“Are you saying it’s not?”
“Yes, it’s not that. It’s reacting to the Energy of Defying Heaven.”
I spread my hand, and black flas unfolded above it.
It was an impure power, black flas that seed to deny anything except for myself.
I saw the will flowing to from the Energy of Defying Heaven.
It was a primitive emotion, a power that frail beings, who couldn’t overco the trials that ca upon them, hoped would believe in them and resolve the situation.
“It’s an uncomfortable power.”
The Overlord dismissed it like that.
“I was weak once, too. But I reached the pinnacle with my own strength. Of course, I am an exception among exceptions. People’s talents are extrely diverse.”
The Overlord closed his eyes as if reminiscing about the past.
“It’s not that they are bad. They just don’t like to fight and struggle. But I dislike them. They don’t struggle because they don’t know. They don’t fight because they are afraid of death. Those who fight are afraid just the sa, yet they only hope for kindness.”
A tone of disgust was thick in his voice.
“The fact that those beliefs are directed at you, it’s revolting. If it were , I would want to destroy where this belief started.”
“…I’ll handle it myself.”
“That’s the way it should be. And there’s a religion established by soone with a power similar to yours in this area.”
The Overlord said up to that point and looked at .
“Demon Cult.”
“…Are you talking about the Demon Cult?”
“Yes. A cult that worships a guy called Heavenly Demon as a god. Their core forces have already turned into a villain group. I rember it was sothing celestial.”
“Isn’t it Celestial Heaven?”
“Ah, that was the na. Anyway, the Demon Cult is probably weaker than you think. They are at the level of a village.”
“How many mbers do they have?”
“Just over a hundred. That’s what’s strange. The power of belief gathering a hundred or so people should be weak.”
The Overlord looked suspiciously to one side.
“It seems a job has co up. It’s my territory, so I have to deal with it myself, no matter how botherso. Can’t be helped. I’ll take care of it myself, too.”
“I can do it alone.”
“Then, do so.”
The Overlord readily agreed.
“Though you are a guest, you are also a warrior. If you’ve decided to stand alone, then do so. The process will be arduous, but the result won’t be bad.”
The Overlord looked at with an expression that seed to reminisce about sothing.
Could he be projecting his younger self onto ?
‘I would be far superior if I had any conscience.’
We arrived at the village quickly.
It wasn’t too far.
There were houses built of old concrete, and people were moving around, loading plows and such onto carts for farming. They pretended not to, but they were sneaking glances at .
‘It feels bad.’
I scanned the village with Divine Sight.
Most were civilians. However, occasionally, there were those with a special energy. An impure energy was slowly rising, not from the Energy of Defying Heaven.
-It’s all because of the Heavenly Demon. Everyone says soone is too great, but a Heaven Defying Body is hard to find across dinsions. So, their descendants used all sorts of thods to obtain the power of Defying Heaven.
-It’s a sad thing. A sparrow trying to follow a phoenix will only tear its legs. The glorious new religion that conquered the martial world of the previous owner has disappeared. At so point, they truly beca the Demon Cult.
Black Heaven muttered with a bitter voice.
I walked through the village. In the center of the village, there was a statue.
It resembled Black Heaven. No, a woman who was the spitting image of Black Heaven was raising a sword towards the sky.
Below it was an inscription.
[In honor of the first Heavenly Demon.]
‘Are they resorting to deception now?’
-But master, doesn’t the term “the first Heavenly Demon” sound better than “the 10th Heavenly Demon”? It appears stronger. Moreover, from the perspective of being the owner of the new religion that unified the martial world, the term “the first Heavenly Demon” is correct.
Black Heaven fervently defended her previous owner.
Since Black Heaven said it was part of Heavenly Demon, perhaps it felt ashad of itself.
‘Even if you see a flaw, there might still be more flaws left.’
And even now, Black Heaven was collapsing.
I looked at Black Heaven with a mont of pity.
I made a round through the village, but nothing special caught my eye.
-Um……
Eternal Heaven observed the village with a puzzled expression.
‘What’s wrong?’
-It feels strange. Like there’s sothing extrely important, but I’ve forgotten what it is. No, could this be close to a ban?
-A ban?
Black Heaven tilted its head.
-Eternal Heaven, your tendency to worry too much is a problem. You might be useless like , but our current master is generous. He won’t abandon you, so don’t worry.
-Lee Seo-ha, may I hit Black Heaven?
‘Do as you wish.’
I sat on the grass, gazing at the village.
The cozy countryside landscape was all that was in view. Nothing else seed out of place.
However, every ti a few villagers bowed to the statue, the Energy of Defying Heaven reacted.
‘The funny thing is, the power is accumulating.’
The power was very faint. If asured by the standards of the Energy of Defying Heaven, it wouldn’t even reach five decimal places.
But if this power increased naturally without doing anything, it’s quite satisfactory.
‘Should I gather them?’
If I gathered them and created a small organization in Korea to sustain their lives, I could create a factory that automatically increased my Conceptual Stat.
They would worship . Investing money in that seed like a pretty good deal.
I stretched out my arm.
Toward the village, the power known as faith began to gather in front of the statue, moving towards .
I transford the faith accumulated in the statue into the Energy of Defying Heaven and absorbed it using The Seal of Absorption. As the faith was absorbed, the Energy of Defying Heaven increased.
[Your Conceptual Stat Energy of Defying Heaven has increased by 1.]
The Energy of Defying Heaven has indeed increased.
However, I made a peculiar expression.
“It’s ambiguous.”
Indeed, the amount was ambiguous.
It appears they had been worshiping the statue for at least half a century, yet absorbing all of it resulted in only this much.
“Was this effort in vain?”
Just as I pondered this, I sensed a reaction.
Surrounded by a trendous force, Eternal Heaven and Black Heaven ceased their argunt and turned their attention to her.
“Is she a descendant of hers?”
The sunset was aglow. A woman dressed in Chinese attire, her martial clothing adorned with black flas, stood against the backdrop of the sunset. Her hair, black with a hint of red, was tied up with a hairpin, creating an enchanting aura as she regarded with hostility.
“……”
The power emanating from her felt eerily familiar.
The Energy of Defying Heaven. And it was imbued with the power of flas.
‘Did she also create sothing akin to the Black Fla Divine Body?’
Back when the Heavenly Demon was alive.
She ntioned she had forsaken her own status to acquire the power of Defying Heaven. Given it’s been five hundred years, it wouldn’t be surprising if she had obtained another power.
-Master, exercise caution. That woman’s aura is extraordinary.
-Lee Seo-ha, the phoenix, while admiring the Heavenly Demon, harbored jealousy towards the won by her side, wishing for their demise. It’s possible she has co to kill you, Lee Seo-ha. If you share so of the Energy of Defying Heaven with , I can imdiately deploy spatial magic and escape from this place.
“Is that feasible?”
-I absorbed quite a bit of the Energy of Defying Heaven from the dragon last ti, so it’s possible now.
‘Then, please.’
After informing Eternal Heaven, I grasped the Black Heavenly Demon Sword.
-It seems weaker than before.
‘That is?’
-Master, don’t underestimate the new religion. The Four Divine Beasts were the most outstanding divine beasts that the Heavenly Demon cherished. They were nourished with all sorts of Spirit Elixirs, and especially the dragon you absorbed was once a monster capable of montarily binding a transcendent being.
-Especially the phoenix, which, alongside that dragon, represented force. It won’t hurt to be cautious, Lee Seo-ha.
I see.
Upon hearing Eternal Heaven’s words, I grew cautious.
-Master?
Black Heaven looked incredulous, but I deliberately ignored it.
“To handle the divine object of our sect and wield the sa power as her? Absurd.”
“Why is it absurd?”
“Is the succession not properly done? You don’t need to know, outsider.”
She gritted her teeth and glared at .
A dense murderous intent was piercing my skin. Was this intense jealousy because she wasn’t chosen by the Heavenly Demon?
“I’ve changed my mind. Rather than reviving the Demon Sect and reproducing her myth, I should kill you first.”
Her thinking changed so easily, huh? As I found it absurd, the phoenix extended her hand towards .
Whoosh!
Black flas seed to engulf the world in darkness.
‘Real black flas.’
I calmly observed the black flas created by the phoenix with Divine Sight.
Like my Black Fla Divine Body, it was a fla based on the Energy of Defying Heaven.
It resembled my flas, but it was different.
The flas, forcibly infused with the Energy of Defying Heaven, were rebelling unstably, forming a forced harmony. It’s forcefully maintaining its form. This would cause a significant drain on ntal power. And the power might be quite lackluster.
It ant she still couldn’t properly handle the Energy of Defying Heaven.
In other words, it was crude.
Unexpected.
Shouldn’t controlling it be basic after living for such a long period?
“How about this? The power combined with my flas and the Energy of Defying Heaven! With this, I will recreate her myth here……”
“That’s not how you do it.”
“What? You, as a descendant of the Heavenly Demon, her……”
Whoosh.
A small black fla blood in my hand.
However, that black fla was burning steadily. Perhaps, after thousands more years of training, the phoenix might be able to produce such flas.
“How, how……”
“I was chosen, and you were not.”
To be precise, it was a difference in Conceptual Stats.
“Co at .”
I nonchalantly waved my hand, looking at her arrogantly.
“NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!”
The phoenix then lost her sanity and charged at .
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