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Chapter 189: Nauja’s Trial

Nauja appeared in a dark corner. She was instantly on guard.

There was little she could make of the surrounding space. Everything a few feet away from her was darkness. There could be anythin...

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Chapter 188: Tricking a Lord

Remember when Sage mentioned the existence of teleportation devices inside the labyrinth? Yeah... Those never came up, so I'll either remove their mention altogether or have the Sage say they are i...

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Chapter 187: The Treasure Trial

Jack, Longsword, and Bocor stood before a dark cave mouth.

“Well,” the Lord said, “guess we found something. What do you think, Jack?”

“I think it’s a cave, and I also think...

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Chapter 186: Brock’s Breakthrough

Wahoo!

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Brock felt like his eyes were open for the first time. He saw his soul. It was beautiful.

His inner world was a gaping nothingness peppered with floating leaves. It fel...

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Chapter 185: Lord Longsword

Jack opened his eyes, glancing at the dancing bonfire before him.

He was still inside the labyrinth, of course. It was just ridiculous what kind of resources people like Lord Longsword got. H...

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Chapter 184: BFFs

“Hey Nauja, check this out!” Salin held up a blue crab, moving its pincer from side to side. “It says hi.”

“Salin, put the poor thing down.”

“But it’s happy. It’s wavi...

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Chapter 183: Edgar’s Breakthrough

Edgar floated in nothingness, suspended before a massive sapphire sphere. His eyes watered. It was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.

The sphere was colored light blue, with little st...

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Chapter 182: Making Frenemies

Jack’s eyes traveled from the tip of the long sword, down its length, to its handle, and up to the sharp brown eyes that hid under dark hair. A tattered cloak drifted behind this man, its edge al...

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Chapter 181: From Pressure Comes the Spark

Nauja stumbled into a wall. Still reeling from the aftereffects of teleportation, she leaned on it and looked around.

Deep inside, she was excited. It was finally time to explore alone. To ve...

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Chapter 180: Labyrinth Ring

Shorter chapter this time, but there were some pretty large ones recently. Now, it is perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

Enjoy!

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The labyrinth contained a whole lot o...

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Chapter 179: Cracking One’s Soul

Happy new month, everyone! As always, thank you for your continued support, and I have news for you! This month, on the 30th, Book 1 of Road to Mastery goes to Kindle. That one day will define the ...

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Chapter 178: History

Jack didn’t respond right away. He savored the words. “Invite me into Black Hole Church?”

“Yes,” the Sage replied. “You already know I’m part of it—though I hope you’ve kept...

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Chapter 177: A Spicy Reunion

Jack couldn’t believe his eyes. Here, hovering in the middle of a super horde in Trial Planet’s Space Ring, was the Sage.

What the hell?

“You aren’t even going to say hello?...

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Chapter 176: Surfing a Tsunami of Space Monsters

My Dao of Catchy Titles is going strong.

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Space monsters were unique creatures. They were formed by Dao that stuck together, the fundamental properties of the universe given shape an...

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Chapter 175: Meet The Kraken

Jack lounged on a rock when Gan Salin woke up. He coughed, then shakily raised his upper body. “What happened?” he asked.

“Space monsters,” Jack replied, “but we pulled through. Are...

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Chapter 174: Brock’s Trial

When the world settled, Brock found himself in a long and narrow underground chamber. Or, at least, it looked underground. There were no windows. He might as well be in a large stone box illuminate...

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Chapter 173: Reaching the Bubble

Happy new week, everyone!

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A second arrow pierced space to accurately land on the tip of the eel’s nose. Jack sensed the Dao of Lightning leak out. The eel shook its head and chase...

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Chapter 172: Braving the Darkness

Light speared through the darkness, illuminating a long, mile-wide area. A bright path stretching from the middle of Space Ring to an exit tunnel leading to the next ring.

As Jack’s group f...

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Chapter 171: The Darkness and the Flare

The outer half of Space Ring was brightly lit by the sun mushrooms that covered the outer wall. That light dimmed as it traveled. By the middle of the ring, the lighting was like a starry night. View Post

Chapter 170: Meet The Lords

Jack and his companions couldn’t sense the aftermath of the girl and the fat guy’s attack, but it must have been tremendous. The space monster horde had all but evaporated before them, sent fly...

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Chapter 169: Bubble Terrain

Small change: Last chapter mentioned that the basket of torches in every tunnel leading from one ring to the next is provided by Hand of God. Therefore, the tunnel in the Ancient ruins did NOT have...

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Chapter 168: Space Ring

The Space Ring put all physics Jack knew to shame.

It was a vast expanse of space, stretching so far he couldn’t see the end. The sun mushrooms around him pierced the darkness, illuminating...

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Chapter 167: Directional Shenanigans

“That was amazing!” Nauja said, walking excitedly next to Jack. “The way you tricked them… Genius! And here I thought you were a dumb meathead!”

“You are literally a barbarian,”...

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Chapter 166: Jack vs. Bocor

Jack’s world sharpened to a point: the minotaur. Everything else fell away. He entered combat. A battle he couldn’t afford to lose.

Bocor closed the distance in less than a blink. His hoo...

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Chapter 165: One Path to Survival, a Thousand to Death

“Your offer is tempting, Lord Longsword,” Jack said, consciously relaxing his body and mouth. He even forced a small smile. The first step was to give Lord Longsword his respect in front of eve...

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Chapter 164: Facing Lord Longsword

Jack, Nauja, Gan Salin, and Brock ran over the sand dunes, heading as far away from the village as possible. They thought they would be fast enough. Turns out, they weren’t.

Lord Longsword...

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Chapter 163: To The Rescue!

Hey all, small change in the previous chapter. When they notice Gan Salin and consider breaking him out, they obviously ask themselves, "how?" The following exchange ensues:

“I can break th...

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Chapter 162: The Village

Throughout Jack’s week-long journey through the desert, he didn’t forget about the Dao Soul.

Every second night, he entered his soul world instead of sleeping. The Dao Soul waited there, ...

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Chapter 161: More Arms, More Fun

Happy new week, everyone!

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Jack cracked his knuckles. He was suddenly eager to fight, eager to unleash his pent-up energy on this clueless monster.

Nauja and Brock stepped away...

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Chapter 160: Desert Nights

The sand worm was wide enough to swallow a house, and long enough that they never saw its tail. It burst out from under the sand without any warning whatsoever, biting down on and swallowing a scal...

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