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Chapter 1284 - A Queen's Guards

🕑 Added 2026-01-15 12:17:55 +0000 UTC

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Chloe

Agreed.

Chloe

Tyftc

Parker Bond

We already knew that she went to Nevermore. I think Vesperia had to talk the other true royals into letting her go

Corey S

Also, I wish she tried for 8 too lol

Corey S

One should be an archer and the other an alchemist

Brentley Meersman

Its the same name as the great white stag from the tutorial. Moon magic type of deal and the class change book he got from that fight he gave to the one woman on earth her name is escaping me right now

Jared Bell

Tftc

KyoDaDungeon!!

so Lucenti is that someone we know

GloinJr

By symbolism westbound monk would be obsessed with death while eastbound would be obsessed with progress

Yahyo Malikov

Since the guards are from the true royal wouldnt it mean that the true royal is the origin. I dont think itd work because I dont think there is any same two true royals.

NovaZero

Whereas the westbound monk should be absolute friend.

GeneticSloth

tftc!

Scott Miles

Vesperia talks in an earlier chapter about how she would not go to Nevermore because the Wyrmgod would learn secrets about the True Royals and sell them to Rigoria, yet in this chapter it says she insisted on going? Not sure if that was intentional. tyftc!

Matthew Smith

What would happen if Jake Jake juiced the new true queens guards? Like their origin is Vesperia who is already abnormal and then if he infuses so important treasure for a queens guard I wonder just how unique their path could become.

SqrlyGrly

Jake? Teach? Voluntarily?

M C

Or “guarantee”.

Rahsheem Reid

I would love for one of the guards to train under Jake bc that is their grandpappy

Joshua Little

Thanks for the chapter.

Carl Never

Exceptional laziness

Tyler Sutfin

Vesperia is genuinely one of my favorite characters! And the ectonomorphs have some incredible world building!

Toffee Willow

I like this idea personally

NicN

Tftc

Brock

Is the Eastbound Monk going to be the Sword Saint’s fated foe?

Aurora1325

no there are more then 61 true royal as it was stated that true royals can elevate truly talented hive queens to that status there are only 61 lingeges that have true royals that made it to god hood before all of them where killed

John Durrett

tyftc. If Vespy had birthed 8 guards , she could have started her own sitcom "8 is enough". :P

Jacqie Casper

Liked this chapter, but there's definitely a mistake or misnomer. The true royals are the original 100 queens of the endless empire, of which only 61 remained during the 93d era. And in prior chapters it was said that of the true royal lines who died/were killed none were reborn till Vesperia. So I don't understand the talk about thousand and tens of thousands of "true royals" that were trained from birth. Shouldn't those be high level hive queens instead? It was also mentioned in prior chapters, that all 100 true royal hive queens are the equals in the hierarchy of the endless empire

ZanSanCho

Tftc Zog!

JW Saxby

I can’t wait to see a Grandpappy Jake scene 😍😇 Tftc 🍻

Seen Death

I dont see it like that For most, assassination attempts are a definite sign of aggression, but thats just another growth opportunity to the truely strong (like jake) For example, The Court of Shadows got a contract to send someone against jake, and the only consideration he got was permission to go through with it from the Viper. Even the Viper technially agreed to sending an assassin after jake. For Valhal, theyre contracting mercinaries. Nothing personal- theyre just looking for fights Even on battlefields where their own faction has opponents hired from their same faction So these guys dont really get grudges saved against them Atleast thats my understanding from what i think Jake feels There are plenty of people who have a more personal reason to kill Jake, i think one of those dragons was forshadowed? The people making the contracts are the real enemies

SirbBrownFluffles

Jake's a granddaddy now

Lemonsqueezy

He really wasn't mentioned much. He was in the top 10 in Nevermore. The wiki says that he killed all the Prima's in his galaxy. Really he is just another powerful person from the 93rd.

brjenness

if valhal accepts a contract to go against jake in the event, will he forgive them? won't that be a third strike?

Josie

Maybe the last paragraph could use some semicolons with the list

Rewdan

Cool thanks, could he become the next villain?

Rewdan

It was so good to get caught up with Vesspy

Rewdan

Who is this East Bound Monk, any ideas?

Phil Ritter

With all the talk about those different competitors am I the only one who is really excited for Lopaz in case he finds the motivation to attend. I wonder what kind of path he has considering his nature and high ranking. I’d say he is a digester like Sandy but if that were the case he wouldn’t have ranked nearly as high

Ed

If Jake was there im sure 8 would be doable maybe even more

brjenness

endless empire should have plenty of votes/points to support jake with. still hope golden groot upgraded to emperor and has a bunch of planets under him.

zran

agreed, it should be nice if we get to know that faction better

SqrlyGrly

Lillian might get a blessing from the god of Jake's next rival. Does she become the next official heretic in his circle?

Robert Phipps Jr (Perren d'Wolff)

Well, the automatons for one. I mean they already attacked her once when the True royals were bringing her home for the first time.

Borbino the great

Is the immortal monk the same dude Jake hangs out with sometimes that’s impossible to kill I’m confused

Fyrtue

Bestest bird is offended.

Carl Never

Didnt expect a vesperia chapter but ill love it. Im thinking we get reika over to help jake test out his new alchemical ingredients. See how many times she can loose her eye brows

Peter Smith

Honest question... How terrifying would it be if Vespy ended up hooking up with our immortal monk... A truely endless hive where so long as Vesperia survives her children will all come back to life naturally...

Lemonsqueezy

Last thing that was mentioned of them is that they are travelling around the multiverse. I think it was just a way for Zog to not have to write a chapter about him visiting them, seeing that I don't think much of significance could be told. As the story progresses I am expecting them to be mentioned less and less and eventually not at all. His brother and maybe his nephew will probably come into play again (probably during the SoTEP event), but his parents and sister-in-law will probably only be mentioned in passing or in a short paragraph about Jake seeing them again. His parents and sister-in-law have little to no interest in becoming more powerful, so I expect them to eventually die, but at C-Grade that is a 10k year lifespan. Last thing I remember is they were still in D-Grade and that is like a 1k year lifespan. Still long, but I believe it has been around 25 years in real time since the story began. Jake is around 150+ years old because of all the time dilation, make him significantly older than his parents at this point. A lot of characters in the early parts of the story are becoming less and less relevant. I would start to expect that they will rarely be mentioned anymore if at all. Even Sylphie isn't mentioned that much anymore. We only got a few paragraphs about her and Sandy a couple chapters ago. We haven't heard about the Demon Prince in a really long time, still waiting for the chapter about that wedding. I think it mostly do to the rapid progress of Jake. Those that are not at his level become no longer important enough to mention. Jake is at the level where he is dealing with very powerful people and is in very powerful circles. Jake being a chosen makes him pretty much the default second in command for The Order. He is even above Duskleaf, Snappy, and the Ladies of the Verdant Lagoon. Although Jake would never act like he controls them because he isn't the Leadership type. Anyway, I got really off topic there. ADHD is a real SOB.

Borbino the great

I’d assume so my guess is every grade they might be able to add more?

islandcastle11

Vesperia is my favorite of Jake’s creations!! Love endless empire thanks for the chapter

David Storey

I could definitely see Jake protecting Vesperia from the monk. I am super excited about the adventures we will have in B - Grade! Also, could author re-iterate whether a true royal can add more guards in the future? TYFTC.

michael geen

Tftc

Dustin Baya

I'm hyped for the eastbound monk I hope the dao sect will get more screentime now

Lemonsqueezy

Enjoyed the chapter, but it was a little wordy in the first half.

Shadowind

Tftc

brjenness

who are you? didn't there used to be a side character named slyphie or something like that?

AWKW1ZARD

I don't know who would be dumb enough to go after Vesperia, given who's shit-list that would put them on.

UNKNOWN

Imagine they're named Hati, the wolf who chases the moon.

brjenness

I give wintermaul a chance to not be a bad guy based on how he handled sylphies rejection.

UNKNOWN

I disagree with them being born as a male cause they have to serve as body doubles as well.

brjenness

I took it as she's maxed at whatever she originally made.

Biggy smalls

Nah, he’s blessed by the holy mother and a non-combatant. They wouldn’t warn her to never come in conflict with Jacob.

jb qspam

I have questions! Vesperia making eight- is the challenge Making the eight simultaneously, or Having them simultaneously? When she goes for eight (because it sounds like she will) do the others have to have dies first or can she just make #8? And assuming it’s (relatively) not difficult, I could see her going for #9.

Kyle

I wish that one of the guards was born influenced by jake through records, either his mana coloring it or some even being born as male completely shocking the gathered queens and status quo

Namorat

"Even with such supreme talent, breaking through to godhood was never a success, and their Path to ascension was fraught with danger and uncertainty." An assured success?

ABTelford

Exciting getting some buildup toward the prima event. Thx for the chapter!

Ramadasa Butler

Would love to see Sylphie and Wintermaul fight it out to the death, especially if he tries something against Sylphie i.e. trying to force their mating.

brjenness

was lucenti chosen a wolf?

Sylphie

Ree!

blucube 14

Thanks for the chapter!

Ramadasa Butler

Could the "Chosen of the Holy Son" be Jacob?

Anomander_Rake

It was mentioned that they technically can but it’s difficult.

Posiden 300

Name drops!!!

Gregory Schmitt

Big foreshadowing vibes, but I love a good Vespy chapter, she's so cute in a royal ectognamorph kinda way

Wen L.

Vesperia is the best daddy's girl, but Jake will be a big boon for her in the event if he joins the Endless Empire in the event. I feel like the Holy Son is a derivative of someone we have already met, Ell'Hakan remnant were recovered by the Holy Church, except his core, which Jake has. Without his true power from the bloodline but part of Yip of Yore's records, Jake might have a handful to deal with.

phil

Yay a Vespi chapter, bet sandy will love being an uncle, TFTC

Connor

Thanks for the chapter

Jayce Sul

Rigoria. Who is Rigatoria lol

Suzanne Pearson

Makes me wonder….. if Rigatoria was behind Jake’s kidnapping attempt and ultimately Jake goes to war against Rigatoria, wouldn’t it help the war effort by leaps and bounds to ‘reawaken’ all of the extinct lineages? Obviously Vespy is a superior being among the true royals and that would make quite the splash! 😁

C0bra$

Thank u for the story

tigerfishie

Ohhhh I’m DESPERATE to know more about the Holy Son, and especially Lucenti now that they (she?) has been mentioned twice recently. Tyftc, I’m very excited for the event.

Mrburns93

Don't forget the dao sect had that guy from the challenge dungeon. He was incredibly reasonable and yet he still absolutely waxed Jake like an old rusty car

Jason Smith

I remember the name, when was he mentioned again?

modersoccer

Tftc Just a question where are jakes familiy right now And love that we hear form the true royal form time to time

joel southard

Thank you for the chapter

DeAndrea H

Or if he hurts Vespy somehow it might be Jake and Vespy vs the Eastbound Monk

Matt

It's been a long time since the Eastbound Monk has been mentioned, is the Monk going to Jakes next rival? Or is it the other dragon lady?

DeAndrea H

I love when that happens. I’m still waiting on the hooded figure that hired William in book 13 who was capable of avoid leaving karmic bonds and left behind dead puppet bodies (much like the group that ambushed Jake and co in the void) to be tied back in.

Phil Ritter

I really want to know which faction the monk is from. I kinda expected him to be from the Dao sect but those guys seem reasonable enough to not need a warning. They can’t be from the holy church since we know they only had 9th and 10th place in their camp. I don’t remember any overly religious factions or where a monk would fit but maybe they were recruited by Rigoria at some point?

Phil Ritter

Much appreciated. Honestly didn’t notice the disciple of lucenti back then

Kt-x

Thanks for the chapter!

IntenseSushi

Tftc

Gavin Wayne Pitcher

Ah, there goes jesus!

Josie

Went back to the last Nevermore book to get this: Nevermore Leaderboards (C-grade): 93rd Universe. 1. Cheeto – Dead Tier 2. Wintermaul – Pinnacle Tier 3. Lopas – Pinnacle Tier 4. Holy Dawn Paladin – Pinnacle Tier 5. Arnold – Pinnacle Tier 6. Eastbound Monk – Pinnacle Tier 7. Disciple of Lucenti – Pinnacle Tier 8. Sword Saint – Pinnacle Tier 9. Immortal Faith – Pinnacle Tier 10. High Templar – Pinnacle Tier

brjenness

I didn't hate the guy. wouldn't hate him becoming a pro-jake person.

Phillip Masusock

Same. I was right though when I guessed what the hiccup during the ritual was.

brjenness

eastie has been portrayed as a decent guy so far, but it could all be false humility. would be funny if he chooses to ignore his God's guidance to defeat jake and joins jake in the heretic chosen path.

Meir Banon

Tftc

Cory S.

The buildup to the prima event is getting good.

Kyler

Technically that's Jake's grandkids. Jake's a grandfather boys.

Jordan Rogers

Be cool if she did decide to do an eighth with Jake’s help

Prospects

I am willing to bet that the Eastbound Monk is going to be Ellhalkan part 2, though a lot less morally black and white from Jake’s perspective.

Jan

I have the feeling that her Seven guards will make up for the missing eighth by just being insanely overpowered in comparison to other queen’s guards.

Michael Fannon

Looks like a certain ice elemental is about to be made into shaved ice.

Shandlar

Wait, do i smell an actual upcoming antagonist? In my Primal Hunter? Unheard of

Artemis1700

Honestly, I get the feeling that the Chosen of Lucenti is Lillian. At least, that is what my gut is saying. Could totally be wrong though

Aritra Gupta

tyftc

Alex Brodginski

Thank you for the chapter!

SeaSmoke

The world building is amazing

Matthias

Tftc

Misa

Tftc

Yahyo Malikov

Eron is the eastbound monk i think. I remember reading that he is a candidate for chosen of a dao lord

Baged

Before a trueroyal dies, she lays an egg that can give birth to the next trueroyal, who will then attempt to attain godhood. The Endless Empire has existed since the second or third age, and each age lasts hundreds of thousands or millions of years—or more—so there have almost certainly been many trueroyals throughout history.

JJB4345_80_815

Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!

Alexandre8901

Nice! 1 step closer to the Seat of the exalted prima event!

Fyrtue

I would like to see the perspective of these queen's guards the first time they meet Jake. Also is chosen of Lucenti a typo or is this just how they're being introduced. I don't remember that character from the leader boards and it feels like a pretty deliberate drop after Lilian brought up that she might be blessed by them in B grade.

Xander

TFTC :) I might be wrong but werent there 100 true royals and each one was only replaced when they died whether from combat or old age meaning there were never more than 100 at a time, right? So how can "one in ten thousand true royals" be a metric for saying how extraordinary an event is? There havent been 10000 true royals to check against have there? I freely admit I might just be wrong. Suggested edits: "*Finally*, the ritual reached its *final* stage" repetitive phrasing. Either change the first to "Eventually" or the second to "closing" " looked somewhat *familiar* to Vesperia herself." should be "similar" "as she acknowledged her firstborn *True Royal* " should be "Queens Guard", right? "something disturbed ** about midway" missing word "you"

frankie doerr

Making us go back to book 12 to reread is wicked work

ByLordMatsLuck

Damn so we are getting a Jake vs Eastbound Monk or Vesperia vs Eastbound Monk

Alex R

I was expecting Vesperia to go "Twinsies. I got eight."

djthomp

Shame Vespy didn't go for eight and prove to all these bugs that she's the best. I'm really looking forward to learning more about all these standouts we first heard about in Nevermore but haven't really gotten any details about.

Hopeless Harp

Oooooo getting ready for the Prima Guardian is exciting

Fdrugc

It's nice to hear about Vespy. Is it possible to get another guard later on in life and or redo the process?

Ben Cox

Tyftc

Rippchord

I can't wait to see this Chosen of Lucenti and have him freak out over Lillian

Steven Myer

"The Eastbound Monk, a mysterious figure who’d proven themselves incredibly powerful in the Prima Guardian event." That's all we got so far from chapter 1263 for those who asked. There could be references further back in already printed books that had the chapters removed from here, but its too early to dig that deep.