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Chapter 1159 - Beneath the Dark Heavens
🕑 Added 2025-06-16 11:22:15 +0000 UTCThe black clouds rumbled as the sound of thunder roared. Bolts of black lightning jumped between the clouds, with the occasional strike hitting the ground. No matter in which direction one looked, dark clouds were all one could see as they made up the entire sky.
Below, the ground was perfectly bare, not a single thing there besides black sand. Whenever a lightning strike hit the sand, it was kicked up, and occasionally, a natural sculpture formed as the sand was transformed into glass.
Besides the sand and clouds, only one other thing existed in this barren world. Standing beneath the dark heavens, a single human stared up into the eternal blackness. Despite looking so small, this solitary man was the center of this world and the victim of the dark heavens’ full attention as it bore down on him with ever-increasing pressure.
Yet the man remained unfazed.
Raising his hand, the man clenched a fist as dozens of bolts struck him at once, the lightning burning through his body and into the ground below, forming a platform of glass all around him.
Energy lingered in his body for several seconds before he sighed.
“It’s indeed getting stronger every day,” the man muttered. “Tenlucis truly was a complete and utter lunatic to have devised a Path like this. Then again, aren’t I equally insane for having accepted it?”
The man in question was naturally Caleb, and he found himself deep in meditation where he’d entered his Soulspace. Unlike Jake, who had control and influence over his own Soulspace, Caleb’s was quite different. While his Soulspace was indeed a representation of his Path and powers, it was also a timer counting down to the day when the dark heavens would overwhelm him.
Tenlucis truly had been a maniac, something Caleb had only begun to realize more and more the further he progressed. What Tenlucis had done was create a special affinity and concept he called the Dark Heavens, which had led to him becoming one of the most powerful gods during his time and someone considered only second to Umbra herself. If he’d managed to survive, perhaps he would even have been able to truly be her equal, but he had sadly fallen before he could fully realize his Path.
What the Dark Heavens did was to constantly temper one’s magic as it was in an eternal phase of growth. Relying on the concepts of the dark affinity, the Dark Heavens would constantly consume Caleb’s Records and forcefully make them part of itself. This made his dark lighting stronger and all Legacy skills affected by Tenlucis were constantly improved, but it also put pressure on Caleb.
The Dark Heavens couldn’t be stopped, only fed. He needed to accumulate more and more Records, or the Dark Heavens would starve, and as it was designed, would begin to consume whatever else it could find. With no Records coming in, it would eat the ones Caleb already had, resulting in only bad things, from the loss of skills and even stats, all the way to consuming his very existence, forcing his entire being to become one with the Dark Heavens.
One could wonder why anyone would make something like this, but Caleb understood, and even if he didn’t, Umbra had gladly enlightened him. The number one killer of potential wasn’t getting killed in battle... it was complacency. Loss of momentum.
The Dark Heavens forced Caleb to keep moving forward. Forced him to keep progressing. While internal motivation was best when getting stronger, external ones were also great to have. That’s why factions bothered with having wars all the time and why it was even considered relatively commonplace for factions to hire assassins to kill their own young talents. The threat of death or having one’s country destroyed was a great motivator.
However, these external motivators could be dealt with. One could defeat the enemy country invading, have the assassination contract expire, or finally get revenge on a hated enemy. At that point, many geniuses lost their purpose and began to become complacent, eventually resulting in their Path falling apart and time claiming their lives.
The Dark Heavens fixed that. It was a constant reminder that Caleb couldn’t just decide to do nothing for a few hundred years. He needed to always do something to at least get a few Records.
It was a reckless and dangerous Path, but Caleb had chosen it for a reason, and he’d walked into it with both eyes wide open.
Caleb was fully aware that he wasn’t a genius. Not compared to those around him. Eron, the Sword Saint, Casper, Arnold, Carmen, and, of course, his dear brother Jake, also surpassed him several times over when it came to sheer talent. This wasn’t even mentioning the monsters Jake had been behind creating.
Granted, he had originally accepted the Legacy of Tenlucis without knowing he was surrounded by monsters, and back then, he’d done it as a way to ensure he could be powerful enough to defend his family. He’d also instantly understood that he was particularly suited to the Path.
Besides the obvious weakness of having a Path that would one day consume his very existence, the Dark Heavens did have another major downside. In fact, it had been this downside that ended up dooming Tenlucis in the end.
Lack of Records for the Dark Heavens truthfully wasn’t a problem, and Caleb doubted it ever would be. As long as he got enough to still be able to evolve when the time came, it was all fine. No, the real problem came from just how overbearing the Dark Heavens were.
It was a concept designed to constantly pressure its user, pushing them forward. And it did just that... perhaps a bit too well. The pressure it put on people was akin to that of a powerful presence, seeing as the Dark Heavens were effectively its own living entity within Caleb’s Soulspace.
This entity would continue growing in his Soulspace, and unless he could withstand the pressure it put on him, it would eventually make everything around it crumble. The only way to address this was to continue growing stronger, as the stronger one got, the more one could resist the presences of others.
Except... Caleb had a level of aura resistance that couldn’t quite be measured. While Caleb did feel some pressure when standing in front of a god like Umbra, he wasn’t sure how much of that pressure was from him feeling like he should be pressured. If he actively resisted being suppressed, even Umbra’s aura wasn’t enough to make him bend a knee.
That’s why Caleb didn’t fear the Dark Heavens. He didn’t fear finding himself crushed by his own Path, which meant the only downside was the need to constantly keep growing, something he planned on doing, anyway.
This Path of a mad god had been the thing that allowed him to stand beside the other top performers of Earth, and he was confident that he could continue to do so. Especially now that he’d finally reached level 320 in his class and gained a skill he’d been waiting for.
Opening his eyes in the real world, Caleb found himself sitting in a small cave. Four members from the Court of Shadows were with him, one of whom saw he had exited meditation.
“Judge,” the woman said with a nod. “The target has been located. Jim and Dwight are currently tracking it.”
“Thanks, Pam,” Caleb nodded as he stood up and exited the cave. “I’ll move to their position.”
Taking a single step forward, Caleb faded into the shadows and remained within them as he closed in on his allies. The two men had been tracking the target they’d been contracted to kill, keeping a safe distance, which was perfectly understandable.
They didn’t stand a chance against a B-grade, after all.
For Caleb, this would also be his first solo hunt, but compared to last time, he had a lot more confidence.
The target they were tracking was on a planet in the Milky Way that had undergone quite a few challenges after the death of Ell’Hakan and had only recently fully stabilized after years of internal conflict.
Right as they did, a B-grade monster had emerged and began to threaten the newfound balance. Seeing as the planet’s new ruling faction wanted to prove itself and not instantly run to Miranda for help when faced with a problem, they decided to instead hire the Court of Shadows to handle their problem. It wasn’t a regular kind of gig, but Caleb had gladly accepted it, in part for purely selfish reasons, as he wanted to test himself.
Closing in on his destination, Caleb briefly made contact with the two other assassins and told them to retreat. He no longer needed their help, as he’d already located the target.
The B-grade in question was a large reptilian monster that looked a bit like a scaled hippo walking on two legs. When he spotted the B-grade, Caleb saw it was resting within a small pond, injuries still on its body from when it faced a large group of peak C-grade monsters recently. Proof that he was dealing with a low-tier B-grade for sure.
Taking a deep breath, Caleb prepared himself. His passive stealth skill had reached legendary rarity a long time ago, and combined with the B-grade not expecting an attack, he had plenty of prep-time.
Taking out his staff – a long black metal pole – Caleb got himself ready. Energy began building in his body as he prepared to unleash his combo attack. One only made possible due to his recent gains.
With everything ready, Caleb made his move, and many things happened at once.
Caleb shot forward like a bolt of lightning, and a massive pillar of energy descended upon the B-grade. As this pillar of lightning descended, the world changed with it. All life seemed to fade from reality, and everything lost color for both Caleb and the B-grade as the Judge dragged them into the Shadow Realm.
His target realized something was up the second the world changed, but at that point, it was already too late. Thunderfall of Tenlucis struck the B-grade right as Caleb himself also arrived. His staff slammed into the monster’s head as he dove through his own pillar of lightning, his weapon serving as a lightning rod to funnel even more of the energy into his opponent’s body.
A deafening scream erupted from the hippo-like monster, sending out a shockwave that pushed Caleb back, and a moment later, the lightning pillar ceased, revealing the form of the B-grade. From this brief opening attack, it was already covered in burns as the dark lightning lingered, but Caleb was fully aware this was far from enough to take down a true B-grade.
Which was why he was far from done.
“You... a mere human C-grade dares to-“ the B-grade tried to say, but Caleb was not in the mood for chit-chat.
“Descent of the Dark Heavens.”
This was the skill he’d learned upon reaching level 320 in his class. It was also Caleb’s second Mythical Skill.
Descent of the Dark Heavens was even more powerful than his first one. Umbra had been quite hands-on with informing him of the steps he’d need to take in order to unlock this skill, and he fully understood why after using it for the first time.
The most important prerequisite to use the skill was the ability to enter the Shadow Realm in the first place, because the Dark Heavens could only exist there. In fact, according to Umbra, the Dark Heavens always existed within the Shadow Realm, as the concept had become one with it.
After Caleb summoned it, the endless darkness above the Judge and the B-grade rumbled. Clouds full of energy formed as a powerful pressure fell upon the world. Caleb stood unfazed under this pressure as the B-grade hippo looked toward the sky with wide eyes as its legs shook from having to experience the same thing Caleb did every moment of every day.
Without giving his target any chance to acclimate, Caleb attacked. He’d already fully unleashed his boosting skill – his second mythical skill. It was a boosting skill truly towards the pinnacle, more than doubling all his stats for a brief period when fully activated. Unlike the boosting skills of others, his wasn’t made for prolonged combat, but for absolute explosive power to finish his target off as soon as possible.
Striking with his staff, Caleb went all out as he unleashed a barrage of attacks. At the same time, the skies above resonated with his blows, raining down lightning bolts with every strike.
Each attack did very little, but Caleb kept striking as he allowed the dark lightning to accumulate within his target. His blows didn’t merely aim to damage the body of his foe, but the dark lightning went as far as to affect the soul, burning away resources while having a numbing effect, serving almost as a weak neurotoxin.
However, perhaps more importantly was that the more lightning energy accumulated within his foe, the more the B-grade would resonate with the Dark Heavens and be affected by it. Which meant that the pressure would only keep growing with every bit of damage taken, and what’s more, when the level of resonance reached a high enough level, the Dark Heavens would begin to strive to eliminate the being that dared defy it.
Having taken advantage of his opponent’s shock and the fact that it was already damaged when Caleb attacked, he soon reached this point. The scary thing about resonating with the Dark Heavens was that not only would lightning bolts begin to shoot down from the sky, but the B-grade itself would become a source.
One could avoid a descending lightning strike, but if the lightning strike ascended directly from one’s body, there was no escape.
Bolts of lightning constantly shot up and down between the Dark Heavens and the B-grade, burning it even more from the inside out. Not to misunderstand, the monster did try to fight back and had throughout, but with the damage it had taken, the effects of the Dark Heavens, lightning, and Caleb’s speed, nothing it did could hit Caleb.
Still, Caleb knew that victory wasn’t inevitable. Doing this much burned through his resources like there was no tomorrow, as keeping the Dark Heavens present wasn’t an easy endeavour, and the longer he kept it active, the more mana it would drain. Alright, the skill description also included that the longer he kept it active, the more he would be affected by the pressure, but again, Caleb didn’t really care about that part.
The mana drain alone was a tight timer, though, and he had already consumed a mana potion to keep himself going. With every passing second, his own boosting skill also damaged his body more and more, as while he was quite resistant to his own dark lightning, he wasn’t entirely immune.
Caleb had made estimations before his attack, and luckily for him, he’d been on the mark. After the B-grade unleashed its last gambit and promptly failed because Caleb retreated farther away with his version of Shadow Vault, his target finally fell to the ground.
Right as it did, Caleb dispelled everything as quickly as he could. The Shadow Realm dispersed around them alongside the Dark Heavens, and his boosting skill also deactivated as extreme weakness flooded his body, making Caleb fall down on one knee in front of his slain foe.
He started coughing as his body convulsed, his muscles rippling from how overexerted they were. The pressure from the Dark Heavens was also stronger than usual as his own Path punished him for having dared to summon it... but most important was that he’d won.
Less than a minute later, the four assassins he’d brought with him to this mission arrived and helped him retreat to somewhere safer.
In total, it had taken three minutes and thirty-nine seconds to kill his first B-grade solo. If the fight had surpassed four minutes, Caleb would have had to retreat or risk dying or permanent injury from his own skills.
Caleb truly did walk an extreme Path... but alas, he didn’t really have much of a choice if he wanted to keep up with the absolute monsters he was surrounded by. Especially not when he considered his big brother, who was the biggest monster of them all.
Comments
Tony Belfer
Thank you for the chapter
Chloe
Tyftc
Dave
👍🤘
Troy Telford
Tenlucis died as a god so it'll keep him going to godhood.
Troy Telford
Awesome chpt
Gabe Stankiewicz
Jim, Dwight, Pam? I love it lmao
Trumangolorian
Caleb has some hard work ahead of him but it's good to see. Can't wait to see both brothers standing together as Gods. Nice to still have family around at the top of immortality. I mean Caleb's path does require him and will push him to God hood right? Or is it just to S Rank?
Azazel
Gotta say, In some ways Caleb is even more impressive than Jake. His strength of character and his willpower are truly remarkable TFTC! Loved seeing what’s going on with some of the other characters, especially Caleb and Scarlett
Scott Miles
My interpretation of Zog saying the planet's government wants to "prove" themselves, is that they can handle this without having to ask other planet leaders(Miranda) for assistance like a beggar. They simply hire external help using their own resources like any other planet government might.
Vega
Nice! Love that we get a check in on Caleb, thanks for this chapter!!
Hussein Zenki
caleb shits on himself a lot acting like he’s not also built different 😭 also office reference
Xander
TFTC :) Kinda odd that this goverment wants to handle its own issues without resorting to Miranda so it...hires external help instead :D Suggested edits: “*It’s* indeed getting stronger every day,” really small one but the phrasing is awkward here. it should be "It is indeed..." the contraction doesnt flow properly to mje with this context and phrasing. "Caleb had only begun to *realize* more and more the further he progressed" This word doesnt really work here. Caleb went in eyes open so knew Tenlucis was a madman from the jump. using "understand" means his appreciation increases. "This made his dark *lighting* stronger and" should be "lightning" "with a problem, they decided to instead hire the Court of Shadows to handle *their problem*." repetitive. should be "it" since we already know that they are facing a problem. "“*Descend* of the Dark Heavens.”" feels like it should be "Decent" Take this as read for any other instances. "He’d already fully unleashed his boosting skill – his *second* mythical skill." Wording is confusing. Is this the other mythical skill Caleb has or is it part of Decent of the Dark Heavens which was already described as Calebs second mythical skill? if its the first then "other" would be more clear and if its the latter then the second part of this sentence is unecessary or needs rewording. "perhaps more *importantly* was that" should be "important" or if you want to keep the current word youd need to ditch the "was that" from the end. "the *level of* resonance reached a high enough level" redundant. ditch "level of" "or risk *dying* or permanent injury" as phrased "death" works better here. "Especially *not* his big brother, " from context, extra word.
John Durrett
I want a scene now where Caleb starts belting “Thunder” a ah a aaaah “Thunder”. Then finishing move “You’ve been Thunderstruck!”
MilkTheShark
Toby
Corvid
He got a lot of redemption in my eyes from the way he handled the ell'hakan stuff and desolate child of loss. He's cool in his own way to me, he just has the unfortunate situation of being involved with a faction that was by design created to be hated
Corvid
Yep even the latent records of a devil king got its skull kicked in by jakes
Corvid
nah caleb is michael in this scenario, no contesting a fact
Corvid
Yeah I dig it too. If he goes the distance I wonder if it'll be kinda like how umbra IS the shadow realm in a sense. He already doesn't have to worry about the suppression aspect of the dark heavens, and the records requirements aren't bad enough to be a concern, so I could see it happening. It's another parallel to jake/villy that I enjoy. Mans is setting up his own lego version of the early eras. Umbra/Caleb, Snappy/Sandy, Duskleaf/Dawnleaf, The Sisters/Miranda, the other primordials/his friends blessed by them, so on. Good stuff. I'm even willing to bet that Villy's staff that was sadly not not mentioned enough has a sin curse of pride
BearHandMan
Could also be neat to see a snippet of these folks’ POV: Sandy, Aeon, Rick, Jasper, Meira Double agree on Casper and Irin. Sultan could be a fun bit for Zogarth to attempt if he wanted to add more comedic elements to the story
kaden richards
Jim, Dwight, and Pam? Cmon, i didn’t think Caleb worked in the Office
Thorias
I thought the same thing, but you are thinking of the space mage Neil who got the legacy of Kallox.
Devillelouch
Characters who would be awesome to get a POV chapter: Sultan, Irin, Arthur, Scarlet, Casper, William, Felix. After the next big Jake Chaos event: Reactions from Blue Whale, Newly Evolved Dragon, Maria, Vesparia, Slyphie, Eron, Bertram, and Adam(if that happens).
Jordan Roberts
Oh and I thought back in early chapters tenlucis was like b or c grade...
Jordan Roberts
*Descent of the Dark Heavens Or *The Dark Heavens Descend
Drew
What's funny is that Caleb would have been an entirely normal, average Joe, but he had Jake's bloodline breathing down his neck from childhood.
SuperAzureReader
Tyftc these 2 brothers are insane
Keith Williams
Jim, Dwight, and Pam? Really? I heartily approve. Umbra is Michael. This is headcanon and therefore above contestation.
Dick Dastardly
I like these alternate Pov chapters.
Cody K
I love how standing in the Shadow of the Dark Heavens a pressure that eventually crushed a deity is nothing compared to the shadow of The Primal Hunter.
Peter Smith
Nah, see what would happen is that jake would give caleb the jake juice (man that sounds weird) and then caleb who is practically perfectly primed for primalization would become the counter existence to the dark heavens... The dark foundation.
Patrick Kenney
Was the hippo things name Kevin or Creed?
Asher Mack
True - but there’s also huge advantage he has with the path he’s on that almost negates the biggest downside, kind of akin to how the Viper can use his transcendence but negate the consequences entirely because of his bloodline.
Christopher Robin Sævre
Man zogarth sure made Jacob suck such ass, everyone is cool except poor Jacob, but he’s also perfect which makes you also kinda like him, but man we need a Jacob glow up to make him less sad.
Christopher Robin Sævre
Caleb kinda sucks right now but imagine a Caleb God feed some Jake juice to the Dark Heavens and I don’t even wanna know what’ll happen but it sure sounds sick as fuck
Dallin S
I love the office reference with the court of shadows names Jim Dwight and Pam
Rob Lyon
Na he is a gorilla whale not a lizard hippo
Suzanne Pearson
I think that Caleb’s path is like what Jake’s path might have been like if he had chosen the viper’s blood echo during his path of myriad choices. Caleb needs to break out of the path he is on and turn it into his own path or like you said, it is unsustainable.
Ty Cooper
My question is can he still see his brother with a hit out on him or is he not able to be targeted on earth as world leader?
Ty Cooper
We saw it with the chimera. It had no affect. This chapter said the dark decent was now part of the shadow realm
NerdyFellow
Descend of the Dark Heavens should either be descent to denote a singular falling action or descending to denote a continuous falling action (descending seems to be the most similar to the skill in my opinion)
TwistedVanity
Could you imagine the descent of the dark heavens being used on Jake? Would he even notice it?
J7
People need to stop correcting Zogarth on Jake seeing the scaled hippo thing! Clearly, Jake is watching his brother fight from across the multiverse because perception is the best stat! Humor aside thanks for the chapter!
TwistedVanity
EDIT Especially not his big brother, who was the biggest monster of them all. NOT is used in the wrong context here. It is used when you have mentioned "not even" counting someone. Then emphasise one individual by saying especially not them. But you didn't say not counting, you said if he wanted to keep up with. Then this sentence should miss out the word "not" to make sense.
Thenais
Godzilla !
TwistedVanity
EDIT Unlike the boosting skills of others, he wasn’t made for prolonged combat, HiS not HE. You start the sentence referring to the "skill" of others, not the others themselves. Therefore it should continue in that vane. And you are referencing HIS skill, not him.
Kale D kimble
they are from "the office"
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter!
TwistedVanity
EDIT "Descend of the Dark Heavens.” Should be DESCENT
John
1) great chapter 2) love the office reference 3) it should be “Descent of The Dark Heavens” 4) “When he spotted the B-grade, Jake saw it was resting within a small pond, injuries still on its body from when it faced a large group of peak C-grade monsters recently.” Should say “Caleb” not “Jake” P.S. love Jasper’s name choice.
Alicia Bolick
I wonder if Jim, Dwight, and Pam are code names.
Anonymous
Honestly he is probably getting records from being jakes brother
Asher Mack
JIM AND DWIGHT??
Anonymous
I’m just thinking what jasper is gonna say when he sees b grade sylphie
Swaggernaut77
I think Caleb is really underestimating his capability 😅. But having the shadow that is your brother should be interesting long term. I actually love the idea of the "hard work" character actually becoming a monster due to pushing himself and not realizing he became a monster as well
hunter risken
Was there an "office" Easter egg
Lemonsqueezy
NGL, I completely forgot Jake even had a brother. I mean I remembered, but placed Caleb in a position where he would only be mentioned in chapters and not be a POV or focal point of one. Mostly due to him no longer being a significant effect to Jake's life. TYFC.
Jip
The Paper-Cutters
Ender419
Thanks for the great chapter! I love how Caleb truly embraces being in his big brother’s shadow. Just wonder if he will learn a skill that will allow him to throw his staff like a javelin into his target thus allowing them to be a true lightning rod.
Jip
Identify theft is not a joke Zog. Millions of families suffer every year 😂😂😂
Sylphie
REE!!
Sylphie
REE!!
Sylphie
REE!
Erik Bekke
Sounds like Caleb's path could use some jake juice
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
Namorat
To those assuming the path must fail : my own assumption is that Caleb needs to reach the same level as T, which is godhood. In that sense it may just be a motivation
Sarianne
Really nice to learn more about Calebs path, thank you for the chapter. Cya tomorrow 🥰
Aviel
it's feeling like the POV'S after the tutorial. I liked it
DirePants
Bad ass chapter! Wooo! Caleb is messing with some serious stuff! Makes me wonder what his future holds if he can never truly rest. Will he get to a point where he can fully suppress the Dark Heavens? Reminds me of the Tribulation lighting from Xianxia stories or the Ruthless Heavens from DotF. That would be cool though if Caleb surpasses the Mad God and truly makes the Dark Heavens his own. Getting to the point where he no longer has to worry about it consuming him. But that sounds like a complicated math problem lol. Loving this side character breaks of course. *Throws phone to the ground* Another!
Nathaniel France
Nah, considering she’s considered damn near an equal to a primordial, you dont reach that point by hiding from risks. Jake is actually perfect chance for her to grow, why would she need a cheap insurance card therefore?
brjenness
in order for Caleb to survive the path of toneloc he must create a funky cold meridian with a symbiotic relationship with the dark heavens.
Mdcole03
Shouldn't it be " Descent of the dark heavens"
Dominick Gelardi
Cool. Very cool
Jayce Sul
Wouldn't it be "Descent of the Dark heavens"
RobbieDonei
Just remembered that it was mentioned that Umbra sees Jake as her potential biggest weakness/direct counter, so isnt Umbras long game that shes kinda got Caleb as a hostage/insurence in case Jake wants to fight her
IntenseSushi
Tftc
Anime Problem
Once your an A or B grade records will never be a problem you'll constantly be fighting creatures with centuries worth of accumulated records and becoming a god with this path means feeding it records of gods it really isn't that bad a restriction.
Cees Tollenaar
I came to the comments for this!🤣
Dan
It feels like forever since we've gotten a Caleb chapter, glad to see he's such a good fit for that path, just hope he doesn't lose himself to it down the line and become someone else entirely. Also, fake news, no way Jim and Dwight would scout together without getting caught arguing about something.
Steven Tuttle
i feel like caleb isgoing to die and villy is going to have to use the concoction hes creating for his wife and child for jake to bring him back or jake is going to fix his brothers soul so he can actully stand up to his path and walk it proudly
Sayjinlord
Must be Caleb's office staff.
David Hall
So happy to see that Thayne ambition out of Caleb as he's my favorite side character
Aaron Johnston
I think this was an error "the B-grade, Jake saw it was resting"
Ricky Keenum
Thanks Zogi, love reading about Caleb’s exploits!
SinCinnamon
Jake has one shot or close to a bunch of B-grades already. He has definitely killed one under three minutes. The small, insignificant ones that sat on their islands, clueless.
SinCinnamon
Umbra here beyond happy with her investment. Link to Jake and probable “rebirth” of her strongest subordinate God, but upgraded. I really, really want her to get Caleb or Adam as a Chosen at one point. It’d be fun!
Yeetius Dabbavatia
Jim, Dwight, and Pam.
Ty Cooper
Tftc Ha I figured Zog was going to do some PoVs to help Jake out with a time skip. I like the updates on everyone, so not complaining. I like the deeper understanding of Caleb's path.
Daniel
The more I read, the more it looks like Caleb’s path is unsustainable in the long term. Idk, if Jake is going to mentor him like the “First Sage”, but he needs to get this path under his control or otherwise it sounds like he’s screwed. TBH, his path has walking red flags, I wouldn’t be surprised if he dies over extending himself and leaving himself vulnerable for an enemy to take advantage of his weakened state. It could be interesting to see Jake go down an arc of vengeance & detective work later on.
WhiteLeeopard
That sounds like a Path that will end up in failure at some point no matter what? At some point getting enough Records to feed the Path will likely mean been unable to progress, as there won't be enough Records for the next evolution or god circle.
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter
Tyler S.
Yea i could see a way of teaching for Jake is to jump into the soul space like FS did, and with his instinctive soul feed a perception loop between teacher-student similar to his original heritic/chosen skill
Rewdan
Thanks Zogarth great way to start the week. Hopefully we’ll get to hear about the others and n Earth
Tyler S.
How does the mighty Sylphie feel she would fair in a serious spar against the brother of Jake
Childish Jordino
Anyone else notice that Caleb is teamed up the Dunder-Mifflin assassin squad?
SyndaXatrix
What a great start to the week. Love getting to see what Caleb is doing to try and stay up with the pinnacle monster that is Jake :)
Tyler S.
To really make himself great it would be best to find a way to alter Temlats heaven to maybe more of a Primal Heaven
Michael mann
I think the big problem is getting pushed properly, Jake hasn’t been in real trouble since the Celestial Child segment of his duel with EH. He needs way more pressure than most to improve. But I think the upgrade to his Fangs of Man laid decent groundwork for a Mythical upgrade to Arcane awakening
Matthias
tftc
Joshua Little
Jake saw it was resting within a small pond Caleb saw it was resting within a small pond Descend of the Dark Heavens Descent of the Dark Heavens Thanks for the chapter.
Phoenixdrop
Oh boy Caleb’s path is fucking monstrous and I really hope he leans into the fact he’s essentially immune to suppression effects and starts cranking the suppression effects of the dark heavens to its maximum like that will have to give him some truly insane classes from being able to just shrug that off like it’s nothing also he has access to his soul space that is like the hardest step for gaining access to a anomalous soul and with Jake quickly becoming the most knowledgeable person in the multiverse on the meditation skill he might be able to really help his brother out with improving his soul space even further like I really hope Jake starts making use of his improved teaching ability from being human and well his ability to ignore suppression is very tied into his heretic-blessed path so that teaching skill might actually help as well because what’s better than being able to call on a heaven’s powers being able to defy them and place yourself as their equal even as they try and smash you back down to the earth for your hubris like if Caleb can pull that off that feels like it would be a qualitative leap in the power of his path and Jake is uniquely qualified for teaching him how to pull it off maybe not in the how but definitely conceptually and in this world that may just be the most important part because if you understand the concepts involved you can do basically anything with enough understanding
Tyler S.
Would it be lucked into? Not lucked out since she kinda got the better brother for the job
Jordan Rogers
Anyone else looking forward to Caleb trying to brag, and Jake saying ya I’ve already killed over a hundred b grades, then Caleb mentions that he killed his first in under 4 min and Jake gets super jealous
Shaibene
I second this
Tyler S.
If it ever starts getting to that point he just needs to stick closer to Jake to boost his own presence further
Clint
I wonder if someday, when the Dark Heavens begin to be too much for Caleb, will Jake enter Caleb’s soul space (like he did for the cerulean demon prince) and push back the Dark Heavens for his little bro?
Czar
Possible unintentional "jake" when describing the lizard hippo
Jordan Rogers
Could go with , dark heavens descend, has a bit more of a command sound than an announcement 🤷🏻♂️
Straat Junon
Tyfc. I kinda skim secondary character chapters ngl. But this one wasn't bad.
Tom C
Yeah I spotted that, wasn’t sure if it was a new thing or if I’d not noticed it before! Now we know what happens to the small Scranton paper office in the event of LitRPG apocalypse - all sign up as assassins! 🤣
Tom Roe
Should it have been "Descent of the Dark Heavens" instead of descend? Or maybe descending of the dark heavens? The way it is now doesn't quite flow right.
dash w
Thanks for the chappy
Jana
Umbra lucked out with Caleb. Not that she wouldn’t have been happy with Jake but Caleb does the organisational part of his job as well as looking damn good as an Assassin.
James Evans
Jake saw it was resting within a small pond = Caleb saw it…
Sam Irvine
No, he’s just been tempered by being exposed to Jake’s before Jake started suppressing it.
BumAssBumAss
Dam, Caleb has a mythical boosting skill. Jake needs to keep up. Arcane awakening has been put on such a back burner. Just like when he got limit break, but it didn't get upgraded until the fight with sword saint. Why does Jake neglect it so much? He doesn't know where to take it? It's too fundamental of a skill to throw random ideas at?
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
John Burton
Great chapter. One edit you said Jake instead of Caleb when mentioning that the B grade was resting in a pool
Atila M
Did Caleb possess a bloodline ?
Sam Irvine
“Descend of the Dark Heavens” I personally think Descent would work better than Descend.
Was geht sie dass an
Can we get maybe a pov of vesperia as well? Please 🥺
Rick Delallata
Caleb's hardcore
Samuel Lévesque
Hey Zogarth, FYI Descent is the noun, Descend is the verb. You should rename the skill
Martino Zanchi
"When he spotted the B-grade, Jake saw it was resting within a small pond, injuries still on its body from when it faced a large group of peak C-grade monsters recently." Should be Caleb instead of Jake. Also why descend instead of descent? Thanks for the chapter.
Athena
tftc :) "the B-grade, Jake saw it was resting" -> "the B-grade, Caleb saw it was resting" "“Descend of the Dark Heavens.”" -> "“Descent of the Dark Heavens.”" "Descend of the Dark Heavens was even" -> "Descent of the Dark Heavens was even"
RnR_ RnR
That is one crazy path. Caleb is walking an absolute crazy road to try and keep up with Jake. I mean it seems powerful, but what a hell of a cost. Like how often does it need to feed? How much records does it take to keep from eating his own? Hopefully he finds a solution/workaround. Maybe he could absorb the records of artifacts? Like a snack.
Hanson
When Caleb spots the hippo lizard, it says Jake instead of Caleb. Just a little typo.
Unwillingmainer
Been a while since we got a good look at Caleb. And with an even better look at his Path too. Good stuff.
Hanson
Tftc
Christopher Nisonger
Possibly a typo? “When he spotted the B-grade, Jake saw it was resting within a small pond,” Shouldn’t it be Caleb, not Jake? Also, thanks for the chapter
joel southard
Thank you for the chapter
Jim Meyer
Jim, Dwight, and Pam. I'm rolling! Was the 4th Assassin Michael?!?!? Great chapter, thank you!
Justin Lucier
When he spotted the B-grade, Jake saw it was resting within -- Caleb, not Jake.
BenjiVoid
Jake saw it was resting within a small pond > Caleb Descend of the Dark Heavens > descent
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Shadowessence
When he spotted the B-grade, Jake saw it was resting within a small pond, (i believe you meant Caleb)
Cody Parker
The B-grade in question was a large reptilian monster that looked a bit like a scaled hippo walking on two legs. When he spotted the B-grade, Jake saw it was resting within a small pond, injuries still on its body from when it faced a large group of peak C-grade monsters recently. Proof that he was dealing with a low-tier B-grade for sure. It's Jake not Caleb
Jabirttok
Slight grammatical error it should be descent of the dark heavens. Tyftc!
Shadowind
Tfc
Morgan Loman
"When he spotted the B-grade, Jake saw it was resting within a small pond" - should be Caleb
Ritsu
Once again I am reminded how skewed our view of the multiverse is thanks to Jake, because bloody hell, Caleb is freakin' terrifying. And he's a few steps short of the peak geniuses. It's pretty much guaranteed he'll get to S-grade just by being from Earth because of his Path.
Sylphie
REE!!!!
Beemoss
Tftc
Loststar7
Good morning and wishing all a wonderful week.
Overlord1993
Tftc
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Jabirttok
Woohoo I won! 🤣
Jabirttok
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