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Chapter 1219 - Gate
🕑 Added 2025-09-30 11:21:19 +0000 UTCJake looked at the First Sage for several moments, wondering if he was even seeing right. His still-muddled mind told him that this was indeed the visage of the First Sage, yet it also felt slightly off.
The old man didn’t have any aura but seemed to be nothing more than a loose collection of energy and Records. This wasn’t like the vision he’d seen through Path of the Heretic-Chosen but something entirely different.
As Jake was thinking, he suddenly felt another rush of exhaustion, making him nearly fall forward. He had to brace himself on the side of the bench, making the First Sage shake his head.
“I would really recommend sitting.”
Jake didn’t argue but did as the teacher of the Malefic Viper said. With a struggle, he forced himself around the handrest of the bench and took a seat. He leaned on the backrest and let out a loud sigh of pure exhaustion as he finally felt a moment of relaxation.
Sitting there, he no longer felt any of the pressure from this weird world, and he even felt the damage to his soul pause, with some minor aspects even beginning to slowly mend.
After sitting for a good dozen seconds, Jake finally looked at the old man again, who patiently waited for Jake to get his bearings.
“How are you here?” Jake asked, confused.
“That’s an interesting question, now isn’t it?” the First Sage responded. “Tell me, Jake, why do you think I’m here?”
“I don’t know, which is why I’m asking,” Jake muttered. “But if I had to guess… the Records from the tome you gave me summoned you here. That, or you’re an image born from those Records. In either case, you’re really doing a bad job convincing me you’re not some aspect of the system, seeing where we are.”
The First Sage chuckled at Jake’s words. “You forgot another option. That I’m not actually here. That no one else besides you is here.”
Jake stared confused, clearly seeing the old man. “I’m pretty sure you… okay, this is weird.”
As Jake studied the old man more closely, he realized that not only did he lack any kind of physicality, but he also didn’t seem to actually be sitting on the bench at all. He was like a ghost that could be seen and heard, but didn’t actually exist.
“Seems like you’ve realized by now,” the First Sage smiled. “Though you weren’t entirely wrong. I’m born of your own mind and the Records of the First Sage. An embodiment of the knowledge you gleaned from my tome. I’m just a little more aware of what I am than usual specters of Records tend to be.”
Jake slowly nodded along as he looked toward the massive gate blocking off the rest of this odd realm that seemed to exist within his Truesoul. “I guess you’re here because of that.”
“Indeed,” the old man nodded. “You know what it is, right? Or perhaps more accurately, what it isn’t?”
“It’s not actually here… but a mental block of some kind created to protect myself,” Jake answered. “Because if I truly saw what was behind that gate…”
“You would die in an instant, your soul crumbled into nothingness, and your existence erased,” the First Sage finished Jake’s sentence. “But that still leaves the question… what lies beyond to cause something like that? And if what lies beyond is what you’ve come here in pursuit of, was your journey for naught?”
“That is the question, isn’t it?” Jake sighed as he leaned forward, cupping his hands. “Though I do believe I have an answer.”
“Pray tell,” the First Sage motioned for Jake to speak.
“You know… for the longest time studying your tome, I wondered what kind of direction Meditate could even be taken in. I knew the skill had something to do with deepening one’s connection to the system, but I still wasn’t entirely sure what exactly that meant,” Jake began as he answered the First Sage’s question while also fully putting his own thoughts into words.
“Improving regeneration was the baseline. A natural upgrade to that was helping speed up other kinds of healing, such as a way to heal the soul faster. Meditate doesn’t necessarily provide anything new; it just amplifies and speeds up certain parts of what the system is already doing. At first, I considered another natural extension of this to be the ability to gain experience and even Records from the mere act of meditating, and as technically one earns experience and Records at all times, one should be able to speed that up for the effect to become noticeable and recognized.”
“Yet that isn’t what you believe lies beyond the gate,” the First Sage chimed in.
“No, because the ability to gain experience from meditating is too… basic. The Dao Sect already does this as part of their base Path. I know the Sword Saint’s Meditate skill also allows him to gain experience while using it. I guess technically mine already does too; the effect is just too insignificant to the level where the system doesn’t even mention it as a feature,” Jake answered calmly.
“Which means something far more significant has to lie beyond. Something so profound and difficult to comprehend that it required direct guidance from you.”
“Does it, though?” the old man asked, raising an eyebrow.
“For a C-grade… likely. But beyond that? For those at higher grades possessing powers and capabilities I’m not able to fully comprehend yet? I’m not so sure,” Jake shook his head. “Especially not when it comes to gods. When I had this realization, a new question was born, one I should perhaps have asked far earlier… why do gods meditate? Perhaps a better question is, why do all the gods I’ve ever heard of meditate?”
The First Sage was silent as Jake kept speaking.
Before Jake started doing his research, he hadn’t been entirely sure that the act of meditation was such a shared pastime among all the gods, and he even guessed some gods, like Valdemar, weren’t really into it. Jake just had a hard time seeing that man spend long times in deep meditation, but to his surprise, the man did.
Sure, his form of meditation didn’t necessarily require him to sit down in a lotus position, but he still did it. Jake had asked Artemis a long time ago, and she had mentioned that she was sure she didn’t know of any gods who never meditated. Yet, for some reason, she never mentioned the reason they all meditated. Perhaps she couldn’t, or perhaps she believed it was best for Jake to find out for himself, but that theory was kind of shut down as Jake realized something else.
For some reason, it was never talked about anywhere. It wasn’t mentioned in any books, and even when Jake decided to just ask the snake god directly, he just got the answer that the act of meditation was important for the gods. The same half-baked answer Artemis gave him, which made Jake conclude that the reason no one talked about it was because they couldn’t.
That’s right… Whatever the explanation, it was considered Forbidden Knowledge. This meant that the only way for Jake to learn it was to discover it himself, and Jake had many theories.
“Now, I did think it was perhaps just to pass the time, as sometimes one wants to fast-travel through eternity a little, but that felt wrong. It’s probably a factor, but not the main reason. No, Meditate has to serve some other kind of function that’s shared by the gods. A crucial one that the system wants to keep hidden.”
“Seeking Forbidden Knowledge is a risky endeavor,” the First Sage said. “While the curiosity is natural, the system does not classify something as Forbidden Knowledge for no reason. More often than not, it’s protecting someone from learning something that will have a very detrimental effect on them. To restrict one from knowledge one isn’t ready for yet.”
“I know, and yet you helped lead me down this path of discovery,” Jake chuckled, shaking his head. “But back to what I believe lies beyond that gate. As I said, it must be something even gods value to such a degree that it’s mandatory for them to progress. However, if it’s mandatory, it makes me question… how can Meditate be a Legacy skill of yours in the first place?”
Once more, the First Sage didn’t offer any words but just allowed Jake to continue to speak his thoughts.
“And I concluded that in some ways, it isn’t. Sure, the Meditate skill I and every other mortal have is a Legacy skill of yours, but the Meditate skill possessed by gods isn’t the same thing at all. What really hammered home this theory was something I didn’t even think about when I first saw it, but made sense later… Minaga meditates. As a Unique Lifeform who is so restricted from other skills, why does he seemingly possess the Meditate skill?”
“He may not have it,” the First Sage proposed an alternative. “Isn’t it possible he is not using a skill but is doing something self-taught?”
“Theoretically, but I don’t think so,” Jake shook his head. “Clearly, there are some things he cannot simply teach himself, such as the ability to give out Blessings. Meditate seems to be a very system-heavy skill that I simply can't imagine how he discovered in the first place, no matter how much time he spent. I can’t imagine how he would form that initial connection to the system. That’s why I’ve chosen to believe that he got the Meditate skill upon becoming a god… something all gods do.”
“Isn’t there a flaw in this argument?” the First Sage asked. “If you cannot imagine him establishing this connection in the first place, how would I have created the Meditate skill and made it my Legacy?”
“See, that’s another thing I’ve decided; to stop thinking about why or how you were capable of doing things. Clearly, you have some kind of secret far beyond my imagination, and while I could spend time pondering that, I ultimately believe it’s a waste of time,” Jake shook his head.
“I see,” the First Sage nodded. “But you still haven’t gotten to what lies beyond the gate.”
“I’m getting there, jeez,” Jake waved off the old man as he leaned back on the bench before continuing.
“As I was getting to, if the Meditate skill is one originally made for gods to use, I think the one all mortals have is some kind of lesser version. Sure, it’s possible they just share a name, same as how Eversmile gave William a skill with Bloodline in the name just to mess with him, but you seriously don’t strike me as the type to do something like that. Hence why I believe the two are connected.”
Once more, the First Sage had fallen silent, just looking on as Jake spoke.
“Which brings me back to the why. Why do gods need to meditate? How does it progress their Paths? I considered whether it might have just given them experience or Records, but it doesn’t really work like that, now does it? The Records need to pertain to something, and if it only gave experience, wouldn’t it risk harming the gods due to the lack of Records? I’m not even sure if one can get experience without at least some Records in the first place, but I digress. What I concluded was that what the gods are getting out of meditating is indeed something crucial they cannot do without. Something that sets them apart from those weaker than themselves… something with seemingly no limit to how high it can scale, if gods find it worthy of eternal pursuit.”
“So what is your answer to what lies beyond the gate?” the First Sage asked, knowing Jake had reached the end of his speech.
“Concepts… or perhaps more accurately, a way to comprehend them.”
This was Jake’s answer to what the true purpose of the Meditate skill was.
Through meditation, one could connect more deeply with the system and be allowed to interact with the “true” source of all concepts in the multiverse. One could study the nomological laws of existence and try to comprehend as much as possible in an endless pursuit of enlightenment.
From his conversations with Artemis and Villy, he understood the importance of conceptual understanding to everyone, and as one progressed through the grades, it only grew in importance. Concepts were both simple and yet infinitely complex, having endless interpretations and conclusions, nearly all of them supported by the system and capable of manifesting true power.
The problem with concepts was that no one could truly explain how they worked. Telling someone they just “had to understand how fire works better” didn’t exactly make much sense, as everyone had a fundamental understanding of how it worked. Yet one could learn a deeper meaning of what “fire” was and have an interpretation that allowed someone’s flames to intensify, become more versatile, be harder to extinguish, or have myriad other effects.
For the system to have some method to deepen one’s understanding only made sense. It also made sense that, since no one could properly teach or explain concepts to others, there was still some kind of unified source that led to some degree of mutual comprehension. Most gods also seemed to have a baseline understanding of pretty much all concepts, even if they didn’t specialize in something.
Jake was pretty sure that Villy was far better than Jake when it came to archery, despite not using a bow, simply due to his conceptual understanding of it. He guessed that one of the reasons for this was the unifying wellspring of concepts that all gods could access through meditation, which allowed one to glean a surface-level understanding of nearly anything.
Deepening one’s understanding of Records also resulted in more Records. In Jake’s case, when he understood a concept more and passed a certain threshold of comprehension, he would gain a skill upgrade. He reckoned it wasn’t that much different for gods.
Villy also discussed how gods would hit plateaus of levels and Records as an era progressed, with more to come at the next integration. Understanding concepts can serve as a form of horizontal progression, even if it does not allow for gaining more levels, enabling gods to enhance their existing abilities and thus increase their power.
“You seem confident in your conclusion,” the First Sage spoke after a while.
“I am,” Jake nodded.
“But you don’t know for sure, do you?” he followed up.
“There are very few things in life one can know for certain,” Jake chuckled. “I already took a massive gamble just going here. I have to believe that I’m right, or as you said, it would all have been a waste.”
“Assuming you are indeed correct, what will you do now?” the old man asked, joining Jake in looking toward the massive gate that Jake assumed represented the final barrier to what he kept referring to as a wellspring of Records. “We already concluded you wouldn’t be able to handle it.”
“We did, but isn’t that where you come in?” Jake asked with a smile as he looked at the First Sage.
“By now, you should already be fully aware that I am indeed nothing but a conceptual representation of the First Sage created from the Records of the tome and your memory of your interaction.”
“I am,” Jake nodded, indeed realizing he was essentially talking to himself. “Which is also why I know it was exactly for this moment the First Sage was so adamant about me strengthening my soul enough to be capable of defeating his Records.”
Jake was determined, and his mind was clear as he stood up. “I also know what I have to do now.”
The First Sage looked up at Jake. “If you’re wrong, you die.”
“Yeah… but I feel like I’m right,” Jake shrugged as he reached out and offered a hand to the old man.
The First Sage smiled, and for a moment, his presence changed, catching Jake off guard. “Then let’s see if you’re right.”
Before Jake could say anything, the old man took Jake’s hand as the bench and road made of golden pages disappeared. Instead of the road and bench, Jake now clenched a golden arrow that also seemed to be made of all the compressed pages. It glowed with incredible power and Records that were far beyond Jake’s current understanding.
In his other hand, he was already holding his bow. For a second, he considered whether perhaps that image of the First Sage had been a bit more real than Jake believed, but he quickly dispelled those thoughts as now was no time for hesitation.
With the golden road and bench gone, Jake felt the oppressive force that sought to erase him from this place closing in again. Jake took a deep breath as he fully unleashed his aura, holding nothing back as he summoned whatever power he had left after the long march to get to the gate.
As he did this, the last puzzle piece also finally made its presence known for real. Right as the oppressive force of erasure was upon him, the faint sound of a heartbeat echoed out from within him, releasing a pulse that fueled him with more power as the oppressive force was pushed away.
Lifting his bow, Jake nocked the arrow and took aim towards the gate. He knew that destroying it would mean his doom, but he also knew that leaving with nothing wasn’t why he had come here.
Another burst of energy enveloped Jake as his heartbeat once more echoed through the realm of nothingness. The gate in front of him appeared more tangible than before as he drew back the string of his bow and took aim.
Jake closed his eyes, allowing not his thoughts, conclusions, or judgment to guide this shot. Instead, he left it entirely to instinct, emptying his mind and allowing his subconscious to take over.
The next time Jake opened his eyes was when he’d already let go of the string and let the arrow fly. He had no memory of when he loosed the arrow, yet despite his lack of direct control, Jake remained calm as it struck the gate… followed by a loud cracking sound.
Comments
Asterrahl
Thank you for giving us an actual answer! I'm very satisfied with it, and even if I were not, an answer is due eventually. The "perhaps we'll never know" non-anwers after months of teasing are... villanous.
Koala Man
:)
Goose18
I let the chapters marinate for this moment 😭 Time to binge
Chloe
Tyftc
Michael Click
❤️❤️❤️
JJB4345_80_815
Thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Rachel Clements
Tyftc!
Cypraxius
"I feel like I'm right, so I'm right" Jake Thayne
brjenness
I would say the access to concepts would seem a reasonable explanation for tfs skill at everything.
RnR_ RnR
Jake and Caleb elric. Jake is now known as the full malefic alchemist
deus vault
The divine realm is an evolved soulscape.
Smiley Face
Yeah, I think this might be Jake’s first transcendent skill
Tony Breckenridge
I wonder if this is what allowed TFS to be the genius he was gaining such mastery of everything he attempted as a C grade.
Alos
Dare I say, this chapter is GATEkeeping us.
Nano
Well I was wrong about it being the divine realm but the correct answer is much more cool
BuhDussy
Can’t wait to wake up tomorrow to read the next gaga
Dewdrop06
That's a really interesting theory!
Zogarth
Fixed stuff!
Sergej Fel
I doubt Zog has the balls for this :D
Carl Never
First one ever? Gotta be a pretty great title. Prodigy of the gods - with perception high enough to discover what that system reserved for the pinacle you stick your foot in a gate reserved for divinity +10% perception
Dave Mccoll
There is no spoon
TNT
Thanks for the chapter! What you think the title is for creating a divine skill at C-grade. If it’s just a straight upgrade to mythical prodigy, it would make sense, but seems kinda lame.
Amanda Dimitrov
Don’t even put that idea out there!
Xerecs
Shortened the chapter just to give us another cliffhanger... YOU MONSTER! XD
frotes
tomorrow is gonna be a banger!
Thenais
Thus the JSDF Fought There! Pina co lada best girl 🍹
Darthnarciss
I took it as being closer to his true inner self, remember yesterday's chapter talked about him losing pieces of himself. I interpreted that as his masks being peeled back , being cored to his true inner self without all of the social barriers and hangups, the learned behaviors, the insecurities and the like. Jake has never been stupid, he is completely built around observation and instinct, at his very core. Then, add in the fact that Jake loves learning and pushing beyond limits, and here's this shadow of a shadow of a long forgotten being, that his friend respects utterly, someone he doesn't have to posture for or to. Jake literally can't conceive of anyone being above himself, but the First Sage is so far beyond everything and seems to have no interest in power or posturing that his "existence" demands respect in a way that doesn't even bother Jake's bloodline. The First Sage seems to elicit that stereotypical or even apocryphal "baddass grandpa giving life advice after your worst day over a drink" response.
Jesper Hansen
kek... Couldn't help but think of this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dAvslMpTHCI "You've done it! That's the right answer! Good job, you beat me! Go ahead, take him home!"
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Gabe Stankiewicz
This was beautiful. Thank you Zogarth
Tessa King
And even more epiphanies. Jake can know any forbidden knowledge due to his bloodline being connected to all Origins*. Mind blown! *This is my guess and if others have guessed this in the past you are way less oblivous then I am considering how long it took me. 😊
Tessa King
OMV.....The death of the first sage had to happen. He IS the link between every soul and the system. He is also WHY Gods can exist. Before he died there was no link directly between souls and the system. He IS the bridge that leads to godhood.
Thenais
Vade rétro first defier, leave poor zogarth be !
EmmericH.
So he wants to glimpse at the Truth, what will he lose as a compensation ? What ? Wrong story?
Exaiter
other kills, why does he seemingly possess the Meditate skill?”. Other skills
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter!
kingbobthe5th
No now I have to wait for tomorrow. He is probably going to be so frickin overpowered.
Buzzkill081
I don't think I have ever seen jake this level headed and his explanations are way too through. Seems like a departure from his usual self.
phil
yeah that was pretty anticlimactic, really though there was gonna be more to the meditate skill :(
John Durrett
I don’t know what’s going on but I get notices of people liking comments and when I click (in phone app) on the persons entry- I’m normally taken right to the comment I made. But lately more are dead links with no comment of mine showing. Then I get paranoid of Patreon is deleting my comments or someone else
MrBooniecap
And he dies. Book over. 🤯
John Durrett
I’m calling it that beyond the gate for grade C’s is the hardest Rick Rolls in existence. ;)
David Hall
Calling it mediation is gonna be a of the primal hunter skill or at least have the primal tag
Alexandre8901
Dammed i want the rest 😅
bioticisbasic
Tyftc!
brjenness
give it to me zoggy. uh huh uh huh. pretty fly for a zo-garth.
A Flashy BR
Tyftc! But 3!? 3 cliffhanger s in a row?! Despicable. I'm hooked
Jose Reyna
Tftc!!!!!
Xander
TFTC :) Can't wait to see whats behind the gate. Suggested edits: "making the First Sage *only* shake his head" extra word "restricted from other *kills*," should be "skills" "very system-heavy skill that *I simply have no way of seeing how he would discover in the first place*, " awkward phrasing. Suggest" I can't see anyone replicating from scratch." "“If you cannot imagine him establishing this connection *in the first place*, how would I have created the Meditate skill and made it my Legacy *in the first place*?" repetition. Ditch either. "were both *simply* and yet infinitely complex, " should be "simple" "the *final* puzzle piece also *finally* made its presence known" repetitive. Ditch "finally"
Spencer Miller
Updated theory: bloodlines are what happens when you have a wellspring, like this, but for a specific and unique concept built into your Truesoul. Others cannot take this because your Soul is the only place to receive the infinitely-deep version of the Concept. This would explain how not even the main body of the System knows if it can upgrade a bloodline. This does raise the difficulty of whether an Arcane Affinity with a bloodline infused into it can even be passed on, though. Similarly, Transcendences, being “claimed” from the System, can be when someone manages to partially move a Concept from this region of the System into their own Soul. A connection would need to remain, since it’s not like no one can use the Concept of Seasons other than the Sword Saint. This would also explain why Bloodlines tend to be passive and Transcendences active. The Bloodline Concept is always present in the Soul, but a Transcendence Concept would be drawn upon. This leaves open Jake’s evolving and suppressed Bloodline, as he simply needs to bottle it up, preventing much of the Concept from leaving his Truesoul, whether into the world or into the system. It also leaves open Valdemar’s passive Transcendance (that he may have gained before the fist era), as a strong enough soul and claim on a Concept might allow it to be drawn upon at all times. It leaves open the ability to inherit a bloodline (the System just stores away a copy of the Concept Well) and the system’s ability to simulate Bloodlines. It allows for Yip’s ring that hides Transcendences- the System can seal leaks. Perhaps most interestingly, consider Aon Clok’s Transcendence, where he paused Time across the multiverse right before ascending to Godhood. If you pull on a Concept from behind the Gate hard enough, might you temporarily keep it from use anywhere else? Rant over.
Jon Hanson
I can see him fucking with us and going "Jake died the end"
tyler
As a Unique Lifeform who is so restricted from other kills, why does he seemingly possess the Meditate skill?”-->i think it should be "other skills"
Ondřej Škalák
Lets go!!
Daryl
The hype in the comment section is palpable. Guess I'll see each and every one of you back here tomorrow!
TNT
It’s coming up, we just got a glimpse of a valid target… thinking about it, I think we set up the fight by Friday, maybe next week if we get a POV.
Paulo Furlaneto
Tftc
Corvid
Nevermind cliff hanging, this has been a climb up Everest
Matt
I imagine he still actually has to..errr... conceptualize... all the concepts he was trying to learn with Artemis
Kurai Kami Sedrick
These cliffs are stressing me out Zog lmfao. I am way too excited for tomorrow's chapter.
Azayrian105
Now I have to say if this works I can hardly imagine that this would be just a Mythical skill.
Brian Chico
The cliff hangers kill me every time. Super excited for tomorrows chapter!!!!
Evan Bartel
I bet he is going to crack the gate to gleam some understanding but not fully shatter it!
Nathan Burnham
Tomorrow
brjenness
I am primal hunter. watch me shoot an arrow right through this gate. cower in fear while I take a peek.
AfroMocha
I wonder how much of a qualitative power boost Jake is going to get from this.
Stephen
Shatter the gate to godhood and forge your own gate. You don't need to follow the path of the system.
Fyrtue
How did you get to that conclusion? My interpretation has always been that it just involves the concept of origin.
Carl Never
If this is what you would do with it the counsil will listen
almighty Jellyfish
I recently read the fight between jack and valdemar again, and I am pretty sure jack's bloodline if fully unleashed gives him full understanding of (all?) concepts? So this could upgrade his bloodline potential? Or strengthen his understanding of his bloodline
ABTelford
This chapter is great! A little confusing but I’m so excited for tomorrow!
brjenness
poor bowbow still waiting to kill a dragon.
Psyck0
Who's say this will be 2 weeks
Roy
ty4c
Carl Never
Yes yesterday's seemed so long with the perspective change and today was over before i knew what i read
KevB
Jake doing something broken before the weekend? TFTC
Carl Never
Dont do it zog we tie nathan up with noodles and you describe a tree for the next 2 weeks
Lemonsqueezy
This would have been a perfect cliff-hanger
tigerfishie
I could see it being a bit of a leak since we know destroying it would kill him, a leak would still benefit him and make it easier for him to break it fully at the transition from S to God
tigerfishie
Tyftc, yet again I’m desperate for tomorrow
Carl Never
Like maybe villy cant even help fight off this cataclysmic event coming and its up to jake to save or teach them.
Carl Never
So the sage changed twards the end. Im guessing because he wanted to watch. I think we were right last time when he seemed like the system. Or at least hiding in the records of it. If this new faction is hiding in the record recycling center im not sure who even has the capability of fighting them off. We should be meeting father soon.
Joao Vitor Franca
That…shit that would make a whole lot of sense. Hope you right
brjenness
someone down below mentioned shooting a small hole in gate to take a peek. I believe they are correct. welll done. I didn't think of that. found it. sir David hall, I tip my hat to thee.
Carl Never
Get ready for vesperias version of meditate as she creates and cares for her hive.
Chris
And it's only Tuesday.
Tomer Yud
omg I need the next chapter
Shadowind
Tftc
Sushi
A couple of edit suggestions: As a Unique Lifeform who is so restricted from other kills-> other skills Concepts were both simply and yet infinitely complex -> Concepts were both simple and yet infinitely complex
Mat
This might explain why The Dao Father changed from a slaughter machine as a mortal to multiverse teacher at godhood.
Admiral Dakbar
I swear if tomorrows chapter is just some side quest with a long forgotten character I will riot! I need the conclusion to this NOW!!!
Gareth Morgan
Great chapter. Disappointed we didn't get *thump* though
Dan
These have been the most exciting chapters to me since Ell'Cunt died, and it's technically just Jake meditating for 2 weeks. I love it, I can't wait for tomorrow's chapter!
smore
The moment Jake heartbeat started, epic music should start playing as well. SO HYPE!!
Xien
Ooooooo he done did it now!!!!
Jeryd Greer
Got-damn this was a good chapter. Fecking hell can’t wait for tomorrow.
David Hall
What if Jake doesn't bust the gate open, but rather cracks it. A conceptual leak is there for his soul to sip at. With concepts on tap his bloodline starts adding more primal concepts to his skills like when he got Moment. The Jake had the innate understanding for the bloodline to "force" the concept into place
Ben Sheahan
Hopefully Jake gets some insights in the concepts of his Arcane affinity
gary lutz
So glad its not Friday
Jared Bell
Tftc
Fall’s Kiss🍂
Knew I should have waited til next week to read these chapters but it’s too intense to wait. Until tomorrow 🤩
Spencer Miller
Well, I suspect we know how those dead gods were revived, now. Specters of Records, huh? Someone capable of finding/reconstructing their Records would likely be capable of tweaking their motivations, too.
Siethrobo
Zog... Two of the same cliff in a Row? And I'm loving it? What are you doing to me?
Luis
I hope the gate becomes something similar to Calebs Dark Heaven that forces Jake to continue to outgrow the slowly spreading cracks on the gate until he becomes a god.
Maj
And the next chapter is gonna be Villy pov I feel like lol at least it’s Tuesday
PatienceHoney
Is it a Friday? How is a cliff like this not on a Friday???
Stephen Heng
At least today isn’t Friday! Tftc
Ben Woodward
great idea im going to come to the comments first for a brief scan prior to jumping in, slight risk of a spoiler but they don't bother me
IntenseSushi
Tftc
MarineDebris
The main reason Zog went cliff-free for a few weeks before his break, was to save them up for every day when the break was over!! Damn it!
Nate
He has to wake up and just immediately blurt out "you all meditate to deepen your understanding of concepts by connecting directly to an aspect of the system" just to fuck with Artemis and Villy. Like, just wake up and IMMEDIATELY blast them with the fact that he just learned forbidden divine knowledge. Massive flex
Rewdan
It’s where the system meets the true soul.
Rewdan
Jake’s about to upgrade his archery skills
glutton 12
Best bird
glutton 12
Wait what! Omg I love the character of the first sage so villydamned much! I'm so fucking interested in what the hell is going on because I seriously have no clue !!! Amazing chapters the week!!!
Rewdan
I see what you did there 👊🏾
Nathan Holliday
I’m so tired of the damn cliff! Just fix the skill already!
Rewdan
Sorry what rules?
Rewdan
I have a very clear sense of desolation coming our way, the weekend is going to be consumed by the Friday cliffhanger.
Sylphie
Ree!
BumAssBumAss
"As a Unique Lifeform who is so restricted from other kills" -> "As a Unique Lifeform who is so restricted from other skills"
Rewdan
Wow what a cliffhanger! This is the mother of cliffhangers. 😯😱
Cajun Terror
Doesn't make sense that an external thing like concepts would be locked inside of the true soul
Henrik Nørgaard
Makes sense, also his skills in Alchemy only got better, so his understanding of alchemy can only have gotten deeper.
ThatGuy
I know it wasn’t… but that chapter felt so short I want more! lol tyftc
Henrik Nørgaard
I think you might be right, but I also have a feeling that Jake won't be able to destroy the gate completely, but crack it enough for some of the power behind it to leak through.
J W
Just a small hole. Get some energy trickling to the soul. Can't take it all but no one said he could take a sip.
Borbino the great
Godpedia
JW Saxby
Whaaaaaaat?!? 😫 oh cmon with the cliff torture 😫 Tyftc 🍻
Borbino the great
It already is oml any chapter that references the first sage is immediately goated much less getting to chill with the guy
Yiskah
At least it's a Monday tease not Friday... And we are post instead of pre break. Small mercies.
Borbino the great
I don’t think Jake could get a transcendent skill honestly I think his bloodline will just fuck with it
Steven Myer
Edit for ya Big Z! "As a Unique Lifeform who is so restricted from other kills, why does he seemingly possess the Meditate skill?”" *Restricted from other (S)kills
Den
Jake sees the Dao tapestry in its entirety
Morazain
This should be called master tease gate. Also, check the minaga section, think the kills are meant to be skills
Kt-x
Oooh! Love it! Thanks for the chapter 😁
ByLordMatsLuck
More!!!!
Chris Connolly
Villy’s transcendence is essentially without backlash because his bloodline nullifies the ill effects. Is it possible Jake is about to do the same thing. Maybe Jake is about to get a transcendence in the form of his mediate skill that should have the backlash of overwhelming soul damage due to suppression but this effect is meaningless due to his bloodline. By the time he reaches godhood, his transcendence will essentially give him unparalleled access to records while his bloodline allows him to withstand the direct suppression of the system. Essentially, did Jake just forge a path that can have no walls? Is that what the first sage did? Maybe the reason the first sage was able to grow and be so powerful was the same transcendent ability to get direct access to the wellspring of records within the meditate skill.
Damascus
I wish that I skipped today's chapter and just read both tomorrow. ~Sigh.
Matthias
Tftc
Bjarne Hansen
Tftc
Lucas Callahan
Theory that this is the step that demigods need to cross to become Gods. Probably not supposed to be able to handle it before late S grade
Mike_L
Ttfc
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Orod
This also explains why the Viper hasn't gotten weaker for not doing anything for the past 80+ eras. He has been maditaing in concepts for all that time. In some aspects he might still be the strongest. Just not in normal combat. Would also explain why he told Yip if he really thought he did nothing during all that time.
Ra
Well, he already fixed Palate in the last chapter. The full on breakdown and rebuild is what did it. If he fails to defeat whatever lies conceptually beyond the gate (pun intended), then he is at risk of erasing his entire existence.
Emmanuel Achaab
ZoGoat. Thanks
Yahyo Malikov
Can't believe jake will access a God level training method before even B grade. Maybe he will gain a primordial level training method towards the end of A grade
Kevin Hargett
Ohhhhh bolt oh boy! I love the first sage so much!
Kyler
If this is just the beginning of this weeks cliff can yall imagine how fridays is going to be..
Will R
Me exact thought!
Daniel Jackson-Woods
Called it back when he met the first sage he'd do something like this before godhood.
BumAssBumAss
Suspense is killing me. There is a real chance meditate goes above mythical rarity. Or perhaps it's unique because Jake's bloodline is so involved. I'm still on the camp that this is never going to be transcendence though.
Meir Banon
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Kjell
If I remember correctly Villy didn't say that Jack is the first to try this but that Jack would be the first to discover, and I think even upgrade, the true porpus of the meditation skills while in C-grade
Shadowessence
Epic!!!
brjenness
Minaga is the first sage. In fact, minaga is all unique life forms. It's a minaga multiverse and we're all just living in it.
Blackbriar
Whoo boy, this is exciting!
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Posiden 300
What a tease!!! I need my fix now!!
Ben Cox
This was literally the only way bar combat jake was ever going to figure anything out anything to do with concepts. He just does not have the required brain power to think his way into furthering a concept he's studying, though it is slightly crazy that Villy thought this might be a first for any C-grafe to try and gain some marginal access to the proper meditate skill. Tyftc
Elijah Garner
3 cliff hangers in a row. You sir are on a role.
eatingpitza314
Opening the gate will kill you but destroying the gate. That will... also kill us. Jake what is going through your head?
Stevean Bozek
Well I imagine Jake is gonna get that palate skill fixed and more, if he doesnt temporarily cripple himself again.
Ghast Renave
Tyftc
Burkes
This week is gonna go fucking crazy.
granndfunk
Ah this chapter ended up a lot less interesting than I expected. Darn. Would have rather it be the beginning of his divine realm that he couldn't access yet. This makes it seem like the God's are less interesting and knowledgeable because they just look up their concepts in Wikipedia lol
NicN
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joel southard
Thank you for the chapter
Fdrugc
Tftc one of your best cliffs yet Zog i almost thought it was Friday.
Smiley Face
omg dude this is torture😭
RnR_ RnR
Are we on a mountain range? Because all I see are cliffs... cliffs everywhere! What a crazy concept. I feel like this is jakes matrix moment and hes about to neo his way to some absurd ability.
Apollo Greed
Tyftc! Forbidden knowledge rules!
Benjamin Davis-Lorton
Excellent, in line with what I had guesses. Thank you for the chapter!
Phallusar
When it's only Tuesday but you already feel the maw of the approaching Friday cliff
frankie doerr
I cast fuck you
Karim Saadi
The torture of lore and progress heavy cliffhanger week 😭more like there is a portal at the bottom and we keep falling, holding on the cliff, falling, only to hold onto the cliff again 😭 amazing story
Zizawah
Oh! The sheer agony to wait for the conclusion!!
wulfie le bard
Minaga part should be skills not kills
Violet
NOOOO WHAT A CLIFFHAGERRR! This is so exciting! Tftc!
GeneralBlack
Zogarth İ feel like first sage is an oc you put in a wish fulfilment fanfiction. That's how op he is. Also why his existence is dangerous İ wonder?
Kirin
Thanks for the chapter!
Strato Junon
Man. I need a time machine. Tyfc
Beemoss
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Tyler S.
You shall not pass
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
TDMC
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