Chapter 1268 - Season's Passing
🕑 Added 2025-12-11 12:18:20 +0000 UTCComments
Chloe
Tyftc Ree ree ree I want a sylphie plushie
Rachel Clements
TYFTC!
Greg Alverson
I really hope we get through evolution before the end of the week and don't have to wait past the weekend. While I enjoyed the sword saint part, I wish it came after jake evolved
Sandy
I just realized that Jake's latest skill affecting experience of his friends will definitely boost Sword Saint to get the skill upgraded
carson
So glad we spent this chapter in essentially a foot race to the place we spent 20 chapters in already instead of just evolving.
Ryan Ulrich
So does SS get a reveal party? Also calling it now, B-grade rematch at the seat of the exalted Prima
Alexander C Hyde
“His (Transcendence)Transcendent is weird. Related to time and seasons, yet also intrinsically tied to himself.”
Sargon Yami
So the evo starts in a week on like friday...
Thenais
Meanie !
Matt
no
name
6-7
TeamNoPants
Really enjoyed the Sword Saint portion.
Shadowind
Tftc
Burkholt
Who who said 4 1/2 Stars was out of five? Totally out of 10.
Jan
Do we know when the break will be?
Jason Connors
I dont think so, the before 210 rule was to compete on the leaderboards. Both so you can get the biggest multiplier possible and to not have a unfair advantage. However there is no leaderboard for B grade and up. Nevermore herself said Jake's visit in B grade would be much less crazy.
Ramadasa Butler
I am wondering if you need to enter Nevermore below a certain level in Class B i.e. you needed to be below Class C - level 210 to compete. Do they have a similar rule for Class B ? Can they earn more titles? Don't forget Jake has that entire garden he won and planted at C Class, growing at the Nevermore time dilation rate. The garden should be chock full of harvestable materials like herbs and posions (plus his personal favourite "Mushrooms" - LOL) .
Takoda Heitz
I want Jake to wrestle a B grade peak variant wolf or something in B grade. That would be sick.
Dor Hanner
It's ok. Minaga lives rent free in everyone else's head.
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
KenTX325
I want Jake and Artemis to go public. The wedding would be a great time to do that. Also, keeps the sucabus from mobbing him.
brjenness
never buy a time machine from Temu...screw it i'm getting a new one. .. you guys are going to love Amazon's Prime Anytime service.
brjenness
anybody know how to recalibrate a flux capacitor?
Tamathon
I want the whole gang to go to the Demon wedding! Or Jake finally being brought to the obelisks where he can help Villy get his family back! Ugh, I’m way too attached to these characters lol
Cyber_dy
Tftc
Carl Never
Im afraid for the winter break cliff how long do we have
NicN
Tftc
A Flashy BR
Tyftc!!
Jared Bell
Tftc
Eric Shivak
Damn.... Jake just lives rent free in Minaga's head don't he? TFTC
Ty Cooper
I am guessing they would look at Jake with great thanks for the opportunities he provided the little murder bird. Wonder how far the records sylphie drops will take Misty and Hawkie.
Ty Cooper
Lol well maybe next week we will get to see the b-grade evolution 😅 still love the chapter just cannot help but laugh at the suspense. Tftc!
Ray Light
"Now that's just rude..." - Minaga😂
Xander
TFTC :) Suggested edits: "In *an entirely other space*" You've used this phrasing before and it was clunky then also. It should be more like "In another space entirely..." or "From an entirely separate space" or "From a different realm, two figurees watched the..." "His *Transcendent* is weird." I've only listened to the sudiobooks so forgive me but, shouldnt this be "Transcendence"? The Sword Saint is a Transcendent(adjective) who experiences Transcendence(noun). It may have been a different way around for the entire series because they sound so similar. ", it had ** far longer," missing word "been" "discussing a race to the *room*." should be "moon" maybe?
Lemonsqueezy
He didn't leave us on a cliff-hanger for his last break, so I think he won't for this one either. When does he go on Christmas break?
Lemonsqueezy
I thought Sylphie was already the chosen of Stormmild? Didn't that happen in the Yggdrasil arc?
Lemonsqueezy
This is most likely the case now that I think of it. Jake seeing the gate at B-Grade is completely unheard of. It was stated that doing so is something that S-Grades need to do before reaching God Tier.
Lemonsqueezy
Zog needs his Friday cliffhanger.
Lemonsqueezy
TSS?
Lemonsqueezy
I don't think Zog will go into much on Jake power-leveling in the dungeon. He already described what was in there once. Would be kind of boring to read. I expect a paragraph or two about it, then Jake returns to his lodge to evolve (which he has done for every grade after leaving the tutorial). We might get descriptions but not the decisions. Monday will what he chooses, talking to Villy, and returning to The Order. That would be a typical Zog cliffhanger.
DeAndrea H
I’m excited to see Sword Saint’s upgrade, for him to be bumped to Chosen, and for the multiverse’s reaction to yet another Chosen, especially of a Primordial, hailing from Earth. I also think it would be cute to see Sylphie get the Mystie/Hawkie treatment when Jake finally evolves to B grade. I love rereading when Jake was first trying to learn to use his Wings and Hawkie was straight clowning him. But by the end Hawkie admitted he was severely outclassed.
jjjm
hobgoblins seem to have some time affinity - in nevermore they ran the time chambers
LynxtheMinx
Yes the cliffhangers everyday... Are painful. But the writing's good so we always have something to look forward to
Cindercon
C grade lets them polymorph usually. Sylphie doesn’t feel a need to or to change her speech. She did go from only Jake and her parents understanding her to everyone I believe at C. She believes she’s already in the most perfect form so why make a human form. I assume a part of it is her elemental parts being silly and different as well. Last, I’d imagine most monsters use a human form to deal with the enlightened races better and to make it more comfortable for those races. Sylphie has no need she has SS and Jake and others as her minions.
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the story Zogarth! And for the chappy!
Tanner Lannister
Has it been stated why Sylphie can’t talk yet but all the other same grade monsters can? Is A grade when they get to polymorph into human form of is that just for dragons like Villy?
Daniel
Aeon already mentioned it this chapter we just couldn't read it because of system fuckery
Gregory Schmitt
god damnit, I can't wait for when there's something exciting happening again. Don't get me wrong it's all part of the process. In order for the exciting shit to slap you've gotta have the progression and POV build up, but the long awaited seat of the exalted prima event has been a carrot dangling there for so long. I wanna see all the various factions throw down in B grade already. Although I do enjoy Slyphie (Mushoku Tensei anybody?) and Sandy messing with Jake. That's hilarious. Super happy to get a Sword Saint update, but yeah big rivalry matchup incoming with the Transcendence upgrade to match Jake's own special variety of cheat skills. Mio out here rizzin out with his time affinity just trippin on seasons. Whats up with this Hobgoblin? Is there a notable hobgoblin from some other lore source that we should know about like Artemis? I get he's Aeon's previous Chosen just curious if he has some allusion component to his character.
CT
Tomorrow half another POV, half dungeon and Jake getting the final level without selections. I would love to be wrong though :/
Mat
That is what the next week Thursday chapter is for
David
People need a new short hand for Sword Saint. Every time I see SS, my first thought is Nazi's! 😅
tigerfishie
TYFTC!! words can’t properly encompass how much I LOVE SS and Aeons relationship 😭
InfernoDroid
Jake is really mean to the hero of the story.
Lemonsqueezy
That is what I am hoping for tomorrow, but Zog might just leave all of that until next week with only the evolution happening tomorrow.
Dave
Tftc
David
What do you mean underappreciated?! Nobody in the history of the multiverse has ever been more appreciated than minaga! Because as we all know, he appreciates the hell out of himself! All bajillion of himselves! 😂
David
Easy! Lose the snark, lose the sarcasm. Not worth it though!
David
Now THAT is an excellent question!!
Hayden Leech
Moon probably
ABTelford
Love it
Alexander C Hyde
Jake turned and yelled up to Sylphie and Sandy, who seemed to be discussing a race to the room. (Is room the correct word here?)
Biggy smalls
Yeah he’s going the skill upgrade route that’s not divine. He’s going the “standard” route it would seem.
K R
Please let the cliffhanger be which selection is being made. Atleast give us some options at the very least. Please Zog I beg you.
Rewdan
So if Sandy is now B grade, is Tom also B grade?
Alexander C Hyde
The hobgoblin had only come by for a visit and spent some casual time there, but from the human’s point of view, it had (been) far longer, and based on him having already sat there when the god arrived, he’d likely been going for years already.
Daniel Brian
That's insane, right? That basically means he has spent almost all of his life so far just watching the seasons!
Daniel Brian
B grade coming up fast!
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Josie
SS gonna teach us all what comes after Mythical that's non-sacred
Daniel Golding
Such cruelty... “How do I get that last half a star?”
AwesomeMug box
Once getting to level 349 every level gos to your race. So with him being 349 in class race and profession, his next level will make him B Grade.
Fyrtue
I don't think tomorrow will have options. Keep in mind that he needs to evolve his race first then his class/profession so tomorrow at most might tell us what his race will become (or if it's still just human at B grade).
Wselby64
I slightly confused why does he only need one level in his class for b grade did he max out his profession already?
smore
Poor Minaga, truly an underappreciated character!
Rahsheem Reid
Woop. Im excited about the next arc.
Adam Taylor
6,7 hundred years? I've been infested by brainrot
Jack
The last thing in tomorrow's chapter will be jake accepting his evolution and we will have to suffer over the weekend
Jack
The first thing I thought when Aeon said he'd make the sword saint his chosen was "well thats the next 10 chapter fight"
Fyrtue
I bet the bigger value would be favors between the two gods rather than records.
Dewdrop06
Eron has an arcane affinity.
Ben Sheahan
TYFTC. I want to know if there will be benefits for Villy from the SS becoming a Chosen. Villy informed Aeon about him. Gotta be worth some quality records tangentially
Sammot
i hope we get to see more bloodlines and transcendents in b grades! Feels like even though theyre rare yes, at jakes talent level there have to be at least a few more right? Oh and also arcane affinities, like jake cant be the only peak talented mortal with one!
Rodney
I didn't even catch that lol
Ben Sheahan
I’m interested in seeing if there is a resurgence in Pride of the Malefic Viper being offered. He used the skill with his Aurora/Presence a lot during the lesson. I wanna know how it affects their evolutions
denym123
Correction: "...tasked the Sword Saint with doing before evolving to C-grade." Should be evolving to B-grade
BumAssBumAss
Makes sense the sword saint is taking a different path than getting a sacred skill. I doubted sword saint can get scared since not even a primordial's chosen, like Artemis was able to do it.
Bloodshadow
Zog please be merciful and no cliff tomorrow at least allow us to see the class options.... please
Phoenixdrop
Welp we should at least see the options tomorrow and maybe get a sneak peek at a upgraded Transcendent Skill
zran
eh, id say its better for him to wait until b-grade, since then he will have to upgrade a bunch of his skills due to his evolution downgrading some of his skills, that and having better capabilities to handle the act of pondering on concepts
Nathan Holliday
Just evolve already damn it!
Lommona
Tftc, this one sped by for me lol, so hyped for b grade
Ramadasa Butler
What I think Aeon is trying the SS to achieve is the deeper concepts of Time/Seasons. Installing that slow leaking pipe into his true soul as described by Vilas when trying to access/understand concepts when you don't have have access to the gate of enlightenment.
Daryl
Aeon is way too old to be saying 6-7 lol
dash w
No no. That will be next Monday after a cliffhanger tomorrow.
Derrick Blacketter
I think Zog said that he was or still is a massive WoW fan so my guess is that its something like goblin engineering. Something like natural tinkerers with a slant for explosives. Aeon, being the clock man, see's these little dudes that like to make things they make go boom (Im picturing a cartoon tnt with a clock strapped to it for a countdown time), and takes them in to help them get better at the time and mechanical engineering part of their fighting paths. The only other paths I see for goblins is probably merchant or assassin ones
GeneticSloth
Tftc!
Stevean Bozek
Jake is a master at messing with Minaga but Minaga is a master at causing psychological damage to the entire multiverse including Jake. He'll never get that last half a star because Jake will never forget that lore dump that lasted like an entire day while Casper was practically comatose and Jake was trapped in the dungeon unable to leave or meditate to avoid listening to him
Bentao
And here I thought that this chapter will be about Jake’s b-grade evolution :(
Kris Piskorski
You have no shame
Davis Martin
Can we get an early Christmas gift? Maybe like 3 chapters tomorrow? That would be real nice
JW Saxby
👍🏼 Tyftc 🍻
Spencer Needler
You keep mentioning the sword saint evolving to C-Grade. And upgrading their transcendent beforehand do you mean B-Grade?
Jennifer Leigh
That seems extremely difficult. Hadn't only one of his Artemis blessed opponents had done that?
djthomp
The Sword Saint really putting those old man vibes to good use. Gonna be fun when the next time he meets Jake he'll be a fellow Chosen of a Primordial and have an upgraded Transcendent skill. You know, with the Sword Saint about to become a Primordial's Chosen and Sylphie likely to become one soon too, I wonder if and when Dina will join them as Nature's Attendant's Chosen to complete the Nevermore party of Pinnacle Gods' Chosen hat trick.
Ramadasa Butler
Well this confirms it, we will not have evolutions till next week, at the earliest. I only hope that they can be completed prior to Zog's Christmas Break. Anyone know when he starts and returns from his Christmas break 2025?
Episode 19
lol, Minaga will never know how to get that last half a star tftc
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter!
Cory S.
Sword Saint just casually sitting and experiencing seasons changing for 689 years is insane to me and at the same time, very awesome of him. Glad he is going to be made Aeon’s new Chosen. Way to go Sword Saint. I busted out laughing when Minaga just gave up and told Jake where to go to enter dungeon.
Jake Atwood
I feel like Jake should really take some time in a time compression zone like the sword saint and meditate on concepts with his meditation skill could be really valuable especially in upgrading his archery skill
Keion
Zog should be nice n give use a extra chapter for the holidays
Samuel Nelson
I wonder who gets the last arrow before Jake levels up? TFTC Zogie!
Unwillingmainer
I love how by any metric, the Sword Saint is a genius and absolutely shooting up the ranks. But because he hangs around Jake, he doesn't look as good as he is. At least it looks like Aeon see it.
Tyler S.
Yes your fast but just wait till he evolves then youll get the same treatment as your dad
Fdrugc
Does anyone else think Jake should upgrade his archery and some other skills at least to mythical?
Meir Banon
Tftc
Sylphie
Ree!
Marcus Evenett
Jack spent 40 year in Time dilation making eternal shadow
mitchell kaiser
Ooooooo can’t wait to see his future options!
Fdrugc
If the sword sant had Jake's meditation skill he would be scary also what he is doing is incredible.
Jack
What's Aeon's thing with goblins, like I swear this is the 2nd goblin we've seen that is/was blessed by him, like 100% of goblins we've met have had a blessing from Aeon at one point, also Zog is dragging the B-Grade evolution so he can leave us on a cliffhanger tomorrow but at the same time the chapters dragging it out are still so damn good
Roy
Thanks Zogarth 🙏 Looking forward to some B grade shenanigans
Devillelouch
brjenness
Jake is already a transcendent. Jake is Jake. Jake is not dead Jake. Jake is not even defeated Jake. Jake is victorious. Jake's transcendence is to remain always Jake and refuse to be anything other than Jake. Sandy...musings while traveling the universe.
wyattmon
God I love the Sword Saint, the B grade duel between Primordials Chosen is going to go so hard
DaMule
TFTC Z, SS for the win! I always enjoy the “catching up with Char” chapters
IntenseSushi
Tftc of course he’s gonna leave us on a huge cliffhanger tomorrow
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter
Kristopher Hanson
Mam zog is really gonna make the Friday cliffhanger hit harder
Tilen Praprotnik
Thanks for the chapter
DARK LORD DAISHI
TYFTC
Ritsu
I can't even imagine what the old man is going through. The longest Jake has ever spent on some boring task was on learning how to use Shroud in like 15 years, but even then he was actually doing something. The Sword Saint is just... experiencing time. Not even meditating or anything. Just watching the seasons pass for nearly 700 years. His old man energy will be off the charts after this.
Benjamin Davis-Lorton
b grade here we come
lockx
Race to the room > race to the moon Is what I think was intended there at the end Thank you for the chapter!
Georgia Guy-Williams
Interesting to see where SS ends up
Medicine Man
That was exactly what Aeon Clok, the Primordial of Time, had tasked the Sword Saint with doing before evolving to C-grade. B-grade?
Malo Thomas
Tftc!
Matthias
tftc
GeneralBlack
Poor minaga
Fitzgibbon
Before evolving to C-grade->before evolving to B-grade
Medicine Man
U read it before posting?
Aritra Gupta
tftc
Chara
TFTC! Blue balls tomorrow guys!
Beemoss
Tftc
Misa
Tftc
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Frank Zander
Tftc
Ed Soto
Tftc
AllEiT
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