Chapter 625: Royal Authority (1)
I die.
I am reborn.
I recall my family.
I offer myself as a sacrificial offering for the sake of my family.
The more I offer, the safer my family becos.
I repeat the actions above.
And...
The power of the Immortal Art that arises from offering myself as a sacrificial offering is, in itself, akin to an innate True Immortal.
Therefore...
This can rightfully be called the cultivation of Yang Pitch.
However, as I continue to offer myself as a sacrifice for my comrades, my cultivation realm gradually falls.
Yet even as my cultivation falls, my heart to sacrifice only grows greater, so no matter how many tis I die, the Yang Pitch cultivation is never left undone.
Every ti, I offer myself as a sacrificial offering, layering the Immortal Art that protects my family, even going as far as consuming the fortune I've accumulated to create an innate True Immortal.
The stronger the protective power becos, the more my fortune diminishes, and the more my cultivation drops.
550th cycle.
I reach the Sacred Vessel stage.
But I do not care.
No matter how many tis I die and am reborn, what I must do is clear.
Protect my family.
My comrades willingly beca my family and protected .
Now I shall protect them.
Regardless of how many tis I die!
The more I die, and the more I layer the power of the Immortal Crown upon them, the weaker the power of the True Immortals coming from outside becos.
Of course, even with that weakened strength, I die endlessly—but it doesn't matter.
Because now, even if I die and die again, I will only keep strongly protecting my comrades.
I constantly recite the Flawless Mantra,
Protecting what I wish to protect by my own will, not as a component of the world.
And because that goes against the principles of the world, my mastery of the Flawless Mantra continues to rise without end.
600th cycle.
My cultivation falls to the Star Shattering stage.
Before I know it, the attacks of the True Immortals barely reach anymore.
But why is it?
I keep dying sudden deaths without ever reaching the end of my lifespan.
It is not due to the attacks of True Immortals, nor their prophecies, nor revision.
In every life, I put all my effort to understanding the cause of these sudden deaths.
Ti flows and flows.
And finally...
The 666th cycle.
The cultivation of the Flawless Mantra.
Its end draws near.
Tstststststs!
My current cultivation has fallen to the Integration stage.
Originally, I could have gained sufficient authority through this and ended the cultivation of the Flawless Mantra here.
But I do not do so.
666 past lives is, quite literally, the minimum unit.
Through 666 reincarnations, one can gain substantial control over the Flawless Mantra.
However...
It cannot be fully mastered.
Thus, I continue my cultivation in order to completely grasp the Flawless Mantra.
The Canvas of Myriad Forms and Connections was absorbed into the Flawless Mantra and beca an Immortal Crown.
For the sake of my family, who have received the Immortal Crown from , I cannot allow myself to leave the Flawless Mantra unmastered.
Kurururung!
Then, when I have reached the end of my 666th life,
'...This is...'
Before I know it, I realize I have arrived at a strange place.
Yet, it is also a familiar place.
This place...yes.
A place filled with a crimson sea of blood and a mountain of corpses.
It's the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea.
I beco aware of the one who summoned into this world.
"...So it was you. Oh Hye-seo..."
A familiar woman sits before .
And behind , I hear the heavy breath of a sinister presence.
"You were the one who pushed them to attack us."
In front of is Oh Hye-seo, and behind is the true body of the Immortal Beast Black Dragon.
That's right.
From the very beginning, Black Dragon had not simply attacked us.
They ca after joining hands with Oh Hye-seo to kill us.
Oh Hye-seo smiles with gloomy eyes.
"Yeah, that's right. I hate you, Seo Eun-hyun. Because you killed Seo Hweol...and because the Great Mountain Supre Deity has been constantly making a fit, telling to shove the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea into your mouth. That's why while you were cultivating the Flawless Mantra, I joined hands with Black Dragon and made them attack you. I tried to shove the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea down your throat while you were reincarnating. Of course, if there was a problem...it's that I didn't expect the others to beco that strong."
"..."
I calmly look at Oh Hye-seo.
"...Oh Hye-seo."
"What?"
"I see. So that is your Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens..."
I glance at Oh Hye-seo's shadow and let out a bitter smile.
Her shadow is not her own.
It clearly belongs to a man with deer antlers.
Yes...
Her shadow belongs to Seo Hweol.
"You used Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens as a dium to summon to this place."
It's ironic.
Oh Hye-seo, who once longed so desperately to revive Seo Hweol...
Has long surpassed Seo Hweol's in terms of Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens.
Even I didn't even realize I was afflicted by Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens until I saw that shadow.
"I see. You tied a piece of Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens to Black Dragon and attached it to when I inherited the bloodline of the Black Dragon Race and beca their crown prince in my second life."
"That's right."
"And that Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens has been constantly clinging to all along and followed ... The recent unexplained sudden deaths I experienced were also..."
"Yeah. Even for you, this would've been impossible to detect. Your sudden deaths were the result of and Black Dragon combining our strength."
It is no wonder I didn't realize.
Her Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens, evolved through Seo Hweol's inheritance...
Moves in a manner extrely similar to the Northern Dipper Sealing Immortal Flag.
Once it clings to a target, it fully rges with them.
But once it rges, it no longer listens to the original master's commands.
Instead, the original owner imprints 'a single' command into the Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens, and as ti passes, that command becos more deeply etched into the assimilated target.
That is what I uncovered in my past life about Oh Hye-seo's Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens.
While I was trapped in the Crystal Glass Realm by Hyeon Mu, she only embedded Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens into In Ye's family. Because of that, I could not sense its secrecy, but now that I've experienced it firsthand, I understand.
Her Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens has already evolved far beyond Seo Hweol's.
I smile bitterly as I watch her.
"Oh Hye-seo, wasn't your goal to resurrect Seo Hweol?"
"That's right."
"...Then you'll never be able to bring Seo Hweol back to life."
At my words, Oh Hye-seo's eyes twitch.
But this isn't re spiteful talk.
It is a truth visible to my eyes, who has reached a considerable level in Triple Divinity.
That is...
Seo Hweol, who was Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens itself, has already died and reincarnated sowhere else.
And the Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens, which could at least be called a remnant of Seo Hweol, has evolved and beco completely different from the original Seo Hweol.
The more Oh Hye-seo runs around trying to resurrect Seo Hweol, the more her Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens evolves and deviates from the original Seo Hweol.
And the more this continues, the exponentially lower the chance becos that, even if she finds Seo Hweol's spirit soday, she'll be able to restore the Seo Hweol of that ti.
"I'm giving you advice, Oh Hye-seo. If you want to resurrect Seo Hweol...let go of your obsession with him. At least for you...letting go of him will help you bring him back."
"...Shut up."
Imdiately after.
Oh Hye-seo's Corpse Mountain Blood Sea moves and lashes at .
My main body is still in the Purple Lotus Realm—now transford into the White Magnolia Realm—and I've been pulled here in the middle of cultivating the Flawless Mantra, so the power of my spirit is only at the Integration stage. It feels like I'll be shattered to pieces by that imnse force.
But it's useless.
I operate Triple Divinity with extre precision, fully perceiving all the hearts within that imnse force, and let the power flow past completely.
"...!"
"It's useless, Oh Hye-seo. You cannot harm ."
Woo-woong!
At least, within the Immortal Dao of the Mountain, she cannot dare to harm .
"Enough with the pointless ntal warfare... Just tell what you want."
Swiririk—
I ticulously refine my intent to the utmost and shoot it into Oh Hye-seo's heart.
Her very origin as a True Immortal falls into my grasp in an instant.
"I don't like you. The emotions I feel toward you are, at best, irritation, annoyance, and disgust. Ever since I found out you were the one controlling Black Dragon from behind, all I've felt toward you is the urge to kill you on the spot."
Right now, if I so wished, I could inflict a fatal wound on her.
"So, don't try anything. The only reason I am not attacking you is because you are Hyun-seok Hyung-nim's niece."
"..."
Perhaps realizing that, Oh Hye-seo's face twitches.
"...Yeah, the gap between us just doesn't seem to close... Even though your actual cultivation should only be at the peak of Upper Immortal, to think you are at this level... Fine. I'll tell you my goal."
At her next words, I realize what's been happening in Mount Suru.
"So ti ago, the Radiance Hall that returned from the Outer Sea began to go on a rampage. Right now, they are waging war against the entire Suru Three Heavens Great Thousand Worlds, destroying countless True Immortals."
"..."
"Though the Radiance Eight Immortals and Radiance Hall are still allied for now...according to Black Dragon, once Radiance Hall cos into contact with the [truth] of Radiance Hall, even they will eventually turn away from the Radiance Eight Immortals. However, a revelation ca from the Great Mountain Supre Deity..."
She smiles unsettlingly and looks up at the sky.
"Radiance Hall or whatever... All of Mount Suru or whatever... They say it is all aningless against the true power of the Radiance Eight Immortals. If the Heavenly Venerable of Ti were still around, there might have been a possibility, but with just the two Heavenly Venerables of Void and Sal Tree, there's no way to stand against the Radiance Eight Immortals."
"So..."
I coldly look at her and ask,
"What are you saying? That my comrades and I should join the war against the Radiance Eight Immortals?"
I speak firmly.
"If that is what you're about to ask, then I refuse. I will never...put my family in danger."
"...Family, huh...?"
Oh Hye-seo makes a gloomy expression at my words and lets out a sneer.
"You're obsessed with sothing aningless."
"Think whatever you want."
"Hoho...well, fine. But it's not the kind of request you're worried about. It's sothing else entirely."
"Hm?"
"The Great Mountain Supre Deity said this. That if we end up fighting the Radiance Eight Immortals, the reason we would lose is because we only have two Heavenly Venerables. They said that if there were three Heavenly Venerables, we might have a chance, but with just two, it's impossible. Which ans...in the end, we just need one more Heavenly Venerable."
"So you're saying...you intend to call upon the Heavenly Venerable of Ti? Or involve the Heavenly Venerable of the Underworld...?"
"Ahaha... Still such poor imagination. Or rather...should I say it's because of your lack of knowledge that your imagination is so limited...?"
Oh Hye-seo chuckles and speaks.
"We will...exalt a Heavenly Venerable."
"...!"
"And...the candidate has already been decided."
Huarurururuk!
Before I know it, Black Dragon's true body, which had been behind , flies over to Oh Hye-seo's side and transforms.
Their Transformation form, cloaked in darkness, wraps an arm around Oh Hye-seo's shoulders and lifts her chin.
[She is truly such a lovely child...kukuk. If only she weren't the disciple of the Great Mountain Supre Deity, I would have ford a Dao Companion bond with her right away. What a sha...]
As I read the hearts between the two of them, I understand their thoughts.
[Yes, it is this Immortal. This Immortal shall beco a Heavenly Venerable. Thus, we shall win the war ignited by the Radiance Eight Immortals...and together with the power of the other Heavenly Venerables, one day block the Great Mountain Supre Deity who will invade Mount Suru, and rule all of Mount Suru under this Immortal's Authority Seat.]
"The glorious enthronent of the great Black Dragon...this girl longs for it with all her heart..."
Oh Hye-seo, with the enraptured expression of a girl in love, seductively caresses the Transformation form enveloped in darkness.
I sneer as I watch the two of them.
Their hearts grip blades, pressing it into the other's mouth, while they speak words of affection with their lips alone.
It isn't even like the relationship between Seo Hweol and Oh Hye-seo.
Between Seo Hweol and her, at the very least they valued each other. Black Dragon, however, sees Oh Hye-seo as nothing more than a pill they plan to consu soday,
And Oh Hye-seo thinks only of using Black Dragon's body as a vessel to one day resurrect Seo Hweol.
"...Enough with the flirting. Just explain."
I turn to Black Dragon and ask,
"O Black Dragon, at best, you seem to be at the level of an Immortal Lord. And you don't seem close to being a Supre Deity. Yet in that state, how do you expect to beco a Heavenly Venerable? Should you not be first preparing for your enthronent as a Supre Deity? Why are you already making this laughable claim about becoming a Heavenly Venerable?"
[Hahaha. Indeed...to soone who knows nothing, it may look that way.]
"...?"
[Allow to enlighten you. Heavenly Venerables and Supre Deities, in truth, are a little different from the usual concept of 'realms.']
From the mouth of Black Dragon, the explanation of the Heavenly Venerable realm begins.
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