Even if this is the last time, it is fine.
Even if it ends, it is fine.
Even if it is not me...
For Master's method cannot fail.
Throwing my whole body, I melt down my existence into the countless stories I scatter with Celestial Lord Incense Burning.
And at the same time, the remaining regret from one corner of my heart.
To ease the regret that comes when I think of how those who remain will be sad, I speak to them.
I will not die.
Only the form of existence changes.
All of them, whose form of existence kept changing, starting from the Star Shattering stage, Sacred Vessel stage, Entering Nirvana stage, and up to reaching True Immortality, will fully understand. -Thank you for everything until now.
Expressing gratitude to everyone here, I throw my consciousness toward my last that I have so greatly longed for.
I feel the spirit...
Along with the memory and self scatter.
Smiling broadly, I move my steps toward the conclusion I most long for.
'This is...'
True death.
I will not return again, nor will I become meaningless...
True death...
With my consciousness gone, what calls out to one lingering strand of my consciousness is the voices of some people.
[Immortal Cultivation is repentant enlightenment.]
It even sounds like singing.
It is the singing that countless gathered crowds are letting out.
However, for some reason, there is something more concerning than that singing.
It is the back view of [someone].
Far over there...
A thatched house is visible.
It is that very thatched house where, once, Master hanged me upside down and beat me soundly, made me sweep under the bodhi tree, and made me polish the mirror.
At the entrance of that thatched house, [someone] stands with their back turned.
They are a hulking being wearing a blood robe.
As that being turns to me and mutters in a low voice that one line...
For some reason, it seems to lodge in my spirit more distinctly than any singing.
"...Yes. You are better than me."
'You are...?'
I become curious who they are.
For some reason I am in a daze, this whole world is white, and the only things I see are the thatched house where I lived with my master and that one being. And, as if to resolve my question, they answer.
"... You win. Junior Brother."
This being...
Lets out a few more words.
"With Splitting Heaven...the snake is killed. At the very least, you won't be hit in the back of the head right as you go in."
'...?'
"Now the only one who inherits that person's robe and alms bowl is you. Go. Win. And..."
Tstststststss...
They become more distant.
They go into the thatched house, and as the house seems to blur, soon the whole world turns pure white.
"Cherish your life."
With those words, I come to know this being is.
His name is the Great Mountain Supreme Deity Gwak Am.
My...
Senior Brother.
Tsuaaaaat!!!
As I regain consciousness, I hear the sound of the Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra ringing through all Heaven and Earth. Woo-woooong!!!
At the same time, within the Origin Essence of the Mountain, I feel Gwak Am's will.
I acknowledge you.
The Origin Essence of the Mountain that is devouring me, following the will of its former owner, acknowledges me and begins to submit. '...Ahh...'
I can do it.
I realize, from the situation where the Origin Essence of the Mountain is devouring me, I can in turn devour it.
I had considered the only choice left to me is death.
But it is not so.
As if...
Just as I created a choice in Wol Ryeong's either-or where no one falls into hell, it feels like my Senior Brother has also given me another option as well. 'I can live...!'
As soon as I see the possibility, I begin to try with all my strength to recover my ego.
Tsuaaaaat!!!
At the same time, I see a white spiral around me.
I see that spiral gives me strength.
'The scattered...spirit...!'
[Like tiny grains of salt gathering to form the sea.]
[Build mountains through repentant enlightenment.]
[Building a mountain of salt is perhaps the fastest way to reach the heavens.]
The Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra that the spiral chants amplifies my scattered heart.
The power of my spirit that has scattered into Heaven and Earth and has been annihilated amplifies to its peak and begins to re-condense like a Heavenly Domain. The annihilated self begins to gather back by the Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra...!
[Each to one another holding hands.]
[With everyone at the sea, drink salt.]
[And with the wind, soar.]
'This is...!'
My self grows clearer and clearer, and as I find strength within that self, the possibility of seizing the Origin Essence of the Mountain begins to appear even more clearly. At the same time, the light of that spiral and my soul begin to resonate.
Feeling that, I twist the formula of the Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra.
Not the original formula, but a formula I created.
'I shall twist the Mountain Immortal Dao...with my interpretation.'
[Like mixing all intents turn them colorless.
[Embrace all connections and become impermanence.]
'It is no longer a mountain. For even if a mountain is accumulated, it is under the heavens...'
Master.
And Senior Brother.
Inheriting your wills, I will leap beyond the sky.
'Loftily afloat in the sky, illuminating the heavens...'
[For that...]
'I will become the light of all.'
The will of righteousness that Azure Tiger Saint taught.
With that will foremost, Kim Young-hoon, Cheongmun Ryeong, the Mad Lord, Seo Hweol, Yeon Wei, the Golden Divine Heavenly Thunder Sect, Black Ghost Valley... And Buk Hyang-hwa, and other others.
Carrying on the wills of all my teachers, I seek to illuminate the heavens with that enlightenment.
[...is how one reaches the stars.]
I seek to become a star.
Kugugugugu!!!
My consciousness rises further and further, and by the Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra the spirit fully recovers.
At the same time, I understand the identity of those who chant the Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra.
They are the beings of Corpse Mountain Blood Sea left by the Great Mountain Supreme Deity.
The melody those beings weave is the mantra that restores me.
Within the song of those of the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea, I realize one strand of truth.
'I see...'
From the beginning, everything was a trial.
He also knew that he was in the wrong.
However, even he knew this was the best he could do, so he fervently hoped the greatest successor who surpasses the best would appear and surpass him. Therefore, he, seeking to realize that wish through me, bestowed upon me a trial of pain from the beginning.
Wol Ryeong was the last trial the Great Mountain Supreme Deity left to test me.
And, at the end of every trial, there is bound to be a reward.
-O Seo Eun-hyun's reverse scale. You, as the representative, shall bestow upon him the final trial.
The mission she received from the Great Mountain Supreme Deity when she was confined within the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea.
-If he fails to receive forgiveness from you, then even if he erodes the Origin Essence of the Mountain, let him be affected by my lingering will, let his personality be distorted, and let him go mad.
-If he fails to expound what teacher is more excellent than pain, as he boasts, and fails to persuade you and the beings of the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea, then one day he shall go mad from the malice I leave within the Origin Essence of the Mountain.
-However, if he receives forgiveness from you, and truly, by giving his life, succeeds in producing an answer...
-My will shall acknowledge him and recognize him as the next Owner of the Mountain and will enthrone him to the Imperial Throne.
-My will acknowledges him and recognizes him as the next Owner of Great Mountain, raising him to the imperial throne [] in enthronement [!].
-The beings of the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea that I leave behind, moved by him, will assist him with the light of Heart Dao Blooming he leaves and the power of the Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra so that he cannot easily die.
-His soul, so long as his conviction does not fade and his enlightenment does not wane, shall forever, by them, occupy one Heavenly Seat...!
What save me are the spirits of the beings I freed by giving them freedom.
'...Thank you.'
I smile brightly at the thought that what I have done is not meaningless.
At the same time, I am able to realize something else.
The question of contemplation Ho Woon gave me.
'If I prove equality through pain, how that is different from Gwak Am's Dao... Now I can finally answer.'
Now, let's no longer prove the Dao through pain.
For even if the method of proving the Dao is not pain, simply being connected is enough.
Just being passed on to each other is enough...!
'Go...!'
Ahead, I see a boundary.
It is the boundary that leads to the pinnacle of True Immortality.
At the same time, it is the boundary by which I reach a state that transcends all limits and bounds of a True Immortal.
'I can reach it...!'
I too shall become a Heavenly King and reach the end of every grace and resentment of Enders...!
Then, I suddenly notice that something is binding me.
'This is...'
It is a black something.
It seems like a snake, like a chain, or like black silk.
'I see. Is this the tribulation of advancement?'
I begin to rip apart the black something that binds me.
Dududududuk!
-What are you doing...!?
From the shadow of the black thing, a figure that looks exactly like me but wears black clothes appears.
"Get lost, Heart Demon."
A look of absurdity rises in its eyes, but by nature there is no need to exchange opinions with a Heart Demon.
"I have gained the highest enlightenment!"
At my shout, the black thing that seems to be the Heart Demon turns faint and begins to collapse.
"I am not shaken by any cunning words!"
With a great shout, I completely tear off and rip apart the black thing that binds me, and I move toward that boundary.
Only after tearing it do I realize that it is not a mere Heart Demon but some kind of fate, yet judging that a fate that collapses this easily is not important, I move forward.
And...
At last, I reach the high peak.
A sea of stars burst forth.
As if I am newly born from an egg, I wear a dragon robe made of the Milky Ways and sit upon a jade throne made of countless galactic clusters, gazing upon all things of all phenomena.
The consciousness domain maximizes, and the power of consciousness becomes embodied.
The power of will, which until now was nothing but apparent consciousness, truly begins to have power and affect reality.
Consciousness transforms into the Heavenly Domain.
At the same time, a resounding will reverberates inside and outside the Heavenly Domain.
-The Star Genesis Supreme Deity is arriving!!!
By me, innumerable stars have their personhood awakened, born as innate demigods, and begin to praise me.
One Qi of the Primordial Chaos, Aligned Above the Emptiness, Honored Dao Lord, Primordial Origin Great Balance Creating and Decreeing Star Venerable Supreme Deity (лƑ¤EKπØ§Ø 創令星尊上帝).
A long True Title engraves itself upon me,
And without even a moment to understand why I have become a Supreme Deity,
The abbreviated name Star Genesis Supreme Deity echoes across the entire Heavenly Domain.
-The Star Genesis Supreme Deity is arriving!!!
-The Star Genesis Supreme Deity is arriving!!!
-The Star Genesis Supreme Deity is arriving!!!
Kugugugugu!!!
At the same time, only now do I realize the meaning of the taenghwa my master painted.
'Did you predict this far...Master...!?'
Kurung, Kururururung!
The taenghwa the lingering thought of my master showed during my cultivation of the Radiance Ten Heavens.
The outermost, [Black Snake Biting Its Tail].
The middle, [Wheel of Starlight].
The innermost, [White Three Great Ultimates].
I felt that what was important was not those three circles themselves, but that something traces a curvature at their center.
My master praised my discernment.
Only now can I know.
What is the most important among those three circles!
Kurururung!!!
The Three Great Ultimates rotate.
And...
The boundary of the Three Great Ultimates begins to blur.
Inside that rotation, a strange curvature arises, and the fragments of the shattered [Wheel] are incorporated into that rotation.
The Wheel made to suit the Heavenly Venerable of the Underworld now begins to evolve completely to suit me.
And centered on that Wheel and the Three Great Ultimates, all my mantras and Immortal Arts begin to unify.
Ururururung!!
A new mantra does not arise the way the Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra and the Flawless Mantra combined to give birth to the Wheel.
However, as all those mantras combine, the newly evolved Wheel sublimates so that I can wield all the power I have as one.
I give a new name to the newly evolved Wheel.
Turning Wheel Mantra (Z).
It is not an Immortal Art of the Reincarnation of Souls, but an Immortal Art of the Turning Wheel that makes the era roll forth.
Flash!
That mantra is no longer in the form of the Wheel.
I feel that the power of the Three Great Ultimates I possess has its boundaries completely vanish and reaches the true state of [the First], and I feel the authority granting me power from behind like a
halo.
The Wheel and the Three Great Ultimates that revolve behind me now begin to take the form of a galaxy rotating behind me.
According to the mantra that takes the form of the galaxy, the symbol of the Star Genesis Supreme Deity is newly engraved upon one of the Heavenly Seats.
[Galaxy with Three Tails].
That is my final symbol, reached at the summit of Immortal Cultivation.
And at last, as all my pain washes away and a 'face' is finally restored to the Immortal Body, I gaze upon the heavens with a benevolent smile.
There, the last remaining remnant of Radiance.
The Rain Dew Heavenly Lord grips the God-Killing Spear and glares at me.
To resolve the final grace and resentment, I begin to issue a decree toward the entire Heavenly Domain.
:: Let the myriad stars hear. ::
At my single utterance, the stars of the Sumeru Three Heavens Great Thousand World answer.
-By your command!!!
:: I, in the name of the Owner of Myriad Stars, issue a decree. Beneath my hand, enforce the debt of all who until now have received the grace of stars. : :
The Underworld.
There, the Heavenly Venerable of the Underworld shows, for the first time, a startled expression and looks toward Mount Sumeru.
"What...what is this? How did an Ender, how, how did he smash his own fate and ascend as a Supreme Deity!!??"
The Interdimensional Void.
There, hope and despair are engraved in the eyes of Hyeon Mu. "...So such a thing was possible? Are you saying you are different from all the others before now? Was it truly possible for a tool to slip free from its owner's hand...!? But...at the same time, this entire batch may be scrapped...! Hahaha, hahahahaha...! I thought at least [Half] could be completed, yet we may have to start over from the very beginning...! Ahahahahaha!!!"
-x-X-x-
After time is turned back by Seo Eun-hyun, the Heavenly Venerable of Time, and the Heavenly Venerable of the Underworld.
Inside a gray space.
A silver sphere starts to tremble faintly.
[...I can no longer read his future. Until now, the list of such beings included only the Underworld, Salt Sea, and the Fate Supreme Deity...]
For some reason, the silver sphere shows a confused hue.
The being once called Silver Basket speaks with a trembling voice.
[Even the 4 pun possibility of victory I read now no longer stays fixed. Has the victory probability indeed gone up...or...?]
For some reason in an uneasy voice, Silver Basket speaks in self-mockery.
[Even this...]
From deep within the gray space, Silver Basket's worries resound bitterly.
Kududududu!!!
By my decree, the myriad stars calculate the debts of all the world and offer them to me.
Tiling-
As I look down upon the world from above Indra's Net, the countless principles entangled with the world are coiled in my hands.
If I only pull these strings of principle, I can exact recompense from all beings who have been indebted to the stars until now.
Kwarurung!
And as if noticing this, from the Heavenly King Heavenly Domain, the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord throws the God- Killing Spear.
Kugugugu!!
Watching the God-Killing Spear fall from the Heavenly King Heavenly Domain, I very naturally stretch out my hand.
Hwoong-
A gentle energy seems to bloom from my hand, and the power of the Heavenly Domain that belongs to me gently diverts the God-Killing Spear.
Tuwung!
The God-Killing Spear flies straight out beyond Mount Sumeru, and I shake the Seven Stars Harnessing God Banner.
Kiriririk!
Spacetime melts.
At the same time, my Heavenly Domain that is adjacent with the Heavenly King Heavenly Domain seems to fuse together by the Seven Stars Harnessing God Banner that manipulates spacetime.
:: You... ::
As if angered, the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord begins to draw power from the Origin Essence of Radiance.
However, they were beings who were originally ten.
At least eight Immortal Lords are needed to properly draw out the Origin Essence of Light, and with the mere power of a single Heavenly Lord, it is obviously impossible to draw out all that power.
Because they are stronger than ordinary Immortal Lords, and was originally in the upper ranks among the Radiance Eight Immortals, the authority they wield as a Heavenly Lord is still comparable to a Supreme Deity...
But it is only that much.
At best, merely the level of an ordinary Supreme Deity.
Urung, ururururung!!!
I quietly begin to raise my authority.
My Heavenly Domain, fused with the Heavenly King Heavenly Domain, moves actively and begins to encroach upon the Heavenly King Heavenly Domain.
The stars and the Milky Ways that belong to the Heavenly King Heavenly Domain begin to revolve according to my will.
:: I ask my myriad stars. O stars, what realms of the Immortal Cultivation system receive your aid? ::
-We report to the Lord, we are used by Immortals as the stars of prophecy, and all this time, have acted as the symbol of the heavens, bearing countless prophecies.
-Please harvest all the authorities of the Heaven Immortals that prophesied through the stars.
-We report to the Lord, not only the realms of Yang Pitch and Yin Pitch through prophecy, but even the cultivation of Great Net is all passed through us.
-Please harvest the realms of Upper Immortal and Great Net Immortal.
:: Hearing those words, they are indeed correct. I, in the name of the Star Genesis Supreme Deity, speak thus. The realms of the great Immortal Cultivation system Great Net and Upper Immortal shall in my name be harvested, and in my name be proven. : :
Ururung!
By my proclamation, I come to preside over the Great Net Immortal and Upper Immortal realms of the Immortal Cultivation system.
-We trouble the Lord once again to report. As we quietly observe, it is clear that the realm of Vestige Liberation is proven by our friends, the fixed stars.
-Therefore, O Lord, please also harvest the realm of Vestige Liberation Immortal...!
:: Indeed, those words are also right. This Emperor is truly like the guide of the myriad stars, thus cultivation that receives the aid of the fixed stars is rightly proven by this Emperor. I, in the name of the Star Genesis Supreme Deity, speak thus: the realm of the great Immortal Cultivation system Vestige Liberation shall in my name be harvested, and in my name be proven. : :
-We once more trouble the Lord to report. Clearly, as we feel, the Quasi-Immortals, who are members of the Immortal Family, always weave formations and display divine power using the light of the stars and the dragon vein of stars that are the star veins, and through them they cultivate.
-Clearly this also is within the Lord's domain, therefore it should be rightfully harvested.
:: Such words...! Indeed, I shall also heed your opinion. However, as this is not a full privilege of the realm, I shall harvest only their divine powers, not the entirety of the realm. I, in the name of the Star Genesis Supreme Deity, speak thus. The formation of the star veins, the privilege of the Quasi-Immortals of Entering Nirvana, from this day forth shall in my name be harvested, and in my name be proven. : :
The star vein formation, the divine power of the Entering Nirvana stage.
The divine power of the Quasi-Immortal realm from now on comes to be presided over by me.
-O Lord, we beg forgiveness. We still have many matters we must report, so be not angered and please listen.
:: I differ from my senior brother. I do not destroy the world merely out of anger. Speak at ease. ::
-We offer praise to the Great Mercy and Great Compassion. We report to the Lord, in our eyes the realm of the Sacred Vessel stage clearly becomes a being like the fixed stars and begins cultivation by wielding the power of the myriad stars.
-Surely this too is within the Lord's domain, therefore it should be rightfully taken.
:: Indeed, all your words are right. : :
-Lord! This is not the end. The Star Shattering stage clearly receives the authority of the Star Tribulation connected to us and is reborn. At the same time, those who reach the Star Shattering stage are all connected with us, begin to borrow strength from us, and it is the first step in beginning to become like us, so they too have the qualification to receive Lord's grace!
:: That too is right! The realms of Sacred Vessel and Star Shattering shall be harvested by me. I, in the name of the Star Genesis Supreme Deity, speak thus. Those two realms shall also belong to me. : :
The entirety of the Sacred Vessel stage.
The advancement process of the Star Shattering stage, and the entirety of the Star Shattering stage, begin to be presided over by me.
-Lord, now again we report...!
The memorials of the myriad stars continue to pour down like rain.
The Earth Axis stage that grows to resemble the stars.
The Core Formation stage that engraves the Heavenly Sphere Diagram upon the Golden Core.
The Qi Building stage that creates a star of spirit energy within the body-all come to belong to me.
Urururung!!!
My presence is engraved upon the numerous realms of the Immortal Cultivation system.
And at last, I truly reach the end of a very lengthy journey.
I arrive at the realm I began to gaze upon the stars.
Qi Refining 7th Star.
Seven Stars Ritual.
Woo-woooooong!
The Seven Stars Harnessing God Banner begins to circle around me.
:: I, in the name of the Lord of Myriad Stars, speak thus. : :
Kugugugugu!
The former appearance of the Seven Stars Harnessing God Banner.
The domain upon which the Northern Dipper Seven Heavenly Lords laid their hands to some extent is transferred
to my ownership.
:: From this very moment, all the stars of the Seven Stars Ritual... : :
Uduk, udududuk...!
By my authority, the fundamental principles of the world begin to be torn up and rearranged.
This is also a kind of arrangement for later generations.
: : ...shall forbid the phenomenon called Heavenly Rejection! From henceforth, Heavenly Rejected shall not exist
under my name! ::
Jjeoeoeoeong!!
As the principles are torn away, from now on there will no longer be any chance for the phenomenon of Heavenly Rejection to fall upon an Ender.
Later students shall no longer need to cry "Heavens Above" while blocked at the 7th Star of Qi Refining.
7th Star of Qi Refining comes to belong to me.
Kwachijijijik...!
Moreover, the Qi Refining stage 2nd Star, Qi Refining 1st Star.
The formulas of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends likewise come to belong to me.
I now concurrently hold more realms than any Supreme Deity in history, and I look to the guardian of the Immortal Cultivation system, the Radiance Eight Immortals...
No.
I now look up to Rain Dew, who has become the Radiance Single Heavenly Lord.
Kung, kung, kung! Kung! Kung!
As I tread across galaxy clusters and approach them, I see despair take root in Rain Dew's heart.
:: How...no matter if you are an Ender, how can you have so many realms...? ::
:: By crawling up, I have come to know those realms better than even the heavens. ::
I speak calmly.
:: Unlike you, who received and passed on what is granted from birth by the heavens...I am one who reached all
those realms by thrashing about to climb with no talent. : :
A thing impossible for a genius.
Only because I am a dullard, and as a dullard I pierced the meaning and significance of every realm through the
way of Understanding before Breakthrough and climbed up to here, am
interpretations and come to preside over many realms.
able to push forward various
If I merely have the name value of Owner of Myriad Stars, I absolutely could not push forward interpretations upon
this many realms.
Kugugugugu!!
The closer I draw to the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord, the more I see them tremble.
:: Do not...come...! ::
Woooooong!!
God-Killing Spears are summoned above the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord's hands.
It is an authority hard for the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord to produce alone, but it seems the emergency-stockpiled
God-Killing Spears still remain.
:: Do not come...! O monster! ::
The Rain Dew Heavenly Lord flings the God-Killing Spears at me as if in a seizure, but I open one hand.
That is the end.
Tukwang!
A hole opens in my hand, and the God-Killing Spears lodge in my hand.
Yes, that is the end of it.
Blocking the God-Killing Spears with the left palm, I open my right hand and extend toward the Rain Dew Heavenly
Lord.
The Rain Dew Heavenly Lord spasms and cries out.
:: O Origin Essence of Radiance! In the name of the Radiance Supreme Deity, the debt shall...! : :
Kugugugu!
All the grace I received from light becomes their authority and gets sucked into them, but that is all.
They cannot stop me.
The Rain Dew Heavenly Lord goes into convulsions and summons the True Immortals of Radiance Hall.
:: Th-Thirty-Three Heavenly Resplendent Treasure Immortals, come forth! Qian-Kun Twin Immortals, come forth...! Envoys of the Final Age of Dharma! Come forth!!! ::
However, no one comes.
The reason is simple.
Because the Envoys of the Final Age of Dharma have all fled outside the Heavenly King Heavenly Domain and are
shouting like mad.
The far edge of Mount Sumeru.
The boundary of the Outer Sea and Mount Sumeru.
There, countless Envoys of the Final Age of Dharma seize the True Immortals of Radiance Hall and shout like mad.
:: Let all True Immortals hear! This Immortal is a survivor of the Vast Cold Great War! ::
:: We Envoys of the Final Age of Dharma all have experienced the Tridacna Vast Cold Heavenly King! ::
:: We dare testify upon the seat of our Origin Essence! Currently, that one. The one called the Star Genesis Supreme Deity who fell the Great Mountain Supreme Deity at the Great Net Immortal realm...is equal to the Tridacna Vast Cold Heavenly King in their prime!!! ::
It is the return of Vast Cold!!! ::
:: It is to say it is the same as the Underworld descending, dragging their Gandhara! As an elder of Radiance Hall, I
speak! Immortals of Radiance Hall, do not go there! Do not answer the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord's words!!! : :
:: It will lead to nothing but a dog's death!!! ::
Numerous Immortal Lords, Great Net Immortals.
Or all who have experienced the Vast Cold Heavenly Lord speak with one voice.
That the terrifying Supreme Deity who is devouring the Heavenly King Heavenly Domain right now is equal to the
Tridacna Vast Cold Heavenly King in their prime.
Recalling the terrifying authority of the Vast Cold Heavenly Lord, all the Great Immortals go into fits and frantically hold back the young True Immortals.
As if they absolutely do not want to hand them a dog's death.
And...
Sensing their reaction, the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord looks in despair at the gigantic Supreme Deity before their eyes.
They do not know either why an Ender has become a Supreme Deity.
However, with not even a moment to think of such things, seeing the hand of the Star Genesis Supreme Deity's main body, incomparably vast beyond the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord's own main body, they can only resist with all their might.
They draw forth the God-Killing Spears.
They extract the authorities of Enders across the ages.
They extract the power of the Radiance Hall Heavenly Lords they had killed and executed.
They extract the power of the Supreme Deities the Radiance Eight Immortals had annihilated, and with all of it, Rain Dew resists.
However, the hand of Star Genesis Supreme Deity flicks away all those authorities, and responds by merely snatching the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord like a housefly and clenching them tight.
Woo-woooong!
Only after seizing the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord does the Star Genesis Supreme Deity compress the size of their main body.
Yet even after shrinking for quite a while, they still maintain a size that allows them to hold the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord in one hand like a skewer, and the Star Genesis Supreme Deity lowers their head toward the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord.
As if a giant looks down at a tiny bug, the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord trembles all over.
The skin of Star Genesis Supreme Deity is so pale it is nearly transparent, and beyond that pale skin, faint sea of stars and galaxy clusters flow.
Not only their dragon robe, but their whole body is like a strange cosmic life-form made of sea of stars.
Truly overwhelmed by that cosmic terror, unable to come to their senses from the presence alone, the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord only lets out a sigh.
Is this...the end of the Radiance Hall...? ::
It is when they think so.
:: I, in the name of Star Genesis Supreme Deity, speak thus. : :
The mouth of Star Genesis Supreme Deity Seo Eun-hyun opens.
His breath is beyond interstellar wind, a cosmic force that pushes aside an entire galaxy cluster.
:: O Radiance Hall, including you, Rain Dew...shall cherish and love your friends and enter the true path for your belief of freedom. This is a decree I make in my name. It will be the only method by which you pay the price for the grace you have received from the myriad stars until now. : :
::...What...? ::
The Rain Dew Heavenly Lord looks up at the Star Genesis Supreme Deity, who wields authority similar to Vast Cold in their prime, and asks back.
And a miracle happens.
Flash!
The God-Killing Spears that Rain Dew threw burst out from the Star Genesis Supreme Deity's left hand, and those who supplied energy to those spears are projected in their past forms by the authority of the Immortal Beast King.
And at some moment,
Flash!
The Akashic Records embedded in the Head Realm tremble, and by the authority of the Immortal Beast King, the Great Forest Heavenly Lord, Flower Plant Heavenly Lord, Great Sun Heavenly Lord, Torch Candle Heavenly Lord, Pearl Jade Heavenly Lord, and Great Sea Heavenly Lord, who were absorbed by the Origin Essence of Light and melted into the Head Realm, all revive at once.
:: What on earth...are you doing? ::
The Rain Dew Heavenly Lord cannot understand.
The existence before their eyes is far too abnormal.
Therefore, they even feel horror.
As a survivor of the Vast Cold Great War, the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord knows the identity of that horror.
It is not simply fear of strong authority.
The Underworld also possesses such authority.
The identity of this horror is fear of the unknown.
:: Why in the world...do you save us...!? This, this is as if... : :
Recalling that past Vast Cold Great War in which Vast Cold embraced even the Radiance Eight Immortals with endless benevolence, they go into a fit.
:: Are you...forgiving us...!? ::
:: Yes. ::
At that single word that evokes Vast Cold, the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord truly falls into a panic.
They truly begin to fear the Star Genesis Supreme Deity.
::...Do not...forgive...us... ::
The Rain Dew Heavenly Lord begins to beg Seo Eun-hyun.
:: Ender...hate us...resist us. We have hunted you, we have cleansed you, and we have killed you and made weapons from the remnants of your soul. O Ender...! ::
Already, they have once received incomprehensible, unknown affection from Vast Cold.
As a result, in the chests of the Eight Immortals, including the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord, the heart Vast Cold left behind became a seed, and made them all go mad.
If they receive incomprehensible forgiveness here once more, there is no knowing how much more they will go mad as the price.
Thus Rain Dew, sobbing, begs.
:: Do not forgive us... Do not drive us mad...! Hate us...! : :
:: I do not hate you. ::
And that plea is ignored with ruthless coldness.
Seo Eun-hyun, gripping the entirety of the Radiance Seven Immortals in both hands, now whispers toward the Heavenly Lords that look so very little.
That whisper becomes a storm and embeds something into the chests of the Radiance Seven Immortals.
:: You surely have watched us, have tried to exterminate us, and have tried to kill us. But precisely because of so...only we can forgive you. Only we, who across generations have been massacred by you...::
Kugugugu!
Replacing the price of the debt-relationship imposed upon the Radiance Seven Immortals by instead solely breathing his convictions into them, Seo Eun-hyun releases the Radiance Seven Immortals from his hands.
However, even though they are released from his hands, not a single one can even think to strike back at him.
::...can forgive you and sever the ring of grace and resentment... : :
Paaaaatt...!
:: Become our friends. : :
:: Is this the prophecy you placed upon the next Sword Spear candidate...!? It will not work! ::
:: It is not a prophecy. This is... ::
Seo Eun-hyun's gaze touches the foremost among the spiral of spirits circling around him.
It reaches the spirit of Wol Ryeong, dressed in pure white and praying.
::...only a request. For, regardless, the prophecy...has already twisted. : :
I can guess to some extent the reason for ascending to Supreme Deity.
'An error must have occurred in the flow of beginning, development, twist, conclusion.'
The fate of an Ender proceeds only if one loses the person one loves.
But after I received Hyang Hwa's heart, not once did I think I lost her.
'We are always together.'
Therefore, at the last moment, I recalled her teaching and did the same for Wol Ryeong.
It is a fate I granted, but I twisted it and produced an error.
I produced an error in the same manner as Hyang Hwa so that I am engraved forever in her heart...
Thus, the fate of the Radiance Eight Immortals becoming the friends of the Enders cannot be realized.
Now it depends solely on their free will.
:: Radiance Hall. I hope you find freedom. Not only freedom within fate, but freedom that can go beyond fate as
well... ::
I sincerely bless them with that heart, and as they receive my blessing, they act as if they cannot understand.
They only look at me, fearful and more fearful, and run away.
I do not bother to seize them, and at the lower area of Mount Sumeru.
I look up at a single Heavenly Seat.
There, my imperial throne and the name of Star Genesis Supreme Deity appear.
I now obtained the formal authority to go outside Mount Sumeru, and I also feel I obtained the authority to climb
Mount Sumeru and become a Heavenly Venerable.
And...
I look again at [below].
The summit of Mount Sumeru, the apex.
There, I feel the [Gate] that Gwak Am began to open with Penglai Island.
Woo-woooong-
In the distance, I see my comrades faintly drawn to that [Gate].
'Yes...'
Even if the Enders want to avoid it, we cannot avoid the decisive battle with the Future King.
The beginning, development, twist, conclusion is precisely attraction force.
Therefore, that attraction force is bound to draw the Enders somehow.
'...Then why am I not being drawn?'
Perhaps it is because I did not become a Heavenly King.
'And what on earth is my fate...?'
In the 2012th cycle, I defeated the Great Mountain Supreme Deity.
And now, having regressed with only my power and the power of the Imperial Venerables, we are in the 2013th
cycle.
On the first day of the 2013th cycle,
I finally reached the apex of Immortal Cultivation, seized the Immortal Cultivation system, and became a Supreme
Deity.
At the same time, I at last realize that the memories of the 16th cycle have been unlocked.
No, rather than unlocked, it feels like I obtained 'viewing permission'.
And...at that moment.
Shiver!
Goosebumps begin to rise all over my body.
It is not only me.
The Heavenly Venerable of the Underworld begins to rend Mount Sumeru and descend, with their Gandhara itself.
Beginning with them, Kim Young-hoon, Jeon Myeong-hoon, Kang Min-hee, Oh Hyun-seok, Kim Yeon, Oh Hye-seo
gather by my side and glare at one place.
Wooooooo...
The entire universe begins to wail.
Everything in the Sumeru Three Heavens Great Thousand World begins to feel that presence.
::...They are calling... : :
With a dark face, the Heavenly Venerable of the Underworld looks to the end of Mount Sumeru.
They look toward the direction of the Head Realm's [Gate].
:: That one...has felt the shattering of an Ender's fate and has awakened. ::
::...? ::
Speaking incomprehensible words, the Underworld grows tense, and I also raise my tension for now.
:: All prepare. ::
At the following words of the Heavenly Venerable of the Underworld, we all glare at one place.
:: The Future King Fate Supreme Deity...is calling you. ::
At last, our conclusion is approaching.
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Dudududu-
Goosebumps spread over my whole body, and my body keeps trembling.
However, the ones I worry about most are not me.
I look over the faces of my comrades.
Kim Young-hoon, having not been able to rest even after the Great Mountain Battle, is in tatters.
Jeon Myeong-hoon is likewise exhausted from warring against the Radiance Eight Immortals, and he still seems overstrained as he still keeps the Jade Pivot Forty-Eight Lightning Heavenly Great Immortals who aim to strike at his back in check even now.
Kang Min-hee is the very one who was directly sucked into the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea, and even amidst it, helped in the Great Mountain battle through Falling Flowers, so her fatigue has not faded.
Oh Hyun-seok looks the most energetic, but only relative to the others. His body was torn apart from the aftershocks of Great Mountain and my attacks, so there is no way his condition is normal.
Kim Yeon had her arm shattered while refining Ji Hwa, so her right arm is unusable, and she is also worn out since she was likewise blocking the Radiance Eight Immortals.
Oh Hye-seo did nothing in the battle, but she traversed the timeline itself and pierced through the veil of worldlines to move, so her body is in tatters. Everyone except me, who was newly reborn as a Supreme Deity, is in the worst possible state.
As if reading my thoughts, the Underworld opens their mouth.
:: Come. Yeong Seung. ::
Kugugugu!
At that single utterance, Yeong Seung who is nearby appears around us, transforms into a Transformation form, and prostrates.
:: Please give me thy command, Owner of the Underworld. ::
:: I shall communicate with your master. ::
:: Yes, if that is your wish...::
Tststststs...
Along with Yeong Seung's words, his gaze changes and becomes the same gaze as the Heavenly Venerable of Time.
::It seems a rest period is needed. ::
Cheon Woon seems to grasp what I want at once and nods.
And the Underworld speaks to them.
:: Not only the Heavenly Kings, but also grant a spell by which even the Underworld Ten Great Kings inside his body can recover. Since I am borrowing your power anyway, it seems better to have even the Underworld Ten Great Kings recover so that they allow me to properly descend as well. ::
:: Good. I shall teach a secret art that can adjust time. A secret art of time that can give everyone time to recover...::
:: I can manipulate time myself as well, however... ::
For those of our level, twisting spacetime with attraction force or explosions is nothing.
But the real problem is not manipulating spacetime, but that for beings of our level, spacetime manipulation has almost no effect.
No matter how we manipulate time to give comrades a period of rest...
They do not feel it.
Now that my comrades have risen to the Governing Immortal rank called Heavenly King, even if time is manipulated for them, it barely applies, and time is likely to glance off.
To begin with, the reason those of Governing Immortal rank are hardly affected by my regression is also because of that high rank.
However, Cheon Woon shakes their head as if they understand my concern, and speaks.
:: I know what you worry about. But what I recommend is a different secret art.::
:: A different secret art...? ::
:: A secret art of time disjunction that is effective even on those of Heavenly Venerable rank like Heavenly Kings...:::
:: Effective even on those of Heavenly Venerable rank...!? ::
:: Indeed. However, this secret art demands a sacrifice from the user. To grant time to existences of Heavenly King rank, an existence of the same Governing Immortal rank must sacrifice a soul. ::
I hear those words and nod.
:: I will do it. ::
::... Are you truly fine with it... ::
They look at the Underworld with worry, and the Underworld nods.
:: Look at his eyes, Time. He will never refuse sacrifice. ::
:: But, Underworld. If it is his soul, although even a portion can create time to aid the recovery of his comrades...yet before an important battle, would it not reduce the strength of the most important fighting power...? ::
::If that worries you, how about you be the one to sacrifice? ::
::... You know it. I, who gave up the Gandhara, am now only nominally a Heavenly Venerable...far too lacking to be called a Governing Immortal...:: :: I am not saying to sacrifice for the Enders. ::
The Underworld whispers something to Time, and Time nods with a slightly reluctant expression.
::...well...if it is only one Immortal Lord...very well. I shall help. Then I will speak of the location where that secret art is recorded. :: Wo-woong!
The Heavenly Venerable of Time extends their hand toward Radiance Hall, from which all True Immortals have now departed. Kugugung!
Then, from deep within the palace, the gentle starlight of the Source River explodes and something pours down.
'A woodblock...?'
It is a gigantic woodblock.
I do not know what material this woodblock is made from, but it reeks of the musty, filthy smell of death, and a scent of hatred and resentment that seems to evoke the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea gushes forth.
:: Long ago, I took the ancient Agate as a disciple and taught them the secret arts of time. It was a favor I granted, thinking their authority could move the Heavenly Void Furnace and become a key to seize the control rights of the Head Realm from the Torch Candle Heavenly Lord...but in the end, my good will became calamity, becoming the first step by which they were caught and killed by the Radiance Ten Heavens. ::
The dark-red stele-like woodblock exudes ominous energy, but at the same time, that energy is at best at the Vestige Liberation Immortal level, so it does not look that threatening.
:: It was my greed. In the end, the very first Ender I took as a disciple was caught before even reaching Upper Immortal and was refined by the Castle Wall Heavenly Lord, in turn becoming a case where only the Source River secret arts they learned from me were offered up as tribute to Radiance Hall. Perhaps from then on, the Source River entered the grasp of Radiance Hall... This is my original sin, so I give it to you Enders. ::
I take hold of the woodblock.
'I guess they are handing it over indirectly because if they directly transmit the secret art, even a speck could become a calamity...'
Wo-woong
I look over the secret arts of the Source River inscribed on the woodblock and nod.
Back in my Sword Mountain Devil Lord days, a few of the sealing arts the Radiance Eight Immortals used to seal me were in fact derived and slightly modified from these secret arts.
:: Indeed...they are secret arts that can bring calamity upon us. It is powerful. ::
Especially the secret art they proposed to grant us rest time.
This Immortal Art called [Seed Plot (#) of Disjunction (TE)] is so powerful that, had I received it directly from Time, even I would receive a mild calamity to the level where the tip of my pinky finger would feel itchy from time to time.
'If I add a bit of flesh here and there, it rather comes close to a mantra.'
Even so, since it is an Immortal Art of rank lower than not only the Impermanence Sword but also the Extinguishing Divine Tribulating Heavens Technique and Mahayuga, having become a Supreme Deity, I can grasp it right away without much difficulty.
Having mastered the Immortal Art in an instant, I become familiar with it through two or three practices, then look at my comrades.
"...Right. For now, let's rest and hear the situation."
Kim Young-hoon, exhausted from flying from the past to the present, immediately nods, and the other comrades also all agree in unison.
:: In that case...everyone, please come into my body for a moment. ::
Huuuu-
I exhale and transfer my comrades into my body for a while.
Wo-woong
-It would be nice if you put me in as well. I too...need some time to talk.
A faint silver divine spirit's phantom shimmers beside me, and the Sword Extreme Heavenly Sword rings.
It is Ji Hwa.
She meets eyes with Wol Ryeong, who stands at the forefront of the spiraling halo of light circling around me, and speaks.
I nod and also place Wol Ryeong and Ji Hwa into my body.
Then, I begin to activate the secret art in earnest.
Woong!
The Seven Stars Harnessing God Banner circles around me.
Immortal Art.
:: Seed Plot of Disjunction. ::
Immediately after, the Seven Stars Harnessing God Banner all at once burrow into my flesh.
Kwajijijik!
A portion of my spirit.
Rather than spirit, a portion of consciousness so faint that it should rather be called mental strength is torn away, and it activates Seed Plot of Disjunction. Kugugugu!
As the consciousness made into a Heavenly Domain is torn, a part of my Heavenly Domain collapses.
The secret art of Seed Plot of Disjunction is to inject a divine object imbued with a part of my spirit into whatever space I desire, and twist the time flow of that space through that divine object.
Through it, I can make the spacetime of that space flow thousands of times faster, or thousands of times slower.
Udududuk...
The time flow of the space within my body speeds up.
Udududuk...
But at the same time, is it because those who feel that time flow are Heavenly Kings?
The one strand of my spirit used in the Immortal Art hastily collapses.
'The Seed Plot of Disjunction is a secret art that disjoints the time flow of the desired space and, through that disjunction, seizes the spacetime of that space.'
It is a pity that my spirit collapses quickly.
But in any case, for the Sixth Form of the Severing Heaven Sword Form, which aims at suppressing spacetime and is in the process of completion, a similar secret art like this is needed, so it is not a waste.
At the same time, I feel a thousand years flow swiftly inside my body.
My comrades recover from their critical wounds and enter a period of recuperation to some extent.
Ududuk...
'Twisting spacetime inside my body...makes my stomach not feel good.'
If it were simply twisting the time of mortal being, there would be no problem, but the problem is the spacetime of my comrades.
Since they have become Heavenly Kings, their mass is huge, so the pain of my intestines truly twisting assaults me from time to time.
Of course...
'At this level, it is just ticklish.'
I calmly savor the pain and take a step toward the Head Realm that pulls me.
First step.
Kuuung!
Inside my body, another thousand years pass.
My comrades complete their recuperation to a certain extent, and now they stabilize their body and mind.
Wol Ryeong and Sword Spear talk for a long time, and wander the mountains and rivers inside my body.
At times they even hold in-depth debates about my shoulders, and they restore the relationship that in the past had not always been amicable.
Second step.
Kuuuug!
Inside me, the Underworld Ten Great Kings who had exhausted their strength helping me in the Great Mountain Battle fully recover their strength and come back out again.
They help the Gandhara of the Underworld descend fully upon Mount Sumeru, and while the Underworld's main body challenges the Audience Chamber, they instantly create a domain that temporarily serves the role of the afterlife.
In total, three thousand years pass inside me, the bodies and minds of my comrades recover considerably, and now they begin to recover their energy. Jeon Myeong-hoon regains the martial might to kneel once more the Jade Pivot Forty-Eight Lightning Heavenly Great Immortals, who have been constantly aiming for his back.
Third step.
Kuuuung!
Inside my body, four thousand years pass.
My comrades restore all their energy, and within the time of these past years in which they have run without rest, they further repentantly enlighten themselves on their own authorities and take time to look back on their own lives.
Fourth step.
Kuuung!
Within my body, five thousand years pass.
From this point, I also involve myself in my comrades' rest.
No matter how disjointed the time is, if I accelerate my consciousness, it is at a level I can easily catch up to. So, for a thousand years, I unwind with my comrades, share the affection I could not share in all kinds of places with Yeon, and, from time to time, reminisce about the old days in the same house with Kang Min-hee and share a deep and steady friendship.
We also try rebuilding modern civilization under the lead of Kim Yeon.
Of course, we do not create living beings. We only try restoring cities across the Earth.
By Kim Young-hoon's memories, Shanghai in China.
By Jeon Myeong-hoon's memories, Tokyo.
By Kang Min-hee, Washington in the United States.
By Oh Hyun-seok, Berlin in Germany.
By Kim Yeon, the South Pole and the North Pole, and Greenland.
By Oh Hye-seo, the whole of Korea, the whole of India, the whole of Primorsky Krai, and the whole of the United Kingdom are restored.
I manifest the magic artifacts and dharma treasures used in modern civilization.
I manifest the magic artifacts that run even without horses, the magic artifacts that fly in the sky, and the square voice transmission magic artifacts, and after a long time I enjoy fun amusements with my comrades.
Although the names do not readily come to mind, my comrades who have lived in Mount Sumeru for hundreds of thousands of years are in the same boat, so everyone turns off their concern about the names and decides to call them however is convenient.
"No, are you saying none of you even remember Excel, you useless brats!?"
Oh Hye-seo, though she herself does not properly remember, pretends to remember and tries to deceive us, but I ignore it as I decided not to be fooled
by her.
With the six-sided club game I learned from my master, together with the comrades who hold grudges, we hung upside down and thoroughly beat the prankster Oh Hye-seo who made trouble for us all this time, and we resolved the small grudges that remained.
I also hear a sincere apology from Oh Hye-seo, and after extracting films, novels, plays, and the like from her memories, whose memory is on the good side,
We even gather like a family and watch movies together as a group.
It is a bit hard because words of Earth we cannot understand come out from time to time, but with understanding that reaches Governing Immortal we all grasp the context without any problem, and while studying Earth words again as we appreciate them, it feels rather good.
We travel all around the world, go to the moon, and even make a simulated stellar system of the star system where Earth used to be and visit places like Jupiter and the Sun.
We also go on trips to places we want to visit.
Fifth step.
Kuuung!
Six thousand year mark.
Led by Wol Ryeong, the Wuji Religious Order is reconstituted.
The Corpse Mountain Blood Sea that had swallowed the Wuji Religious Order, now under Wol Ryeong's lead, becomes once again an order that serves
me.
Wol Ryeong becomes my first believer and begins to pray for me.
From that day, while I unwind with my companions, I also hear the prayers of those who pray to me.
The majority are from the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea, but there are also ordinary living beings in the Sumeru Three Heavens Great Thousand World who offer prayers to me, the newly born Star Genesis Supreme Deity.
-O God of Stars, I marvel at your enlightenment.
-O Owner of Stars, I, Yoon of the Entering Nirvana stage, who is learning the Shamanistic Methods, serve you.
-O Owner of Myriad Stars! I am Ban Ta! I have perceived that a new great Owner of Divine Providence has been born. Please, please listen to my pra-
-O Owner of Myriad Stars. This Baek Woon prays to you. This time...my direct descendant challenges the Star Shattering stage. They entered the Black Ghost Valley that follows the will of the Underworld and accumulated cultivation, and I made them accumulate good deeds so they resemble thee. I implore the great Star Divine Spirit to protect them...
-Uuuut, uuuut! Uuugh, ugggk! D-Did you hear, Glass? They say a star divine spirit has been newly born. Now...all the stars are like their eyes. If we do it under the stars, it is no different from countless eyes watching us. Come, let us show them! Let us show ourselves clearly to those countless star-eyes!
Behold, Star Divine Spirit!
One living spirit of the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea.
Yoon of the Entering Nirvana stage.
Baek Woon's voice that I heard after a long time.
Azure Peng, who now wrings Glass Peacock, putting a chain on their neck, and in the form of a sultry Horsehead Nebula, is intermingling with Peacock. Important prayers and useless prayers alike pour endlessly into me.
And as I listen to the prayers of the countless living spirits of Mount Sumeru, I can come to understand how many, to heavens or to the stars, offer prayers.
:: Huuuu...::
With my breath, I bless them.
I scatter, together with starlight, the light of repentant enlightenment so that they can know that the light of the heavens to which they pray, and the myriad stars to which their prayers reach, are not unreachable wishes but the very ground they tread.
Kugugung!
And the Underworld's Gandhara main body, which the Underworld Ten Great Kings diligently began summoning when I took three steps, at last begins to
appear.
:: O Karmic Mirror, reflect the sacred body of the Imperial Venerable! ::
The Underworld Ten Great Kings, lined up in proper ritual, all raise their hands before the enormous mirror summoned by Yan Luo.
Beyond that mirror, cosmic darkness is reflected.
Immediately after the mirror breaks away, and the being beyond the mirror begins to cross over to Mount Sumeru.
Tudududu!
It does not force its way by tearing the boundary, but the Underworld's Gandhara descends by formally following the procedure.
Their presence spreads throughout the entire Sumeru Three Heavens Great Thousand World.
Spirits move to the temporary Underworld, and the Underworld's Wheel remains there and governs the reincarnation of the spirits.
:: Do you intend to leave the Wheel behind? ::
:: If I am to borrow power from the circulation of spirits within Mount Sumeru, rather than taking it directly, it is in instead better to transmit power from
here. Do not worry, if it is my Gandhara, it does not fall behind Vast Cold. And... ::
The Underworld looks at me and speaks.
:: As you are now...though in pure weight class you may fall a little short of Vast Cold, in true full power you can seize the initiative against them. And...::
She points out several forces I am hiding and speaks.
:: Perhaps with your authority as Immortal Beast King, the power of Martial Pinnacle, and those sentient beings of that Corpse Mountain Blood Sea left by
the Great Mountain Supreme Deity...and the power of those whom you call Wuji, you can push everything into a rampant state and even guarantee victory against Vast Cold who surpasses this girl as she is now. ::
:: You are gilding my face. ::
:: Excessive modesty is also arrogance. You objectively possess that force. And...if you add that as well, you can even contend with this girl's total power. ::
::...!!
I sigh as I gauge the Underworld's insight and the power she hides.
...Even though powers of this degree are added, and there is even word from Silver Basket to join...'
I cannot even guess whether we can win against the being beyond the Audience Chamber.
And at last, I take the sixth step.
Kuuung!
Inside my body, seven thousand years of time pass.
Kung, kung, kung, kung, kung, kung!
My comrades, each prepared in perfect readiness, appear at my side all at once.
I hold the Sword Extreme Heavenly Sword, and the spirits of the Wuji Religious Order that used to be the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea follow behind me.
At the same time, when the Underworld snaps her fingers, I feel my soul that was spent on twisting my comrades' time quickly recover.
'This is...!'
Sensing the coupling of Glass Peacock and Azure Peng that I heard during the prayers, I come to understand.
The Underworld asked the Heavenly Venerable of Time to set up the Seed Plot of Disjunction on the two who together are one Immortal Lord, making
their time flow quickly, and she injected into me the power of life that gushed from that union.
I give the Underworld a brief nod, then I glance back for a moment.
'Ah...truly...'
It was a life with many things.
The Underworld, summoned in complete form, steps forward with a hardened expression.
I also take the final step, and at the center of the brow of the Head Realm that begins to open,
I reach out my hand toward the strange fissure that appears as the Head Realm splits in half. 'Let's go.'
Thus, within seven steps I shake off all lingering attachments and advance toward that [Gate]. 'Toward the Audience Chamber...!'
By us, the [Gate] begins to swing open.
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