Jack surveyed the crowd of disciples. All were sitting on their knees on the partially destroyed, centermost dirt island.
“So,” he said, tossing the middle A-Grade core in his hand up and down, “I guess we’re all that’s left.”
“You were amazing!” Fiend Prince exclaimed, his eyes filled with stars. “How can you be so strong?”
“Luck, skill, and hard work, I guess…” Jack replied, a faint smirk on his lips.
“You are the strongest Baron I have ev...
2024-10-05 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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A battle of tremendous scale was splitting the stars in the Spiral Stair galaxy. Energy blasts shot left and right—summoned beasts roared, smashing through dozens of cultivators, as powerful fighters went amok behind enemy lines. Magic was everywhere. The Dao was asunder.
Elder Boatman oversaw the battle from its midst. Besides the leading Archon of each army, who were fighting their own cataclysmic battle far to the side, he was the leader here.
This was one of the largest scal...
2024-10-04 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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Jack smashed into the many weapons and monsters summoned by Elder Shadowhound. Each was wrought of darkness and pain, their sharp edges glinting without light. They seemed deadly. Yet, they were nothing but figments of the imagination, parts of Shadowhound’s will.
They could only harm Jack if he let them.
“Fool!” Shadowhound shouted, gloating already. “You should have never let me trap you here! I’ve trained my Will for untold millennia, while you only recently evolved f...
2024-10-03 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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The Elders floated forward slowly. Owlhead and Shadowhound took the lead this time, putting their lives on the line for treasure. The remaining three Elders followed. Jack watched from a distance.
As their feet treaded on air, they cautiously surveyed the space ahead of them. The lotus bloomed—the dirt remained still, lifeless if not for their knowledge that it wasn’t.
The attack came without warning. A hand phased into reality, already formed and present, and dug for Owlhead....
2024-10-02 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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What did you say? "Give us chapters that are STRAIGHT FIRE?"
I GOTCHU BROS!
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The dirt islands looked like they stretched infinitely. They didn’t. At a certain point, the ambient energy changed. No longer was it uniform across all Daos—it now contained heavy elements of earth, dirt, and rock. The air smelled of wet soil. The darkness thinned.
“We’re approaching the core of this area,” Owlhead warned everyone. “Keep your guard up. Disciples, fall back.”<...
2024-10-01 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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Happy new week bros!
On the subject of Jack's duel with Elder Hero: It was brought to my attention I blundered. The Summit chapters set the duel in 50 years, but I misremembered and made it 30 in future chapters. I've gone through all the chapters I could find and changed 50 into 30. It's possible I've missed a couple, but I hope someone or my editor will find them. Sorry for the confusion.
Enjoy the chapter!
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“This way,” Brock said.
“Alright.”
T...
2024-09-30 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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EDIT: Heads up! No chapter tomorrow, but a bunch next week. I'll post an announcement in the weekend or Monday with details. Enjoy!
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Jack stood frozen. All three of them did. The giant silver dragon opposite them didn’t leave them much choice.
It was a creature beyond large. In the dense Dao of the Dark Canal, he couldn’t even wrap his perception around it. He quickly tried to calculate its size—it had eaten the shark, which had eaten the snake, which was several mi...
2024-09-28 17:38:01 +0000 UTC
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Double release as promised. Enjoy! And, thanks for all the kind words yesterday -- I appreciate it.
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Roots spread over the stone island. Gnarly, twisting things, colored a bright green which stood in contrast with the dark waters below. The roots wrapped around the island surface and dove into the water, from which they absorbed energy. Massive bulges came from the parts steeped in the ocean, then traveled the length of the root backward until they reached the thing in its cen...
2024-09-28 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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Sup bros. You know the drill. Can't edit today (though I did write tons) so you'll get a double release tomorrow.
On other news, I'm getting a house! And by God is it annoying. Just today I've spoken with like five different people (lawyers, architects, banks, accountants...) all of whom are doing their best to create silly problems for me.
But, I'm getting a house! Super happy about it, and proud, and also very thankful to all of you because it was only writing money that made th...
2024-09-27 13:55:18 +0000 UTC
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Soon after they landed in the Dark Canal, everyone broke off. The Elders of both factions rushed in all directions—stepping on the wind, teleporting, or running on four legs—while even the Overlords parted space and disappeared. Soon, the only ones left were the B-Grade disciples—eighteen people in total—and their accompanying Elders.
Jack inspected these Elders. Each faction had sent one middle A-Grade and two low A-Grades. It was a considerable force, enough to deal with most ...
2024-09-26 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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Two weeks later, Jack’s eyes slowly opened. He sensed the restlessness in the camp surrounding him. He smiled.
“It’s time.”
He got up and opened the tent flap—they’d occupied the tents of the defeated disciples—to witness a camp in the middle of deconstruction. Disciples and Elders alike walked with grim faces as if going to war. They waved their hands, sucking the tents into their space rings, then wiping the ground clean of all disturbance.
That last act took...
2024-09-25 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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Sup bros. Shorter chapter this time, but, uh, happens. There'll be plenty of fighting later, don't worry.
Enjoy!
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Jack, Brock, and Starhair stood before a peak A-Grade space monster. It was a Double Devil, just like Jack and Starhair, dressed in black ceremonial robes which fluttered behind it. Its gaze was strict. This was a man who lived and breathed battle.
Grand Elder Sanzuki.
“Welcome to the Great Silver faction,” he finished, having recited a war poe...
2024-09-24 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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Happy new week bros. Make it count!
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Jack zoomed over the landscape. Lush jungles had given way to an endless blue ocean filled with all sorts of wondrous creatures. They’d caught glimpses. Mermaids, telepathic fish selling corals, snakes as thin as a finger and a mile long. Jack had even witnessed a monster as large as a mountain skip over the water like a carp. This was certainly not a low-level area.
But it wasn’t at Jack’s level, either. The three easily flew ov...
2024-09-23 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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Jack finished eating, then took a well-deserved 36-hour nap. Finally, he awoke, still in the cave and rearing to go.
For the first time in three and a half years, he opened his status screen.
Name: Jack Rust
Species: Human, Earth-387
Faction: Bare Fist Brotherhood (B)
Grade: B
Class: Paragon of Cultivation (Legendary)
Level: 503
<...
2024-09-21 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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The overlord core contained a large, stormy black ocean. As Jack focused on it, he saw himself growing smaller and smaller, rapped by the winds of this storm.
In the huge sphere which dominated his perception, dark lightning flashed, shedding the light of death on the water. Figures were revealed inside it—some smaller, some larger, all bloodthirsty creatures with terrifying visages. It was like every creature the overlord had ever killed was trapped in this core. They were many, they...
2024-09-20 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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Brock and Starhair flew over a blackened and ruined patch of earth. Since they’d retreated so far away before, it took them some time to find Jack. Once they did, Brock rushed over.
“Bro!” he said, stars filling his eyes. “That was so cool!”
Jack laughed. “Thanks, Brock. I tried my best.”
“I can’t believe you did that,” Starhair muttered dazedly. “A middle B-Grade killed an early A-Grade… I’m numb. Like it’s all a dream.”
“You are
2024-09-19 17:51:50 +0000 UTC
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Ohh god sorry for the delay bros, my plane was delayed and I couldn't access my laptop/internet. These days have been so hectic. I'm posting these chapters from the baggage reclaim area to make up for my tardiness. Double release is here, as promised, so enjoy!
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Jack charged into Elder Crownbeast, piercing through multiple layers of space. His speed was far superior to what he’d showed in the duel against Saturnstar. He reached Crownbeast in an instant and punched out sideway...
2024-09-19 17:50:54 +0000 UTC
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EDIT: Heads up! No chapter tomorrow, but a bunch next week. I'll post an announcement in the weekend or Monday with details. Enjoy!
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Jack shot to his feet faster than a startled deer. “Elder Puerto!” he said. “Welcome!”
She waved him off. “I see you’re meditating. Good. A talented monster like yourself shouldn’t slack off.”
“You flatter me.”
“I will get to the point, Mr… You never gave me your name, actually.”
“Jack Mons...
2024-09-17 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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Happy new week bros!
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After the auction was over, the crowd didn’t disperse right away. They couldn’t if they wanted to. The streets were so packed that people formed long lines, many monsters fighting each other in the confusion.
As everyone was struggling to leave the square, however, some people noticed a peculiarity. There seemed to a gathering on the now-empty auction stage. Several people sat on it cross-legged, exchanging cups of wine and laughing. Their pleasa...
2024-09-16 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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“My wild monsters!” the announcer shouted, commanding everyone’s attention. He was great at his job. The entire square—the entire city—was riled up and hanging from his lips. He continued, “I present to you this auction’s sixty-ninth item. A broken Dao manual uncovered by one of our disciples in an abandoned ruin. According to our estimations, this manual was created by someone at least at the late Autarch level. However, due to its state of great disrepair, a more accurate judg...
2024-09-14 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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The Empty Star Square was even more crowded than the previous day. This was no longer just an announcement of the auction items; today was the actual auction, and due to the number of people wanting to attend, the square had been chosen as the official venue!
A packed crowd spread all over the square and into the surrounding streets. The C-Grades and above could no longer fit, so they’d climbed onto the rooftops. B-Grades were standing in the air. As for the two A-Grades present, Elde...
2024-09-13 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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After the two overlord faction Elders left, Jack remained as today’s greatest winner.
He had defended Empty Star’s and Great Silver’s honor. He’d won a valiant duel before tens of thousands of monsters. He’d jumped two small realms to fight a genius.
Each of those would be enough to mark his name. Combined… They made him a hero!
“It’s fine, guys, it’s fine, thank you,” Jack muttered as he returned to his inn. Monsters crowded him from all sides, trying to...
2024-09-12 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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Jack took to the air. He remained in his Double Devil transformation. His middle B-Grade aura roiled, just a fraction of his opponent’s. Crownbeast Saturnstar cracked a grin.
“You really can’t wait to die,” he said.
“The opposite,” Jack replied. “I look forward to teaching you a lesson.”
The godzilla-like beast no longer seemed as angry. He had absolute certainty in destroying Jack. In his mind, he had already won.
“And what gives you such confidence,...
2024-09-11 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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The crowd’s roar took some time to abate. The announcement was just too stunning. Overlord-level cores were never, ever available. There couldn’t have been more than a few hundred of them across the entire history of the Space Monster World, not to mention that cores were consumables.
If someone got their hands on that core, they could use it as infinite currency, but nobody would be that stupid. The greatest currency was one’s own strength. They’d just absorb it and grow massiv...
2024-09-10 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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I'm back bros!
How have you been? I missed you guys. Me, I took my much-needed time, relaxed, recharged, and I'm ready to kick ass. I've already written a couple chapters, and I can feel how much more consciously I'm able to write now. The words are flowing.
Tell me about the most bro thing you did in the summer, if you want, and enjoy the chapter! Posting continues as always. Happy fisting!
...Wait, that came out wrong. Happy punching!
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Empty Star City was ab...
2024-09-09 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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Sup bros!
I'm finally back from Atlanta, and I want to say it was a BLAST! I got to meet author and narrator friends, sing some karaoke, watch some boxing -- business expense ;) I'm exhausted but very fulfilled.
Thank you, to all of you who joined. Many people approached me to sign a book or just say hi, and let me tell you, you absolutely made my day. It's such a unique feeling to see that my work actually has an impact on people, that it is more than just the words on screens ...
2024-09-03 21:02:42 +0000 UTC
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Sup bros! Hope you're having a great summer so far, cause I sure am. Lots of good things going on in my personal life right now. So many it's almost overwhelming... But, you know, can't complain.
Anyway, I just wanted to touch down mid-break and check in with everybody. I'm currently filled to the brim with creative juices, so expect a great continuation of Book 6 once I get back. Until then, I'll be at DragonCon for the entire convention. The author signing will be different this year:...
2024-08-19 08:23:39 +0000 UTC
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And here comes the dreaded break. Guys, bros, I want to thank you once again for sticking by me. I know many of you are looking forward to the daily chapters, but taking long breaks every once in a while is necessary for me. It regenerates my writing juices, rests me, and helps me continue liking this story. Thanks for understanding.
And so, here comes the last chapter for now. It's actually a good closing point (the next 2-3 chapters would be brutal cliffhangers) so enjoy reading it! S...
2024-08-01 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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Hey bros! As I mentioned, this will be the last week of posting before I go on my monthly break. I intended to keep posting until Saturday, but because of personal reasons (my wrist hurts and I want to responsibly let it rest), I'll actually start my break on Friday. So you get this and tomorrow's chapter, then break for a month.
Enjoy!
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The way towards the center of the Space Monster World was as deserted as Jack imagined. At least, at first.
The dry ground continued ...
2024-07-31 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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The turtle instructed him on what sounds to make. It was easy with his intelligence, just weird. The space monster language was unique. It involved all sorts of sounds ranging from clicks, to howls, to actual letters. It felt like tongue yoga.
He made the right sounds anyway—or, at least, the closest he could come to them. It took some practice.
“WHAT INFORMATION?” the horse asked, all business. “WILL YOU NOT KILL US?”
“If I wanted to kill you, you’d already be...
2024-07-30 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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