Chapter 316: The Moon That Overwhelmed the Sun

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Translated by Frog in the Well

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Immediately after the Avici Dao Sovereign turned into dust and vanished.

Jin So-myeong was also not fine.

His skin all over his body cracked with a crunch, and in an instant, he became drenched in blood.

Although he won with difficulty, he did not even have time to enjoy the feeling of victory.

To put it vulgarly, it was painfully close to death. To the point where he could not even hold back his groans.

Should he call it the Limitless Sword Heaven amplified by the Secret Realm of the Mind.

The moment he unleashed the newly realized divine ability.

The sword Qi that dyed heaven and earth penetrated his mind and body, and a sharp energy stirred inside his body.

Extremely minute sword Qi cut up his meridians and dantian, and it felt like if he lost his mind even for a brief moment, his entire body would be split into thousands of pieces and he would die.

Every time the exhausted Supreme Great Ability recovered, he poured it into the Myriad Flows Restoration divine ability.

He forcibly turned back his physical body, which was advancing toward death moment by moment.

Just when he was gritting his teeth and enduring.

To make matters worse, the cold Qi that was being digested by the Chaos Origin Wheel had a crazy fit and tried to break through the Chaos Origin Wheel and jump out.

‘No, why is this…’

It was such a sudden event that there was no time to respond.

Clang!

Simultaneously with a rough bursting sound that shook his mind.

Extreme cold Qi burst out from the half-shattered Chaos Origin Wheel, and cold Qi was added to his body where the sword Qi was already raging.

Creak…

His skin, which was split by the sword Qi and became drenched in blood, froze.

Everything from his head to the tips of his four limbs. He completely froze and became unable to take even a single step.

What on earth was this bolt from the blue.

Suppressing the cold Qi that froze even his soul, he thought.

Why did the well-behaved cold Qi suddenly have a fit…

While contemplating, suddenly. A single figure flashed through his head.

‘No way.’

Just when he was forcibly denying the thought that suddenly came to mind.

Sshhh…

The earth was covered in frost, and from the sky, a woman wearing a palace robe whiter than snow appeared.

The elegant woman who wrapped a red silk sash over her shoulders, Fairy Yeongwol, let out a sigh.

“Sigh, you finally did it. Even though I gave you so many hints.”

“…”

Jin So-myeong’s eyes trembled violently as he struggled to suppress the energy stirring inside his body.

Why did the well-behaved cold Qi suddenly have a fit.

No, who was the one who gave him this cold Qi in the first place.

Both questions pointed to Fairy Yeongwol.

Moreover…

Next to Fairy Yeongwol who descended from the sky, the Asura race’s Gongya Dao Sovereign was standing with his hands behind his back, and standing side by side was by no means the attitude of facing an enemy.

Even, unlike what was known, neither of them showed any signs of injury.

Both their complexions and the energy they exuded were completely fine.

‘Betrayal?’

His head was dazed as if struck on the back of his neck.

Before he could gather his shock, Fairy Yeongwol frowned and spoke.

“To kill an Unity stage with the cultivation of the Void Refinement stage… What if those entities become angry at such a deed? Sigh, how on earth are we to settle this matter.”

Listening to her tone that was as if reproaching, he felt absurd.

Then, should he have died quietly?

Or should he have thrown the billions of people living in Gwanyun City as bait and run away?

There was a lot he wanted to say, but he did not argue. Because what he was truly curious about was different.

He forcibly opened his frozen lips. He spoke with a mouth where the skin tore and blood seeped out.

“Seeing you two together, it seems you did not even fight in the first place. But why did the descendants of the Twelve Stars Sect die?”

“…”

“Could it be that you killed them yourself? Lest they offend the old monsters’ eyes?”

He asked while inwardly hoping it was not so, but Fairy Yeongwol could not deny it. Seeing her keep her mouth shut and avoid answering, he was dumbfounded.

The fits of cold Qi and sword Qi grew gradually more severe, making it difficult to even open his mouth, but he ignored it and continued to speak.

“So you mean to kill everyone who stands out and live as livestock.”

“…Seeing you speak like that, it seems you know a little about those entities. Then you should understand. Isn’t it better than the entire race disappearing?”

“Ha.”

“Defying them is an impossible thing in the first place. Even for you, is there an answer? I only wanted to protect the human race.”

At that time, Gongya Dao Sovereign, who was standing with his hands behind his back as if watching, cut in.

“There is no need to persuade him. Let’s just kill him and settle it somehow. I also do not want those entities’ gaze to reach this place. If things go wrong, even the Asura race might be swept up.”

“…I understand.”

“Will you handle him yourself?”

Fairy Yeongwol nodded, and a cold energy crossed her eyes.

Creak!

The frost that gathered while drawing a spiral turned into a sharp spike and rushed toward Jin So-myeong.

In the dumbfounding situation, just as he was gripping the sword hilt to resist somehow.

Boom!

A dark-colored steel staff that flew at an immense speed was lodged vertically into the earth, and the rushing cold Qi was all bounced away.

The muscular giant who appeared while folding space, Gwang-myeong Dao Sovereign, scanned the battlefield and frowned.

Following that,

Myeolsim Dao Sovereign whose one arm had completely disappeared and Cheonra Dao Sovereign with blood smearing the corner of her mouth appeared, and their eyes widened upon seeing Jin So-myeong.

“Where did Avici go, and why are you alone? Don’t tell me…”

“Daoist Gongya, was your injury a disguise?”

Was it that they also did not know that Fairy Yeongwol and Gongya Dao Sovereign were on the same side.

Just as the glabella of the Dao Sovereigns who gathered suddenly frowned.

“Heh, what a mess.”

Letting out a hollow laugh, Gwang-myeong Dao Sovereign blocked in front of Jin So-myeong, then turned his gaze to look at Fairy Yeongwol.

“I will ask first. What on earth is this situation? Yeongwol, why are you together with the old monster Gongya?”

“…I only held hands briefly to protect the human race.”

“To protect the human race?”

Gwang-myeong Dao Sovereign, who hung the steel staff over his shoulder, stood with his legs crossed and sneered.

“You speak plausible bullshit.”

“What rude words…”

“You were just scared. You put forward a grand justification, but that’s all.”

“…”

Gwang-myeong Dao Sovereign, who spat like a gangster walking in a market alley, curled up one corner of his mouth.

“I always had a question. Why an individual with excellent talent like you, Yeongwol, could not master the Light-Moon Silent-Life Dao. But now I finally know. What was precious to you was ultimately only your own life.”

For a split second, the eyes of Fairy Yeongwol, who parted her lips, turned chilly.

“Hmph. I do not need such a cultivation method. It is because we rely on such a crazy cultivation method that the human race became like this.”

The moment both hands of Fairy Yeongwol drew a Taiji.

Lotus flowers made of frost bloomed in various places in the sky, and the Asura race’s Dao Sovereigns who were scanning the situation joined.

Even if they did not know the detailed circumstances, it seemed a civil war broke out among the human race, so they aimed for the opportunity.

At the sight of four Unity stage Dao Sovereigns co-attacking, the laughter hanging at Gwang-myeong Dao Sovereign’s mouth turned distinctly thick.

“Kwahahaha, good! All of you come! I will just kill every single one of you at this spot.”

“…It seems he is trying to unleash the Moon-Deducing Dao Scripture.”

“It was troublesome because the kid caused an accident, but this turned out well. The human and Asura Dao Sovereigns perished together after fighting fiercely. It will be fine to handle it like that.”

Soon after. A suffocating silence flowed.

Was it because they were wary of the Moon-Deducing Dao Scripture unleashed by the Unity stage Gwang-myeong Dao Sovereign.

Four of them were facing one person, but the ones who were tense were rather the majority.

The moment a ferocious glow dwelled in Gwang-myeong Dao Sovereign’s eyes as he aimed his steel staff.

“Don’t do it.”

An old man who appeared suddenly at some moment shook his head.

Withered to the point of being about to collapse at any moment, and even with age spots blooming on his face and the back of his hands, Taixu Sacred Venerable stepped between the two groups that were right before collision.

“After today, the only Unity stage cultivator left in the human race will be you, so how can you waste your lifespan like that.”

As Taixu Sacred Venerable, who possessed a hollow atmosphere, stood defenselessly in the middle of the battlefield, Gwang-myeong Dao Sovereign frowned.

“What is an old man who has no lifespan left to consume doing here? You should have just been blocking the Insect-Armor Race.”

“There is no need to worry. Because all the Insect-Armor Race at the border are dead.”

Taixu Sacred Venerable, who spoke of shocking news as if it were nothing, smiled beamingly.

“And consuming lifespan? Hahaha! Gwang-myeong, it seems you still have not realized the true meaning of the Moon-Deducing Dao Scripture.”

“…True meaning?”

“How much lifespan was burned is not important. What is truly important is the meaning.”

In the touch-and-go situation where it seemed like it would explode the moment anyone moved.

“One day is enough.”

The low voice continued.

“Because today is precisely the last day of my life.”

In the quietness, the old man who was soliloquizing alone turned his gaze. He stared intently into Jin So-myeong’s eyes and burst into laughter.

“I thought you were a cold-hearted friend, but you are more emotional than I thought. I even gave you a map telling you to leave, so why are you still lingering here.”

“…”

He could not answer because the cold Qi and sword Qi stirring inside his body grew gradually stronger. By now, it was difficult to even move his lips.

“However, that is why I like you more. Therefore, I will believe. You are precisely the sword we have been waiting for.”

The moment Taixu Sacred Venerable struck his own dantian with his palm.

All noise stopped.

“Successor, behold.”

Ah. Seeing those eyes, he knew.

Only after seeing the pupils that held the long-guarded ember, the smoldering ash, did he realize.

The old man who came to visit him before and told him about the Great Ascension stage was not Taixu Sacred Venerable.

The eyes were different.

They were eyes that held a belief, carrying a will that could never be imitated by something like disguise techniques.

“This is precisely the ultimate secret of the Light-Moon Silent-Life Dao. Discarded Dao, Two Moons.”

A moon rose in the sky.

A moon so large that it overwhelmed the blazing sun.

Just when he was dazed by a sense of déjà vu.

“What would be the importance of something like the lifespan of a mayfly? What is truly important must be the determination to burn everything without leaving even a handful.”

A voice that was as if humming echoed.

And Fairy Yeongwol and all the Asura race. A thin blood line was drawn on their necks.

Thud, the heads that fell hollowly were still full of tense expressions.

Even though they fell to the ground and became covered in dirt, they still did not perceive what kind of deed they suffered.

As if they did not even realize their own death…

Ah.

What on earth happened.

He felt as if his senses were distorted by the strange phenomenon that occurred beyond perception.

He put strength into his eyes to hold onto his consciousness that was about to fade.

Concentrating all his nerves, he captured the single move that Taixu Sacred Venerable unleashed in his heart.

After performing such an absurd miracle, the old man who quietly approached smiled beamingly.

“Have you seen the power of the human race?”

“…I saw it.”

As the price of opening his mouth, the energy that was raging inside his body went out of control, but he did not care. Because such a thing was not important now.

“Draw the rest yourself. With my ability, this is the limit.”

Before he could answer anything.

Taixu Sacred Venerable, who was laughing heartily, wore a relieved smile as if putting down a heavy burden.

“Then, if there is a next life, let’s meet again.”

Thud.

Jin So-myeong, whose chest was pushed by the palm, floated up.

“…!”

The floating feeling of being pushed backward was also brief.

A black hole opened behind his back, and he was swallowed without a chance to resist.

Like that.

Jin So-myeong disappeared beyond the empty air, and only two remained in the quiet battlefield.

Gwang-myeong Dao Sovereign, who was silent, saw Taixu Sacred Venerable who was still smiling, and his face crumpled fiercely.

“Damned old man. If you send Jin So-myeong away like that, what am I supposed to do? You want me to suffer alone playing the human race’s babysitter?”

“Hahaha! Who forced you? If you don’t like it, don’t do it.”

“Damn it. As if that makes sense.”

“Don’t worry too much. Didn’t you also see how outstanding our junior is? You won’t have to wait that long.”

The voice full of laughter grew weaker by the moment.

Before he knew it, it became faint enough to be barely audible, and Gwang-myeong Dao Sovereign, who parted his lips, put firm strength in his chin.

“…Tsk. I understand, so rest in peace.”

“Heh, born as a human and died like a human, so I have no regrets in my life.”

A relieved voice.

The faint smile hanging at the mouth was scattered and disappeared by the wind that blew at the right time.

Just like a fallen leaf in winter…