"It's dark."
Seo Hweol and I arrived at the lowest level of Serving Command Ark, a place so cold and dark it chills to the bone.
'This is the last of the seven floors of Serving Command Ark.'
Similar to Serving Command Palace, Serving Command Ark itself also comprises a total of seven floors.
The topmost 7th floor, the Life Floor, is where Seo Hweol conducts administrative tasks, etings of the True Dragon Alliance take place, and where the demon race's market and social gatherings mainly occur.
The 6th floor, the Cultivation Floor, is rich in spiritual veins and spiritual energy, provided for the later-stage Earth Tribe cultivators and elders.
The 5th floor, the Harvest Floor, is the most appropriate and safest refuge for Earth Tribe mbers to face Heavenly Tribulation before crossing the cultivation threshold.
The 4th floor, the Death Floor, is where the corpses of deceased Earth Tribe mbers gather.
The 3rd floor, the Earth Floor, is the power room of Serving Command Ark and the source of spiritual energy flowing throughout the ark.
The 2nd floor, the Storage Floor, serves as a storage space below the power room, currently used as a treasure vault by the Earth Tribe.
And the lowest level of Serving Command Ark, where the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion takes place.
The 1st floor, the Emptiness Floor.
As I reached the Emptiness Floor, I felt as if all the spiritual energy in my body was freezing over.
'Is this the coldness of the Emptiness Floor?'
There is literally nothing.
No light, no heat, no air, no sound.
Even the spiritual energy is so scarce that once it leaks, it disperses into the pitch-black void.
Facing the profound darkness, not just , but the other Earth Tribe mbers seem startled, showing signs of surprise.
The Nascent Soul stage Sea Dragons who followed Seo Hweol are also huddling and looking around.
Not just the Sea Dragons, but other demon beasts who arrived are in the sa state.
"Is this where the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion is held?"
"We're to undergo a survival test here? It won't be easy."
"Even just breathing scatters spiritual energy."
Just when they are all muttering.
Flash!
Suddenly, the darkest lowest floor is brightly illuminated.
A golden flash of light shines in all directions.
All demon beasts who arrived at the lowest floor look up in surprise.
There, a familiar face is present.
Its Gyu-ryeon, an elder of the True Dragon Alliance who ca to fetch us before.
"It seems everyone has arrived. I am Gyu-ryeon, an elder of the True Dragon Alliance, overseeing this Immortal Beast Blood Fusion. First, if there are any Four-Axis stage cultivators from major races, stop protecting your own race and co this way."
At that command, Seo Hweol from the Sea Dragon Race and several other demon beasts from various races fly up to stand by Gyu-ryeon's side.
"Ugh..."
"Uh, uhuhu... so, so cold..."
As Seo Hweol disappears, the surrounding Sea Dragons start to shiver uncontrollably.
"Is this the cold of the Emptiness Floor now that Sir Seo Hweol stopped his protection...?"
"Harsh..."
"...?"
I am montarily puzzled as I watch the Sea Dragons around shivering.
'What's going on? Nothing changed.'
The temperature of the Emptiness Floor, terribly cold from the beginning, hadn't changed at all.
Yet, suddenly, the later-stage cultivators of the Sea Dragon Race started to shiver.
I realize sothing from this situation.
'Ah, that guy Seo Hweol. He hasn't been protecting from the start.'
Its a really simple fact.
Wo-woong!
As the Four-Axis stage Earth Tribe mbers stand next to Gyu-ryeon, the light emanating from her becos even brighter.
'This is...'
Im startled, realizing the nature of the light emanating from Gyu-ryeon.
'Life force, itself?'
In the void of Emptiness where nothing exists,
Gyu-ryeon is 'producing' the most pure and original spiritual energy, the power of life.
'That's a Four-Axis stage cultivator....'
Those who awakened the power of life.
It seems true that reaching Four-Axis grants an incomparably longer lifespan, as she illuminates the darkness with life force itself.
'No, its not just by herself.'
She is emitting an even brighter light with the help of the energy from the surrounding Four-Axis stage cultivators.
Regardless, the golden light emitted by the Four-Axis cultivators color the surroundings, dispelling the darkness and revealing the scenery around us to so extent.
We are in a desert of sand.
Across this sand desert, nurous unique demon races are densely packed.
Including the Sea Dragons, demon beasts I have never seen in my life, and even those who look like rocks, making one doubt if they are alive.
Countless demon race beasts are scattered as far as the eye can see.
'Ten thousand? Fifteen thousand? Roughly around twelve thousand I estimate.'
Moreover, the majority of them are at the Core Formation and Nascent Soul stages.
I am the only one at the Qi Building stage.
Then, Gyuryeon begins to speak amidst the golden light.
"First, I express my respect to all the later-stage Earth Tribe mbers who have co here. All of you have bravely participated in the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion, knowing well that you might lose your lives in the battle, choosing to compete for rely 100 spots. However, as a senior, I am also worried. This Immortal Beast Blood Fusion, as I say again, is an extre survival test that takes place in the void of Emptiness. Let say this one last ti: The Immortal Beast Blood Fusion is a test accompanied by death, and those who wish to give up are advised to do so now. Is there anyone who wants to give up? Co forward now."
However, no demon beast steps forward.
Gyu-ryeon seems to nod indifferently at this, but I could read a feeling of pity in her intent.
"Good. Since there are no quitters, we will now comnce the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion. The rules are simple. Just survive until the last 100 remain!"
Flash!
As she waves her hand, golden life force spreads around, etching strange patterns on the arms and legs of each demon beast.
Its a number in demon script, Thirteen Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Two.
"The number etched on your bodies represents the number of other Immortal Beast Blood Fusion participants currently in the battle grounds. As each participant is eliminated, the number will change accordingly. You just need to endure until that number reaches one hundred. However, as you know, there is no withdrawal from the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion midway. Therefore, for your given numbers to drop below one hundred, a significant number of you must either die or beco incapacitated. Now, that's roughly it for the explanation, is there anything you're curious about?"
"Excuse , Examiner. What does 'incapacitated' an?"
A demon beast asks Gyu-ryeon, who replies with a cold gaze but internally with a hint of pity, speaking loudly.
"Being on the verge of death, reaching a comatose state is recognized as an incapacitated state for the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion, and you'll be transported to the second floor of Serving Command Ark. However, usually, if you reach such a state, expect your cultivation to drop by several levels."
"...I understand."
"Any more questions?"
"Yes. I have sothing I want to make sure of... If the goal of this competition is to survive until fewer than 100 Earth Tribe mbers remain, does that an the main objective of the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion is essentially to reduce the number of competitors quickly?"
A demon beast resembling a praying mantis asks with a murderous intent, directing the question at Gyu-ryeon.
Gyuryeon smirks.
"Well... most would think so, but it's a bit different. This Immortal Beast Blood Fusion is ultimately a competition to select those demon beasts strong enough in 'life force' to accept the true blood of Immortal Beasts and as such, 'survivability' is the main focus of the competition. You'll understand once the competition properly begins."
"Yes, well... I take it as a confirmation that it's okay to reduce the number of other competitors."
"Do as you will."
The mantis demon beast cackles, not hiding its murderous intent.
The demon beasts around it show discomfort, stepping back a few paces from it.
However, Gyu-ryeon seems to send a pitiful intent towards that demon beast.
'Whatever it is, the real Immortal Beast Blood Fusion will demand trendous survivability.'
It isn't going to be difficult for .
Over the past six months, not just but also Yuan Yu regained its cultivation.
Unlike , who had no foundation in cultivation right after returning, Yuan Yu had a foundation in Core Formation stage cultivation, so he could quickly regain his Core Formation stage cultivation.
Since I wore Yuan Yu for this Immortal Beast Blood Fusion, Im not particularly worried about my survivability.
More questions follow.
"Does the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion not end until there are fewer than 100 mbers left?"
"That's right. I know what you're worried about. Youre concerned that the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion will drag on for years, arent you? That won't happen. It will conclude within four months at most."
After a few more questions, Gyu-ryeon looks around the assembly and says,
"Are there no more questions? Then, let's start the real Immortal Beast Blood Fusion!"
"Yes!"
Nurous demon beasts respond loudly.
Gyu-ryeon raises her hand to the sky and slams it down.
"From this mont, the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion begins!"
Boom!
Simultaneously, the desert crumbles into pieces, starting to collapse downward.
'This is...!'
It wasn't split by re physical force.
Observing the flow of spiritual energy between Gyu-ryeon and the desert, I realize the true identity of the desert.
Was the desert itself a manifestation of Gyu-ryeon's spell?
Rustle!
As the desert splits, a dark space below is revealed.
An absolute darkness, akin to the void, is exposed.
However, unlike the void, its impossible to read the plane and return to the current realm because this realm is not the void but a space within the realm itself.
Ssshhh!
'Gasp!'
I nearly lost consciousness montarily due to the insane cold enveloping .
'What on earth is this...'
Cold.
I knew the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion wouldn't be easy, but I didn't expect it to be this chilling.
Nothingness. Absolute darkness!
Perhaps this is what outer space is like.
'Life force itself is being drawn away.'
In this pitch-black void, rely existing led to your life force naturally escaping into the void and disperse.
Enduring this mind-numbing cold, I understand why Gyu-ryeon sneered at those demon beasts trying to eliminate competitors while also pitying them.
'Reduce competitors? Ridiculous.'
That's impossible.
Just being here feels like the soul itself might freeze over.
No, it's not even cold.
This is more akin to death itself.
The fourth floor is called the Death Floor, but isn't that a title more fitting for the first floor?'
Before long, the desert that had beco our ground scatters into the darkness.
The light provided by Gyu-ryeon and the Four-Axis Masters also vanishes sowhere.
Without attempting to locate other demons around , I imdiately begin to circulate my spiritual power.
Woong!
My Pure Spiritual Force flows vigorously within , reviving my dying body.
Woong Woong Woong!
A faint light emanates from my body, finally making feel slightly alive.
'This won't do.'
But as I see even the faintest glimr of light gradually scatter into the darkness, I clench my teeth.
'I need another way. At this rate, all life force will disperse and I'll die. A test of life force, life force...'
Tick, tick-tick, tick-tick-tick!
For the first ti, my body, which had never moved uncontrollably, chatters its teeth on its own.
It isn't a matter of will. The very presence of [Death] itself caused my body to react instinctively.
I will certainly die if it continues this way.
It can't end like this. If it's a test of life force, then activating life force is the key.'
And there's nothing better than cultivation to activate life force.
'The space may be scarce in spiritual energy, but that's actually for the better.'
In such a space, Seo Hweol's gaze cannot reach .
aning, I can take as much ti as needed for proper cultivation.
The lack of spiritual energy isn't a problem either.
Wo-woong!
'Canvas of Myriad Forms and Connections.'
Tst-tst-tst!
The ethereal form of an artifact spirit appears before .
The countless figures of artifact spirits, containing my myriad connections, transford back into 'my' form according to my will.
And 'I' soon overlap with my figure.
Zuuuung!
A massive amount of spiritual energy stored within the artifact spirit transfers into my body.
From the mont I heard that the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion is a competition for survival, I believed I could easily make it into the last 100.
Using the Record of Transcending Cultivation and Exhausting Martial Arts to hide my presence and absorbing only the spiritual energy from the Canvas of Myriad Forms and Connections is enough to endure.
But seeing the harsh environnt of emptiness, most demon races would exhaust all their life force and vitality just trying to survive in this space.
There's no need to use the Record of Transcending Cultivation and Exhausting Martial Arts.
With the spiritual energy of Canvas of Myriad Forms and Connections, I can calmly cultivate and wait out the ti!
Wo-woong!
I transfer the cultivation of Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod into my body, which I have been cautious about practicing fully due to Seo Hweol's suspicion.
Since Seo Hweol is acquainted with Azure Tiger Saint, practicing Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod could have been problematic if discovered, as changes in the body in the initial stages are easily noticeable.
During the six months, Seo Hweol called out every three days to check my cultivation progress. Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod, which causes significant bodily changes in the early stages, had to be approached with caution.
According to Gyu-ryeon, it seems I can buy about four months of ti within this area.
With four months, I can summon the Qi and blood stored from the Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod in my past life.
Qi is the Soul.
Thus, the dharma treasure attached to my soul and the cultivation stored in the Canvas of Myriad Forms and Connections could transcend ti to join .
Qi is Life.
Extrely pure spiritual energy is, in essence, life force itself.
Therefore, cultivating the Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod, which maximizes life force by condensing spiritual energy to its extre, is also possible after regression.
Crack, creak!
A trendous life force circulates throughout my body.
"Argh!"
The pains I experienced while cultivating the Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod in my past life, compressed into a short ti, strikes my mind.
"...!"
Its brain-numbingly painful.
Yet, I clench my teeth, enduring the pain and accepting the life force surging throughout my body.
The imnse life force circulates through my body, elevating my qi and blood, and begins to recreate the indestructible body I had forged in my past life.
Creak, creak!
I continue my cultivation amidst the pain that feels as if my entire body is being crushed.
Although it feels like my body is shattering, that very agony drives away the cold and darkness of the empty void.
'I can endure this.'
In the lowest floor of Serving Command Ark, I smile as I continue my cultivation fueled by life force.
With this, I can endure to the end!
Wrapped in pain as if my body is being crushed, the heat generated from the pain drives the cold away.
Confident I can endure till the end of the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion, I spend my ti in deep cultivation.
Before long, the number recorded on my arm rapidly decreased.
In just a few days, the number of demon beasts that had reached thirteen thousand had dropped to five thousand.
And then, I understood why Gyu-ryeon said a conclusion could be reached within four months.
'Ah, as the numbers dwindle, the darkness intensifies.'
It beca colder and more desolate than before.
In the Emptiness Floor, nothingness itself seems to materialize, attempting to devour .
I can endure it for now. But... as the numbers further decrease, the darkness will intensify.
When that happens, the life force being generated from practicing the Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod will be surpassed by the life force escaping from my body.
Can I truly endure it?
I clench my teeth and resist against the cold, against this death, and endure.
Ti passed exceedingly slowly.
For months on end, floating aimlessly in the darkness without any light or warmth.
Now... there are only 200 left.
The cold and darkness beca even more intense.
It felt as though the darkness was creeping into my eyes, nose, and mouth.
It was as if darkness, not blood, flowed through my veins.
Just a bit more, just endure a bit longer.
Fortunately, I had access to vastly more resources than others through the Canvas of Myriad Forms and Connections.
Enduring wouldnt be difficult.
And finally, on the fourth month as Gyu-ryeon had ntioned.
"Huuuh..."
Just exhaling caused a burst of light to escape my mouth and scatter into the darkness.
'I'll die, enduring any longer ans death.'
I truly feel death creeping up to my throat.
As the number of surviving demon beasts decreased, the darkness and cold intensified, leaving only 103 remaining.
Just three more to go.
But within this soul-chilling cold, all I want is to leave, Immortal Beast Blood Fusion be damned.
The cold is beyond what re willpower can overco.
Crack, crack-crack!
I ground my teeth, focusing on the number displayed on my arm.
The number, which had been 103, had now reduced to 102.
Just a little longer, and this unbearable cold will pass.
I will be able to leave.
One hundred and one.
Only one more person needs to fall into a comatose state for the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion to end.
However, seeing that number, I cant help but laugh at myself.
My life force is surprisingly tenacious.
No, its more due to the Canvas of Myriad Forms and Connections than my own life force.
Ive been enduring by cultivating the Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod through the Canvas of Myriad Forms and Connections.
But now, even the Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod is struggling against the cold, which is not rely the yin attribute, but rather the absolute nothingness of this empty space, making it all the more difficult to endure.
Its like my mind is drying up.
It feels like four years, not four months.
But it will all be over soon.
Looking at the number one hundred and one, I desperately wish for the one to disappear quickly.
How much ti has passed?
Finally, the mont I have been waiting for arrived.
One hundred.
Finally!
The Immortal Beast Blood Fusion is over!
Or so I thought when...
"...?"
Nothing changes.
Whats going on?
After the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion ends, we are supposed to be transported to the second floor.
But why hasn't anything happened yet?
Gyu-ryeon said it herself.
When the number reaches one hundred, the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion is supposed to end.
Right, maybe it just takes a little ti.
There couldn't be any problems.
I calmly wait to be transported in the cold.
Ten more days passed.
Sothing's wrong.
This shouldnt be happening.
Why am I still here even though the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion has ended?
'Is this Seo Hweols trick?
Did Seo Hweol manipulate this to send all participants of the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion to their doom?
But no matter how much I think about it, theres no reason for Seo Hweol to do such a thing.
Or has the cold made lose my sense of ti?
But that doesnt make sense either. My mind is too clear.
I'm not insane, and considering everything with a clear head, theres no reason for Seo Hweol to do this. Moreover, from what I gathered in the six months before participating in the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion, it has always been conducted fairly. Theres no room for Seo Hweols interference
It can't be that this was done deliberately to kill .
Even if I am suspicious, Seo Hweol's character would suggest he'd use to the fullest before letting die, not kill off for no reason.
Sothings wrong.
I decided to wait a little longer, trembling in the cold.
Another month passed.
Perhaps... by so terrible stroke of luck, sothing went wrong with the Emptiness Floor just when I participated?
I'm not insane.
And unless Seo Hweol decided on a whim to kill just for fun, I can't think of any other explanation.
No... more than that, I've been sustaining myself by cultivating the Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod with the life force accumulated in the Canvas of Myriad Forms and Connections, but how are the other demon beasts still alive?
Two more months passed since the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion was supposed to end.
Yet, the number still points to one hundred.
Indeed, sothing must've gone wrong with the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion. Damn it, I can't just die here frozen like so Seo Eun-hyeon frozen popsicle."
Determined to not die here, I decide to sohow escape this place.
Crack, crack-crack!
I drew out my Formless Sword and swing it around .
But in this area devoid of spiritual energy, its difficult to cut through anything.
Floating in the void, I gather spiritual energy and spray it around, trying to navigate the dark space.
But I find nothing.
It's vast.
And cold.
If only I can find sothing that activates the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion, sothing that triggers the darkness of this Emptiness Floor
Clenching my teeth, I fight through the darkness, searching for a way out.
A year passes.
Crack, crack-crack...
Even trying to move a finger causes my whole body to crackle.
It cant...go on like this.
Sothing must have gone seriously wrong.
Have all the demon beasts participating in the Immortal Beast Blood Fusion been sealed in the lowest layer?
A year passed without finding any hope.
I had no choice but to float aimlessly in the void space.
I must find a way
If things continue this way, finding an exit or getting out will be secondary.
I fear I might die consud by the darkness, dying from the soul-chilling cold, from the utter nothingness.
What should I do?
As I float in the void space, pondering my next move...
Whoosh!
The mont I try to cross my arms, sothing in my bosom brushes against my hand.
This is
A small spirit stone.
I rember the identity of the spirit stone and observe it.
Its the Vast Cold Formula I bought from the demon beast rchant last ti.
The most basic among the basics, the foundational beast thods, was it?
Suddenly, I decide to cultivate the Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod along with the Vast Cold Formula.
If I can't find a way out of this Emptiness Floor, I might as well endure until I'm rescued.
Instead of seeking a way out, I choose to endure as long as possible.
Let's endure, sohow. Whether Seo Hweol played tricks, or sothing's gone wrong with the Serving Command Ark, let's just endure!
Wo-woong!
Clenching my teeth, I read the demon script embedded in the spirit stone and manipulated spiritual energy according to the Vast Cold Formulas instructions.
Wo-woong!
At first, it was a bit unfamiliar.
But after another year in the void space...
I could feel what demon beast thods are about.
Demon beast thods are essentially explosions.
I felt this when cultivating the Summoning Wind, Dragon Transformation.
Inner Cores of demon beasts concentrate spiritual energy within their Demon Cores before causing an explosion.
By repeating these explosions, they gradually expand their Demon Core's capacity, absorbing more Qi as their "vessel" grows.
This is the foundation of all demon beast thods.
But as I continued reading the Vast Cold Formula, I realized how absurd the Summoning Wind, Dragon Transformation thod is.
Did Seo Hweol really throw a bomb like the Summoning Wind, Dragon Transformation to cultivate?
All demon beast thods are based on the following principle:
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth rotates as Yin and Yang, forming Taiji.
Thus, to vision of the demon race who can see the essence of spiritual energy, all things in the universe appear as Taiji.
The core of the demon beast thod is to rotate this Taiji strongly within the Demon Core, crashing it together to cause an explosion.
While Yin and Yang explode upon collision, they also achieve harmony and stabilize instantly, ensuring the safety of practicing demon beast thods, though it may be painful.
However, the Summoning Wind, Dragon Transformation Seo Hweol gave contains no details on the circulation of Taiji, only thods to recklessly explode the Demon Core.
Damned dragon.
I curse Seo Hweol inwardly and continue to repeat the steps of the Vast Cold Formula.
Three more years pass.
Now I have spent five years in the darkness.
Demon beast thods are truly simple.
At the Qi Refining stage, weak Qi is circulated and exploded.
At the Qi Building stage, one's life force is linked with the Demon Core to circulate the Taiji more intensely before colliding and exploding it.
At the Core Formation stage, the now strengthened Demon Core, as resilient as a human's Golden Core, is exploded and reford multiple tis to refine Qi.
Circulating the Taiji to cause an explosion results in refined pure spiritual energy.
In other words, life force that continuously fills into the body.
This is the essence of all demon beast thods.
Unlike humans who create a Law-Transforming Dantian with the flow of Yin and Yang and reach the Nascent Soul stage to cultivate the Yin and Yang spirit,
Demon beasts stubbornly focus solely on the flow of Yin and Yang from the beginning, and upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage, they circulate the Nascent Soul with the flow of Yin and Yang again.
Compared to the Heaven Tribe's thod, which are maddeningly complex and involve morizing intricate incantations, performing sacrifical rituals, and reading the celestial trends... it's almost as simple as leaving it to instinct."
Perhaps, it is correct for demon beasts to learn demon beast thods by instinct.
Originally, wild animals without intelligence, after gaining spiritual awareness and the ability to see spiritual energy,
Circulate the Yin and Yang within their bodies according to their vision and then explode it.
Its simplicity allows even those demon beasts without intellect to learn such thods.
Boom!
I frown as I feel the Qi explode in my dantian.
It's not easy.
Although its not as complex as the thods of the Human Race, including those of the Heaven Tribe, and is simple, that doesn't an its easy to learn.
Demon beast thods, like body refining thods, or in so ways, even more so, accompany terrible pain.
Every ti spiritual energy is exploded in the dantian as part of their cultivation, they have to endure the pain of their dantian being shattered at every mont. This is even worse for Core Formation stage demons as they have to explode their Demon Core itself, enduring horrible pain.
Another five years pass.
Ten years in the Emptiness Floor!
It's hard to gauge how much ti I've wasted.
By all rights, I should have regained my Nascent Soul cultivation with abundant spiritual energy outside by now!
But here I am, barely surviving in the void, only increasing my understanding of demon beast thods.
Boom!
I suffer unbearable pain as if my dantian is shattering as I practice both the Vast Cold Formula and the Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod.
Gradually, the cold of the Emptiness Floor recedes before the heat of pain.
Thump, thump, thump!
"It's like a heart."
Practicing demon beast thods feels as if there is another heart in my dantian.
Every ti the heart beats, blood is pumped through the arteries to the entire body, then returns to the heart through the veins.
Every ti the Yin and Yang in the dantian explode, that explosive force sweeps through the body, refining it, then condenses back inside the dantian, becoming pure life force that heals the body.
Life is, in essence, an explosion
Thump, thump, thump!
The Vast Cold Formula and the Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod elevate my life through explosions.
And at so point.
Flash!
I feel a peculiar sensation as if the Vast Cold Formula and the Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod are erging around my Inner Core.
This is
The Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod is evolving.
No, that's not it.
Originally, body refining thods are a degraded version of demon beast thods.
Now, the foundational demon beast thod, the Vast Cold Formula operates within my Inner Core, making the degraded body refining thod reach an equivalent condition as demon beast thods, revealing its essence.
This is the true power of the Azure Spirit Starlight Quintessence Great thod!
Boom!
Creak, creak!
It's cold.
So very cold.
But at the sa ti, I realize fundantal changes occurring throughout my body.
Crack, crack!
A complete transformation!
Just as the Five Energies Converging to the Origin led to understand how the spiritual energy of heaven and earth can guide my body on the correct path,
Now, once again, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth begins to show how my body can evolve even more correctly.
Crack!
"This is..."
Spiritual energy rotates before my eyes.
Yin and Yang collapse, entering my body to form a double helix.
Ahh
Yin and Yang ascend the double helix, unraveling the secrets of the flesh accumulated from the past and providing the correct direction for evolution.
Crack!
I adjust my body according to that direction and finally complete the tamorphosis.
Simultaneously, I feel my consciousness naturally taking on a specific form.
So it is.
The area of consciousness that enveloped in a circle transford into a complete human form, covering .
Could it be that humans, before discovering the rituals to beco part of the Heaven Tribe, were a kind of demon beast?
Gurgle...
As my consciousness transforms into human form and I move my fist, I feel an imnse power in my fist, unlike anything I had felt before.
"Haaah..."
Finally, I have reached a new realm of demon beast thods.
At the sa ti, I am engulfed in a sense of awe towards Kim Young-hoon.
Without even touching body refining thods, did a martial artist with a mortal body trace back the origins of martial arts to find the path to human demon beast thods?
The 'other path' that Kim Young-hoon struggled to find beyond the Ultimate Pinnacle, in his quest for a way forward.
That was precisely demon beast thods.
Found in the library of Seo Ran, not the real demon beast thods for beasts, but for humans!
That was the other path Kim Young-hoon discovered while evolving martial arts.
Huh, it turns out I reached that path in the end.
I recall Kim Young-hoon from that cycle and smile wryly.
Shiii
Is this the end...?
After undergoing complete transformation and witnessing the life force escaping from my entire body, I laugh with self-deprecation.
Its good to have realized the true aning of demon beast thods through complete transformation.
But in doing so, I have almost used up all the spiritual energy inside my body.
There is hardly any life force left in the Canvas of Myriad Forms and Connections.
If this had been a place abundant with spiritual energy, I could have replenished it imdiately, but in this absolute realm of death, its impossible.
Am I going to die in such a futile manner?
I feel my eyes closing and laugh.
Well, at least... I confird what the other path that Kim Young-hoon discovered was
Maybe such a death isn't entirely in vain.
Thinking this, I close my eyes.
I thought it was my sixteenth return.
[You've endured ten years.]
"...?"
Crackle, crackle...
I open my eyes in front of a campfire.
Where is this?
It's dark.
It isn't cold, but it is still dark.
Yet, I can see clearly.
But there is no light!
Strange.
Everything around is so clearly perceived, yet the actual existence of light is distinctly absent.
What is this?
Bizarre.
Living beings perceive objects through light.
But for so reason, even without light, I feel everything around is perceivable.
In front of is a bonfire.
But the bonfire has no light, only heat.
Around the bonfire are nurous statues, each an exquisite work of art.
As Im puzzled by the sudden situation,
[Take a seat. You've endured ten years, so you only have ten seconds to converse with this seat. Of course, if we really talked for just ten seconds, we wouldn't get anywhere, so this seat has warped ti to make one second last a day.]
"What..."
Soone is sitting in front of .
I try to look up at [them].
That mont.
"...! Arggghhhh!"
My eyes!
My eyes suddenly vaporized!
Without any warning, trying to perceive the other made my eyeballs evaporate and fly into the air.
Not just the eyes!
My entire body, my whole body is vaporizing!
"I'm, dying..."
[Sit.]
The next mont.
As soon as [They] tell to sit, my vaporizing body resettles.
And sohow, I find myself sitting properly on one of the surrounding statues.
[Do not look directly at this seat. If it were this seat's main body, we might converse properly adjusting to your level. However, as I am but a remnant thought, a fragnt left by the main body, this seat might accidentally kill you if I fail to adjust properly.]
"Ha, ha...!"
My heart is racing.
[This seat is the master of Liberation. If you look directly at , the essence that constitutes you will be liberated from the frawork of 'you' and vaporize into extinction.]
"You are"
My head is spinning.
As soon as I guessed the identity of the being before , my consciousness shook as if it was about to collapse, and my sense of direction vanished, making feel as though I would fall to the ground at any mont.
The pain of being trapped in the void for ten years is instantly forgotten, and a new sense of fear, awe, and reverence painted over my mind.
[This seats na is Bong Myeong (Serving Command). I am the creator of the Serving Command Ark you entered.]
The being before is, at the very least, a True Immortal.
[I distorted ten years of ti to summon you here for a conversation. Now, shall we talk, Ender (End Fate Person)?]
Translator Notes: Donated chapter by Dragonk105. Thanks for the support!
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