"Fine," Zac smiled. "You get 60% if we both reach the trove."
"Don't forget the finder's fee," Kruta grinned.
"Are you trying to lead me into the lion's den before scurrying back to safety?" Zac said with a raised brow.
"No, but I know my limits. I'll do what I can, but this isn't a war for the survival of my tribe," Kruta said...
2023-02-17 19:42:41 +0000 UTC View PostZac was about to share his prepared excuse, but he sighed and shook his head before leading Catheya into his study.
"It's nothing much. My senses are just telling me someone is targeting me. I just got the Fate-augmenting prayer beads, and they only made me more certain."
"Target you? Who?" Catheya frowned. "Nerven Serku? Didn't he e...
2023-02-16 19:53:46 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a shame [Cosmic Infusion] didn't work when you wanted to extract the essence of Natural Treasures for his personal use. Instead, Zac opted to rely on his tried and true method of cramming things down his gullet. It hadn't failed him yet.
Zac wound the stalk around the mushroom before cramming it into his mouth. An e...
2023-02-14 19:30:25 +0000 UTC View PostZac was curious about his haul, but one thing took precedence. He closed his eyes and started scanning his body for any wrongness. Occasionally, Zac activated [Void Zone] for a minute before turning it off. He'd even start the first stance of the third layer of [Void Vajra Sublimation].
He'd seen just how ...
2023-02-13 19:20:28 +0000 UTC View PostZac's first entry into the hostile Red Zones was the Imperial Spire. The incredibly high mountain had seemed like a perfect place to start his collection of items. Even then, he had found himself at an impasse after pushing himself close to the peak. The final 2,500 meters were impossible to climb, at least for Zac, who lacked a Dao of Gravity.<...
2023-02-11 18:58:19 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about the inconvenience
2023-02-10 16:51:00 +0000 UTC View Post"This is the one," Zac muttered, pushing away the unsettling sense of doom as he picked up the withered branch with his free hand.
The Omnitool in his other transformed from its standard rock pick into a scalpel axe. He still lacked six of the seventeen peaks, but he'd found that the tool could already be used for half an hour before it ne...
2023-02-09 18:46:43 +0000 UTC View PostIMPORTANT CHANGE:
I generally try to avoid doing retroactive changes to the story, but sometimes you have just pull the trigger and change the past. I have decided to make some changes to chapter 981 (the chapter where Null first explains some rules of the Perennial Vastness), some of which have cascading ...
2023-02-08 20:11:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe cold no longer felt as invasive as Catheya led Zac toward one of the outermost pagodas.
"This region is called Tears of Belsim," Catheya said. "According to legend—"
"What legend?" Zac said with confusion. "Was this a part of the empire before?"
"How could it be? You know, there is a lot of information in the libraries. M...
2023-02-07 18:24:34 +0000 UTC View Post[Mana: 18,953]
Zac looked at the line appreciatively. Less than two months had passed since arriving, yet he was already approaching the third echelon. He was more than a year ahead of schedule, giving him much more leeway. Better yet, the Mana was only a cherry on top of his real gain—[Cosmic Forge]. An...
2023-02-06 20:07:00 +0000 UTC View PostZac's heart beat with anticipation as he picked up the inlaid tome. Unsurprisingly, its pages were filled with the unfamiliar scripts of the First People. Of course, they were no longer unfamiliar, thanks to the seal in his mind.
'Solevur opened her eyes and gazed upon an endless void. She was the first of the first, the originator of ...
2023-02-03 18:03:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe firefly sun had turned into a storm that engulfed the whole building, even dragging the flames out of the braziers by the walls. Zac stood in its center, pick hammer in his hand as he looked around with wonder. The billions of fireflies created dazzling patterns that kept changing in incredibly complex ways. Just like he'd sensed before, the...
2023-02-02 17:36:53 +0000 UTC View Post"You're playing a dangerous game," Lova commented as they looked down at the children.
He'd just absorbed the last of the keys, which would trigger the summoning. A powerful force was building within his body, but it wasn't enough to obscure the raging storm of fate around the child. It was shielded using some unconventional means, but the...
2023-02-01 18:26:39 +0000 UTC View Post"You hear that? This lunatic is cheering you on," Ogras sighed. "You have to understand that's not a good sign."
"As I've said, I'm not going crazy. It's just those visions overloading my brain," Zac said with a roll of his eyes. "Let's go. I want to deal with this before my head explodes. Of course, if you feel this is a waste of time, yo...
2023-01-31 18:21:26 +0000 UTC View PostInnumerable broken fragments floated in the air, locked in orbit by the immense energy fluctuations and inherent gravity of the vast ancestral platform. Below, the fractures of broken space swirled, forming a vortex as vast as reality itself. The two were locked in an ancient struggle akin to a predator and its faltering prey. By this point, the...
2023-01-30 18:38:46 +0000 UTC View PostZac checked everything was in order before stepping through the teleporter. He had returned to his human appearance for this excursion. He wasn't worried about being attacked—the Quarry was a green zone, after all. But Arcaz Umbri'Zi had created too many enmities in the short run since he'd arrived.
If someone spotted him walking around ...
2023-01-27 18:52:58 +0000 UTC View PostSorry, I know this is a frustrating post to see just as we're supposed to get back on regular schedule. But have to take today off for health reasons.
We should be back tomorrow.
2023-01-26 12:00:34 +0000 UTC View PostZac calmly looked at the smiling vampire, but his Dao was already coursing through his [Thousand Lights Avatar]. He'd unleash [Void Zone] at the slightest energy fluctuations and kill as many as he could before they had the chance to react to having their energy and Dao nullified.
"Relax," Ysaya said with ...
2023-01-25 18:37:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe air screamed, and a series of explosions ripped open a set of new wounds before Zac's blood calmed the storm in his immediate vicinity. He was almost dragged to the sky, but he quickly took out his bar of [Nightlbight Alloy] to anchor himself to the ground. The huge block was twisted and bent, with most of its spirituality g...
2023-01-24 20:21:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey hey,
Book 8 of Defiance of the Fall is now out on Amazon/Kindle Unlimited! Book 8 starts in Twilight Harbor, and it launches one of the all-time fan-favorite arcs.
The Twilight Ocean holds unfathomable treasures, but you n...
2023-01-24 14:53:14 +0000 UTC View Post'What do we do? WHAT DO WE DO?' Kalva's frantic voice rattled in Uthar's mind. 'This guy is too dangerous.'
Uthar's face was calm, but his heart drummed as he looked on as the severed link of the insane Draugr's coffin floated into the man's hand. Uthar realized he knew far too little about these undead creatures and thei...
2023-01-20 19:45:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe group of four made no move to attack, and the two sides wordlessly looked at each other for a few seconds until the leader of the new arrivals spoke up.
"You are the Draugr who has been making waves over the past month," the man smiled, his eyes turning to the box in Zac's hand. "That thing…"
"Is mine," Zac cut him off.
"...
2023-01-19 19:57:34 +0000 UTC View PostA huge gust passed by overhead, leaving behind a curtain of explosions. A boulder the size of a skyscraper fell in the distance, piercing through the budding storm and enraging it even further. A moment later, the winds had reached Zac, who pushed the chains of [Love's Bond] into the ground to avoid getting swept away.
A d...
2023-01-13 19:08:14 +0000 UTC View PostIt seemed like the weight of the whole Calamity Mountain bore down on Zac's shoulders as he continued his climb. His arms strained from the pressure, and he would already have been thrown back to the bottom of the chute if not for the help of both Vivi and Alea.
He wasn't sure if it was the treasure itself or the crack it fell out of that ...
2023-01-12 19:05:42 +0000 UTC View PostA/N 2023-03-30: Chapter 1/2 of today (doing a double chapter release today. Next one in an hour or two.
For next month, normal release schedule, except no chapters April 12-14.
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Rivers of energy poured down the walls of the Storm Chamber, their density far beyond...
2023-01-01 18:19:10 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes life throws you curveballs. Curveballs like Audible messing up your pre-order and just release your next book over 3 weeks ahead of schedule. On New Year's Eve, when there is no personnel available to fix the error.
So surprise to all of us! Defiance of the Fall Book 8 is now out on Audible.
Unbridled destructive urges and mad exuberance fought for dominion as a set of remnants squeezed out from the crack in their prison. Accompanying them was a storm of accumulated energies that had yet been filtered by the profound patterns crafted by Be'Zi and the System.
Yet, when the second set of remnants attempted to follow in their wak...
2022-12-23 19:52:33 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE 12-22
Thought I had it, then the fever came back. I managed to write a decent chunk at least. Tomorrow will(should) be a release, and I'll do another one before year-end.
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UPDATE 12-21
Still sick, but getting a bit better. I hope...
2022-12-19 08:21:01 +0000 UTC View PostZac couldn't help but give the two Soul Strengthening Arrays in his hands a second look. Years of having Zac's Daos channel through their pathways and absorbing the ambient energy had completely transformed them. The previously matte disks now glowed in a deep hue of gold and black, giving off powerful emanations of Life and Death.
Even if...
2022-12-16 18:58:13 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: As many of you commented yesterday, Zac is indeed aiming for his third reincarnation, not fourth. Breaking through will put him in the fourth layer of the method, however, which got my head twisted a bit.
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The last rat fought against the suffocating chains, but a ruthless swing ended the...
2022-12-15 19:23:11 +0000 UTC View Post