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Chapter 1683 - Purified and Sanctified
🕑 Added 2025-09-25 02:00:04 +0000 UTCFirst of all, what the heck is a Pure Core? Why do I have one, and what does it even do?!
Gandalf?
[Pure Core. Absorbs and cleanses mana.]
Wait… that’s it? Come on, Gandalf, you have to give me more than that!
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No? Damn your silver locks and fulsome beard, damn them to Hades! Cleanses mana? How? What sort of mana?! I mean, if I go back out in the fifth, then… will this automatically cleanse the corruption out of me? That would be… extremely useful.
Also, since it’s a second core, does that mean I absorb more mana than I did before? If so… fine, I suppose. I can’t see any drawbacks to that.
I notice a few other things. My eyes are now made out of Unsullied Crystal, whatever the heck that is. So long as it’s hard enough to stop an attack going straight through and into my brain, I can’t complain too much. Also, if it doesn’t melt when I walk into the fifth, I’d appreciate it. Melting eyeballs are… unpleasant.
[Unsullied Crystal is a rare spiritual material. Only the truth may penetrate it.]
Did my body just become even more valuable? I’m really starting to worry about the price tag attached to me. Best keep quiet about this one. Not sure what it means by ‘only the truth may penetrate it’. Maybe I’ll need to experiment with that a little.
Also, my eyesight has once again returned to complete rubbish, all of my mutations lost. Grumbling, I punch in mutations up to +15, improving the quality of my lenses.
Wait, what the heck happened to my healing gland? It’s gone?! I need that!
Although… what in the name of goodness is a Virtuous Echo Network?
[Virtuous Echo Network. This organ breaks the cycle and turns harm into healing. Fuelled by purified mana, it will provide more healing the more the host is attacked.]
Okaaaay. I don’t know anything about cycle breaking, but this is basically constant healing as opposed to healing I can trigger? And it’s fed off the mana that the pure core spits out?
That seems… good. I’m interested to see just how much healing I can get out of this thing when it revs up. I assume there’s some sort of limit.
Right?
What else is going on in here? Things seem to have taken a strange turn while I was evolving, that’s for sure. My business district appears to have had a severe makeover. Now it’s apparently a complex. All of my various bits and pieces back there fused into one, all-powerful dispenser of business and justice.
I like it!
Seriously though, what the heck is this thing?
[Everflowing Well of Living Waters: This organ is a wellspring of liquid mana. When supplied with arcane energy, it will release a constant supply greater than what is fed into it.]
WHAT?!
So, if I push mana into this organ, I just… get more back? Is this some sort of hack?! I didn’t think it was possible to make more mana out of nothing, not even the Altar can do that!
And… wait a second. Will the liquid mana I get out of it change depending on the type I put in? Could I feed Gravity Mana into this organ and get pure, concentrated liquid gravity out the other side? Maybe I have to mutate it first, but even so…
That would be… insane. Like… really insane. How in the heck would it even work?
The more I look at it, the more impossible this organ seems. I can’t imagine how much of the evolutionary budget got spent on this thing, but it had to have been a lot. I’ll have to ask Granin and the crew when I see them next.
My status still has a ton of other changes. Vestigial Legs, some of my brains got reset, a whole lot of stuff. The base stat changes are also crazy. I’m huge now, probably thirty percent larger than before? Which is… geez, it’s hard to say. Coolant has left the room, so I can’t compare myself to her anymore.
Oh, that shadow over there is a nameless one. Nice. If she’s a tier five scout… then I’m… way too big. I must be somewhere around twelve metres tall and three times as long. At what point do I get so large that I need to start looking out for atomic lizards?
I shouldn’t joke about it, I’m getting nervous, that's a real thing now.
[MASTER!]
[Oh, hey, Crinis! I’m awake. How’ve you… been.]
I only just woke up, I don’t want to have to deal with this.
[Can you get out of my carapace please, Crinis?]
[I’m… I’m not sure what you mean…]
[I know you’re in there! You made it look like you dove into my shadow, but you snuck inside my thorax at the last second! Get out!]
[Fine,] she grumbles. Moments later, pure darkness begins to drip out of my carapace and fall into my shadow. I wait and make sure nothing is ‘accidentally’ left behind before I turn to Tiny, who has Invidia riding on his shoulder.
[Hey, guys!] I greet them warmly. [Sorry I slept for so long. Hope you’ve been well!]
Invidia smiles at me, which is a little disturbing, but I get the sense he’s trying to be supporting. Tiny just flexes, then nods. Then flexes some more.
But… I notice something weird is happening.
Turning my focus inside my body, I realise the cool rush of healing fluid is starting to spread throughout my frame. Rather than coming from one place, it seems to be distributed by a… networked system… I suppose.
Like ice, it slides along my veins and saturates my muscles, invigorating my organs and refreshing my minds. It’s nice, it’s pleasant even, but why the heck is it happening?
What’s more, it’s getting… more. I look around the room, but there’s nothing happening. It’s me, Tiny, Crinis and Invidia, in an empty chamber, with a nameless one, yet the flow of healing fluid just keeps getting larger and larger.
[Is… is anything weird happening to you guys?] I ask the others.
[Is there a problem, Master?] Crinis asks, assuming the worst.
Regeneration fluid is thundering through me now. There’s a ton of the stuff and it just keeps coming. I mean… I don’t think it can hurt me, it literally heals damage, but why is this happening?
Hastily, I whip up the status screen and read through the description of the regeneration organ again. More healing the more I’m attacked. The more I’m attacked. So I don’t have to get hit, just attacked.
So… I must be being attacked right now. That’s the only explanation.
I look at Tiny. He’s still standing there, flexing, rolling his shoulders, but there’s something in his eyes… a little flicker that gets me thinking. Wait, since my eyes have been reset, that means I lost all my mutations, which means I can’t see his damn ghost fists anymore!
[TINY! Are you shooting intent at me?!] I demand.
His bat eyes go wide and he freezes like a child caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Slowly, he puts his hands behind his back and shakes his head.
[No,] he says.
[Then why…] I ask him slowly, politely, [is my healing gland still going crazy?! Stop it right now!]
Comments
Collector of Stories
Nice changes! Really looking forward to seeing Anthony test these new changes!
alt31415
I'm not sure Theorazzn is gonna care.
Roombot
I’m guessing, yeah.
Jon Wolfman
Funny thing about Anthony is usually when he ask same question it happens
Mo Alawami
Narrator: Anthony proceeded not to learn more and went to tickle grubs instead
Mo Alawami
Good question
Brian Schwab
Where was the itch?!?! He just mutated his eyes, and he did tendons last chapter too and there was no mention of it, not even that it was missing?!?! What is going on?!
Shakyamunie
But the shapers had access to his core while evolving and saw the action of the Chal live, maybe they already know the changes ?
Ruwa
And i thought leonidant was immortal. I think Anthony just became a god pretty much.
dothuman
…they’re dead, IIRC. Either that, or they’re in worse condition than Anthony ever was. IIRC, they siphoned some of the toxins from Anthony into themselves.
Peculiar Oranges
Soon Anthony will be Eternal. He shall be the First to save the world.
ZaneofBane
If he's shy about showing Granin and crew his core and consulting them at this point, I'm going to flip a table!!! Also, please let this base have become a cultist jamboree. I think it would be hilarious for Anthony to have to deal with a consortium of cultists half worshiping him.
ZaneofBane
Can his eyes see through illusions? Only the truth may penetrate them...
TheLostGolem
Oh... what happened to protectant and the other bodyguards...
CentaureHeart
Is his species unchanged?
guvvuf
Theorazzn is going to be displeased.
S10NN4CH
So instead of waiting forever to talk to granin and the rest of the triad, Anthony is going to actually COMMUNICATE and LEARN about himself first. Right?? Riiiiight?? *Squints at Anthony*
charles
did not think of this before but its been 6 monthes meaning half a year for the rest of the colony and anthoneys gang to gain xp. and with a portion of the 5th being cleansed higher leveled biomass. wonder how vibrant briliant leroy and solant are all doing on there own evolution jorneys also tiny crinis and invidia. obviously it is not as easy to gain exp now that the wave is over
Cylar
I cannot wait to see Antony try out his new “toys/weapons/biology”
Slapjack
Anthony found the infinite heals exploit
Slapjack
Didn't Protectant and her goons get purified too? I wonder if they'll get a similar evolution.
andwhyisit
Wait... the Unsullied Crystal Eyes should mean that Anthony would be able to see Protectant instead of just sensing her. Why isn't she in the room? Is she outside?
Shivam Mathur
St. Anthony 🙏
Roombot
Feels like it. What are the Krath gonna do, throw goop at him?
Roombot
Tiny just can’t help forming the intent to punch everything around him. He’s basically an honorary demon, with a boxing obsession.
Twin
Tiny the healer
Danish Perera
Let's gooo we get the reveal!
Skeams
Doubtful. He still has that nasty invisible ancient hook in his gut pulling him down.
Runaway_Cactuar
I have a feeling the Queen Mother will name her left antennae "The Truth" and see if she can thwack that eyeball~
DurzoMandragoran
Anthony is a fuckin Kaiju that is close to impossible to kill. Lol.
TheLostGolem
You think they can just speedrun the purification of the 5th now that Anthony is back?
TheLostGolem
Yep. Or about as tall as a 3.5 story building.
Slapjack
Anthony is bloody massive. 12 x 40m is One T rex in height by 2 tennis courts in length. Thats nuts
alt31415
The triad explained that his regen-gland is changed into a system that triggers auto-regen the more he is attacked, even if Anthony dodges the attack - useful given his precognitive abilities. With Tiny constantly visualizing attacking anything and everything, even random patches of dirt, him visualizing punching Anthony counts as 'attacked' and triggers the effect.
alt31415
Lmao the moment the healing system went nuts I knew what it was.
Zaid
Is he healing because he is mutating?? No more discomfort when he does that???? Did he originally have issues with his nervous system that is fixed now????!!
Mohammed khaled
honestly I want to ask about many things that would be spoilers if answered and I don’t know if it’s worth it to ask gaaaah.
Wensber
It probably requires being purified which means being corrupted first. The Chal themselves seem to only have purification powers from being purified as eggs.
Wensber
Thanks for the chapter!
Ether's Blessed One
Peak Comedy 😂 and nice that the gang's back together.
charles
wait if he is constantly producing mana can he stay on higher floors longer now without worrying about all his mana leaking away?
Buck
Good to have Anthony awake and back with Tiny, Crinis and Invidia. If the singing of the Chal is what gave Anthony his Pure Core, which sounds like it will let him operate in the 5th’s corruption safely, can they repeat the process for other Colony members?
Rahsheem Reid
Reconstruction in the colony is probably all the way plotted to the surface. TFTC.
Mo Alawami
This is the best way to demonstrate his new OP ability 😂
Hughes Andrew
No it’s not intent based. It still was healing even after tiny stopped.
Brandon14754
Yay infinite mana
DalieaDelimaDolma
Bahaha thats fkin insane that the healing is based on intent, I guess Anthony will just heal forever as long as Tiny or the legion is around 🤣
Zizawah
Just too adorable. All of the gang. Thanks for the chapter!
Koala Man
Oooooooooh
Huy Ngo
Hell yes tiny keep attacking him 😂
