Chapter 623: Inverted World (4)
'This place is...'
[I] open my eyes.
'I see.'
[I] am a being born chosen, entrusted with a mission.
My sole purpose and mission of existence is only to expel matter so that the great True Persons can create stars.
As an innately born Star Shattering stage Esteed One, I must beco a component that allows this universe to turn.
But...
For so reason, I notice that I have [another] mission besides that.
'Why?'
It feels like I must carry out a different mission.
There is sothing [more important] than the mission given to .
Eventually, I co to know what it is.
That's right.
[Being inverted].
That is the very thing I must prioritize over the mission I was born with.
However...
How does one beco inverted?
I am confused.
I am round.
The bodies of Star Shattering stage Esteed Ones are satellites, so there is no up or down.
Then how should I invert myself, how can I stand upside down?
However, such contemplations vanish in an instant.
'I see. Then let's defy and go against my fate.'
Let's defy the mission I was born with.
That is how one without up or down stands upside down.
From that day on, I abandon the mission of an innate Star Shattering Esteed One which is the 'creation of Heaven and Earth spiritual energy and matter'.
Instead, I begin to [inhale] the spiritual energy and dust clouds that the innate Entering Nirvana True Persons use to create stars.
Kugugugugu!
I, who should be a help to the world, choose instead to beco the misfortune of the world itself.
—Experiencing misfortune again and again, and becoming misfortune itself. Is this the pinnacle of the bridle...?
Suddenly, a voice that seems to sigh brushes past my mind, and before my eyes, the image of a white-robed figure sitting atop a glass sword mountain flashes by.
I cannot tell what this is.
What is certain is that I am doing sothing wrong.
I begin to repeatedly scatter incomprehensible bizarre words around while simultaneously beginning to defy my mission.
And the more I do so, the deeper my self-loathing grows.
I feel like I have beco a being unnecessary to this world.
It feels as if the very laws of the world are mocking .
Then, at so point—
Kwagwagwang!
[Soone] pierces through .
'Ah...is this the end? This painful life, spent defying my mission and forcing power into my body all my life...'
Even as I am being pierced and dying from sothing, I feel joy.
It is rather pleasant.
A life where I cannot properly follow my fate.
Isn't it better to not exist at all...?
And so I fall asleep.
"...I see."
I understand who it is that killed .
The other True Immortals!
And among them, one who has had prior acquaintance with .
"So it's you."
From my second reincarnation, they must have been keeping an eye on .
I speak to the being before , descended like an incarnation of darkness.
Jeon Myeong-hoon has spread Indra's Net to restrain them, while Oh Hyun-seok, Kang Min-hee, and Kim Yeon are blocking what appears to be their main body from beyond the Purple Lotus Realm.
And I calmly gaze at them.
That being, like an incarnation of darkness.
The Immortal Beast, Black Dragon (黑龍).
They are the one who popped and killed the innate Shattering stage in order to stop .
[When you first nested in the bloodline of my descendants, I didn't believe it. The cultivation of the Flawless Mantra is so harsh, painful, and terrifying that even a being who has acquired the formula can't hope to reach minor success... Proper cultivation should be impossible. But watching you cultivate the formula over 100, over 200 tis...I finally beca certain.]
Black Dragon looks down at and speaks coldly.
[You will beco the Devil Heavenly King. You will beco the second coming of that monster...and once again try to devour Mount Suru.]
"..."
[This Immortal cannot allow it. Whatever the case, Mount Suru is our cradle...a place we must protect. Therefore...I absolutely cannot allow the birth of a second Swallowing Heaven (呑天).]
Kwachijijik!
Black Dragon takes a step forward, trying to touch my main body, but Jeon Myeong-hoon's Indra Net blocks them.
"That's far enough."
Led by Jeon Myeong-hoon, Oh Hyun-seok, Kang Min-hee, Kim Yeon, and Hong Fan appear around .
"This is the path chosen by Seo Eun-hyun."
"No one can stop it."
"The world will not perish. So...vanish."
[...]
Black Dragon looks around at my comrades and gives a aningful smile.
[...Of course, each of you is stronger than . Fine, I admit that. I have no confidence in breaking through you all to kill Seo Eun-hyun...but what if it's 'us'?]
Kugugugugu!
Beyond the Purple Lotus Realm.
True Immortals of the Twin Holding Heavenly Domain begin to gather.
[This Immortal is weaker than you all, but who knows if it's 'us'...]
They cast a sinister gaze toward one corner of the Purple Lotus Realm.
[O Law Protecting Immortal of Radiance Hall. I know you were caught and forcibly brought here by these ones. At this point, the Radiance Eight Immortals have gone out to the Outer Sea, so you may not receive their help...but seek aid from the Envoys of the Final Age of Dharma. Contact the Thirty-Three Heavenly Resplendent Treasure Immortals. We will aid in your liberation.]
Kururung!
Along with those words, in one distant corner of the Purple Lotus Realm, the colossal body of a pale True Immortal rises.
It is Ho Woon, now only half a step away from becoming a Great Net Immortal.
[O sinister Immortal Beast. Do you think I do not see your deluded goal? Do not sche against this Law Protecting Immortal of Radiance Hall, Ho Woon, and vanish.]
[Hahaha! A deluded goal, you say...?]
The incarnation of darkness before , who was trying to threaten , returns to Black Dragon's main body beyond the Purple Lotus Realm.
The main body of Black Dragon is a colossal dragon of darkness large enough to cover an entire galaxy.
Kugugugugu!
As Black Dragon reveals their presence, the Heaven Immortals and Earth Immortals of the Twin Holding Heavenly Domain, who seem to be threatened by the Flawless Mantra, begin to surround the Purple Lotus Realm.
[Is there any place more deluded than Radiance Hall? Do you know their true will? As far as this Immortal knows, you made a pact with that one to learn that true will. Imdiately break the contract now and join this Immortal. This Immortal shall tell you the truth...]
Apparently, Black Dragon also knows the true will of Radiance Hall and tries to persuade Ho Woon.
However, Ho Woon brings out their tails in their true form.
Tails made of pale fla appear even larger than Ho Woon's true form, swaying gently.
[How foolish. What this Immortal agreed upon is not rely the exchange of information...]
[Hoh?]
[This Immortal vowed to aid him 'with utmost sincerity and wholeheartedness.' Therefore...even if I receive the information, I cannot betray him right now.]
In Ho Woon's hand, a star of prophecy begins to form.
[I am the Law Protecting Immortal of Radiance Hall! It is this Immortal's duty to uphold the justice of light. Do not attempt to deceive an envoy of Radiance Hall with such wicked words!]
[Haha... You cannot even be honest with yourself. Very well, then. Shall we engage in a match?]
Black Dragon's main body begins to retreat.
But at the sa ti, the countless Heaven Immortals and Earth Immortals who have followed Black Dragon all begin to chant prophecies and revisions with their mouths.
My comrades, too, begin to chant prophecies in return in order to protect .
Ho Woon also steps forward with my comrades, voicing their prophecy.
Ho Woon looks back at and speaks.
: : Watch closely. This is...the prophecy of an Immortal who walks the Immortal Dao of the Mountain. : :
As if unfolding the prophecy in order to ultimately impart teaching to , they grant enlightennt.
Seeing this sight, I realize that a true war between True Immortals has begun.
I continue to reincarnate without end.
Only, the scope of reincarnation has narrowed slightly.
Before, I reincarnated across the four great Middle Realms of the Twin Holding Heavenly Domain, but now, it is only within the world of purple nebula in a corner of the Twin Holding Heavenly Domain.
I reincarnate solely within the Purple Lotus Realm.
I beco an innate Esteed One and live a long, long life.
Yet the more I am born, the more I live, the stronger the misfortune scattered by the True Immortals becos.
Even my comrades cannot easily protect , and I die in all sorts of bizarre, unimaginable ways.
Like so, ti flows once more.
300th cycle.
Before I know it, I am an innate Sacred Vessel.
I have beco a being like Seo Hweol.
I have been born as an Immortal Art itself.
Kugugugugugu!
A Sacred Vessel must provide light to the world simply by existing.
But I am a being who must stand upside down.
Therefore, I begin to defy my own fate.
Kugugugu!
I do not offer light. Instead, I devour all light!
I beco a monster that devours all nearby light.
However...
As I devour light, I feel sothing uncomfortable.
No...that's not it...
It's more than just discomfort.
This isn't right!
I can tell that sothing is deeply wrong.
I thrash, not wanting to devour any more light, but it's no use.
The repeated history itself has beco fate and binds .
'Ah... So that's how it is...'
Kwarururung!
As I am ultimately killed by Black Dragon, who breaks through the protective barrier of my comrades and enters the Purple Lotus Realm, I realize.
'Flawless Mantra...'
The Flawless Mantra is, in itself, alive.
And this mantra continuously whispers to .
To devour the entire world.
To swallow all things in the world and rise to the pinnacle.
That alone, it says, is the true 'answer'...
Hearing this, I grit my teeth.
'Don't make laugh.'
That is no answer.
'I am .'
I do not accept the way of the Flawless Mantra.
Therefore...
There is no way I can remain as misfortune itself like this.
'The master of myself is ! Not you!'
I begin to resist the Flawless Mantra that has at so point began to make into the bridle itself.
And even as I do so, ti continues to flow.
400th cycle.
I am endlessly killed by True Immortals, again and again, and finally, I am born as an innate Entering Nirvana.
At the sa ti...
Kururururung!
The Immortal Dao of the Mountain finally reaches its peak.
At first, my Immortal Dao could only create small piles of sand.
Then, at so point, the sand piles grew larger and larger until they beca hills.
The hills beca mountains, the mountains beca valleys, and eventually, I could create islands in the sea.
In ti, the islands also beca continents.
Thus, the Immortal Dao that raises continents grew stronger and stronger, and finally, it has reached its peak.
Urururung!
The Immortal Dao of the Mountain can now accumulate the dust of the universe to create stars.
'I see...'
I recall that when I first t Ho Woon, unlike the other True Immortals, they only opposed by creating stars.
The foundation of a True Immortal, the star of prophecy.
To hone and polish that prophecy to the extre... This is the way of the Immortal Dao of the Mountain.
Kurururung!
As one who gives birth to stars, I create stars as an Entering Nirvana, and devour the very stars I create.
And once again, I et death.
"...I see. I now know what I must do to escape you."
I mutter as I gaze at the Flawless Mantra that binds .
"You will not have it your way!"
From that day on, whenever I return to my main body after death, I create countless stars using the power of the Mountain Immortal Dao.
Then, when I reincarnate and am born again as an innate Entering Nirvana, I devour only the stars I made myself.
I create and consu by my own hand.
Repeating that process, when the ti cos that only stars I did not create remain, I use the Phenona Extinguishing Mantra.
Kururururung!
I compress myself into a single point.
If I withstand the compression into a single point, I grow. But if I cannot endure, I die.
And none of the ''s who lose their mories and reincarnate under the Flawless Mantra can stop the Phenona Extinguishing Mantra, so they all die.
The Flawless Mantra ultimately decides in a past life what I must do in the next, and I in the present live according to the law set in that past life.
That is why I begin to recite the Phenona Extinguishing Mantra alongside the Flawless Mantra.
500th cycle.
At last.
I beco an innate True Immortal.
I beco a mantra in and of itself.
At this point, even if I reincarnate, I instantly regain my power and authority as an Immortal Beast and recover all my mories.
As a result, I have beco able to cultivate Yang Pitch as well.
Each ti I rise again as an Immortal Beast, it is the sa as successfully cultivating Yang Pitch, so I end up continuously cultivating both Yang Pitch and Yin Pitch together.
And from that point onward, I begin to sense sothing strange.
'I have already reached the peak of both Heaven Upper Immortal and Earth Upper Immortal through the thods of Yang Pitch and Yin Pitch.'
Now, with just a little preparation for the Great Net Immortal advancent ritual, I could beco one.
The Immortal Dao of the Mountain has also reached its peak, far stronger than it had ever been before.
'Then why...?'
I feel a sense of doubt.
'Why have I still not been granted the Immortal Crown?'
It is strange.
And the mont I feel that strangeness—
Flash!
'Ah...'
The movents of Brahma Nature, Narayana Nature, and Mahesvara Nature flicker across my eyes.
'This is...!'
I have cultivated Yang Pitch and Yin Pitch more than twelve tis each.
Never harming any other race, I carved away only at myself in cultivation, and thanks to that, the cultivation of Triple Divinity also proceeded naturally.
Perhaps because of this, I begin to see things I have never seen before.
Paaaaatt!
I realize that all things of all phenona are contained within Triple Divinity.
All beings of all phenona carry Triple Divinity within them, and those beings who are intricately connected to Triple Divinity live with possessing what is called a 'heart'.
As I read the 'heart' that exists throughout this entire world, I open my eyes wide.
'Ah...!'
I realize why I have not received the Immortal Crown until now.
It is true that my understanding of the Immortal Dao of the Mountain had been lacking until now, but there is another reason as well.
'Gwak Am...'
The Great Mountain Supre Deity Gwak Am is blocking the Immortal Crown that is ant to be bestowed upon .
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