Flesh of Gods [LitRPG, Comedy, Space Whales]

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When the world ended, Nathan was drinking tequila through a vuvuzela at a bonfire party, covered in dicks drawn by strangers. He didn't even finish the countdown. Now Earth is gone, and he's property of an alien corporation, saved in the nanosecond before extinction, fitted with a parasitic god-fragment fused to his spine, and handed a two-hundred-year service contract he can work off by killing things. The god-fragment won't shut up. It speaks in his voice. It wants him to eat things, punch people, and "bonk." It quoted Diogenes mid-boss-fight. Nathan's weapon is a plastic horn. His build is terrible. He survives by forming a soul-bond with a baby space whale and eating alien tentacles while his team texts him to stop. In a universe that runs on extraction and exploitation, Nathan would rather understand something than kill it. That might be the most dangerous thing about him. What to Expect: * LitRPG system with levels, stats, and terrible build decisions (thinkDungeon Crawler CarlmeetsAnnihilation) * Weak-to-strong progression (heavy emphasis on the weak part) * Found family forged under alien corporate exploitation * Cosmic horror meets corporate satire Updates Mon–Fri for launch month, then M/W/F.

Information

Status: Ongoing
Year: 2026
Author: vgvalmai

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Rating: 4.9/ 5.0
Followers: 279
Views: 19,598

Chapters(37 total)

What readers say about Flesh of Gods [LitRPG, Comedy, Space Whales]

“Thoroughly enjoying Flesh of Gods, so far! It's a familiar enough to feel comfortable to jump straight in and unique enough for it to feel fresh and fun. As someone who also remembers the height of the vuvuzela's power, adding it as a weapon is a funny touc…”
BarasadianRoyal Road5.0 / 5
“Totally unfettered creativity. Every chapter swings for the fences and you can tell the author is holding nothing back. These chapters are as fun to read as they must have been to write. This is a treat for fans of intense, imaginative sci fi that pushes th…”
Cornelius SnrubRoyal Road5.0 / 5

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Community Reviews(10)

BarasadianRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Thoroughly enjoying Flesh of Gods, so far! It's a familiar enough to feel comfortable to jump straight in and unique enough for it to feel fresh and fun. As someone who also remembers the height of the vuvuzela's power, adding it as a weapon is a funny touch.
The writing is solid and the humor feels like a friend telling a story. I'll be following and keeping up to date with this one, as it feels like DCC mixed with its own thing.
Would definitely recommend picking this one up in your rotation!
Cornelius SnrubRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Totally unfettered creativity. Every chapter swings for the fences and you can tell the author is holding nothing back. These chapters are as fun to read as they must have been to write. This is a treat for fans of intense, imaginative sci fi that pushes the pace. I think most people who read this will feel inspired to go and write their own piece; the author's energy is that infectious.
GraceBMorgan_Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Strap in, folks. We start off with the end of the world, a vuvuzela, and one wild party.
Despite the shenanigans, there's a depth to each of the characters starting with our main guy. You laugh at the jokes, but none of the laughter is empty or vapid. Instead, you genuinely empathize with him. Not sympathize, empathize.
The story and style is what sweeps you along, but the depth of characters, the little moments that feel real enough to touch are why you stay. You care. You want to know what the hell Fred is drinking. And you want to know what wacky hijinks are happening next, all while acknowledging that sometimes life isn't great, characters aren't perfect, and we're all just trying our best in a deeply unfair world.
And yet this is the same story that has a mind meld with a space whale and a vuvuzela used as a legitimate tactical weapon, because you care, but you'll still laugh.
Then you'll read a line that will have you on the edge of your seat, an acknowledgement of rising tension, suspense, and mystery, with a dash of existential dread on top.
Then elements of horror slip in, and you're genuinely not sure how far this will go, because these characters are real, this world is real, and you really don't want to see them hurt. The moments of fear and horror are beautifully well done, genuinely scary enough to make you sit in their implications. What does this mean? What is the voice? What is the system?
And then a space whale offers to bonk.
What I mean to say is that this is a wonderfully wild ride that beautifully balances its subject and material, sliding the scale to touch all sorts of genres while still feeling like a singular cohesive journey, like all of those elements of horror and comedy and drama always belonged together.
10/10 would bonk again
MrHrulginRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Major caveat: This review is only of the first few chapters, as that's all that's out so far.
But it's a great first few chapters. The world feels real, the system is understandably inhuman, the protagonist is stumbling through things in a way that's understandable given the choices they made, and I really want to see where this is going.
NanoBungoRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Possibly one of the most unique novel i've ever read. The end of humanity, trippy space LSD, power absorption, and beating things with vuvuzela. The weirdest combination of buzzwords combined to make the weirdest but most fantastic thing I've read. Other than the sheer ridiculousness that is the concept of this novel, it's also quite good on the technical level and its presentation. Good usage of HTML format and little to no issue with grammar.
SageOfStaplersRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Thoroughly enjoyed the 5 chapters that have been released so far. The author paints a vivid picture of events with some stand-out comedic beats. Chapter one especially is a standout hook with amazing clarity. The characters are really brought to life.
Protagonists mental state is well showcased for the reader, and choices are narrated, taking us along for the ride,
I look forward to more.
TaliornRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Monkey Time! Take your clothes off! Enough said read the story…
What I have to type 200 words for this thing? But Monkey time and take your clothes off tells it so much better.
Oh well here goes the real review.
First of all, it is a great start. Sex party for the end of the world. What a great opening. Our MC is awkward and carries around a vuvuzela – and yes I had to Google it plus you need to hear it at least once to make the story live.
So great job on the MC, his parasite/system bug thing. I like the other survivors so far, but I’m a little worried about liking them too much. Other than the space whale.
Grammer and Story are solid. I haven’t found anything that took me out of the story or sounded weird. So, all of this is solid.
Finally, the story. I have one major gripe here. There isn’t enough of it. You can’t post something this fun, interesting and great and not give us enough to read all night… call in sick the next day just to finish the story. It is very good a fun premise and I look forward on how it will turn out. Thank you for the great story I look forward to following this for a while.
TheAceOverKingsRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Starting with a sort of forced system apocalypse rescue, the universe shows itself to be a lot larger (and, unfortunately, deeper) than the celestially-doomed, previously-blind population of Earth knew.
Said rescue is to be paid off by indenture, of a sorts, where the currency of servitude is the very growth that would allow a normal human to even glimpse the power of the established players.
The story so far is a delightful mix of action, adventure, lore, and interpersonal stressors, all encased in a setting where time is more than money, there is gain in the killing and the tearing, and the eldritch brainworm is your confusing friend. We have a ragtag group of initiates tasked with figuring this all out, with instinct, enlightenment, and nerdery competing for relevance in a fight for survival.
The writing is both straightforward and layered, and sometimes, if you look at it sideways, you may pull more meaning from exposition than the characters themselves do. I don't think there's a single time where I remember falling out of the flow inadvertently, it's well done mechanically and stylistically, while being dryly humorous as a matter of course.
Beyond the litrpg basis, there are strong flavors of a modernized layered dimensional lovecraftian mythos, a la First Contact, Cultist Simulator, or Chasing Sunlight, and if you liked those then you will likely like this. Delight in how much we both get and do not get in terms of cosmic lore, as there is much joy in the inference. And then, once you've stepped deep into contemplation of the potential meanings, a dumb joke splashes cold water in your face and you're dumped back into the flow.
Sci-fi gamelitpocalypse tropes are embraced, subverted, spiced and reconstituted into something that is weird and wonderful. It's a whale of a time.
WhiteMystRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is a genuinely interesting comedy LitRPG that earns its laughs without sacrificing substance.
Style: The voice is the story's strongest asset. Chapter one in particular is a masterclass in setup. It drops you into the end of the world with a vuvuzela and a stranger across a bonfire, and somehow makes that feel both absurd and quietly lonely at once. The prose has a specific, lived-in quality that a lot of LitRPG entries lack.
Story: The first two chapters read like a fairly standard isekai LitRPG, which makes the alien orientation reveal all the more effective. The story turns out to have genuine sci-fi elements woven into it: star whales, galactic corporations, bug-run bureaucracies, and each surprise lands well rather than feeling arbitrary. It earns its twists.
Grammar: No glaring issues. Clean and readable throughout.
Characters: Chapter one alone proves that the characters here have lives outside the plot. The protagonist's loneliness in a crowd of celebrating strangers, Samantha's hospice reveal, even Fred the alien bureaucrat with his Monday mug. These are people with somewhere to be after the scene ends. Character work is one of the story's best aspects, standing alongside the voice as what makes it worth following.
ZeroGuiltRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Snarky, dry and relatable protagonist in a world that was turned upside down.
The start might be a bit slower for some, but in all honesty… still works.
The good first:
Scenes are described vividly. From what’s around him and others, to the emotional beats between each minutes. Mixed with comparisons for relatability and comedic relief.(making me snort more than just a few times)
Those system messages in image format—DOPE!
Progression is introduced gradually at an understandable and reasonable pace.
Story is overall very nice and definitely something I personally haven’t seen before.(but that might be my own ignorance)
Now to the bad, I mean… technically slight negatives.
The only real gripe I had while reading, was sentence / paragraph structure. Which isn’t a dealbreaker for me and I’ve read much much worse in more successful books and series.
It caused me to feel a bit fatigued or lost when reading through it.(again, could just be me)
Sometimes, who is talking, drifts between sentences and paragraphs and I lost track for a moment. Not enough to short circuit your brain into a hard reset, but maybe causing some mild irritation that would require the equivalent of a safety-squint, to refocus.
Bottom line, read it. I sure am going to continue to do so.