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Ultimate Level 1 #10
Ultimate Level 1: Divine Creation
Max and the others did what most believed was they defeated the final tower floor. With that task complete, they face a new challenge.
Every member of the Max, Tanila, Cordellia, Fowl, Batrire, Sog & Rakonath; is now a god. But, the new title doesn't come with the unlimited power they expected their world's creators held.
Their new task set before create a world and help it thrive, growing stronger as it expands. It sounds simple, until the truth is revealed. Danger awaits them after a brief period of protection. Other gods will seek to defeat them and take their power.
Can Max and Bob overcome this new struggle?
And don’t forget, their daughter's birth is soon.
Being a baker would have been far easier than what comes next.
Every member of the Max, Tanila, Cordellia, Fowl, Batrire, Sog & Rakonath; is now a god. But, the new title doesn't come with the unlimited power they expected their world's creators held.
Their new task set before create a world and help it thrive, growing stronger as it expands. It sounds simple, until the truth is revealed. Danger awaits them after a brief period of protection. Other gods will seek to defeat them and take their power.
Can Max and Bob overcome this new struggle?
And don’t forget, their daughter's birth is soon.
Being a baker would have been far easier than what comes next.
- GenresFantasy
588 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 6, 2025
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November 7, 2025
This series just hit a brick wall. Filler novel.
This series wrapped up its first story arc with book 9, book 10 marks the transition into godhood for the gang. Necessarily, there’s a lot of lore-building necessary for the new situation, as essentially this is a soft reset of the series. But I feel it falls flat, not simply for its lack of stakes or meaningful payoffs, but mainly because of the burden that early decisions in world-building have put on this phase of the story now that we’re here.
The system rather simply creates a new world for them to share as their first world and magics new people (of various races) into place, with a varying degree of age ranges, I guess preset experiences, and skill levels. To me this makes the value of life seem exceedingly cheap, and hollow, if the system can merely create it so easily. This aspect of the story makes the team’s moralist approach (typical good guys) to protecting and helping the people, seem like a game. And so it’s less interesting for me, like someone sucked the stakes out of what they’re doing entirely.
I don’t hate the godhood system, of competing for points to spend and gaining more points through development, duels, gambling on duels, or conquest. What I don’t understand is the purpose of it all. Why does no one in the story question why the system is the way it is? If its entire purpose is to feed these archons mana, and by them create order to chaos or something, and yet they have the power to create worlds and don’t seem to balk at worlds being eaten by other entities, that seems like a big plot hole.
I dislike the scale of the lives of the gods, that is a decision the author set early, but now that the gang is here, it means a bunch of arbitrary time jumps. This book covers more time than the entire first nine books combined, but not much happens. The game levels to God level 3, Max to level 4. Their daughter is born and about to conquer the tower herself by the end of the book. There are a couple interesting duels here and there but no real combat.
And this is what I mean by how the author’s world-building decisions, both about the time frames involved in leveling for gods but also how they are able to, mean little to no combat outside of duels. That’s just boring. That’s not progression fantasy. Combat is a pillar of this genre.
So what about the other pillars? Characters? Well, very little character development for the core team, basically the same at the end of the book as the beginning. It’s weird to me also that gods can’t have children. Another world-building decision that now seems unfortunate. Max did because his wife was already pregnant I guess. I just don’t feel like the dwarves are living their full lives without their own family. Now, the dragon and demon get some development to a degree, because they were side characters before.
I’ve already covered the issues with the magic system and world building so we’ll skip that, next would then be plot. It’s shaping up to be some kind of Max is The One type thing to solve some machinations that have been setting up for eons or something. Yawn…
The last is payoffs. Since there’s virtually no combat, no real development, no self-contained story arc at all in this book, that means there’s virtually no payoffs.
Other issues. Gods can’t only travel to worlds they either have some claim to, or have visited before. Max is taken back to his home world to meet the gods there and discuss the main plot or whatever, basically boils down to “need to level up fast”. And he makes a nice return to visit those he cares about still living. But why can’t he go back now? He’s allowed to visit worlds he’s already visited. He does so with the dwarf/goblin world he raided earlier in the series. Plus, it’s established when such visits occur the local gods arrive in case it’s an attempt to conquer, they do this on his home world for instance, but not this dwarf/goblin world? I guess the explanation is his home world he can’t visit for 300 years, when their probationary period is over, but that seems super contrived tbh. Doesn’t make sense why this is a rule at all.
Another annoyance comes from the fight with the void god. It’s the same god he forfeited to on the world he went to as a prisoner then conquered and ruled until he lost that duel. Apparently that god eats the planets he conquers for his cultivation or whatever, so he ate that whole planet Max worked so hard to reform? Okay, but why doesn’t Max seem to even acknowledge this tragedy? Weird.
The daughter, I feel like this aspect of the story was really rushed. We didn’t get much of the parenting aspect aside from some lectures and consoling here and there. The time jumps made her older than our gang was when they ascended by the end of the book. And I guess she’s gonna conquer the towers and just be gone? She’s not gonna be allowed back home, that’s the established lore. How is Max supposed to protect her?
As for where this series is going, it’s been forced by these world building choices, mainly how gods level and the SLOW AF pace of it, into likely more of the same. I imagine a bunch more books with the slow leveling of godhood, with mixes of duels here and there, until we reach the stage where they are no longer probationary, and thus can be attacked and can attack other gods directly. That will be where the series gets more interesting, but I’m not even sure the author takes the conquest route. He may do the peaceful guy just trying to find allies approach, which would be super lame. That would leave only the climax of the story to look forward to. So here’s to hoping we get wars with gods, st least that will turn pages and deliver payoffs.
In summary, a filler book mired in the decision making around world building, with odds there’s more of this to come, so quite disappointed. I’ve never seen this series as more than average or maybe slightly above average, so not totally gutted.
This series wrapped up its first story arc with book 9, book 10 marks the transition into godhood for the gang. Necessarily, there’s a lot of lore-building necessary for the new situation, as essentially this is a soft reset of the series. But I feel it falls flat, not simply for its lack of stakes or meaningful payoffs, but mainly because of the burden that early decisions in world-building have put on this phase of the story now that we’re here.
The system rather simply creates a new world for them to share as their first world and magics new people (of various races) into place, with a varying degree of age ranges, I guess preset experiences, and skill levels. To me this makes the value of life seem exceedingly cheap, and hollow, if the system can merely create it so easily. This aspect of the story makes the team’s moralist approach (typical good guys) to protecting and helping the people, seem like a game. And so it’s less interesting for me, like someone sucked the stakes out of what they’re doing entirely.
I don’t hate the godhood system, of competing for points to spend and gaining more points through development, duels, gambling on duels, or conquest. What I don’t understand is the purpose of it all. Why does no one in the story question why the system is the way it is? If its entire purpose is to feed these archons mana, and by them create order to chaos or something, and yet they have the power to create worlds and don’t seem to balk at worlds being eaten by other entities, that seems like a big plot hole.
I dislike the scale of the lives of the gods, that is a decision the author set early, but now that the gang is here, it means a bunch of arbitrary time jumps. This book covers more time than the entire first nine books combined, but not much happens. The game levels to God level 3, Max to level 4. Their daughter is born and about to conquer the tower herself by the end of the book. There are a couple interesting duels here and there but no real combat.
And this is what I mean by how the author’s world-building decisions, both about the time frames involved in leveling for gods but also how they are able to, mean little to no combat outside of duels. That’s just boring. That’s not progression fantasy. Combat is a pillar of this genre.
So what about the other pillars? Characters? Well, very little character development for the core team, basically the same at the end of the book as the beginning. It’s weird to me also that gods can’t have children. Another world-building decision that now seems unfortunate. Max did because his wife was already pregnant I guess. I just don’t feel like the dwarves are living their full lives without their own family. Now, the dragon and demon get some development to a degree, because they were side characters before.
I’ve already covered the issues with the magic system and world building so we’ll skip that, next would then be plot. It’s shaping up to be some kind of Max is The One type thing to solve some machinations that have been setting up for eons or something. Yawn…
The last is payoffs. Since there’s virtually no combat, no real development, no self-contained story arc at all in this book, that means there’s virtually no payoffs.
Other issues. Gods can’t only travel to worlds they either have some claim to, or have visited before. Max is taken back to his home world to meet the gods there and discuss the main plot or whatever, basically boils down to “need to level up fast”. And he makes a nice return to visit those he cares about still living. But why can’t he go back now? He’s allowed to visit worlds he’s already visited. He does so with the dwarf/goblin world he raided earlier in the series. Plus, it’s established when such visits occur the local gods arrive in case it’s an attempt to conquer, they do this on his home world for instance, but not this dwarf/goblin world? I guess the explanation is his home world he can’t visit for 300 years, when their probationary period is over, but that seems super contrived tbh. Doesn’t make sense why this is a rule at all.
Another annoyance comes from the fight with the void god. It’s the same god he forfeited to on the world he went to as a prisoner then conquered and ruled until he lost that duel. Apparently that god eats the planets he conquers for his cultivation or whatever, so he ate that whole planet Max worked so hard to reform? Okay, but why doesn’t Max seem to even acknowledge this tragedy? Weird.
The daughter, I feel like this aspect of the story was really rushed. We didn’t get much of the parenting aspect aside from some lectures and consoling here and there. The time jumps made her older than our gang was when they ascended by the end of the book. And I guess she’s gonna conquer the towers and just be gone? She’s not gonna be allowed back home, that’s the established lore. How is Max supposed to protect her?
As for where this series is going, it’s been forced by these world building choices, mainly how gods level and the SLOW AF pace of it, into likely more of the same. I imagine a bunch more books with the slow leveling of godhood, with mixes of duels here and there, until we reach the stage where they are no longer probationary, and thus can be attacked and can attack other gods directly. That will be where the series gets more interesting, but I’m not even sure the author takes the conquest route. He may do the peaceful guy just trying to find allies approach, which would be super lame. That would leave only the climax of the story to look forward to. So here’s to hoping we get wars with gods, st least that will turn pages and deliver payoffs.
In summary, a filler book mired in the decision making around world building, with odds there’s more of this to come, so quite disappointed. I’ve never seen this series as more than average or maybe slightly above average, so not totally gutted.
November 10, 2025
Unexpected twist and lots of emotions!
Let’s just say that I finished this in less than a day. Once I started reading, I found myself still going at it four hours later until 2am before I finally took a break for sleep. The very next day I was right back into it.
I didn’t really know what to expect for how Shawn Wilson was going to continue the series, but this book absolutely nailed it. I was hooked. The character development plots were actually pretty emotional and I couldn’t help but get choked up with each and every one. It was a delight seeing everyone grow and develop, creating their own cities and sharing their histories with their people. Even as gods they still have their own trials to overcome, along with scattered mistakes.
I can’t wait to see what else Shawn bakes up, and I hope that the next books come out in rapid succession. You know a book is good when you can’t stop thinking about it.
Let’s just say that I finished this in less than a day. Once I started reading, I found myself still going at it four hours later until 2am before I finally took a break for sleep. The very next day I was right back into it.
I didn’t really know what to expect for how Shawn Wilson was going to continue the series, but this book absolutely nailed it. I was hooked. The character development plots were actually pretty emotional and I couldn’t help but get choked up with each and every one. It was a delight seeing everyone grow and develop, creating their own cities and sharing their histories with their people. Even as gods they still have their own trials to overcome, along with scattered mistakes.
I can’t wait to see what else Shawn bakes up, and I hope that the next books come out in rapid succession. You know a book is good when you can’t stop thinking about it.
November 14, 2025
Almost certain Prologue was AI
Huge style shift between prologue and this author's normal writing style. With a lot of common AI sentence construction patterns. Ch1 also had some AI writing that was unusual for this author's style. That disappeared after, or at least I didn't notice it later. I suspect much of this was added in editing, which explains the style whiplash.
After that, we have the same issue with these snap shot scenes that do nothing, which results in 1000 transitions. I've kinda hung in here for awhile hoping the plot finally picks up but yeah... This whole book was one big nothing. It can be conveyed in 10 pages or less, including character development. 9 out of every 10 scenes are just random meaningless conversations.
I think I'll drop the series here. I liked the premise and the author was building this big universe spanning game of the gods, but it's just not exciting. And now that they are gods, it's been more boring.
Huge style shift between prologue and this author's normal writing style. With a lot of common AI sentence construction patterns. Ch1 also had some AI writing that was unusual for this author's style. That disappeared after, or at least I didn't notice it later. I suspect much of this was added in editing, which explains the style whiplash.
After that, we have the same issue with these snap shot scenes that do nothing, which results in 1000 transitions. I've kinda hung in here for awhile hoping the plot finally picks up but yeah... This whole book was one big nothing. It can be conveyed in 10 pages or less, including character development. 9 out of every 10 scenes are just random meaningless conversations.
I think I'll drop the series here. I liked the premise and the author was building this big universe spanning game of the gods, but it's just not exciting. And now that they are gods, it's been more boring.
November 10, 2025
Too much thinking...
The author spent waaaay too much time evaluating relationships. What does it mean to be a friend? What does it mean to be a father, how would being a mother change your perspective in a similar situation? Half the book is evaluating questions like this in a blatant, in your face way. Not as indirect themes, but as blunt instruments you get beaten over the head with. Just because you can does not mean you should, and just because you wrote it does not mean it has to be included. It would have been a lot better if much of that content was removed in my opinion.
Liked the others, this one is a drastic enough change it would have been better off as a new series. If it wasn't tied to the rest of the series, though I would not have finished it.
The author spent waaaay too much time evaluating relationships. What does it mean to be a friend? What does it mean to be a father, how would being a mother change your perspective in a similar situation? Half the book is evaluating questions like this in a blatant, in your face way. Not as indirect themes, but as blunt instruments you get beaten over the head with. Just because you can does not mean you should, and just because you wrote it does not mean it has to be included. It would have been a lot better if much of that content was removed in my opinion.
Liked the others, this one is a drastic enough change it would have been better off as a new series. If it wasn't tied to the rest of the series, though I would not have finished it.
November 19, 2025
While many would call this book the slowest in the series, it's important to remember that is only relative to, again, this series. As a whole the pace has been incredible but has desperately been needing some character development and world building as the character's find themselves in a new environment.
I genuinely love the direction the author is steering this series, and he hasn't fallen into the classic trap of dragging a book on far too long. The new environment and context has been very welcomed.
While there were some grammatical/typing errors that should have been caught, overall the series has been great and I'm looking forward to more!
I genuinely love the direction the author is steering this series, and he hasn't fallen into the classic trap of dragging a book on far too long. The new environment and context has been very welcomed.
While there were some grammatical/typing errors that should have been caught, overall the series has been great and I'm looking forward to more!
November 8, 2025
How disappointing
I've looked forward to each book in the series. After this book, the series is pretty much "meh" to me. This book is just a mish mash of a few challenges that do little to advance the story. Basically, except for the daughter, the story is at the same place it started. I'm not sure of the reason. Is the author simply trying to extend the series? Did he run out of ideas? My guess is creative laziness. I'm undecided on reading the next book. Maybe, but probably not. A price needs to be paid for laziness. There are many other books.
I've looked forward to each book in the series. After this book, the series is pretty much "meh" to me. This book is just a mish mash of a few challenges that do little to advance the story. Basically, except for the daughter, the story is at the same place it started. I'm not sure of the reason. Is the author simply trying to extend the series? Did he run out of ideas? My guess is creative laziness. I'm undecided on reading the next book. Maybe, but probably not. A price needs to be paid for laziness. There are many other books.
November 18, 2025
Disappointed
I have loved this series, it’s honestly one of my favorite. This book tho was really disappointing, it felt like a story about his daughter more than about Max. Honestly it felt more like a separate series. There were some great moments, but tons of chapters in between about, family and friends. And what it means, going over it so many time, it definitely feels like the rest of the series will be about his daughter and how important and powerful she is, and no longer about max and the black skills
I have loved this series, it’s honestly one of my favorite. This book tho was really disappointing, it felt like a story about his daughter more than about Max. Honestly it felt more like a separate series. There were some great moments, but tons of chapters in between about, family and friends. And what it means, going over it so many time, it definitely feels like the rest of the series will be about his daughter and how important and powerful she is, and no longer about max and the black skills
December 6, 2025
Devine Creation has some serious story advancements in it. It's also a very well done piece of the story. I didn't know what to expect once it got into the territory of the book content, but it was all handled very well, and although there were some oddities (at least to me), it didn't affect the story at all. Looking forward to the next one.
December 10, 2025
I did my best to read through them all, I really tried. There was promise, there were moments, I just cant anymore.
Everyone boasts the MC like they were God from the get go, everyone is either super good or super bad. Some characters are written well enough but their inconsistency drives me wild. Some books felt like so much filler it felt like watching some drama TV show.
I dont think it was terrible, just dull and boring, lack of true MC development is also a killer.
Everyone boasts the MC like they were God from the get go, everyone is either super good or super bad. Some characters are written well enough but their inconsistency drives me wild. Some books felt like so much filler it felt like watching some drama TV show.
I dont think it was terrible, just dull and boring, lack of true MC development is also a killer.
November 8, 2025
Not bad but very different from the previous books
This plot and pacing is very different from the previous books. There hasn't been any real challenge and almost no fighting which is the core loop of this series. If it continues to go in this direction I will no longer be reading.
This plot and pacing is very different from the previous books. There hasn't been any real challenge and almost no fighting which is the core loop of this series. If it continues to go in this direction I will no longer be reading.
November 10, 2025
New Arc and Building
Writing is very good. It’s just such a large departure from the series that it was hard to get through at some points. I appreciate the introduction of new characters, but it was such a departure from a tower climb that was very fast paced. I hope the next book starts bringing more action back into the story line.
Writing is very good. It’s just such a large departure from the series that it was hard to get through at some points. I appreciate the introduction of new characters, but it was such a departure from a tower climb that was very fast paced. I hope the next book starts bringing more action back into the story line.
November 22, 2025
Nice
Another nice addition to a unique on going series. What caught my attention with the beginning book of the series was Max never going up in levels. And now here we are Max and crew are gods but lowly gods but now we are dealing with levels. Well I'm invested so I guess ill have to buy the next book in this series.
Another nice addition to a unique on going series. What caught my attention with the beginning book of the series was Max never going up in levels. And now here we are Max and crew are gods but lowly gods but now we are dealing with levels. Well I'm invested so I guess ill have to buy the next book in this series.
November 28, 2025
Slow transition
It's always hard to compete with the first of anything. The first movie is almost always better than the sequels. This book resets the playing field and suffers for having to build a foundation to stand on. Hopefully the story is going somewhere that has a satisfying conclusion.
It's always hard to compete with the first of anything. The first movie is almost always better than the sequels. This book resets the playing field and suffers for having to build a foundation to stand on. Hopefully the story is going somewhere that has a satisfying conclusion.
November 12, 2025
Worldbuilding and prose taking a nosedive
We all know that litrpg isn't winning literature awards, but this series started with interesting worldbuilding, but now it's just lazy, loose and painful at times
We all know that litrpg isn't winning literature awards, but this series started with interesting worldbuilding, but now it's just lazy, loose and painful at times
November 14, 2025
the Next Arc
Great start to the next arc! A lot of changes with Max and crew being Gods. No more dungeon runs and slaying hordes of monsters for stats. Shawn does a great job of building the world and getting you ready for what comes next in the series!
Great start to the next arc! A lot of changes with Max and crew being Gods. No more dungeon runs and slaying hordes of monsters for stats. Shawn does a great job of building the world and getting you ready for what comes next in the series!
November 15, 2025
Recommended by me
Not the typical stuff
More in depth and thought provoking I enjoyed all of it and recommend it because it explores areas often glossed over in these types of literature.
Not the typical stuff
More in depth and thought provoking I enjoyed all of it and recommend it because it explores areas often glossed over in these types of literature.
November 24, 2025
Much Slower
I’ve enjoyed the series so far, but this book was a slugfest. I’d give it 2.5 stars if I could. This storyline dragged on. If you’ve made it this far, we get it. Max wants to get stronger to protect his family. Do we have to read about it a hundred times? And who knew being a god was so boring and they cry so much? I certainly hope the series improves after this one.
I’ve enjoyed the series so far, but this book was a slugfest. I’d give it 2.5 stars if I could. This storyline dragged on. If you’ve made it this far, we get it. Max wants to get stronger to protect his family. Do we have to read about it a hundred times? And who knew being a god was so boring and they cry so much? I certainly hope the series improves after this one.
November 6, 2025
Well-written story that isn't restricted to a narrow genre of fiction. Nice characters, good pace, easy reading. I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to other readers who enjoy fantasy.
November 7, 2025
Fanfreakingtastic!
What an amazing book! I absolutely loved this book and such wonderful characters! I can not wait for the next book to come out!
What an amazing book! I absolutely loved this book and such wonderful characters! I can not wait for the next book to come out!
November 13, 2025
great book
I think this is best book in the series can’t wait for the next one. Probably the best book of all time
I think this is best book in the series can’t wait for the next one. Probably the best book of all time
November 22, 2025
MKTY
So gooood! Real life situations with real life solutions and all the while making you want to be honorable and great
So gooood! Real life situations with real life solutions and all the while making you want to be honorable and great
November 29, 2025
awesome!!
Awesome! This books just keeps the series going without slowing down. Ten books in and I still want more!! Great read!
Awesome! This books just keeps the series going without slowing down. Ten books in and I still want more!! Great read!
December 24, 2025
I felt there were some slow sections; however, overall I enjoyed it and will continue with the series.
November 18, 2025
not a very satisfying book... this is the 2nd time a series hit the point where the main characters become immortal and it started including a lot of time jumps and small little catch up chapters. It didn't work for beneath the Dragoneye Moons and its not really working for Ultimate level 1 either. Although this book WAS more satisfying than the filler books in BtDM series.
Hopefully a real arc appears in book 11, that is more satisfying to read as a novel.
Hopefully a real arc appears in book 11, that is more satisfying to read as a novel.
December 2, 2025
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
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