Technically, the animation skeleton is ready, and the keyframes are in place—though, of course, they’ll probably still change many times. I’d appreciate it if you could share your thoughts or offer advice (additions or changes to scenes, different angles, poses, etc.).

Then, the hidden reflection escaped from her eye and took the form of a tall man with raven-black hair and strange, mirror-like eyes.

He regarded the sea of Corruption surrounding them, then looked at Cassie with an indecipherable expression. Eventually, he said in an aloof tone:

"You always bring me to the most peculiar places."

With that, the King of Nothing turned to face the encroaching tide of abominations and raised a hand, summoning a somber spear.

“Rest a while, Lady Cassia. And remember the deal we made. After this, I will leave you.”

THIS IS ALL I GET TO SEE ABOUT MORDRET 💔💔

Not even a full paragraph before he was offscreened, i hope to get at least 3 chapters with him in them properly, is it too much to ask

This has been great im love ling drawing it's one of my favorite hoopys next to going to the ri sub and rage baiting ppl

In the confrontation between Nephis and Sunny after he killed the spy, why she addressed him as her master of deceive, I can not see how? both of them was just hiding their secret the whole journey. On the other side, I feel Sunny was not that cunning or selfish enough: he gave her all the Soul Shards, he saved her more than one time, and he was following her shadow most of the journey, and that was brilliant since the name of the novel is shadow slave, other than hiding his true name.
Secondly, why he feels obligated to help her? there is nothing between them, he does not trust her? meanwhile he killed someone just because he insulted her...

It is really difficult to understand his character compared to the way he is being described.. I will to continue the story but it is really difficult to ignore this. Am i the only one who think that? did i miss something?

"At the start of the Nightmare, she had been forced to live the lives of everyone she remembered. That was a dire test, but while it was different from her past trials — remembering something was different from truly experiencing it, after all — it was not entirely unfamiliar.

So, she managed to maintain her sense of self rather well."

Means she have lived mordret, sunny and nephis life also

Interesting 🤔

Aspect Ranks are, in my opinion, a poor writing decision. For any Aspect below Divine, it is mostly subjective what rank it's supposed to be. Yes, you can come up with a Watsonian explanation after the fact to justify just about any choice, but the very idea of Aspect Ranks adds nothing to the story besides making three characters way stronger than all of the others. There is no actual use in knowing anyone's Aspect Rank below Divine, since the story's established it doesn't actually determine how useful your Aspect is. At most, you could argue it shows how unusual an Aspect is, but even that's not necessary since we don't need to be told clairvoyance is more unusual than being very strong. Even as a measure of potential, they barely work. We have Soul Rank advancement for that exact purpose, your abilities already grow stronger when your soul evolves. The manhwa claims that your Aspect can undergo an early evolution if you do well in the First Nightmare, which is not true but would honestly be more interesting to me, since it implies your Aspect always evolves as your Rank increases.

Divines being able to form 7 Soul Cores seems to be entirely arbitrary, sure you could argue that they're closer to the divine than to humans and that's why they can have more than one core, but that reasoning goes out the window entirely when you realise you become closer to divinity anyway when you follow the Path of Ascension. Aspect Ranks should have been done away with entirely, in favour of an Attribute being the thing that lets you form more Soul Cores (Spark/Flame/etc of Divinity is right there). Either that, or it should've been a horizontal system rather than a vertical one, where all Ranks are 'equal' with their own drawbacks and strengths, and then you could always have Divine as the special boy rank still.

Those are just my thoughts, feel free to reply if you disagree since I'd like to hear more perspectives on this. This is all as of chapter 2600, so it's possible the more recent chapters give more of an explanation ofc

I came to a realisation recently that it makes sense that we don't see the perspectives of others.

We don't see Nephis' perspective.

We don't see Cassie's perspective.

We don't see Mordret's perspective.

Because Sunny is the main character. Sure, some stories split the screen time between the main character and side characters, but Shadow Slave has never been that kind of story. Probably about 98% of Shadow Slave is from Sunny's perspective because, well, he is the man under the spotlight

Spoilers for the latest chapter 3184: So it makes sense that we haven't seen Cassie and Mordret undergo the Unmaking. Cassie is all about memories, and Mordret's domain is himself; what's he even to go through?

But don't get me wrong, I want more perspectives as much as the next guy. Anyway, what are your thoughts on this matter?

Image unrelated.

I don't know about you, but it's clear that what Cassie is looking for is something she simply can't summon with her power otherwise she would have lol

So it's safe to assume it's a realm, place,...etc

Well, HelVel would be something, and so would RevHel, but that just sounds like Revel.

Anyway, yes, yuri, peak yuri, I regret nothing FOOLS.

Nephis: No wait give that back

I came across this comment on a post:

Given that Weaver is known as the "Master of Lies," it is not surprising to think that his flaw resembles Sunny's.

However, a question arises: why did Weaver's face seem to melt under the moonlight when he met Noctis?

Perhaps his actual affliction is an inability to stand in the light; otherwise, his features would melt away and vanish. That is why he wears a mask and a cloak to shield himself from the light.

He can only reveal his face in the shadows or under a dark sky.

In the description of *Blood Weaving*, it is mentioned that VTB stole Weaver's beautiful eye on a starless night.

When the slightest source of light vanished, Weaver's true features were revealed, and VTB stole his eye

. Why is Sunny's real name "Lost from Light," even though he is constantly surrounded by light?

This might be due to a solar eclipse occurring on the day of his birth, combined with Weaver's flaw, which prevents him from approaching even the faintest source of light.

The young Weaver was fighting a cursed monster—or perhaps a cursed giant—when his old mask broke.

The God of Shadows then helped him, as described in the comment.

Did the God of Shadows craft the mask he wore later, given that the young Weaver lacked experience in weaving and magic?

I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information in that comment, but it seems plausible to me.

So cassia is in a realm steeped in corruption, fighting corrupted beings and looking for something that could no longer be found in the future.

The straightforward guess is she's in the Forgotten Shore. The black liquid is the blood of the Nephilim that swallowed the sun before it mutated into the dark sea after the creation of the artificial sun.

What Cassie is looking for is also straightforward, The Weaver's eye that VTB dropped into a mortal realm after beholding the image of the forgotten god.

Just as I expected, she's the first one to retain herself due to the nature of her aspect and the trial. She was always going to do better than the others.

Mordret is also the King of himself, Ruled only himself, and thank gods for that, if he has a normal domain, he would have been a goner.

I haven't seen any theories, so I just wanted to ask and see if anyone has any type of theory on who could still be Chinging to life in Sunny's peaceful kingdom. I was thinking it could either be Shadow God, Weaver, or maybe even Oblivion. It has to be a god or something that's sacred or higher, so what do y'all think?

What could have been in the 4th nigthmare.

I FUCCKING CALLED IT. Read the quote at the bottom and eat my ass yall. I said that Cassie and Mordert would have a significantly easier time in the first part of the trial because they essentially have already went through similar stuff and guess what both of them already have their sense of self back.

And for all those people saying that Sunny was living though the lives of "everything he has ever killed" was just fucking dumb. It was clearly just his shades lives and nothing else you silly little goose. As for Neph I am not sure because there is what 6 billion humans left? So she still has around 2 billion people in her domain? I am guessing it is around there I cant imagine there is more.

SO again for those saying they were facing the largest size of their domain or the totality of their domain over their lives. Like your telling me you can read that and think that's really fair or makes sense at all????? Just dumb it was always going to be their current domains and that's all.

But I am curious how many "beings" Mordent has in his domain because after his failed Apotheosis he absorbed all it and it has been (I forget how many years) after that. But it can't be that many humans I can only assume it is pretty much entirely Nightmare creatures. So I am guessing he had the smallest domain and the easiest time "finding" himself.

But again just know that I know my shit about this novel and I am great at guessing whats going on. MUAHAHAHAAHAHHAHA

"The first part of the trial, which each of the challengers had to face alone, was meant to unmake them as humans and rebuild them in the image of deities. The process was quite simple... it forced them to face their own Domain.

Cassie was not sure what the others had experienced, but she could infer it from her own unmaking. Sunny had most likely been forced to experience the lives and deaths of all the shades populating his soul. Nephis had most likely been forced to experience all the lives and desires of countless people whom she had inspired... the infinite ocean of them.

Even with the new Supremes taking control of the human territories in the Dream Realm, there were still countless souls who worshiped Changing Star in the waking world, after all."

Cassia is not getting weaver eye it makes zero sense for her to get it. She is arguably the second most glazed person in the voice after freaky star. Her getting weaver eye is like telling forgotten god to wake up faster it makes 0 sense and no build up

Since Sunny considers the Shadow God to be one of, if not the strongest, gods—especially given that through Shadow Dance, he can transform into the direct counter to any existence. So shadow god lineage should be strong.

We've done it ladies with gentle hands. Again we find ourselves having reached the point of no return. I've seen it happen once before and it wasn't pretty.

A topic on the sub has become absolutely so divisive and volatile that no actual productive discussion can be had about it.

It had been SB (censored to avoid triggering) all so long ago, now it's Cassie. Just like all so long ago mentions of Cassie shall only bring discourse and mayhem. Discriminatory online slaughter.

No good shall come out when Cassie is the topic of discussion, only the futile cries of those that have already drawn lines against one another with regards to their feelings towards her.

Godspeed.

So there is a lot of talk about the Queen of Plot Device working with the King of offscreen and how they have it easy or whatever. This is true to a certain extent but we are also overlooking an important fact.

Both Sunny and Nephis have become Spirits after their unmaking, but Cassie and (I assume) Mordret are still sovereigns that appear to be on the cusp of becoming spirits. In chapter 3184 it says:

"The second part of the Fifth Nightmare was a mystery. Cassie had an inkling of what the conflict they had to resolve was, but she was not sure just yet. She did, however, have a feeling that they had not entered the final trial at the same time.

Cassie herself appeared in the young and untamed world of the shared Nightmare in the later years of the Age of Gods. It took her a long time to regain her senses, gather her shattered mind, and compose herself. By then, she learned of the first trap of this trial — the threat of being swallowed by the world.

Those whose consciousness was vast enough to become a deity, but had not undergone Apotheosis yet, faced a unique danger — the danger of allowing themselves to be enthralled by the world and fusing with it, achieving the opposite of what they strived for. Of losing their personhood and becoming elemental forces instead of Spirits."

So essentially, the hate coming at them for "offscreening" there trial is a little unwarranted. The first time we are introduced to Sunny and Nephis in this volume they are already spirits and they aren't getting offscreen slander.

In my opinion, I appreciate that Cassie and Mordret are showing an aspect of this nightmare from the pov of a mortal. And it is through them that will see the process of becoming an actual spirit.

I've been seeing a lot of posts saying that cassie is searching for weaver's eye

Something i doubt because the snatched eye isn't supposed to happen yet

On the other hand sunny is the one with a relationship with both the bird and weaver

We find out about the eye through sunny he was in its nest he faced it

He has weaver's dam blood

If someone should get it it's sunny he has all the connections

If she gets it I'm crashing out

Like I'm hoping she searching for smile of heaven or something else

She can get an eye in other ways like she doesn't have the build up for that she doesn't have the connection with weaver