Earth Ascension - Fantasy Adventure LitRPG

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Story currently on pause - I'm working on something new.****

It’s a normal day on Earth when a powerful being triggers the assimilation of Earth and all living beings into the Ascended Universe, a frightening wall of light envelops the planet in order to drag it into a higher plane of reality. A place where abundant mana allows powerful magic and monsters to reside.

The protagonist Dante wakes up in a dark cave with vague memories of his past life. He is confronted by a crazy, enigmatic and powerful being who sees Dante as his chance to escape his prison. Tasked with a grand trial, Dante is dropped on a planet he no longer recognises and starts his perilous journey through the Ascended universe. In this universe resides an omnipotent system that quantifies everyone's existence into numbers, it also assists people in becoming more powerful.

Join the main protagonist as he is pitted against powerful monsters, Angelic beings, Demons and much more. He makes friends and loyal companions along the way, unfortunately, he also attracts the attention of powerful galaxy-spanning organisations that want to use his power for their own nefarious purposes.

Forewarning regarding the start of the story.This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. The first few chapters of the book focus mostly on characters experiences and state of mind. The protagonist doesn't start off as a hero, he's distressed, confused, scared and struggling for survival.LitRPG elements are sprinkled throughout these chapters but aren't initially at the forefront of the story. If you're willing to persevere, the LitRPG elements and significant progression become more heavily intertwined with the story as they become more relevant. Thank you.

*** What to expect ***

This is a Fantasy Adventure LitRPG.

There’s gore, swearing, bad jokes and lots of struggling. (I like to make the characterearnhis power.)Book 1: Covers the characters' experiences in becoming accustomed to this new reality. There are chapters that focus on survival and hardship. He starts with literally nothing, gradually he accumulates incredible power. He achieves his power through completing various trials and encounters in his journey to find out who he is, and what he wants in this world. There’s a focus on the mental state of the protagonist and an alternating pace of writing to allow character development to occur.

The planned second book will kick off at a much faster pace with more action, focus on the system, and delving into the purposes of the Grand trial assigned to the main protagonist.I aim to deliver a world with Interesting characters, Monsters, Magic, Epic battles, Levelling, System interaction, Skill creation, Trials (Quests), Dungeons, Training and more.

Chapters(33 total)

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Community Reviews(3)

  • MartialRedRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Overall a decent story, there are parts that I don't like but they are meant to not be likeable, for example douchey people in charge.  The story has decent pacing, it sometimes feels slow, because you want the plot to progress faster. It is in the sweet spot of fast enough to feel like it's going somewhere, but slow enough that there is character growth.  Good job so far.
  • BitchinGoblinRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    I came into this story expecting to be disappointed. When the first half of the introduction chapter established the MC as being an overweight 35 year old working a dead end job I almost gave up right then.
    Indeed Earth Ascension does nothing new. It has a very standard System and the premise has been done a hundred times before.
    I gave it a high score nevertheless, because the author understands that the story needs characters, not players.I felt the first sparks of hope when the introduction to the new world the MC finds himself in wasn't by waking up alone in a meadow. Instead he woke up in a prison, and the only other inmate taunted and insulted him. Of course the litrpg system returned soon after.
    This trend continued, even when the auther was compelled by law to have the first arc be "survival in the forest", he made sure to give the MC a companion to talk to and care about.
    Quickly about all the other categories:
    Style: What is there to say, it works and isn't distracting
    Grammar: Solid, the occasional mistake in punctuation and confusing POV change, but not so frequent as to be a problem
    Story: Plot has mostly taking a back seat so far, what little we know so far can be summed up as "Good" vs "Evil". But neither side really gives a shit about anyting other than winning.
  • grovekeeperRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    Okay story but lots of useless exposition and details. Author spends an entire chapter for explaining attributes. Grammar is ok but can be better. Story is the same old stuff, neither good nor evil leave me alone type with somethimg biblical mixed in every now and then. However the main characters till date are only the MC and his wife and its as if the universe doesnt have any other people. The characters are okay but fit traditional stereotypes.