Excluding the third-rate and second-rate, there are roughly three million martial artists in the Central Plains and beyond.
The one million guards of the Imperial Palace.
The five hundred thousand martial artists from the northern regions, Mongolia, the North Sea, the Southern Man, and the Western Regions.
The one and a half million martial artists of the Orthodox, Heretical, and Demonic factions.
Among the martial artists who have stepped on the realm of first-rate or higher, only about thirty have reached the Demonic Zenith or Transformation Realm, which is called the pinnacle of martial arts.
Based on the standard of first-rate or higher, the probability is one in a million.
Only thirty out of three million people can reach the realm called the Demonic Zenith or Transformation Realm.
And it was also the realm I was about to challenge.
If I were to fail this ti, I had a feeling that I might never be able to reach the Demonic Zenith.
It could be said to be natural. Because if it were reality, I wouldn't have even thought of challenging it in the first place.
Because failure would lead directly to death.
To be honest, when I had imagined it in my head several tis, it didn't make sense.
There are a total of nine great ridians in the body.
When all the great ridians are filled, it is called the Peak.
And when all the minor ridians connected to the great ridians are filled, it is called the Transcendent Peak.
Then, to put it simply, to reach the Demonic Zenith, wouldn't it be enough to fill the tenth great ridian?
Because until now, the standard for expressing the stages of martial arts had been the great ridians.
If you fill up to the first, you're third-rate.
If you fill up to the second, you're second-rate.
If you fill up to the third, you're first-rate.
If you fill up to the ninth, you're at the Peak.
If you fill up to the ninth and even the minor ridians, you're at the Transcendent Peak.
To put it simply, if you fill up to the tenth, you're at the Demonic Zenith.
What an easy calculation.
Then soone will ask this question.
You idiot! There are only nine great ridians, so doesn't the tenth great ridian not exist!
Isn't the thought you're having just the imagination of a delusional person with no basis!
Of course, that's right!
But what am I supposed to do when I can't think of any other way!
And if it doesn't exist, can't I just make it?
How?
What are you saving the minor ridians for!
In theory, if you combine the minor ridians attached to three great ridians, it becos large enough to make one great ridian.
Of course, the idea of detaching minor ridians to make a great ridian is sothing that has never happened in history.
What kind of organ is a minor ridian?
Simply put, it is related to the senses, and deeply, it is related to the mind.
If this minor ridian is injured, not only will there be a problem with the function of the senses, but if it is severe, there will also be a problem with the mind.
And it is known that unlike the great ridians, the minor ridians are almost impossible to heal. Among the physicians, there were also people who called the minor ridians nerves.
Even if it were to recover, it could be said to be close to a miracle.
And now, I was trying to detach and attach such a thing at will. If a physician had heard this, they would have wondered if this was even a human being, but fortunately, I was not a physician.
The species called martial artists are those who live by their hearts, not their heads.
Until now, I had hesitated because of the fear of failure.
Because it didn't make sense, I couldn't even challenge it.
It wasn't much different even after I had regressed. And in the end, when I had reached the very end, I realized again.
That even after I had regressed, the being called was still engulfed in fear.
In the end, the honey-sucking life I was pursuing could only be possible if I overca the fear within .
How long will I live while being mindful of others?
Is that life really a honey-sucking life?
I can affirm that it is 'not!'
Before my regression, how much had I been mindful of others?
I felt it every ti I woke up in the morning, that there is no paradise in the place you run away to.
The act of saying you're happy while avoiding your junior sister or the Heavenly Demon is nothing more than the delusion of a fugitive.
What is a delusion! It ant that it does not exist in reality.
Life is nothing special! It's nothing, I say!
Even if I fail, I'll co back anyway!
It has been proven through ten experints.
Crack.
I cut off all the minor ridians attached to the three great ridians. And with that, I began to create a new, tenth great ridian.
It was not as easy as I thought to create sothing new that did not exist before.
It felt as if several hours had passed. I was finally able to create the tenth great ridian.
I opened my eyes.
I felt a decrease in my senses.
My vision was also lowered, and I couldn't see well.
Damn it! Is it a failure?
Swish.
The of Transcendent Peak (II) approaches.
Seeing that the sword qi was over a foot long, I could tell that the of Transcendent Peak (II) had used all his strength.
With the thought that I had nothing to lose, I began to fill the great ridians with internal energy.
The internal energy filled up to the ninth great ridian. After that, the internal energy spread to the minor ridians. And yet, the sensation of the detached minor ridians did not return.
It feels like I'm wearing another thick mbrane over my skin. I'm screwed.
The of Transcendent Peak (II) swung his sword. A bundle of sword qi was shot at .
I poured internal energy into the tenth great ridian.
At that mont.
The world changed.
The senses expand.
The vision becos clear.
It goes even further than that.
And things that were not visible began to be seen.
It is said that sword qi is made by clumping together bundles of sword qi. That was both right and wrong.
It was true that bundles of sword qi were clumped together, but sword qi was a different kind of thing from sword qi.
If I were to compare their binding force, should I say it's the difference between paper and steel?
The structure that makes up the material was completely different.
But now, in my vision, which was filled with the tenth great ridian, I could see the grain that made up the sword qi.
It wasn't just the sword qi.
Everything in this world had a grain.
In the wind, and in the ground.
I, whose senses had beco extrely detailed, could see. I could feel. I didn't know how, but I just saw and felt.
I thought I roughly knew what the effect of the tenth great ridian was.
I don't know if it's because I made it with minor ridians, but it was a breakthrough of the limits of the senses.
The senses, which had been enhanced to the extre, showed the future.
I knew what this was.
The future vision that is only shown when you reach the Demonic Zenith.
I had heard that those who had reached the Demonic Zenith had trained sothing of their own to the extre, and based on that, it allowed them to predict the future.
I had thought it was just bullshit that the guys who had reached the Demonic Zenith were saying to look cool, but it was real.
That was what I was seeing now. It was completely crazy. It was at the level of a psycho.
The future vision was showing things I hadn't been able to see before.
What I had thought was my full-powered attack was a lie. The of Transcendent Peak (II) was preparing a second attack in case the attack failed.
A thrust.
Without even waiting for the second attack, I put my hand on the bundle of sword qi that was being shot at .
When the finger covered in strong qi touched the bundle of sword qi, the sword qi scattered as it was.
It was the result of accurately touching the grain that existed between the sword qi and the sword qi.
And I lightly swung my sword.
The swinging sword had no special technique or skill.
I had just swung it along the grain that was visible in the air. But the of Transcendent Peak (II) could not dodge it and was cut as he was.
The of Transcendent Peak (II) died.
* * *
I opened my eyes.
"As expected, I knew you would succeed."
Yang So-pyeong was in front of . I imdiately drew my sword and swung it.
"Oops! I didn't know you would move as soon as you woke up."
Yang So-pyeong's collar was cut.
"It wasn't a dream?"
I examined my body, and I could feel the tenth great ridian.
"You must have had a dream that was like reality. How many tis did it take you to succeed?"
It seed that Yang So-pyeong knew what I had experienced.
"It was the tenth ti... but what did you feed ?"
"Oh-ho! You're saying you're the sa as . Then it ans there's no difference between you and ."
I couldn't understand what Yang So-pyeong was saying.
"Enough. For now, I've decided to subdue you and then think."
"If I kill you, can I beco the real one?"
"Are you still talking about real and fake? Aren't you tired of it?"
"I see. You and I were not different after all. Now I can kill you with peace of mind."
He's a strange guy. If he had wanted to kill , he could have killed when I was sitting in the lotus position after feeding the Liberation Pill. Before that, he had a chance when we first t.
When I looked up at the sky, it didn't seem like much ti had passed.
I don't know why the tenth great ridian exists even in reality, but I filled up to the tenth great ridian with internal energy.
Yang So-pyeong swung his sword. An attack that I had thought I could never dodge before.
I raised my sword and blocked it.
"Hehehe. You've also crossed the wall."
"You've reached the Demonic Zenith yourself. Are you being condescending?"
"But it's surprising. That you can fight right away."
Yang So-pyeong had been lying down for over a month after crossing the wall. The Liberation Pill uses the body's true power. To put it simply, true power is the sa as innate qi.
In other words, while you are in the dream that is like reality, which the Liberation Pill shows, your innate qi is consud. If you reach the Demonic Zenith, you recover as much as you have consud, but if you don't, you reach death.
However, the recovery does not happen imdiately, but gradually through breathing with the heavens and the earth.
Therefore, a person who has woken up after taking the Liberation Pill must lie still for over a month, unable to even move a finger...
Yoo Jae-ha, on the contrary, was moving as usual. No! He was running wild.
The fight of those who have reached the Demonic Zenith can be said to be a fight with future vision.
They see each other's future.
They intervene in each other's future.
As a result, the future changes.
Then they see another future.
A ceaseless battle of wits.
Yoo Jae-ha swings his sword. Yang So-pyeong dodges and splits the space vertically. Thump! Yoo Jae-ha raises his sword blade and lightly pushes it. The sword blade bounces up. He performs a sword strike in the revealed space. Yang So-pyeong distances himself by moving back. Yoo Jae-ha stood still.
If he had entered that space just now, he would have been hit by the palm technique that Yang So-pyeong had prepared.
Just then, a presence was felt from all directions.
"You're finished now, So-pyeong."
Yoo Jae-ha's friendly call made him feel quite bad.
It seed that it was impossible to maintain a qi barrier even in a fight with soone who had reached the Demonic Zenith.
The group of Heavenly Demon Cult warriors who had been spreading a net were now coming this way, feeling the qi wave of the fight just now.
Yang So-pyeong grinned.
"Are you laughing? So-pyeong. Have you lost your mind?"
"Hehehehe."
"He's a madman."
"Yoo Jae-ha, you are certainly special. But you've just awakened, so there's no way you don't have any aftereffects."
At that mont, Yoo Jae-ha's eyes widened.
Things that were not visible or felt before were now visible, having pierced the tenth great ridian and reached the Demonic Zenith.
"You bastard! You're really a madman."
Yoo Jae-ha could see how Yang So-pyeong had reached the Demonic Zenith.
Yang So-pyeong was originally a Six Yang Divine ridian.
And now, Yang So-pyeong was not a Six Yang Divine ridian.
"I realized through the fight with you. That there's no need to be bound by six."
The Nine Yang Divine ridian.
The superior constitution of the Six Yang Divine ridian.
Yang So-pyeong had reached the Demonic Zenith by making all nine great ridians into one.
If you were to ask, 'Is that possible?', I would of course say it's impossible. If soone were to see the thod Yang So-pyeong had used and say, 'I want to try the Demonic Zenith too!' and challenge it, they would get a great ridian stenosis and their great ridians would tear or break, and they would die.
Of course, the thod I used was also the sa.
Perhaps it should be seen as a thod that was possible because it was Yang So-pyeong, who was a Six Yang Divine ridian.
And just like , there must have been so effect.
I had also gained sothing beyond the senses, which I could never have had before, by creating the tenth great ridian.
What did Yang So-pyeong gain?
"Die, Yoo Jae-ha!"
Yang So-pyeong swung his sword.
A crescent-shaped sword qi flew at . Seeing that, I could roughly guess what Yang So-pyeong had gained.
Yang So-pyeong, who was a Six Yang Divine ridian, originally held yang energy. And Yang So-pyeong, who had beco a Nine Yang Divine ridian, had beco able to hold more yang energy.
Should I say it's an extrely compressed, high-concentration yang energy?
If I were to give it a na, would it be sothing like True Yang Qi?
Anyway, what was flying at now was a sword qi, and it could be said to be yang energy itself.
In fact, where the sword qi had passed, not a single blade of grass was left, and everything was burned, and the ground was on fire.
I read the future in an instant with my future vision.
If I were to give a shock to the grain of the sword qi, that True Yang Qi would not scatter, but would explode as it was.
In other words, that was Yang So-pyeong's counterasure to the attack that scatters the grain, which I had learned after reaching the Demonic Zenith.
'This is the fight of the Demonic Zenith!'
The minor ridians are largely related to two things.
Senses and mind.
Until now, I had been fighting relying only on my senses. Because that was enough. But not now.
For the first ti, I strengthened my mind.
Ti flowed slowly.
In it, I also moved slowly.
Therefore, I could swing my sword more precisely than usual.
Swish.
I kicked off the ground.
I thrust my sword into the middle of the sword qi as it was.
The sword qi split in half along the grain. The sword qi, which should have exploded right away, was advancing as it was, split, without even knowing that it had been cut. A mont later, the sword qi explodes.
An impossible feat if the thrust had deviated even slightly from the grain.
My sword was touching the tip of Yang So-pyeong's throat.
At the sa ti, I released the strengthening of my mind. I felt a sharp consumption of my physical strength. It seed that this technique should only be used in important monts.
"So-pyeong, it's really the end now."
The presence I had felt earlier had arrived. They were the warriors of the Heavenly Demon Cult. The 3rd rank of the 10th unit had co, leading his subordinates.
Yang So-pyeong was still smiling wryly.
"It's surprising. I didn't know you would counter it that way. Yes, it's the end now."
Stab!
A single sword thrust from behind.
When I turned around, the 3rd rank of the 10th unit and his party were grinning unpleasantly.
At this mont, I understood how the three brothers of the Orthodox Faction had stolen the secret manual from the Nine Demon Treasury.
And how Yang So-pyeong had appeared brazenly in a place where a net had been spread.
There was a traitor. The traitors were the 3rd rank of the 10th unit and his subordinates.
"Shall I kill him?"
"I'll finish it myself."
Yang So-pyeong shot a sword qi full of qi at . I raised my sword and barely blocked it, but my body was falling off a cliff.
"Shall we follow and finish him?"
"It's fine. Another pursuit team will co soon. And since he was hit by my sword qi and fell from this height, he's either dead or at least crippled."
* * *
I opened my eyes.
My body wouldn't move.
I had twisted my body at the last mont and had been able to avoid a fatal wound.
"Seol-a! Hyung-a has opened his eyes!"
"It's true! Hwi-a! What do we do now!"
I could see a girl and a boy who looked to be about twelve years old. Seeing their similar faces, they seed to be siblings. My body wouldn't move.
I said.
'Water!'
My voice wouldn't co out.
I felt like I was going to die of thirst.
"Seol-a! Hyung-a is cold! I think we need to raise the fire in the room! Noona said that when you're sick, being warm is the best!"
"Ung! I understand!"
In an instant, the temperature of the room rose.
Sweat poured down.
'Give so water!'
Is this a new kind of torture?
If this is the case, just kill
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