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Chapter 1051 - A Final Gift & Taking Status
🕑 Added 2025-01-10 12:24:23 +0000 UTCBoth were silent for a few seconds before the First Sage looked back down at Jake. “Now, we will have to address this Record Fragment before you return to your time. I cannot be brought along while in this form where I possess consciousness... so allow me to give you a final gift.”
The First Sage leaned back in the chair as he continued. “The first thing you gained today were Records from the Malefic Viper. The second thing you gained were the Records simply waiting to be unlocked within yourself. So allow for this final part to be a gift of Records from me. Assuming you wish to accept them, of course.”
Jake enthusiastically nodded, definitely not going to say no to something given directly by the First Sage... though he kind of hoped getting said gift wouldn’t require another training lesson where he died nearly a thousand times.
“Then allow me to leave you with something for your future. Today, you unlocked the potential of your soul, so I shall give you something to further explore and expand what you can do with it... including a method to address that little soul injury of yours.”
Jake perked up when he heard that, only growing more eager to see what the First Sage was about to leave him. Fixing Palete was naturally something Jake very much wanted to do, and if the First Sage had a method of doing that, Jake definitely wasn’t going to reject it.
“I’m glad you seem keen... then let this be our goodbye. It was a pleasant, though surprising, encounter,” the First Sage smiled. His body slowly began to glow as Jake felt his Records surge, a torrent of power erupting from the old man’s body that just made Jake even more sure he really didn’t want to make the old man an enemy no matter how many eras he had been dead.
“Also... when you see Vilas, will you tell him something for me?” the First Sage spoke as his body was filled with power and broke down as his skin cracked.
Jake nodded, prompting the old man to continue.
“Please tell him that I’m proud of him. Proud of what he’s become. And thank you, Jake, for being his friend. Having something like that for someone like him is more valuable than you can even begin to imagine.”
With those words, the body of the First Sage split apart. His skin peeled entirely off and turned into pages of paper, the rest of his body quickly following suit as hundreds of glowing pages flew into the air and began swirling before quickly beginning to regather on the table as the voice of the First Sage echoed with a final message.
“I shall leave you with Records of my Legacy... but perhaps do consider keeping what you learn from it to yourself, as the system tends to dislike spreading Forbidden Knowledge. I wish you fortune on your Path, Jake Thayne, and I look forward to seeing what you will become.”
In a final flash of energy and light, the First Sage’s Record Fragment turned back into the form of a book. There was no grand explosion or shockwave when it was complete, but that didn’t mean the book felt any weaker. In fact, it felt pretty damn intimidating to even try opening.
Jake looked at the book but didn’t immediately reach for it as he bowed toward it instead. “Thanks for everything.”
He knew he wouldn’t have time to delve into what the First Sage had left him as the vision was rapidly coming to an end. The world created by the First Sage’s Records had already been broken when the First Sage turned himself into the Record Fragment in Jake’s Soulspace, and the only reason why this encounter in the Soulspace had even lasted as long as it did was due to the interference of the First Sage. Which is to say he had not only battled Jake while teaching him, but also stabilized Jake’s Path of the Heretic-Chosen vision, allowing it to last until Jake was done learning.
He really is... was... an absolute monster.
Considering that the vision was coming to an end imminently, Jake exited his Soulspace, knowing that the book would remain as it was. It didn’t even have any lingering intent or anything like that from the First Sage, and Jake knew intuitively that it was made of Records where its Origin had died a long, long time ago.
Jake barely had time to open his eyes as his vision was momentarily filled with white, the world of the vision entirely void of anything as the First Sage was no more. In the very next moment, Jake found himself back in his laboratory in Haven, not even a full second having passed in Realtime since he used Path of the Heretic-Chosen.
That being the case, this had no doubt been the most efficient second Jake had ever spent in his life so far. Looking back, he had really been dumb those moments during the vision where Jake had been afraid he wouldn’t really get much out of it because oh boy, had he been wrong. So, so wrong.
The first thing he had gained was the massive upgrade to Sagacity of the Malefic Viper. It wasn’t just an upgrade from legendary to mythical, but it had even skipped that middle step of top-tier legendary most of his other Legacy of the Malefic Viper skills were sitting at.
Something he hadn’t even considered – probably because he had skipped over the notifications to focus on the First Sage quicker after knocking himself out – was the experience gained from getting that upgrade. This only hammered home further how good of an investment those uses of Path of the Heretic-Chosen had been, as he’d even gotten quite a few levels under his belt.
’DING!’ Profession: [Heretic-Chosen Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 301 - Stat points allocated, +35 Free Points
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’DING!’ Profession: [Heretic-Chosen Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 309 - Stat points allocated, +35 Free Points
’DING!’ Race: [Human (C)] has reached level 302 - Stat points allocated, +45 Free Points
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’DING!’ Race: [Human (C)] has reached level 305 - Stat points allocated, +45 Free Points
To be more exact, Jake had gained 9 levels in his profession from that one skill upgrade. It was likely so extreme because Jake had taken it straight to mythical, but he also had a feeling the First Sage had something to do with it. Experience gained and Records were closely related, and the mere fact the upgrade had happened with the help of the First Sage had to play a role. At least Jake felt like it should count for something.
Closing down the system messages, Jake looked around the laboratory for a bit, feeling as if he’d been gone for such a long time despite the vision not actually lasting that long compared to the random adventures Jake usually went on.
Sighing, Jake stood up and went back up to the lodge. He felt an odd mixture of being fully refreshed yet also mentally tired, as he needed a bit to himself to digest everything that had just gone down. He also had to get back into his Soulspace to check out the book, but he purposefully delayed that a little for him to be fully calm and back in the right mind.
Back up in the lodge, Jake went out the door and over to the small pond. He sat down at the edge of it cross-legged and looked at the water for a while, feeling a bit guilty about scaring off the small eels within. After several minutes, Jake decided to open his status menu, only for him to instantly close it again and take out his void lolipop for a good lick before immediately opening the menu back up.
It’s been a while since I properly went over everything, hasn’t it? Jake asked himself as he checked out his full status for the first time since shortly after Nevermore. A lot of time had passed since then, with Jake experiencing quite a few things, which had naturally also led to its fair share of levels, skill upgrades, and new skills.
Seeing as he was checking out the status properly, Jake compared it to right after Nevermore to better see in which areas he had progressed the most. He did make one change, though, also focusing on how much his resource pools had grown.
Status
Name: Jake Thayne
Race: [Human (C) – 278 --> 305]
Class: [Arcane Hunter of Horizon’s Edge – 289 --> 302]
Profession: [Heretic-Chosen Alchemist of the Malefic Viper – 267 --> 309]
Health Points (HP): 182,060/182,060 --> 295,950/295,950
Mana Points (MP): 401,321/411,484 --> 518,125/518,125
Stamina: 205,651/212,790 --> 294,987/294,987
Stats
Strength: 26170 --> 32997
Agility: 34616 --> 43130
Endurance: 21279 --> 23599
Vitality: 18206 --> 23676
Toughness: 14488 --> 20084
Wisdom: 26335 --> 33160
Intelligence: 22425 --> 26756
Perception: 53661 --> 57278
Willpower: 23267 --> 29986
Free points: 0
Titles: [Forerunner of the New World], [Bloodline Patriarch], [Holder of a Primordial’s True Blessing], [Dungeoneer XV], [Dungeon Pioneer VI], [Prodigious Slayer of the Mighty], [Kingslayer], [Nobility: Duke], [Progenitor of the 93rd Universe], [Prodigious Arcanist], [Perfect Evolution (D-grade)], [Premier Treasure Hunter], [Myth Originator], [Progenitor of Myriad Paths], [Mythical Prodigy], [Perfect Evolution (C-grade)], [Nevermore Challenger All-star], [Peerless Conquerer of Nevermore]
Class Skills: [Superior Stealth Attack (Rare)], [Splitting Arcane Arrow Rain (Epic)], [Archery of Expanding Horizons (Epic)], [Bestial Hunter’s Tracking (Epic)], [Piercing Cursed Arcane Fang (Epic)], [Avaricious Arcane Hunter’s Arrows (Epic)], [Arcane Powershot (Ancient)], [Arcane Awakening (Ancient)], [One Step, Thousand Miles (Ancient)], [Fangs of Man (Ancient)], [Horizon-chasing Big Game Arcane Hunter (Ancient)], [Unblemished Arrows of the Horizon (Ancient)], [Mark of the Horizon-Chasing Arcane Hunter (Ancient)], [Penetrating Arcane Arrow of Horizon’s Edge (Ancient)], [Relentness Hunt of the Avaricious Arcane Hunter (Legendary)], [Arcane Supremacy (Legendary)], [Unseen Hunter Arcane Hunter (Legendary)], [Lone Hunter of Horizon’s Edge (Legendary)], [Protean Arrow of Eternal Horizons (Legendary)], [Timeless Focus of the Apex Hunter (Legendary)], [Eternal Shadow of the Primal Hunter (Mythical)], [Primal Gaze of the Apex Hunter (Mythical)], [Moment of the Primal Hunter (Mythical)]
Profession Skills: [Path of the Heretic-Chosen (Unique)], [Grimoire of the Heretic-Chosen (Unique)], [Alchemist’s Purification (Inferior)], [Alchemical Flame (Common)], [Brew Potion (Uncommon)], [Craft Elixir (Rare)], [Concoct Poison (Rare)], [Soul Ritualism of the Heretic-Chosen Alchemist (Ancient)], [Malefic Viper’s Poison (Ancient)], [Arcane Curse Manifestation (Ancient)], [Blood of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Sense of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Wings of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Touch of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Legacy Teachings of the Heretic-Chosen Alchemist (Legendary)], [Palate of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Pride of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Scales of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Fangs of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Core Manipulation of the Primal Hunter (Legendary)], [Divine Bargain of the Malefic Viper (Mythical)], [Sagacity of the Malefic Viper (Mythical)]
Blessing: [True Blessing of the Malefic Viper (Blessing - True)]
Race Skills: [Endless Tongues of the Myriad Races (Unique)], [Legacy of Man (Unique)], [Wisdom of the Hunter (Unique)], [Identify (Rare)], [Serene Soul Meditation (Epic)], [Anomalous Arcane Soul (Mythical)], [Shroud of the Primordial (Divine)]
Bloodline: [Bloodline of the Primal Hunter (Bloodline Ability - Unique)]
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Jake read through the long status – one that hadn’t really grown in length that much since the last time, as he’d only gotten one entirely new skill. Then again, he’d only had two skill selections as he’d gotten just under thirty levels, with one of them granting him a skill that merged with another to form Divine Bargain of the Malefic Viper.
Looking at it, Jake had also gained more levels in his profession than his class by a fair margin, with his First Sage encounter only increasing the disparity in growth. Looking at just how many profession levels he had gotten over such a short amount of time, it was honestly absurd. Especially when one considers Jake had spent a significant amount of this period suffering from severe soul damage.
He’d gained 42 levels in what, a couple of years? It was bonkers under any kind of usual circumstances and really showed that whatever had gone down during this time truly was the opposite of usual circumstances.
He had been a good little Chosen and helped his Patron lure in and slay Yip of Yore, immediately followed that up by invading Ell’Hakan’s planet and killing him, to now having this meeting with the First Sage. Calling this period eventful would be an understatement.
These many levels had naturally resulted in quite a few stats gained across the board, especially in the stats where he’d upgraded a Malefic Viper Legacy skill. Besides that, the stats his profession gave to had naturally grown the most, though Perception and a few other physical stats had followed along well.
Regarding Free Points, Jake still put them all into Agility and Strength with an even split between the two. Seeing as Jake was very much a hybrid kind of fighter who used both magic and his physical abilities, he was afraid of his Agility and Strength falling behind others, and so far, he hadn’t been disappointed with this choice of Free Point investment... though it did hurt a bit not to see his Perception increase by as much as it could.
At least he still had the void lollipop of infinite Perception to get at least a few bonus stats to Perception, constantly keeping his elixir quota filled. He did begin to consider if maybe it was time to go full Perception again soon, though...
Moving on. Looking at his three resource pools, Jake was happy by how much the three of them had all grown, especially his health points and stamina that’d gotten that sweet 25% bonus from Anomalous Arcane Soul.
Having larger resource pools didn’t mean Jake was automatically stronger, but it did increase his longevity in battle significantly. Jake also felt that with his recent upgrade to his soul, he would be able to handle using his boosting skill even more, so having more resources to burn through was definitely a boon.
His health points increasing so much also made Jake consider certain possibilities... ones he had considered for a while when thinking about which direction he wanted to take his Blood of the Malefic Viper upgrade, as that and Fangs of the Malefic Viper still needed to get upgraded as the last two Malefic Viper Legacy skills.
Speaking of skill upgrades...
Jake made sure to highlight all the skills that had changed since last he checked, and while not overly many skills had upgraded or improved, all of the improvements had been pretty huge. Jake had upgraded three more skills to mythical rarity, with the rest all getting upgraded to legendary – a feat made a bit less impressive by the fact the Malefic Viper Legacy skills had unchanged rarities. In total, he’d gained four mythical skills with Divine Bargain being formed, the rarity really beginning to feel a lot more “normal” to Jake now.
In his class, he had also gained some great upgrades, and looking at them, they were all related to Jake’s fight with Ell’Hakan, either from happening during the fight or because Jake upgraded the skill to prepare for the fight. Well, alright, Lone Hunter had come from a skill selection, but Jake didn’t count that as an upgrade, and he had used it during his fight with Ell’Hakan, so it still counted.
Finally, for the very first time, Jake had added a skill to his race skills section. Every other skill there had been granted in some way or another, but this time around, Jake had been the one who’d made it so that it was part of his race.
He did have some questions about what it meant for the skill to be a race skill now rather than a profession one, and he would be sure to ask Villy about that later as they would definitely have an in-depth talk very soon... but before that, Jake naturally had to go look at one last thing.
It would be impolite to show up to a meeting with Villy without even knowing what the final gift he’d been given by the First Sage was all about, right? Sure, the First Sage had said Jake should reconsider if he wanted to share anything he learned, but Jake still had to know if it was something he wanted to discuss despite the old man’s words.
Closing down his status menu, happy with his recent growth, Jake shut his eyes as he reentered his Soulspace once more.
Manifesting his body within, Jake couldn’t help but smile as everything came into view. The seemingly infinite forest stretched further than he could see, and Jake knew that should he travel in any direction, the world would simply expand to accommodate him. He walked a Path where he pursued an endlessly expanding horizon, so how could he possibly reach the end of his own Soulspace?
Compared to before, Jake felt way more at home within his own Soulspace, and from the looks of it, the Eternal Shadow was also chilling, having found its own nice little hiding spot.
Turning his attention to the reason why he’d entered the Soulspace, Jake appeared in front of the table with the book still on it. With a thought, Jake chose to construct a wooden building around the book to house it, making it into a small library of sorts.
When he was satisfied, Jake sat down in front of the book and really studied it. The cover was off-white with a tinge of yellow that old white objects tended to get. There was still no title on the cover, but Jake felt like this had more to do with Jake not knowing what the title should be than anything else.
With a careful approach, Jake reached out and slowly opened the book. The moment he did, a faint light was emitted and entered his body as a bit of knowledge from the bibliography of the tome was given for free as an introduction it seemed.
Immediately, he knew that fully studying this book wouldn’t be a quick endeavor, and he was far from qualified to understand all of it in his current state. Despite it only looking to be a few hundred pages, the book contained far more than that, with it being filled with actual writing mixed with energy patterns for Jake to analyze and unlock, seals he could unseal by understanding prior sections serving as small tests, and many more things Jake had yet to uncover.
Unable to stop himself, Jake turned to the first page, where he was instantly met with his first “test.”
However, it proved to only require Jake to infuse a bit of his energy, proving his soul was powerful enough to unlock the first chapter. As the words appeared on the page, Jake began reading, and he’d barely gotten a single paragraph down before his eyes opened wide as he realized what the book was truly about.
It was all about how to use and upgrade one of the Legacy skills created by the First Sage... and if he understood what he read correctly, this was a massive fucking bombshell of knowledge...
Because, unknowingly, Jake already had one of the First Sage’s Legacy skills.
Comments
Dave
Tftc
Rachel Clements
TYFTC!
Greedsmith
THE HYPE KEEPS RAMPING UP!!!!! Is it Sagacity? Probably not, that’s Villy’s. Maybe Legacy of Man? Endless Tongues of the Myriad Races? Imagine it being Identify or (Serene Soul) Meditation 😂 Maybe Anomalous Arcane Soul which he just got? Probably none of the, either, seeing as they’re Race skills. Although, they would have had to start from somewhere. Ooh, what about One Step!? That’s not a Race skill, but IIRC, Villy once talked about that skill’s creator and it didn’t feel like it was the First Sage 🤔 If you really think about it, the ones that would make the most sense for the First Sage would be all those Race skills. Like I said, they had to have come from somewhere.
ChrisCidy
I love love love this storyline with the first sage. I'm hoping at some point for Villy's sake we eventually learn the name of the first sage.
Ray Light
Sagacity of the Arcane Hunter! Lets goo!
Chloe
Reeeeeee! Tyftc
Demonshadow639
I mean I was expecting an advanced skill, damn… that’s just insane!
Josh Hietpas
Called it
Spencer Miller
I was thinking One Step. Villy had said it’s a system-provided skill path that goes all the way up, but how could anyone really know that? No one would even have been strong enough to see the Sage create it.
Jo
I don’t know if you understood what I said, my friend.
Jo
Read the latest chapter yet? We’re both wrong hahaha. Incredible.
Fernando Medeiros
You were right! Nice one dude!
SilverSentry
Sagacity is literally based off something he learned from the First Sage. They go over that in the recent chapters.
Mat
Villy legacy skills are centered around either Villy being a snake that evolved to a dragon or alchemy. First Sage was human and was not an alchemist.
SilverSentry
I'm pretty sure zog said that's what sagacity of thr malefic viper is. I could totally see Villy taking other skills and making them his own. I personally think it's going to be one step. Zog mentiomed the Sage having insane speed with his travel skill.
Ty Cooper
Loving Nevermore in audible. Just can't wait for the next to release.
Ty Cooper
Your the first to mention that. I could see it
Ty Cooper
Some have hinted at the immortal mind might have been immortal in the system
Ty Cooper
Well he did spend 5 charges on it. At least he got lots for all his charges in d-grade. So far
Jo
I don’t see anyone talking about how the probability of some of Vipers legacy’s are actually The Fist Sage’s that over time mutated to be more inline with Viper and his path. Not sure it really but I like the idea of it
Gwiddion
They way Jacob talked after returning from collecting EH's remnants. That he doesn't hope they have to use sth. Makes me think he also collected the fusion of I and the king.
ABTelford
Omg thank you!! That is…SO awesome and makes his stat page info so much more relevant! Yo, Zogarth, we need this in the book please! 🙏🏼
ABTelford
Well that’s a game. Necessary there. Reading is way different.
Damian Horbal
I think the legacy of man is more probable.
Andrew P
Jake's boots had karmic links to all of the primordials
SilverSentry
I liked nevermore. Every story has a power level arc. Jake is always constantly powering up because he's a freak, but a change of pace is always nice.
brjenness
I would step 500 miles and I would step 500 more just to be the man that put an arrow in your door. Villastromaz. Villastromaz.
brjenness
I don't care about des child...I want grumpy stump to come back
brjenness
the ability to corrupt with intelligence?
brjenness
I like that idea.. we didn't find out sage ties to primordials
Tania Savard
TFTC! I think Legacy of Man is the legacy skill from the first sage.
Gingerlochs
I'm playing an Isekai RP based off the Primal verse - stat sheets are hella important for future growth xD
SetherAedekae
I came from audiobooks. The first 2 or 3 have A LOT of status pages
Michael Ferguson
Reee
Daniel Brian
Since you're here, I'm might as well help you with A skill, since that's what you're here for. *Gets skill upgrade* Maaaaybeee one more thing, if ya want... *Upgrade* One last thing.... *Upgrade* Oh, well I'll leave you with this... *Book for another upgrade* -The First Sage
Daniel Brian
Everything counts.😉
Daniel Brian
I'm more curious who collected what was left of I. My guess is that light mage guy. Dude seems pretty shady...
Daniel Brian
Yep. Pretty sure that's already been stated in the lore.
Daniel Brian
Who's to say they did? He never made it "alive" past the first Era, so it's entirely possible that he is the progenitor of those skills that "even the youngest" have. Sort of like how ALL humans get Valdemar's records, or all snakes get Vilas's. If he succeeded in making himself a part of the system, totally reasonable to think that these "system granted" skills are actually from the FS.
ABTelford
Nope. First Sage wasn’t a fighter. The dude killed a void beast with transcendent words and Will alone, what need does he have of a weapon? I vote one step mile. Or identify. Or making grimoirs. lol! Decisive aren’t I?
ABTelford
Yes! My thinking exactly! And what if (wild theory) he did the same for all the primordials? What if he visited all of them? I mean the dude was traveling through the emptiness of space at C grade at an insane speed. Why was he doing this and where was he going? 😀
ABTelford
Oh yes! Very good point
ABTelford
Nope that’s Valdemar I think
ABTelford
Intriguing idea but, nah, doesn’t track. Otherwise How would anyone contemporary to First Sage have had those skills?
ABTelford
Hahaha! Me too! BUT I do like having one full stat listing at least once a book so I can reference it. I get annoyed when they’re listed too often. I imagine this being read in an audio book format might be even more so
Christopher Lee
Not again bro, pls stop with these cliff hangers they going to be the death of me
Tyler Gibbs
E e e
Doug
I assumed the first chapter was about the legacy skill, and other chapters would be other topics, with some in there helping him fix his palate. Idk it doesn’t specify clearly but the way it was described seems like it would be a long time to get through that book
Doug
I was thinking one step mile at first… but I think you just changed my mind
Ed
So the sage says he is /was dead? Yet looks forward to seeing what Jake will become.
Demonshadow639
I’m thinking it’s [Serene Soul Meditation (Epic)], that seems like the closest to something that he would have.
Demonshadow639
Ok to be fair… I do the same thing with 90% of all stat sheets I read, I’m a skimmer not an in-depth guy when it comes to those.
InfernoDroid
Me reading Jake's stats: Meaninglessly large number gets bigger mmhm, nice. Arbitrarily large number to larger Arbitrary number, good work. Perception still best stat. Titles: nah Skills: eyes glaze over ... nope Rest of sheet: eyes still glazed over. Rest of chapter, good shit
Dalton Service
I wonder if it's one step thousand miles? With the emphasis of the first sage "stepping down" during the fight and then the scene of him walking through space.
Gman
Touch of the first sage!!! It's the one I can think of. Given the data.
Asher Mack
How many levels between the steps of Divinity?
Asher Mack
The thing with one step is that Villy said it’s something that many nobles and elites of higher mid grades (B and A) have in their arsenal, so it doesn’t feel like it would be really unique to Jake. I could be totally wrong but One Step feels kinda vanilla for what would be a skill of the first and greatest Genius of the multiverse, at least one related to his Legacy. Any thoughts?
jazz
This little reflection really made me realize how fire the story has been post never more. Made the wait worth it 😂
Devillelouch
I agree, Overall they are good. It grounds the reader, gives the author an easy chapter as long as he took good notes, and recaps the arc. This chapter also did the most important element, give a great hook. The Villy chat chapters is going to be great next week...unless it gets interrupted. Dont do it Iludar!
John Durrett
In the simplest terms all restrictions are self imposed. Advancing a skill is like neo starting to believe. There is no spoon, only yourself adjusting your perception of what’s possible by accepting that there are no limits. That distance and 3d is an illusion that can just as easily defined as 2d or a single point at any given time. Drawing a line of single point dots that are each singularities back to a state of nothingness. Our creature ceases to exist as a composite whole
Dlandis
I'd say a typical C grade with a min-max build would have many stats at a minimum of 20k while their main statsnwould float near the 45-50k threshold. Jakes 60k with perception is due to the fact that he realized that perception is the best stat and it's only been boosted by his insane bloodline and his overpowered lollipop.
Dlandis
Jake will always be hard, near impossible to kill. Definitely a peak grade human. I did like this stint into developing his soul space into a future divine realm without Jake seeming to realize it... Reminds me of Daneil-san and Miyagi, without the entire "Sand-The-Floor" scenes.
Aaditya Ravindran
Aren't hectic chosen ones just upgrades after he became one?
Martinus Chrisjan
So, for any interested, I did some (basic) number crunching. Jake's base stats are boosted by titles and skills by an average of about 3500 per stat. His stats are percentage modified by an average of about 80% per stat. If we (erroneously) ignore equipment, higher stats from better classes, and all that other shenanigans that Jake benefits from for the sake of simplicity, we end up with unmodified stats of about 10000 per stat. To be honest, this is probably way too generous to a typical C-Grade. If we allow for some base stat modification and about 10% multipliers per stat for a standard C-Grade, they end up with about 12500 points per stat. Soo my totally janky, lazy estimation comes out at anywhere from 25-40% of Jake's stats for a Standard C-Grade. Not sure if anyone actually cares but I thought it was interesting :)
Tr0LLach
And that skill would do literally nothing to fix Palete
Tr0LLach
These folks be guessin'. I don't think we know at what level A and S grade starts.
Alison Blair
Thanks for the chapter!!!!
William WIlson
Here's a carzy idea. What if most of the skills called system generated skills are actually first Sage legacy skills. One step mile, identify, alchemical flame, brew potion, and so on are all part of the first sages legacies. I mean the first sage was instrumental in providing records during the beginning of the system and what if all the basic skills were actually created by him, but are so basic and been around for so long no one realizes they are actually legacy skills. I mean identify won't work if you don't know what it is, Jake has said he has a hard time identifying rocks and minerals. Plus this would actually fit the first sages path in my opinion. That path being the creation and understanding of the system.
Gabriel Garcia
Legacy of Man
Daniel Hamilton
Just thinking how hard he is to kill now. With his new skill destroying the body isn’t necessarily the end of him.
William WIlson
What if skills that are widely considered system generated skills are actually first Sage legacy skill being reused. So one step, identify, alchemical flame, brew potion, and so on.
William WIlson
Sagacity is a Malefic Viper legacy skill. The first sage helped in its creation yes but it is purely the vipers legacy. Legacy of man could be it but I believe that comes from humans passing on knowledge. I'm sure they first sage being a human had some impact on the skill but I don't think it was created by him specifically. My money is on one step. We literally had the first sage using this skill way back in the earliest days of the system. Villy believes one step is a system skill but what if it's a legacy skill of the first sage and the only one he ever taught was villy when it came to alchemy. What if one step mile is a class skill of the first sage and not part of the legacy villy would have gotten.
Comeback Kid
One step mile.
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Andrew P
That was Jacob, who was there to collect EHs soul for later resurrection
Asher Mack
My guess is a normal C grade would have at most 7-10,000 stats on average in each category, and maybe a particularly strong C grade 15-20,000. Elites 25-30 ish. I am just spitballing here though.
Asher Mack
Ooooohhh true…. Maybe a red herring though that one would be kinda obvious
Basic
Have we found out who observed Jake and the celestial child’s fight in like part 5 when I first read it so much goes on in the chapter I kinda forgot about it but we never found out right??
Zuuuuuri
My thoughts exactly, that or sagacity but I have my doubts there
Martinus Chrisjan
I would really love to see an example stat page of a "typical" lvl 300 C-grade. It'd help me to contextualise Jake's relative strength. Maybe as an appendix one day, Zog? 🙃
Collateral_ink
B 350. A 500. S 700. Divinity 1000
Basic
It’s not just that even before when he was talking with his patron he was plotting and trying to do something for ages and just overall shady
Basic
Yeh I totally agree I just want him to stop plotting or just plot for them instead it would be a cool side story of Miranda somehow cornering him and somehow “beating him” in politics
Stuart Thwaites
I have a love hate relationship with chapters like this. They are boring all the way to the last paragraph and tease you with that paragraph. Very unsatisfying to read BUT without them books would be absolutely shit.
Marco Ramon
I think the theory has already been mentioned before that the First Sage might have influenced or even taught all the Primordials. Now I had the thought that he might have laid the foundation for all the Primordials to become the first gods. Villy has already said that it was much harder back then compared to now. Maybe the First Sage provided each of the Primordials with some skills or records as a basis for their paths in one way or another. And in Valdemar's case, it could have been the Legacy of Man.
Jose Reyna
TFTC
Azayrian105
I definitely see him getting the skill to be this but I don’t think that is the First Sage’s skill tbh.
Brian Stein
Just gotta say that was a twist I was not expecting at the end of the chapter. Great writing, and as always, thanks for the chapter!
Asher Mack
I forget, but is there a chance the skill in question is Legacy of Man? Or am I tripping?
Asher Mack
If you’re right I’ll give you a kiss
Davey876
My money is on serene soul meditation
Tarodan
I'm gonna get REALLY bonkers here. I think the First Sage's skill is Identify.
Lonnie
B grade is 350 A was 600, I believe
BearHandMan
I’ll go with Alchemical Flame, Bob
Tony Breckenridge
Villy said he’d never seen it upgraded fully?
Tony Breckenridge
TFS used his transcendence to help Villy 1 time, that was the library, right?
Davey876
Can we get an update on what levels for each grade? When does B grade start? What about A grade?
Josh
One step thousand mile?
Davey876
Kindroth would be a better enemy of Miranda than Jake. Kindroth is more of a threat to her anyways.
Jordan Mazza
My head canon is that he will somehow diverge it's path so that one step can take him to his prey no matter where they try to escape to, and become One Step of the Primal Hunter
Asher Mack
Jake is the (second) most talented individual in the history of the multiverse, I think he was going to make it to godhood anyway. But the first sage certainly solidified and helped his path become even more strong
Tyler Owens
The legacy skill is one step mile, it’s gotta be right?
Drew G
Anyone think the first sage set Jake on the first step of becoming a god/divine? Similar to the sage himself as he was only c-grade.
AetherBoye
Bro just has the Words Of Power hyper-transcendent skill. It lets his words do whatever he wants them to do
James Faulkner
Ooooo
Andrew K
I think there's an interesting case that it could be Alchemical Flame. The description is "The flame of an alchemist is one of the most critical aspects of the crafting process. The flame itself is affinity-less and not polluted by the impurities of burning a catalyst. The path to refining one’s alchemical flame is a long and arduous one for all alchemists seeking the pinnacle. Allows the alchemist to create a small alchemical flame, emitting heat. Adds a minor increase to the effectiveness of Alchemical Flame based on wisdom." Some points in favor: - The general concept of purification/refinement/decomposition conceptually fits very well as a key tool for a knowledge-seeker like the First Sage. (He might have even considered the alchemy angle just considered secondary to the knowledge from just breaking things down carefully, or a nice case of hitting two birds with one stone.) - The affinity-neutral and pollution-rejecting nature aspects are arguably quite impressive for such a low-tier skill, and could be a sign that the First Sage put a lot of effort into refining a less-ideal starting-point (while making other compromises to keep it a version of it low-tier). - The relationship with soulflames could be a hint as the soul repair angle the First Sage mentioned near the start of the chapter. - The long upgrade path fits.
greg belokopitsky
Fangs of Man maybe? Valdamar maybe wasn't the first?
Max
Tftc! Its either one step, Serene Soul Meditation or Alchemist purification /flame imo.
Kyler
One step into the horizon
Kyler
One step, One destination
Lion3125
Yeah One Step and Legacy of Man are both strong candidates. My first thought was Legacy of Man too, I honestly didn't think of One Step. Even still I think it's Legacy of Man. It's about teaching and spreading knowledge. If there's one thing the FS would represent, it'd be that, I'd say. Plus it might even be a relevant part as to why that fragment had knowledge from the current era. Because of some links through that. Also: I think it's unlikely that this specific skill came into being without outside influence. And if we're looking at influential humans (system wise, whether they are famous or not) the ones we know are Valdemar and the FS. Legacy of Man definitely wasn't Valdemars
Esch
Legacy of Man is the Human Racial skill. Fang of Man is Valdemar's Legacy Skill
Ty Cooper
I have 2 guesses. From most likely in my guesses to least. One step Legacy of man
Triggerman
One of the skill names got messed up there zogarth, it says “unseen hunter arcane hunter” should be “unseen arcane hunter”
Mat
Was imagining elites of the King Iludar camp trying to ambush and kill a ‘weak and still recovering’ Jake right now
Johnny
Is there a variant spelling of ‘palate’ in the UK or something? Was spelled like this yesterday too
ABTelford
oh! Identify is a very good guess!
ABTelford
oh! Meditation is a good guess.
ABTelford
Ah! Such a satisfying read! I anxiously await the next chapter but I will not die of cliff-hanger-itis. lol! I can't wait to read Villy's reaction though. That old snake deserves some warm happiness action! Thanks Zogarth! and...let the guessing game begin! Im guessing the skill he has from the First Sage is the one that makes Skill Books because - book.
ABTelford
hahahahaha!!!
Mike
I am curious if he will wait til a bit later into C grade though, that is a true B grade and not a weak one at that. Though with it being stuck in one place Jake could totally setup like a planet away and just bombard the moon lol.
Mike
Identify and Legacy of Man are two more mundane ones that I could see it being for sure. One step is a good guess and would be awesome but it almost doesn't fit with what the FS would want to teach.
Stubbsee
Bro isnt surgesting it is The First Sage's legacy skill. Hes pointing out a typo XD
Ty Cooper
😁
Mike
I still don't know if Kindroth is bad though. Like he is a schemer for sure, and King Ilugar did show up to threaten him into taking them to the Holy Church. But does that mean Kindroth is a bad dude? I really don't know.
Ty Cooper
The FS was and is a sly old OP gangsta.
Ty Cooper
Lol I was wondering where the cliffhanger would be. Man I am curious of what the First Sage skill would be. Man that talk with Villy is going to great. I almost feel that the skill he got from the FS is a skill to see forbidden knowledge, but it is a skill he already has so that is not to strong of a guess. Lol who else reread all the skills to see if they can guess which one of the skills it could be. One step is a contender but unlikely. I think it might be legacy of man and a way to scry the history and skills of man, an omniscient skill maybe. I will find it hilarious if just that first little bit gave him another upgrade. So what are your guesses. I also love how sly the FS is. So wonderfully OP. I am enjoying how he slipped him the records.
Pekka Kohonen
Maybe he could do a ritual with the soul of El’Haakan or whatever the name to fix his injury.
Rewdan
Thanks Zogarth I hope you have a great weekend
Kevin Watson
iirc we literally saw the First Sage using One Step, Million Mile
Mat
So all we now know about the First Sage is 1. He was a librarian 2. He breathed transcendent skills making him OP 3. He kill a void dweller god as a C-grade. 4. He was is proud of Villy. I have so many questions🤔
Mattheos Lee
The holy church is so fucked
Thijs Damen
Final skill upgrade is surely just “One Step”.
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
CJ King
I think my guess is a little on the nose but i believe it’s [anomalous arcane soul] simply cause FS directly helped with it similar to how some of villys legacy skills were learned
Chewbacchus
Edit suggestion: 'palete' is more commonly spelled 《palate》
Chewbacchus
More brethren from AR!
pizzadahuttt
I bet its his million step skill
SinCinnamon
It’s his Anomalous Soul!
Jordan
Zogarth!!!!!! No!!!! The weekend!!!!!! 😭
Borbino the great
Or serene soul meditation? I think that’s an option too someone was saying
Daniel Hamilton
Looking forward to the day when he fills his soul space with actual predators, potentially making that much more dangerous to anyone else as well
Basic
I really want him to deal with Kindroth and the desolate child they are just annoying figures plotting in the background
Pekka Kohonen
It has to be a soul skill: "you unlocked the potential of your soul, so I shall give you something to further explore and expand what you can do with it... including a method to address that little soul injury of yours.” I vote: "[Soul Ritualism of the Heretic-Chosen Alchemist (Ancient)]" or [Serene Soul Meditation (Epic)]. It could be that the "Soul Ritualism" would combine with the FS skill and create something new.
Daniel Hamilton
One step space-time continuum. (three dimensions of space and the one dimension of time into a single four-dimensional continuum, although this upgrade would be reached when he’s a God as itd allow him to step through space and time)
PurpleBen
Probably not, as that skill is based on Jake’s arcane mana, which is unique to him
ItsFin
Does legacy skill prevent the racial skill [Legacy of Man (Unique)]? Its the one that lets him pass general knowledge down better right?
Naotsugu97
Cheers for the chappie!
AfroMocha
Why does everyone keep saying one step mile? First and foremost it would not help with Jake’s soul. My guess is it is Gaze or Identify. But it could also be myriad tongues and allow Jake to talk directly to the system lol Edited: like I get with the boots and most of his other skills are viper skills or profession. But I also think that’s a little too obvious. Only thing that kinda makes it work for me is if this allows him to travel much like sandy being able to step from one planet to the next. Able to appear on any planet reguardless of defences. Then I can see that being forbidden knowledge that the system would have balanced
The Uub
There is a lot of conjecture about which skill is a Legacy of the First Sage skill, I can't see it being a Class skill, more likely it's a Race skill, and will change titles to reflect its status as a Legacy skill once the system acknowledges the connection. That being said, with his Soulspace upgrade, I am interested in seeing how Gaze evolves or changes once he uses it again.
Esch
I believe its Serene Soul Medidation. The Sage said that his gift would help Jake heal his wounded Soul.
Josh Hietpas
Everyone thinks its one step, but what if its something super mundane. Let me prepose: identify. If the first safe was all knowing, would it not make sense for him to be able to… you know… identify things?
Tr0LLach
Either the book contains only one skill, which 100% isn't One Step because it wouldn't help Jake fix his soul/palete. Or, there are multiple skills, in which case One Step wouldn't be the 1st skill, for the same reason.
Jordan Mazza
Upgrade path ideas for One Step Mile? One Step Thousand miles (current) One Step Million Miles? One Step World? One Step Universe?
Pekka Kohonen
Would you write a whole book on that though?
Jordan Mazza
Legacy of Man is Valdemar. I remember when Jake and Villy first talked about it that Valdemars legacy pretty much singlehandedly props up the records of all humans, having even increased the base tier of their race. And that Legacy of man was the result of that
Jordan Mazza
Core Manipulation is a Primal Hunter skill, can't be FS legacy. It's Jake's legacy
Jordan Mazza
It occurred right after they defeated the prima guardian and claimed the planetary pylon
Jordan Mazza
Villy would already know due to his bloodline, he can't forget anything even if it becomes forbidden knowledge and according to that post-nevermore conversation with Eversmile, the first sage wasn't always forbidden knowledge. It seems to have only started when Jake upgraded his boots and found the message
Frankie Rose
Can’t wait for the rematch between the b grade on the moon n Jake !!
Endern
According to Villy One Step Mile is originated from the System itself, not bound to any individual and Path. Also having a clear upgrade path. The same can be said about Identify though. With a few key differences: You have to pick up One Step Mile, while Identify is simply given. Identify is closely related to your own knowledge, its upgrades based on the individual using it, not some previously set Path before you.
Allie Fischer
Poor Villy he has to have felt the effects of the first sage messing around with the records in the drop of blood and yet has no idea what has happened.
Hayden Leech
Heeeey wait a minute…….. after Villy killed the First sage the Viper started to perceive System Entities as the First sage. Thats probably what the First Sage was trying to do to Jake lol. Bugger was trying to smuggle some records into our boy!! No idea what that would accomplish but apparently Jakes bloodline wouldnt have liked a passenger riding along.
kinglemur
Wasn’t legacy of man just a racial skill for humans, and the requirement is to believe humans truly are better, Valdemar was just the first to get it? I could be wrong but it feels like with the FS being Forbidden knowledge, everyone forgot that maybe he was apart of creating the legacy of man
kinglemur
I thought that was fang of man not legacy of man
Tr0LLach
It was mentioned that is Valdemar's legacy.
solomon pagan
World leader promotion I think
Tr0LLach
Probably after claiming Earth's pylon when they defeated the Prima Guardian
Tr0LLach
350
Frankie Rose
Isnt he supposed to upgrade from C to B after reaching 299. If anyone can respond it will be very helpful.
Austin Barton
Tftc
Lynderyn
Who knew the origin of One Step is forbidden knowledge. Wonder what will happen when Jake slips up and lets MV know.
Dragon
Firstly your forgetting the book is what will help him heal his soul, that doesn’t mean it’s going to be the first lesson of the first page(although I do think it will be sooner than later, I think it will teach him about the first sages legacy skills first, than move onto healing jakes soul, and finally end on the subject of bloodlines and transcendence possibly having 1 final excerpt on the system itself). Also Legacy of man is Valdemar’s legacy. Two people can’t be the progenitor to the same legacy.
Sam
Agree that the legacy skill is probably one step but would love for it to be shroud. Can someone remind me when he became a Duke? Last I remember he was a marquis
Ify Achu
Good cliff hanger! Tftc!
Dragon
More proof would be the boots Jake has. They have a connection to every primordial and villy did mention 1 step 1000 miles was a common skill option for everyone
Dragon
Nope, 1 step 1000 miles. Don’t forget legacy of man is valdemars legacy skill
Dragon
Legacy of man also can’t be it because that’s valdemars legacy
Dragon
It is one step a thousand miles… In fact its one of the only possible choices, it can’t be any of the Malefic viper, heritic chosen, primal hunter, or avaricious arcane hunter skills. Which only leaves skills like one step mile, craft elixir, alchemical flame, etc.
BumAssBumAss
I like your theories, but I was wondering about one step. Villy previously stated that the upgrade path for the skill is already well defined and known. I think it was mentioned to be related to the system or something, I forget. I originally thought it was legacy of man, but you are right that it conceptually existed even before the first sage. Identify is a good theory. I don't remember much about how Jake upgraded his to see blessings though
John Durrett
mmm. I could go either way. [Unseen Arcane Hunter (Legendary)] can also seem to simple.
Garigis
I believe it has said it was Sagacity a few chapters ago.
John Durrett
Let the "records" show that A. B. Edwards died on a Friday and was Resurrected on a Monday! An offering of "Sage" is placed at the Alter, awaiting your return. ;)
Kain
My money’s on One Step just cause it really is iconic if you’ve read any Xanxia which Primal Hunter takes a lot of inspiration from. In the stories it’s in it’s almost always the most “profound” movement technique with a lot of hidden depths and abilities. Runner up would be meditation I think another “basic” skill that can get utterly ridiculous in the hands of someone like the sage.
John Durrett
To arrive where one wishes by taking a single step; the simplicity of it just feels like a FS attitude. Like watching the cough "battle" with the void beast, monstrous power is revealed with the smallest of gestures. Imagine Jake taking a step in Haven and literally arriving at Villy's home? In a fight, literally being anywhere on the battlefield with Zero limitations. There is depth and concepts implied at something as simple as crossing those distances. What if those underlying concepts are what FS used to "cut" lines of infinity across that void creature? Don't be lulled into sleep by a title as simple as a Step, might get stepped on. ;) Its fun trying to predict what Zog will come up with and there is no shame in learning down the road it was something completely different then we thought. Cheers everyone! To the Future and Beyond!!!
dqmj7vmn6t
Could be Core Manipulation
Sushi
Zog: Let leave everyone on a cliff hehe. Everyone: It’s got to be One Step Mile. Zog: …maybe that conversation with Villy will take 2 chapters to get to
Alexander C Hyde
[Unseen Hunter Arcane Hunter (Legendary)] is this correct? Shouldn’t it just be Unseen Arcane Hunter?
kinglemur
It’s gotta be one step or legacy of man cause The FS is the strongest human to have existed so far
Endern
So the few skills that could be related to the First Sage based on the last couple of chapters: 1. Legacy of Man. FS spoke a lot about how humans were one of the few races that immortalized their knowledge in writing. But this was true even before the system and part of the Human race, so I don't think FS himself is the Origin of it. 2. One Step Mile. FS used a powerful movement skill during the vision of the battle against the Void Dweller. He made the Boots of the Wandering Sage, which have an effect on movement skills. But would it be considered Forbidden Knowledge that this skill was Originally created by FS? Also taking a step to cover more distance feels kind of "basic" considering what an absolute monster FS was. 3. Identify. Peering into the Records of anything you encounter on your Path. The one skill that every being in the multiverse gains as their First one (except Minaga). If anything can be considered a Legacy of a Man who understood Records like noone else in his time (or maybe even since then) and had to be made Forbidden Knowledge to grant it to every other race then my bet is on this.
Robert Phipps Jr (Perren d'Wolff)
Agree'ed. Thinking it might be one step mile myself.
Alex Salamanca
How mysterious, and Zog even listed all of Jake's skills so we could look at them all and theorize
John Durrett
I like this idea because of the simplicity of it. One simply appears where one wishes too by taking the first step. That sounds like a FS belief.
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Phasmatic7
Thankies zogie, You torture my by bringing up jakes stream and not updating us on the level of his lil eels
Alexander C Hyde
He also had to get back into his Soulspace to check out the book, but he purposefully delayed that a little for him to be fully calm and back in the right (mindset)mind.
Mohammed Sheekh
The entire multiverse has that lol
Daniel Brian
Thats my guess too!
Nate
[Legacy of Man (Unique)] is my runner up guess, if it was Legacy of the Sage or something number 1 for sure, however the (Unique) rarity keeps me from calling it perfect, with [Serene Soul Meditation (Epic)] seems like a FS "common" rarity and far more room to upgrade and as an upgrade could repair the soul
Shaibene
Im not sure if the first sage did alot for the legacy of man and he didn’t really propogate his path or his family line, Valdermar is a more likely originator of that skill. 1 step arrow, 1 step stun, 1 step 1 million doomfeet lol has to be 1 step
Rad
My problem with legacy of man, identify, and meditation is that they’re all race skills and it doesn’t seem like they’d be easy to make a legacy skill, if legacy of man is even able to be altered without changing the race entirely. Identify also seems like a natural skill that he might only have some input on with mediation being something I could see him putting his hands on. The problem being that I think specifically mentioning that Jake had one of his legacy skills means that most people wouldn’t so it probably wouldn’t be a racial skill. Especially because I don’t think the First Sage would make his legacy skills about being human without how he seemingly doesn’t care about race at all.
Crjourdan
I highly doubt it is any of those. Heretic-Chosen is another only Jake has walked, and the first sage can not be a chosen because gods didn’t exist when he was alive. So none of those choices make sense.
NSaaby
First Sage’s Legacy skills. Legacy of man?
JB
I was originally thinking I was legacy of man but one step is a strong possibility. Didn't he 'step down' during the fight at one point? Thatcould be a clue
Drana :D
Yeah I feel like people kind of ignore that part
Shaibene
1 step os my guess considering he has the sages boots of a wandering alchemist
Nate
you are the first comment I have read that mentioned this, it is why I also chose [Serene Soul Meditation (Epic)] as my guess. I understand why people think one step, identify, or Legacy of man but they don't feel right as a soul repair skill
Namorat
Looking forward to Villy and Jake talking about this :)
NovaZero
Or be a Librarian/Nerd
Daniel Smith
My guess is one step
Aaditya Ravindran
Hmm. My top guess is the [Soul Ritualism of the Heretic-Chosen Alchemist] skill. My second pick would be [Legacy Teachings of the Heretic Chosen Alchemist] and my third [Palette of the Malefic Viper]. Here's why. 1. It wouldn't make much sense for any unique or mythical skill to be the one. Although it would be nice to see Sagacity at a higher rarity (if that could happen) 2. It can't be any skill common to many people, since that would mean that quite a few people have the First Sage's legacy skill. So we can rule out One Step. 3. It can't be any class other skills which are archery related. 4. We know that somehow all primordials share a connection with the First Sage, and all primordials have a divine realm. 5. We also know that Villy has FS's legacy skills, which could mean it's one of the "of the malefic viper" skills.
Andromeda Adams
Was the First Sages legacy skill One Step Thousand Mile? Tyftc!
Seamus Harley
lol, imagine if the first sage is the origin of the identify skill, no idea what that upgrade would include but it would be fascinating
Mat
My first guess given his speed when he killed the void dweller but Villy said that skill was from the system and had a very clear upgrade path to level no one has reached.
BrotherKlaus
Zog gives us hints, and then cliffhangers, then tells us. This would make tons of sense, and now that we’ve seen FS fight, it clicks together.
BrotherKlaus
Just because it’s common, doesn’t mean it’s not a legacy skill. Think about the vipers legacy skills, tons and tons of the orders member have one or more of his skills, even without a blessing from Villy. There’s an entire department store for gear for viper legacy skills. The fact that the FS created so many skills, it’s not surprising the System decided to start throwing those out as it is a good skill, and he did it way way back in the first era, so it’s been available by the system since. But if the FS is forbidden knowledge, then it makes sense that the description wouldn’t include a reference to him.
Griffin Kardos
One step makes sense, but doesn't fit with the other things FS was saying about his legacy. How would One Step help Jake heal his soul? (though knowing the first sage maybe he gets freaky metaphorical with his steps). Meditation fits better, but is kinda boring. So my out of left field guess is: [Legacy of Man (Unique)] – The human race has been around since the very first Era, and has stood on the pinnacle from the beginning. This is not simply due to extraordinary individuals in your midst, but your ability to stand on the shoulders of your ancestors and pass down Records. While each human’s lifespan may be short, your race’s collective knowledge is perennial, and through generations, humanity will prevail. Allows you to far more effectively pass down Records and makes anyone you teach far more likely to unlock new paths. Not only would it be mind blowing, but it actually perfectly fits with the First Sage, and has everything to do with records. Plus: "While each human’s lifespan may be short, your race’s collective knowledge is perennial". Doesn't this feel like how the first sage reached the end of his lifespan near the start of the first era but is also somehow still kicking? Edit: furthermore, going back to the very first chapter in this arc, Jake inexplicably thinks: "Then what about Records that were erased but someone still remembered... what if memories existed that only a single person in the entire history of the multiverse remembered and had seen?" I'm pretty sure the FS's immortality has to do with memory and, of course, records. The fact that Villy got his bloodline means that the first sage will never be forgotten, even when he becomes forbidden knowledge, ensuring his immortality in a sense. Memories and records leaving an immortal legacy - Legacy of Man feels like a perfect description of all the first sage's BS
Frederik
i think it might be "one step" its seamingly simple and still enormesly powerfull with an upgrade path straight to divine levels
Alex R
MTWTF
Sarianne Roodenburg
Lol, seems lots off speculating is going to be happening during the weekend. What skill will it be? Identify; Serene soul meditation; One step, thousend miles; ? As Legacy of man is a unique skill, it can't be upgraded so that one is out. My guess would be on the meditation skill, but I guess we'll see monday 😄
Luke Hefter
Right like I need the next chapter pronto lol. Gonna be itching all weekend for Monday
Bladehawk256
The more I read other comments the more Indentify makes sense lmao
Bryce Boo and the Mystery Crew
Good chapter
Aaditya Ravindran
Villy said that the one step skill suite was pretty common to get. So, doesn't that mean quite a few people have the first sage's legacy skill? So I'm guessing that's not it.
Sarianne Roodenburg
Think it was fang of man he picked up during that vision and legacy of man was a racial skill gained during the evolution to D or C grade
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Sarianne Roodenburg
Love the chapter, looking forward to Monday, luckily the cliff we're hanging on isn't to big this weekend and we should all survive hanging on 😅
FerrumMike YT
The legacy skill can be something really basic that can turn into a monster class it could also be a race skill like serene soul meditation because it would fit with the first sage’s path and legacy being all about knowledge
Nate
[Serene Soul Meditation (Epic)]? TFTC
JJMand
Considering all the soul stuff, I am partial to think it is his meditation skill, “Serene soul meditation”.
Ove Schorer
speak
Ove Schorer
but how do you upgrade "tongues" he can already talk every language
Penko
I think it is Identify
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter!!
Alex Serov
Cool can’t wait to find out more about „Brew Potion [Uncommon]“
Christopher Torres
WTF?!!!!!!!!! Thanks for chapter zog
Mohammed Sheekh
Majority of the comments saying one step, isn't that too predictable? Surely zog would think so too, perhaps it could be something else that's related but also unlikely
Fucking Shracc
One Step, Thousand Miles
Mohammed Sheekh
Hmm I can see endless tongues being his skill since he's a scholar, I hope its not one step since its too predictable to be honest
Cory Sauls
TFTC!
Loststar7
TFTC.
Seiryus
Is it One Step?
Jordan Rogers
Wouldn’t surprise me with one step, that FS personally mentored all the primordials at some point, but only Villy remembers him due to forbidden knowledge and villy’s can’t forget ability
Timothy Reichert
It would also explain the boots.
SilverSentry
Tftc. I don't think it's serene soul meditation. He could have potentially upgraded both soul skills at the same time if that were the case. I think it's either one step, or legacy of man. All things considered this is a not a normal cliff hanger.
hachetnif
What if it's Shroud of the primordial. We Suspect that the first Sage had a hand in Creating the primordials. So it's possible. But I don't think it's that one Really deeply. Most likely it's one of the Rasal skills and he said that would help him develop his soul, So that is more credence, For skills That deal with records
Adam
Nah the skill is for sure one step, thousand miles. Jake bought that skill from the tutorial and the FS kinda melded with the system imo.
Timothy Reichert
I’m just going to assume it’s a class skill. Identify was given to all and wouldn’t need some special unlock. Villy’s skills are his legacy so not those. All race skills are Jake’s or his heretic path. Going by how the FS fought with just transcendent and even commented that his fighting style wouldn’t help Jake at all. That pretty much only leaves one step a skill that Jake bought that apparently originated from the “system ”.
Jacob
The skill has. To be one step a thousand miles
A. B. Edwards
And he does it again. These damn cliff hangers will be the death of me.
Kjell
It thik either on step or endless Tongues. But I tendent more to Tongues
Jonathan Hovey
I'm going to guess that the legacy skill is One-Step. TFTC
BrotherKlaus
Seconded!
BrotherKlaus
My guess is One Step! Think about it and all the FS times he really did something in a fight or was moving through the void.
Jordan Rogers
That was my guess aswell
BrotherKlaus
Nah, One Step. That’s my guess.
Jordan Rogers
We taking votes on which skill?
BrotherKlaus
The answer was hiding in front of us this entire encounter! It’s One Step, that’s my guess. It’s the one skill that isn’t really his own in any way, and he purchased it way back after the tutorial. It’s been mentioned that One Step is a series of skills that always upgrade on a set path, and every time FS really did something in the fight with Jake or the Void Dweller, he stepped down. Very thematic with the boots, and the whole ‘heading out on the journey’ description.
Sailesh Kumar Kumar
TFTC
Matthias
Tftc
Red45jimster
Sweet thanks I've read the series 7 or 8 times was having massive brain fart
Galand
Those chapters make me hate week-ends and the 2 days wait
Endern
Part of the C-Grade evolution, adds 10% bonus to Perception, Agility and Endurance. It also gave a one time bonus of 550 to those stats. And an alignement bonus.
BumAssBumAss
I want to think the first sage's legacy skill is legacy of man, but it is also a unique skill. The only other option is "fangs of man" but that is valdemar's It's definitely none of Jake's class skills or "of the primal hunter" or "of the malefic Viper" skills. Jake's other unique skills have no relationship with the first sage either.
Jordan Rogers
Chapter is great
Jordan Rogers
🏔️🍂🤦
Zac Thompson
One step thousands miles getting upgraded!
Bladehawk256
Guessing that legacy skill is "One Step, Thousands Miles"?
Beemoss
Tftc
Red45jimster
I think it's legacy of man
Mohammed Sheekh
I bet its serene soul meditation, you don't get that strong without having an absurdly strong soul, so it's definitely gotta be that
eatingpitza314
Typo (I think) [Unseen Hunter Arcane Hunter (Legendary)] - I don't think there is suposed to be 2 hunter
Sean
Legacy of Man, Fangs of man, or that walking technique since he has the boots.
Laurent Jerry
Great chapter !
Red45jimster
Legacy of man
Joel Lindqvist
Monday-friday
Sammot
I was thinking the same thing! And that the sage was going way to fast before the void god fight, by using one step!
Drana :D
Some kind of restore skill because he hinted at helping him recover from him soul damage
Profile Name
Any bets on what witch skill it is referring to. My bet is on ”Serene Soul Meditation”
SetherAedekae
Holy shit I bet ur right
Rid
I wonder if the legacy skill to be upgraded is one step, thousand miles? Im not sure what else it could be!
Zack Leach
Thanks for the chapter! Can't wait to find out villy's take on everything. I also wonder if villy will be able to see the fragment through his blood droplet if Jake conducts a specific ritual or something so villy doesn't need to use a transcendent skill again.
Lizy Flore
Okay I’m betting Legacy of Men for the FS Legacy Skill. Why ? Well, first, they are both human. Second, I recall that Jake pick up the skill while witnessing the fight between Valdemar and Villy at peak S-grade… and we already know that the FS has karmic ties to all primordials. I’d say it’s a pretty safe bet to assume the FS passed on a bit of his own legacy onto each of the primordial (exemple: eternal mind or sagacity for the viper, legacy of men for valdy, etc). Only a theory though. Well, at least this time, Zogarth took pity on us and ceased that awful serie of cliffhangers.
Nate Slusher
As a wrap up chapter, this felt perfect.
dragonslaver
Identify, turning into some kind of all knowing legacy skill
Stubbsee
I feel like it has to be the Legacy of Man racial skill. it seems like such a thing the first sage could do to add that skill to humanity.
Red45jimster
When did jake get wisdom of the hunter skill/what does it do
Toonin
Every week Day 13h GMT+1
Abriel Blauer
Normal schedule for Primal Hunter is one chapter every weekday (Monday to Friday)
itisaparty
let me guess, legacy of man or serene soul meditation?
dragonslaver
Identify!
Rad
I think One Step is probably the legacy skill instead. It’d make too much sense for many of the systems “fully laid out path” skills to be skills the First Sage had.
Sammot
Its one step isnt it! In the part where he killed the void god jakes said he went faster than even sandy would be at s-grade! Next time he gets to buy things at a system shop after a event he has to ask for first sage legacy skills!
Tr0LLach
Identify?
Noah Mclelland
Make your bets people's, which skill is it?!?
Kalle
One step getting upgraded!
Jana
Good Call - I think I remember Villy saying that there was so much more about that skill.
Ritsu
Okay, now THAT'S a mean cliffhanger. For real, I am wracking my brain which one it could be. You'd think it's one of the Viper Legacy Skills, as presumably Villy based those one what he learned from the First Sage, but that wouldn't really be that big of a bombshell, would it? So maybe a Race skill? If it was something like Legacy of Man, that would be insane since that would mean literally every human at D-grade or higher carries the legacy of the First Sage. But I also don't think Villy wouldn't know about his master having such a big impact on humanity. Ugh my mind is going in circles now. Thanks for the chapter.
dragonslaver
I call identify!
Rad
One step is probably the legacy skill
IntenseSushi
Good guess
Lawrence
Its gotta be the skill that allowed that whole interaction.
SetherAedekae
BUT WHAT SKILL IS IT
Karana Jade
Thanks for the chapter. Also, that is a not cool cliffhanger, lol.
Hayden Leech
The legacy skill. It’s one step thousand miles. The one he bought from the system with tutorial points. Gotta be.
Naotani
I'm going to call it: The first Legacy Skill mentioned in the end is either a Malefic Viper legacy skill (they became his egacy after the death of the First Sage) or one of his race skills, Serene Soul Meditation for example
Markus Mannik
TFTC
Lay Nkay
Lol. New skills unlock Such bomb on a Friday 😄
Jon Hanson
Another brother in AR with good tastes
Jon Hanson
Far as I'm aware whenever he likes but usually Monday to Friday
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Sparaten
Generally every weekday but that’s actually not a schedule as he has pointed out to some of us that where impatient for a chapter release
Sparaten
I like the new font
Gwiddion
One chapter each weekday
Ibn Nuh
infinite memory?
Timothy Reichert
Samuel Nelson
Thanks for the chapter on this snowy day in Arkansas!
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
Marinus Steenberg
First
IntenseSushi
First! TFTC
