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Chapter 890 - A Couple Of Major Oversights
🕑 Added 2024-04-10 10:57:39 +0000 UTCThis ritual was kind of unique in the sense that Jake didn’t really ever do these with the intent of accomplishing something specific. Okay, he knew he wanted the ritual to push some creature toward a more powerful and ”primal” Path, but he didn’t go in with any knowledge of how exactly that would look. He pretty much just went with the flow and let things play out.
In this ritual, he was trying to amplify a very specific Origin.
The heart fragment, which was the centerpiece of the ritual had belonged to a devil. A demon god. To return that to its Origin would be to return it to something closer to the Cerulean Devil. The Records of a god, especially a seemingly powerful one, would simply overshadow any related just to demons in general or anything like that.
Gazing at the ritual circle – which was more of a ritual pentagon – Jake saw everyone had gotten into position. The Demon Prince had purchased ten Crystalized Demon Lord Hearts from other Nevermore Attendees before he even approached Jake in the first place, and while Jake considered if adding his own would help, he quickly realized it wouldn’t. The ritual was made for ten hearts, and Jake also knew numbers could have some weird conceptual significance.
”Everyone, get ready. We begin in sixty seconds,” Jake spoke out to the basement as he felt the tension rise. The Demon Prince sat with his legs crossed in the center of the large magic pentagram within the pentagon, and while he put up a good front, Jake saw his nervousness. Again, pretty understandable.
Seconds ticked by as all the demons did their own final preparations. Everyone had a few potions at the ready, and all knew exactly what their roles were. The one doing the vast majority of the work was Jake, and in part, the Demon Prince, who had to endure the process of tearing his soul apart and hopefully reshaping it into something better.
”I leave my life and future in your hands, Chosen of the Malefic One,” the Demon Prince sent Jake telepathically as he took a deep breath.
Jake didn’t respond directly to him as he stood at the edge of the pentagon. ”Ten seconds.”
The tension was as high as ever as Jake said some final words of encouragement. ”Keep calm, do your jobs, and all will be fine. Seven seconds.”
Jake really wanted to say: ”You don’t have to believe in yourselves; just believe in me, who believes in you,” but he had a feeling that would have made them too confused with only a few seconds left before shit went down.
”Five.”
Taking a step forward, Jake stood at the control point of the ritual.”
”Four.”
Activating his energy, he linked up with the ritual.
”Three.”
He felt all the hearts and the Demon Prince in the center.”
”Two…”
Closing his eyes, Jake allowed his Perception to fully seep into the entire ritual circle as he raised his hands.
”One…”
Red light filled the entire ritual as Jake poured in his energy, and activated the ritual.
”Start.”
As commanded, the first demon ritualist activated his section of the ritual, making the Crystalized Demon Lord Heart begin to crack and leak energy. Jake instantly took control of this leaked energy and forced it into the formation, storing it within.
With a mental command, he made the second demon also activate her part, as the second heart began to let out energy in a controlled manner. Once more, it was forced into the ritual circle as Jake kept track and made sure it didn’t leave its designated area.
A few minutes later, a third heart was activated. Followed by a fourth a few more minutes later. This kept going as the energy levels of the entire ritual and basement were rising at an alarming speed, as Jake allowed none of the demonic energy to run rampant.
Soon, they reached the eighth heart, which was when Jake gave the Demon Prince his cue. Without even a second of hesitation, the Demon Prince’s body lit up with energy as all of the glowing veins on his body activated, and with determination, the gem embedded in his forehead was torn out as it floated upwards, barely connected to the demon through a thin red and blue string.
The lines drawn in the very center around the Demon Prince were also activated, with its function a bit different than anywhere else. It was there to keep him alive long enough for Jake to do his thing, as he was very much under time pressure.
With another command, Jake took hold of the demonic energy as he strained himself. He commanded it to move toward the center of the pentagram and toward the now floating cerulean gem. The gem didn’t even resist in the slightest as it greedily began to absorb the energy from all the hearts.
Jake kept everything under control, even as the ninth and tenth hearts were activated. They weren’t getting drained fast or slow, and all the demon ritualists kept a steady pace as commanded, slowing down or speeding up whenever Jake told them to.
The Demon Prince was sitting with an empty look in his eyes as blood poured out of his forehead where the gem had been, looking almost catatonic. Yet Jake felt the demon’s consciousness still remained strong as the connection between the prince and the gem remained powerful.
So far, so good, Jake reassured himself as things were proceeding as they should. He knew the demons were struggling, but they held on nicely. Jake also knew all of them this was only possible due to his monstrous level of control and Perception, as he made sure everything was as it should be.
Soon, it was time for the next part of the ritual as Jake poured in a bit of his own arcane energy. Not his Jake Juice quite yet, but just what he had initially believed he would be able to do when he originally saw the ritual. The arcane energy mixed with the demonic energy that entered the gem ever-so-slightly, carrying with it nothing more than Jake’s intent.
Intent it listened to, as Jake felt something from the cerulean gem. He felt a sense of greed and hunger.
Good… it’s there, Jake grinned to himself. The same as how affinities had things they ”wanted,” many magic items like this also had some very fundamental sense of instinct. This gem naturally wanted to absorb more energy and grow, and now Jake had metaphorically kicked that instinct awake.
Suppressing a groan, Jake felt the gem begin to greedily try and drag the demonic energy out of the ritual circle, but Jake knew he couldn’t allow that. If he did, the gem risked exploding, or for the Demon Prince to be overwhelmed. He was already struggling, but Jake had to take his hat off to the Demon Prince. The guy was not considered a peak genius for nothing, as he managed to keep calm and do his part perfectly.
Minutes passed, as the gem consumed more and more energy, its aura growing in intensity. Soon, the first heart was fully consumed, followed by a second and a third. The hearts were emptied out one after another, crumbling into dust, and soon, the cerulean gem contained not only its own innate energies but the cumulative energy of ten Crystalized Demon Lord Hearts.
If Jake stopped the ritual here, or if someone else had been in charge, all they would have accomplished was to infuse the cerulean gem with a fuckload of demonic energy, resulting in the body of the Demon Prince probably exploding if he tried to fully reabsorb it. He would definitely die, no doubt about it.
Yet the cerulean gem still hungered, and the Demon Prince was struggling more than ever, as all the other demon ritualists could now do nothing more than look on with expectation, fear, and doubt. The ritual so far had all gone as planned, sure. But everything till now had also been the ”easy” part that they all knew was theoretically possible.
Now, they were onto the ”making history” part as they explored all-new territory.
Jake next did what only he could do as he activated energy from deep within himself. A mere spark, a whisper at most. It traveled through the arcane strings he had laid down before, unaffected by all other energies as strings rose and wrapped around the cerulean gem as the spark of Origin Energy entered it.
Nothing happened for a moment until a deep thrumming noise erupted from the gem, sending out a wave of pure demonic energy that now carried a slightly off-blue color, ripping apart all Jake’s arcane threads in the process. A second wave came soon after, as Jake felt the changes with the gem. It began to not just house the energy from the Demon Lord Hearts but entirely devour it to empower itself, turning quantity into quality. All to allow it to return to Origin… and this was when Jake noticed oversight number one with this entire ritual.
It was originally a damn heart.
A heart!
Not a fucking forehead gem.
So when the gem began to slowly warp and change, he felt the fear from the Demon Prince and the horror on the faces of all the demon ritualists. The cerulean gem… which would probably be called the Cerulean Devil Heart by now, grew in size, way too large to be on the forehead of the demon it originally belonged to.
The horror on the faces of the observing demons only grew further in the very next moment when Jake stepped down and teleported forward. Without a shred of hesitation, he grasped the growing gem in his hand, feeling it burn into his skin as he had to fight back the demonic energy. With his other hand, he quickly equipped a katar as he stabbed the Demon Prince in his heart before promptly plunging his hand that was holding the crystal heart inside.
Jake tried to let go and pull his hand back out… but couldn’t. He felt as if his hands had merged with the gem-like heart as it began to attempt to pull energy from him. Not just any energy either. It wanted his Origin Energy, and just not a little of it, either.
Yeah, no, Jake quickly cut that off as he resisted. For a moment, he considered just cutting off his own arm, especially when the flesh he had cut open to put his hand in began to close around his forearm due to the damn healing circle below them. However, before he had a chance to cut it off, the heart was complete.
It had needed no more input or guidance from Jake. From the moment he had poured in the Origin Energy, it had known exactly what to do. Now, this is where the second major oversight of this ritual reared its ugly head.
Once the Cerulean Devil Heart was fully formed, it returned to a state of what it once was. It obtained Records of a being that was long dead but was a powerful devil back whenever they lived. Those Records were now everything that remained within the heart… and that wasn’t something the Demon Prince could handle.
The thrumming sound echoed out again as Jake finally recognized it as what it was: a heartbeat.
This Cerulean Devil Heart was still connected to the Demon Prince, even after it transformed. It was merged with his soul, through and through. For this ritual, he had temporarily separated it, but now, it had fully become part of him again. This had been what they wanted. The Demon Prince would now merge with the pure Records of the Cerulean Devil Heart. Merge with whatever had come to life within the heart. This part was not what they had wanted.
And, well, this situation reminded Jake a bit of the time he had chosen to also absorb an object containing overwhelming Records of a god. Except that god had still been alive, while this situation was entirely unique and of Jake’s making.
As Jake was trying to figure out what the fuck to do, the third oversight made itself known. Somehow, he had become part of his merging process due to him holding the heart, and through that connection, he felt the internal battle within the Soulspace. Usually, this space was an untouchable realm deep within the soul, but in this very moment, Jake was connected to the Demon Prince in a rather unique way. So, he closed his eyes and made a rash decision.
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The Cerulean Demon. Demon Prince of the Fourth Hell. These were the titles the demon had made his name, with him primarily known as the Cerulean Demon. He had been privileged and talented enough to choose his own name, to try and communicate he was the second coming of the Cerulean Devil. The former master of the Fourth Hell and one of the most powerful devils the demon race had ever seen. It was viewed as a tragedy when he died a few eras ago while exploring one of the more dangerous World Wonders of the multiverse.
Luckily, they had managed to retrieve his body and completed the ritual to create the fragments from his heart. One of these fragments which the Cerulean Demon had been granted. When he had merged with it and the Legacy of the Cerulean Devil, he had believed himself a genius at the pinnacle of the multiverse. In some ways, he was. He had proven himself in Nevermore, yet two people still beat him, but he wasn’t particularly disappointed. In fact, the Chosen of the Malefic Viper had given him hope of truly being the second coming of the Cerulean Devil… and in some ways, hadn’t he succeeded? Just not in the way he had hoped.
The cerulean lightning struck him, as the demon was blasted back within his own Soulspace, the pain nearly unimaginable. Rolling on the ground, the demon tried to stabilize as a claw swept up, tearing his body into several pieces.
He reappeared a moment later, a bit further away, as lightning struck down from above, obliterating his entire body in an instant. Right as he appeared again, his head was severed from his body before he was blasted apart once more. He barely had time to collect his thoughts and wonder how foolish his ambitions had truly been.
During the ritual, after the Cerulean Demon had separated the gem from himself, he had gone to his Soulspace to keep everything intact. He had resisted as the energy flooded into him, and in the sky, the energy had gathered around the gemstone floating there, representing the fragment in the real world.
The energy levels had spiked so high the Demon Prince had been certain it would explode and shatter his entire soul and body… but then something had appeared. He couldn’t remember what it looked like, but something had entered the gem… and then it began evolving. It grew, pulsed, began to beat like a true heart, and the Demon Prince was elated, especially when he felt his connection to it strengthen more than ever before as it fully merged back into him. He was happy and, for a moment, even believed they had truly succeeded.
Until the heart didn’t stop growing.
From the heart grew a torso, legs, arms, and a head before an entire creature appeared. For a moment, the Demon Prince believed the Cerulean Devil had come back to life, as this demonic creature looked just like the paintings he had seen. The same blue leathery skin, four horns, clawed hands, and powerful physique. Yet the eyes were different. Empty. When the Demon Prince saw those eyes, he knew that this was but an empty husk… a husk that still possessed the overwhelming Records of the Cerulean Devil.
A husk that was currently destroying him.
The Demon Prince tried to fight back, but he didn’t stand a chance. He was powerful within his own Soulspace, for sure. His Records allowed him to display power far beyond what he could in the real world, yet before this Cerulean Devil husk, he was nothing but a plaything to be repeatedly destroyed as the creature learned about itself. Like a curious and destructive child, it tried to kill him in all the ways it could as the Demon Prince felt himself weaken. Felt himself dying as he feared what would come next.
His soul would die, and this creature would overwhelm his own Records. It would replace him and evolve into something truly monstrous. He just hoped that even if it was powerful, the Chosen of the Malefic One and the others could handle this creature… but he feared what it would evolve him into wouldn’t still be a C-grade.
Foolish. He and this creature were both foolish. It would likely become an A- or S-grade that would never be able to level again and be naught but a being of destruction. A short-lived Path, as they were within Nevermore City, and some powerful being would snuff it out instantly. The expected outcome of a creature with no sapience running wild.
Meanwhile, the Demon Prince’s own hubris had led to his. He had believed himself far more capable than he truly was, and now he couldn’t even struggle anymore.
His body got destroyed within the Soulspace over and over again, as he began to reappear slower and slower with every death. At the same time, the Cerulean Devil husk only grew in power. The end was near, and struggle was meaningless, as-
”Oi,” a voice suddenly cut through the Soulspace. ”The fuck you think you’re doing?”
Comments
Endless Nature
Thx for the chapter
Chloe
Love it. Tyftc
Sam Rosenberg
Wow. Wishful thinking for me this week
Rid
Not me constantly refreshing the page because I’m so excited for today’s chapter 😂
SmokeJam
@ChRiAn again, the soul realm is metaphysical. How exactly is he supposed to send his mana with intent in such a space which is not his own soul?
Phasmatic7
Sorry I'm late, thankies for the chapie zogie :)
Thenais
100% burping this husk into either his own soul or his curse
ABTelford
Yellow is opposite of purple. Orange is opposite of blue.
ABTelford
Oh my gosh I absolutely love this chapter! Thanks Zogarth and, may I say, well done! Great in-the moment description with minimum exposition. Yay!
Anthony Smith
Brooooooooooooooo
Jeff McCulley
I don’t think it’s a curse?
Numbzy
So I need a divine perspective. Maybe the current patron of demon bloke, presumably the current ruler of the forth hells. He's all chilling there judging demon bloke for his stupidity. Suddenly Jake does something Jake-like and "insert surprise pokemon face meme". Vilas appears and says my favorite line of his, "Just watch and enjoy the show".
Numbzy
Fun idea, but I seriously doubt it. If that was the case, he would have gotten it for his "fight" with the drop of blood and record of Vilas. Sorry for raining on the fun theory parade.
KenTX325
I wonder if Jake can get a Devine heretic title for fighting a devil husk?
Hayden Leech
Ah
Dennis Bell
Naw if I remember correctly Zogarth is Danish
Zizawah
He’s a Dane
Bobby B
Zo is definitely British
ChRiAn
Jake sends in some manastrings to tie up the devil and tells the demon to make him his bitch. And gets a few level ups afterwards. Plus maybe a new feat.
Michael McMahon
It's from an anime called Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. https://youtu.be/kC6wdfk2M98?si=KYWDf33QViJ6HjCA
Hayden Leech
“You don’t have to believe in yourselves; just believe in me, who believes in you,” Is Jake quoting minaga now? I think he said this after Jake got killed by the b grade knight.
erdnael
GUREN LAGAN!!! Love the reference ☺️ I can't wait to see what kind of unexpected change this ritual will do to the demon
Hayden Leech
I thought he meant el hakan too lol
SmokeJam
I guess he will do something with his Gaze and Anomalous Soul skills. Probably a merge, but if he forces them to combine right now without somehow affecting the balance, he will just speed up the issue of creating a braindead supermonster.
SmokeJam
@ReadingObsessed Only problem: sim-Jake got assimilated more than 50 years ago and there is not a shred of him left outside of the skill Eternal Shadow, and even that is nothing more than some "last will" if you want. To be more precise: There is no more sim-Jake personality left, he got fully and completely merged with Jake. So yeah, besides the speculation that Jake with is Anomalous Soul could do something considered impossible, he should have no way to send something of substance (if you even can call it that in a metaphysical soul realm) into another soul without attacking it. My best guess: He is gonna do something with Gaze and Anomalous Soul to help the Prince indirectly.
ReadingObsessed
Wouldn't be surprised if he sent in Sim-Jake with the hunger katar
Jeff McCulley
Foreshadowing Jake gender fluid?
Jeff McCulley
I figured either Aussie or UK. And my brain went, “Wait, isn’t Jake American?!!” (Americans do “Hey”, not “Oi’)
Jeff McCulley
It’s Wednesday?
Jeff McCulley
lol Nick. Good luck with that!
Devin
It’s not in Jake’s soul space, it’s in the demon prince’s. Though Jake has a connection to the demon prince now… I really hope that goes away otherwise he just forcefully tied a prince of hell to himself. lol that would be funny, first the insect kingdom now the demon one too.
Jeff McCulley
So…Jake won’t be the lowest level person there in a couple of minutes? Now with a devil husk in his soul space to digest?
Jeff McCulley
Isn’t Jake’s arcane mana purple?
Jeff McCulley
TGINF!!!
ValVal
Eternal Hunger
Jeff McCulley
Ell’Hakan?
Jeff McCulley
For those of you who were eager for some gender bending, you got it! “…Jake allowed his Perception to fully seep into the entire ritual circle as she raised his hands…” ;)
Devin
I’m not sure you can house a soul space within a soul space??? I mean devour, consume, absorb, usurp control, destroy, all are options but just housing the devil in the demons soul would probably cause the whole framework to explode/implode. Especially since Jake’s soul is different from normal and the demon just has a normal soul…
ValVal
Probably won’t happen, but I wonder what would happen if EH ate the records manifestation?
ValVal
Lmao bro just beat the S grade record with your soul it easy! - Jake
Hunter Thornton
Oh make no mistake bitch slappin is gonna happen. He’s done it too many time for it not to happen, now ifen he talked his way outta this one then I’d start questioning what reality is. But he still jinxed it from the previous chapter. Also I agree too many dam times I went off on muthas for sayin too soon that everything gone b ‘alright’ and then shit fell apart and something ended up on fire. So the lesson here is don’t jinx it. Everyone needs to follow this, what I thought universal rule but theys always that one dumbass thats wants to temp fate. Don’t b that guy. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mahetze
And if you take 12, thats 1+2, thats 3! And what is 3*3? Correct, 9 - so we are back to 93. Its all connected!
Omar Jimenez
I was more likening Jake to Shoresy. But yeah, Minaga showing up would be terribly confusing, while somehow making sense. He’s Minaga, of course he can pop into people’s Soulspace.
Henscratch
Doesn’t Jake wear his gloves all the time? I’m sure after his knee jerk impulse to cut off his hand for freedom he’ll be glad he didn’t. This doesn’t contradict what’s written so far. The “feeling it burn into his skin” while fighting the energy could be felt through gloves so it still works. As far as his hand getting stuck: ”He felt as if his hands had merged…” with “as if” being key. His hand could be just physically locked like in a cramp because of all the energy exchange, which could loosen at the end. He could use Touch to corrode both physical and metaphysical connections and slip out even with the healing. Eternal Hunger could also eat up some key components in an assist…maybe even make the crystal shrink a bit when it eats up energy to weaken it? Lots of options. I’m eager to see how it goes!
Nick Elliott
Controversial idea. I'm going on holiday in December. I'm toying with saving up may - December to give me roughly 160 chapters. Which is 2-2.5 books worth. Which with a busy family holiday will probably last me about a week. But I just don't know if I can resist for 8 months. Probably not.
Ty Cooper
Lol yeah they are complementary colors
Ty Cooper
That's kinda what I'm hoping for. Love his Oops I did something that shouldn't be done or couldn't be done.
Ty Cooper
I do the same. Good chapter and Cereal before my kids wake up.
Jay tolley
Same I hate the day to day read I want more to happen. But if Zog cut the details and rushed the story I would be disappointed the details that slow the story also make it great. In short I should get off patreon and wait for books but I want to know what happens to
Ty Cooper
I am so excited about this chapter. I cannot stop thinking about it at work. Ha all while listening to a different book while on the line. I am really glad this wasn't a Friday cliffhanger!
Ty Cooper
I thought it as a the core inside the inner most part of the soul. Love the theory for it becoming the divine relm!
William WIlson
Not sure it will be a beat down. Personally I think it will be Jake explaining how the Demon is fucking it up by not simply usurping the devils soul space and housing the demons soul space within.
William WIlson
Technically everything that happens in a soul space is a metaphorical representation. So Technically Jake isn't entering the soul space of the Demon . Also I think most of us are under the impression that a soul space is what eventually becomes a God's Devine realm. Since the devils are simply Demon gods Jake could Technically enter the Devin realm of said devil. Which is also what I think the demons problem was. He is trying to suppress a gods soul space within his own when he should simply move his soul space into the gods. This is what Jake will explain to the Demon and how he will forcefully merge the 2. In other words Jake will simply ask the Demon why he isn't simply seizing or usurping the devils soul space and containing himself within that soul space.
William WIlson
Well it would be purple because Jake forcefully merged a red Demon with a blue devil. Red and blue make purple.
Lewke
Good catch on the Anomalous Soul! From the wiki description for the skill “As your soul mutates, so does it get empowered, allowing it to break convention.”
MahoganyWood
I feel like this might get a bit worked around since the heart is currently trying to pull more from Jake to empower itself so it’s like a soul space daisy chain
Peter Smith
Just remember purple is the opposite of orange.
Alysyn
Woot! Come on tomorrow- I gotta chapter to read. I have to say this is a pretty good way to jump start the day-it wakes me up and is much kinder on my old lady tummy than strong tea.
Kyler
Jake does have an Anomalous Soul, so y’all remeber that come this next chapter, he could very well enter the soulspace after all impossible to the multiverse, is just an “oopsy” to Jake
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
William WIlson
A lot of all are predicting that Jake kicks the fuck out of the husk while I think Jake will forcefully merge the 2. The mind of the Demon prince controlling the husk. No real changes besides him turning a deep purple. Or possibly something like sim Jake.
SD
No. No. Bad. No numerology.
William WIlson
I'm game.
Kevin
After reading the other comments, I’d like to point out that Jake probably won’t fully enter the soul space. At least not with his own true soul, as the demon’s soul space absolutely would not be capable of housing another full true soul on Jake’s level. Also, I think it was mentioned a while ago that you can’t enter another persons soul space. I think he’ll probably just send in some strings to restrain the devil or lend energy to the demon guy or something.
Kevin
Don’t forget an extra thirteenth for the first sage.
Jason Davis
Agree with the first part (the whole last part is like the chimera in Jake's soulspace, or when he fought the Dragonkin version of himself) but the heart is a physical heart now. I think it stays inside the Demon as, well, his new heart.
Jason Davis
The power of the "Oi!"
Cecelia Jean
With the whole numbers have significance thing, anybody notice how it's the 93rd universe and 9+3=12 and there's 12 primordials? Fun coincidence
Michael Lambus
Foreshadowing
Michael Lambus
I'm going to guess 12. One for each primordial.
Chase Burton
Dope! Thanks!
Devin
Wow, looking forward to watching that beat down… though is he going to be as strong in this soul space as he is in his? I’m really curious how this is going to turn out.
Devin
That’s almost all of us! Hahaha
Clint
The soul space isn’t inside the true soul, is it? I’ve been imagining that the soul space is what grows into a god’s divine realm, so I’d expect Jake to be holding tea parties in his by early B grade… or maybe sooner, if it relates to bonding his soul flame somehow.
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Mathias Eriksson
same here ! haha
John Grizzly
No I think the rebuilding a body thing was inside the demons souls pace, not outside. Like if the blood drop of villa inside Jake's soul turned into a clone of villa inside Jake's souls pace. Once Jake beats the crap out of this clone it'll prolly leave behind an obedient forehead gem for the prince to absorb
One Winged Angel
Anyone else suspecting the return of the dreaded and most feared: "SIT!" from when he tamed eternal hunger? Telling a God to sit the fuck down and behave is 100% on Jakes menu and im all here for it.
Nick Elliott
Every week I promise myself I am going to save up the 5 chapters and read them together to avoid the cliffhangers. Every week I fail. TFTC Zog
Sam Rosenberg
Another awesome cliffhanger until Monday
Tommy
As was said in the chapter - Jake is connected / merged with the whole process on account of his arm being stuck inside the demon and his origin energy being the catalyst for change
Tommy
What? Nonsense. Jake and eternal hunger reign supreme in soul fights. Plus the devil husk has sprung from Jake’s origin energy. Jake will step in there, slap the devil husk down and put it in its place, sort everything out 👍💪 Edit to add: though I agree with the power of jinx, I’ve seen it too often in my own life for it to not be real! 😂
Abbots Foley
Is he rebuilding the whole body from the heart just to pluck off the gem on its head?
lockx
For some reason, my brain just took that as full bush Aussie accent at the end there
Hunter Thornton
Really I thought it would have been the kilometers references when referring to distances, which ironically they haven’t used the grams or kilograms for measuring weight yet I don’t think. I’m currently on book 3 of the audiobook and can’t remember a reference right off the top of my head
Hunter Thornton
I think u mean Minaga. He’s the comic relief in this story after all
Daniel Lampl
I don’t think anything is missing. Just the first „them“ shouldn’t be there.
Hunter Thornton
I called it. He fukin jinxed it. When is he gonna learn u can’t play with the power of the jinx. It’s stronger than fate. And seriously why ain’t nobody took a class with strong ties to time affinity? Someone call Aeon, we need a favor!!
Ty Cooper
I'll second that
Ty Cooper
Eye of the tiger playing in the background as Jake becomes a boxing coach holding the husk in mana strings like a punching bag.
StarWolf
OPS!!
Ty Cooper
Still laughing picturing Jake wrapping the husk up in arcane strings and having the princes us it as a punching bag. All while eye of the tiger is playing and Jake coaching him like boxing coach.
Ty Cooper
So Jake is pulling off another impossible feat by going in a true soul? I thought villy said you couldn't do that. I know the kind did it but that was because he was already a part of Jake's soul at the point or at least bound. If Jake can do this more or from now on I can see this helping our with Eron's spark project But this princes is going to totally be a Jake fan boy. Saving his soul/life while empowering him greatly. Think he will jump a grade and loose the ability to progress or just become superpowered?
Ty Cooper
Wrap it in mana strings and have the princess use it as a punching bag
Ty Cooper
Well Jake definitely is going through some hard core soul bonding ATM.
Joshua Morris
I want Jake to bring Enternal Hunger in with him and tell it to go play with the Devil while he goes and has a talk with the Demon. Then have a point of view from the Demon of Jake giving him a pep talk while watching the Devil get its ass kicked by Eternal Hunger and he's just standing there flabbergasted.
Steven Myer
Jake also knew all of them this was only possible due to his monstrous level of control and Perception, as he made sure everything was as it should be. "Jake also knew all of them this was" <- Missing a word or wording here
Jonathan
He felt all the hearts and the Demon Prince in the center.” No quotes. Jake also knew all of them this was only possible due to his monstrous level of control and Perception, Missing word(s)?
DeathTick
Zogarth. How many souls do I have to sacrifice to get tomorrow's chapter early?
daniel gager
Lol jake invading others soul spaces now
Lay Nkay
Jake about to tear the heart a new one. Lol
Valhazstromoz
Yes Jake come rescue the eventual "damsel" in distress
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy, Zogarth!
Burkholt
Another cliff! At least it's only a Wednesday cliff. TFTC!
Aaron J
Haha love that ending sentence
Drew
This Cerulean Demon is going to be a total Jake fanboy after this, thinking they'd wakened some A/S-grade monster that was going to eat him and go on a rampage, and Jake strolls into his Soulspace and (probably) lays some Eternal Hunger beatdown on it.
Lizy Flore
Thanks for the chapter! It was great
KollegvomMirgan
I like this demon prince. Can't wait to see the evolution he gets and i hope he and jake become friends.
Yaldabaoth
This is feckin cool 😎
Robert Apgar
Time to get a relaxing spar in
Omar Jimenez
So we have the Cerulean Devil Records, and an Soulspace begging for some bound up Records to slowly drip feed upon. But do we expect the Demon Prince to evolve into something else? Or would it make more sense that he gains some kind of transcendent skill? Or something else entirely? Also, why do I imagine Shoresy popping up in the background to call out some bullshit?
Juozapas
“seep into the entire ritual circle as she raised his hands” - shouldn’t be- he raised his hands?
brennon Petersen
Tftc!
One Winged Angel
"On your feet Soldier! We got fuckshit to do!"
Charles Torry
Jake to the rescue
Michael
Of course Jake is gonna just bitch slap the soul husk into behaving
Dennis Bell
It's moments like this that even though the audio book is narration wise North American, that I'm 90 percent sure Jake is British.
Namorat
I enjoy this part a lot :)
Jana
This is getting really good. I wonder what exactly Jake is about to create. Due to Jake’s influence I can see the Demon becoming either the successor or the usurper of the cerulean devil or both. We know Jake tends to bring out the heretic in people and taking some gods records for oneself, even after his death sounds suspiciously like something in that vein, especially now that the act is not peaceful any longer.
Mason Jones
Can’t wait for tomorrow’s chapter, Jake gonna slap the demon heart into submission inside the Orginal demons soulscape
Burkes
Blud boutta get shat on by the most peak bloodline shenanigans in the multiverse.
Zogarth
Fix
Titaniumtac
Love the Gurren lagann quote
Phillip Hazlett
Can we get a double chapter today??? Its so good I want more
Phillip Hazlett
TFTC :)
WantedByGhosts
Thanks for the chapter! Love the Gurran lagann reference haha!
Taj Malloy
Tftc
Farmingaround
Tftc!
Naotsugu97
Motivational speaking for the win!
Zizawah
So awesome. Thank you!
Jaydan Man
Got to say, great way to end the chapter with that perspective
Dave
TFTC
Shadowessence
Closing his eyes, Jake allowed his Perception to fully seep into the entire ritual circle as she raised his hands. Should be he raised his hands.
Juozapas
👍
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Jaydan Man
TFTC
Alex Cox
Tftc!
