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Chapter 350: C-Grade!

What a way to end the week. Enjoy!

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As the flowers bloomed, a tremendous power reached into Jack’s soul, completely disregarding any and all defenses, and whisked him away.

Jack found himself in a space he’d only seen once before. He was surrounded by nothingness. A large fist floated in the distance—it was impossible to estimate how far away or how large it was. The moment he saw this fist, Jack felt his feet go cold, his mind stagger, his Dao escaping his control....

Chapter 349: Breaking Through

Jack’s Dao Tree erupted. All its restrained energy was released at once. The Dao Roots below it roared, the Life Drop glowed brilliant, and the entire Dao of the Fist heralded the arrival of a new lord.

Below the tree’s base was Jack’s Dao Seed surrounded by his four Dao Roots—these five each represented a finger, forming a multicolored fist. From index to pinky, they were silver, red, green, and black—Indomitable Will, Power, Life, and Weakness—the four Dao Roots he’d dev...

Chapter 348: Awing the World Yet Again

Rank 675… Jack Rust!

Everyone was stunned. They forgot to react. It took a few moments for these C-Grade cultivators to believe what they were seeing, and then the entire crowd erupted as one!

675! What sort of concept was that?

D-Grades shouldn’t even be able to enter the Globe. If they did, achieving a rank in the mid nine hundreds was an excellent achievement. That’s what everyone believed, that’s what they were used to.

But now, Jack Rust had completely wip...

Chapter 347: Going All-Out

Jack’s fists were burning. His heart swam with passion, his eyes wide open in extreme focus.

His punch shot forward. An effective strength of almost five thousand carried it onto the shadow’s sword, through it, and into its face. The shadow exploded in a thousand tiny stars.

Jack paused. His grin widened into a full-blown smile. Last time he was here, this first shadow had taken a lot of effort to defeat…but now, it only took one punch.

The feeling of progress was addi...

Chapter 346: Revisiting the Globe

After the duel’s conclusion, the crowd remained.

Most of it was low-rankers. Cranxiao had been a mountain to them, a devil they couldn’t escape from. But now, that devil had been defeated and even killed by a man whose ranking was close to theirs. The nightmare was over, and the dream began.

How could they not be happy?

“He amazing!” a voice cried out from somewhere in the crowd. “He protected us! He our hero! Our big bro!”

Most didn’t see who was speakin...

Chapter 345: Defying Tyranny

The clash was too unexpected. Jack’s fist shot out, and then Cranxiao flew back. Moreover, a cracking sound clearly came from his fist.

The cultivators in the crowd, most of whom were dreadfully awaiting Jack’s defeat, took a moment to process this.

“What?”

“Cranxiao…lost the exchange?”

Even Baron Longform revealed a stunned expression. Even the all-knowing Sage blinked in surprise once before saying, “Oh, I see. It was about time.” Only Brock and Dor...

Chapter 344: The Duel Arrives

News of Jack’s duel with Cranxiao had spread. It was unknown who started the rumors, but soon, most cultivators across the Cathedral knew.

The high-rankers wouldn’t care about such a thing. However, the low-rankers didn’t only care, they were personally invested. Don Cranxiao had been at their throats for centuries. Though they were certain Jack would fail and die, they still had to come.

Today was not the day of the duel. It was the one-month mark, when Cranxiao had promise...

Chapter 343: Entering the Second Level

Jack sat in silence. Darkness enveloped him, a thousand gravities pushed him down. Burning pain filled every inch of his body, but he endured it.

The small amount of life energy was finally fused into his body. Without giving himself a moment to hesitate, he dragged another out of the Life Drop and started fusing it as well. The pain returned. The hours passed.

For the last two weeks, Jack’s days had been almost completely filled with body tempering. Cultivators of his level did...

Chapter 342: Recruiting New Bros

To be clear, this story will most probably not turn into a harem.

Enjoy!

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Brock opened his eyes.

Cultivating here was very efficient. His Big Thought was nourished well. Soon, it would approach the next transformation.

For now, however, he needed to rest.

Working too hard is bad. Few hours break, then cultivate another month.

Making up his mind, he stood. Big Bro sat on his bed, occasionally gritting his teeth. Intense ripples spread from ...

Chapter 341: Body Tempering

As Jack sat on his bed, he was extremely satisfied. Who said you can’t have your cake and eat it too?

The turtle with a mouthful of a name had limited Jack’s creation of life stones, but he still had the twenty he’d made the day before! With a little business acumen, he was confident in exchanging them for at least five Dao stones. Along with the Heavy Pagoda’s Dao-compressing properties, he would need only ten more stones to break through to the C-Grade.

Moreover, the tur...

Chapter 340: Entering the Life Drop

Happy new year, everyone! May it be full of success and happiness, with everything in your life going great. I wish you all the best. And, once again, I would like to thank you for sticking with me. Your support means a lot to me. I really look forward to doing my best to fill your year with colorful, epic, heart-warming adventures.

Ever forward, ever better.

Enjoy the chapter!

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“Kid! What the hell do you think you’re doing!?”

The turtle’s roar echoed ...

Chapter 339: Cheating Capitalism

Jack sat on his bed, letting three threads of life circulate his body through his bloodstream. His breath was even and deep, his brows relaxed. His perception was focused inward, capturing every change in a thread’s trajectory.

By now, he knew his body in and out, every nook and cranny and tiny blood vessel. He could draw his entire blood system on paper if he wanted to. It had been two weeks since he started training, and it was going splendid. His almost-PhD was finally coming in ha...

Chapter 338: Jack’s Path of Healing

Vivi sat cross-legged in the middle of a field, experiencing the morning sun. Her breaths were deep, her brows relaxed, her mind free to gallop as it pleased. She was currently meditating on flames, as the Flame Dao was most vibrant in the morning. In the afternoons, she cultivated the River Dao, and at nights she rested.

She was just one step away from the D-Grade, but that step could be as short or long as she made it. Some cultivators broke through within days. Others tried for decad...

Chapter 337: Creating Awe

As soon as the Envoy finished his words, the other four cultivators gasped.

959? There has to be a mistake!

In the Endless Murder Globe, the people who couldn’t even defeat the first shadow ranked between 997 and 990. They were a sad minority. After that, the people who defeated the first shadow but lost to the next pair were ranked between 989 and 975.

Of course, this was the absolute bottom of the barrel on the Cathedral. Only the weakest or most utility-oriente...

Chapter 336: Fighting Shadows

Jack stepped into the Ceaseless Murder Globe and looked around; besides a giant lamp stuck to the roof, there was nothing. Only black stone as far as the eye could see.

The lamplight fell down like a curtain, illuminating nothing but the center of the globe. Of course, any C or D-Grade cultivator could use their perception to see perfectly well in the darkness—this lamp was probably meant to accommodate the users of light or darkness-oriented Daos.

The globe had air inside it, b...

Chapter 335: Ceaseless Murder Globe

Happy new week, everyone!

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After Don Cranxiao left, Jack remained silent for a moment. Then, he squatted next to Dorman. “Are you alright?”

“Yeah,” Dorman coughed out in response. If anything, he looked more sad than hurt. “Sorry. This is my fault.”

“You did nothing wrong,” Jack placed a hand on the young man’s shoulder. “If anything, you stood up for me. I will remember that. I also want to apologize—before, I thought you’d stolen that treas...

Chapter 334: Don Cranxiao

While Jack discovered the wonders of the Heavy Pagoda, Dorman waited outside. As a non-disciple, his privileges were limited; let alone entering the Heavy Pagoda, even existing in its vicinity was a stretch.

As Dorman cultivated, using the ambient Dao to nourish his Dao Tree, a rough voice suddenly reached him from behind.

“Look at that,” it said. “The fat beggar!”

Dorman opened his eyes and turned around. Α tall, barbaric-looking human stood there. His hairy che...

Chapter Coming Tomorrow -- Whoops.

So, um, this is a bit embarrassing but I completely forgot to edit today's chapter. I thought I had it scheduled, and now I'm out of the house, so I can't do it today. I'll post it tomorrow. After that, Monday is Christmas so I won't be posting anything, and normal schedule will resume from Tuesday.

Thank you for your patience!

Chapter 333: Heavy Pagoda

If someone took an ancient Chinese pagoda and placed it in a weird alien setting, that would pretty closely resemble the Black Hole Church’s Heavy Pagoda.

It had seven floors. The roofs between them extended out of the building, like open umbrellas, while the walls were smooth and completely vertical. The entire pagoda was constructed in a dark material that Jack couldn’t identify, making it almost invisible against the dark sky. However, the ring of light around the pagoda’s base...

Chapter 332: Life Choices

Hey guys!

Kinda bad timing since I just restarted posting here, but I'll be on vacation next week, so there won't be any chapters Mon-Wed. After that, I will return and continue posting as normal.

Thanks, and enjoy

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Jack stared unblinkingly at the mountain of a man before him. He was short, wide like a plasma tv, and his name was Dorman Whistles.

But it had only been a year since Jack last saw Dorman. How could he have tripled in weight?

“At the risk o...

Chapter 331: The Bane of Existence

After Jack defeated Ley Vice in such an embarrassing manner, news had no reason to spread. None of the involved parties would benefit.

However, their battle had taken place very close to the village. That was done on purpose by Ley, as she had planned to humiliate Jack, but her own sadism turned to bite her in the ass.

There weren’t many things to do on the Cathedral. When a battle happened, many meditating C-Grades spread out their perceptions to watch. As a result, the humilia...

Chapter 330: Ruining Reputations

Gloomily, Jack headed for the empty fields outside the village—a rugged, alien landscape filled with nothing but highly compressed stone. It was almost completely flat, save for natural stone obelisks that rose from ten to ninety feet in height, resembling extremely thin hills carved by the extreme gravity.

Even exiting the village wasn’t easy. As a peak D-Grade, Jack could naturally fly, but doing so in this gravity would quickly tire him out. Thankfully, his opponent didn’t fly ...