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[MA] 139. White Cubes
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: 4/5 chapters from last week. The next one should come out tomorrow.Also, if you read chapter 137 before today, April 19th, I went back and added something I had forgotten: AP gain when killing rift dwellers.Here's the relevant excerpt right after Shen kills the first gnoll:| Gnoll (E) | 7,419,064 → 7,419,189 APIt had been a while since Shen got AP for a kill like this. He had completed a lot of Bounties in the past two days, but it was usually him killing hundreds or thousands o...
[MA] 138. Accumulation
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: 4/4 last week's chapters. Next one tomorrow or Thursday.]They had once been faithful to the gods.When the Alliance came, they found out there were no gods around. They killed the lying priests, grew individually powerful, and accepted their new masters—the Alliance.Yet, though the old gods might've been a lie, their priests had been benevolent and sought the greater good of all gnolls. Sometimes misguided, sometimes not, they usually had the race's best interests at hear...
[MA] 137. Communing with the Void
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry for the delay.This time, it had nothing to do with my mental health. I simply needed more time to work on the latest chapters because they are so important.Today's chapter will get delayed, but at least we're not so out of schedule anymore.3/4 last week's chapters. Next one in a few minutes.]Shen was moving towards the people he felt with his Battle Sense.Mastering War had made it easier for him to master Combat, which then made it easier to master Sharpness. Now tha...
[MA] 136. Dying Hope
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: 2/4 chapters this week. Next ones on Saturday.]"Stop!" the lizard Observer yelled. "You can't talk about this!"Liya glanced at the man, harrumphed, and created a null capsule around her and the Human Maiden. It looked like ever-moving liquid darkness separating the two and their section of the room from everyone else.The null capsule, powered by the Laws of Annihilation, utterly destroyed all sound and light inside. Even the Guardians' sight enhancement had tro...
[MA] 135. Doomed
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry for the delay!I was trying not to bother you with my mental health issues, but after two delayed chapters, I think I owe you an explanation. So, here were go again.TL;DR: I messed up my routine, and it messed up everything.Long version:As you probably know, I'm undergoing ADHD treatment. It was going great until I went on a trip to my cousin's college graduation. It threw me entirely off my axis.A crucial part of the treatment involves healthy habits acquired with a prop...
[MA] 134. Go Kill
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: I didn't manage to write a third chapter this week after all. Too much stuff happening. Sorry.2/2 this week. Next chapter on Tuesday.]Shen told Valentina everything she wanted to know, holding nothing back. The Eternal Empire was laid bare before her. He also told her everything about his meeting with Achr.Valentina kept throwing demeaning comments at everything he said."Calling it Eternal Empire is a joke, correct?""An Immortal Emperor who was afraid of the Alliance d...
[MA] 133. Kanikuli
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: 1/3 this week. Next one on Thursday.]At the Primordial Bridge headquarters, Commander Kanikuli had been sitting by the table for the past month or so. The Primordial Rising Star, Yornolar, had sat by the other side as they watched the Maiden's actions.Their conversations had been superficial and brief, with significant silence gaps in between. The chubby gnome leader always tried to direct the discussions in a direction that would benefit his men by showing glimpses of the Primord...
[MA] 132. Name Your Price
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: 3/3 chapters this week. Next one on Tuesday.]Shen got to the woman in half a second and Inspected her.Valentina Bianchi (E) — 45 / 110 HPValentina had long, curly red hair held in a ponytail and light caramel eyes. Her leather armor was black and laden with golden metal plates, giving it a beautiful appearance. It was also quite tight, more than any armor Shen had seen yet.Her body, armor, and something hidden in her neck—probably a necklace—were filled with mana. She also kept ...
[MA] 131. Battle Sense
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: I forgot to say it on Monday, but I got a friend to help me with posting the chapters. That will stop me from simply forgetting to post.2/3 chapters this week. Next one on Saturday.]"Leaving sounds good," Alicia said at once."Six days in a war zone doesn't sound so bad," Shen agreed. "We're strong, don't need to eat or sleep, and have anti-boredom enhancements. But we need to find where the Maiden was when she entered the tutorial. We're here to sav...
[MA] 130. Bad Intel
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: A bit of a slow chapter, but a necessary one. Things will start to gain momentum from the next chapter onward.1/3 this week. Next one on Thursday.]Shen had killed thousands of people, but it had always been in a battle context. Even back in the US, when he had killed prisoners trying to escape after the Sorcerer King's failed ambush, they had been part of the ambush. They had tried to take his life first.This time, Shen had killed two people outside a direct, physical confrontatio...
[MA] 129. Honor and Morals
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: I didn't manage to write a third chapter this week after all. Too much stuff happening. Sorry.2/2 this week. Next chapter on Tuesday.]Martino nodded to the Major, who exited the kitchen and closed the door behind her, leaving the four people inside alone.Then, he had the gall to look condescendingly at Shen. "War is not black and white, boy," Martino said. "Difficult decisions must be made for the greater good."Shen snickered. "Don't you lecture me on War i...
[MA] 128. Family vs. Country
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: 1/3 chapters this week. Next one on Saturday (hopefully 2 to make up for the missing one on Tuesday).]After a very impolite conversation, Shen understood those people were operating on misinformation spread by the US government.The US had claimed Shen had murdered the President because he had been a Chinese plant all along. After all, only the Chinese had another cultivator, which was proof enough. Now, the US had sworn to help the Maiden, some troops had even landed on Italy already,...
[MA] 127. Frequencies
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: 3/3 chapters this week. Next one on Tuesday..]Many financial and human resources were required to surround Florence completely, yet it had happened.The armed forces of multiple European countries, both pro and against the current Maiden, plus Florence's population and whatever paramilitary groups were involved in its defense—and maybe attack, too—had created different levels of barricades to stop anyone from entering or leaving the region without their say so.Cars and trucks, ...
[MA] Important notice for C-ranks!
C-ranks, you got chapter 125 because I messed up. I fixed things on Patreon, but you still have access to it on your email.Please don't read it as it might spoil things for you!I did the same for D-ranks a few days ago. I'll try to pay extra attention. Sorry.
[MA] 126. The Smell of War
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: I forgot to say it on Monday, but I got a friend to help me with posting the chapters. That will stop me from simply forgetting to post.2/3 chapters this week. Next one on Saturday.]"Florida declared independence too," an energetic man in his sixties, wearing a suit, told Evelyn.They were sitting by a long wooden table in a spacious dining room. Two maids waited by the walls while the old man and the girl ate their dinner."They are the fifth state," the man continued, ...
[MA] 125. Settling Dust
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: A bit of a slow chapter, but a necessary one. Things will start to gain momentum from the next chapter onward.1/3 chapters this week. Next one on Thursday.Yes, the release schedule will change to Tue-Thu-Sat. I'll start taking Monday offs because my schedule is crazy right now and I really, really need a day off.]Shen left the dust behind not long after, back into what looked like endless grasslands. He gently placed Alicia on the ground.Her burnt body was almost completely expose...
[MA] Changes to previous chapters
This is not relevant if you're reading this after March 30th.After some awesome feedback, I noticed two big mistakes on my previous chapters, so I had to change things according.First, Shen didn't swim, he ran on water.A human can theoretically run on water as long as they are as fast as 100m/s or so. Shen is much faster.I also added a tiny bit of world building by having Shen claim cultivator kids ran on water as soon as they could, as the first exciting cultivator act in their lives.That also changes how he dealt with the storm. Here ...
[MA] 124. White Dots
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry I'm late (again).3/3 chapters for this week. Next chapter on Monday.]The dots were fast, faster than he could move. Shen didn't think twice before turning North and running as fast as he could.Nine red and ten white dots returned after a short while, probably because of the Decree, but one red and forty whites kept coming. They changed their trajectories to intercept Shen, making him sure they were coming for him.Shen estimated he had two minutes before the incoming expl...
[MA] 123. Hi, Fellow Humans
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry I'm late!As I said on my Discord server, today's chapter was already written yesterday, but I got caught up in house chores and then it was too late to post. One of the important parts of ADHD treatment is a healthy sleep schedule, so I elected to be late for this rather than sacrifice an extra hour of my sleep.2/3 chapters for this week. Next chapter on Friday.]They found a terrible storm on the high seas.Dealing with the chaos of water, wind, and thunder was challengin...
[MA] 122. Tamed Qilin
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Weeeeeee're baaaaaaack!How do I do this again?1/3 chapters for this week. Next chapter on Wednesday. More info on this post, in case you haven't read it yet.]The Primordials ruled over all existence with their overwhelming power and technology. They could literally turn any dream into a reality if they wanted. To be a Primordial was to have the ultimate freedom; they treated the multiverse as their playground, and rightfully so.That's how Sharendil was born and raised. She...
[MA] 121. Cannot Be Stopped
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry I'm late. Moving house, going to the doctor, and starting ADHD treatment made it very hard to write. I believe I've adapted to it now.Also, check out this post for May 2022 Release Schedule if you want.Currently 6 chapters behind. Chapter 1 out of 2 this week.]"I told you we should've killed him," the President of the United States said. She was sitting in her chair in the Oval Office. The General of the Army, standing in front of her table, had just reported...
[MA] 120. As Long as You Want
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: 1/5 chapters for this week. Next chapter tomorrow.]Shen didn't see Alicia for the rest of the day. When the bell rang the following morning, she was wearing jeans and a white T-shirt in the entrance hall."Good morning," he said.She avoided his eyes. "Morning."He opened the door to find a man in black there. "Mister Feng Shen, Miss Alicia Winter," he nodded to them. "Will you be training today?""I will," Alicia said.Shen nodded. "Me too. ...
[MA] 119. A Computer
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Only one today. Explanations the day after tomorrow. No chapter tomorrow. Sorry, really tired, really late and gotta wake up in 3 hours.]They eventually separated. Alicia looked down, flustered, ashamed. Shen looked sideways to avoid her eyes."I'm sorry," he said. "I never saw... I mean... You are beautiful... And I never... Clothing... Skin..."He was glad he was looking away from her because she raised her face to look at him.Shen took a deep breath. "My cultu...
[MA] 118. Not That Stupid
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: 4/5 chapters for last week. I know I promised 2 chapters today, but I just couldn't deliver. Sorry. 2 chapters tomorrow instead.]One year; that's how long it had been since Shen woke up healed.It hadn't felt like so much time had passed, but Earth's calendar didn't lie. Even if the tutorial might've left him unconscious for weeks or months, he estimated he had been awake for at least nine months.That meant Shen was seventeen now. A seventeen-year-old cultivator...
[MA] 117. Damn Right I Am
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: 3/5 chapters for this week. Next chapter tomorrow or 2 chapters on Monday.]Shen found Washington... claustrophobic.To be fair, it had a good mix of open areas with few buildings, but the living quarters mainly consisted of people packed together like ants. Even the "mansions" were barely as large as average mortal houses in the Eternal Empire.How could people live like that?Shen wondered about that as he rode a black SUV. He had been convinced of the need by reports of crowds ...
[MA] 116. Nondescript Old Man
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: 2/5 of chapters for this week. The next one should come out tomorrow.]The road they were at had nothing but desert to either side, only the city at the far distance, and even that mainly was lights in the growing darkness of the approaching night. Reinforcements would come quick, but mostly everyone would not expect a trap there and thus would've relaxed.Unfortunately for them, even distracted, Shen's D agility made his reaction speed just too fast.He lost maybe a few microsec...
[MA] 115. Bathtub
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter"I want to clarify some things for a peaceful coexistence," Lorain said. "I'll be frank with you, Mister Feng Shen. I don't like a superhuman with permission from aliens to kill whoever he wants, loose in my country."She was a bit rude, but Shen understood where she came from. He saw country rulers as the leaders of big clans back in the Eternal Empire. He couldn't even begin to imagine his father being happy about aliens letting someone kill anyone they wanted i...
New Explanations & Apologies
(This was posted on Discord this afternoon. There's no new info here.)TL;DR: I'm sorry. Stress from both writing and personal stuff happened. I'm fine now. Non-released chapters will not be released. I'm sorry.Hello people,So, I want to start apologizing for disappearing. I will explain what happened and why it happened if you're interested, but it's in no way an excuse. I'm guilty of overestimating myself and letting things reach the point they did; I'm not trying to get a free pass to be irresponsible.I am, how...
[MA] 114. Nice to Meet You
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next ChapterAustin was in much better shape the further they got from the tall buildings. It was devoid of people though. After a while, the road became clear enough of debris that Shen and the soldiers reached a heavily protected vehicle convoy.The Major pointed at different vehicles and told Shen whether they were HMMWVs, JLTVs, or trucks. The translation function of the Guardian System only explained what trucks were, as it didn't translate acronyms. Shen didn't ask more and just got on top ...
[MA] 113. Free to Go
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next ChapterShen wasn't sure how much he would trust a supposed murderer—if the system's charges were to be believed—but he definitely wanted to at least hear what the boy had to say. Hearing both sides of the story was essential to trace his next steps.Zed Fisher stopped pretending to be asleep. He opened his eyes and immediately Inspected Shen. His eyes widened a little."Holy fuck, you're really the Rising Star," Fisher said. "D-rank too! You're our hope!""I do...
