Divine Apostasy Book 12 - Chapter 63
Chapter 63
Ruwen projected the information from Identify above the bike.
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Chapter 62
Ruwen, Sift, Echo, and Ash sat facing each other, the ground still warm from their earlier battle.
"What’s balance?" Ruwen asked Ash.
Ash answered immediately. "The only truth, and the key to everything.”
“That’s what your Sisen told you, but what do you think?”
“I've medit...
2025-07-05 07:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostDivine Apostasy Book 12 - Chapter 61
Chapter 61
“Like a proper fight?” Sift asked. He smiled and cracked his knuckles, before turning to Ruwen. “You aren’t ready for god-tier Sift. Prepare yourself for a beating. A beating worse than those chickens gave you.”
“Chickens?” Ash asked.
Ruwen ...
2025-07-05 06:59:46 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
I’m conflicted about the chapters tonight (56-60) because I’m trying to thread the needle between a behavior/shtick I love and a desire to show character growth. Specifically, this relates to Sift. After reading these chapters (56-60), if you have a feelings about them, good or bad, please leave a comment or sen...
2025-06-28 07:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 60
Sift whistled. “Wow, he really pegged you.”
“Why?” Ruwen asked. “Because of this?”
Ruwen summoned the Scarecrow Aspect and Ash leaped backward in shock and fright.
“Hell’s bells,” Ash cursed. “Not even a warning.”
Sift raised a hand. “Two questions. First,...
2025-06-28 06:59:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 59
Sift produced a tray of cookies.
Ash gasped. “Besos!”
“Shhh,” Ruwen and Sift said at the same time. Both glanced over at the meditating Echo.
Sift put the tray in Ash’s lap. “Your grandpa mentioned they were your favorite. He’s doing great by the way. A wonderful man, although ...
2025-06-28 06:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 58
Ruwen, Sift, and Echo sat facing each other in a tight circle while Ash practiced his Step forms twenty feet away.
"What do you see?" Ruwen asked Echo.
Echo studied Ash as he moved through a basic transition sequence. "His technique is nearly flawless for a Master. The movements are precise. But.....
2025-06-28 06:56:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 57
They arrived amidst the ruins of a city. Ruwen dismissed the portal and followed Echo down a rubble filled street. Massive stone structures loomed around them, ancient buildings that had partially collapsed centuries or millennia ago. The architecture didn’t look consistent, but maybe the differences repres...
2025-06-28 06:55:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 56
[Author’s Note: I’m conflicted about the following chapters (through 60) because I’m trying to thread the needle between a behavior/shtick I love and my desire to show character growth. Specifically, this relates to Sift. After reading these chapters (56-60), if you have a feeling about them, good or ba...
2025-06-28 06:54:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
It’s really late here, so I’ll keep this brief. I’m not going to finish book 12 by the narration deadline. I’ve spoken to Travis and there is a possibility that book 12 could be done in September. If that doesn’t work out, then the July narration slot will be Cevin’s Sword and the redo of The Grey Warden...
2025-06-21 08:17:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 55
The darkness didn’t inhibit Ruwen’s vision, but he needed Pine’s help and the old man couldn’t see in the dark. Thousands of glowing snowflakes appeared in the shed but these Ruwen had made from tiny bundles of Soul power. They drifted haphazardly, slowly spinning from currents only they detected.
... 2025-06-21 08:16:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 54
Ruwen shocked Pine again when he’d perfectly replicated Pine’s cleansing form after seeing it one time. The chants and humming from Pine’s daughter also came naturally to him. Only the visualization portion gave him problems. He’d used Harmonic Sight and Knowledge when watching Pine ...
2025-06-21 08:15:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 53
"Aura manipulation becomes easier as more chakras are Awakened," Pine began. "The aura is the external expression of your internal chakra energy. Think of it as your chakras' influence extending beyond your physical body. Without an aura, one can still project power outward, but the distance and effect are li...
2025-06-21 08:14:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 52
They arrived at the clearing and Pine sat cross-legged, his back straight, and hands resting on his knees. Ruwen mirrored the position and centered himself, drawing on the breathing techniques Pine had taught him earlier.
"Tell me what happened," Pine said, his voice calm and confident.
"It was a ...
2025-06-21 08:13:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 51
The house's screen door clicked shut behind them as Ruwen and Grandpa Pine stepped onto the well-worn path that led toward the avocado grove. The late afternoon sun touched the treetops, painting everything in warm golds that softened the surroundings. As they entered the grove a light breeze rustled the leav...
2025-06-21 08:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
I hoped to get a third chapter finished for tonight, but life got in the way. Any sane person would just admit that they couldn’t finish the book by the narration deadline, but I’m not ready to throw in the towel yet. Mostly because family is arriving Sunday and they can help with the kids, which should allow me...
2025-06-14 06:38:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 50
Someone had already cast a cleaning spell on Ruwen, likely before placing him in Ash’s bed, but he cast Scrub anyway, feeling the familiar tingle across his skin as the spell cleansed his body.
Hamma pulled a bundle of clothes from her dimensional bag. "I had a chance to do a little shopping....
2025-06-14 06:37:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 49
Ruwen had awoken in Master Pine's house. Ash’s bedroom if the posters were any indication.
"The others will want to know you're all right,” Rami said heading for the bedroom door. “And I can’t leave poor Echo alone in the kitchen with Sift. It takes two of us to keep him from burning the house d...
2025-06-14 06:35:54 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
I finally made it to the next section of the book. I’m hoping my enthusiasm for this next arc is enough to increase my productivity. If not, then book 12 will miss my July deadline for narration. If I feel like I’m close to finishing the book, I plan on taking vacation to get it over the finish line.
I fee...
2025-06-07 06:26:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 48
Consciousness drifted back to Ruwen gradually like a tide washing over a beach, each wave bringing fragments of awareness that slowly coalesced. A warm weight rested against his body, and something soft supported his back and legs. Familiar voices tugged at the edges of memory like half-remembered songs.
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The Guardian sensed Ruwen and it turned but Vex raced through the clouds keeping them out of sight. In moments they hovered at the golem’s lower back and Ruwen used Harmony to confirm the creature’s skin would take far too long to penetrate.
Ruwen took a few seconds and studied the skin’s structur...
2025-06-07 06:24:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46
Ruwen created a fifty-foot soul portal above them, with the entrance facing up. As he’d guessed, the gems didn’t go quietly.
The stone not protected by the soul portal vaporized and the chaotic energy surrounding them forced everyone back inside Ruwen’s mind. Half the Aspect Clones and Sentry ...
2025-06-07 06:23:16 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
A few years ago we planned on moving to another state and bought a house there. Things didn’t work out, and we ended up not moving. We rented out that house for a couple of years and finally sold it this week. That made the last two weeks a bit chaotic and definitely interfered with my writing.
You’d think...
2025-05-31 06:49:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 45
Chunks of stone fell from the ceiling as something enormous moved outside.
Overlord, Ruwen said as he created a soul portal to the outside.
Overlord materialized in his Fallen Lord Minion, prepared for battle. Without a word he pulled on Ruwen’s Spirit core and a combination of Scarecro...
2025-05-31 06:48:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 44
The Throat vault required a longer journey. Ruwen's map showed it resting beneath the Caribbean Sea, somewhere off the coast of Jamaica. The Infernal Realm had used this planet for thousands of years and he had a journal containing gate runes for many of their sites. It had come from Echo’s mom, and he wond...
2025-05-31 06:47:19 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
I spent most of this week outlining the rest of book 12, which is why I only released two chapters this week. The outline will help me stay focused and improve the pacing. Next week will be decisive on gauging my ability to finish book 12 by mid-July.
If I can’t finish it by the time my narration slot arrive...
2025-05-24 07:14:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 43
The leprechaun death counter had updated: Desiccated Leprechaun Scouts (20/25)
The next Notifications gave Ruwen the bad news regarding the Guardian.
Leprechaun Scout deaths have accelerated the Guardian awakening by 150 minutes.
Disappearance of the Solar Plexus Vault ...
2025-05-24 07:13:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42
Ruwen kept his skeletal palm extended, but the fight hadn’t left the gem. It contained pure Will, manifested in a gemstone, and submitting went against its nature. If it didn’t adapt it would die. Growth required change, even if that change felt like drowning. The Citrine of Will was obviously incredibly ...
2025-05-24 07:11:44 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
Over the last month I’ve burned through my buffer of chapters and I’m now only one ahead. There is still time to get book 12 finished for Travis in mid-July, but only barely. I’ve started thinking about what I’d give Travis for my slot if book 12 isn’t finished.
On the one hand not having the pressur...
2025-05-17 07:23:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41
Ruwen exited the portal and found himself hovering over a massive crater. The sudden glacial temperature and lack of air didn’t bother him—he’d spent a significant amount of time in space and if anything, it made him nostalgic. He immediately Blinked to the moon’s surface to escape the mass o...
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