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[NR] Making A Path - Chapter 722

Jason nods, now it is time to do a little earth moving. Right now, if he just flattened things all it would result in is the area being a bit below ground level. Which to a point, is his goal, but more sculpted.

His plan wasn’t anything complex. Jason simply dug a narrow pit along the edges of the tilled soil with his hand. A coating of Energy protected said hand as he shoved his arm down until about a finger’s length into soil that hadn’t been “bloomed”. Once that is done, it...

[SD:DD] Smashing Pots - Chapter 6

The others all form a chain behind Gem, wind less able to blow Gem around with their high resistance. Which turns out to be a prescient move as the storm gets worse with winds whipping past them and shifting around. As they reach the forth wall, Samuel stops the others and raises a good point.

Though of course with the wind, Samuel needs to yell at this point, just to be heard. “WHAT IF THIS IS BECAUSE WE’RE GOING DEEPER INTO THE RUINS?”

A good point and the others all nod. ...

[D'sP] Stratus Cloud - Chapter 461

Doyle took a moment, which is extra subjective when in the timeless void, all to make sure this soul of a goat was truly a goat soul. It was. Best guess was that the soul core had been previously in the void long enough to lose any tendencies and then ended up in a regular goat.

Not perfect, but close enough.

Doyle grabbed the goat soul and retracted into his dungeon, the soul core squeezing through the dimensional border and scraping off some of the residue left over from their l...

[D'sP] What The Fire Doin' - Chapter 460

Doyle fell back and let his mind spread out once again, taking in the elemental realms. Fire, water, earth, air, wood, metal, and so many more. Especially if you counted the realms between realms such as ash between fire and wood or vapor between water and air.

Nevermind the intricacies where vapor can have steam, mist, fog, or clouds while between fire and water there might be a realm of steam. Or how earth had metals and then you bring up where the metal mercury goes. Which the answer...

[D'sP] Various Realms - Chapter 459

Spiral horns covered in the magical metal, mithril. That buttery silver metal of myth, most magical and light in ways mortal metal can’t be. Capable of transferring power in quantities other metals can’t compare to, though it is Mana specifically which to the delvers above might as well have no limit in throughput.

These horn covers poke through a purple-black bronze alloy helm. Though it doesn’t end there. The armor flows down their body like a breeze. While not completely coveri...

[NR] Working On The Path - Chapter 721

A few nights later, Rosha and Courtney are once again sat by the fire.

Rosha stares up at the ever changing sky. “The world is going to get strange.”

Courtney shrugs, “For the better if we manage it right. Besides, what is ‘strange’ in the first place? We have full dive VR, which would be seen as strange if not impossible in the past. The fall happened and yet strangely enough, through hard work and suffering, we managed to rise up better than ever. It isn’t perfect, b...

[NR] The Mental Side - Chapter 720

Courtney and Rosha catch Jason next time they see him, and Courtney is the one to ask. “We’ve been wondering about something. As it stands, no matter my training, I can’t stand up to others in my field, let alone those more specialized in information gathering or making a deal.

“Without the ability to at least hold my own, we aren’t going to be in the best position. Will cultivation help me be better at planning and plotting?”

Jason shrugs, “In the short term. You’...

[SD:DD] Into The Storm - Chapter 5

Samuel’s sword flourishes, knocking aside the lightning fast jab of the scorpion’s sting. A move that distracts the monsters from what turns out to be the real danger. The shield bash that shatters the lead claw. Though the quick kick to the face certainly didn’t feel too good either.

Gem laughs at this as they continue to fire off wind spears at the charging swarm. None quite as successful as that first, focus more on speed instead of charging up a shot. They can’t keep them al...

Author's Note: Visiting family next week, so might have late chapters

I am going to be visiting family. In fact, my sister kindly paid for a plane ticket so I can be out there with her and visit my grandmother who just turned 100 this year. I will be flying out on the 19th and flying back on the 23rd. Not that I wouldn't have gone without the ticket, it would just have been a 12 hour drive. As I will be needing to get up early to catch my flight, even the Friday D'sP chapters might be late as I'll be getting to bed a lot earlier than usual.

Not to say tha...

[D'sP] No Goat Shoes - Chapter 458

Doyle already had metal horn coverings. Those would not work even if worked from mithril. Now, admittedly, such a piece would still be better for the cyclone goat’s and their Spiral Blast skill. Not because it would empower the skill, but rather because the skill would pass through the armor with little interference.

In other words, not better than just using the skill. However, they would get to wear armor. Which, if given a choice to wear armor without being negatively affected, tak...

[NR] Compared To Chess - Chapter 719

Over the following nights, Rosha and Courtney made a habit of ending the night sitting next to each other by the fire. There was always something new to see, at least there was if they looked deeper in. What stars could be seen changed night to night. Never the same twice, even if they occasionally spotted groupings of stars that seemed familiar.

Rosha, “Is it the same sky, mixed up or entirely new skies?”

Courtney looked up, “Probably both. The areas near the settlement are...

[NR] Rosha And Courtney Talk About Juice - Chapter 718

Jason ended up having to delay his horticultural ambitions, at least for the moment. The girls convinced him that the road should come first. After all, if he was going to be regularly hauling plants back and forth, making that an easy task was a priority. More specifically, when they found out he would want to be dragging them there and back in the same day and eventually multiple times a week? Yeah, they set their foot down.

And of course, it fell on Jason to build said road. Or rathe...

[Closed] Deciding the Short Story Prompt for July 2025

Below are the full prompts as the poll doesn't allow the full text. In the case of ties the first option that got there wins. The short stor

Below are the full prompts as the poll doesn't allow the full text. In the case of ties the first option that got there wins. The short story will be finished by the end of the month.

• Elemental Lord of fire has to take the mantle of World leadership. Gods have abandoned the world, mortals are squabbling and the world is falling apart....

  2025-07-08 18:00:29 +0000 UTC View Post

[SD:DD] That's Neat, Moving On - Chapter 4

The group as a whole are a little out of sorts and so they quickly buy the ritual spells Gem had picked out. June received “Potable Water Creation” for 10 ap, the most expensive one by far. Samuel gladly bought “Compact Soil and Sand” for 5 ap. Though Gem lobbied for him to get the more generic “Compact Earth” version for 8 ap since they had the money for it now.

Emrys picked up “Campfire Spark”, which was no longer the cheapest spell, for 1 ap and 150 gp. While Gem glad...

[SD:DD] That's How The Spell Works - Chapter 3

With the threat of a bunch of desert critters being active and the dead walking, Gem had expected the guild to be active, hopping, bursting at the seams with opportunists looking for a quick buck. After all, what better time to find rare monsters, explore new areas, and generally get a lot of adventuring done.

Though they also reserved the slight chance that the guild would be mostly empty. People having had the chance to pick up quests and get to it. Nope.

There was a normal amou...

[D'sP] The Basic Beasts - Chapter 457

Satisfied that he knew how the raid boss thing worked, Doyle turned back to populating the normal monsters of the floor. Most expensive and already planned was the windbreakers. They would be positioned at the very start and there wouldn’t be too many.

Doyle began to place down individual birds. Spacing them out so they aren’t grouped up. His reasoning being that delvers would be less likely to hunt them all down if they have to seek the axebeaks out. This ended up with 14 birds, re...

[D'sP] Two Or A Double - Chapter 456

Ally shrugs, ‘I think you should try a patch or two of bramble, anyway. You’ve got basically an area that has grown wild. The trees are too far apart to be a forest. That tall grass is spaced out more like fields. Then you add in boulders?

‘Might as well make them walls of stacked rocks and square up the grass a little. Then you would have a land conquered by monsters. Left long enough that much of the original civilization has weathered away, but bits still poke through.’

[NR] Like A Glass Marble - Chapter 717

Jason kept poking the blossoms with his cultivation, feeling the lack of any form of spiritual or “divine” sense. Because while what he found wasn’t Energy, he wouldn’t blame those unfamiliar thinking it was. The power he felt within the blossoms wasn’t really a power in and of itself, but rather feeling like a collection of puzzle pieces half assembled.

Except like one of those pictures where you could see a vase or a pair of faces, the pieces were close to being either Mana ...

[NR] First Look At How The Flower Works - Chapter 716

Jason leaned up against his fence, mouth set in a frown as he watched the, ugh, mirrored jade blossoms. ‘I really need to figure out if I can at least get people to abbreviate the name.’ Though Jason admits to himself that part of his dislike of the name is that it reminds him of some unpleasant aspects from his last life.

Cultivators just love their long descriptive names. Jason can’t even claim to be beyond it himself. Whatever the case, these plants were wrong.

It had tak...

[Closed] Collecting Short Story Prompts for July 2025

Once again I'm here to ask all of you for short story prompts! I'll take the more popular ones as decided by the number of hearts (or that I particularly like) in the comments and make a poll at the start of the month. The winner will be made into a short story of a thousand or so words.

Not many rules on what you can suggest at the moment. That will mostly be figured out as we go. Besides that, the short story will come out before the end of the next month.

Rules for prompts:

[Short Story] After Landing On A Planet Delvers Peeve The Space Station Dungeon Core

Cold.

Hunger.

These two terms defined their existence. A simple sphere of crystal floating through the void of space. Around them is their one outlet, a space station they’ve slowly built up. It felt that the space is divided into five floors.

The crystal core also felt that all that allowed it to grow this big is the fact the core was traveling through space. This rapid travel is what allowed the core to absorb enough energy to survive. If it was staying in one place? Wel...

[SD:DD] Other Travellers Did It This Time - Chapter 2

While people are bustling around, there's a fire lit in their eyes and a smile on their faces. Gem squinted and chose to go directly to a receptionist.

While misery loves company, these people seem to have “suffered” a windfall. Better to ask the guild employee for the correct information instead of relying on someone that might not want to split their fortune even more. Though it seems Gem isn't the only one with this thought.

The receptionist they approach takes one look at ...

[SD:DD] More Regional Chatter - Chapter 1

(SoulDive’s official Forum, Regional Chat)

BertVurn, Billium, DesDose, Filegreen, FeltFelt, InkyCat, JuneSupport, KillTheKrill, May/Hem, MoxieBoxie, No2Ways, Vibez420, WizardsName, Zap2to2Zap, ZZZJohn

DesDose: So, let me get this straight. You were only supposed to be on the road for a few weeks at the most.

May/Hem: yep

DesDose: But it ended up taking you multiple months?

May/Hem: nods head

DesDose: I’ve just got to ask, HOW?!

May/Hem: <...

[SoulDive: Desert Disaster] Desert Disaster Preface

Gem Paroxysm had a fun time fishing out on the deep blue for a few months and even got a skill out of it! Oh, and there was the shipwreck and that whole cult situation. Which might explain part of why they decided to head into a desert next. And so, after a couple of months “exploring the wilds” (lost), the group finally arrived, just in time for a

Desert Disaster!

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The Sapient AI just put out their second Full Immersion Virtual Reality game called SoulDive. Unlike ...

[D'sP] The Setup For 20 - Chapter 455

Doyle pondered the 20th floor. An important number, it represented so much for him. His survival? Eh, it wasn’t as in doubt as it might have felt at points. For it to flourish so much? Go so far? Well, that was an entirely different matter and a lot of it wasn’t in his non-existent hands.

Ace and the others? Doyle had to admit that their taking over continues to be a great boon to him. An orderly town is the best setting for a dungeon among humans. Not only does that mean people wil...

[NR] Cultivating A Flower - Chapter 715

Rosha was now onto excavating her meridians. It isn’t quick. In fact, she is slower than Courtney. All to where she asked Jason multiple times if her talent is that bad.

Jason’s response is simple enough. Rosha simply didn’t have the experience needed for this kind of thing. Excavating the meridians isn’t like anything she had done before. On the other hand, Courtney had practice in multiple different tasks that could help. It was the old trope of “wax on, wax off”, where a ...

[NR] Unskilled Labor - Chapter 714

Whatever the case might have been, Jason’s plan of hitting up the settlement for quests seemed to work. Over the next couple months, they end up visiting many times, with Helina always having something for Jason to handle. All the while Rosha and Courtney are sent by Siegfried to clear out monster nests and patrol trouble spots.

Jason’s tasks? Well, they are more rote labor. Not that Helina didn’t have more exciting tasks available. Rather, Jason is avoiding tasks with a high expe...

[SD:OA] Cult Fallout - Chapter 12

In a separate layer from the world of SoulDive, a group of beings watches as various scenes flash by. One in particular noticed the wrap up on the kraken versus leviathan fight.

Akesi Waso Pali Suli, “Oh, hey! That group I saw a few months back was involved in the juvenile leviathan and kraken fight!”

Another admin looks over, “Oh yeah, I looked in on them before. They’re tagged as important to keep an eye on anyway, but seeing a leviathan fight a kraken, even if they were...

[SD:OA] More Forest Or The Desert - Chapter 11

As the four continue to make their plans, there is a knock at the door. Odd seeing as they weren’t expecting anything. They glance at each other.

Well, three of them do. Gem instead has a different reaction. “1, 2, 3, Not it!” And so they weren’t.

In the end, Emrys gets up and answers the door. “Hello, can I help you?”

The inn employee nods, “You can help me by taking this letter off my hands. Merchant Silverwhiskers was in town a month ago and left a message f...

[D'sP] Ally Is Why - Chapter 454

Ally watches as Doyle prepares to create his 20th floor. Despite the tendency of sapients to put significance to round numbers, it was in the end just another floor. What made a floor important is what you do with the floor.

Doyle planned to make it into a boss floor. Which more than any arbitrary number, would make this floor important. At this point, Ally wasn’t even sure exactly how Doyle planned to handle the boss aspect.

Not that he has been keeping it close to his chest or...