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Chapter 203: Vexaldris Progenitor
King groaned under the storm's relentless onslaught. Even in his humanoid form, his cursed energy strained against the overwhelming power of the dragoness and the crushing weight of her Dragon Fear.So much power… once this is over, it will be mine,he murmured, dark satisfaction flickering within him as he held his ground.He refused to yield. He would not fall here. This was the true beginning of his ascension, and nothing would stand in his way—not even a dragon of this magnitude. His pride roared louder than her fearsome presence, and ...
Chapter 202: Battle of Draconic Ascension
Due to time constraints, Alistair and Riseth couldn’t afford to spend too much time narrowing down a target. The retaliatory strikes against the Blackmarket Syndicates could begin any day. The Coalition had already identified potential targets but was waiting for some of the Syndicate’s most dangerous figures to reveal themselves. Once they did, the Coalition planned to blockade those systems and potentially ambush them. This would allow the rest of the Coalition forces, including the Ryser Clan, to strike other sites without worrying about...
Chapter 201: There be Dragons
Sotarr flew through the vastness of space, observing the conflicts unfolding around the bridges. The first few slots had been settled, and the gods and high-grade masters of various factions were gradually finishing their duels. He and the other observers had managed to minimize the chaos by making the factions duel for the right to send their minions into the new universe.Fools,Sotarr thought. Such petty battles over an arbitrary order of arrival.With the bridges' passage so fragile right now, there was little point in crossing. I could un...
Paths of Akashic 4: Gathering Storms
With the last chapter, we finally reached the end of Book 3, A New Home, and enter Book 4, Gathering Storms. I hope you enjoyed Book 3, which mostly dealt with establishing their faction and preparing for the tumultuous times that have now arrived. I know many readers wished for the story to return to a sense of tension and action compared to Book 3's more comfortable setting.I have been extremely busy lately, so this post comes a little late. I have work, private relationships, my birthday, my book release and management, and many more thi...
Big Announcment!
I'm thrilled to announce that my audiobook & E-book are now available for preorder on Audibleand Kindle!I have devoted a lot of time, love, effort, and resources to bringing this story to you and keeping it going for a year now, with a million views, 620 Favorites, and almost 2500 followers on Royal Road and 112 loyal followers right here on Patreon. Thank you all who showed my story some love and support with views, comments, ratings, and reviews!As many of you might have noticed, I don'toften make such announcements be that RR, Discor...
The Cover for Paths Of Akashic: Initation
I am happy to announce that the cover for book is finally done!Paths of Akashic will be available on Amazon as an e-book, Paperback, and audiobook; I'll post some links, etc., when the time comes! Thank you, everyone, for your support so far!Cheers Bai
Ascendant Tier!
The time has finally come! After a lot of work I finally expanded my backlog to the point where I feel comfortable introducing the Ascendant tier. Thank you, everyone, for supporting me and my story, Paths of Akashic. Your support means a lot to me!The Ascendant tier will be 10$ with the following benefits:25 unedited advanced chapters Ascendant Discord role granting access to Patreon-only channels.Access to Patron Exclusivevotes and polls.My Everlasting Gratitudefor your support!
Poll Second Narrator Post.
Again, we have a poll for the next pair of narrators. This time, I'll design it a bit differently to get a clearer picture.Cheers!Bai
Second Narrator Sample
This is the same drill as last time, and the next pair of Narrators are auditioning. There will be another poll, but I'll structure it a bit differently. Again, any Feedback is highly appreciated. As I said before, these aren't edited, and the narrators had no input from me other than a written Character guide and pronunciation Guide.
Poll for first Narrator post.
As the title says, this is a poll for the earlier post, and I'll take both down once the auditioning for narrators is over. Any comments or insights are appreciated!Thank you! & CheersBai
Potential Narrator
This is the first of the offered narrator samples from my Publisher. Note that there will be a female narrator, too. This clip isn't edited, and it's about first impressions. I initially wanted to make this a poll, but it looks like I need to make a separate post for that. Feedback be highly appreciated!CheersBai
Announcment & Next Patreon Tier poll
Greetings, dear Readers!I have officially decided against a partnership with Podium as I got a much better offer for self-publishing from a smaller Publisher (Royal Guard) that published stories like Jake's Magical Market and... well, boatloads of smut, lmao.Since I am not an American citizen, I am unable to self-publish on Audible as I can not create an ACX account. This requires me to go through a Publisher. Royal Guard, which would only take a small cut for their services and access to their narrators would give me more than twice the ra...
Book 1 Cover
I sadly had to separate from the artist working on the first suggested cover as it continuously looked worse, and no matter how much I tried to nudge it in the right direction and get help from other artists, the piece just didn't work out. I now have a proper artist group on standby + potentially Podium's art team that would tackle the task. The question now is, what moment from book 1 should I use? Some opinions would be highly appreciated.I do have to say this is all a bit in the air as I am still negotiating with two different Publi...
How to Improve
I kind of pulled the trigger on the earlier vote since it usually is rather one-sided when I do these, and I don't particularly mind either way. But as some of you can see now, my Patreon isn't doing so hot compared to others of similar size, and I am curious what I can do to help it grow. When I set all this up, I mostly looked at other offers from similar and bigger authors.However, there is a good chance I messed something up or missed something when I did, and any feedback is highly appreciated.I allowed for multiple votes for this ...
Follower's and Earnings
Greetings!I got another poll for you all. I have kept the number of followers / earnings invisible, but have been told the norm is to show that off. My question is, what do you guys want? Show both? Show only one of the two? Keep it Private? Let me know what you think!CheersBai
More Chapters!
Greetings =)I just wanted to thank you all for your support and patience. Changing the schedule back to 3 chapters a week has relieved a lot of stress and allowed me to recover the backlog and even expand it. A lot of the other issues that have been plaguing me have also taken a back seat, which has also helped. But now the eight chapters makes no sense as it isn't two weeks' worth of chapters anymore, so I might as well expand them to 10 chapters ahead. I will work to create another tier with even more chapters in the future. However, ...
Perspectives of outside forces.
I'd like to do a small survey of my follower base to see how they feel about certain story telling. The poll will go up on Patreon and Royal Road (chapter 118) once that chapter goes live.Thank you all for the continuous support, and I wish you all a great weekend.Discord Link: https://discord.gg/x6vyDV4hkP
Index
Greetings!I got another small poll; this time, it's about the index on Patreon.It's a bit of a pain to maintain it alongside everything else, so I have been neglecting it. My question is, would you guys be alright with me using the index I personally use instead of the integrated links, etc.?(just to clarify I don't mean the next/previous chapter at the bottom of each of my chapters they will stay the same either way)I keep track by copying the links into my Onenote, and it would look something like this:Chapter 52/119: https://shor...
Announcement
Hi, everyone. I want to start by expressing my deep gratitude for your continued support. I thought I'd update you all on what's been going on.I tried my best not to let it show, but over the past few months, I've been grapplingwith some significant challenges in my personal and work life.This has had a noticeable impact on my writing inspiration, and I'm concerned that the quality of my work may not be meeting my usual standards. My backlog has also been dwindling.These private problems sadly extend to publishing and the expens...
Announcment + Narrator Sample
The narrator I liked the most and had the longest negotiation with sent me a sample file where he reads from some of the chapters I gave him. I would love some thoughts on it. It contains snip bits from three different chapters. The voices are not set in stone as we would need to discuss everything if I end up going with him. I also received an email from Podium, and they are interested in buying the audio rights to my story. I am still unclear whether I will go with self-publishing or with them; it all depends on their offer and which narrat...
Release Schedule
Royal Road has now twice pushed my release schedule one day ahead and I do not know why. I will be making a ticket and keep an eye on it. Officially the schedule is as follows: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and special occasions. 23:03 CEST. I usually aim to release the Patreon on the same days but earlier. This has fallen short because I went to sleep and RR just released chapters before I scheduled them. I had a stressfull day last saturday and thought I set it up wrong but it turns out to be a bug. I will aim to double check in the fut...
Discord
Exciting news, everyone!I'm setting up a Discord server for POA Paths of Akashic.While it's still in its early stages, I am opening it to everyone for now and will post the invite on my latest chapter tomorrow. Patreon subscribers will have access to a number of private channels once I set them up.Side note: I also found an artist that will create my future book covers I hope you guys are looking forward to it!Here's the invite link: Discord ServerYou should have been given access by Patreon itself, as it seems to have already sent ...
Book 2 Chapter Index
Index Book 1Royal Road Chapters---------------------Chapter 1/68: Party TimeChapter 2/69: Nice EveningChapter 3/70: Slayer WorldChapter 4/71: Forest ForagingChapter 5/72: Big Game HuntChapter 6/73: Hiding In The AftermathChapter 7/74: New TeacherChapter 8/75: Unannounced VisitChapter 9/76: Humanity's FinestChapter 10/77: To Meet A GodChapter 11/78: Paths DevidedChapter 12/79: After PartyChapter 13/80: Cave ExlporerChapter 14/81: To Catch A SniperChapter 15/82: Battlefield TrialChapter 16/83: Crafting QuartersChapter 17/84: Magi TechChapter ...
The Paths of Akashic
In my first novel, I spent some months just writing plot points and a general structure for where I wanted the story to end up; it is a long-term story, so look forward to Alistair and his adventures.
