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20. Good Times | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 20

Fueled by nightly rounds of spirit stew, Alric undergoes a staggering physical evolution, rapidly outgrowing his high-water robes as his body catches up to a fully mature

19. The Deal | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 19

Facing divine ruin, Corvus uses high-level alchemy to save the injured orphans and strikes a mutually beneficial deal—arming the "mediocre" squad with real weapons and in

18. Confronting Corvus | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 18

Desperate to save his dying friends, Alric sparks a terrifying divine intervention that exposes their cold-hearted sponsor's political fraud and forces a high-speed rescu

17. Boar Spirit | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 17

Pouring every ounce of his compressed chi into a final, skull-cracking strike, Alric brings down the corrupted beast and witnesses its grateful spirit ascend to the River

16. Attacked | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 16

Before the orphans can even finish stretching for their grueling daily run, a crazed boar with glowing green eyes charges out of the underbrush. With Runa down and their

15. Side Road | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 15

Left behind to master his clumsy new legs on a side detour, Alric hits his stride only to face a lethal midnight crisis after devouring four cups of high-grade spirit ste

14. Growth | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 14

One massive feast of spirit stew triggers a bizarre, overnight transformation for Alric. Thanks to a mystical cat's intervention and an accelerated system breakthrough, h

13. Running | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 13

Alric officially unlocks his Level 1 Running skill, learning from a sarcastic system prompt that he is finally "flailing with purpose". Left alone on the midnight highway

12. The Road | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 12

Barely a twig at Wood Level One, Alric faces the grueling reality of a foot journey along the empire's enchanted, multi-lane highway. Guided by his charismatic Stone-rank

11. Benjamin | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 11

The divine training wheels are officially off as Alric returns to the real world with a pocket universe, a new path, and a lot of attitude. His celebration is cut short b

10. Inventory Slots | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 10

The smaller the anchor, the sharper the sting. In Chapter 10: "Inventory Slots," Alric pushes his soul-anchored storage to its limits. After stunning his deity with an in

9. Inventory | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 9

Forget everything you know about inventory management. Since Alric lacks a core, he must anchor his "pocket universe" directly to his soul—a high-stakes gamble that grant

8. First Weapons | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 8

Finding a weapon that doesn't kill you is harder than it looks. In Chapter 8: "First Weapon," Alric faces a lethal gauntlet of giant spiders, boars, and scorpions, only t

7. Attributes | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 7

Welcome to the longest, weirdest, and most repetitive day of Alric’s life. In Chapter 7: "Attributes," Alric discovers that his "leaky bucket" healing is actually a secre

6. Tempering | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 6

The path of the Body Cultivator isn't for the faint of heart. In Chapter 6: "Tempering," Alric discovers that his own innate healing ability is actually his biggest obsta

5. Examination | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 5

Think your last physical was awkward? Try having a god send a thousand tiny "ants" on a field trip through your internal organs. In Chapter 5: "Examination," Alric finds

4. Broken Path | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 4

Five gods, five rejections. In Chapter 4: "Broken Path," Alric faces the ultimate silence of the divine—until the Blessed Mother reveals a secret pact. Enter the Broken M

2. Chosen | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 2

As the town's selection ceremony reaches its final, heavy moments, the spotlight shifts to the last orphan: Alric. In Chapter 2: "Chosen," Alric must step onto the platfo

3. Blessed Mother | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 3

Faced with the divine selection ceremony, Alric must confront a brutal truth: the great gods of cultivation have no place for the coreless. In Chapter 3: "Blessed Mother,

1. Orphans | Coreless Cultivator Chapter 1

In a world where power is everything, being "coreless" is a death sentence. Join author Michael Taggart for the premiere of his hit Progression Fantasy series, Coreless C