A. F. Kay
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January 14, 2025 - Update
🕑 Added 2025-01-14 07:54:26 +0000 UTCHey!
I finished. I’m way behind schedule. If I edit these chapters before I give them to you it will be far too late to get any feedback. That means these are RAW. I haven’t even reread them. I removed all the notes I have to myself to fix continuity errors and other things I changed my mind on. So you can expect some problems (like he’s in the water at one point then not). This is especially true in the first big group of chapters.
The ending of this hit me pretty hard and I feel good about it. This almost certainly means it is a terrible ending. Please don’t hold back on your feedback.
I’m releasing 28 chapters to the higher tiers. Harvester gets 20 plus last week’s chapters, and Root gets 10 plus the last two weeks chapters. Tomorrow I’ll advance Harvester and Root. The day after Root will get the final section. I hope that made sense. My brain is mush.
I opened up chapters 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, and 57 for Root. In addition, I’ve opened chapters 58 through 67.
I opened up chapters 54, 55, 56, and 57 for Harvester. In addition, I’ve opened chapters 58 through 67 and chapters 68 through 77.
I added chapters 58 through 67 and chapters 68 through 77 and chapters 78 through epilogue for Step Master, Blapy’s Favorite, Divine, and Axiom.
I was so worried this book would only be 115k and I ended up at 152k.
Like usual, I have now started to think this is a terrible book and it will be the one that tanks the series. I know it will pass eventually, but I hate this time period.
I hope you enjoy it.
Love you guys.
AFK
Comments
Eithra
.....Ruin goes back and absorbs all the contaminated soul, while cleaning it. Casts bring back alleys from the dead........guess who shows up now.......
Jeff C
This is anything but a terrible book AFK!
King Nereus
Gah spoilers! *closes eyes* — I’ll make time to read soon, I still have not caught up on the weekend chapter dump yet. Thanks for pushing all of this out, and for the awesome world you have built for us to enjoy AFK! I hope you get a break soon!
Mark Roudabush
Awesome! Give yourself a week off and take the family to Disney World. Notes: Minor clarification in the scene with the beam and hardening meridian harmonies. Maybe have him use just one leveling token to see what they do? Forgot he has a Harmony Soul spell.
Kyle Hunter
If I had known complaining about cliff hangars in last week's batch of chapters would get me the rest of the book, I'd have done it a lot sooner! Thanks for the chapters, it was a great read!
William WIlson
I was thinking zilkens and the dark priest pov would probably be the next prologue. Basically them all walking the bridge and then realizing the time dilation issue. Zilken would obviously pay to rid it with the help of his church and the money from his job but not the dark priest. Setting up a safety net for Ruin once he finally decides the Outerverse is actually his problem. Alternatively next prologue could be echos pov and how Ruin not only saved her but is actively trying to make her a god as well. She's kinda pissed at Ruin because he didn't just let her become a god but has her remove the aspect of death enter the creation realm put the aspect back on and exit the realm. She ends up becoming similar to Ruin. I'd Basically have it be echo reflecting on her past 17 days with Ruin having seen sifts changes from his aspect she enters her refinement cocoon begrudgingly accepting ruins help because now she was a vendetta. Unlike her father she wants to leave to destroy the Outerverse which she blames for taking both her parents. Setting the stage for her to become a god and replace her father. Shit I could also see Ruin going so far as to offer to make her an axiom.
Bob of Doom
I think that might work better as a prologue for the next book. Tarot seeing the end of Lalquinrial and what Rewun is doing out in the void
William WIlson
Rather enjoyed it. There are some stuff that doesn't make sense but it seems like you just missed a word here or there. Personally I think confirmation that Lalquinrial’s sacrifice wasn't in vein and that he actually killed the zealot would be a welcomed ending. Maybe switch from Lalquinrial’s poverty to tarot's for a few paragraphs and something like how this ending surprised him because that wasn't the ending he originally saw.
