The author is a master of the slow buildup. These chapters with Cassie have been mesmerizing.

These last two chapters were brilliant. How does the author do it?!

Where does it say this about Song Domain?

Omg! What a punch to the feels!! Mad respect to the author.

That’s not a “transformation”. And I don’t recall that being mentioned anywhere. Can you provide example or citation?

I really like the direction this is going. Originally, Sunny was focused on himself, but I dare say he found his conviction in Antarctica - to defend those who need help. Nephis’ conviction is to destroy the Spell because she hates it. Being free from the Shadow Bond to Nephis is not just freedom from “slavery” but also freedom to explore and pursue his own convictions and desires and not those of his “master”.

“Preparing for the moment the Death Zone turned into…” — I’m going to complete this sentence with “…my Domain”.

His Citadel is the Nameless Temple which is in “eternal darkness” and a “death zone”. My guess is the Hollow Mountains.

Wow, wow, wow!!! What an amazing, incredible achievement. Thank you so much for working so hard and producing such great work. It really is the highlight of my day to read it each day. Please take care of yourself and enjoy the laurels of your many literary accomplishments.

Future Sunny described himself as a “lost shadow”. Lost from light…lost from memory…lost from friends and love. Careful what you wish for indeed. Cassie’s pleas and future Sunny’s warnings now make more sense.

Chapter 1449 - Alethia said “My father was the only Supreme of our people…” Daeron was a Sovereign.

We sort of saw Cassie’s through her Torment Echo. Floats off the ground and has eyes that one shouldn’t look into for too long.

While the Spell represents a guidebook to Ascension, it also represents a power ceiling. You can’t get to the next level until you pass a test. Now Sunny no longer has the guidebook, and he no longer has that ceiling. He can incrementally grow in steps as opposed to large stages. Meaning he can go beyond Sovereign without challenging a nearly impossible exam. And it looks like his Transformation ability will allow him to Cultivate and grow to the extent that the “shortcuts” the Spell provided aren’t needed. I’m guessing he’ll be able to reach “Sovereign” and beyond in power scale while his cohort is capped at Saint for a while.

I think we just finished the “Regressor” arc and are heading into a “Cultivator” arc. I like how the author takes these tropes and puts his own unique and clever twists on them.

If Cassie is to be believed, then Torment and Mad Prince engineered this particular iteration so that all the cohort will survive. In her words, their victory and Nephis’ survival and defeat of the First Seeker are inevitable. So the choice is help take down the final boss, win, but still be bound by Fate. Or, don’t help with the final boss fight, they still win, and he would be free of Fate altogether (and by extension Shadow Bond). I’d choose the second option. I can live without being a part of final boss fight.

Have a great and well-deserved vacation!

Congratulations on 1500! Truly epic!!

I’m calling it. Instead of re-explaining everything over again, he’s gonna use the Shroud of Dusk to telepathically brain dump to Cassie, Neph, and Jet. Like the way he did with Neph super-quick during the fight with Dire Fang.

This was such an interesting battle and kudos to the author for writing such a novel and intriguing sequence!

Actually it was something like “a strange sorrowful sensation overwhelmed him for a moment”. No mention of “familiarity”.