
The Path of Ascension
A LitRPG Adventure
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C. Mantis
About this listen
Orphaned by Monsters. Matt must power up to save others from the same fate.
Matt plans to delve the rifts responsible for the monsters that destroyed his city and murdered his parents. But his dreams are crushed when his Tier 1 Talent is rated as detrimental and no guild or group will take him.
Working at a nearby inn, he meets a mysterious and powerful couple. They give him a chance to join the Path of Ascension, an empire-wide race to ascend the Tiers and become living legends.
With their recommendation and a stolen Skill, Matt begins his journey to the peak of power. Maybe then, he can get vengeance he seeks....
Experience the start of an action-packed fantasy adventure that blends everything you love about LitRPG with Xianxia. With five million views on Royal Road, this hit web serial is new and improved and now available.
About the series: This is a mix between LitRPG and Xianxia. It's like a car that looks like a LitRPG with dungeons and skills, but the interior and engine are all Xianxia. It features a magic system and progression system that are logically and internally consistent, as well as realistic fight scenes and a rational MC.
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- Brendan
- 2022-10-08
I've been reading the book over on Royal Road sinc
I am so happy that this book came to audible I personally enjoyed the book over on Royal Road and it coming to audiobook awesome I'm looking forward to the next one keep up the good work.
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- Tyler johnston
- 2024-06-28
I really enjoyed this world
well written, I enjoyed that they had to work for there rewards(in the sense that the skill store was not just available in there head) The world building is well done. not info dumpy.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-07-04
Love it!
It was the perfect blend of skills and cultivation! Can’t wait to get on to the next book!
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- Jngma
- 2024-09-17
interesting story, awkward delivery
fun story. typical ascension stuff but the story keeps it fun. The hard part was the delivery of the performer. It felt like the gaps in sentences were too long. Not gaps in-between sentences but each one itself, almost as if there were periods inside each sentence. They would also yell when conversing but was perfectly fine when internal monologuing. I think they did all the voices really well but those were just the things that bugged me enough to give it a lower performance rating.
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- TjR
- 2023-10-28
Around chapter 5’ish the narrator starts yelling every line that is said out loud…
1) The book itself is quite good and I have enjoyed it.
2) it almost made me want to quit…I have no idea what happened but when the MC meets some friends everyone starts yelling when talking out loud. It is the most grating development in the narration so far. What an odd narration choice but there it is.
What’s funny is Linda yells everything she says out loud and by chapter 9 sounds like Shorsey from Letter Kenny 😂 I was dying at that point.
I’ve had to calmly pause the audio a few times now after being irritated with this “Dora The Explorer” like yelling of the lines. It’s so over the top and unnatural that I want to quit the book. However the book itself is quite good. It seems maybe more YA oriented but it seems like a compelling weak to strong progression so far. We shall see. The author has done well. The narrator needs to settle down though, people don’t talk like that, it wears you down…
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- 2024-01-04
Amazing Story, BUT DON'T BUY THIS VERSION. READ BELOW 👇
DONT BUY THIS! THERES A 3.5 BOOK COMBO ALSO FOR 1 CREDIT!
That being said, definitely worth checking out! But don't be dumb like me and by this single book with a credit! There's a compilation of the first 3 books plus a novella between books 3 and 4 all for 1 credit. It's not listed in the series section, but search it up by the author and you'll find it!
As for this book though, I wasn't expecting such a great story from a book with so few reviews.. but for once there's actually a MC who works hard and works around his misfortune! I was getting so tired of reading about MCs who are just average at best or actual losers with no drive who get teleported to a magical world and just get exceedingly lucky early on which makes them oonga boonga strength monster who's OP.. this is a refreshing change of a hard working MC who trained his whole life only to get super unlucky but works his way through it all!
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- Kindle Customer
- 2022-10-09
I've been waiting
So glad mantis c made this an audio can't wait for book 2 It can't come out soon enough since it'll cover my fav portion of the book. I'm totally caught up on RR
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- Anonymous User
- 2024-02-26
SOOO GOOD😆
This book was written beautifully and the narrator was perfect. Great job with everything you have done with this book I can’t wait for more books in this series.
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- Moordachii
- 2023-02-27
Solid YA
I didn't know this was a YA novel but am glad I bought it. My only complaint is how the skill names are narrated in a different voice and dubbed in after. It honestly sounds pretty dumb and got on my nerves occasionally! Otherwise a great story for the genre with a solidly progressing plot.
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- Kindle Customer
- 2022-11-11
Amazing story
loved the story! continuing to read on royal road. it's fantastic.
absolutely worth a shot 👌
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