Book 4 - Intro and Book 3 Recap

Blurb A world destroyed. An axe to grind. And a path to infinite power. Welcome to my reality.

School is out, but my education is just beginning.

My trials at Du Gok Bhong Academy pushed me to my limits and then some, fueling my breakthrough into the Sacred Soul Realm. But with new power comes new responsibilities, and my twin Dao to not only defeat the Empire but protect it from the demonic scourge of the Cursed Stars has me on a collision course for the Hell Worlds.

Good thing that’s where I’m headed next. Now the only thing standing between me returning to Earth a full-fledged Legionnaire, is a planet full of eldritch demons ready to tear me a new one.

With my problems back home multiplying and the ones ahead of me looking even worse, the odds are against me like never before. But that’s okay.

Beating the odds is just what a Berserker does.

Path of the Berserker Book 4 is a progression fantasy novel that contains immortal cultivators, an oppressive intergalactic dynasty, rage-inducing imperial bureaucracy, magical spirit beasts, fantastical martial arts and one pissed off MC who’s sick of it all. Fans of western style cultivation fantasy, post apocalypse and Xianxia will enjoy.

#Max’s Techniques and Abilities

Max’s Berserker Techniques

Taken from the sacred scripts regarding the Path of the Frenzied Flame.

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[Frenzied Flame] –

[Fear the Flame] –

[Mask of the Despised] –

[Lust for Battle] –

[Struggler’s Resolve] –

[Indifference] –

[Odds Against Me] – .

[My Turn] – .

[Death Mastery] –

(Max’s Death Mastery Levels)

Fear of Uncertain Death (Mastery) – [Foundation Realm]

Fear of Certain Death (Mastery) – [Core Realm]

Fear no Death (Mastery) – [Sacred Soul Realm]

Death Wish – [Deity Realm]

[Iron Core] –

[Death’s Door] –

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[Iron Skin] –

[Mark of the Beast] –

[Mark of the Giant] –

[Mark of the Demon] –

[Steel Skin] and [Steel Core] – enhanced variations of the [Iron Skin/Core] techniques.

[Soul Shield] – .

[Spectral Body] –

[Spectral Armor] – .

[Spectral Weapon] – .

[Everyone’s Fear] [Everyone’s Sorrow] [Everyone’s Rancor] –

Max’s Demonic Cultivation Techniques

[Absorption] – a demonic technique that renders Qi essence from solid cores.

[Devil’s Shadow] – a demonic technique that masks one’s Dantian with the Qi gained through [Absorption]. By absorbing the essence of a sliver of Lightning Core implanted in his body, Max is able to mask his Frenzied Core as a normal lightning core.

[Faux Lightning] – by combining [Absorption] and [Devil’s Shadow], a small sliver of lightning core can be sent to Max’s meridian to create a small spark of lightning.

Max’s Martial Training

One and Two handed Axe Mastery – derived from a standard training manual.

Phalanx Glaive Mastery – perfected under the tutelage of Venja and Iron Pot Wong

Axe and Glaive Mastery – a combined martial form utilizing the quick strikes of the axe in conjunction with the slow and heave strikes of the Phalanx Glaive

Max’s Self Made Martial Techniques

[One/Two Log Chop] – a powerful vertical cleave utilizing the power of Frenzy

[One Chop Cleave] – a powerful spinning horizontal chop designed to fell a tree in one blow.

[Struggler’s Lightning Fist/Blade/Cleave of Fury] ­– a group of hybrid spiritual techniques involving the partial projection of his [Spectral Body] and [Spectral Weapon] for a single attack that can cause Lightning, physical and spiritual damage simultaneously.

Max’s Lightning Techniques

[Frenzied Lightning] – by utilizing solid frenzy and sending it to his meridian, Max is able to produce Lightning the same as a Lightning Qi master.

[Lightning Arc Strike] – manifests an arc of lightning that is cast from the edge of his blade.

[Wrath of a Thousand Slain Souls] – a manifestation technique that releases a large burst of [Frenzied Lightning] from Max’s body.

[Lightning Splits the Towering Oak] – a technique combining [Frenzied Lightning] and [Three Log Chop] to produce a devastating killing blow.

[Steel Lightning] – an ablative armor technique utilizing a combination of [Steel Skin] and [Frenzied Lightning]

[Lightning Walk] – a modification of the [Air Walk] technique combining [Frenzied Lightning] to produce the ability to walk on air.

[Ride the Lightning] ­– an advanced form of [Lightning Walk] utilizing the power of [Wrath of a Thousand Slain Souls] to move at incredible speeds.

Max’s group affiliations, titles and martial rankings

Furious Lightning Sect ­– Sect Leader

Terran Sect – Founder, Leader and Warden

Wooden Bracket League – 1st place Ranking and overall winner

Iron Bracket League – 1st place Ranking and overall winner

Gold Bracket League – 92nd Ranking

Du Gok Bhong Academy – Graduate Legionnaire

#The story so far

As Max prepares to leave for his training at Du Gok Bhong Academy, he struggles to breakthrough to the Sacred Soul Realm due to not being able to combine the split personalities of his soul—the Demon and the Struggler. Fia comforts him and they have a last intimate moment together before they leave to say their goodbyes to the community.

Upon his departure Max learns that the Warden has made the three bird sisters Vice Wardens of Jurin Province in order to harass Fia and his family while he is away. Fia, worried she may not see Max again, foregoes her Qi technique to prevent pregnancy in order to conceive a child from their last union. Max only learns of this later, putting him in the dilemma of possibly having a child out of wedlock while he is off at the academy.

On route to the academy via a prison transport, Max encounters a prisoner name Shen Liu who is a notorious pedophile. On a stopover on a remote asteroid, Shen Liu escapes and Max is tasked to hunts him down as a volunteer tribute. After being jeered and taunted by the man that he is too highly connected to face punishment, Max decides to deliver the justice the empire refuses to and kills him.

The swift justice earns Max a demotion to a prisoner tribute for his crime of murder, and he joins the academy several levels below where he should have as a volunteer tribute.

Now as a prisoner Tribute, Max befriends a family of prisoner tributes who are destined for Du Gok Bhong as he is. Facing a gauntlet upon arrival, Max manages to save the two sons of the family, Lo Ren and Chu Ren while their parents both eventually die.

Having passed his first trial, Max is elevated to a Brown Robe and meets two more cultivators, Blue Rose and Ho Chin who are both antagonistic from the start. After saving Blue Rose later however, Max eventually earns Blue Rose’s trust and the two become friends along with Chu Ren and Lo Ren.

Back on Earth the bird sisters enact a new law that prevents non Terrans from living in the Native Housing District, tearing apart the community. Fia steps in and helps by moving Yu Li and her family to live with her parents in the Imperial city. Without Zu Tien and Gui Zu being able to protect the Terran Sect, it is left to Kelsey to do so.

Kelsey has newfound problems of her own however as she discovers a powerful demon has emerged in the wild and learns that it is also seeking her out specifically. Upon confronting it, she discovers it is a reincarnation of Hong Feng who is determined to not just destroy Kelsey, but the entire city as revenge. After nearly dying to the monster, Kelsey senses Max in the spiritual realm which leads her to realize that there may be a way for her and Max to somehow communicate across the stars as Berserkers.

Max encounters a rival Tribute named Jei Su Long who is from a privileged family and who is only at the Academy to earn an easy Diamond Ranked title as Legionnaire. He despises Max immediately and their mutual resentment grows, culminating in a duel which Max wins, embarrassing Jei Su Long further.

Max discovers that he is able to commune with the aetherite crystal protecting the academy and discovers a spiritual being within that appears to be the remnants of an entire planet’s civilization. The being known as Fhae I’ung urges Max, as the Frenzied Flame, to take revenge for what the Stars have done.

Max advances through the academy quickly, especially when he learns that his powers as a Berserker allow him to resist the eldritch effects of seeing the unseen, allowing him to retain his sanity while others are driven mad. This propels him ahead of his classmates, including Blue Rose, who feels jilted and hurt that she is being left behind by him and that she may have to face her own tour of the Hell Worlds without Max by her side.

This eventually leads to resentment and a betrayal of Max when he is trying to master his new [Air Walk] technique, with Blue Rose embarrassing him in front of the entire academy as revenge. Blue Rose instantly regrets doing it, but has too much pride to admit what she did was wrong and leaves this unsettled between them.

Max and Kelsey eventually figure out a crude form of communication is possible if they are both under the effects of the Bloodmoon. They also use the link to lend strength to one another when in need.

On his final exam, Max is pitted against both Blue Rose and Jei Su Long in an exercise where they must both harvest crystals as well as endure the Full Bloodmoon for an entire night. In the course of the exam, Max discovers that Blue Rose cheated on her assessment and was not ready to endure the Bloodmoon exposure. At the risk of seeing her permanently driven mad, Max abandons the exam to save her. In the process to try and get her to safety, Max relies on Kelsey’s strength and discovers the secret to combining his inner souls, is to combine his paths. After swearing to not only avenge and free the earth, but to also destroy the demons of the cursed stars, Max ascends to the Sacred Soul Realm.

With his newfound power, Max saves Blue Rose and then faces off against I’xol’ukz directly as the dark god inhabits the corpse of a giant spirit beast. After defeating it Max swears his vengeance to follow I’xol’ukz back to its home world. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ ɴøᴠel Fɪre.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

Max manages to still pass the final exam and attains the rank of Graduate Legionnaire. He reconciles with Blue Rose and promises to return to join her on her own tour when she is ready. Max departs as Commander of the Legionnaire Platoon, set to board the army transport vessel Xin Long for passage to the Hell World of Fhae I’ong.

The book ends with I’xol’ukz perplexed at the rapid growth it sees in Max and the gall of him threatening to confront it on its home world. For the first time, It feels ‘fear’.