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[MA] 387. Incomplete
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[Chapters this week:2/3Next chapter:Saturday] They weren't flying very fast, but it was still beyond what anyone would consider a Gentle Breeze. He recognized he could do so because he wasn't bound by some limits as others might be. He was Truly Boundless, and it affected the Laws under his command.He ignored the implications of lacking boundaries for now and focused on the electricity in his heart. That thing affected how he interacted with the world, and thus, it controlled hi...
[MA] 386. Great One
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:Chapters this week: 2/3Next chapter:Saturday] A soft wind blew on the wheat field and whispered to Shen. He closed his eyes and felt it on his skin. It caressed him gently, getting into his long white hair, enveloping his hairless limbs, and moving on.Then, Shen was the Gentle Breeze.He became one with it, losing himself in the freedom of becoming the Wind itself. He instinctively knew it was risky, but he didn't mind much. He was the Gentle Breeze, and denying himself now felt...
[MA] 385. Who Am I
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:Chapters this week: 1/3Next chapter:Thursday] "Who am I?"That question had surrounded Shen's Path from the very beginning. His identity was always at the core of his self. And now, as he looked at the untangled bits of his True Self that looked like specks of light filled with meaning he could garner at a glance, he had to change that.He had to cease being human.But was it worth it to change something so vital about himself to survive? Could that be considered living? T...
[MA] 384. Multiple Reasons
Previous Chapter— Table of Contents— Next Chapter[A/N:Chapters this week: 2/3Next chapter:Saturday] Shen swung the ax one last time. The horizontal V cut on the tree's trunk was deep enough. What remained could no longer support the tree. The thick, tall, mighty oak fell sideways.He barely noticed the plant's passage right by his shoulder or the shaking of the ground when it hit the floor. Instead, he was staring at his arms.His dark blue arms.And hands.And body.Shen had become drow and was struggling to come to terms with it....
[MA] 383. Disgusting
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 1/3Next chapter: Thursday] A Realization held the Undying Emissary tightly. The S-rank responsible was in the same universe but nowhere near the creature. They had allowed Darla to get rid of it—though she hadn't revealed how—so she approached it.The behemoth had been compressed into a fist-sized ball of liquid darkness floating above the Ocean of Fire. The hungry flames, usually so keen to burn anything on reach, couldn't be found directly beneath the...
[MA] 382. Seed
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 3/3Next chapter: Tuesday] Hundreds of high-elven and drow B-ranks stood by the edge of the Voided Corner of the universe, waiting for the call to move forward. A Node had been destroyed, and Reality had lost its hold over everything the Node had once supported. The Void had been quick to advance, destroying everything in its wake. Now, Space abruptly ended and gave in to the Void where countless galaxies once stood. That universe was permanently crippled beyo...
[MA] 381. Erased
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/3Next chapter: Saturday] The Grand Senator left his front line without permission, but his Realization wouldn't be denied. It demanded action, and refusing it was to refuse himself—to refuse to live.He traveled too slowly for his tastes, but there was no alternative. The system refused to teleport him without authorization from Samir's Acting General, and Long Hei ignored him.Carl felt betrayed. He had previously lied to his old sworn brother, yes, but...
380. Cease to Be
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 1/3Next chapter: Thursday] Shen could see things he couldn't describe and understand secrets he couldn't make sense of. He knew of things and didn't, was existences and wasn't, could do stuff and couldn't. He was power incarnate, yet he was limited by his previous self.Most of what he saw, felt, and knew were beyond his reach, but his Path was his to command. Everything in it was. Everything was also pushed to the extreme limits his alread...
[MA] 379. All for Absolutely Naught
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 6/6 (3 of which are late chapters)Late chapters:2Next chapter: Tuesday] "Can you feel it?" Darla asked the dead Liya, whose head she held by the hair. "You can't, of course. Too weak. Your senses are blinded by your perspective. Here, let me help. See Reality for what it truly is."She denied the youngling's senses to give her new ones. Liya couldn't currently sense anything, but she would remember if she revived. It only depended o...
[MA] 378. Cleaved
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 5/6 (3 of which are late chapters)Late chapters: 2Next chapter: In a few minutes] Shen ran, but nothing happened. Reality didn't help. Miracles didn't spontaneously manifest.He stopped running when the Emissary was nearby and turned to face it.If Shen were facing a Guardian, he could try countless different things. The Emissary was different. By countering everything Shen had done until now, it was prepared for about everything he could throw at it except ...
[MA] 377. Lonely Void Spawn
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Minus one late chapter!Chapters this week: 4/6 (3 of which are late chapters)Late chapters: 2Next chapter: Saturday]It took the Emissary less than a minute to reach Shen again. He could still use his improved techniques after deactivating his domain, but he was only mid tier 9 at his best. The creature was peak tier 10 in raw power. It was faster and stronger than him, and its pursuit techniques were better than his escaping ones. There was nothing he could do to get far from it.Well,...
[MA] 376. Lucky
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 3/6 (3 of which are late chapters)Late chapters: 3Next chapter: In a few minutes] Shen used all his speed to get to the Subnode's boundaries. The Cohort's momentary freeze allowed him to get halfway through them before he was forced to fight again.He killed whoever intercepted him with wide swings of his spear. It was easy. Strength-wise, they were at low tier 7. After disposing of them, he did his utmost to keep running as fast as possible.Shen did not wa...
[MA] 375. One Clear Way
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/6 (3 of which are late chapters)Late chapters: 3Next chapter: Thursday] Ten million enemies was a lot. Them being C-rank made it worse. As if that wasn't enough, Cohorts weren't born completely dumb like normal Void Spawn. Each creature had the collective experience from the ones previously absorbed by the Emissary.Survival would be impossible if not for Shen being able to recover his qi.Emissaries never appeared far from their target. In fact, this o...
[MA] 374. Superstitious
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Instead of 1 chapter everyday from Monday to Saturday, I'll release 2 chapters Wed/Thu/Sat. It's considerably easier for me that way.Chapters this week: 1/6 (3 of which are late chapters)Late chapters: 3Next chapter: In a few minutes] The battle's initial challenge was the lack of gravitational pull. Shen's people were used to fighting on a plane. For whatever reason, most sapient living beings were terrestrial, which was even truer for bipeds. For them, even aer...
[MA] 373. All Clear
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry I'm late. Yesterday was hectic.If all goes even slightly well, I'll release six chapters total next week, thus making up for the late chapters! \o/Chapters this week: 4/4 (a late chapter!)Late chapters: 3Next chapter: Monday] Shen's current mastery allowed him to feel his Path's Laws up to 300 miles in ordinary Reality. His improvement in the vault had been incredible on that front, as with almost everything else.Though he couldn't assimilate and analyz...
[MA] 372. One Last Thing
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 3/4 (1 of which is a late chapter)Late chapters: 4Next chapter: Tomorrow (Friday)] "Thank you, Commander," Sun Weisheng said, visibly relieved. "I'm sure Xia Liling will be of great assistance to you."Karma recorded the exchange—or whatever the Realization did—while the B-rank returned to the ranks without further ado, leaving Xia Liling behind."Welcome to the Seventh Exemplary Brigade, First Lieutenant," Shen told the girl.She smil...
[LitF] 61. A Meeting in the Future
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry about the one-week delay. This chapter was challenging to write for different reasons than usual. Too many descriptions of new places that are supposed to feel impressive. Then, I got caught in other things (wife got surgery, preparing to move out of this house, ADD-related stuff).I'm terribly sorry, but I won't be making up for the lost chapter any time soon. I won't have the time. I'll add a reminder about it, but I expect to only be able to write it on July.I can ...
[MA] 371. What is a Universe?
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/4 (1 of which is a late chapter)Late chapters: 4Next chapter: Tomorrow (Thursday)] The Allseeing looked at the dragon and said, "The latest research confirms what we already know: you can't hone another person's willpower if you 'sneakily' reveal information in a manner they are supposed to understand, regardless of how cryptic you make it sound."The lizard snorted. Unlike what happened during his talk to the boy, she didn't allow the...
[MA] 370. Thank you, General
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Alright, folks. I messed up last week. Instead of releasing an extra chapter last week, I released one less.This week will be a daily release week until Friday. I'll skip Saturday because there's stuff to do in college. I might also skip Sunday. Then, I'll return to writing one chapter a day until I have released every late chapter.Chapters this week: 1/4 (1 of which is a late chapter)Late chapters: 4Next chapter: Tomorrow (Wednesday)] For Shen, although what the Gen...
[MA] 369. Debauchery
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/4Late chapters: 3Next chapter: Saturday] "I was never told how my father and mother met, General," Shen replied after getting over his initial stupefaction. "As for your second question, from what I recall, legally, Imperia is relatively liberal in that two consenting adults cannot be stopped from marrying. But the customs differ slightly for cultivators."A cultivator's partner has to be approved by their clan. Supposedly, it's done for t...
[MA] 368. From The Shadows
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 1/3Next chapter: Thursday] Shen appeared so far above the city-sized mobile fortresses that they looked like grains of sand. Before and further above him stood two A-ranks.One was the expected Acting General, a dragon so huge Shen felt space twist to make him look smaller. Yet, every single scale of his was still at least ten times as wide as Shen was tall. Long Hei's body was darker than black, his scales absorbing all light and senses that touched it, creati...
[MA] 367. Exactly What We Intended
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: One late chapter released! \o/Chapters this week: 4/4Late chapters: 3Next chapter: Tuesday] | Xia Liling (C) — Lieutenant (unassigned) Xia Liling wore an elegant purple robe and looked twenty years old. She was a demi-human, half-feline. She had no tails or pointy nails, but the white of her eyes was green like a cat's, and her black pupils could contract. Her long, dark blond hair, almost orange, was voluminous and full without being too wild. She smiled slightly, r...
[MA] 366. It Had Been So Long
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 3/4Late chapters: 4Next chapter: Late Sunday] The Seventh Exemplary Brigade and its two guests stood atop a Samir-7's mobile fortress. They watched almost a billion Guardians materialize outside the row of city-sized cubic forts.Despite Shen's power, he couldn't see even a tenth of the total from where he stood. Yet, what he could see was enough to awe him. So many troops from a single place! So many B-ranks! So many cultivators!And so many races!Human...
[LitF] 60. Undercover Mission
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: Happy New Year!\o/Ensuring this chapter came out this year was tough, but here it is, as promised!As stated in the author's notes for the previous chapter, this is the last chapter I owe you.Vacations, here I come!Notice: The next Lost in the Future chapter will be on 01/13. In other words, I'll take a week off. I feel more tired each day and believe it's the right thing to do. It's been forever since I took a real vacation to decompress.If you want a refund this month, ju...
[LitF] 59. Missing in Action
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: Merry Christmas!\o/As stated in the previous chapter's author notes, this is a late chapter. The next chapter, which was supposed to come out last Saturday, will be released before 2024.Delayed Chapters: 1Notice: After the next chapter, the next Lost in the Future chapter will be on 01/13. In other words, I'll take a week off. I feel more tired each day and believe it's the right thing to do. It's been forever since I took a real vacation to decompress.If you want a refund...
[MA] 365. It Would Fail
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 2/4Late chapters: 4Next chapter: Saturday] In the infinite whiteness of teleportation, Sun Weisheng received a message. | 7th Exemplary Brigade Commander (C): Hello, cultivators from the Republic of Imperia. I'm First Lieutenant Shen, currently stationed in Samir, your destination. Acting General Long Hei has asked me to take care of your arrival and assimilation with our troops. In case you're wondering, yes, the General and I are both from Imp...
[MA] 364. An Outsider
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Notice: Chapters this week: 1/3Next chapter: Thursday] The four Guardians materialized before Samir-7's mobile fortress. Shen's Brigade was still there. He quickly summoned the C-ranks for a meeting and introduced the newcomers."This is the First Sergeant Marzia Martino, Human Maiden, Czarina of Earth. This is Lieutenant Specialist Taeral Miavalur. They will assist us in convincing Imperia's Bounty targets to surrender instead of causing trouble."Everyone looked a...
[MA-Update] No chapter for C-ranks today
Modern Awakening's Chapter 341, Filled with Water, was meant to come out today for C-ranks.It was wrongly released on Saturday, for a total of 4 chapters last week instead of the expected 3.The next chapter will come out on Thursday, as usual.Sorry about that.
[MA] 363. Rank Update
Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: If you missed the previous author's note, good news. I'm done doing house stuff. I'm officially only studying and working now, and I have the time to write late chapters.Starting next week, expect at least 4 chapters a week until all late chapters are released.Chapters this week: 2/2Late chapters: 4Next chapter: Tuesday] Accepting the system was always watching had been challenging at first, to the point birth rates were lower on Earth compared to before, and that wa...
[LitF] 58. Unpleasant Business
Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry I'm late again. Too much stuff happening in December.This chapter was supposed to be released last Saturday. This Saturday's chapter will be released either on Wednesday or next Saturday. And the chapter supposed to come out next chapter will likely be late, too.Don't worry, every delayed chapter will be released this year even if I must work on my vacations.Delayed chapters: 1Notice: There will be no chapters from 12/26 to 01/06. In other words, I'll take two weeks ...
