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Chapter 1287 - A Successful Upgrade = Scammed (?)

🕑 Added 2026-01-20 12:19:58 +0000 UTC

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Chloe

Tyftc

Chloe

The Vesperia, Sylphie, and Artemis are my top 3 non Jake characters by miles.

Wren Redwood

Looking forward to seeing Artemis get some more development and depth, I really want to like her

JW Saxby

Ha! 😂 Tftc 🍻

Jared Bell

Tftc

Devillelouch

@Zogarth if you can close the loop that would be great. Thank you for the assistance.

Bruno D. Alvim

When the story is that good and you're hooked, every chapter is a 24h cliffhanger. Except on Fridays, then it's a 72h one.

Jason

I know there's no "official release time" for chapters. But that doesn't mean I don't start having a Pavlovian reaction, hitting refresh over and over starting a particular time... (because it's a minute or two faster than getting the email!)

OnEyeDevil

i stopped reading when the christmas break came and every time i stop reading for a while and catch up its a fucking clifhanger!

Jansemon

yip and arty for sure. TYFTC

Colin

TYFTC :D

SqrlyGrly

I'm gonna guess that the item Villy gave Jake will upgrade his boots again.

Josie

a hot take I agree with

brjenness

I hope it's duskleaf not arty. more interesting.

brjenness

I have it stuck in my mind that it is something that would be dangerous for jake to mess with at his current level.

Matthew Monroe

Side note on Villy Jake convo...why no Jake juice joke...spent a year playing with it for alchemy and arti is on her way lol...just saying...missed opportunity

Josie

Oh great minds! I was just thinking of leaving a note beseeching Minaga to come clean up these trifling heretics 😂

Bruno D. Alvim

Honestly, I downright love The Primal Hunter. Things are explained in a way it all makes sense, and such unimaginable reality becomes imaginable. And it's damn cool. I hope this story takes as long as it can, with all the lore and detail we can get (right, Minaga?). So, from the bottom of my heart (seriously), thank you, Zogarth. P.S.: Would Eversmile use his Karmic Annihilation on some annoying people here? 😆

Zogarth

Fixed stuff

Zogarth

I also left another.

Daniel Hamilton

Whatever happened to the part of yip of yore that Villy put aside as a gift for Jake?

ZanSanCho

Couldn't have said it better myself

Alos

This is why I always read the chapters later in the day. Reading comments and arguments among the readers adds a bit more spice to the chapter itself. That being said, let's go Artyyy!

Matthew Monroe

I feel like theres a Jake juice joke in here somewhere lmfao

Matthew Monroe

I admit I'm a hungry hungry hippo....give. me. MORE!!!!!.... please 😆 🤣

brjenness

it is not everyone complaining. in fact, I don't recognize the names of the ones that are. probably creative writing majors that spend most of their day on reddit talking about how terrible popular authors are.

Zebra Proteus

I love these chapters. Thanks Zog. Also, didn't realize how cliffy you were until I got all caught up. Doesn't matter when you have more books to read, but now... haha I love it though. Keep it up.

brjenness

I think zog should start live streaming while he types. the fights over what he should do would be epic and he could completely ignore us most of the time. we'll entertain ourselves. of course, he'll only be able to take bathroom breaks when he's at a suitable cliffhanger.

AsuraFalling

I’m not sure if I’d say he got scammed. He couldn’t use the shit. Villy can’t use the shit (which we already know from way back in Nevermore with Jake’s marble) Is it worth way more than he got for it? Yes, but. Also not really, at least to Jake. Danger Noodle is just returning the favor and bullying Jake 🤣 but in my opinion, Jake totally started it by giving Villy something he always kind of wanted and also already knew he couldn’t actually use. 🤣 Also! Woot! Arty’s coming!! Goddess Girlfriend needs her Jake time gdi!

ZanSanCho

Tftc Zog!

DeAndrea H

Would he need condoms? The Clap can’t touch his healing abilities (or Artemis’ come to think of it) and the multiverse rules say there’s no conception unless both parties want it.

Gumwadd

Why is everyone so upset about the slice of life shit. You aren't the only readers so shut up. Zog is a great author and you have to change the pace or you guys would bitch about it always being battle. He already said it once if you dont like it unsubcribe. He doesn't need our patreon money. Its just a bonus to his Amazon earnings.

GreatCabbage

While I agree that sometimes pacing can be a little “eh” that’s just par for the course with web serials. Every plot point has felt very satisfying, and the actual progression itself has been super consistent and well executed. I absolutely love the story so far, and am excited to see where else it goes! Thanks for all the years!

UNKNOWN

Once a danger noodle, always a danger noodle.

Devillelouch

nathan

Let’s call this chapter “I’m calling about your items warranty” haha

Daniel Wade

I personally love the crafting side of Littpg's. Good stuff.

Neal Cooper

I hope he got a dragon's egg as his consolation prize.

DirePants

Oh that’s a clever thought! Yeah I agree 🤔… that’s probably exactly what’s going to happen.

DirePants

Yeah I’d like the alchemy more if we got to see different parts of the process. We’ve seen him do this before, just shorter. While I do like that we see him thinking more and going less on instinct, as it shows his growth and how instinct and intent together are more powerful than either alone. I’d also like to see how alchemy has changed for him over time. We get a lot of details on his thoughts but not the process which would be more interesting filler in my opinion.

DirePants

😂😂😂😂 I mean you’re not wrong! But let’s not lump constructive criticism with incessant complaints. These are raw chapters and the responses from the community help him make edits for the final product.

Josie

Patreon subscribers: Cool! Yeah, I'll voluntarily sign up to get chapter-a-day content instead of waiting years for the full book to come out! How exciting! 🤩 Also Patreon subscribers: omg I'm so bored! Why can't an entire book worth of content just be crammed into a few chapters to sate my instant gratification, microwave-meal existence?? The author isn't authoring up to my unrealistic expectations 😫

StarWolf

agreed - looks like we're in for another snooze fest.

DirePants

So this has all been pretty interesting, but I have to admit I’m over it. This has been a LONG upgrade process. I feel the details didn’t really offer me much and felt more like a focus on Jakes inner thoughts. Normal for Zog but perhaps a little over done this time around. Perhaps it’s because we haven’t gotten any traction on the main story. The big questions right now I feel are less about his Primal energy and special abilities, and more about the Exalted Prima event and the faction that tried to kidnap him. While I’m sure the kidnapping attempt was due to his abilities, I don’t think the level of in-depth exposition we got about the abilities will really add anything. Granted that IS a great place to hide gems of secrets and hints. While the energy and bloodline etc is a big mystery, that’s definitely going to be late stage reveal, possibly with the biggest partial reveal happening when Jake finally confronts the faction that tried to kidnap him. When it comes to the Primal energy I’m more interested in wondering if the Primal energy will have any battle applications. Because we still know so little about it, it’s hard to speculate with confidence how it would work. I do have ideas but they’re not directions that I think Zog would go. For instance Jake learns to incorporate the energy into himself- similar to a boosting skill like he does with Arcane Energy -or more unlikely- a “form change skill”- think anime inspired. Whatever it is, I’m sure it’s going to incorporate Jake’s path as a Hunter and the evolving nature of that as a concept. And the last thing I need him to do is eat the damn Yore Jerky! 😂😂 I’ve been super curious about that for the longest time! The implications of it! The implications of Villy’s abilities too! Eat it Jake!! Eat it!!!

Gregory Schmitt

Hooray, now that alchemy and all of the class change stuff is over with, we can get some quality time with Artemis and move on to the system event! Hooray!

Hoid

I don’t know what everyone is complaining about. I like this chapter I don’t want things to be rushed. If you feel differently just leave don’t put zog down. And Jake is not a slave he is friends with the viper! I don’t get the feeling he is a slave or anything like that from the story.

SetherAedekae

Then stop reading

Joshua Little

Thanks for the chapter.

StarWolf

Dear author the SLOG gets a bit boring - maybe send Jake out on some big adventure sooner rather than later. Even if you need to take month off to re-plot things - its getting a bit stale.

ThatGuy

Wtf you talking about

ThatGuy

Jake definitely could have bargained each one of those one at a time and each time got a mythical reward

Bjarne Hansen

If this show continues, I want a refund too

Bjarne Hansen

Serioulsy Zogarth, wake up .... if you continue on this path, you will lose followers, not gain them ... Jake is *NOT* Jacob. Jacob is a blind follower, Jake is a heretic ... stay the course.

Bjarne Hansen

What happened to the guy, who looked at the mural and said he'd like to fight that dragon one day ... did he turn pathetic?

Samuel Jones

"I want a refund" is so damn hilarious

Fylbrom

I bet it naturally happens to earth at some point. No clue as to the build-up but that's my guess

Xander

TFTC :) Suggested edits: "was solely due to just how ** this Lesser Primeval Energy was." missing word. " if Jake wanted to have enough *quantity* to craft an actual potion" extra word. "*he* didn’t mean they were useless" should be "that" "The Viper’s aura flared as he held up the *aura*," this sounds weird. Not sure what you meant to say so cant suggest much but it needs rewording for clarity.

Bjarne Hansen

He sold away secrets of his energies and bloodline, and vilastrimoz gave him a piece of candy, so he won't feel too bad.

Shadowind

Tftc

Thenais

yup, +1 for the boot booster

Spencer Miller

Does this mean that Divine Bargain will eventually just become a way for Jake and Villy to share Alchemy Notes and brag to each other? Nice.

Josie

When Villy teleports into a room like now, he often chooses to show up directly behind the person he wants to talk to I like to think this is bc the ambush predator in him never really diminished just bc he gained a humanoid body, but is always subtly, quietly contemplating another perfect strike 🐍

Blutako

Thanks for the chapter zogarth

Bjarne Hansen

He's being as dunce as Duskleaf right now ... without any "concept" of what he wants to do, of course he'll be scammed.

Mat

I bet dragon egg or upgrade token for boots

E

Zog is a young man that’s making millions off of a story by releasing a character a day. Why stop if interest isn’t waning and he still likes the work. This isn’t The Land

Oblivion

Time for Jake to get to upgrading Bargain. Trading things he can’t use but can make for Sacred items he can use would be broken as hell.

InfernoDroid

The following statement is in no way intended to be a negative one. I think, realistically, with the pacing of the story, the rest of primal hunter series might take place with Jake in B grade. This isn't a bad thing, in many ways it's a good thing. It keeps a massive chunk of the multiverse outside of Jake's league, which is a good thing imo. It still opens up most of the universe to Jake while allowing many new groups and gods to interact with him. It also allows Zog the ability to slowly level Jake up to keep the sense of progression going. And many others. I think this may be the grade that the remainder of the series takes place in just do to how much longer each grade is supposed to take, and how Zog is willing to spend IRL years in each grade. Caveat: the final book could take place with Jake in early A grade, but it just being a finally book were he just gets to flex and kill a god. In fact the whole book might just be his push to A grade and then killing the god

Wselby64

Im guessing the item is another akashic awakening thing and I recon we will be getting another boots upgrade witch is always fun, I also predict that the boots when upgraded will adapt to him and stop giving him any stats and maybe lean more into the other aspects, may lead to some developments with the book aswell

Carl Never

The true cliff

Léon Geide

Noooo, i wanna knoooow!

Bmax

But for a primordial would the value of being able to study something he has never seen before that has profound universe altering effects not have some kind of massive value beyond what could be given in an exchange like that

Kt-x

Thanks for the chapter!

Arieh Sochaczevski

Thanks for the chapter! I was expediting the bargain, and it can’t be said to be a scam when he has no actual way to use the materials anyway. Selling them in any way to anyone else world have cost him dearly.

Hornbach

That's my guess aswell

J W

For the skills levels.

BuhDussy

Like this comment if you want to see Jake perform a ritual on a world core with his energy! I would love to see this sometime.

Mikkel Bp

Arty perhaps

Rewdan

Cheers Zogarth I’m loving your work 👏

Tamathon

Any bets on who it’ll be? My money is on Miranda flabbergasted at his hiatus.

Josie

.. Wait, can he use his Lesser Primeval Energy on curses? 😬 .. Actually now I'm thinking about him making a Transcendent level plague that he can unleash on a closed space to kill everyone else around him, maybe even higher grades? 🤔 Oh the possibilities 😄

Josie

Hmm.. The only thing I can see him using this skill for right now is Palate. And this time I'm not saying that so he can learn more about his Primeval energy (I was definitely thinking that last chapter lol) If there's an item associated with a concept he wants to learn he can purify the item to make what little is left far more potent, then eat it, and then actually sit down and MEDITATE, please! 😅 Some contenders that come to mind: - Jake's time bananas - Rick's death moss - any of Arnold's void items

Fyrtue

I think it was Venus that had the treasure.

Fyrtue

I want so badly for his family to cap off their multiverse travels with a visit to the Order and Jake to freak out about them meeting Artemis.

Raymond Whitehead

Going to assume the seat of the exalted prima access is locked until the system sends out the next quest. But still waiting impatiently for more meditation and eating the snack of yore

blucube 14

Thanks for the chapter!

C0bra$

Thank u for the story

KenTX325

Has Jake checked on the the book from the first sage? Done anything with the sacred skill or upgraded pallet? Is he capable of traveling to the prima space station?

joel southard

Thank you for the chapter

tigerfishie

Tyftc!

ABTelford

I love Villy interactions so much! 😎 thanks Zogarth!

GeneticSloth

tftc!

Josie

This would have been a terrifying and wonderous partnership for Jake to source Primeval ingredients to our dear Primordial alchemist 💚🐍 Villy even got extra villainous at the mere thought 🥲

SirbBrownFluffles

You know, I wondered how useful the divine bargain skill actually was seeing as how Jake and the Viper are pretty good friends, why wouldn't Jake just give it to the Viper if he found something good and couldn't use for some reason. I really forgot about the fragments. TFTC!

Beckendwarf

I always seem to forget about that particular skill or Villy’s… until he pulls it out again just to make references that only people from Earth would know just to fuck with Jake and probably leave everyone else majorly confused

Noah Mclelland

Remember the value of the item is relative to who is bargaining for it, the value for villy for the first time is insanely more because its new even to a primordial. After hes seen it, realised he cant use it it still holds value but probably not sacred anymore.

IntenseSushi

Tftc

Mikerz

Artemis fun coming soon

Matthew

Will Jake visit Mars or other planets in our solar system. He already detected natural treasures on Mars.

Episode 19

Scammed? I think your the one who got scammed my dear Villy, you can't even use the item Tyftc

Steven Tuttle

is it the yip fragment he has yet to consume ?

MarineDebris

That's what I was thinkin, too.

Corvid

Holy shit that part when the viper showed up legitimately almost made me choke to death. Hilarious stuff

Mat

Thought Villy was going to suggest Order lessons for Jake to attend with how much is has been banging his head into to the cauldron to find solutions.

Sargon Yami

What he send had transcendent records, he send something that never was and is completly new to a primordial.

Ra

I still don't get how Jake was scammed. I would've believed if the scamming happened the other way round. Sounds like an excuse for Villy to give the Yip of Yore rewards to Jake.

Siethrobo

She's Billions of years old. She can wait a measly year

Pablo Barbatto

Is has to be a perception based item

Alexander Hallonblad

1st draft feeling all over this

Leviathan

So I wanted to pop on with a few ideas on what skills Jake could upgrade next with his lesser primeval origin energy and I also wanted to share something i realized recently. So for starters the skills, I think that not only will Jake upgrade his malefic viper skills with lesser primeval origin energy in an attempt to move them towards his legacy, but I also think he's gonna upgrade some of his class skills with it. Primarily power shot, protean arrow, and his primal hunter skills. How he does this, no idea. But the thing I realized recently, (no idea if someone already called this out, I just wanted to share my realization), I was recently listening to book 13 on audible and got to the part where William described his visit to elhakans planet and how he was given assistance with this by some mysterious person who then got killed. I immediately thought that this was perhaps the first, if not one of the first hints of the secret godly organization that's after Jake. Wanting to help him in anyway they can, it also furthering their own goals. Of course the kidnapping attempt was likely an opportunity they thought they could pounce on to try and nab him to nurture his bloodline until he reached a level he could assist them with whatever they want. Just thought it was interesting and wanted to share

Numbzy

I doubt its the bite of Yip. Vilas said he would be present while Jake eats it, not a thing to give and leave. Im assuming its 2 six packs of beer for Jake and Artemis.

Dan

Damn, so the ingredients Jake makes with his energy are at least Sacred-value, but the skill level of divine bargain screwed him lmao. Hopefully he learned his lesson and only bargains one ingredient at a time from now on for maximum returns

Daniel

I like Jake doing alchemy. It would be cool to see him go on a field trip to gather materials or explore new things, instead of being stuck in the lab. (Maybe less combat focused but more exploration/ sight seeing).

The Sleeping Forest

Yea I’m getting a little burnt out, previously it would only take a chapter or two to go over this kind of stuff but it feels very repetitive atm so yea I’m greatly looking forward to the Prima Event, although I did love the bits with Ves and the Ol Man chapters.

Saleh Alhasan

Can't wait to explore this power more , although I'm as confused as jake lol

Morazain

Interesting that the system says no.

DeAndrea H

I love Villy’s Wikipedia knowledge of old earth culture. He’s hilarious.

Yahyo Malikov

Did the viper leave him condoms or what?

SPL1TT

It's yummy Yip, isn't it?

E

This guy can’t help but blue ball us

deus vault

Wfym the nigerian princess was actually a 40 yo guy from malesia? I want my savings back!

Alexandre8901

Is it me or the rythme is slow? Can't wait for the filler to end so we can step into the Exalted Prima seat event!

Crysus

Upgrade token for the boots hopefully

Jennifer Leigh

Should have done one bargain per item

Kristopher Hanson

I wonder if he is finally giving jake that fragment of yip he promised jake.

Ithoughtofsomething

Unlikely

Ben Sheahan

Definitely an unpopular opinion. I live for the interactions between Jake and Villy

scarredrazor

Hello there Artemis. Jake just had his phone on silent we swear! Yes for a whole year... Look, he's not great with these things. Hyperfixates, you know?

Mike Zebill

Don't forget the viper paid for all the base materials as well

Daniel Jackson-Woods

He just got the yip of yore marble villy created for him

Ritsu

Records and research I reckon. Villy just wasted the lavender as a demo but if he really wanted to, I bet he could have learned way more about the Primeval energy. And any records to do with Primeval stuff is always valuable. The skill doesn't care about what Villy intends to do with the bargained items, just what they are potentially worth.

Cory S.

TFTC!

Devillelouch

Ben Cox

Honestly Villy's partial omniscience skill is wack as fuck, there has to be an absolutely tiny minority of gods multiverse wide who have such niche useless knowledge just to make fun of their chosen with. Hitting him with the Nigerian prince bit is really funny though. Tyftc

djthomp

So, Artemis time next chapter I assume? I had some suspicions about why she was too busy to visit previously, would be interesting if she's already breaking through the next wall and shows up as a newbie Empyrean goddess. I wonder what the item Villy left could be though, the bite of Yip maybe? Surely Villy would need to supervise Jake using that but maybe that's for after the visitor.

Malo Thomas

Tftc

Dhia

being scammed to this level is actually horrifying holy shit

Catherine

I'm confused. If the Viper can't use the items that Jake made than why are they worth anything to him at all?

Matthias

Tftc

Arrogant Savant

Sounds like Artemis was tempted to barge in at this point.

Stevean Bozek

I feel like both Villy and Jake got scammed by his skill since neither of them could use the items he made. I guess Villy can study it, the system knows he absolutely adores interesting and unique stuff but ultimately neither of them seem to have any real use for Jake’s items so a mythical fragment he can use for alchemy traded for items he cant use before they become unstable definitely seems like a net gain even if he could have potentially gotten more if his skill was higher than mythical rank

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Tyftc

Fdrugc

Is it an upgrade thingy for his boots?

Beemoss

Tftc

Sylphie

Ree!

Daniel Everest

But the Viper can't use it and Jake can easily make more using a resource he generates and relatively common items, so in the end who really got scammed?