The Sage's Journey - Debugging the Apocalypse
[Current State: 160k words. Chapters will post daily.]
When realms split, reality glitches.
Seventeen-year-old Kai Fischer was just declared magically inert—a “Lumen-Null.” In a world where power defines worth, he’s now worth less than nothing. Cast out and stripped of purpose, he’s a living error in the system.
The system is breaking. As the Mortal Realm shears from the Demon Realm, reality itself is glitching—physics rewrite in bursts of chaotic code, and monstrous, data-devoid shadows bleed through the fractures. They are voids that consume everything: magic, matter, memory.
Kai’s desperation leads him to Lena, an enigmatic mage hiding a lethal truth: the glitches are not random. They are a symptom of a fatal flaw, and Kai, the supposed null, is inexplicably at the center of it all.
Their path converges on Heiying Academy, a hidden sanctuary of ancient wisdom and forbidden data-streams. Here, Kai discovers the impossible: a forbidden Wellspring of chaotic power within himself. To the voids hunting him, this makes him a threat. To certain allies, he’s just a weapon to be controlled.
With betrayal in the code and the Academy itself flickering on the brink of deletion, Kai faces a final choice: die as the powerless error the world rejected, or rise as a Sage. To embrace his power is to risk corrupting reality entirely. But it might be the only way to debug a world tearing itself apart.
He was told he had no power. He was wrong. His power could break the world.
The Sage’s Journey is an epic tale of resilience, friendship, and the fight for balance in a realm divided by ambition and fear. Join Kai as he discovers that hope can flourish even where light and shadow meet—and that the courage to change may become the greatest magic of all.
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This novel unfolds slowly, focusing on character, atmosphere, and emotional depth over instant payoff. I welcome honest feedback at every stage—your thoughts matter to me, and every review helps me craft a stronger, more compelling story.