Authors note: Enjoy.
Chapter 78: Sovereign World
Alex held the world treasure firmly in his grasp. The tiny intricate designs held stories of realms, knowledge and powers lost to time— things that seemed unlikely to be touched by modern minds.
A relic of a lost era.
When Mei's eyes landed on it, she stepped back, a genuine look of ...
2024-05-06 12:08:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe voices abruptly stopped. The immense pressure surrounding Alex ceased. The silence was violent, leaving an emptiness in its wake.
He could breathe, but agony remained. His body was a battleground, pain, and energy warring within him.
His skill was still destroying his body.
"Whatever you're doing, you need to stop!" Mei shouted, her voice laced with urgency as she rushed t...
2024-05-05 15:09:35 +0000 UTC View PostThey ventured deeper into the forest, and at Alex's request, stopped a short distance from a stream. He knew a stream would attract animals they could hunt for meat and also provide them with water. "It's the perfect spot," he said, surveying the surroundings.
“Finding a stream was a pretty good idea, but... are we just gonna sleep on rocks tonight?” Mei asked, her hands on her hips, ...
2024-05-05 14:57:34 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors note: there’s a bit of an introspective throwback to the first chapter and some of his recent experiences to signify some form of growth to begin his journey into ‘badassery. Enjoy.
Chapter 75: The task at hand.
Alex held a deep belief in mercy and understanding, principles that guided most of his actions. However, these beliefs found ...
2024-05-05 14:44:29 +0000 UTC View PostGravity's vice grip anchored Alex in place, the suffocating embrace of a storm of blue flames and towering blades barrelling toward him. He was a ship without a sail, a hawk with clipped wings, vulnerable and laid bare before the storm's fury.
Alex's muscles screamed, unable to move against the oppressive force that bore down on him. All around, the world was painted in the fierce azure h...
2024-05-03 21:10:28 +0000 UTC View Post[Skill 'True Sight' has further discerned the energies of the items you have inspected. Further details available]
[True Sight: Mastery 5 > 12%]
[Sword 'Eclipse' (D) - Growth type weapon - An early work of a master craftsman of planet designation 'Hellven'. Ritualistically forged and doused in the blood of countless captured system beings...
2024-05-01 12:23:27 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors note: sorry guys I was struggling to find a place to put in the system battle arc and as a result this chapter took a little longer than necessary. I’ll be posting a few chapters more today to hopefully hit the 20 chapters ahead mark rather than 18.
Enjoy.
Chapter 72: Maddening Power
As Alex approached the massive, opul...
2024-05-01 09:06:37 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, I’ve updated the “system user vs cultivator” chapter to make the gloves more effective, as I think having years shaved off your life would be very hindering, unless you have a millennia long lifespan, and Jun Li is only at the first stage, with a permanent world treasure buff. Buffs don’t enhance lifespan and at best he has a few extra decades:
The glove conf...
2024-04-25 09:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post
[You have defeated level 402 Draconic Kobald (E) - additional experience points due to the level difference. Experience penalty due to grade difference]
[You have defeated level 315 Draconic Kobald (E) - additional experience points due to the level difference. Experience penalty due to grade difference]
[You have defeated level 437 Draconic...
2024-04-22 19:07:44 +0000 UTC View PostBlood. Death. Destruction. Hunger.
And satisfaction.
That was what Eclipse saw, and what it felt in this moment. Feelings. A concept so alien to it, as alien as the very steps it took. It felt a surge of gratitude towards its original, Alex, for gifting it with these new sensations as it continued to ignore his pleas, his thoughts, and his orders.
The clone's grip on its sword...
2024-04-22 14:39:47 +0000 UTC View PostTerror. From the beginning, it had known that those with life, the living ones, were destined to be afraid of something – predators, the flame that hung in the sky, the mother of nature, the shadows, each other – just as the living ones eradicated one fear, they would unwittingly birth a new one.
Crafted from the blackest metal, smelted and instilled with the blood, essence, anguish a...
2024-04-22 11:55:37 +0000 UTC View PostAlex's eyes focused, muscles tightening, and tensed. His grip strengthened on a spare sword drawn from his Inventory. He charged into the fray.
A deafening clash of steel rang out like the chime of a bell, and Alex found himself flung backwards by the sheer force.
The tremendous force of the draconic man's blow was more than he had anticipated. Skidding on the rough terrain...
2024-04-22 11:26:10 +0000 UTC View PostAlex gasped for breath, looking at Mei, who was starting to sit up, her eyes filled with bewilderment, gratitude, and sorrow.
"You... you crazy fool," Mei said, shaking her head. "What’ve you gotten us into?"
"I'm sorry, Mei," Alex said softly.
Mei managed a weak smile. "No, it’s fine… Alex. Thank you.” She met his gaze as they sat on unfamiliar earth.
“T...
2024-04-20 18:14:54 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the shadows, Alex observed the scene, horror-stricken. The female cultivator stood before Mei, her figure imposing as a mountain peak. The Qi radiating from her was akin to an all-encompassing storm, the calmness of her voice a stark contrast to the undercurrent of raw power pulsating beneath and around her skin.
"Mei, we trusted you with a simple task," the woman's voice broke the s...
2024-04-20 17:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors note: theres an interchange between the terms “D rank” & “D grade” in some chapters. Although both mean the same thing, sometimes the latter or former sounds better. Enjoy.
Chapter 67: Insanity
A slew of notifications assaulted Alex’s senses.
[You have defeated [Error - Non System Entity - Quantification rejected - ...
2024-04-20 17:31:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe vortex had devoured everything. A profound silence fell, only punctuated by the gentle rustling of torn foliage against the wind. Nothing but carnage remained - the skeletal outlines of trees stripped of leaves, a circular tear in the forest itself. A place that once teemed with life was devoid of all energies, drained by the terrifying phenomenon.
Within the center of this void, a fa...
2024-04-20 16:42:07 +0000 UTC View PostR'jdar grimaced at his current circumstances, stranded on the planet ‘Pyra’, a new world yet untouched by the empire's influence. A realm he guessed would not even be deemed worthy for a lowly initiate to manage. He scowled at his surroundings, looking at the primitive landscape with thinly veiled disgust. The mana of the world was thick and rich, true, but that hardly made up for its lack ...
2024-04-20 16:39:33 +0000 UTC View PostPanic rose in Alex’s chest, but he swallowed it down, forcing a calm exterior. Beside him, Mei had dropped into a low, defensive stance as she backed away, fear and worry evident in her eyes as she watched the two combatants.
"What do you want?" Alex asked, not breaking eye contact. If a fight was unavoidable, he'd rather face it head-on.
"Nothing much," the cultivator, Jun Li rep...
2024-04-20 16:34:23 +0000 UTC View Post“Was that a Dao, slave?" The man's lips curled back as he spoke, exposing clenched teeth, his words dripping with a venomous contempt so thick that clung to the air, a frosty dagger pointed directly at Alex.
The stranger stood tall, his gaze cold as ice as it swept over him. Alex, on the other hand, stood panting, his power significantly depleted after the intense battle with the Thunde...
2024-04-20 16:27:53 +0000 UTC View PostJun Li stood in their secret ‘training ground’, which was really just a small divot in the valley where their branch sect resided, surrounded by the early morning mist. Moisture clung to his clothes, making them cling to his skin. He watched Mo Ye from the corner of his eye, a coil of envy tightening in his gut.
Mo Ye stood across the field from Jun Li, his form solitary against...
2024-04-20 11:22:50 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors note: Enjoy.
Chapter 63 - Overpowered Prey
Days had passed since Alex had awoken in Mei's humble hut.
Alex was barefoot within the hut and practicing with his sword, centering himself and developing his technique, when Mei's sharp voice jolted him out of his focused state. "Come on, we gotta go." There was an edge to her tone that Alex hadn...
2024-04-18 12:51:41 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors note: I wanted to get this out tonight by any and all means. So I’ve just updated it to show him appraising the four enchanted and possibly ancient items from the Pyran queens loot: the gloves, the cloak, the stake, and the grimoir.
I’m also thinking of doing a poll on how the vessel of madness will be affected by ‘Assimilate Nexus’ how would his class effect a...
2024-04-09 01:24:27 +0000 UTC View Post
More madness. More changes. Who would have thought the imperials were cultivators? Alex had heard of the concept back on earth, but only vaguely. Maybe they had influenced earth somehow before the planets induction into the system? How else could earth coincidentally have knowledge of the Martial empire?
Now that he was out of the frying pan, he recalled his stat gains and and quest rewar...
2024-04-08 01:21:54 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors note: expanded to reveal how much of an ungrateful evil a** Jun Li is. Like, I’m sure this guy would tip over a wheelchair if it was slightly faster than him.
Anyways, enjoy.
Interlude: Outer Disciple Jun Li
Jun Li stood in their secret ‘training ground’, which was really just a small divot in the valley where their branch sect res...
2024-04-04 14:24:19 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors note: I settled for a somewhat fiery pip-squeak of a woman! Enjoy.
Chapter 60: Immortality
A blinding swirl of colours and spatial forces swallowed Alex whole. He was spinning, tumbling, carried along by an insidious current in the sea of cosmic energy.
Flashes of different realities blinked in and out of existence around him. One moment...
2024-04-03 21:50:29 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys,
I made some changes to the ending of the last arc, to show some more strength/brilliance/defiance from Alex right up until the end:
“As Alex made his own attempt to escape the chaos, praying he wouldn't be caught in the vortex's anomalous pull, a sudden force slammed into his stomach and knocked the wind out of him.
A boot had halted his attempted escap...
2024-04-03 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Prince R'jdar, the fourth prince of Haearthhel, was bored.
He had just entered a newly inducted middling E-ranked world and was waiting for something interesting to happen.
After promising his siblings and his father that he would conquer it within the hour to secure first rights, he had at least expected to encounter some resistance. However, nothing came his way.
Well, whate...
2024-04-03 01:27:30 +0000 UTC View PostAlex slashed, and the crystal exploded into shards, causing starry rain to shower the battlefield in all directions.
The portal, its power source shattered, shrieked in protest. Its size shrunk drastically.
The demons in transit weren't spared. Their forms contorted as they attempted to step between worlds and through reality, twisted in ways that defied nature. Some were crushed un...
2024-04-03 01:07:58 +0000 UTC View PostGodfred, level 67 Omnicidal Hitman
A month ago, Godfred had been the greatest assassin this land had ever seen.
They had called him ‘The Reaper’. People had even begun to attribute him to unexplained deaths. A foolish king fell from his balcony after nights of drunken hedony? It was the Reaper, they would say. Godfred had thought it was a silly name. But he couldn’t b...
2024-04-02 16:49:10 +0000 UTC View Post[2 hour mana cooldown ended. Skills now available for use]
In less than a blink, Alex summoned the brood mothers red skill crystal, its facets nestling hidden within his clasped fingers.
“Assimilate Nexus.” He breathed. He had less than a tenth of a second to do this. He would have to be quick.
[Infernal Spawn: The user will become—]
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