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Chapter 1049 - Something New
🕑 Added 2025-01-08 12:23:11 +0000 UTCThe question that had really gotten the gears turning in Jake’s head had been when the First Sage asked Jake why the ground appeared as it did. It was such a simple question, but when he thought about it, Jake realized he didn’t have an answer... because he’d never thought about it.
Never questioned it.
It had taken Jake longer than he would have liked, but he soon realized the answer as he knew why the ground was gray and dead. It was like that because Jake expected it to be. An expectation that had started to be set for him all the way back in F-grade when he’d first set foot into the divine realm of the Malefic Viper.
In fact, Jake began to realize that he had unknowingly modeled the entire Soulspace according to the divine realm of the Malefic Viper. The very first time Jake had traveled into his Soulspace, that was simply how he expected it to look, and as his own perception created the world, it had become exactly what he imagined. As for how this expectation had been born in the first place?
Jake finally recalled the very first time he entered his Soulspace proper. It wasn’t on purpose back then, but it had happened during the Trial of Myriad Poisons, where he had absorbed the drop of the Malefic Viper. Back then, when he saw where his consciousness had gone, he had even believed for a second he had appeared back in the divine realm of the Viper as he battled his other far more draconic self.
While he didn’t know exactly, Jake began to suspect that the Records being infused from the drop of blood and the entire Trial of Myriad Poisons back then had combined with his unconscious mind to create the Soulspace he’d first experience. It hadn’t seemed out of place at all either because why wouldn’t it make sense to battle a Malefic Dragonkin version of himself in a space reminiscent of the Viper’s divine realm?
When Jake later learned more about what the Soulspace was, he just assumed it looked the way it looked. He had formed a first impression of how his Soulspace was supposed to look and had just rolled with it... never thinking that it really didn’t have any reason to look like it did.
The only other Soulspace Jake had ever entered or seen was the Demon Prince’s, and back then, he had even commented on how similar it looked to his own... once more, not even considering that perhaps aspects such as color and general design were heavily influenced by Jake’s own interpretation. Chances are Jake’s own expectations of how a Soulspace was supposed to look quite literally colored his view of all other Soulspaces, and in the eyes of the Demon Prince, it appeared quite different.
It all boiled down to the fact that there were a lot of things Jake simply never questioned or thought about in the slightest, but in his defense, he truly had never felt the need to. Never before had Jake felt pressured in his Soulspace and truthfully, even if he could “train” to become stronger inside his Soulspace, why would he?
Power inside the Soulspace had no direct relation to how strong Jake was in the real world. The power one could display in the Soulspace was more representative of how powerful someone could one day become, but that was it. Even if he got better at controlling his power within the Soulspace, things like Gaze wouldn’t get stronger.
It also wasn’t as if he hadn’t made use of his Soulspace or ran into something he missed being able to do. He had fought Sim-Jake and trained there for many years, stored all the stuff he wanted to store there... and that was about it. Because the Soulspace didn’t really have any major uses in the first place. Villy had also never once said that Jake should do some Soulspace training or whatever, and the snake god tended to give those kinds of tips if he thought it would benefit Jake.
All of this is to say that Jake found his position of never delving further into “getting stronger” inside his Soulspace easily defendable. Literally, the only time he would need to show power in there was during a situation like this where he was fighting an image created of Records.
Jake still didn’t know why the First Sage wanted Jake to push himself like this or exert control over his Soulspace in ways he hadn’t before... but now he at least understood what the old man was getting at with all his questions.
Looking up at the floating First Sage, who gathered his energy, Jake stood ready and responded quickly. Merely willing it to happen, he made space fold around the First Sage, only for the old man to stomp down and crush the changes immediately, which left him open to a massive arrow shooting down from a bow created entirely of the sky’s arcane mana.
Rather than attack Jake, the First Sage destroyed Jake’s attack instead as Jake dove deeper into the changes he experienced after that switch in his brain had been flipped. He did realize he had a lot of misunderstandings and false assumptions, with the biggest on being the assumption that his body in there was even somewhat real.
The vessel Jake inhabited was just a mere frame of reference to make interpreting the Soulspace easier. He had limited himself to his body, while in truth, everything outside of a few external things – the First Sage included - was all part of Jake.
“You realize now, but I continue to see your doubt. It’s true; the Soulspace isn’t really that important to train or even understand... at least not normally. Tell me, have you ever spoken to others about entering their Soulspace? Because, believe it or not, that is far from a common ability. Especially doing so freely.”
Jake didn’t respond to what he assumed to be a rhetorical question, in part because the First Sage took things up a notch. He began to manipulate the ground beneath Jake once more, forcing him to counter the old man as Jake destroyed most of the massive spikes coming for him while directing some of them toward the First Sage above.
“That is a talent and a gift. One you would do well to make use of. In the long run, it will allow you to better understand and interpret your own Records... and by doing so, get a better idea of how you can affect them. Not to say there can’t be some more immediate benefits.”
The two of them attacked each other relentlessly as the entire Soulspace was torn apart over and over again, their control seemingly evenly matched, which really showed how much of a monster the First Sage was. He was forcibly controlling the inside of Jake’s soul and not just matching him but doing so while casually talking.
However, Jake was at least improving, and improving quickly, as the control of the First Sage began to slip in tandem with Jake’s growing stronger. Earlier, the First Sage had asked Jake why he allowed him so much control before, and now Jake was gladly taking it all away.
He forced space to crumble all around the First Sage, everything folding in onto itself as the First Sage responded by unwrapping what trapped him before removing all space in his immediate surroundings.
Right as he did so, Jake reached out and forced space to reappear, the First Sage taken by surprise as everything around him imploded. Jake saw reality itself wrap around the body of the old man, but right before it could crush him, he snapped his fingers as all the space disappeared once more, with Jake finding himself unable to bring it back this time around.
“Good... very good,” the First Sage said, clearly satisfied. “I do apologize for my harsh tone earlier, but it wasn’t difficult to see that sparking your spirit of competition was the best way to make you progress. Now let us move on to the third task... to truly claim and make everything yours.”
The fight continued as Jake kept pressing whatever advantage he could get. All sense of weariness was also long gone, as Jake realized that despite his body being broken over and over again, he hadn’t truly taken any damage. It had all been in his damn head as he believed he had to feel more weary and weaker, thus making it a reality. The body he constantly lost had been so weak that now he didn’t see it as being representative of who he was at all anymore.
Jake wasn’t doing anything he wasn’t capable of. He wasn’t growing stronger at all... he was just claiming what power he already had in the first place and simply didn’t know how to access and use. He felt the entire world around him within his grasp, with the only two areas he didn’t have total control over being the ones right around the First Sage and Villy’s drop of blood.
Raising his hands, the roaring sky of inexhaustible arcane energy surged as Jake brought down a massive pillar of pure power that fell upon the First Sage. The man defended as a barrier appeared, barely blocking the attack as Jake kept increasing the intensity of the attack... the First Sage finding time to speak even while being pressured.
“By now, you may have already begun to suspect, but allow me to make it absolutely clear: within the Soulspace, you are absolute. Some even call it the Soulrealm, though that term was never widely adopted, even if I believe it may be more accurate because it is indeed the realm within the soul. A realm that can one day be solidified and manifested into reality... through a process called Divine Ascension.”
Hearing the First Sage finally confirm something Jake had long suspected was kind of nice. It wasn’t very useful knowledge and probably not some massive secret, but he was sure the First Sage was going somewhere with the revelation.
Upping the pressure of the arcane beam he was currently trying to scorch the old man with, Jake finally found purchase as he broke through the barrier erected by the First Sage. The energy burned through the old man, seemingly consuming him whole... yet his voice echoed again.
“Consider the implication of a mere mortal even daring to make thoughts toward how his Divine Realm shall one day look. But also consider the thoughts of already making more use of your Soulspace now. If you know it can one day become real, then why not at least make it real to you personally? Real, and something that is entirely of your own design. With understanding comes the opportunity for expansion.”
The arcane energy dispersed, an uninjured First Sage standing where the massive pillar of destruction had been mere moments earlier.
“I’ve already used my Soulspace for training before, but you say I can make it even better for it?” Jake asked, not willing to give the First Sage a break even if he spoke as he attacked once more.
“Better for training and just better overall,” the First Sage said. “The system has already opened the door for you and you have the Records ripe for the taking... all you need to do is reach up and claim them. Claim everything. Remember, this is your world... the world of Jake Thayne. Are you saying it cannot become more than it is? Now, prepare yourself.”
Jake had sent attacks after the First Sage, but before they even reached the old man, he disappeared. Jake instantly saw him appear off to the side, and Jake responded as he made the ground rise to crush him, only for the man to stomp down, making everything explode with such force Jake was pushed back.
Before he had time to properly react, the old man was upon him. Jake folded space to limit his movements, but everything was shattered apart as the First Sage reached out and landed a palm on Jake’s chest.
The moment that happened, something changed. Before, nothing had actually ever hurt Jake, which was also why his Bloodline had been so silent. He was never in any real danger because Jake was barely spending anything on constantly regenerating his body.
However, instantly, he felt that the palm strike was very different. His danger sense woke up, and Jake felt an intense pain he couldn’t even begin to describe as he was blasted back, a searing handprint on his chest.
His eyes opened wide as the First Sage teleported again, Jake taking no chances as both katars appeared. Before, when he was getting absolutely destroyed, Jake had been working under the assumption he only had to use his own body to fight, but now he gladly dragged in everything around him to empower the vessel he’d manifested.
This resulted in Jake being far stronger as he managed to block the attack from the old man who was using his bare hands. His katars struck the exposed flesh of the First Sage, but he felt as if he’d struck solid diamond as his slash merely slid across his opponent’s arm.
Jake switched things up as he tried to get some distance by quite literally creating it through stretching space between himself and his opponent, but the First Sage proved too fast as he simply crushed space with a fist and was upon Jake instantly.
Forced to dodge, Jake was sent reeling back, the true pain once more surging through his body as he felt his own heart begin to beat faster. It only sped up further as the First Sage continued his intense offensive, and Jake began to realize that while he was in complete control of the world, none of that mattered when the one was fighting could mercilessly crush anything in his way.
In fact, the old man didn’t even try to control the environment anymore. Instead, he solely used his own body which was far more solid than Jake could even begin to imagine. No matter what Jake did, he couldn’t penetrate the First Sage’s defenses, while Jake himself was sent reeling back whenever he even made direct contact with the old man’s attacks.
“Everyone has Soulspaces, but that doesn’t mean the basis for every Soulspace is the same. Within their Soulspaces, many beasts tend to have far more powerful and durable bodies while lacking control of the environment, while ghosts and most undead have weak bodies while possessing far better control of the environment.”
Jake listened as he shot into the air, teleporting into the sky of arcane energy as he wrapped it all around him. With his increased control of the Soulspace, he knew this was where he was strongest and readily embraced it.
The arcane mana wrapped around his body, forming several layers that both defended and helped him attack as he clashed with the First Sage a dozen more times, standing a better chance now but still finding himself on the back foot.
“The reason why the basis for Soulspaces varies is that souls differ widely. Usually, this variance comes in the form of scope through the quality and quantity of Records one has, but on rare occasions, the soul itself is different from the norm. Their vessel has grown to a level where the usual conventions of the soul are something the system recognizes they can reach beyond.”
Upping the tempo even more, the First Sage pummeled Jake, his danger sense growing with every attack he received. His heart was beating quickly, and Jake tried to absorb all the arcane energy he could to keep up, but it was all in vain as he was blasted back repeatedly.
No matter what, his body simply couldn’t keep up, and he had to try to rely on controlling the environment, but he kept feeling as if he was hitting a wall.
“Mutations can occur, especially when one walks a unique and powerful Path. But balance must be achieved. With this, the system rarely helps. It is your soul, after all.”
Jake was struck again as he once more seemed to realize something. He was blasted down toward the ground as he stared up at the sky of arcane mana and felt the powerful energies within... energy that surpassed other aspects of his Soulspace.
“There is yet to be a commonly accepted word to call these people with mutated souls, but the system tends to refer to their souls as...”
As the First Sage approached Jake again, he barely responded as the old man placed a palm on his chest, causing a surge of power to enter him.
“Anomalies.”
Jake’s body was torn apart and exploded as the entire ground was torn up and the Soulspace torn asunder, the sky of arcane mana the only thing remaining.
Yet Jake felt no pain but only the thumping of his own heart. He didn’t will his body or the environment to regenerate what was... instead, he allowed his instincts and unconscious mind to construct - mutate - his Soulspace something new, this time entirely his own.
Comments
Dave
Tftc
Trumangolorian
Tyftc
Greedsmith
This is just pure hype!
Chase Burton
Tftc!
BubblyGhost
I wonder if that's how the first sage was so wacky, he was the first person to wholly utilize their soul
Asher Mack
Oooooh that’s rigghht
Brian Mcglinchey
Hello to your cat
Steven Tuttle
i get jake and jason (HHFM) mixed up all the time when talking about my books lol
Shaibene
Yes but not exactly. did they do it before godhood though
SilverSentry
Idunno, man. A dull gray claw was mentioned. The desolate child didn't have claws iirc. The king does, though.
Dereion Hardin
I’m pretty sure that’s already a thing. The starseizing titan and Yggdrasil absorbed their divine realm into their bodies.
Preston bodenheimer
Truly inspiring
Sarianne Roodenburg
Well, yes, but I found primal hunter a few weeks before book 11 came out, I had to wait like 3 days between finishing book 10 and being able to start on 11, it was agony, and then nevermore still wasn't finished and waiting till March for book 12 just wasn't an option 😄 so here i am religiously reading a new chapter every weekday
Qumi
I don't think they merged... in the chapter the critter wanted to consume a part of the fallen king left behind. But got scared cuz of the desolation nearby, it was clearly a separate thing. Plus, truesoul is with Jake
Red45jimster
Basically a step on and a guide to his path the only one he has made was in nevermore
Asher Mack
Holy crap I forgot about the grimoire someone remind me how it works
Grant Parsons
I’d love Jake’s new grimoire to be titled something outlandish or if he lost a bet with villy who gets the naming rights for his next one. But thanks for the chapter
Tyler Owens
I think you might’ve missed the .. Really brings the whole thing together
ABTelford
You are right, I was wrong. Oops.
ABTelford
Dude, thanks for the accurate info!…I was wrong.
Ty Cooper
Lol pocket comment?
DeadMeat
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Mike
It is indeed anomalous soul of the heretic chosen tho. It is a profession skill and the heretic chosen part is more related to the vipers records being infused in every craft.
Griffin Kardos
Skill description for anomalous soul, from book 8, chapter 15: [Anomalous Soul of the Heretic-Chosen (Legendary)] – Heresy and orthodoxy united in one body, power claimed from both. To be both a Chosen and a Heretic requires not only mental deviancy but a truly anomalous soul to reconcile opposing concepts. A soul that only grows more unique as you walk further on your Path as a Heretic-Chosen. Due to your connection to your Patron, your mana will begin to carry faint hints and morsels of the Records of the Malefic Viper when crafting poisons, making each creation more potent. Due to your identity as a Heretic, this is not granted but taken, resulting in significantly increased mana expenditure during this process. As your soul mutates, so does it get empowered, allowing it to break convention. Going forward, every stat point in Wisdom increases your Mana Points by 12.5 rather than 10. May your very existence become an anomaly that shuns normalcy for power as you continue paving your own Path as a Heretic-Chosen. Note that this skill results in a permanent change. Losing your status as a Heretic-Chosen or your profession will make the skill further mutate and transition into a race skill. Villy and Jake discuss the implications of the skill that same chapter, which lines up with what FS says this chapter. I'd note that the "of the Heretic-Chosen" aspect of the skill seems somewhat tacked on, the real meat of the skill is the extra mana and the mutated soul. The Heretic-Chosen aspect seems more like something the system added to take advantage of his anomalous soul (and because it's a profession skill) rather than a fundamental part of his soul. I expect that part to get removed. After all, while being a Heretic-Chosen is an important part of his path, it's not the most core part of who he is, which you would see reflected in his soul. I think the skill will merge with Arcane Supremacy-another skill which affects his mana-and become a race or class skill. I think the skill will end up with a "of the Arcane/Apex/Primal Hunter" suffix. "Of the Primal Hunter" skills seem to be ones he has completely integrated with his bloodline/path, so I think it will be one of the other suffixes to leave room for growth, but it depends on how complete the upgrade is.
Stuart McCabe
Zog replied to someone on the discord about the soulflame vessel just before the break so hes aware. Also the reply was that Zog had repeatedly said in the text of the books that the soulflame would take centuries to form a high grade one so my assumption is that its a thing for later since we saw the soulflame of the dragon guy destroying stuff on a massive scale meaning it would be like a nuke for every encounter below S tier or so making the rest of the books "Jake found a target evaporated it with his soul flame. The End"
Justus Saucedo
This man is crazy, dude taught one of the strongest gods ever. Died and became restricted knowledge and is now teaching the friend of his student.
Zuuuuuri
A managed to do this after I switched my primal hunter for path of dragons but the temptation was to strong and after I read the ones on royal road I came back and now I have both…
Timothy Reichert
The FS Estimates B-Grade for sure, however jake has a unrivaled origin as stated during his variant discovery. So I estimate it will probably be A or Higher. B would make him equal to other origins A would make him above others. At the same time though creatures can be born at s or higher so it really just is when Zog decides.
ABTelford
His anomalous Soul never had the tag “of the heretic chosen” it was only just “Anomalous Soul”. - pS turns out I was wrong. Oops.
Shaibene
New Mission objective? create a transportable devine realm before reaching Godhood
Shaibene
I believe there thats already been used or something very similar
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
BumAssBumAss
Skill upgrade time! "Anomalous Soul of the Heretic Chosen" -> "Anomalous Soul of the Primal Hunter" incoming. This will be sick. At least this is my prediction.
Seen Death
The viper might already know that jake is interacting with the FS because the drop of blood (aswell as the other 'entities' inside jakes soulspace) reacted when the FS showed up there
Seen Death
Mushroom forest biome incomming lol
Ty Cooper
Lol fear gaze and shatters the thing
Phoenixdrop
Well I can’t wait to see what Jake’s true soul realm looks like I’m picturing a massive forest with a lot of primal beasts in it with the horizon being super emphasized
Seen Death
Everything is in Zog's palms haha. Was the soulflame forgotten? Or only given more time for more powerful arcane elementals to grow? Jake needs a pinnacle elemental, maybe even modified a bit with jake juice
Jonathan R
I love reading a new chapter like a newspaper in the morning lol
Hunter
Yeah it was me. It just felt too obvious tbh. reminds me of Jason’s Astral Kingdom in He Who fights with monsters. Where I got the idea from.
Burkes
Ten bucks says the next chapter is called “Anomalous soul”
SilverSentry
The divine realm dude in the comments called it. Crazy that he's this far ahead of where he should be in that regard. Makes sense that he's already on this level. I think it's hilarious that The Sage is taunting him the way he is to force growth again. His teaching style of making Jake figure it out while getting his ass whooped and explaining things is 🤌🏽 spectacular.
Anthony Smith
Seems like a nice power up he is gonna need to fight the fallen king/desolate child thing.
Asher Mack
The fact remains that every single one of us dumbasses could save a hundred bucks a year if we just stopped reading for a couple months and picked it back up when these chapters are public lmao
Psyck0
And jake would be good at soul magic because his strong soul
Admiral Dakbar
I find myself grinning wide while reading these last few chapters, listening to FS taunt Jake to wake him up then toy with him to push him further. This Fridays cliff hanger is going to be one for the ages I think
Abhishek
We’re finally seeing the old Jake through this beating. The psycho unbending unyielding monster.
Antoine Treussard
Yes, like how Vily has the Sage bloodline, but in a lesser way. What if records can become a law, like a puzzle? When you get a recycled bloodline, you lose some of it. But what is a record, and how does it imprint on reality? Or is it the system that collects the records and transforms them into power?. I been thinking that the system was a bloodline in the beginning, but then went out of control though it's a very far-fetched theory.
Ty Cooper
He said it would be good so that Jake could get his foot in the door to soul magic.
Ty Cooper
Ha villy has said that the 93rd universe would be the era of the Viper and Jake. I could see Jake taking over the whole 93rd Universe through the world wonder
Ty Cooper
Lol who's inventory. I think most of us that read both primal hunter and defiance of the fall have done it one time or another.
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
AfroMocha
I just had assumed Jake’s soul space was his baby divine realm. I think that is why Villy knew Jake could go the distance. I did think it was a big secret.
Daniel Brian
I'm thinking a forest of some kind with people/animal representations of his records.
Rahsheem Reid
Someone last chap called it exactly
Ty Cooper
Make things simple and take them as they come
Tony Breckenridge
somebody called it yesterday about the soul space and divine realm 👏
Ty Cooper
Anomalous soul skill
Ender419
Love the DBZ evolution of this chapter. Jake is about to become an ultra hyper super astronomical saiyan after this evolution.
Sarianne Roodenburg
Thanks for the chapter, but really, sometimes I think I should wait a bit so I can read multiple chapters at one's and not feel myself hanging on a cliff each day 😅
Vinstro
Nice! Happy new year and thanks again, Zogarth!
Ty Cooper
Yep cereal and primal hunter for breakfast before work
Ty Cooper
So you hinting at Jake's bloodline and arcane affinity are law given from.
Ty Cooper
Well think of all the records he passively affects while just being next to him. Hopefully he can have some more control over that aspect of the Harbinger.
Kasey Lindenmayer
Thanks Zog!
Josh Hietpas
Anomalous soul of the heretic chosen. Nice call back and now expansion. Massive power boost incoming.
Ty Cooper
The FS said Jake should be able to handle his bloodline at B-grade, so maybe then. Or it could be as crazy as a or s. Everyone says that before Jake is more intimidating than a god
Matthew Lemon
If you want the chapter, you can find it in book 8 chapter 15
InfernoDroid
All of the talk reminded me about the arcane soulflame creating item, and I wonder if zag has forgotten about it asking with half of zacks inventory lol
Steven Tuttle
zogarth hit us with that new year new story feel shesh the last two chapters have been fire this new ark is going to be insane with the gains Jake has gotten his next enemy will have to be on the cusp of god hood because Jake has become next level
Matthew Lemon
I was thinking something similar. But more of a 1 to 1 creation of his Earth Cabin in the forest and his pond representing his various resource pools: Mana, Stamina and the Jake juice
Matthew Lemon
As far as I am aware its just another resource pool made by the Primal Hunter Bloodline and it sits very deep within his soul. Edit: Reading the comment again, I'm guessing you're wondering if the energy will have a place within Jake's soul, like Villys drop of blood for example. Knowing Jake it'll probably be like a little pond in his soul lol
Psyck0
Though jake says villy didn't tell him to train his souls space,he hid say to take the domination skill for learning soul magic soon after the Abby (Neil the space mage's cousin) incident where he was offered the domination skill
jazz
Ahhhh thanks guys. Skill is very intriguing after this chapter. Anomalies and mutations
hawc7
For now every time he goes to the next grade his species evolves and we don’t know when it will stop.
kingofshibainu
I'm loving this.
Andrew P
Seems like a hell of a sleeper ability.
FringeZtar
Right!? I would imagine it would enable him to interact with his records more fully as well as his bloodline. He had that representation of Palate for a bit before he injected his JJ. I could see this leading to Jake having a realm with all his records represented in some fashion, including his bloodline. It says he has his arcane energy like a cloud... I can't wait to see a beer can full of JJ in his new realm haha.
Ty Cooper
I keep thinking on this while at work. Love that these chapters get stuck in my head all day BTW. But does anyone else feel the FS is going to make him claim his records and through that act show him how to claim the drop from Villy fully. All while fixing his broken bits.
Ty Cooper
The Cradle will be no problem either. Hell he might be able to influence it to be better or for you know, creation.
Santeri Kasper
yeah you'd basically have to be more powerful than the other god's potential, to completely overpower everything the other person could ever become. Cool af.
Luboš Hemala
Was there any indication when exactly will Jake's species evolve?
Mat
Monday if he is generous
Boomer
So I'm just saying this here it's been said 15 different ways that Jake is not a C grade (he's as strong as his potential) in his soul realm and what we're seeing now is the Sage showing him that he is not just a * god here but that HE IS this space.
Mat
From the conversation he had with Villy after messing up palate, using Jake Juice will be a temporary boost to the soulspace
Phasmatic7
Thankies zogie
ABTelford
Love this chapter! Fantastic!…and now I gotta wait a full day. But at least it’s only one day instead of several! Thanks Zogarth!!
Antoine Treussard
jack seem to have vanish
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Antoine Treussard
The secret twin brother of Jake
Andrew P
I wonder if this will put him in a better position to address his broken skill, and refine records going forward. If the soulspace is a manifestation of records, seems like this would be a significant tool to self improvement going forward
itsdlow
Typo: “Jake began to realize that while he was in complete control of the world, none of that mattered when the one was fighting could mercilessly crush anything in his way.” - when the one *he* was fighting… TFTC
Jordan Rogers
Who is jack?
Rocotrap
Holy moly... I got goosebumps all over!
Draven Leal
TYFTC
Daniel Francis
"instead, he allowed his instincts and unconscious mind to construct - mutate - his Soulspace something new, this time entirely his own." Into something new or something anew ? Thanks for the chapter.
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
dqmj7vmn6t
Wonder if the big thump he gets in dire situations is just him spreading his soul past his body in a sphere like his perception does and gaining complete control of the area around him? So if he learns how to utilize this anomalous soul more, maybe he can more consciously use that to be practically a god, at least within an area around him, sooner than later.
Antoine Treussard
I've wondered if bloodline and transcendence represent the beginning of a law, and Jake bloodline is somehow a more complete form of a law. The comment from Artemis and Dena, when she describes Jake as unnatural and above nature (though I'm not sure it was described exactly like that), and Vily killing a god who discovered something about Jake arcane energy, along with the description of the system as a law, the impression that the system is more lenient with Jake. Also, Hakan's bloodline is linked to control, while Jake represents a form of freedom (maybe I’m not understanding everything correctly, but that’s the feeling I get).
Michael Ferguson
I picked this up again on the wrong day. Should have waited for next week. Thanks for another cliffhanger. So if Jake isn't balanced what is he. Hungrily hunting to be equal to primordials. Primal by birthright. A primordial Hunter reincarnated.
Lynderyn
I think Jake Juice on his soul would result in a mortal with a Devine Realm. Maybe protected by Oras and the cube-like (according to Jake) void god.
Lynderyn
Mutant Soul “upgrade” inbound.
Matthias
Tftc
Samuel Nelson
I see no problem with this.
Joseph Irdanto
For me, it is always after work at 7pm. What glorious way to end the day.
ItsukiAstaroth
God. I read this every time I wake up for work, at 6am. It’s fucking beautiful every time
Thenais
The first sage is even a bigger system cheater than villy. Would be fun if Jake imagined an alien hive background, with many eggs 🥚
Naotsugu97
Great chapter, cheers!
Christopher cashen
Tftc!
Karim Saadi
This is so cool
Dragon
Bloodlines and transcendent skills are different from the anomalies sage is talking about right now. We can assume Jake will get an upgrade to Jake’s anomalous heritic chosen soul skill the one that increased his mana
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter!
Jordan Rogers
Jake’s gonna Jake juice his own soul, end up with like an A or S rank soul before his body hits b rank.. or something cool like that
joe schmoe
It makes sense now, when villy talked about how fighting a God in their divine realm was nearly impossible unless you massively overpowered the God you invaded, it's literally their soul, that's cool
Sachieiel
I recall that it's the ability that gives him more mana per wisdom, but don't remember when he got it. I'm pretty sure it was pre-nevermore.
NovaZero
Anomalous Soul, he picked that up aaaaages ago. Neat!
NSaaby
thanks
Cory Sauls
Loving all of this new knowledge we are learning. TFTC
JSC
I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating. THIS IS MY FAVORITE ARC !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ty Cooper
Thanks for the chapter. Lol I'm torn, I want to know what Jake will get out of this, but at the same time I am getting a lot from the FS. I am guessing he will upgrade anomalous soul skill by the last comment from the FS. No clue what the skill will evolve to or have added to it. Looking forward to it. No sure though. This is already Wednesday though, so I am afraid Zog won't give me the answer till Monday.
Kristopher Hanson
I need to see jake hop-scotch to God hood already
Sailesh Kumar Kumar
Is this going to upgrade his bloodline or is it a transcendent skill as he says it is an anomaly and only bloodline and transcendent skills are anomaly
Sailesh Kumar Kumar
TFTC
NSaaby
are we going to see where Jakes "jake juice", or "origin energi" comes from?
Reno
Got this from Discord: >>> [Anomalous Soul of the Heretic-Chosen (Legendary)] – Heresy and orthodoxy united in one body, power claimed from both. To be both a Chosen and a Heretic requires not only mental deviancy but a truly anomalous soul to reconcile opposing concepts. A soul that only grows more unique as you walk further on your Path as a Heretic-Chosen. Due to your connection to your Patron, your mana will begin to carry faint hints and morcels of the Records of the Malefic Viper when crafting poisons, making each creation more potent. Due to your identity as a heretic, this is not granted but taken, resulting in significantly increased mana expenditure during this process. As your soul mutates, so does it get empowered, allowing it to break convention. Going forward, every stat point in Wisdom increases your Mana Points by 12.5 rather than 10. May your very existence become an anomaly that shuns normalcy for power as you continue paving your own Path as a Heretic-Chosen. Note that this skill results in a permanent change. Losing your status as a Heretic-Chosen or your profession will make the skill further mutate and transition into a race skill.
Reno
I don't remember personally, but 993 mentioned it. It's the oldest chapter I've got in my emails. > Anomalous Soul of the Heretic-Chosen (Legendary) And in chapter 1027 said this: > due to his Anomalous Soul and Mask of the Fallen King both giving him 25% extra to his total mana pool I don't know much else yet.
Ritsu
I don't remember the chapter, but the skill gives Jake 25% more mana, and at the same time increases the quality of the Records of stuff he is crafting through the Heretic Chosen bond at the cost of increased mana expenditure.
Beemoss
Tftc
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Christopher Robin Sævre
Nah, not just gaze, Jake’s gonna get an upgrade
Christopher Robin Sævre
Oh i can’t wait for “What happened Jake” after this is over, the viper knows about His skill but normally he gets like an upgrade, not a guide to divinity
Daniel Hamilton
So does this mean he’ll be able to manifest a soul realm?
Andromeda Adams
Holy …. ! This is going to be EPIC!! Tyftc!
Daniel Hamilton
Wow 🤩 amazing chapter
Valhazstromoz
Called it the soul realm is the divine realm of gods!!
Zogarth
Fix
Justin Moen
Oh man! What a great chapter! Didn’t see it going this deep at all! Love it! Thanks ZOG!
Juozapas
yer, quite scary
John Durrett
Thank you for the chapter Very nice! Loved the exchange. Jake is beginning to grok
jazz
What exactly did the anomalous soul entail? Don’t quite remember. If you could point me to the chap that’d be awesome
Loststar7
Tftc
Mohammed Sheekh
Primal gaze about to get a major upgrade.
Despair
that sounds spot on ... nice
Staudi
Tyftc !
Noah Mclelland
Well that's a joyride, I loved this chapter and how the first sage kept pummelling Jake.
Daniel Brian
Another badass chapter!
Steven Myer
Probably going to make his soul space just a house next to a lake. Fin.
Zack Leach
Im so happy that my personal theory about Jake's soul realm was confirmed! Thanks for the chapter.
Gavin
I was expecting some patent qualitative growth with the groundwork laid for bigger potential on the future but this is way more. Good shit.
Dragonex
Damn an even worse cliffhanger than yesterday. Amazing chapter
Ritsu
I was not expecting a potential upgrade to Anomalous Soul, but damn that reveal hit me like a truck. Very good build up to that single word culminating in a hell of an 'Oh shit' moment. Previously it was Anomalous Soul of the Heretic Chosen, but I'm guessing it will "of the Primal Hunter" now?
Jonathan Haverlid
This was a very good day to remember PH and read 3 chapters in a row. Almost makes me jealous of book readers who always enjoy this sort of momentum.
Devillelouch
tyftc
lamp
Thanks for the chapter minor typo: "Earlier, t hhe First Sage" -> "the First Sage"
Thomas Krajewski
Thanks you zogarth
Hayden Leech
Hmm… “Bloodline of the immortal mind”. The first sage is indisputably dead. Yet his records remain sentient and aware, over 93 eras later Immortal Mind. His mind is immortal. We focus on how the bloodline affects a person so their memories are impossible to alter but the name of the bloodline uses the word “immortal”… I think the bloodline preserves one’s conscience even after death and the First Sage knew it when he asked Villy to kill him. He knew death wouldn’t truly be his end. Heck remember when Jake used his origin energy on palate? Villy (the record fragment of palate) said if that if the skill was a legacy skill from anybody else the fragment would have consumed him. So even relatively small record fragments are completely coherent and even able to use skills. Probably Villy too. Neat!
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Drana :D
Thank for the chapter
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
Yahyo Malikov
Tyftc
Matteo Corazza
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