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[MA] 447. Phasespace
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:I'm undergoing an internship until Sunday, and it has been challenging to find time to write. Saturday's chapter might be delayed until Monday. I'll do my best to prevent that.Chapters this week:2/3Next chapter:(Probably) Saturday] Shen wished he had known a few things before he conquered Phasespace Cylek, one of them being that he couldn't take advantage of any of the treasures he had pillaged.Habnor had told Shen not to call this place phasespace, and the reason q...
[MA] 446. Biological Weapon
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week:1/3Next chapter:Thursday] Cylek's strongest one hundred Overlords, only twenty of which had a full mastered Path and fifty with a single mastered Law, had watched the tribulation from further away than the floating vehicles surrounding Shen. When the tribulation ended, they approached, floating amid the cars. One of the three CIPD Board Sheriffs—something that only existed in Phasespace Cylek—approached further.The yamanari kept two of his four muscular arms ...
[MA] 445. Death-Fated
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:Another chapter 50% lengthier than usual.Chapters LASTweek:3/3Next chapter:In a few minutes] "Your Grace, we have a situation," a voice said.It came out of nowhere and was barely heard through the Phase Veil. The Divine Mandatary had worked hard to create the Shaft, including separating it from deep phasespace. The experiment had been so successful that many had tried to replicate it, only to fail in the end. Divine Mandataries were rare and all special, but even among the ...
[MA] 444. Paradox
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:My apologies for the delay. Last week was crazy.To make up for it, you get two long changers. This one is 30% lengthier than usual.Chapters LASTweek:2/3Next chapter:In a few minutes] War was an old Concept. Older than many. When two Axioms fought each other for longer than a single battle, it became War. After enough Time passed, they had to come up with rules of engagement. Strategies. Tactics. Decide when it was worth it to go against the very regulations they decided upon.War wa...
[MA] 443. Straightforward
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week:1/3Next chapter:Thursday] Shen's spear stopped a few inches from Habnor's face. His entire One Self froze in place as the high elf's Realization clenched him. The gap between Realizators and Dominators was already big enough; Shen was not even a proper Demi-Dominator. He could do nothing to free himself.Habnor took another sip from his tea and said calmly, "If it weren't for your current mental state, I would kill you where you stand for daring to...
[MA] 442. Cylek, Yet Not
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:50% lengthier again. I'm spoiling you =PChapters this week:3/3Next chapter:Tuesday] Shen had believed himself to be ready to face any place the Void threw him at. He had been wrong.When the darkness of the Void released him, he found himself flying high above Cylek—a different Cylek. It had been day a moment before, but it was night right now. Furthermore, the world itself felt weird to his senses. His Laws were there, but they felt... twisted. Not wrong, but also not quite r...
[MA] 441. Mistakes
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:Another big chapter, 50% lengthier than usual. Enjoy!Chapters this week:2/3Next chapter:Saturday] The first hurdle in Shen's fight was the highly complex meta-battlefield. Over a dozen domains filled the same space, each trying to pull the local Laws their way. When that happened, one had to wisely decide which Law to invest more willpower to affect. Alas, Shen was in no condition to be wise.Shaft, True Boundlessness, Extremity, Stream, and Gentle Breeze were more or less in co...
[MA] 440. Essence
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week:1/3Next chapter:Thursday] A being's essence was their most quintessential existential trace. It had no proper form and occupied no space, yet it did exist in Space, and a Realizator could touch it. Strong Realizators could even manipulate it to a small degree, though not in any way that was harmful to the target. S-ranks, or Ascenders, could supposedly do great wonders with one's essence, or so the Doombringer had heard rumors about.Some considered a being...
[MA] 439. Proud
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:This chapter is over 60% lengthier than usual. Enjoy!Chapters this week:3/3Next chapter:Tuesday] Shen had recently investigated how the Heavens and the Axioms were related to each other. Most of what he discovered matched what he had learned from Liya, but there were some slight imprecisions in what she had taught him.The Axioms had come to exist as Energy, over Time, gained Sentience and strength to rise above the Expressions themselves. At least, they triedto surpass the Expressi...
[MA] 438. Nine Months
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:This is the late chapter I was owing you.Chapters this week:2/3Late chapters:0Next chapter:Saturday] Shen didn't invest much time thinking about the friendship offer. It sounded too good to be true. He would digest it and decide by the time the war ended.Instead, he went on a shopping spree while restructuring his troops and territory. Whitemetal Park was rebuilt with Conceptualizer-tier materials but became "merely" his strongest advanced fort. Symphonia was rebuilt wi...
[MA] 437. Is That a Threat, Milord?
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week:2/3Late chapters:1Next chapter:In a few minutes] "What do you need from a friend, Milord?" the human asked.Bai Yuefeng shook his head, saddened at the question. What child asked what someone neededfrom a friend? Friendship was about sharing burdens together and spreading happiness with each other, not about needsand offers.To see the son of Feng Yang so lost hurt Bai Yuefeng. It hurt more than omitting this connection from Shen. Sure, he and the boy had simil...
[MA] 436. Thank You, Milord
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:Sorry I'm late. I gave a friend a ride to a nearby city's airport yesterday. It took a lotmore time and energy than expected.The late chapter will come out tomorrow instead of today.Chapters this week:1/3Late chapters:1Next chapter:Thursday] Most races were humanoids of similar size. Some theorized that such form and height were better prepared to deal with a multiverse that just happened to be mainly of a specific size when all its physical and metaphysical forces interact...
[MA] 435. Beastman
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week:3/3Late chapters:1Next chapter:Tuesday] Cylek was built to last. The streets and every building that crossed a city-level threshold had to be built with Overlord-tier materials. That was to be expected; the rich people up top didn't want their homes to fall just because some poor loser down below didn't want to pay the price to build something in Cylek.Nowadays, nobody cared about such costs. The city was built already and hadn't expanded for a while. Sti...
[MA] 434. Alvirtue Parts
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:Sorry I'm late again. This was the last week of classes until August. I'll write the late chapter tomorrow but release it on Tuesday.Chapters this week:2/3Late chapters:1Next chapter:In a few minutes] Alvirtue Parts was located on the edge of the abandoned zone, closer to the city's outskirts than the center. It was close to the Shav Gang's territory, which was ruled by a Demi-Dominator rumored to have swapped his entire body for cyberware.Only a minority of people ...
[MA] 433. Picking Sides
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 1/3Late chapters: 1Next chapter: Thursday]The dojo had only seven rooms, one of which was the largest. It was in a cozy-ish area adjacent to a convenience store and a weapon store. The other side of the street was full of old but not too dilapidated apartment buildings.Reversing Time for the Axioms of Light wasn't easy or cheap. Qi left Shen's body like crazy, but he had nigh infinite amounts of energy. He instantaneously and automatically absorbed as much as he u...
[MA] 432. CIPD
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry this chapter is late. There were technical issues on Saturday.Chapters LAST week: 3/3Late chapters: 1Next chapter: In a few minutes]Shen flew through the maze of buildings and elevated streets with a frown. The deeper you went into Cylek's underbelly, the less people cared about proper lighting. Anything enchanted and not adequately secured was stolen unless it was in gang territory, and even then, most gangs liked to have some dark places for some specific business.Simple dar...
[MA] 431. Three Months
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week:2/3Late chapters:1Next chapter:Saturday] Demi-Dominators like E'livia were rare in Cylek but not impossible to find, something around less than one in every hundred thousand Overlords. Cylek had over five million Overlords. That meant around fifty Demi-Dominators.Frankly, Shen was shocked at how powerful the Shaft was. He was only talking about Cylek! It wasthe size of a small province, but even then, those numbers were staggering. And the Overlord Realm was wide...
[MA] 430. Sightseeing
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week:1/3Late chapters:1Next chapter:Thursday] Shen and E'livia drank Lunar Dew Whisky, a low-level Overlord drink, as they watched over the Shaffer Company's Headquarters from the skies. It was located relatively close to the city center but far enough that it was evident it was no more than a mid-level organization. That Nmara could learn the High Language despite their relatively small size showed her ancestors had the gift of diplomacy that she lacked.Nmara had...
[MA] 429. Undeserving
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week:3/3Late chapters:1Next chapter:Tuesday] Undeserving.Shen embraced E'livia and felt utterly undeserving of being alive. He had died twice already. The first time, he had been brought back to life by the Gardener, obviously with some help from the drow, if his Persona's race was any indication. Now, he had been revived because dying was the right thing to do.A bunch of coincidences. He hadn't earnedany of that.He was also undeserving of his power.Sure, he h...
[MA] 428. Change
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week:2/3Late chapters:1Next chapter:Saturday] Change.Change is one of the three Aspects of Reality. Nothing in Reality can escape pure, unadulterated Change. Things may form in creation with barely a hint of Space or Will, but not without Change. The very act of forming something new means something Changed from its previous state, and thus, Change becomes part of its existential foundation.Change.Space and Change lead to Time. At least, that's how Reality Expresses t...
[MA] 427. Chaos
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:We're back! And refreshed! This chapter is 70% longer than usual.Let's roll.Chapters this week:1/3Late chapters:1Next chapter:Thursday] | Sell Offer: 23%, 72M The Shaffer Company's runaway heir dropped all informality when Shen told him he was about Realizator Habnor. The True Disciple of the Warden-Overlord was no joking matter.She had known Shen wasn't a nobody from the moment he, a Lawful Dominator—an uncommon sight—asked for information about the Deep ...
[MA] 426. Nmara
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:I'll leave 1 chapter to be released after I return. Things are crazy tiring around here. My apologies—again.Announcement:I'll take a week off in June, from the 1st to the 8th. I need the time to organize a lot of stuff in my life.Chapters this week:1/1Late chapters:1Next chapter:Tuesday, 11th] Shen noticed the Karma strands as he approached the city. The lines went from golden to black, with red undertones in the middle, and extended everywhere. After some distance, they ...
[MA] 425. Twenty-One Languages
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:I'm a bit sick, couldn't write too much. Sorry.Announcement:I'll take a week off in June, from the 1st to the 8th. I need the time to organize a lot of stuff in my life.Late chapters:0 (this was the last one)Chapters this week:0/2Next chapter:Thursday (2 chapters)] Shen stood up to leave, but unexpectedly, E'livia told Habnor, "You don't want to dismiss us like that."Any remaining trace of politeness instantly vanished from the high elf's face. He be...
[MA] 424. The Three Cultivation Paths
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:Another chapter 50% longer than usual. I wanted to wrap up the exposition in this chapter.I hope that helps make up for the fact that the last late chapter will have to wait until Monday. Writing this one was more complicated than expected. My apologies.Announcement:I'll take a week off in June, from the 1st to the 8th. I need the time to organize a lot of stuff in my life.Late chapters:1Next chapter:Monday] Habnor shook his head as he emptied his teacup. "There's no su...
[MA] 423. Authority
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Announcement:I'll take a week off in June, from the 1st to the 8th. I need the time to organize a lot of stuff in my life.Chapters this week: 3/3Late chapters:2Next 2 chapters:In a few minutes] Habnor replied, "In the Shaft, simply gaining knowledge increases your willpower. Bountifully. We have countless organizations and groups centered on information gathering. That's not to say you can't grow your willpower by struggling to find guarded knowledge. It still works, li...
[MA] 422. Personal Matter
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:This should've come out on Thursday. I was surprised to find out, just now, that it hadn't been posted. Sorry.On the bright side, 3 chapters today!Announcement:I'll take a week off in June, from the 1st to the 8th. I need the time to organize a lot of stuff in my life.Chapters this week: 2/3Late chapters:2Next chapter:In a few minutes] Shen's Allvision could see through the seams of Reality up to a thousand miles in the air before enough components piled on each oth...
[MA] 421. Blinked Out of Existence
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:Sorry I'm late. Last week was difficult. I'll release the two late chapters this week.At least this chapter is 50% longer than usual!Announcement:I'll take a week off in June, from the 1st to the 8th. I need the time to organize a lot of stuff in my life.Chapters this week: 1/3Late chapters:2Next chapter:Tomorrow (Wednesday)] The entire universe was surrounded by and infused with purple and violet energy—if you knew how to look for it. Few did. The energy grew so thic...
[MA] 420. Nice
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 1/3Next chapter:Thursday] "E'livia?" Shen called softly.She looked at him and smiled sadly, tears still running down her face. "It's Dad. All holins are linked to their parents until late adulthood. The link didn't do much after I reached middle adulthood, but it let me know he was alive. It was comforting to have his presence always on the back of my soul. But it's gone now. We're too far away. Universes away.""I'm sorry....
[MA] 419. Foundations
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 3/3Next chapter:Tuesday] Something invaded Shen, and pain flashed for an eternity that his mind forgot right after the pain disappeared, for he would go crazy if he recalled it as being longer than an instant.When the pain went away, his mind was left whole behind it. The rest of himself was still shattered. It should be impossible for him to think straight. Yet, there he was.There, in absolute solitude.There was no sense of time or space whenever he was. A moment a...
[MA] 418. Ghost Doctor
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/3Next chapter:Saturday] E'livia had been trained almost from birth. Every childhood activity, as fun as it might've been, had a purpose. Knowledge had been dumped into her mind from the moment she could understand anything. She had forgotten more than Shen had learned in his entire life.A rarity she had almost forgotten about and didn't think she would ever see was an overextended Path crumbling on its own weight.Shen, beside her, suddenly imploded. Hi...
