[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-vampire-s-slice-of-life":3,"chapter-vampire-s-slice-of-life-vampire-s-slice-of-life-chapter-1177":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Vampire's Slice Of Life",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},990241,1290,"Chapter 1177: Ascension (2)","vampire-s-slice-of-life-chapter-1177",1177,"\u003Cp>To have everything in harmony was the first hurdle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith passed through it with flying colors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the next step, Lith took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one word made his heart thump explosively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surroundings changed and he found himself in a world of black and gray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Astral Realm?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There seemed to be a weird connection between Lith and the Astral Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe as he ascended further, he would understand the mysteries of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, he focused on the tribulation that was to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind howled and from afar, Lith could see some figures charging towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground trembled as they neared and in no time, the tremors were strong enough to topple anyone down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith extended his wings out and flew in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kawwww—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black ravens, rather, astral monsters, breezed past Lith as he flew a meter above the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was sudden and close. If they were to hit, the damage would not be less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A raven, the size of a giant, kawwed at Lith from afar and did a barrel roll while charging towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Multiple smaller ravens manifested and circled around it, rushing at Lith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith flapped his wings and shot in the air, but in the blink of an eye, the ravens disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kawww!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shrill cry of these ravens made Lith's adrenaline shoot up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used the Time element and froze his nearest surroundings, then used a Space spell and teleported at a random distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his place, the ravens appeared and pecked the empty space, tearing it apart and making a small void appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Time and Space huh…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ravens were proficient in using the Time and Space elements to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith had to be more careful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ground, two giant beasts stood waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was a minotaur and the other a centaur, both the size of a small building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Astral Realm was not a materialistic realm, Lith could not see artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to rely on his own strength, and Lith was glad he never really relied on artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the charging ravens and waited for them to get closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ravens did not fly in a straight path. Whenever Lith blinked, they would appear at a random spot in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few seconds, they reached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Void Amalgamation Spear.\" Lith said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kawwww—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith disappeared from his place, teleporting to a random spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space he was in was torn. From it appeared a flurry of spears, piercing through the ravens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bigger raven was smart and avoided it. Some of the smaller ones died. Most were still alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Lith could react, he felt a sharp pain from his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kaw!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A raven had locked onto him. His random teleportation idea was slowly crumbling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon checking the side it had attacked, Lith found the piece of his body to disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't regenerating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Fuck.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith smashed the raven with his bare hands, turning it into fine dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dust hovered in the air, then vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kaw!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith felt a sharp pain on his side again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smaller raven had returned and pecked again, taking another piece of Lith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the fuck!?\" Lith teleported away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smaller raven appeared again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith willed the Space element around his palms and smashed the raven again, sending it through the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no dust anymore and it was gone completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kawwww!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The big raven screeched and flew towards Lith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These ravens were too proficient in Space and Time. The only way to beat them was to have a mastery better than theirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith did not lack an understanding in these laws and slowly got the hang of this tribulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was not merely related to freezing something or making it accelerate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was a heavenly concept related to the past, present, and future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything would be still if Time did not exist. A moment would be like a framed photograph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some describe Time as an arrow shooting straight, never going left, right, up, down, or back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While some described it as a medium that allowed multiple moments or multiple framed photographs to be clubbed together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frame theory helped one understand that a photograph was taken as Time moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would never disappear from the universe, and a Time path expert could access it, meaning they could go to the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shooting arrow theory made one understand that going in the past wasn't possible, but one could definitely go to the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were multiple such theories, and Lith had a good grasp on the good points from them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never had the chance to use Time element as he was already too overpowered in his realm and could one-shot his opponents with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other cases, he was pitched against foes that were far too stronger than him so using Time element was useless as he would still end up dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pecking raven sharpened Lith's understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled as he stared at the incoming ravens and thought, 'Good. A tribulation wouldn't be a tribulation if it was easy.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith moved his hands in a swirling motion and the world around him dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see the ravens rushing towards him, but to his left and right, there were a thousand images of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the left he could see up until the raven pecking him. To the right he could see himself clashing against the giant raven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were multiple lines on the right with him involved in multiple situations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The future was uncertain so the images kept changing with his thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith was officially in the dimension of Time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that one had to be a god to achieve such a level of proficiency, and to do it at such a young age and such a rank was beyond anyone's belief or knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith thought of moving to the moment the smaller bird had just pecked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body slid through the moments and he was back at that exact spot in space and had his body recovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smaller raven hadn't appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith's magic only worked on himself for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To have an entire moment recreated, meaning everything in the universe to go back to that moment's frame was next to impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would need to be a cosmic entity to do such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is good too.' Lith thought as he felt his recovered body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant raven was surprised to find Lith disappear without using teleportation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it quickly caught on that Lith was using the Time element.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It kawwed and the smaller birds flew in all sorts of random directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith raised his eyebrows in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What are they doing?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flapped his wings and flew to a spot where there wasn't any smaller bird or the big bird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his dismay, a smaller bird immediately appeared and pecked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith willed the Time element again and went back to just a moment prior when he wasn't pecked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly teleported to another spot at random and then to another, doing it in multiple successions so that those pesky little shits couldn't reach him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strategy was good so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith disappeared and reappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A pesky shit!\" Lith exclaimed and clapped his hands, keeping the bird in between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It disappeared from existence as the Space element was used.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith disappeared again and reappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another raven was smashed to oblivion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The process repeated until only a few smaller ravens were left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant raven was on high alert and screeching while making circles in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It kept disappearing and reappearing from existence, its body turning blurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screeches were soon filled with agony and sorry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching it, Lith could feel that this bird was probably shifting through time and searching for its dead comrades in hopes of reviving them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad, it may never find them again as their ashes were scattered throughout the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ground, the Minotaur and Centaur stared at the skies, waiting for Lith to descend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was either Lith or them who had to perish for the tribulation to end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was sort of unfair to these monsters that Lith could fly and they couldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tribulation accounted for all scenarios and sent aerial support too, but it was still helpless against the fact that it was up against a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were heavenly laws the tribulation abided by. It would never go overboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gave the highest possible difficulty to ascend to Half Emperor Rank, but having through multiple life threatening experiences and having a godly level of comprehension skills, Lith did not find this much of a challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ravens were troublesome, but he never felt a threat to his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, and the giant raven was left all alone, it began despairing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not attack Lith and this gave him time to have his spiritual power regenerate and accumulate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Willing the elements came at the cost of his spiritual power and he did not have an unlimited supply of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the birds were smarter and stalled, they may have been able to win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chance was still relatively slim though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the bird stopped mourning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gazed at Lith as its eyes blazed with fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body cracked and it morphed into a smaller but stronger, more berserk version of itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It then let out a soul piercing screech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lith stayed unfazed and gazed at it with calm eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1589,"2026-06-03T08:19:00.899Z","2026-06-03T08:19:06.127Z",1,"novelbin.me","b65feddac9363a0a24bdfedf6b6b73b1406f7acfda03547e56e2e000b5d8b680","vampire-s-slice-of-life-chapter-1178","vampire-s-slice-of-life-chapter-1176",1203,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fvampire-s-slice-of-life-cover.jpg"]