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...
2023-05-12 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-05-11 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-05-10 17:37:00 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-05-09 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-05-08 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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“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...
2023-05-06 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-05-05 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-05-04 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-05-03 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-05-02 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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 ...
2023-05-01 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-29 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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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?...
2023-04-28 16:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-27 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-26 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-25 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-24 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-22 17:36:59 +0000 UTC
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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.
2023-04-21 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-20 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-19 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-18 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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“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,”...
2023-04-17 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-15 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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“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...
2023-04-14 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-13 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-12 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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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, ...
2023-04-11 17:36:00 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-10 17:36:01 +0000 UTC
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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...
2023-04-08 17:37:00 +0000 UTC
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