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Chapter 891 - Demonic Soulspace Adventure: Cerulean Devil Edition
🕑 Added 2024-04-11 10:54:10 +0000 UTCThe creature stopped attacking just as the Demon Prince reanimated again, his form semi-transparent due to the significant soul damage he had taken. He looked over in horror and saw the Cerulean Devil stare directly at the newcomer who had entered his Soulspace. Stare directly at the Chosen of the Malefic Viper.
”Get out of here!” the Demon Prince yelled with all his remaining energy. He quickly understood what had happened. The Chosen had somehow projected his very own soul into the prince’s, and should he die here, the Chosen risked potentially even dying himself, or at the very least, taking severe soul damage. That couldn’t happen. ”You can still escape! Go!”
However… his warning was too late. As the final words had barely left him, the creature disappeared, only to appear right behind the Chosen of the Malefic Viper.
”Oh,” the Chosen said as he slowly turned and looked at the creature more closely as he tapped its forehead with a finger. ”Pretty empty in there, huh? All instinct.”
The Demon Prince just stared, confused. The creature had appeared behind the Chosen, raised a claw, and then stopped. It looked as if it was… shaking. However, its eyes soon regained their fervor as it roared loudly, nearly dispersing the prince’s body. Its claw swung down, and-
An arm flew into the air as the Chosen now stood with a hand raised. The creature roared again as a palm smashed into its face, pushing it to the ground making the entire Soulspace shudder from the impact. Without the Demon Prince even knowing how it happened, three more limbs flew into the air as he saw the Chosen stand with a foot on the chest of the Cerulean Devil’s husk.
A pillar of cerulean lightning descended as the Demon Prince was blown even further away. He felt the pain in his chest as he saw the ground had been split apart and a large crater formed where the bolt had struck. Quickly, he spotted the Cerulean Devil as it teleported a good distance away, its limbs already fully regenerated. Moreover… it was still growing stronger.
”Feisty,” the voice of the Chosen once more echoed as the man walked out of the crater with calm steps, not a single mark on his body. He then suddenly turned and looked toward the Demon Prince. ”Things didn’t quite go as planned, huh?”
The demon just stared as the Cerulean Devil teleported closer to attack again… only to get blasted into the air by an unseen explosion, the Demon Prince not at all comprehending what was going on. What… is happening?
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Jake gave the Demon Prince another look after gently pushing the odd devil creature away, but he still didn’t get any answer. He began to fear he had been too slow in entering the Soulspace of the demon and that the prince had taken too much damage before his arrival. But the fact he had yelled out with warning indicated he wasn’t in that horrible of a state.
”Are you okay?” Jake asked again. ”Any permanent damage?”
Finally, the demon seemed to regain some semblance of calm. ”I am fine for now… but that isn’t important. The Cerulean Devil is-”
”Annoying,” Jake cut him off as the creature appeared once more, forcing Jake to slap it into the horizon once more to give him some more time to talk. He also couldn’t help but get a look around, as this was the first Soulspace he had ever seen belonging to another person, and he knew this was an incredibly rare opportunity.
The Soulspace was the representation of the Truesoul every living being had within themselves. Jake’s was a massive area filled mostly with barren land and plains with barely any grass on them. The demon’s Soulspace honestly wasn’t that much different, with the ground just a bit more barren, and the arcane energies filling the sky in Jake’s Soulspace had been replaced with rumbling blueish thunderclouds. Well, he also didn’t have a shadowy version chilling there or a drop of blood from a Primordial, but those were more bonus assets in Jake’s mind. Not like Jake had a rampaging blue devil husk in his, either.
”How are you-” the Demon Prince began as Jake cut him off again.
”Doesn’t matter right now. What matters is finishing this ritual,” Jake said as the Cerulean Devil attacked again. Jake dodged a few times before kicking the creature away for yet another time. It was a bit annoying, but he had to hold back. He had felt some energy be consumed when he severed the limbs earlier, and he didn’t want to waste anything if he could avoid it.
”What do you mean?” the demon asked. ”This… this is the finished ritual.”
”Alright, then we need to finish the post-ritual issues we are now facing,” Jake sighed, noticing the Cerulean Devil was a bit slower at attacking this time. Probably for the best, as he really didn’t want to fight that creature. There was no meaning in doing so.
Jake knew he could kill the Cerulean Devil if he wanted, but he also knew what that would mean. It would destroy the newly formed heart he had implanted in the Demon Prince, resulting in all their efforts getting wasted and the Demon Prince getting crippled, as he would lose a part of himself.
If he let it be, the Demon Prince would die, and the creature he was fighting would manifest in the real world, which definitely wouldn’t be good. Simply locking down the Cerulean Devil by sealing it in an arcane barrier also wouldn’t work. Jake knew instinctively that the moment he left the Soulspace, his energies would leave with him. They had to, or a part of Jake would be forever embedded in the Soulspace of the Demon Prince, which would hurt him immensely.
No… Jake needed to do something else. The easiest solution would be for the Demon Prince to just kill the Cerulean Devil, but that definitely wasn’t going to happen. The thing was pretty damn strong. Jake wasn’t sure one could really equate the power of creatures within a Soulspace to grades in the real world, but this one would definitely be high. For context, it was stronger than the cursed chimera when Jake first got it.
After the curse had merged with Sim-Jake, things had become a bit complicated, but that was neither here nor there.
”Does the Chosen have a plan?” the Demon Prince asked as he quickly arrived next to Jake. ”The creature manifested from the Records of the Cerulean Devil is way beyond my expectations and not something I can deal with.”
”I’m well aware of that,” Jake muttered as he considered his options. In the real world, he saw himself still standing there with a hand around the heart, and the many demon ritualists around himself and the Demon Prince, none of them doing anything. They all knew trying to interfere wouldn’t do them any good. Jake also knew that with a single thought, he could exit the Soulspace, closing the opening he had entered through in the process and leaving the demon to his doom. This was probably the safest choice… but Jake really hated losing, and failing this ritual would definitely count as a loss.
As he was still considering ideas, the Cerulean Devil attacked again, this time having changed up its goal. Rather than target Jake, it went for the Demon Prince to snuff him out once and for all. Too bad for it; Jake was standing right next to him.
An arcane barrier sprung up, blocking the attack of the devil, as an explosion of electricity covered the Soulspace. Jake didn’t even feel it tickle him as he raised both his hands and motioned. A bit of mana appeared as six barriers sprung up around the Cerulean Devil before Jake pressed them together, sealing the creature within a cube.
Using my energies is pretty fucking hard, Jake noticed, as the Cerulean Devil struggled to break free. Moreover, he felt his arcane energy naturally disperse at an alarming rate, even though it was the stable variant. It simply didn’t belong in the Soulspace and was naturally being destroyed by the entire space. Jake himself was also a target for constant destruction. He just didn’t really notice it.
Slamming against the barriers, the Cerulean Devil began to slowly break out as cracks formed. Jake looked on, thinking hard as he remembered something. He remembered Sim-Jake and what he had done during his stay in Jake’s Soulspace. He also remembered something else from his many conversations about devils and demons.
Turning to the Demon Prince, he didn’t beat around the bush. ”Are you willing to take a massive risk?”
”What do you require me to do?” the demon asked, clearly determined to do whatever Jake asked of him.
”Nothing, things just might not turn out how I hope,” Jake responded.
”I already left my life in your hands. I will trust you till the very end.”
”You’re really piling on the pressure,” Jake smirked. ”But alright… begin operation absolute submission.”
Jake stepped down as he appeared right in front of his own barrier. His hand shot forward, shattering the arcane energy like glass as he grasped the neck of the Cerlulean Devil. Before it could even do anything, he threw it down into the ground, creating yet another crater.
A storm of lighting descended, but Jake raised a hand and snapped, dispelling all the lightning halfway descended as he stared down at the devil. ”Pathetic.”
The creature didn’t understand his words but seemed to comprehend his intent somewhat as it roared in anger. Rather than attack Jake, it flew straight for the demon prince, but before it could even move more than a few meters, it was yanked back as Jake grabbed the devil’s ankle.
”We’re not done,” Jake muttered as he slammed the devil into the ground again. It got up instantly, only for Jake to stomp it in the face, embedding its head in the ground again. Struggling, the devil tried to attack with its claws but found itself unable to even pierce Jake’s skin.
Jake quickly took hold of one its wrists, as he tossed the devil away yet another time before teleporting over and catching the creature, only to slam it into the ground again. None of what Jake was doing actually hurt the devil as Jake didn’t put much power in… but what he did do was make the devil feel utterly powerless.
He knew this devil wasn’t a real creature. It didn’t have a soul or any kind of real consciousness. It was just a bundle of Records, acting on instinct to come alive. Like the nascent energies of an elemental forming, fighting the environment to become a living being. All it knew was that it had to kill the Demon Prince, and it would live.
It couldn’t really learn as it couldn’t think. Not truly. But it could ever-so-slowly adapt, which had been shown by the creature kind of learning how to move and control itself. Perhaps it would awaken a true consciousness one day, but only at the cost of the Demon Prince’s death.
In summary, it was a being that had only one goal: survival. Right now, survival meant consuming the Demon Prince and taking over his body. Jake was going to show the Cerulean Devil that was no longer an option. He would show it that it only had one option if it wanted to live in any way.
Minutes passed as Jake threw the Cerulean Devil around. It fought back in the beginning, but soon, it only tried to defend itself. This self-defense slowly morphed into the Cerulean Devil barely trying, as it instead tried to do the only thing it could to survive:
Run.
However, even that was no option. Jake allowed it no escape as he kept beating it down over and over again. In the meantime, he also began to leak out tiny bits of his own aura, frightening the Cerulean Devil further.
When he thought it was about time, Jake looked over at the Demon Prince, who stared, shocked at everything that was happening, as he sent a simple mental message. ”Offer the Cerulean Devil a contract to submit and live.”
For a few moments, the Demon Prince looked at him confused until his eyes suddenly lit up with clarity as he understood. Jake wouldn’t even have considered this an option under usual circumstances, but he was dealing with demons right now.
They were creatures of contracts. Deals. Agreements. Even if the Cerulean Devil was only a husk, it was still bound by its Records as a devil, and once it agreed to a contract, it would be binding. As for its ability to even agree, Jake also knew there would be no problems there. Every creature innately understood contracts created through the system. Perhaps they did not understand its intricacies, but they could instinctively comprehend the intent. Naturally, the Cerulean Devil’s instincts would never allow it to submit to the weaker Demon Prince… unless it viewed it as the only way to survive.
Jake upped the pressure as he saw the Demon Prince prepare. Rather than simply smashing the devil around, he fully restrained it as he wrapped it up in arcane strings, conveniently allowing it to still move one of its arms a little.
”Enough… it’s time to end this,” Jake said, seeing the Demon Prince approach with the contract. He had been hesitant to do this but decided it was time, as for the first time, he fully unleashed his presence and let loose, as he activated maximum intimidation mode.
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The Demon Prince wasn’t sure something like this would work as he quickly spun up a contract of absolute submission. He approached the devil who had just been bound by strings, a floating contract in front of him.
Even if the devil feared death… submitting and becoming part of the Demon Prince was practically akin to its death. Something truly extraordinary had to pressure it into fully submitting. As he was connected to the Cerulean Devil, he knew it was not at all ready to give up yet. Still, he chose to believe in the Chosen as he got within range of the Cerulean Devil, who looked ready to tear the contact apart… as everything stopped.
And then, it descended. An aura unlike any he had ever experienced before overtook his entire Soulspace as it crushed everything beneath it. All emotions were replaced with fear, as the Demon Prince could barely look over the Chosen of the Malefic Viper looking much bigger than he truly was.
In the sky, the clouds scattered as an orangeish glow fell over the Soulspace. Looking up, the Demon Prince saw two massive irises stare down at him as he had never felt smaller or more insignificant… and then he felt a slight tap on the contract, as the Cerulean Devil had placed its palm on it.
Just like that, the eyes disappeared, the pressure was gone, and everything returned to normal as the Chosen spoke casually. “Well, that ended up working out somehow. See you on the other side.”
And with that, he was gone, leaving only a frozen Demon Prince and Cerulean Devil behind.
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Jake opened his eyes in the outside world as he disconnected from the Demon Prince’s Soulspace, and he felt the slight gap he had entered through close for good. The heart he was grasping in his hand no longer had the same suction force, so he let go and instantly pulled out his hand as he jumped back, blood splattering out, but the healing circle was still active, rapidly mending the wound. Not that Jake believed that was necessary.
”Lord Chosen, what-” one of the ritualists began as Jake cut him off.
”Just wait for it,” Jake said with a smile, and as if on cue, a shockwave of energy erupted from the Demon Prince’s body as he was enveloped in light. Within this light that Jake could only look inside using his Sphere of Perception, he saw the Demon Prince disappear for a few moments before he reappeared again shortly after, now a changed demon.
The light faded to reveal his form as he stood there with his eyes closed. The forehead gem was gone, and his body had grown a bit in bulk, but the most notable difference was the head. Ten horns circled his skull, each of them pointing toward the ceiling, making it nearly look like he was wearing a crown and definitely making helmets extremely difficult to wear.
Using identify, Jake smiled.
[Cerulean Demon Lord – lvl 280]
He felt the nervous demon ritualists all around, staring with apprehension. Jake also looked at the newly born Cerulean Demon Lord as he asked a pretty important question: ”Are congratulations in order, or did we just birth some mindless beast?”
Finally, the Demon Lord opened his eyes as he breathed out, and threw a look at Jake that contained an odd mix of gratitude, respect, and fear. Yet he remained polite. ”Thank you… I am still getting used to things.”
Jake nodded as he felt the aura of the Demon Prince. It didn’t really necessarily feel that much more powerful than before. Only by a little. Which perhaps shouldn’t surprise Jake, as the Demon Prince had come third on the Era’s Leaderboards, only behind himself and Ell’Hakan. It wouldn't have made much sense if he had somehow jumped up in power from this ritual, as he was already close to how powerful one could be for his level. It wasn’t like Jake had just given him a bunch of stat-increasing titles.
However, he had definitely changed. His Path had evolved, and his future prospects were now far brighter than they were before.
Then, a bit late in Jake’s opinion, the pentagon pentagram finally broke fully apart, marking the end of the ritual for good. With it naturally came the sweet system notifications of levels gained.
Comments
RonGAR
Looks like we just got a glimpse of 'god level Jake'. Nice!
Endless Nature
Thx for the chapter
Mat
More like one for each demon lord heart used
Jeff McCulley
Find myself wondering if it’s enough Jake Juice to allow DePaul to come to the 93rd universe.
Jeff McCulley
Yeah, Zizawah, the cultivation makes my head spin. Complication upon complication upon complication, when I really read it for the story arc and character relationships. Well, some people like that, I guess.
Jeff McCulley
Yeah, I don’t like that the screen won’t rotate. I generally read the chapters from the e-mail, print is too small.
Jeff McCulley
I think this being Nevermore City, it would be considered rude for the Wyrmgod or Minaga to peek inside of faction compounds.
Jeff McCulley
Sure, Baged, but I was getting Cheeto vibes.
Jeff McCulley
Everybody wants to jinx it!
Jeff McCulley
Sigh. You know Zogarth will see this, right?
Jeff McCulley
Now watch what happens next. The new demon lord is about to ask Jake to do him the honor of naming him. You KNOW what it’ll be.
Seen Death
Been super busy the past month, good news is i get to binge like 30 chapters now! Tyvm zogarth! Gonna be great (also, my phone web version doesnt seem to load now, i had to get the app which is kinda meh, atleast it has darkmode so i cant complain about it too much tho)
Baged
This will be hard to explain. Zog is danish, and in danish we have a word called "agtigt"... I dont think there is a english word for it, and Google translate it to "carefull" and that is no where close to the true meaning. I would translate it to "close to" but its also like saying "Lady like" or something in that ballpark... Hard to explain, sorry.. well.. adding "ish" at the end of a word has the same meaning. Its not orange, but close to, but not really orange.... Or like saying the color teal is greenish or blueish.
Rahsheem Reid
I love that we get the lvls on Friday.
Mat
Remember that Villy's divine realm is a desolate land where nothing grows except in the area around the two barslik. Yet, Villy's path is known to be one of poison, desolation, and destruction. Now, consider the soulspace of Jake; he has the sky filled with his arcane affinity, and the demon prince's sky is occupied with cerulean lightning. Thus, the soulspace, which represents the truesoul, can shape the appearance of the divine realm and might explain why a god is overpowering within it. However, there are points against this: 1. The divine realm is a physical place, whereas the soulspace is a representation. 2. The destruction of a soulspace results in death from soul damage, yet I don't believe the divine realm can be destroyed without the god present (Brimstone did not destroy Karroch's when he was in hiding). 3. If the soulspace leads to the divine realm, then someone like Jake, whose soul is monstrous, would possess an overwhelmingly powerful divine realm.
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Is it tho? It’s called Jake Juice, not Trans Juice.
Ty Cooper
How funny would it be if he got the divine heretic title for this. I know it's not at all going to happen but it would be funny.
VenL.C.
Lol Normally I’d expect no less! This week’s pleasantly looking to end with something proper…. Stats. Well, Stats and a bunch of Awed demons, ready to let Jake step on them 👠 .
VenL.C.
Rocking it with these last couple chapters Zog 🤘.
Josh Hietpas
Why did this turn into talking about a different series? Im just trying to talk bout Jake-fuckery😭😭😭
Numbzy
Wildly unfair comparison. I've had this argument before. You get more power per grade in the early grades of DFOT, but pound for pound, Jake wins.
Zizawah
I love DtoF but can’t read some chapters as they are so boring. I only subscribe on a 6 months pacing because I have no clue what’s going on when there are fights. I think it really should cut down on cultivation and make fights more understandable. I read DtoF for the drama and characters and not fights. With primal hunter I was thoroughly entertained every chapter and yes Nevermore was great — way better than the first two books’ forest dungeons. Which I skipped on every re-read
Numbzy
Defiance of the Fall. It has probably the strongest first 5 books of any series, but then it kinda falls of imo. The beginning is fire though. If you want to write an OP protagonist progressively getting OP, take notes from that series.
William WIlson
Me wondering what Tom foolery zogs got planned to leave us all on a massive cliffhanger for the weekend
Silent Otter
Additionally, Jake didn't "dominate" the demon's soul space, he dominated a creature/record manifestation inside someone else's soul space. All Jake could do was interact with the soul space and things inside. He could not, for instance, control the terrain. Only damage and use his own energies; which broke down at an astounding rate considering it was his stable affinity.
Silent Otter
So one thing to remember is that in the soul space, it's more about quality of the soul versus power of the individual. For example, Jake has a drop of Villy's blood in his soul space which is only possible due to the insane quality of Jake's records due to his bloodline (at least as far as I remember). So the insane power that Jake is able to show in the the soul space is due to his quality of records. So while Jake can go into other god's realms and not have is Soul suppressed, he would still not be able exhibit any more physical power than he has. Even if a god's realm is a manifestation of their soul space, it is a physical place and thus subject to physical power.
Richard Rader
Jake - He’ll figure out the best system fuckery to cheat
Tom
Demon lords are a stronger variant that are sort of reincarnated on death, iirc they don’t keep the same personality though
Skyler Brown
i guess u could but jakes been able to suppress basically anything in his soul space because of his bloodline not any of his skills especially when u look back at him getting a drop of primordial blood/records jakes been able to do this to a certain extent from the beginning but doing it to a bigger extent and wile attached to another's space and that is were his gaze might come in but I believe its that their soul spaces melded allowing for the connection to happen at all fear gaze allowed him to look past protections to there true abilities along with a freeze and possibility to kill if they are weak enough and maybe other things i cant remember
Maj
Who wins in a fight Jake or Zach(either version)
Spirit Stones
Gaze
KenTX325
It’s the Wyrmgod’s domain and he is also being spyed on by Menga and maybe Eversmile. Not sure if everyone went home yet. The gods might have stuck around and people like Veranda might still be there to blow the story up. I think soon people will make a connection between Jake’s friends doing well and his ability to affect records.
PatienceHoney
@Nick Elliott I just pictures the gods sitting around like old church biddies drinking tea and gossiping. 😄
Luke Scheffe
Could it be the eyes of eternal hunger?
Doctordirt
Who's jack?
Daniel Lampl
In the beginning I think. Once he got his fear gaze and upgraded to mythical I got an orange glow….I think.
Ty Cooper
Probably and not just that either. I also quite enjoyed Jake's casualness throughout and after the ritual.
Ty Cooper
Oh yeah making the records of a devil submit or die. Pretty hard core heresy
Bob of Doom
Devils are demons who reached godhood. The ranks of demons haven't been given yet
Arkenian
I dont think we see the sage til after prima event at the earliest
Arkenian
I'm reallt curious I'd this will increase the rarity of his soul ritualist ability
mrthorwahl
Wrong series, but I just got Vilari vibes...
Kevin M. Schwaller
I thought that maybe it has something to do with his Jake Juice.. Perhaps his pure Origin Energy has an orange tinge? It's clearly different from his his arcane affinity from what I understood
Jeff McCulley
Thought his eyes were gold.
Sean
Maybe for his orange eyes? Idk I kind of assumed all his soul colors were green and purple with maybe the purple turning red later on.
Jeff McCulley
A fie upon you, sir! (Good catch)
Ethan
*yet
Jeff McCulley
One for each of the gem frags, I assumed.
Jeff McCulley
Did not blow up legs.
Jeff McCulley
Just one simple observation, sans comment. “Orangish”? Huh.
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
Jeff McCulley
By “cowardly” I can only assume that you mean “not trite”?
Jeff McCulley
I didn’t post it, but it occurred to me that, in the wake of the Carmen scene, there HAD to be arms and legs parting company with their body at some point.
Jeff McCulley
Outrageous amounts of crafting, anyway.
James Faulkner
Tftc!
Simon
I always loved other perspectives of Jake's power. Its super badass, and drives home just how strong jake actually is
Ira White
Jake used his jucie on the heart not the prince so technically the devil within the prince could be female lmao
ChRiAn
Not sure yet if "full intimidation mode" or "young master mode" are my favorite
ChRiAn
Bitch slapping the remnants of a god, never before done ritual, soulspace fuckery usually not possible, first time doing such a group ritual. Any other possible EXP sources?
Ira White
dotf is not the big brother of primal hunter. Sure its kind of similar but mc is annoying and deserves to be slapped around the multiverse for existing. Also Travis Baldree spoiled us all.
ChRiAn
But wasn't that when he entered Valhal's compound and the other gods were either cut off by the security or left out of respect? While I doubt either of those reasons stops Villy, I was wondering about the demon gods. I can't imagine none of them watching.
755
The ice elemental was 3rd on the universeleaderboard. The cerulean demon was 3rd on the era
Ira White
Well in fairness Jake used his jucie on the heart not on the prince and the devil didn't actually appear in the world just in the prince's soul space. So we don't really know if we would have got the devil princess or not.
Ethan
So.... Jake made a blue Darth maul?
tyler
Only villy is watching. A couple chapters ago it was mentioned that Jack only had the feeling of the Viper watching like old times
DBOMB YO
Or "....he felt the, understandably, nervous demon ritualists all around"
Anthony Smith
I'm curious about that too. I'm guessing Villy was but the sight of other gods outside of the devils were blocked. Nevermore most likely witnessed it too.
ChRiAn
Out of curiosity, are there still any gods watching or is what Jake just did private until he or the demons tell their gods?
Decibel790
Let me guess... this counts as outrageous levels of heresy in some way, though not quite the same way as with the primordial viewing party? Thanks for the chapter!
Lee
Agree, they’re atrocious and I’m also spoiled with Baldree’s narrative skills.
Rahsheem Reid
I did expect the outcome and something wacky was expected to happen also.
Aerlevsedi
My guess is no God was able to see inside the soulspace, so they would have just seen him standing there with his hand in the demons chest. They could probably generally sense what was happening but not see specifics. Maybe Villy or the demons patron could but I doubt it. That said I bet they could sense the Gaze at the end.
donvitogonzalle
Defiance of the Fall, the big brother of Primal Hunter. Has some pacing issues, but not to the extend of Nevermore. Sadly, in the audiobook the female voices are atrocious (or Im spoiled from Travis Baldree)
Anna A
What stands for DotF? I would like to read it or at least see what is the idea of the novel. Thank you in advance
Hunter Thornton
That’s an interesting theory. An doesn’t he always get some skill related to all the crazy shit he does, then decides not to pick it cause he loves playin in the hell mode difficulty
Lonnie Sizemore
Because you said that, Zog is 100% going to do a chapter with Jake soul cultivating, then fucking off 😆
Hunter Thornton
An that was some epic level of bitch slappin on Jake’s but it didn’t go at all like I thought it would. Anybody else feel the same?
William WIlson
I don't think it was anything really special at this point. Gaze of the Apex Hunter already has a portion saying it gazes upon the true soul. I think he simply used gaze upon the Demon and this is the representative he had. We've just never gotten this pov
hachetnif
I was kind of thinking the same and I believe that a God's divine realm is really their soul space or something similar but we don't know much at all about the god stages of development we don't even know if when you ascend you have a divine realm
William WIlson
Personally I think that the soul space turns into the Devine realm. Would make a lot of sense. For a god to have a Chosen that God basically gives a portion of themselves to the mortal and has to be done within the Devine realm. So it would make sense that these Devine realms and the true blessing are really just the god opening up and giving a portion of their soul.
ABTelford
I love how Jake is so casual about this whole thing, like it’s an afternoon stroll kicking trash off the sidewalk. Lol! All his soul space experience and battles and his aura kinda make him badass in souls I guess. And at the end the max intimidation - not sure if that’s Gaze or just his aura but it’s fun. Can’t wait to see the conversation the two of them have after this! Yay! Fun chapter!
wartgalore
Is he the manifestation of a blue chew now? 🤣
DDHG
Cowardly not to give Jake Juice the add benefit of genderbending all who consume it. But getting a Demon Lord who might swear loyalty to Jake out of fear and respect is acceptable.
ABTelford
Friendly edit: this sentence is incomplete: “He felt the nervous demon ritualists all around, understandably so.” - the “understandably so” refers to nothing. I suggest something like… “the demons in the room all eyed him and the prince nervously, understandably so.” - now the sentence references itself
Razeel Nightfall
Someone who walks the path of contracts - ✔️ He is building his own pantheon.
ABTelford
The horniest of them all…snicker…hehehe!
Josh Hietpas
Is the soul space not within the true soul? I thought it was
John Looney
I going with figurative point blank shot gun blast of soul gazes
Jason Davis
It was his soulspace, not his Truesoul, which is completely inviolate.
Josh Hietpas
But in both of those cases, no one actually entered his soul space.
Josh Hietpas
Yeah. I kind of think it was similar to when jake had to give active permission when he had his bow and necklace upgraded/repaired. Just in this case, the permission was through the contract.
Devin
I agree
Darthnarciss
I'm pretty sure it was all becuase of the ritual, what it entailed, and the contract placing the Demon fully in the hands of Jake for the duration of the ritual. Basically Jake had been given permission to do the surgery, including anything necessary for said surgery.
Mat
Base on what happened in the demon prince soulspace, could they be any connection between a soulspace during mortality and a divine realm of a god?
ElijahRS
Understandable but I was mostly thinking about if Eron would do something similar to this himself, in his goal to create immortals without divinity. In which case if they need to use items with powerful Records that can potentially overwhelm the recipient, Jake might be needed to ensure success.
Mat
I think that was his profession before D-grade evolution so most likely has had two more better professions after the city lord one just like Miranda not longer requiring him to maintain attachments to a city pylon
KenTX325
Jake’s other creations all have a close connection to him. Uncle, sire, or Jake for Sandy. Maybe that trend continues.
Boudica
I think jake used gaze
donvitogonzalle
Wow, 10 of them? Do other demons have more, or does that make him the horniest of them all? And is he now all blue?
James Evans
“Fiesty” is “Feisty” or i think that is what you meant.
Michael Lambus
Eron seems very protective of his soul probably because it's the only way to kill him. I doubt he would let him into his soul space
KenTX325
I think the church moved him to something high profile to get him off earth during the battle.
Nick Elliott
I was thinking same thing but thats approx 60 profession levels I think. He has two charges saved up and the last message on his boots told him to use 5 to meet the foirst sage. He only gets one per 20 levels now. Depending on how far into the next 20 he might get one more but by my maths he will be 40 levels/2 charges shy
Nick Elliott
This theory might be a step too far as I presume it might put a target on his back. Some Gods would certainly think better to kill a C grade with the power to dominate realms now than let him grow and evolve to something unkillable later. Unless this goes in the vault between villy and jake like the full extent of his bloodline or primal heritage and first sage stuff does
Valhazstromoz
Let this man cook
Nick Elliott
He will no doubt have a sister who will somehow become infatuated with Jake :)
ElijahRS
So Jake is definitely going to do some more crazy Soulspace Adventures. Maybe some shenanigans with Eron in the future? Could find a connection between immortality and the Soulspace as the Soul itself changes upon reaching Godhood and that change might be reflected in a change to the Soulspace. System-fuckery kicks in and he gets a skill/skill-selection of something related to what he just did? Upgrade to his Ritualism skill? Next few chapters are gonna be more awesome than usual.
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Star
I think it is the freezing gaze that Jake has.
Michael
I would like to theorize that Jake just unleashed what may have been the true Gaze of The Primal Hunter within the Demon prince's souls space
Nick Elliott
The gods all seem like massive gossips anyway so unless Villy decides its best to remain a secret you can bet they will all know about it in 5 mins flat
Nick Elliott
Jake did say when he went into Valhal's compound that he felt many presences watching him mortals and immortals. Im sure he said most disconnected shortly after he assumed to not annoy Valhal. Possible some are watching him now. Villy and Duskleaf for certain. And possibly some Devil Gods. Im not sure we have met or heard Villy reference any Devil's yet so we may be about to meet some like after the birth of Vesperia
TwistedVanity
I have wondered just that. I believed that the Devil whose heart they just reformed was a demon who reached godhood, or just shy, and died and they are after his potent records. Ki d of like villas drop of blood is mega potent due to villas records.
TwistedVanity
Thank you
donvitogonzalle
Oh god please let us not dive too much into soul cultivation, I srsly hate that in DotF. Chapter after Chapter about some vaguely defined swirles that clash with each other and what not, I would rather read another challenge dungeon about Jake working in the service industry.
KipBR
We probably will get something from the Viper, he was watching.
Nick Elliott
Demons are people too. Good, bad and indifferent ;-)
Josh Hietpas
I mean more along the lines of entering it. Like thats not supposed to be possible. Also, i get the feeling jake coulda really fucked shit up in there if he wanted to
Bob of Doom
Did we ever learn the difference between a demon lord, demon prince, and other demons? Is it just a power scale thing?
Bob of Doom
I think that was because he only used a little bit of Jake Juice.
Johnny_B
Well jake did not touch the demon's soul, only the invading records of the cerulean devil.
daniel gager
I like the eyes on the sky in the soul space but wonder if that was supposed to be villy or Jake's eyes
Josh
Tyftc, also I am rereading the series atm and am curious, Jacobs profession is a city lord, so shouldn't he have had some kind of backlash when the holy church abandoned earth?
Jack Dawson
Maybe that's exactly what he just did, but super early. It wouldn't surprise me if the personal realms the gods have are an evolution of their soul space and Jake just showed that if he becomes a god he can just walk into another gods realm and take over
Cryfdwr
I was wondering the same thing
Josh Hietpas
System-fuckery->dungeon-fuckery->first sage-fuckery ->jake-fuckery
Josh Hietpas
I would think so based on the blessing and return of records and all that jazz
Josh Hietpas
So if no one can touch another’s true soul, not even the system, does that mean jake was the first to fuck up the rules and do it? Jake-fuckery if you will?
Ty Cooper
For being a demon he sure seemed to care about Jake and the other ritualists
Chase Burton
Dope! Thanks for the chapter!
Ty Cooper
Villy has been able to just sit back on easy mode with Jake being his chosen. Levels just come flowing in
Ty Cooper
With a big dose of primal fear
Johnny_B
Could be Gaze of the Primal Hunter.
Ty Cooper
So was Jake able to show so much power in another person's soulspace because of his records being stronger also was kinda surprised that the prince didn't come back a different color
Michael Seedorf
That might just have been him using Gaze empowered by Pride. It is a Soul attack.
Tyler S.
I saw it as sort of a fear gaze while inside the soulspace
Ben Sheahan
Maybe an evolution of pride?
Valhazstromoz
Mannnnnn so much for our demon princess but oh well LOL. At least the demon learned respect for the primal Hunter
Ty Cooper
Lol i imagine just Jake's head looking down on the demon, just like villy when he is helping Duskleaf and cannot split his attention to much
Ty Cooper
That was a very fun chapter. Loved it, thanks. To bad the peanut gallery has dispersed. A goddly PoV would have been amazing.
Daniel Hogan
I wonder if Vily got any level ups this time? He was way less involved in this one, but it still is his chosen's history making shenanigans!
David Milligan
Awesome chapter. Thanks.
Greg
Lol
Juozapas
Nicely done, truly
Henscratch
Two eyes in the sky sounded like Hera’s presence from Kevin Sorbo’s version of Hercules but way fiercer and masculine with an intimidating rumble sound of a soul space starting to crush under pressure instead of that cheesy musical sound effect.
Nick Elliott
One of my favourite parts of Zogarth's writing is the short "context dump" scenes that follow these types of chapters. That add some perspective to what just happened. Jake will no doubt speak to Viper about this soon who will casually explain something like what jake did should not be possible below S grade or ever! And point out that only Gods specialising in soul magic should be able to exist and dominate in another soul space. And probably liken it to a God going to another Gods domain and dominating. Just something fairly low stakes like that XO
Darshar Griffonmane
This chapter brought to you by the song "Devil went down to Georgia". Jake probably plays one mean ass fiddle too. tftc!
donvitogonzalle
Maybe, but I like to think he just didnt want anybody to be hurt for his failure.
Zogarth
Fixed
Zogarth
Fixed
Zogarth
Fixed
Beckendwarf
I know that’s probably what it was, but I love the idea of a skill like that
Nick Elliott
I took that as the manifestation within the Prince's soulspace of when Jake infuses his own aura with that of Villys
Zogarth
Placed 4th.
Nick Elliott
I think he probably feared repercussion from the Viper/Order more than genuine concern for Jake
Beckendwarf
The imagery of two eyes of Sauron looking down at the world is absolutely terrifying. That’s what I imagined when Jake did that. Fun new skill?
John Balman
Thanks for the chapter!
donvitogonzalle
Its kind of sweet that the Demon Prince was worried about Jake, quite the softie for an elite
Alexander C Hyde
Only by a little. Which perhaps shouldn’t surprise Jake, as the Demon Prince had come third on the Era’s Leaderboards, only behind himself and Ell’Hakan. What about the ice elemental?
Dave
TFTC Great Chapter
Burkholt
Reading chapter by chapter is painful. TFTC. Can't wait for the next one!
Zizawah
“ The Chosen had somehow projected his very own soul into the prince’s, and should it die here,” —- he die here
brennon Petersen
Tftc!
Harbby
Very nice, I loved when he unleashed his aura and manifested his eyes in the sky.
Moosh
Fantastic
Yaldabaoth
Leettsss GOOOOOOO!?
Yaldabaoth
Possibly...?
Pexezz
Demon Lord get !
Akashiro_Krax
"Fiesty" -> "Feisty"
Omar Jimenez
A one-sided beatdown, a new friend, and numbers going up. Great stuff. Can’t wait to see how the multiverse reacts to this. 😂
Adam Owada
This Demon Prince is cool I hope he stays as a minor character at least. So now it's Sylphie, Sandy, Vesperia, and Demon Prince. Jake squad assemble!
Cory Sauls
TFTC!
Detrox
This moment, I will one day share with my grandchildren. The glorious day where I became The First
Burkes
Hail the progenitor of the comments of Chapter 891
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
patrick__starz
TFTC!!
Phasmatic7
Thankies for the chapie zogie
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the utterly awesome chappy, Zogarth!
Zizawah
Argh! Another cliffhanger. Sure it’s for stats and the aftermath but gosh I want to read more! Thanks for an awesome chapter!!
Burkes
What did i tell y’all? Shat on by the most peak bloodline shenanigans in the multiverse. My mans really said “this is whats gonna happen now lil bro”
JJMand
Could have yoinked a bit of the demons energy, I bet the chimera would have enjoyed that snack.
Charles Torry
Numbers go up!
Joanna Newhard
Did he level enough to meet the sage, you think?
mahdi aghajani
sure you are
Jana
So Jake basically beat the Devil within a demon till it went down crying and singed a contract. I bet most Exorcists would be impressed:-P
Shadowessence
Jake didn’t even feel it tickle him as she raised both his hands and motioned. Should be he not she. ^_^
AA
Lol it's only a silly little devil, it was never going to win🤣
Matthias
Tftc
Skyler Brown
if any of that makes sense
Brandon S
Thanks for the chapter
Skyler Brown
jake popping his head into anothers soul space and showing god like power in anothers makes me see and feel like how i imagine villy did it when he entered anothers god domain
Dont_like_to_Talk
Thanks for the chapter
Taj Malloy
Tftc
Nanooki12
Such a tease
Brandon Yarberry
So it seems. Grats.
eric holman
Fun chapter really excited to see how the demons react to news of Jake and fucking with the soulspace.
Man of Sodium
Records, yay!
Curtis Cairns
yes?
halfknight
I..I think you are…
Exaiter
"tickle him as she raised both his hands and motioned. A bit of mana appeared as six barriers sprung" typo on she ->he?
shaheer karrim
Dame it I was so close
Detrox
Am I... the First?
