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Every Friday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. MST. ^_^7

Series Links:

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Kindle Store Volume 2 Link

Kindle Store Volume 3 Link

Synopsis:

"She died. She rose. Now, death itself bends to her will."

Elinor wasn’t ready to die—especially not in a jungle, kidnapped, and thrown into chaos. But when death claims her, somethingawakens. TheSystem of Undeathoffers her a second chance, but at a price: she is no longer human.

Now aLich Empress, bound to a kingdom of survivors and stranded humans, she alone holds the power to protect them.Trapped in an alien world, she is the only one who can negotiate with the warring clans of the ri’bot, amphibious warriors who see humans as nothing more than prey.

Butshe is no prey.

To survive, she mustbarter knowledge, forge alliances, and wield death itself as a weapon. She mustbluff her way through the limits of her Systemand secure her throne in a world where the strong devour the weak.

Yet,a golden shadow lingers in her mind, whispering of something deeper. The System has bound her to this path—but for what purpose? Can the remnants of humanity truly accept an undead Empress? The System demands loyalty, andif there is no other way… then submission is their only choice.

Survival is not enough.Rule or perish—there is no other path.

How is UE connected to TO or ATM?

ATM is part of a whole different multiverse (it can still have crossovers but much harder in-verse). Although starting at the same place, UE is set farther from the center of the Maelstrom (a collection of multiverses) of The Oscillation series, so gods can be more powerful here than in TO. UE is connected to my TOverse through the crystal gateways that Elinor encounters here on Earth.UE follows Elinor as she tries to survive in the chaotic world by building an empire and has to figure out plots that are happening around her, but mostly about the survival of her empire and family with the insane alien threats of these other worlds. TO is mostly happening on Earthand is at the center of the dimensional Maelstrom (more on that will be revealed in time).Due to the chaos going on, there are rules that limit the power of gods, and what they can do, where UE focuses on the outer zone conflicts, TO focuses on the inner zone conflicts, with mythological, legendary, and godly figures throughout history empowering them and trying to gain their favor.

Artwork available for free dl on my Patreon

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Status: Ongoing
Year: 2024
Author: Scott Edwards

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.3/ 5.0
Followers: 1,252
Views: 935,011

Chapters(73 total)

What readers say about 1st Draft Deleted in 14 Days; Free on Patreon

“Yep, as a story should be, intresting.”
AnganglerRoyal Road5.0 / 5
“This story has a great opening act, and everything is done very well upto this point. But we're reaching the end of the opening act, and I've seen many stories falter at that point. We're not there yet, so 5 stars. Perhaps I'll come and lower it later though.”
Richard DainRoyal Road5.0 / 5

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Community Reviews(10)

AnganglerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Yep, as a story should be, intresting.
Richard DainRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story has a great opening act, and everything is done very well upto this point. But we're reaching the end of the opening act, and I've seen many stories falter at that point. We're not there yet, so 5 stars. Perhaps I'll come and lower it later though.
SagaaaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Most of hrdcore undead lovers thought that the time of good unded empires stories were coming to an end, and we grieved. But now! Now we see there's still hope for the undead!! Now we can once again watch an undead's empire Rise to Glory! Now there's a new story that hails from Royal Road and that soon will be known across the Internet!
Don't read BEFORE CHAP 10, potential SPOILERS
Now after that, the serious review ("serious").
For now it has an intereting start, I'm not sure if it could count as reincarnation, but it sure as hell counts as isekai. Next thing, masacre. It still hasn't been overlygraphic and I don't know if I should hope for graphic gore scenes or not, because honestly I don't feel like they would add anything good to this story.
Another thingy, there's a real Devil!!!! Not those typical stuck up devils we normaly see, but one that feels like a manipulative and really powerful one.
SrayanRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is an interesting story. Not a standard trope. The story starts with a deadly encounter. And a transformation/ class event for the MC. And there is no tutorial mode startup either, poor MC is dropped in at the deep end. Obviously has difficulty adjusting at first, but luckily she has an epic class and can summon (really good) help. The helpers are also interesting characters.
in my opinion the first 9 chapters are basically a prologue while the new empress is making her way to her new base and getting her initial team together. Main story arc is just starting in chapter 11 or so.
While there was a tricky startup (starting a noob MC in DOOM mode is not easy on an author) this is shaping up into an excellent story with an unusual trope.
ValmoriousRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
tl;dr - A family-based kingdom building undead story with an Adam's Family vibe by the end of volume 1; plus, the author will give those that don't have access to Kindle Unlimited a free version if messaging him on discord.
This does well with the kingdom politics of going to a new world with monsters and aliens, kidnapped and forced to comprimise with other nation when meeting new cultures. Our undead empress goes from teenage school queen turned goth before taking an undead twist when 'The Oscillation' happens. Butter's early introduction makes for a MUCH better transition from her introduction in volume 3 of the 1st draft, which had hints but this is much better.
Style: SME has come a long, long way. From being one of the best characterization authors on RR with the issue of slow pacing to some people now complaining he's going a bit too fast! I think it's a good balance he's found. To each their own.
Story: I mean, by no means is me putting 4.5 mean it's bad at all; some might think it is the best part, but I always thought characters were SME's bread and butter.
Grammar: Generally top notch, he's always willing to update and get new proofreaders to help make the experience better. His dyslexia involving names can be funny at times, but the editors usually get it. If I remember right, he once mentioned that he has to add the names of his characters at the bottom of the document to keep them in focus. Sometimes Sora might appear in Pokesync or Rhea in A Tail's Misfortune, which can be amusing to point out.
Characters: Top-notch. Dialogue, drama, and EVERY character being a person of their own... SME's bread and butter. Sometimes people can get annoyed since the world building is SO extensive with SME's works, but it is what he loves to write and I love to read! Pokesync alone >.> holy molly I can't imagine how he pulls in every single media from manga, games, obsure games, etc. SME has a brilliant mind, but he's not perfect.
As some people know, the
JayTheMonsterRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Woah this one is amazing. I would do an advanced review but all the scores would be the same - 5 stars.
The start was incredible, the author grabbed the essence and perfectly told to interaction between the mc and her family. He showed the mc change progressively over time and it felt very well spaced. The monsters/magic/people are all fantastic and I'm looking forward to meeting new types.
We know everything about the mc and her magic, so I expecting a hard magic system but then we don't know the magic of others in such detail, which really establishes that we're viewing this from the mc.
MechaHeartRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
While yes, I'm sure there's some things that Scott could work on in his writing, he always amazed me with his dedication to researching everything for his novels.
I've read up to his latest Patreon chapters, and the amount of philosophy and we'll thought out ideas impress me. These novels are not just whimsical power fantasies. They are flawed characters in unjust situations that make the best of what they've got. Well thought out in comparison to a lot of other web novels I've read. Rather than just write a chapter without much thought, Scott has been crafting a wide web of stories which obviously have a great plan to them.
I enjoy reading Scott's novels and look forward to seeing what comes next.
hibigfan100Royal Road
★★★★ 3.5
Book 1 and 2 establish the genre as kingdom and army building, but by the middle of book 3 the genre changes to mythos, mystery, and adventure.
The writing is good and I'm sure the quality of the narrative is the same, but the genre it has changed to is not why I originally started reading. I'm just not interested in the new direction.
I'm sure the author can agree that book 1 is a bit too slow, but to meet the word count I'll also mention I dislike the use of the LitRPG elements. It has a level of depth that washes over you. DefectivebyDesign said it best in the comments of B1-40. (Personal gripe ahead...)
The status page has a level of depth that overwhelms you. The denominations of power are arbritary - from colours, to proficiency, numbers, to directly telling you Elinor is relatively "extremely weak" in a certain category compared to...compared to what? Nobody can keep track of this, and if they could it would matter little as the power dynamics change constantly, as they should, except the status page can't seem to match the changes in the story, not even from the beginning.
dak'konRoyal Road
★★★ 2.5
It starts strong, with strong characters and a premise that is both distinct and well-executed.
The first chapters are tense, as we learn about the characters and the world around them there are constant challenges both emotional and physical.
Towards chapter ten the pacing slows down and then slows down some more. We get a treatise on Architecture, on Government then we get spider girls(like catgirls but a spider, don't ask).
Both tension and challenges are absent, without them character progression is limited.
It's especially jarring since the author can do better.
It seems like only the first chapters were planed plotwise.
If the author can recreate what he did in the first chapters this story may become one of the best on this site.
As it is Undying Empire is above anything else is a disappointment.
Elle B.Royal Road
★★ 2.0
The base story is rather interesting and has encouraged me to power through the major issue with this story: the talking. Everyone talks. All the time. About everything. In exhausting detail.
The story itself starts out strong and managed to give me an impetus to keep going, but as soon as the major event turn happens
When her parents die and she brings them back
Everything turns into philosophy lecture hour. The pacing crawls to an almost halt while the characters talk about everything, overanalyze everything and discuss every little action and reaction. To be clear, overanalysis as a character trait isn't a problem overall, but please keep it more low-key - we as the readers don't need to know everything. We're smart enough to put things together without reading the entire thought process. Less is more in this case.
I've skimmed over 50% of most of the chapters past about 5 and stopped to read the narrative, skipping over the dialogue, and felt like I lost nothing in the action.
Most of the dialogue in the middle of action is also unbelieveable. This isn't how people react to danger, like a 1970s cartoon where everyone describes every action they take as they do it or react to it in real time with dramatic pauses for needless expository dialogue to happen.
Words are time passing, and so many words pass but so little time actually passes in the story that it's quite literally unbelieveable.
I'm going to soldier on for a while and see if the quality improves, because I really do want to see what happens to Elinor and her burgeoning empire, but the lack of brevity is really difficult to get past.