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Chapter 502: Space Monster World

Jack felt like he was getting torn, folded, spun, and wrapped around himself in timespace. He was everywhere and nowhere, all the time and never, all at once. The wormhole leading to the Space Monster World was by far the roughest he’d experienced.

The pressure would have annihilated any C-Grade who tried to enter. Even weaker B-Grades would struggle. To Jack, Brock, and Starhair, while the sensation was uncomfortable, it wasn’t dangerous. Even in their injured and exhausted state.<...

Chapter 501: Facing an Archon

Sup bros!

As the long-timers here know, I take August off every year to rest and recharge my creative juices. I'll do the same this year as well. Next week's chapters will come as normal, and then I'll start my break until early September. Probably the 9th of September. Maybe earlier if things go well.

While I'm on a break, I cannot pause my Patreon page because I'm on the subscription billing model, and pausing would mean that new members cannot join. So, if you don't want to be...

Chapter 500: Flying to the Space Monster World

Can you guys believe it's been 500 chapters? Because I can't. Seriously. It's, like, wow.

I can't express how thankful I am for all of you. Your support kickstarted me and keeps me going. Now, 500 chapters later, we're still here, slowly approaching the finale.

Enjoy bros. We've earned it!

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The Space Monster World was a realm hidden in the heart of the Spiral Stair galaxy. A realm of space monsters. Due to a seal Jack didn’t quite understand yet, A-Grades and Arch...

Chapter 499: Birth of Time

The summit ended with a bang. Jack’s clone was taken away by Elder Godspeed—a short, effeminate man—and rushed through the universe to escape any pursuers. They would take a wide route before returning to Earth.

Jack’s main body wasn’t in a hurry. He sat in the middle of the Church’s meeting room, surrounded by three animated Elders.

“What the hell was that!?” Boatman asked. “Jack! Why would you sacrifice yourself like that? You know you cannot win!” He turned ...

Chapter 498: Immortal Summit of Spiral Stair

“We host this summit on the Space Monster World’s request, to let them openly and clearly determine their allegiance,” the Heaven Immortal intoned. “I believe, Overlords, that the truth is clear as day. The Black Hole Church doesn’t even dare to appear in our presence. All they can do is hide—a conduct unbefitting of their space monster leader. It would be foolish to ally with them.”

“Different armies have different adv...

Chapter 497: Joining the Summit

There are times when one feels small. For example, when they’re surrounded by individuals greater than themselves.

This was partially how Jack felt as he sat in the center of the meeting room. It was small, yet imposing. Frescos filled the walls, depicting Old Gods in their moments of glory. Twelve chairs hugged the round wall, each framed by a carving of a particular Old God, one for each chair. That way, if someone looked at a person sitting in one of those chairs, they would see a ...

Chapter 496: Middle B-Grade

The powers of life, death, time, and space swam calmly through the air. They turned around each other, entwining and disengaging, forming and deforming. Where Life and Death met, they yearned to unite. The same happened for Time and Space. However, if Time met Life, or any other combination, they simply swam unhindered as if not even noticing each other.

Jack sat in the center of these four swimming ribbons. His breathing was even, his eyes closed despite the many shapes and colors mani...

Chapter 495: The Immortals Strike

The Second Crusade was meant to take a long time. With the Church hiding away and splitting their forces, it would be relatively easy to delay for decades, if not centuries. The Old Gods would have time to arrive from wherever they were in the universe, and then protracted warfare could begin anew for a long, long time.

As a result, Jack didn’t need to be in a mad rush to cultivate. He could take his time, meditating on the Dao while slowly increasing his cultivation base. It would be...

Merch!!!

Sup bros! Remember when I showed you some designs last week? Well, I made them into shirts, sweaters, coffee mugs, stickers, and various other stuff. And by made them, I mean I put the designs into a print-on-demand website and it worked its magic. I'm also working on a Brock plushie, but that's not something I can do myself.

I won't vouch on the quality (or the less than pleasant prices tbh), but there are 4 designs each on a variety of products. Check them out. And, if any of you come...

Chapter 494: Daddy is Here to Stay

Caught you by surprise huh? Couldn't help it. Brock is the man.

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Jack stuttered. “The Arch Priestess?” he said. “That’s— She’s— Brock! Good fucking job!”

The brorilla’s frown broke into a smile, and then he laughed. “Thanks.”

“How does that even work?” Jack asked, sitting down beside his brother. “You’re a brorilla, she’s a human. Aren’t you, you know, incompatible?”

“She’s not a human,” Brock replied, closing the Bro ...

Chapter 493: Skill Upgrades

Jack opened his eyes to find he was drenched in sweat. He was still shaking. Watching a black hole from up-close was not an easy experience. It was like having a first-row table to the greatest forces of the universe…which sounded suspiciously like the Second Crusade.

The clone had been dragged back to the ship by Druk-Druk while the vision was ongoing. They were already far from System space and approaching Earth. The main body of Jack, however, had experienced the vision al...

Chapter 492: Death of Space

Brock’s avalanche of palm strikes neutralized Starhair’s momentum just as he charged past the halfway mark. He was then pushed back. The hands kept slapping, a series of strikes so dense Starhair didn’t have time to teleport away. He tried regardless. A portal opened next to him, and just as he was halfway through it, a hand grabbed his robes and pulled him back out. There was no escaping this beating.

Starhair roared again. He gathered his hair into a soft shield, absorbing all i...

Chapter 491: Brock vs. Starhair

Sophie dropped everything she was doing to arrange the duel. She also informed everyone she knew, apparently, because what seemed like half the New Cathedral arrived with her.

“Hello, Jack, Brock!” she shouted as she flew closer. She wasn’t a D-Grade, so she couldn’t really fly, but she wore what resembled a space mech suit. Jack had never seen that before—it must have been a luxury item for E-Grades.

“Hi Sophie,” Jack replied. “Nice clothes.”

“Thanks! It...

Chapter 490: Challenge

Jack opened his status screen. The space monster cores he’d absorbed so far had given him a bunch of levels.

Name: Jack Rust

Species: Human, Earth-387

Faction: Bare Fist Brotherhood (B)

Grade: B

Class: Paragon of Cultivation (Legendary)

Level: 432

Strength: 8680 (+)

Dexterity: 8680 (+) 2024-07-15 17:36:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 489: Double Trouble

Jack opened his eyes in the New Cathedral. They flashed. A grin played on his lips, and power surged through his inner world.

Sitting in his office, Jack laughed with joy.

“Good job, myself!”

Several galaxies away, his clone had just absorbed the Green Dragon Realm. Working together, they had managed to attach the realm to the main body’s inner world, leading to yet another power-up for Jack.

He wasn’t sure how exactly this worked, but he was excited to find ou...

Chapter 488: Ending Spacewind

Jack held onto Spacewind’s attacking hand, firmly and easily. The man looked like he was having a stroke.

“You have no idea what’s going on, and that’s okay,” Jack said. “I’m Jack Rust. You once mocked me, bullied me, and tried to kill me. I’m here to repay the favor.”

“How?” Spacewind cried out. “How can you be alive? How can you be so strong!?”

The poor man didn’t even realize he was seeing a clone. In his mind, Jack going from the middle to the...

Chapter 487: Visiting the Green Dragon Realm

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Jack’s clone flew through the wormhole, surrounded by dancing colors on all sides. They weren’t really colors—that was just the best way his human brain could translate the chaos of the dimensional sea. In truth, it was a place where spacetime lost all meaning, a place existing on a higher dimension than Jack could comprehend....

Chapter 486: Absorbing Cores

So sorry bros! I forgot to schedule this chapter. My bad completely.

To make up for my transgression, I have added a little something extra at the end of this chapter. It's the epilogue of Book 5, which you haven't read because I only wrote it this week. I'll add it to the published version. Nothing much, just a tease for what's coming in Book 6.

Thank you for your patience, and enjoy the chapter!

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Jack took a deep breath. He opened his status screen.

Chapter 485: Celebrity in Training

“Let’s come up with a catchphrase!”

Jack groaned. Brock groaned. Even The Stone in Jack’s inner world groaned.

As it turned out, being famous was hard work. Starhair had been assigned as Jack and Brock’s personal assistant, but there was a different person working on their public image. Her name was Sophie, and she was so insufferably full of energy that Jack considered giving her The Stone.

Sophie was an E-Grade djinn: toddler-sized, blue-skinned, wearing silken r...

Chapter 484: Being With One’s Family

“Let’s talk business,” the Arch Priestess said. At a wave of her hand, roots grew out of the dirt floor, forming into chairs before Jack and Brock. She sat back down, and then they did.

“Your breakthroughs were sensational,” she said, her voice taking on a more hands-on quality. “Especially Jack’s. It came at the perfect time. The war situation is unfortunate right now, and our army was in dire need of good news. We spread the word, giving our cultivators something to beli...

Chapter 483: Arch Priestess

The New Cathedral was built on a sprawling expanse. A prairie stretched for endless miles. Blades of grass danced, occasionally trampled by the hooves of farm animals. Civilization had slowly started to appear on this beast-inhabited planet, brought about by the Church.

A brontosaurus head peeked out of a jungle in the distance, calmly chewing on wide leaves. A pterodactyl flew overhead. Deeper in the jungle, a beast roared.

This planet had no name. It was just one of the many inh...

Chapter 482: It Awakens

Longer chapter today. Enjoy!

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It’s important to have a way forward. A guiding line, pulling you towards where you need to be. Jack meditated on that as the starship shuttled closer and closer to the New Cathedral.

What is my path now? he wondered. I’ve saved Earth, destroyed the Animal Kingdom, and avenged my son… Now, where is my fist aimed?

At the Immortals. That much was easy. In the previous years, Jack had matured greatly and understood ...

Good News!

Sup bros! I come with great news about chapter posting frequency.

However, to preface this, those of you in the 10$ tier are not affected by the first part of this announcement. You already receive the best I have to offer. This is more about bringing the lower tiers (and Royalroad) to a more decent point. Honestly, I've been offering very little in those tiers, and this change is long overdue.

First of all, I upgraded the 3$ and 5$ tiers from 5 and 10 chapters ahead of RR to 10 a...

Chapter 481: Fighting A-Grade

The Iron Maiden groaned. Metal bent. Jack and Brock took a step to steady themselves while Elder Boatman gazed outside the window. Finally, he relaxed. “What are you sitting around for?” he asked Jack. “Go out there and kill that thing.”

“Excuse me?”

“You heard me. You should hurry, too, or it will damage our ship.”

More sounds of creaking metal. Something gave way. A piece of the hull was torn apart. Jack cursed out loud, then teleported outside the starship...

Chapter 480: Dao Talk

“Hey man,” Jack said, stepping to the side of Starhair. “Can I ask you something?”

The other cultivator didn’t turn his head. His voice came aloof, almost dismissing. “What is it this time?”

“Why are you being a dick to me? I don’t remember doing anything to offend you.”

Starhair gave Jack a long stare, not replying. Jack scoffed.

“Not that I particularly care,” he added. “I’ve had my fair share of assholes. It’s just that we’re stuck he...

Chapter 479: Cultivating in the B-Grade

Jack teleported inside the bone throne room. White marble was all around. Black columns supported a high ceiling, while a massive, bone-adorned throne stood at the far back, atop a small flight of stairs. The middle of the room held a table with twelve seats, and at the first of those seats sat Elder Boatman.

He also sat at the second seat. There were two Elder Boatmans.

“Excuse me?” Jack said.

“Jack, let me introduce you to my clone,” the first Elder Boatman said. B...

Chapter 478: Sparring Min Ling

Happy new week, everyone! And month. And, since we're going into this, happy new day as well.

Enjoy!

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Jack floated in space. The Death Boat floated to the side, a looming behemoth, while the Bone Belt surrounded them in all directions, partially hiding the stars beyond. On a careful glance, Jack noticed this wasn’t the same part of the Bone Belt they’d been at before. The Death Boat had moved since his breakthrough. It made sense—he’d raised quite a ruckus.

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Chapter 477: Clone

Elder Boatman grabbed a gum worm between two fingers, slurping it in. Jack cringed. The worm disappeared down the vampire’s throat, dead the moment he touched it.

“You have achieved great merit, Jack,” Elder Boatman said. “News of your breakthrough have spread far and wide. The failing morale of our army has temporarily recovered. You’ve given our cultivators a source of inspiration, and our enemies one of fear. You’ve also made me proud. Good job.”

“Thanks, Master...

Chapter 476: Gum Worms

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. Uh, happy punching!

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Stars hung in the ...

Chapter 475: The Beginning of the End

And we're back!!!

Bros! Allow me to present the first chapter of what will probably be the last book in the series. It might get so long that I have to split it in two, but as you can clearly tell, this is the last major arc. Regular posting continues from today: Mon-Sat, at the usual time.

A couple things about Book 6. It won't be as dark as the previous one. There will certainly be some ugly things happening, but unlike the previous book, this will be an exciting journey of free...