So I got a few private messages and figured it was easier to just answer here in case anyone else was wondering but hadn't asked.
So I've got more chapters written. Just waiting on some feedback from beta readers.
I can drop more, I don't mind. It's kind of a perk of my patreon, I...
CHAPTER 9: THE FINALS
The arena floor was packed earth that had seen a multiple matches. Wei Chen's footsteps raised small dust clouds as he walked to his starting position.
Zhang Ming was already there, standing in the center of the combat area like he owned it. His outer sect ...
2025-11-29 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostFuck, this stuff is cold.
Francis's breath misted in the frigid air as ice crystals formed along his armor. Every muscle in his body screamed in protest, the magical cold seeping through even his Magic Resistance. Five days of constant skirmishes had pushed him harder than he'd ant...
2025-11-29 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostDawn came with a chill that hadn't been present the previous morning. Arin flowed from Marta's cellar to find frost coating the windows and his breath, or what would have been breath if he had lungs, forming small wisps of condensation in the cold air. Winter was approaching faster than he'd real...
2025-11-29 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Are we certain this is the best path?” Sog asked as he stood next to Max, overlooking the sea. “You’re trading something most can’t fathom the potential of for answers that might not be possible.”
Max took a few seconds before nodding, his eyes watching the sun rise as the clou...
2025-11-29 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostJust a heads up for those who are following this story.
I finished book 2 of Loopbreaker.
73 chapters - so you've got a long time before it finishes.
Plotting out book 3 more than my original outline. REALLY excited for the end of book 2 (haha the 3 people who have finished ...
The summons came for Francis after he had finished eating breakfast.
The same young warrior who had brought him to the tent to meet with the clan elders stood outside his tent with the message that Glitvall wanted to see him. Francis grabbed his weapons, threw on his furs, and followed the ...
2025-11-28 14:00:24 +0000 UTC View Post“What game?” Fowl asked. “And changing how?”
Tapping his tablet once, Jazzjak cut off the feed, moved to his chair, and hopped into it.
Max could feel everyone tense up at their helper’s statement and as much as he wanted to ask questions, he waited.
Finally, Jaz...
2025-11-28 14:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 8: FINALS PREPARATION
Wei Chen spread fifty mid-grade spirit stones across the workshop table and started calculating.
Two hundred low-grade spirit stones' worth of purchasing power. More resources than he'd ever had access to. Enough to build formations that would have been i...
2025-11-27 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThey passed through the outer palisade, and Francis immediately started checking on the pack.
"Vornak, let me see that arm," he said.
The stocky barbarian pulled back his furs, revealing a deep gash that ran from elbow to wrist. Blood still seeped from it, though slower now that they ...
2025-11-27 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe guild hall buzzed with evening activity as Kelsa led the party to Master Torven's office to report the contract completion. Arin followed, his core still processing everything that had happened over the past two days. He'd officially become an adventurer, proven himself in combat, and earned ...
2025-11-27 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Tell me again why this meeting was necessary?” Fowl asked. “I mean… It’s a fight in the arena and the first one we’ve seen in a while that looks worth betting on. Usually, you just say ‘here’s what I think we should bet’ and we go from there.”
Their helper groaned and s...
2025-11-27 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHey All!
I have a different discord than most end up on - my OG one.
It's a bit more private and I'm tossing the link out here.
If you want to chat, ask questions, discuss stories, share feedback, or whatever, feel free to join.
CHAPTER 7: SEMIFINALS
Wei Chen spent the night in Formation Hall workshop three, surrounded by borrowed materials and increasingly desperate sketches.
Foundation Establishment Stage 1 was a full cultivation realm above his Qi Gathering Stage 1. The gap wasn't just quantitative. It was...
2025-11-27 02:14:08 +0000 UTC View PostPhaius frowned as the doorway opened and he entered the room where Wekime was.
Summoned again… this is getting old.
“Phaius,” Wekime said, his tone seemingly kinder than usual. “I appreciate you coming so quickly.”
“When one of your stature beckons, on...
2025-11-26 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe cold intensified the moment they passed beyond the outer palisade.
It wasn't like the cold in the camp, where fires and bodies created some warmth. Out here, the wind cut through everything, carrying with it the scent of smoke. The brown-tinged snow stretched before them, marked w...
2025-11-26 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostFowl stood beside Batrire as they watched another group enter the tower.
“That’s the third one today,” he said. “It appears that our kind has had a fire lit within them to push beyond what they thought was possible.”
“Aye,” Batrire replied, nodding. “Kurrar’s success...
2025-11-26 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI made some revisions to different chapters:
53 - Crafting before leaving
53 - Dwarven Rune upgrading Explanation
54 - (removed crafting - moved to 53 to leaving wasn't messed up)
56 - Who came through portal first
58 - Some Bior / Einar stuff about fire giants
I also updat...
“Now Bob, don’t make me regret this,” Tanila said, winking.
“I… I won’t,” Bob replied, words seemingly harder to say than he had expected. “I… I don’t know how to repay you.”
He watched as the woman Max loved smiled, her eyes watering slightly as she sniffed. “...
2025-11-25 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFrancis woke before dawn with a headache that reminded him why he usually avoided whatever passed for alcohol among the barbarians.
That stuff tasted like burning leather mixed with piss.
But the night had been worth it. He'd sat with the pack around a fire, passing a skin of...
2025-11-25 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostMax watched as Tanila carved the runes she had been trying to get to work together into a piece of Heartstone.
She’s going too fast.
Yes and I’ve already mentioned that seventeen times.
As both Bob and Max expected, the rune lines falter...
2025-11-24 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe sticks felt wrong in Francis's hands. They were too light, poorly balanced, and one was five inches longer than the other.
They’ll have to do for now. It’s all just another challenge. Something tells me I’m going to get a few repetitions on this moment.
...
2025-11-24 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“That is… disturbing,” Jazzjak said as he tapped his furry chin. “A world of those kinds of creatures.”
“But haven’t you had to serve one of those gods before?” Fowl asked.
“I have… but…” Their helper paused and grimaced. “Part of what makes those like me suc...
2025-11-23 14:00:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe summons came just after dawn. A bowl of food was delivered with the message that Francis’s presence was requested… or expected at the clan leader's tent. As he got ready, Francis couldn’t help but wonder what was in the poultice the healer Hilde had given him. The skin on his hands was ...
2025-11-23 14:00:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe road from Greengate wound through farmland for the first hour, flat and well-maintained. Arin traveled ahead of the party, scanning the fields and tree lines for threats. Behind him, the wagon creaked along at a steady pace, Master Brennan sitting nervously on the driver's bench.
The mo...
2025-11-23 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostRealizing that I'm not perfect and my jumping back and forth between 4+ stories isn't the best sometimes, I wanted to start this thread and ask a few specific things.
First any story is free game - push / ask questions. I want to make the stories the best as possible.
Se...
2025-11-22 17:09:29 +0000 UTC View PostFrancis brought the hammer down.
The strike landed on the glowing metal with a dull clang that felt wrong the moment it happened. The iron bent awkwardly under the blow, folding in on itself instead of spreading flat like he'd intended.
"Shit," Francis muttered, pulling back to examin...
2025-11-22 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMax felt the presence of creatures all around him as he moved through the halls of the castle he was in.
A world filled with vampires, shadow creatures, and what I guess are something similar to a dark elf but worse.
Yet you’re a god to the shadow creatures. Imagine...
2025-11-22 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 6: THE EVALUATION - PART 2
Wei Chen woke to sunlight and the immediate awareness that today would be harder than yesterday.
His body felt better than it had any right to. The qi circulation from yesterday's match had actually helped his recovery, like stress-testing a system r...
2025-11-22 02:57:20 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 5: THE EVALUATION - PART 1
The supervising elder stepped onto the arena floor and raised his hand for attention. The ambient noise from waiting disciples dropped to a murmur.
"Combat demonstration will proceed in elimination format," the elder announced. His voice carried acro...
2025-11-22 02:57:00 +0000 UTC View Post