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🕑 Added 2024-04-07 20:13:02 +0000 UTCAn accelerated step to the side avoided Zac's slicing chop. His attack pursued without giving pause, but the much larger reaver was as slippery as an eel. He dodged again, disrupting Zac's tempo with a lightning-quick jab before resuming his oppressive siege. The heaviness of Kator's punches belied their speed, and their rhythmic thuds couldn't be fully absorbed by the reinforced steel walls.
Joanna followed every movement and every transformation of Dao from the sidelines, even if she knew it was impossible for her to follow in their footsteps. Her understanding of Dao and how it influenced reality was too lacking to achieve true integration.
If it had been before, she would have been overwhelmed by a sense of inadequacy by the beautiful yet deadly dance before her. Today, she only felt pride over Zac's rapid progress. It was like a new person stepped into the sparring chamber every morning. It still wasn't quite enough to create a perfect counterbalance against Kator's refined technique, which clearly had borrowed much from a powerful Heritage. At least the jeering taunts had been replaced by focused silence.
Besides, she had no reason to mourn the loss of something she never had now that she'd found a road of her own. Observing the daily spars was a ceaseless font of inspiration to her [Eight Hells Suppression], the comprehensive set of techniques imparted by her master. She'd opened the first gate of Hell through slaughter on the battlefield and was enlightened to the second with the help of Rava.
Joanna could tell the Eternal Servant hoped Indra Eyler's purpose and allegiances would rub off on her. Joanna wasn't against the idea of helping Rava to reciprocate her grace, but it would depend on the path Zac chose. The Limitless Empire and its grand design meant nothing to Joanna, who'd chosen to live and die with the Atwood Empire.
"Time!" Joanna said.
The battle continued, though a sharper song replaced the meaty thuds. It would take a casual observer a few moments to realize the two had taken out practice weapons. Their auras and movements had made it feel as though they'd been fighting with weapons all along. Zac continued his relentless, suffocating advance, refusing to be trapped in Kator's restricting quagmire.
Every swing was a sermon on the Dao of Conflict, every feint and counter fundamental truth that could be utilized by large armies as well as individual champions. It had a natural flow that the brutal and practical killing techniques of [Eight Hells Suppression] couldn't mimic. Even then, it was impossible to say which approach would come out on top if the fighters were equally matched.
Generalized combat systems couldn't keep up with a true Dao Technique. Even elites following peak-quality Heritages would be one or two minor grades behind. Indra Eyler, whose affinity with the Dao was similarly unimpressive as hers, had come as close as humanly possible to breaking that established truth when creating [Eight Hells Suppression].
Killing Intent, Faith, and accumulated will of slaughter replaced the integration of Dao. Even while only grasping the first two gates, Joanna could match an average Integration stage infighter. More importantly, the potential was nigh-infinite. The [Eight Hells Suppression] could suppress the Dao and pierce the Terminus so long as you survived until the end.
Joanna could veritably see the road before her widen inch by inch as she and her emperor advanced. She had to hold back the instinctual urge to join him in battle and take down this unwelcome passenger. She prayed she'd be there when the false truce crumbled and that she'd have advanced enough to push the scales in their favor.
The sparring session stopped after the combatants had cycled through the full extent of their stances. If Joanna had to grade the match, she'd give Zac four to the skeleton's six. At this pace, they'd fight evenly in two weeks, though Joanna suspected Kator was hiding his true strength.
According to Catheya, the reaver had already been at Middle Integration when he arrived in Zecia. Shouldn't he have made some progress during years of warfare? Then again, wasn't it the same with Zac?
"Not bad, but you need more than that to topple this tower," Kator laughed, looking at the swirls of utter darkness around Zac. "You're walking a dangerous path, rejecting your origin."
"All roads that can reach the peak are lined with death and danger," Zac countered, and Joanna nodded in agreement.
"Granted, but you're muddying the waters, taking an unnatural direction. Why fumble in the darkness when the road has been paved and lit up for you?"
Zac glanced at the reaver before turning toward the exit.
"Because that road wasn't meant for me."
The door opened, and Zac walked out, leaving Kator and his audience. The silence lingered a few seconds before Kator scoffed.
"They all strut around arrogantly until they smash right into a wall," Kator scoffed. "So, who is it this time? It's you again, isn't it? My bones have been itching from your murderous stare for a while now."
Joanna glanced at Kruta and Ogras, who both shrugged with helpless smiles. It was Kator who'd demanded sparring partners, but there was no lack of willing participants after the first couple of days. It wasn't easy to find an opponent this skilled. The only one who could truly measure up was Zac, and he had too many things on his plate.
"This is our fifth duel," Joanna said as Killing Intent leaked from her body, ushered by her desire to keep pace with her lord. This time, I'll leave a mark on those bones of yours."
"How? Have you been possessed by one of the spirits wandering outside?" Kator laughed as he conjured four sigils made from Killing Intent to block Joanna's momentum. "Very well, show me what you got."
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A loud eruption added another tremor to the constant shakes of traversing the Imperial Graveyard. Zac could even feel the billowing Killing Intent seeping through the door. As expected, it was Joanna who had stepped up again. She'd taken any chance she could get to throw herself against Kator.
So far, Joanna hadn't managed to land a single hit against the reaver despite displaying more of her strength than the others who pit themselves against Kator's technique. This did nothing to temper her determination. Each loss was a lesson and further fuel to the blazing fire of her desire for power. Zac would normally have stayed to watch while going over his session, but he was already running late.
"Oh, sorry," Zac said, narrowly avoiding walking into Janos, who was sitting outside. "Keep up the good work."
The illusionist gave no indication he'd heard him. Janos appeared lost in a daydream, blankly staring at the door leading to the sparring hall. In fact, the demon almost felt like a figment of Zac's imagination, and Zac had to strain to remember the encounter as he turned away.
Janos's path was making him increasingly distant. The complex illusory world he'd crafted in his mind was extraordinarily powerful, but it was a double-edged sword. It could act as a basis for almost any of his skills, giving an effect similar to adding the weight of a Monarch's Inner World. The effect wasn't as strong as the real thing, but it was still powerful enough that it could take Zac a second or two to realize he'd been dragged into an illusion.
The downside was that the power came from Janos believing the illusion to be real. He'd willingly relinquished his grip on reality by trapping part of his consciousness in his own illusion. If Janos made a single mistake, he risked becoming a prisoner of his own making. It was a danger more than a few illusionists had fallen victim to. Reality became increasingly drab and disappointing compared to the scenarios they crafted with their Dao.
Zac sent out a message through the communicator as he walked away. The sounds of intense battle faded, but Kator's words still rang in his ears. It wasn't the first time Kator had broached the subject of him following in Be'Zi's footsteps to pursue Oblivion. Even if he wasn't walking a path of purity as she did, he was still aiming for a Dao that diverged from the Dao of Death of the Abyss.
It was a rejection of the conventional path that both the clans of the Abyssal Shores and the Undead Empire pursued. Whether Tavza or Catheya, their understanding of Death was heavily influenced by the Abyssal Lake, as were the profound impartments he got in the Abyssal Pond. This was the lit-up path Kator mentioned. Relying more on the Abyss would lessen his burden, where cultivating his Bloodline meant cultivating his Dao.
In contrast, fusing Oblivion and Death into one Dao would create a mismatch between his Eoz constitution and his path. Giving up on his Draugr's racial affinity to Abyssal Death didn't matter since he couldn't use it anyhow. Still, it could potentially cause disharmony to his energy flow, like skills with low compatibility with one's pathways.
Zac wasn't overly worried. He doubted he'd face any noticeable issues until advancing beyond Earthly Daos, which meant there was a lot of time to prepare. Bloodlines represented a path that had been perfected enough to be passed on to future generations. That didn't mean you had to follow it blindly. If anything, Eoz hoped for change, where his descendants would lessen their dependence on the Abyssal Lake.
If your Bloodline didn't suit your path, then you'd change it to one that did. In fact, one didn't need to do anything. The more powerful your Daos grew, the greater effect they would have on your body. The changes he'd gone through after forming his Earthly Dao of Defiant War were just the beginning. Of course, an earthly Dao was probably not enough in his case.
The stronger the Bloodline you carried, the harder it would be to reform. Be'Zi had proven it was possible to change the nature of a Draugr bloodline, though she only possessed the Branch of Zi.
The wheels were already in motion. Zac glanced at the Splinter of Oblivion, continuing its slow circuit around his heart without a hint of the malice of old. Similarly, a shard was set on a matching orbit in his human body. This set of remnants was the only one that wasn't placed inside his quantum spaces, with the last four providing fuel for his Cosmic Core.
The engravings covering the remnants were starkly different from those in his soul. They weren't just designed to filter and release. They also drew Vigor from his blood and Ichor, mixing it all up. The fusion wasn't stable because Zac hadn't refined the arrays yet. It didn't really matter, as the energy would go through a second round of refinement before it could destabilize.
Passive energy infusion was the direction Zac had chosen for all ten remnants. Four strengthened his soul, two his bloodlines, and the last four worked on his core. The latter doubled as batteries for his skills, though any of the remnants could fill that role in a pinch.
The engraved remnant couldn't provide as many benefits as practicing his tempering manuals or a real cultivator's meditation. It lessened the gap, at least, providing constant progress even when he was too busy to seclude himself. The Remnants would naturally assist with his body tempering and the [Nine Reincarnations Manual] even better than before.
Zac chose this path over the many other ideas posted in the Chaos Library for two reasons. His bodies and soul would automatically adapt to the change in his Daos over time, but the transformation would be slow and unable to match his cultivation pace. Creation and Oblivion Treasures were incredibly rare, which meant the Remnants were his best method of accelerating the process.
The setup also helped him rush toward his next set of Earthly Daos. Thanks to the Atavism, Zac had all the raw materials for the upgrade. He'd already been on the precipice of upgrading his Daos, so most of the insights he'd stolen from the Grand Tapestries and gleaned from the Impartments were left for his Earthly Daos.
However, he hadn't figured out the 'blueprint' for his next two Earthly Daos, how to fuse Creation with Life into Evolution and Death and Oblivion into Inexorability. Having Creation and Oblivion blend with every aspect of his cultivation system, from soul to cells, gave him a lot of insight into the matter.
The Heart Remnants were currently turned off, though they were still drawing energy from the other dimensions. The energy they released was meant to be taken by [Void Heart] and refined into an energy tailormade for his constitutions. The Hidden Node was still occupied with the Tribulation Lightning from five days ago, so he hadn't been able to test it out.
Zac didn't actually need to use the Hidden Node. He could take the energy as is, but he'd have to refine it himself with the [Void Vajra Constitution] and one of the Draugr Bloodline Methods. He didn't have time for that, and he needed to stockpile some Creation—and Oblivion Energy for his ultimate attacks anyway.
He expected the refined lightning to appear any moment now, and he'd already prepared for the release by snacking on Leveling Pills and Soul Strengthening Pills until he was filled with Pill Toxins. He was already level 199, approaching the limits of Middle Hegemony.
Zac had prepared everything necessary for a breakthrough on the go, though he was still leery about facing that terrifying tribulation in such an unstable environment. As things were going, he might not have much of a choice. At least he had the Yphelion's upgraded Cultivation Chamber to help.
Only the blueprint for his Late D-grade core still eluded him. He needed all three Earthly Daos and some of Ultom's clarity to fit everything together. The former was well on the way, and they were moving closer to the latter every day. The beacon's signal was growing stronger by the day.
The only headache was Kator. He'd played nice since their initial exchange. Nevertheless, Zac felt the odds of a smooth mission worsening by the day, and not just because of the bomb still planted aboard the ship. He didn't need the [Lucky Beads] to feel fate's rising tide and conspiracies coming to fruition. The graveyard was a pot about to boil over.
Zac hoped Galau had some good news. He navigated a series of rarely used corridors, moving further and further from the quarters and common areas. Eventually, he reached a secluded room in one of the catamaran's hulls.
"It's finished?" Zac asked as he stepped inside.
"As much as is possible while hiding our actions from the skeleton's gaze," Galau said. "I'm certain he has some method to observe the outside, so it's impossible to perform certain stress tests. Some of our findings are strictly theoretical, though they shouldn't be far from reality."
Zac nodded in understanding. He'd asked Galau to give the Yphelion a full rundown while scanning for trackers or any other hidden threats since the ownership connection only provided so much information. The better they understood the ship, the safer they would be. And if they could keep some features from Kator, all the better.
Of course, their first days of travel indicated they might not be able to hide any lifelines for long. Since the eye, they'd been forced to deal with or escape four more anomalies, far surpassing what they expected from their intelligence.
They weren't particularly targeted or unlucky, either. If anything, the Yphelion employed certain cloaking arrays that lessened the ambient resentment's ire. The problem was that the whole region acted like they'd kicked up a hornet's nest, causing the number of anomalies to skyrocket. It was like eons of stockpiled madness were rising to the surface.
"What's the verdict?"
"In a word—amazing," Galau said. "As we assumed, the Yphelion is a true Peak D-grade Cosmic Vessel now, and one with specs surpassing anything you'd see on the frontier. It even exceeds my projections of a standard Iliex version by at least 30% in all measurements."
"Then shouldn't we be moving even faster?" Zac said with confusion.
"I think it's because we're too weak. We're deemed incapable of using the ship to its full potential, so we're throttled at around half of our maximum speed. We're locked out of some new systems entirely," Galau said with a grimace.
"New systems?" Zac said, leaning forward with interest.
"You were right," Galau said with excitement. "We've confirmed it. The System actually turned the Yphelion into a Life-Death-Space Vessel. You might have the frontier's only Cosmic Vessel not solely reliant on the Dao of Space."
Comments
Kconraw
Thx for the chapter
Lex Luther S
Yes, she's got thr indomitable court seal
SandreX
I bet when changes are integrated enough Zac will have one body of death with the heart of oblivion and another body of life with the heart of creation. When he merges his bodies he will have a heart of chaos and he'll become an unstoppable monster with the body that ignores any kind of convention :D
Fabrice Ndui
Does Joanna has a seal?
Frederik
I dont think that is possible he will probably need to wait for ultom
Frederik
yeah I think that would have been a satisfactory way to end the kator soryline but tbh I feel like tfd is preping kator to become "friendly/allied"
Ashar T
I mean Zac has the technocrats cerebral enhancements. So I don't know if it's strictly personal.
Chemistrywarrior
When you oversleep a chapter. And on the next day you realise you get another one 🥲. TODAY IS GREAT
RGrocks
This is now my head cannon until proven otherwise
Andrew P
Wasn't mental enhancement part of the technocrats heritage?
Tyler
It does seem like Zac has always been extremely gifted at combat. Whether it's refining his techniques, integrating new ones into his combat, or even integrating entirely new energies, he's always learned quickly. Now he's had even more training in that regard, with the [War God's Sagacity] and other fighting skill advantages.
Joey
Should’ve probably had an overview of the loot from the troves this chapter
Seijax
I remember Pavina being shown (secretly) shook by Zac's technique development speed, after their second teaching spar. It left me with the impression that, for all his willpower and assorted inherited benefits, *that* was Zac's truly personal talent. I wonder if daily spars are making Kator now realize the same, and how he's taking the truth of not being the most talented onboard (skeletor is way older)
Lex Luther S
No way zac reaches monarchy in 100 yrs. TFD is clearly showing us that zac is not like The First Defier, blitzing to supremacy in under 100 years. Zacs path is insanely complex compared to those like kators or Joannas' and that complexity along with the need to change his duplicity core as well as find a way to ascend to monarchy as a mortal and curb the drain will take decades. And you don't Want zac to have any RnR? He has been running himself ragged since the integration and hasn't had a true chance to rest and cultivate without fate pushing him forward. Either because of earth's eventual assimilation or saving his sister from their mother. After ultom and the war, zac will have a chance to truly slow down and strengthen his foundations and as Rava has stated, it would take centuries to fix the issues she's seen though I feel until earth's assimilation will be more than enough for Zac; with is like 82 or so years. Those 82 years can be to relax, cultivate and push himself for one measured step at a time instead of booking into a full on sprint.
Lex Luther S
No shot that's happening.
Lex Luther S
I doubt the shipyard can even upgrade the yphelion anymore. It'll likely be a quest through the system that sees the ships progress given how comprehensive the upgrade was.
Lex Luther S
The connection isn't that powerful. Even if it was at its greatest strength, it wouldn't be able to do that anyways. The only thing it does is transfer energy, mental energy and a boost on attributes while also transferring damage to the one least hurt. Though that does mean cultivating a soul method or body tempering method would be more effective.
Lex Luther S
It's likely the energy readings Joal was talking about. He said it was monarchs, and I have no doubt a battle between Iz and that Lu fellow would cause such readings, especially when taking into account their respective ships. As for them all eventually reaching the same destination and all meeting in one place, that to is something I can see happening; especially if Kaltosa Lu doesn't wish to keep fighting Iz and instead lures her and zac into a massive singularity where he "offers" zac and half the seal bearers in return for her leaving him alone. Only to be blitzed by Iz, Arcaz, and kator because she and zac are friends. And his reaction to her saying they're friends will be "But he's so ugly and I'm so handsome!! Why can't we be friends??🤣🤣
Lex Luther S
Yeah can't help but feel bad for the foreman. He had no choice but to put that array into the yphelion despite not wishing to do so.
Lex Luther S
Ok, so here goes. Regarding the remnants, he has 10 total. 5 shards and 5 splinters. 1 of each will be a set. He has 2 sets for his soul. 2 sets for his core and 1 set for his bloodlines. Regarding the atavism and cultivation manuals; I imagine it's better than most frontier methods but if we're talking what zacs followers use or those like Iz use, then it's sorely lacking; though as you mentioned th remnants true value lies in them being treasures of oblivion and creation. As for the final question, my guess is zac is being extremely cautious for his earthly daos of life and death because, as mentioned, they will be the pillars keeping his battlefield stable. He wants to make absolutely certain there are no issues with his earthly daos before finalizing them and breaking through, and I feel that's the best option zac can aim for. His foundations alone are insane and his path is one never tread before so each step involving his cultivation at the D grade should be taken measured and properly least he finds himself at an impasse that could take centuries to fix.
Lex Luther S
No, it's a life-death-space attuned ship. It won't be till it's an A grade ship that it would become a Chaos ship. Though I've the feeling zac himself will be the one to turn the yphelion into a chaos ship at that time with his Omni-tool. Also, as zac mentioned, he needs his dao of life and death to be earthly daos as well as some ultom inspiration to finalize some things for his core blueprint for late D grade so it's safe to assume the only coming power up is his evolving daos and reaching lvl 200 along with his evolving stances.
Chris
That's actually a great point. I've seen a few absolutely sensational ideas in the comments and do love seeing some of them woven in. Not all, but a few really nice touches.
Dro
Love it all! A couple quick questions I'm hung up on: 1. What's going on with the remnants? — There's evidently one set of remnants around each heart “with the last four [sets] providing fuel for his Cosmic core”… But also “Four strengthened his soul, two his bloodlines, and the last four worked on his core.” 2. Is having a cultivation manual actually better than going through the atavism with the remnants? — this chapter mentions that they don't provide as many benefits as practicing tempering manuals or a real cultivator's meditation (though the real benefit might just be the pure Creation/Oblivion he gets in perpetuity + the friends we made on the way). 3. Zac has still not figured out the 'blueprint' for his next two Earthly Daos? — In chapter 1219 he specifically mentioned his personal “Dao of Evolution” that combines Life and Creation as well as his “Dao of Inexorability” that combines Death and Oblivion. I thought these would logically/eventually be the Earthly Dao upgrades to his Branches of the Kalpatru/Pale Seal. Also the following chapter “his mind was awash by the crystallization of his path, and the powers of Evolution and Inexorability harmonized with the streaks of perfected Oblivion and Creation” he should at minimum have a ‘blueprint’ for his Daos at this point right? What else might he need?
RWS
Is the Yphelion a 'chaos' ship now? Breakthrough time coming up as well. Also, go Joanna, let's get a hit on Kator and bring on the next chapter already.
Thaabit Rivertree
I hope Zac severs the connection with Kator before undergoing any breaktbroughs... something tells me Kator is using the connection to examine and monitor Zacs cultivation and bodily secrets.
Joey
Zac about to have the Centurions unload on everyone
Darnell Maxwell
This is why I love the patreon comments section. TFD saw my stupid ass complaints and correctly interpreted them as us just wanting a little spotlight for Joanna. And that's exactly what we got. Great chapter and can't wait to go through it again in the audiobook.
Darnell Maxwell
Damn first the fancy time room and now the ship keeps looking better and better. Holy shit I think the system finally read a dictionary and learned what the word balance means! I don't know how to feel about that. At last Zac is getting what he's been owed but I also love shitting on the system for it's bs. Hmm... let me give this a few more chapters to chew on. 5 minutes later "Then shouldn't we be moving even faster?" Zac said with confusion. "I think it's because we're too weak. We're deemed incapable of using the ship to its full potential, so we're throttled at around half of our maximum speed." There's the system I love to hate! Give Zac a massive upgrade to his ship but make sure he can't use half of them until he gets stronger. Most likely giving you more stuff in the process.
GMO pineapple
It’s honestly the best magic system I’ve seen
Jeff McCulley
Oops, another thought. Someone asked a couple of chappies ago why the Iz POV chapters weren’t back to back. Generally, authors do that to establish that events are happening at the same time. So Iz was attacking the golem dude at the same time Zac was eyeballing an illusion. So now we can coordinate their timelines. IIRC, Iz thought she would take a week to catch Mr. Crazy Golem. Today’s chapter gave us both an idea how much time has passed since last, and how much longer Zac expects it to take. I’m not going back to look as to what those were, be my guest. However, I have an odd suspicion that all three are going to wind up having a conjunction in the exact same place. Zac, nutso golem boy (does he put Joanne or Catheya on his list?) and Iz. Er, and at which point Zac may just find that he now has some folks “strong enough” to run his fancy upgraded ship properly.
Tyler S.
It was a top of the line model of the illiex no doubt not one of a kind. Now however it is
Tyler
The guy traveling with Thea right now seems fairly equal to Kator. He did stop the Primordial last time we saw them. I kind of like him though, putting aside the Sangha's usual creepiness.
Jeff McCulley
Going to respectfully disagree again. He’s not going to need “a few decades” to get his foundations caught up. Five, maybe ten tops. He’ll be caught up. Then some other sh** gonna happen that turns out to be pure opportunity. Monarchy well before the hundred years is up.
Jeff McCulley
Read that final chapter, and an image popped into my head. Zac and crew are back on Earth, and set the Yphelion down on the pad in the Iliex Shipyard. Karunthel glances out the window, his jaw (metaphorically) drops, his eyes go (again, metaphorically) wide, and he rushes outside to get a closer look at what wondrous and marvelous things have happened to the ship he built. At which point, Zac drops the other shoe. Lol. Poor Karunthel.
Jeff McCulley
Well…that’s its class, but isn’t it a one of a kind class?
Andrew
Thank you!
liquid_helix
Cool, I’m excited to see how things materialize with Evolution and Inexorability. It feels like the story is starting to unpack itself a bit with the respect to the overall arc and it’s exciting. Keep up the great work. I look forward to enjoying the story for however many more years it’s being written.
James Faulkner
I’m so ready for the sangha to get slapped lol, those sanctimonious fucks aggravate me
Telewyn
Just need to capture someone from the Sangha to have a matching life battery. They’re trying to gain ties with Zac anyway. Do we know any space cultivators we don’t like?
DrSubterfuge
The trip to Sactuary should give at least one of his bodies time to consolidate. The travel time with the old version was supposed to be more than a century, so even with the upgrade it will probably be on the order of decades. And he'll have a Peak D cutivation cave built into his ship to pass the time.
OutKast MerkeR
I feel like he won't have any rest, and the though he may not hit supremacy in 100 years, he will be like The First Defier and ascend or destroy it all!
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
hachetnif
I love this series cultivation system and the main characters cultivation
Tyler S.
With its new upgrades it should get a new name/classification no? Would love to have Zac name his ship instead of using its classification, even though the Yephelion is good it needs a personalized name. Thanks for another good chapter cant wait for Jonna to make a Kator kabob on her spear
FarStryder
Sounds like they can put Kator in stasis and use him like a battery. That would be a fitting end to him. I can see it now, couple thousand years from now, when e every ounce of DAO has been renched from his soul Galao and Zac bring him out of stasis and dump him in a nearly exhausted realm, with little energy, to live forever as a desacated powerless skeleton- fitting end.
The Tallest Tree
Been an enjoyable 50 chapters or so. Looking forward to the next 50 👍
Joey
Have a hard time believing that he's not going to hit Late Stage before the Beacon. I guess that leaves maybe him getting his flame before the Centurion base. Vilari still isn't awake. That would be funny if it turned out that Kator wasn't planning anything. It's funny that Kator is vibing the best with the team than he was with the Undead Empire. Sort of funny that he's by far the most knowledgeable person with the team and he's deathly scared of Technocrats.
Mouser
So a step somewhere in Zacs future is ... Combine his two bodies back into 1? Stat wise, how does that work, weapons, love both of them! Girlfriends, more than ever!!! Best friend is covered, family, lots of ???.... They say story telling is weaving a yarn... My man TFD needs to weave about 500 threads ... Well done!!
brennon Petersen
Tftc!
David Bona
Sixth
Lex Luther S
Broooooo we are on the fucking cusp of the best climax in the novel to DATE. Kator and zacs uneasy truce coming to its eventual end. Zac making the headway into breaking through with his dao of life and death coming to fruition. Zacs techniques being expanded ans evolved to encompass creation and oblivion and zac even changing his 2 bloodlines to better suit the path he's treading. The Icing on this fated cake is the yphelion being a Peak D grade Vessel of LIFE AND DEATH. And the cherry on top is our boy being on the cusp of LVL 200. He has truly blitzed through the D grade compared to the E grade. Wonder how many more chs zac will be a hegemon for. I'm betting at least 250 more. Not only do we still have ultom and the fallout to go through, but zac and Co truly need a few decades to rest and cultivate without fate pushing them forward at a break neck pace and I feel it'd be glorious if that resting arc went for at least 20-30chs. It'll give TFD time to plot out zacs next big journey to the Eternal storm as well as flush our the cultivation and paths of his other followers as we don't know much about them save for their daos. Then there's the Eternal storm and the information zac needs to change his duplicity core so it won't kill him when he reaches monarchy and learning to change the core is it's own headache. And the biggest headache is zac not only developing a way to reach monarchy as a mortal with his BUSTED foundations but also completely curb the constant drain a monarchs inner world has. Which is where I feel his technocrat heritage may end up coming into play.
Frederik
zac got himself one hell of a ride I like it tftc
GMO pineapple
Yipeee
NeverNaught
I cant wait for the white sky, Sangha, and now the pyer to get a little bit of that devient retrabution. The pyer having to cover the ships upgrades is a good start.
Bryce H.
Ty!!
Kyle Worley
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