sect. He wasn’t sure what he thought of that, but it would be nice not to have to think of them causing mischief while they were still there.

They found Sect Master Uilleam kneeling over a sitting Baros. When the younger cultivator saw them arrive, he moved to get up when the water sage warned him. “Take it ...

Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 71

Huifen flew over to Chao before she could confirm that his focus had returned to his body. She placed herself in front of him, wanting to wrap her arms around his neck, but she stayed back momentarily so as not to startle him. That wasn’t out of the ordinary, but her feelings of apprehension were.

She stiffened her back against her foreboding. She’d been there when Father Zan was putting him through his special training. She’d seen the toll it had taken on him. It was the same aft...

Quick Update

Next chapter is coming tomorrow. I didn't get a lot of sleep and my focus just isn't there today. We're almost there guys.

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Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 70

Chao noticed the complete absence of his conscience’s warning as he waded through the massive army’s bombardment in his spherical space barrier. That caused him more concern than if it were screaming at him. It might be because he was in a construct facing unreal opponents, but in a very real way he was about to test his most powerful technique at a level he’d never dared.

Even when facing off with the defensive pylon’s overflow, he’d reserved much of his qi in case something ...

Heaven's Laws - Book 2 Cover Art reveal.

Just a reminder, book 2 has officially been changed to Monolith instead of Lifestone. Since Lifestone is the planet they're on and they'll have another adventure or two there, it just makes more sense this way.

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Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 69

Sage Pangfua continued to watch the Morning Midst and Night Pearl Sect Masters carefully after Huifen and Chao’s departure. She’d known that they were close, but never had they shown such public affection. It was almost as if…

Uilleam had a pensive look as he watched the young sages go. Ginevra was instead lost in her own thoughts. She’d attached herself to the water sage at the hip.

Pangfua saw how the sage navigated the man’s wooden armor—she was so practiced that sh...

Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 68

Even though her Chao and Sister Pangfua were with them, Huifen place herself between Dvora and the descending overlords. She held up a cheap card jade, drawing their attention.

“You don’t have to worry, Little Sister,” Pangfua assured her.

Chao didn’t stay there but hurried over to stand by Huifen. He placed his hand on her lower back. He was examining her with his perceptions she realized.

“I’m fine,” she insisted.

“Well met, Sage Huifen,” the Sect M...

Update

Hey guys,

I'm going to be out of the house today. The Space Center has tickets for a fourth of the price, today only, so we're going to take the kids. I've also never been. So sorry for the gap in chapters. Back at it tomorrow.

Btw, I'm also almost caught up on Underworld, so that's just around the corner. :D

Heaven's Laws - Monolith - Chapter 67 - part b

Pangfua placed herself right in front of the Morning Midst Sect Master.

Unwilling to let his big sister face the sage after what she’d just been through, Chao moved to cut her off, but Huifen was too fast. She was already there by the time he started moving and even Elder Alfori placed herself between him and the near-peak water sage.

That great dragon inside him that demanded justice roared out when a blaring flame warmed the area and Sect Master Uilleam shot off into the dista...

Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 67 - part a

Seeing Brother Baros at edge of death, Chao didn’t know what to do. Huifen had threatened a Morning Midst Village elder into doing his best to heal the man. She’d taken Dvora to the side to be there for the fairy. Brother Shoi-ming had flown up and unleashed his aura as he peered down on the still kneeling enemy. Big Sister Pangfua was more directly watching over the group of elders Huifen had dragged along. He was there, ready to back up anyone who needed him. Despite that, he felt power...

Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 66

Huifen found her parents under the protection of a defensive formation covering the joint sect’s camp. They hadn’t moved to join them. Even though the enemy might seem subdued, it would only take a few of them with evil intent to take advantage of the lowering of the array. Then they might take hostages.

She scanned the crowd of humbled sky realm cultivators. None of them acted as if they had a hidden trump card, but these elders had followed Harnish. She wouldn’t put any deceptio...

Quick Update

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I currently don't have a secure way of uploading chapters, though I can update from my phone. I'm considering uploading some chapters from an open wifi network, but will have to reset my password afterward. I'm waiting until I have multiple chapters before publishing.

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Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 65 b

Note: I ended up cutting this chapter up more than I originally intended. There's a quite a bit that's about to happen. We are going to be at a resort for a week this coming Monday, but I should be able to post the rest of the the chapters for this book while we're vacationing. I will work during this time, and it's usually very productive. Besides editing, I'll also be re-listening to Underworld while I'm gone and hope to start the next book in the series. Chapters are coming soon.

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Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 65 - Part a

The look Chao had given her had been a reassuring one. Nothing of it remained.

The dragon, Justice, remained in its cage as did the phoenix, Mercy. Four joint sect disciples had died because he was so desperate to punish Harnish himself, but his wife had stubbornly tried to save the enemy sage’s disciples, getting herself injured in the processes. Dragon, phoenix, it didn’t matter, he hated them both. He also sought them and cherished them, so why did they so ardently struggle again...

Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 64

Xiao Tu and his Ice Phoenix Sect elder-wife Sya had been managing the joint sect disciples outside the spire when it happened. They didn’t even need the localization array to tell them something was happening. Tens of sky realm cultivators were gathering outside their building. Most of their disciples were in their sleeping chambers, including a few elders. There were a few groups out and about in the encampment.

“You gather the flock, Momma Phoenix,” Tu said, taking advantage of ...

Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 63

Chao felt her approach before she even entered the room. He didn’t wait for her. Shooting through the space tunnel, he appeared at the other side. He reached through the room’s barrier and grabbed her hand. All that it took was a touch. He was so intimately familiar with her body’s every working. Before he could say something, she attached herself to his neck.

As he was about to plunge through the barrier to inflict whoever it was that did this to her, she spoke. “They’re dead...

Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 62

Dvora had lost consciousness under the tribulation ice, only to wake a few moments later to the warmth of overly hot balls of fire floating overhead that were starting to sting her skin. Her grogginess vanished as something was forced down her throat.

Blinking, she found someone in front of her. An ice fairy was lying on her awkwardly, pressing her up against the wall. It wasn’t heat coming from the girl’s body, but a deathly cold.

“This one as well,” an assertive ice fair...

Heaven's Laws - Lifestone - Chapter 61

Note: Updated full chapter. Next chapter is up tomorrow.

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“You’re leaving?” The beautiful Fairy Eu-meh asked as he turned away.

Baros’s training gave his grin a confidence he didn’t have. “Not everyone in my sect are like Harnish. I have to save who I can.”

“Do you want us to come with you?” The tawny skinned fire cultivator said, stepping away from the mobile palace. They’d just finished gathering everyone on the first floor ...

Quick Update

Hey guys,

So I'm just a day or so from posing the next Heaven's Laws chapter, but I'm playing it by ear. I'm getting close to being done with rereading/editing EVERYTHING written so far. The only thing in question is what the hurricane Idalia is going to do. So expect things later in the week at the latest.

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Body Cultivation Hurts - Chapter 27

Nathan moved on to flexibility and bodyweight exercises. The changes the Genetic Modification System made to his body greatly improved his flexibility, but while still in the body realm it was possible to become so tight that some flexibility could be lost. It was important to keep full range of motion and to be able to apply power throughout.

This station in the circuit wasn’t a strenuous one. Many people had gathered around him. Most of them weren’t people he’d known before. He ...

Body Cultivation Hurts - Chapter 26

Nathan may have been the first to bleed or break a bone with Silvester’s cultivation-enhanced shin kicks, but his example hadn’t been ignored. As soon as he’d finished with deadlifts, he heard reports of at least five people losing their breakfast. He was proud.

Did he really expect them to follow him to the same body-breaking extreme. No. At least not at every station. It was also still early. As people started to grasp what they’d gotten themselves into, they’d also start to...

Body Cultivation Hurts - Chapter 25

Even though Nathan was hoping to just jump right into it, he found himself running from station to station to make sure everything was starting as it should. That was after making sure those that needed yang and yin heavy pills got them. The looks he was receiving told him all he needed to know. They were afraid of him. Not simply in a respectful way either. Few people even met him in the eye.

When a woman squatting form disintegrated the moment she noticed him cheering for her, he got ...

Body Cultivation Hurts - Chapter 24

Nathan held the rope for each person as they came to the stage. “There are two more things we need to address before we get started. Those of you that haven’t chosen paths of cultivation. Don’t think that this form of training will be a waste of time for you. Your main growth will come from killing enemies, however, do you believe that is the only way your strength can grow?

“Just as with cultivators, training your body now will bear fruit during future stages of your advancemen...

Nether Feast - Chapter 14

A few weeks passed and I got to listen to my sister’s stories to my heart’s content. If they all were written down, her adventures could fill their home library to the brink. Not all of them were tales of triumph. There were more than a few tragedies. I desired to remain there, never to do anything else but spend time with my sister, Bren, and their family, but I knew there were things that had to be done.

When it was finally time for me to leave, I took out the scroll Queen Yuris h...

Body Cultivation Hurts - Chapter 23

Author Note: The remaining chapters are exploratory in nature. Ultimately, I might not take the story in this direct in the future when I return to the series. 

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Suddenly the lights dimmed and the wall itself became a big screen. There had been one scene he’d kept from all his videos that the system had recorded.

He and Kyle sitting back in lawn chairs with a beat-up jeep behind them appeared on screen. He hadn’t had to record this himself. It was actually based...

Nether Feast - Chapter 13

Serena and Bren had their own vault. It was large from what they’d told me, but compared to the number of monster corpses I had prepared for them it would hold only a small percentage of them. We stood in the room that was larger than my parent’s home when I’d still been living with them. Only the shelves on one side of the room were full while the others were bare minus a few specialty items.

Seeing Serena standing there ringing her hands, it was the first time I’d seen her unc...