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Chapter 686: Imperial King (1)
"L-Lightbulb...?"
Jeon Myeong-hoon ponders over the word for a long while before he finally recalls its aning and flinches in shock.
"How could the Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity have a lightbulb...?"
"Hmm...you don't know? I thought you were close to becoming a Heavenly King... Then again, you haven't even obtained an Origin Essence, so becoming a Heavenly King while still a Great Net Immortal would be difficult."
The Sword Spear Heavenly Lord nods and continues speaking.
"Anyway, now that they have obtained the lightbulb, they will soon be released from the seal."
"Wait, I don't understand. What does a lightbulb have to do with the Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity?"
Jeon Myeong-hoon, puzzled, asks Ji Hwa.
She nods and slowly explains.
"The lightbulb isn't just so simple object like you're thinking."
Wo-woong!
A pure white light bursts forth above her hand.
"Inventing things or creating new magic artifacts, dharma tools, or Immortal Treasures are all completely possible once soone becos a True Immortal. True Immortals have almost infinite ti, which gives them plenty of opportunity and ti to co up with new things. However...those new inventions almost never reach the Saha World to be used by its people. Even the lightbulb or the steam engine aren't entirely new concepts, but they have practically never been used by the humans of the Saha World."
"Then..."
"Do Gon obtaining the lightbulb ans that a significant group of mortals in the Saha World has begun evolving a 'new civilization' centered around the lightbulb, partially breaking free from the suppression of fate that had long hindered the developnt of the Saha World. And that ans..."
Kugugung!
Jeon Myeong-hoon suddenly feels a tremor echoing throughout the Three Heavens Great Thousand World.
It is a disturbance in fate.
The fate of Mount Suru is shaking.
'Insane...'
And Jeon Myeong-hoon, who can hear the voice of lightning, hears it even more distinctly.
All the electromagnetic forces in the Heavenly Domain are in upheaval.
"The seal of the Radiance Eight Immortals, placed upon the Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity with the attraction force of fate and the power of light...has beco aningless."
Kwa-chijijijijik!
"Kuheok! Kuuugh!"
"Most likely, the Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity intended to resurrect by borrowing your body, stealing the authority and fate of an Ender. That's how it was during Yang Su-jin's ti too. But now...there's no need for that anymore."
"Kuaaaaaaaagh!"
Jeon Myeong-hoon clenches his teeth as he feels the rampaging lightning begin to surge within him.
Having always been beloved by lightning, calling upon it like a servant, Jeon Myeong-hoon groans in extre helplessness and fatigue.
The lightning that once fawned over him now struggles to escape his command.
As if their true master is calling.
"Most likely...they will break free of the seal, capture you, and directly refine you into an Immortal Treasure. After all, an Immortal Treasure forged from an Ender is terrifyingly powerful."
"Kuuuuuuugh...!"
"If things were as they were before, I wouldn't have cared whether they turned you into an Immortal Treasure or not... But now it is different. I have beco Seo Eun-hyun's friend, and you too are his friend. A friend of a friend is also my friend."
She extends her hand toward Jeon Myeong-hoon and speaks.
"You seem to be the one who enjoys Seo Eun-hyun's deepest friendship. Is that correct?"
"Kuuuughh... That's...right."
"And you are waiting for him to co. Is that also true?"
"...Ye...ah..."
"In that case, I will tell you the thod to call him."
"What...!?"
Jeon Myeong-hoon opens his eyes wide at Ji Hwa's words.
"You...know how to summon Seo Eun-hyun? Seo Eun-hyun is currently in the Outer Sea..."
"He is not in the Outer Sea."
"...What?"
"He is currently...temporarily asleep, having rged with the world to escape from the grasp of the Great Mountain Supre Deity. In other words, he exists everywhere and nowhere in this world."
"What in the world does that even an?"
When Jeon Myeong-hoon asks with a dumb look, she laughs as if amused.
"If you are Seo Eun-hyun's comrade, you'd have understood. Are you putting on a stupid act just to entertain ? Now I see why Seo Eun-hyun holds his friends in such high regard. Huhu."
"..."
Jeon Myeong-hoon's face twitches at Ji Hwa's words, but the sharp sword energy radiating from her body makes him unable to open his mouth.
"Anyway, Seo Eun-hyun has beco a component that exists everywhere in this world...sothing like a law. In other words...he is currently with us as well. So, as long as we perform a summoning ritual, we can divine descent his law and make Seo Eun-hyun's existence return to Mount Suru. And...the one most necessary for that is you."
"What...? M-...?"
"Yes. The thoughts of you Enders...are thousands, hundreds of millions of tis stronger than that of other living beings and True Immortals. You are beings that bring about miracles. Whatever you desire is made to inevitably find its way into your hands. That is why, among all in Mount Suru, you, who are most strongly thinking of Seo Eun-hyun's return, are needed."
At those words, Jeon Myeong-hoon blinks and then nods.
"Well, fine. I don't quite get it, but in any case, you're saying I'm the only one who can call Seo Eun-hyun. Then we should do it fast, before the Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity descends..."
"That's impossible. The Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity will fully break from the seal and descend within three days. Slowly summon him while fighting the Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity."
"What...!? Is that even possible?"
"Once the Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity appears, we Radiance Eight Immortals will have to reseal them anyway. We will be fighting them again. Join us in the battle and summon Seo Eun-hyun in the midst of it."
"Even so, will I have ti for sothing like a Seo Eun-hyun summoning ritual in the middle of battle with a Supre Deity?"
"It is not a simple summoning ritual. Your body will beco the altar, and the components of Seo Eun-hyun that have beco a law and dispersed throughout the world, will be 'invoked' into your body. The more of Seo Eun-hyun's components that gather within your body, the more his true body will be summoned to Mount Suru. If he regains consciousness, he will be able to resurrect in Mount Suru."
At those words, Jeon Myeong-hoon nods.
"Good. Then teach the summoning ritual."
"Very well. Strictly speaking, it's not a ritual but more like a cultivation thod... No, calling it a heart thod (心法) would be better."
She hands over an information entity to Jeon Myeong-hoon.
"This is the Sword Extre Heart thod (劍極心法). It's a heart thod created to summon Seo Eun-hyun, so learn it well. Once you do, you'll be able to communicate with as well, so we'll discuss the rest of the plan after you've mastered it. Well then..."
Paststs!
With that, the Sword Spear Heavenly Lord turns into light and disappears.
Jeon Myeong-hoon skims through the Sword Extre Heart thod he received, then flicks his finger.
Ttak!
"Golden Shaking Bird, co out. Sorry, but...do you know anything about this heart thod?"
Kururung!
At that mont, the Great Desolate Path appears beside Jeon Myeong-hoon, transforms into the form of a hummingbird, and perches on his shoulder, reading the information entity given by the Sword Spear Heavenly Lord together with him.
After a while, Golden Shaking Bird speaks with a stunned expression.
"...Uh, uhhh...Master. This is...that. That."
"What...?"
"I-Isn't this...the cultivation system Master kept searching for in your past life?"
"You're saying this is the cultivation system I searched for in my past life...?"
"Yes! That's right! This is...the thod to beco a Heart Tribe True Immortal!"
Golden Shaking Bird jumps up and down on Jeon Myeong-hoon's shoulder, staring at the Sword Extre Heart thod in shock.
"In...that past life, didn't I judge that there was no such thing as a Heart Tribe True Immortal?"
"Yes! But this is definitely a thod that allows one to beco a Heart Tribe True Immortal! If Master learns this, Master will obtain the counterasure Master always wanted to oppose the Owner of Heavenly Punishnt!"
"Hmm...well, thanks. But...there's a problem."
"Yes! Give any command, Master!"
"This...I definitely won't be able to learn it within three days."
"...Pardon...?"
Golden Shaking Bird becos puzzled at Jeon Myeon-hoon's words, then starts laughing loudly.
"Ahaha, truly, Master's jokes are really amusing. Ahahahaha! Aren't you a genius, Master? Though your personality has changed from crossing over multiple lives and there may be slight difficulties, you awakened your own fate and succeeded in reaching True Immortality. A genius like you can surely master a re cultivation thod like this at any ti!"
"..."
At those words, Jeon Myeong-hoon begins to sweat coldly without even parting his lips.
'Damn it... How am I supposed to say I only grew stronger because Seo Eun-hyun spoon-fed everything to ...?'
As he continues to sweat cold spiritual energy for quite so ti, he decides to follow the Sword Spear Heavenly Lord's words and try learning the heart thod.
'For now, I need to at least try to communicate with that guy.'
He sweats coldly as he recalls the Sword Extre Heart thod.
The minimum entry requirent for the Sword Extre Heart thod is the first stage of Manifestation.
In other words, one must have reached Entering Heavens or have grasped a sense of Triple Divinity.
If not that, then one must be a person extrely proficient in a single weapon, practically no different from a mber of the Heart Tribe.
And Jeon Myeong-hoon is soone who ets none of those conditions.
'I'm going to go insane. Anyway, I think I'll be able to quickly learn the initial section that accumulates spiritual power, so I'll learn this right away and resolve the misunderstandings with the Sword Spear Heavenly Lord.'
With that decision, Jeon Myeong-hoon informs the other comrades of the current situation and begins to learn the Sword Extre Heart thod.
Heavenly King Heavenly Domain, Radiance Hall.
There, the Great Forest Heavenly Lord and Rain Dew Heavenly Lord suddenly rise from their seats.
: : Sword Spear! : :
: : Just where had you been imprisoned!? : :
Paaatt!
After a long stretch of ti, the Sword Spear Heavenly Lord has reappeared before them.
Then, the Sword Spear Heavenly Lord Ji Hwa slowly opens her mouth.
: : The Ender Seo Eun-hyun...I was caught by his bizarre and ridiculous authority and ended up traveling through the otherside of spaceti. The extre suddenness of the authority attack left with no choice but to waste more ti than expected. I apologize for that. : :
: : Yet another Ender with authority related to spaceti... How troubleso these ones are. : :
: : That aside, Sword Spear. Did you feel it as well? : :
: : Are you speaking of the Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity? : :
At the sudden question from the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord, Ji Hwa asks back with puzzlent.
The Rain Dew Heavenly Lord nods and explains.
: : Who knows what happened, but the Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity obtained sothing and is attempting to escape from our seal. The Radiance Eight Immortals will soon be convened. And...though I do not know what exactly happened, the current Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity seems to have acquired so kind of special authority or fate, so if we rely only on the power of the Radiance Supre Deity, we may suffer heavy damage. Therefore, we shall call upon the divine spirits of Radiance Hall. In particular, I intend to call upon the Envoys of the Final Age of Dharma. As you are the vanguard of the Radiance Eight Immortals, I ask of you to quickly visit them and return. : :
: : Understood. : :
The Sword Spear Heavenly Lord Ji Hwa nods and montarily disappears from inside Radiance Hall. Watching this, the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord turns to the Great Forest Heavenly Lord and speaks.
: : You must have sensed sothing strange just now, didn't you, Great Forest? : :
: : Indeed, Rain Dew. : :
The eyes of the Rain Dew Heavenly Lord gleam with black-blue from behind their mask.
: : There has been a disturbance in the Immortal Cultivation system we manage. It is the sa kind of disturbance that only appeared when a new Immortal Cultivation system was born, like during the ti of Vast Cold. When I asked Sword Spear whether they sensed it, they definitely should have brought up that disruption along with the Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity. : :
: : Indeed...it seed Sword Spear had no awareness of it whatsoever. : :
: : Failing to perceive the disturbance in the Immortal Cultivation system ans one of two things. Either they are not in their right state of mind after being struck by the Ender's authority...or they violated our rules and learned the new Immortal Cultivation system, thus having grown too accustod to notice the disturbance. Either way...it is a major violation that warrants disposal or replacent. : :
The Rain Dew Heavenly Lord mutters as they stare with a chilling gaze at the spot where the Sword Spear Heavenly Lord vanished.
: : For now, since the Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity has awakened, we will allow them to maintain their duty temporarily. But imdiately after resealing the Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity, we will open a hearing on the current Sword Spear Heavenly Lord...and if it turns out it is not a misunderstanding and they truly violated the regulation...we will carry out the 'execution'. : :
: : Understood, Rain Dew. I shall inform the other Eight Immortals as well. : :
Thus, the two Heavenly Lords who oversee the beginning and end of the Radiance Eight Immortals decide the verdict of the Sword Spear Heavenly Lord.
Kururururung—
Horse Ear Heavenly Domain.
Above that place, a white-haired girl in flower shoes appears.
: : It has been long... : :
Kurung, Kurururung!
The only remaining comrade and vassal of the Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity, and at the sa ti, their Immortal Treasure.
It is Zhengli.
: : A long and longer ti of humiliation... : :
Kwa-jijijijik!
Around her, an overwhelming storm of lightning begins to rage.
The thunder and lightning engulfs the entire upper region of the Horse Ear Heavenly Domain.
: : Now is the ti to reclaim the forr authority and might...! : :
Kururung!
Zhengli smiles as she begins to pull the presence within the Heavenly Domain from outside the domain through attraction force.
: : Co now, O Mount Suru, tremble in fear. The Nine Heavens Origin Responding Thunderous Sound Universal Transformation Great Emperor (九天應元雷聲普化天帝). The Heavenly Punishnt Supre Deity Do Gon!!! : :
Kurururung!
And imdiately after,
Jjjeooong!
An enormous arm of lightning, vast enough to blanket the entire Heavenly Domain, bursts forth from the Horse Ear Heavenly Domain.
: : The Nar of Indra's Net is descending! : :
The Owner of Heavenly Punishnt.
The God of all lightning.
At the ergence of the being who was once called by the alias Indra, all the Indra's Nets of Mount Suru quake in response.
Though not of Heavenly Venerable rank, the only entity among the Supre Deities who can properly connect to Indra's Net begins to rise.
Translator Notes: Do Gon's title is based on the Chinese Deity 九天应元雷声普化天尊.
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