Chapter 380: Reaching

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The guest retainers, who had been wearing bewildered gazes, soon gathered near Cheol Ryu-heun as the Divine Martial Sword.

“Sect Master Cheol, was that just now also part of the achievement?”

Hae Su-yeon’s curious question meant the other Cheol Ryu-heun who had ridden the light beam upward and disappeared.

The others also were curious about what that was.

They could only vaguely guess it was probably a phenomenon of the mind’s attainment.

Cheol Ryu-heun spoke with an indifferent expression.

“I just annihilated a fragment of agony. It’s bothersome to explain separately, so don’t ask questions.”

Then he waved his hand as if annoyed.

A gesture telling them to leave without further ado.

Hae Su-yeon had no choice but to set aside her curiosity and give her regards.

“Yes, I understand. Then we will go outside and wait for the final achievement to end.”

Thus, the guest retainers each operated mental technique essences and vanished from sight.

The space became quiet again.

Cheol Ryu-heun, having raised his head, stared vacantly at the void.

“I know you’re still watching from up there.”

There upon.

-You’re pretty good.

The divine being’s Secret Sound Transmission like an echo resounded heavily.

Cheol Ryu-heun immediately shrugged his shoulders and answered.

“Why? did you think I would fail?”

-Hu, if I had, would I have sent that fellow down?

“It was unexpected. To think the owner of this body would appear.”

-It is causal law. Connecting to the body you came to possess…

“Sounds reasonable.”

-In any case, you accomplished it quite splendidly. To fight against the incarnations of agony with the Ten Directions Ghost Road Lost Soul Formation’s unique power added and overcome difficulties… Are you satisfied?

“I wonder, I shouldn’t be satisfied with this much. But I have achieved my initial purpose, at least.”

-As with all things, the path of the mind has no end. Whatever you pursue…

“Enough with the pretentious teaching, now speak frankly what you want.”

-You must block it. I gave help for that purpose.

“So you mean the summoning of the Demon God from another world?”

-It is an existence that would disturb order. If left as is, it will become a calamity.

“Cheol Ryu-heun earlier said it’s difficult for him to answer, but I’ll ask directly. It’s difficult for the Celestial Father to intervene in that matter, isn’t it? Hence, you’re trying to use me to block it?”

-Yes, I won’t beat around the bush either. Even gods are existences that belong to the order set by great nature. Therefore, one cannot freely come and go between heaven and earth. When certain conditions are met… intervention becomes possible only then.

Cheol Ryu-heun, who heard those words, made his two eyes gleam.

“Certain conditions… Well, for instance, something like signs of destruction where the mortal world begins to collapse?”

-You haven’t wasted your years.

“Hmm, that somehow sounds terrifying.”

Though he spoke thus, his eyes showed no fear whatsoever.

-It is proper to eliminate in advance signals that will become great threats. So you do what you must do. Without forgetting today’s help…

At that moment, Cheol Ryu-heun recalled the conversation he had with the body’s owner.

-I have no memories from after I was destroyed. So where was I residing?

-You were in a sealed state somewhere between the Celestial Father and the surface.

-…

-Because the Celestial Father judged you unacceptable…

-You mean I was rejected?

-Yes, to put it simply, that’s right.

-Why?

-A threatening existence and element. All those up there regarded you as such.

-Threatening existence…?

Cheol Ryu-heun, having erased the contemplation, immediately asked meaningfully.

“Am I the same?”

-What do you mean?

“Stop feigning innocence. You’re still crafty, being a divine being.”

-…

“Earlier, Cheol Ryu-heun said. That your side considers me a threatening existence and element.”

-There is nothing separate to tell you. If that’s so, then know it as such.

“It’s probably because of the divine power I possess. Perhaps there’s also some connection with the life before I was the Divine Martial Sword.”

-…

“Did I hit the mark?”

-Insolent fellow…

“Shall I say one more thing?”

-You talk too much. I shall withdraw now.

“You and I seem connected by something. Well, let’s call it a thread of fate.”

-What nonsense are you…

“Among the several divine beings up there, why was it you, of all beings, who got connected? This is an extremely natural suspicion, isn’t it? Causal law, you said. Perhaps my previous life and…”

-If you are curious, find out on your own. I have nothing more to say to you. I shall quietly watch the outcome from this sky.

Stillness came again to the mental realm.

Cheol Ryu-heun waited for a while, but the divine being did not respond.

It had vanished.

Only then did Cheol Ryu-heun, having withdrawn his gaze, smile inwardly.

‘Hut. Find out with my own power, you say? I’ll do that, sure.’

Now was the time to enter the final achievement process.

First, the unification of essence, energy, and spirit.

Instantly, the state of selfless absorption began.

Thus, he advances toward refining spirit to return to void after refining energy to transform spirit.

The samadhi of utmost extreme, transcending the limits of the mortal world.

A realm difficult to reach with concentration alone.

Forgetting self, forgetting the world, forgetting all creation…

Before long, something like mysterious smoke puffed out from his body.

SEUSEUSEUSEU, SEUSEUSEUSEU-

It was the immortal energy and divine power collected from the incarnations of agony.

It soon clumped together like a round, large boulder.

Following that.

SEUREUREUK, SEUREUREUK, SEUREUREUK…

The intangible spiritual inner elixir that had been on the other side gradually changed to become distinct.

It soon radiated energy light, and.

FLASH!

It transformed into the silhouette of the wanderer who had destroyed the Divine Martial Sword.

Probably, it took such a form because it was an enlightenment from within a dream.

An obsession that had surged up unconsciously.

This is the end!

He had to absorb and harmonize that!

He had to draw everything in and melt it with the power of the mind!

The mental realm shook greatly.

KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA-!

It was the sound of the inner elixir that had taken the wanderer’s form being drawn toward the energy gathered like a boulder.

Immediately after.

KWANG!

With a fierce collision, the unified power created a gust.

Before he knew it, his spirit had exited the mental realm.

‘I’m holding on! I must hold on!’

Cheol Ryu-heun, having escaped the unconscious state, immediately condensed the energy inside his body.

Also, he created virtual meridians inside his body at tremendous speed.

Literally in the blink of an eye.

Thunder that couldn’t be heard with the ears echoed fiercely.

UREUREUREUEURUNG-!

It was the sound of the condensed energy coursing through the rapidly completed Eight Extraordinary Meridians and Twelve Primary Channels.

Terrible pain assaulted him.

It was something he had never experienced before.

As if multiple Rebirths were proceeding at once.

Then, his body and mind encountered a strange change.

It felt as if his entire body was scattering into powder then gathering again.

That brought a thrilling shiver.

‘Again…!’

It had come.

Amazingly, it was the second time.

A miraculous opportunity, the so-called Shattering-the-Void Realm.

The ultimate cultivation achievement of not being constrained by the world’s forms.

Thus, a body unprecedented in martial history was evolving once more.

To a domain that no one had ever reached until now.

Suddenly.

A scene like a vision appeared in Cheol Ryu-heun’s mind.

It was a large entrance piercing through the sky.

Beyond the fathomlessly deep and dark void, all kinds of stars twinkled and shone.

What was that?

He currently had his two eyes closed.

Therefore, it couldn’t be real.

Yet he felt as if he were being gently sucked inside, led by an invisible hand.

In an instant.

Five figures were visible on a constellation with its back to the void.

A new shiver visited Cheol Ryu-heun.

Because.

He had realized the identity of the five figures.

At the very center, the old man in a robe reminiscent of darkness was the first Cult Leader of the Heavenly Demon Cult, the Heavenly Demon.

His appearance exuded a majesty that no one in the world could approach.

Immediately to his left stood an old man who had grown long ashen hair down to the ground, hands clasped behind his back.

In a posture armed with pure and clear energy light all over his body.

It was Sword Emperor Buk Ga-shin.

Positioned at the far left end, the white-haired, white-eyebrowed old man gave a feeling as if beholding a noble immortal.

It was precisely him, Martial Immortal Dongbang Ya.

Conversely, to the Heavenly Demon’s right was a black-haired old man visible.

The intangible Aura/Aura/bearing he radiated and his dignified bearing was like a monarch of a nation.

Evil Emperor Yul-Cheon.

And the old man at the far right end, shoulder to shoulder with him, gave a feeling as if his entire body had been smeared with bright red blood.

A hegemonic spirit similar to yet somehow different from the Heavenly Demon.

It was Blood God Mu-wol.

The five of the extreme rank, said to have no comparable warrior throughout the thousand-year martial history, were quietly looking down at Cheol Ryu-heun.

It was an inexplicable phenomenon.

At that moment, Cheol Ryu-heun recalled an ancient legend.

The Great Universe.

The totality of an unknown domain that was said to encompass infinite space, formless order, unobstructed principle, and all of that, truly without end.

A space that transcends not only beyond human but even beyond heaven, an entirely different dimension altogether; the end of a mysterious realm difficult to explain in any words; a place where within it, the concept of ultimate is meaningless and doesn’t even hold…

According to ancient Tianzhu legends, even this land’s great nature was nothing more than a tiny speck within a small universe when faced with the Great Universe.

It was said that through great enlightenment, crossing an invisible wall and reaching that place, one would gain wisdom accumulated over eons of years.

Only one person in the mortal world had reached the Great Universe, they say.

Thus, with small wisdom, he built great accomplishments.

It was the Buddha, precisely Shakyamuni.

Looking at the large entrance piercing through the sky, Cheol Ryu-heun felt his mind and body being overwhelmed.

‘Is it truly the Great Universe!’

It was a moment when a thousand years of knowledge became meaningless.

What kind of mysterious power was at work in that place?

Also,

Why were the Heavenly Demon, Sword Emperor, Evil Emperor, Martial Immortal, and Blood God together there?

Had they all become absolute gods residing over the Great Universe?

When he had been drawn near the entrance before he knew it, the Heavenly Demon, who had been quietly looking down, opened his mouth in his appearance from when alive.

“You have opened a small path of light. Unfortunately, with your current ability, this is all. There will be a day when we meet again.”

No sooner had his words ended than the entrance, through which brilliant stars could be glimpsed, began quietly closing with a SEUREUREUK.

Cheol Ryu-heun shouted inwardly.

‘Wait…!’

Immediately after, through the considerably narrowed gap of the entrance, five streams of light seeped out and wrapped around his body, being absorbed.

Following that, the Heavenly Demon’s voice, like Secret Sound Transmission, was heard faintly.

-Find your name. Before the Constellation of Destruction opens the path first…

Simultaneously, the entrance completely vanished.

‘Find my name?’

Having spoken inwardly, Cheol Ryu-heun’s consciousness was becoming hazy.