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Chapter 644: Just Another Sky Soul
The ending was inevitable, of course. Cragrila knew in her bones that they couldn't win this fight, the most they could do was buy time.
As soon as she and Wan Fei had arrived in Floodisle City, he had gone out to face the enemy. That had interrupted the executions, but it was the beginning of the end. A few cultivators who had sided with the invaders tried to attack them to gain favor with their new masters and were almost immediately cut down - Cragrila drew their attacks out of the s...
2026-02-17 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 643: The Hand of Deadwaste
The people of Hantron City had thought it was the end of the world when the monster loomed in the sky, some panicking and some giving in to despair. Those who hadn't been able to escape while it floated closer accepted that this would be their end.
When a new monstrous form emerged outside the city, those who still had enough sense to notice mostly groaned in ironic despair. They were already as good as dead, what did another unbeatable monster matter?
But when the new monster hur...
2026-02-16 18:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 642: Transformation Through Impurity
One hundred and nine percent.
No, beyond that, but not quite enough. Zae Zin Nim flickered at the edge of a breakthrough, and her struggle was not to manage it, but to avoid breaking through too early.
She sat in the center of a circular room formed of pure white marble. All around her, the most powerful members of the Pureflower Sect sat in two rings, extending their hands and imparting their qi toward her. The result was a locus of incredible density, yin energy of extraordinary...
2026-02-13 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 641: Final Choices
When the command came over the crystal, Kojajix couldn't believe his ears. He had thought it was just a threat, not something they would ever actually do. Their treatment of the Irunians, who seemed to be a noble people, had already turned his stomach. The idea of actually slaughtering them indiscriminately...
Even more unbelievably, both the men with him were picking up their swords and getting ready to attack. There were Irunian servants nearby... except there were two women rushing i...
2026-02-12 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 640: Sacrifices
When Omilaena and her allies finally hit the city, she had to admit that it felt good. Yes, there were casualties, and yes, this was the beginning of the end, but...
Finally. Fucking finally.
Jonijix and his invaders had made almost no allies in their hedonistic rush, so there were few to stand in her way. A few Savage Creed followers, but Omilaena flashed past them with a speed phase, leaving them to her allies. She wanted to finally get her hands on those damn invaders.
On...
2026-02-10 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 639: The End Begins
(Okay, as promised, now that we've started the final sequence there should be no more breaks until the conclusion of the fifth book. As I've said before, there will be some bonus content and news posts after, for no additional charge, but I'm going to stay quiet and focus on the story until then.)
Given enough time, Kai might have been able to solve Deadwaste's problems on his own, but he didn't have time. He only had a few days to train, which mostly resulted in improvements to ...
2026-02-09 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostBloodcrete Release
Today I'm releasing another book as Sarah Lin, specifically the long-awaited next audiobook narrated by Travis Baldree. If you haven't tried the series before, there are multiple previous books, including the omnibus of 1-3 that is a great hours/credit deal. Consider checking it out.
Link: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0GLR2GWKW
Billing Pause + Final Hiatus
Wish I'd given more warning, but this is the best time for the final hiatus of Depthless Hunger. A major business thing has come up this week (you'll be hearing about it later) and I needed a little time at some point to do minor rewrites on the concluding chapters.
This is also the best time for reader satisfaction, insofar as anyone can be satisfied by a hiatus. Chapter 639 is titled "The End Begins" and after that it is nothing but cliffhangers until the end. Once that begins, I inte...
2026-02-02 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 638: Final Deadwaste Reunions
Teleporting across the world should have been more disorienting, yet Kai felt no more than the slight lurch he had felt years ago, teleporting into the monster reserve for the Hunter Trials. One moment he was with Omilaena on Rosemount, then the next he was back in the Frontier.
He stood within the phase-suppressing rings for the mortal phase trial, which he doubted was an accident - the elites had planned for the possibility that someone else would steal the teleportation potions. Ther...
2026-01-30 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 637: Final Negotiations
It was absurd that, with all the apocalyptic concerns around them, Zae Zin Nim needed to be concerned about what she wore. But the Pureflower Sect was the only faction that was willing to support her, so her meeting with them was critical. Whether or not she could convince them to provide the final support she needed could well make or break her plans.
Only minutes until they teleported to the Pureflower Sect and she was still making her final decisions. One of the most obvious paths wo...
2026-01-29 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post