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Chapter 759 - Just one day

🕑 Added 2025-12-17 09:53:43 +0000 UTC

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GummyB3ars

Uh, am I the only one confused about who septa is? I genuinely don’t remember besides what it is besides the moonster.

D Pryor

Its basically saying he'll be considered as having undergone one strengthening instead of the two he had already undergone giving him 3 more times to strengthen or upgrade the trait(since his cap also went up) if only his cap had increased it would have been 2/4

thisisniall

> Due to the quality, complexity, and grade of your evolved trait and other influencing factors, the number of strengthenings has been reduced to 1. Shouldn't this be 'increased by one' since his current cap is now 4 instead of 3?

Nate 3000

I'd certainly say yes. LissLiss killed an absolute in the tutorial and then the Ruler Envy. Adrian is currently Champion level with potentially the ability to knock off weak absolutes (based on his comment on pairing with planets he could take - assuming they'll have an absolute)

Little Watchmaker

Just a question Liss is much stronger than Adrian right?

monsieurTNT251

Pancake and mana manipulation

GloinJr

Thinking back on the Adrian fight, I think one technique Cerim uses that many other authors don't is his ability to make hypercognition feel actually fast and uncanny. Rather than a sort of blanket "a flurry of dozens of strikes flew in mere seconds" type of statement, we see each individual component of Nat's fight play out in slow motion, diverting thermal energy, igniting the combustion weave, channeling black mana, etc all in a second. Every component feel full and impactful, only for Nat's inner monologue to count down another second

Nemesis

I am guessing we will find out tomorrow.

Erick

Do we know what two skills his mom has?

Nictis

Wasn't her planet purged by Aeon?

jax rammus

The spider on the moon was never the real septa, its an avatar or a kid type shit

jax rammus

Adrian is already so much stronger than him and he still struggled to get through it. Also keep in mind we dknt know his level so he could have the third trait, and the second stat enhancement, or he'll even the third! Each of those is insane, nat hasn't had one in like 200 levels!

TYRELL GRAY

Nat has manifestation, which I hope can combat mirror And I’m wondering can he mirror black mana. And I believe he can’t. Unless he mirrors everything about nat that that makes him able to create black mana. Then yeah. But yea, it would be a pain in the ass to fight yourself. But even if Adrian can mirror skills. That doesn’t mean he can use them, like the original, or have the creative capacity to use them uniquely.

Subliminary

Wait so what *was* the point of this earth visit if not for Nat to screw Adrian by clearing the dungeon or something? Just to check in on people? He would be seeing them in less than 2 years anyway…

Hms

Getting the spider after getting the wraith is pretty ridiculous. Even though I know biscuit will wipe the floor with Septa, it still is crazy having basically two different bonds. The gap was already large and now Nat is going to have to go through a legendary OP training arc for the next two years. Likely means topping Adrian's 7th floor record and getting another star fragment he could actually use this time. Even then I'm not sure how he is going to counter that mirror ability. Maybe sneakthaniel?

Woodstock179

Very good chapter ^_^ TGINT ( thank god its not Thursday )

Madje Tobi Marc'Avent Tchona

I wonder how Nat is going to counter Adrian’s mirror ability. An obvious contender would be black mana… but I dunno if that would be as satisfying as just having better mastery of those skills than whatever copy Adrian could do. Alternatively though there is no reason for Adrian to copy Nat’s skills as he’s still much stronger.

granndfunk

Like is that the real Septa? Not from the tutorial but from the real planet? And did Adrian have her on earth this whole time?

John

So Nat is gonna become the absolute from Cockroaches planet?

Madje Tobi Marc'Avent Tchona

As someone’s whose ultimate goal is to go after Pride… it would be weird if he didn’t get that subclass

im Panda

Here's what I'm assuming happened. Adrian did infact get a Earth stay token for getting 1st in the previous tournament. And now that he's on Earth he has/will complete the dungeon to become to Absolute of earth. And the system won't send him back into the tutorial as an Attendee now that he's the absolute. It might even trigger the pairing completion early

Jimmer Quadro

Is Adrian going to be the new Envy? I was thinking he restarted because of that. He seems like the kind of guy to be super envious of others.

Balsamic ThunderThighs

"“You know it is okay. No one will shout at you or hit you for getting close to people anymore.”" -- How odd it's raining in my room.

Kevin

It wasn’t really a hard guess as to what he would pick. It was pretty obvious.

Poutine Au Syrop d'érable

The fact that septa is much smaller, and alive, and on earth. Is quite surprising.

Audrey WJ

I had been wondering if Adrian actually finished the tutorial and was staying and not just using a token and I suppose that answers that. I'm curious about septa , didn't Nat just look at the Moon and see her there? How does the old animal companion of the ruler of envy have a connection/ relationship with Adrian? Or perhaps that's the septa from the tutorial floor who Adrian bonded with? That makes more sense than being a mini version of the still giant septa on the moon after all.

Audrey WJ

So he got a free trait upgrade anyway and it was to iris, sometimes I'm scary good at this game lol. Edit- FYI I said he would pick the trait evo and use it on iris back in the chapter where the rewards were revealed and wtf I swear he didn't get to pick two but oh well that is what it says now.

Morde24

I thought that Septa died when Envy did? (Some mention of the spiders legs curling up, which is what spiders do when they die). Does this mean Envy had a cheat death method?

karmaslap

No way, there's still benefit to hanging around in Beyond and using the system shop. Its lost opportunity leaving. He must have either been kicked out or wants to take no risks and get the jump on Nat by getting absolute early before Nat even has a chance

Peter Smith

Im kind of hoping that the system has a plan for if multiple people become absolute candidates in the tutorial. Esepcially since i am more and more convinced that the absolutes and rulers are just the tiers of aid the system gives to people as they seek the center of the first dungeon. I think the system wants an Emperor again

TBONEMAN

Her skill probably forces her to be sane.

kyle

Adrian, staying on Earth is how Nat's going to catch up to his strength! I've been wondering how you was going to manage that.

Kirin

Thank you for the chappie!

Andrew

Thank you!

Michel Kommers

I think this fucked up all nat plans. He prob thought adrain would stay for a few days not 'forever', and in doing so, he basically has nat family and nat friends family as hostages (kind of). Its probably the thing that Adrian will use as leverage against nat (having earth as hostage, because he dosnt care and clearly hated his days in earth)

P K

I'm m sure it'll be good motivation for when they get that system prompt, if they didn't get it while he was holding them. Will be a huge wake up for most of 'em and probs the nicest show of power before the world starts the pairing Also Aiden was just blown off steam because it was the place he almost died on as a human, after he gambled his entire life / powers

Michel Kommers

Right? This is a slap on nat plans face

Nemesis

I guess Envy was supporting Adrian? I am also guessing Envy has a cheat death method and the one on the moon is Envy reconstituting?

Nemesis

Off topic for this chapter but thinking about Kindness, there is no way she is completely sane, right? With how long she has lived, the things she has done, and her desire to die, not to mention the fact she probably grew up with very different moral values on her world and era. She is probably very off-kilter, at a minimum. I suspect she is just really good at presenting a facade.

Nemesis

It probably isn't open yet. Not until the tutorial ends

Nemesis

I was wondering the same

Cody

His family was dead before the tutorial. That’s why he hated Nat so much, he reminded him of the guy who killed his family

Sacredwisp

I don't think anyone has brought it up yet, but in the final edit, it may be worth at least mentioning Hadwin's family.

Austin Dominguez

The moon has to have its own absolute dungeon that nat will yoink at some point because moon absolute is cooler than dealing with people. Also, what does it mean for septa, the presumably slightly less than equal bond of envy, to be so cute with Adrian?

Rad

He destroyed the house and the mountain it was on because he was so pissed about growing old. He spoke briefly about how bad it felt to not only lose his previous power as an absolute, but also to weaken to the point he thought he might never recover. A bit of mental revenge against the place he stayed when it all felt hopeless to him.

Bobbs

I love Nat delivering justice for Biscuit!

Ken Horne

Nice drop of why Nat is the way he is, getting beaten for having friends.

Lizy Flore

8th floor quest was to protect the ruler candidate. This was Tyven. Tyven had a spider called septa who almost killed Nat through her poisonous legs. Tyven turned out to be Ruler of Envy. The spider on the moon was Envy’s champion vessel. Aka septa.

Ansordia

So Adrian probably unlocked this as an reward... Because in my mind the destroying the moutainside was done because that was a place that almost killed him.

TwistedVanity

Can anyone please remind me about September from the 8th floor? I assume that's important somehow

Rene Duvall

TFTC!!!

TYRELL GRAY

I have to say, I’m loving nat, title: absolute Candidate….👌, like my boy really work that shit… I also like the construct names too. I’m just wondering how different his construct are going to be.

Hydrabogen

So I'm guessing Adrian will become earth's first absolute by the time Nat finishes the tutorial, then they fight and kill each other, and then Biscuit completes the world dungeon (as was foretold)

NoctisMi

Either at 400 or 450 with being Champion

Borbino the great

He might’ve just completed all the floors

frankie doerr

Unlikely cerim wrote his eyes went through multiple evolutions this is only Nat’s 2nd

frankie doerr

Makes sense to me every time I talk to an old person they always talk about the good old days and when it all fucked up

Liam Zay

I wonder if the reason Adrian was upset a few chapters ago is because he was kicked out of beyond before he was ready, or maybe he used an earth visit token and got a notification he couldn't go back. Nat's time with his mom was sweet, but I feel awful for all the people frozen for hours. That's going to need some therapy lol.

TheOne320

I was wondering how Adrian's tutorial would be considered as "complete".

forgetfulposum

I wonder what the requirements for Fruadrian were to be 'finished' since he didn't really join the tutorial, since he started in Beyond. So for him it wasn't to clear the last floor. Maybe he could've left at any point or maybe reaching the 7th (I think) floor of beyond allows you to leave permanently no matter where you are in the tutorial. Or maybe he can come and go at will, but that seems unlikely given his words and what Ruby said about how difficult it was to come back after the tutorial. Also it's interesting that his two hearts (kinetic and ignition) are the only two traits whose names didn't change. Will he address the changed constructs? Or is it just their strengthend form and they do the same still but better?

forgetfulposum

Shouldn't the Mana Manipulation skill be at the bottom of the list since it was newly acquired and those always are at the bottom?

Little Watchmaker

you think this was a mistake? and Adrian didn't intend to stay but the system patched him? It would explain why he got "mad" and destroyed the mountain cabin earlier. I really hope that's the case. It gives Nat a chance to reach his level for the end of the tutorial.

Gwiddion

Is it just me or shouldn't Nat have his 2/3 mana enhancement? I thought that it would come with the body upgrade or am I misremembering something.

Vigli2020

Great chapter. Since it seems that Adrian is done with the tutorial, he got everything he wanted and the other floors are too difficult even for him to get anything useful in the remaining time. Also the constructs have also undergone evolutions, and I guess there are also new ones.

mitchell kaiser

Holy crapola, that’s a little bomb just to drop. I wonder how Nat will adjust his plans.

The Arcane Emperor

Crazy that Thalia tells her son how great his father was when younger. Pretty insensitive, given what he has done to Vic and Nat. So much even, that both children planned to kill their own father. And the mom raves about how sweet he was to one of his victims. Thats incomprehensible to me.

Terra

I take it the system finally realized that Adrian has already done the tutorial and won’t be letting him back in. While it means he has all the time in the world to prep earth in order to take it over it also means he can’t get more power through the tutorial.

Val the mysterious Jedi

No, nat knows he can't do anything to fruadrian , he just seeing what he is going to do while he's in the tutorial

I Is Patron

Will they be allowed to leave though? Nat, Vic, Lily, Sophie are assets Adrian will want to control and help him win multiple pairings in preparation for challenging Pride. I don't see Adrian allowing anyone valuable to leave his control any time soon.

Val the mysterious Jedi

Fruadrian can suck on nukes, I can't stand that jerk

U

I can't wait for Adrian's reaction to Nat when he finishes tutorial

Adrian Rake

This will be a conversation between the true powerhouses which will shape the destiny of the entire world. What agreement will they come to? 🤔

Gutz

Beautiful chapter, nicely written. Thanks.

U

He's done with the tutorial already? Interesting for beyond side of things, lovely for tournaments and horrible for Earth's.

Jake Atwood

So I take it he’s not gonna do earths super dungeon then

Lance Beam

TFTC. Sweet first half of the chapter, interesting second half. Let's see where it goes.

Manaless

Is it just me, or has Nat's constitution become an irregular attribute?

Konrad Pagacz

That's worrying. Adrian is consolidating power and ionce Nat and the rest of the group 4 come out of the tutorial, Earth will be squarely under Adrian's thumb. I think the planet is a lost cause tbh. It's better Nat starts looking to settle somewhere else, because there is no point fighting this returnee. Best strategy is to wait for him to predictably hit the same progress wall he hit in his previous life and then just out pace him. But that's hundreds or thousands of years into the future. There's also family of group 4 to consider. Best case scenario is for them to leave anyway, because their families can be used as hostages to control them. So better to just write them off and dip.

Isaac Lung

From the name Nat’s eyes seem to be in the same tier of trait as Kyralon’s Parallax Eyes.

Blooper

Oh damn, I wonder if this changes Nat's plans somewhat...

Manther

Well ok then. Bye for now Fraud!!

BlackRazaras

Thanks for the chapter

Martin V

Tftc!!

Daf High-Voltage

Tftc

frankie doerr

Thank god it’s not Thursday what the fuck cerim I thought he was going to climb the floors again please give us more info god damn cliff hangers I know you do this on purpose

Snake With An Aurora Borealis

Oh fuck.

jobe matula

damn it's early af to beat me here lol.🤣 I guess I'm in good company! let's gooo!

vEnviouz

TFTC!!!

vikos_bog_bogdacius

BOG

Claro reyes

Tftc!!!


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