Chapter 531: Filling the Heavens (滿天) (5)
Oh Hye-seo is flying towards a certain place under Seo Hweol's arrangement.
Seo Hweol has completely drawn Seo Eun-hyun's attention, buying time for her to escape.
At the same time, through the final arrangement prepared for her, Oh Hye-seo, Hon Won, and Yeon Wei are being transferred to a faraway place.
‘That place...’
Oh Hye-seo's spirit body.
The eyes of that spirit body shine.
The place she is heading to is familiar.
At the beginning of Seo Eun-hyun's 999th cycle, it is the main body of 'Hyeon Eum (玄陰),' that was crushed by toying with Blood Yin.It is the last remaining place among the countless constellations.
Flying quickly towards the star named 'Lofty Dragon Star (嶒龍星),' Oh Hye-seo's eyes gleam.
‘I can feel it. Over there...my reserve body for resurrection is waiting!
It is the place where her second body, cultivated from her extracted blood, resides.
Wo-woong!
Lofty Dragon Star gradually grows closer.
Seeing the royal palace Seo Hweol built on Lofty Dragon Star, Oh Hye-seo's face brightens.
It is a palace Seo Hweol built specifically for her.
From deep within it, a familiar energy is felt.
“...Huh?”
Oh Hye-seo stares blankly at someone walking out from inside the palace.
One of the contingency plans Seo Eun-hyun prepared in case he failed to capture Seo Hweol and Oh Hye-seo, and to rescue Yeon Wei and Hon Won.
It is...
Seo Hye, who has taken over Oh Hye-seo's original body and is walking out holding the severed head of the reserve body Oh Hye-seo had been awaiting.
Seo Hye smiles up at her, in a manner very similar to Oh Hye-seo.
“Hello, main body. Do you remember me?”
“...”
“I want to become me.”
Crunch!
Crushing the head of the reserve body she is holding, Seo Hye smiles brightly.
“Of course, it’d be difficult. But...it's okay. Over thousands of years, I searched the entire universe, combing through every corner to find where your reserve body was hidden. I thought it would be impossible, but look, didn’t do it?”
Seo Hye spreads her arms wide with a wicked smile.
“So, I will take on the challenge too. To become the real one. No matter how impossible it seems...I will defeat you.”
Oh Hye-seo looks at Seo Hye and sneers.
“...You don't know your place.”
Seo Hye looks up at Oh Hye-seo and smiles faintly.
“I will kill you and take over you who’s the main body. And with your authority...I will revive the perished ■■.”
With a determined expression, Seo Hye stands before Oh Hye-seo.
“Because I...was loved by him. Because I gained independence from his love for me...Before, I couldn’t properly convey my heart to ■■ because I was being controlled by you. But this time, I will eliminate you both and properly convey my heart to ■■.”
In the next moment, Seo Hye lunges at Oh Hye-seo.
Chwararararak!
A red blood robe wraps around her.
A black mask covers Seo Hye's face, and all sorts of bizarre things pour out from her storage scroll.
The first to emerge are four pagoda dharma treasures.
The dharma treasure pagodas position themselves in the four directions of Seo Hye, forming a barrier.
Next, forty-nine scrolls appear.
Chwarararak!
The forty-nine scrolls unfurl in formation behind Seo Hye.
Inside the scrolls, countless demon souls of demon beasts are refined, and as the demon souls escape from the scrolls, they begin to merge into one.
Squirm, squirm...
Before long, a monster formed from the combined demon souls of countless demon beasts emerges in front of Seo Hye.
The monster, emanating an aura at the Integration stage, looks down at Oh Hye-seo and lets out a roar.
That is not the end.
From the palace Seo Hweol built for Oh Hye-seo, countless blood corpses made from the carcasses of the Sea Dragon Race begin to crawl out.
These are not ordinary blood corpses.
Circuits glowing with an ominous light are shining on their bodies.
From Seo Hye’s shadow, a cloud of blood begins to billow out and transforms into a massive Ghost King wielding a scythe.
From the center of all these ghostly creatures, Seo Hye's crimson eyes flash.
Chwararararak!
A blood-red leaf fan appears in her hand.
[Summon the stellar winds. Wind Path Blood Fan (風途血芭).]
Kugugugugugu!
A storm of blood begins to whirl around Lofty Dragon Star.
Oh Hye-seo glares at Seo Hye and sneers coldly.
“The Ghost King and demon souls come from Black Ghost Valley. The blood corpses were refined using Kim Yeon’s technique after hunting the Sea Dragon Race on Lofty Dragon Star, and...that leaf fan along with the method to wield it. It seems to be a method that blatantly borrows Seo Eun-hyun's power.”
Oh Hye-seo laughs mockingly at Seo Hye.
“You've willingly made yourself Seo Eun-hyun's slave. Ahaha, aren't you afraid of what that monster wearing a human mask will demand from you in return?”
“A monster wearing a human mask, you say...”
At those words, Seo Hye's crimson eyes flare as she speaks.
“Isn't that actually referring to you, main body...?”
With those words, the two collide.
The monster formed from countless demon souls charges at Oh Hye-seo.
The Ghost King, formed by condensing the blood cloud, drains the dragon vein on Lofty Dragon Star while swinging its scythe behind Oh Hye-seo.
Each of the blood corpses, all at least at the Grand Perfection Four-Axis stage, rush toward Oh Hye-seo in unison.
And Oh Hye-seo, wearing a chilling smile, summons the forms of countless Immortal Beasts.
Kugugugugugu!
The light of the Immortal Beast Glass Peacock engulfs the demon souls.
The demon souls writhe in agony, losing their reason and beginning to scatter.
The form of the Immortal Beast Yin Ghost Black Turtle appears.
The Ghost King, upon seeing the Yin Ghost Black Turtle, seems entranced and stares blankly at it before being devoured by the Yin Ghost Black Turtle's form.
The form of the Immortal Beast Mountain-Destroying Demon Ape descends from the sky and smashes into the earth of Lofty Dragon Star.
Kwaaaaang!
The entire dragon vein of Lofty Dragon Star trembles and the blood corps collapses.
Then, the wingbeats of the Immortal Beast Azure Roc sweeps away the blood wind of the Wind Path Blood Fan.
“I command, in the name of the Immortal Beast Lofty Dragon.”
Kugugugugu!
Behind Oh Hye-seo, the colossal form of a dragon appears.
Lofty Dragon Star begins to resonate.
“Foul thing. How dare you, a mere split soul, covet the main body? The branch shall obediently...be reabsorbed by the main stream.”
Kurururung!
Seo Hye begins to resist.
Countless Blood Path Methods, Ghost Path Methods, and Curse Methods are unleashed as she pours all her strength into resisting Oh Hye-seo.
But gradually, her soul begins to waver.
As a split soul of Oh Hye-seo, Seo Hye struggles to resist her.
And finally.
Chwarururuk!
Oh Hye-seo's body, at last, reclaims her former physical body.
Within Oh Hye-seo's heart essence.
In that place that resembles a barren wasteland, Seo Hye and Oh Hye-seo stand facing each other.
“Ahaha, is this the end?”
Oh Hye-seo sneers at Seo Hye, reaching out her arm towards her.
Gradually, Seo Hye begins to transform into particles of light and is absorbed by Oh Hye-seo.
However, Seo Hye instead smiles faintly.
As if...
This was her intention from the start.
“Do you know, main body? You’re such a pitiful person.”
“Ahaha, what?”
“I was born loved by ■■ and born from you. But...what about you? You’ve never received anything like that, not even once. Isn’t that right?”
“...”
“You’ve been abandoned since birth. And you’ll probably never receive love in the future either. But I did! Even if it was just once! So...even if I die today, I can die with a smile.”
Oh Hye-seo cannot understand Seo Hye.
All she knows is her primal survival instinct.
Any emotion beyond that is so faint that she cannot empathize.
However...at Seo Hye’s words, Oh Hye-seo somehow feels unpleasant.
She dislikes what Seo Hye is saying.
It’s irritating.
Therefore, Oh Hye-seo absorbs Seo Hye even faster.
As Seo Hye is absorbed into Oh Hye-seo, she smiles meaningfully.
“You must have...chosen this as well, right? Hoho...I’ll follow you. Someday, we...will meet again.”
It’s a cryptic statement.
But in any case, the victor is Oh Hye-seo, and the loser is Seo Hye.
After completely subduing Seo Hye in the heart essence world, she opens her eyes in his main body.
“Ahaha, finally. I’ve finally returned to my original body. Now, all that’s left is...”
It’s then.
“...Huh?”
Oh Hye-seo feels chills running across her entire body.
‘T-This is...’
Oh Hye-seo is one who draws upon authority by retracing history.
Because of this, she can understand better than anyone present just what is happening in this universe right now.
Feeling chills run over her body, Oh Hye-seo looks up towards the sky in the direction of Cedarwood Painting.
‘Seo Eun-hyun...That monstrous bastard...Just what in the world are you doing...!’
Seo Eun-hyun’s history revision...is beginning to twist fate.
I’ve been thinking.
Since long ago until now.
Why must mortals suffer under fate?
In cases like Yeon Wei and Hon Won, why on earth did they have to endure such pain?
Therefore...
I want to save them from fate.
Fears me, lies often, is vicious, never says anything right, is exhausting because of her paranoia, and yet isn’t even particularly helpful in battle is who Yeon Wei is.
But...
Despite all that, she is our comrade.
Therefore, for my dear Yeon Wei.
And for the living beings who can’t ascend to the Middle Realms and will die because of the End, I devised a plan.
When the End approaches, I will borrow the power of the End with the Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra to twist the power of fate with the power of history.
I aim to twist the calamity of fate placed upon Yeon Wei and Hon Won, save the two of them, and prepare for the day I will face Great Mountain and crush the Great Mountain calamity.
Yeo Hwi laughed mockingly.
She said the plan is nearly impossible, and someone like me meddling with history is essentially impossible.
And so, I decided to use the Canvas of Myriad Forms and Connections.
Crystal Glass to Treading Sea.
Nine Categories Form.
The Ninth Form.
Filling the Heavens Governing View.
When I showed Yeo Hwi Filling the Heavens Governing View and explained its effects, she obediently hung herself upside down.
Filling the Heavens Governing View is a form created by melting Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens together with the Extinguishing Divine Tribulating Heavens Technique.
Gwak Am said this.
To escape the fate of the universe’s destruction, one must find a sacrifice equivalent to the universe itself to ward off the misfortune.
Of course, They also said it would be difficult to find a sacrifice matching the universe.
However, for those I wish to save, there exists a sacrifice that fits perfectly.
[Let’s go, Kim Yeon.]
Kim Yeon nods and activates the Wonderfully Mysterious Fortress.
Click, click, click, click, click...
Along with that, Yeon's Play activates.
On top of Yeon's Play, I manifest the Heart of Love using Cedarwood.
And then...
The remnant shadow of the Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain, which had been destroyed in a previous life by the Great Mountain Supreme Deity, rises and is manifested through Yeon's Play.
The fate of Hon Won and Yeon Wei, who had died miserably in the past life, is manifested through Yeon's Play.
The fate of Su In and Hong Yeon, who had died like discarded trash, is once again manifested.
Additionally, the fates of everyone else I sought to save begin to manifest again today.
Filling the Heavens Governing View is a form that turns the entire world into a failure like myself and delivers enlightenment.
At the same time, it gathers countless past fates into one, and...
It manifests misfortune, forcing one to endure the same pain from that time and then twists the fate of reality.
That is what Filling the Heavens Governing View is.
Dududududu.
The In and Yeon within Seo Hweol’s grasp.
The Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra that I possess.
The culmination of these two attraction forces resonates, accelerating the End of the Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain.
Through Filling the Heavens Governing View, I begin to gather the Canvas of Myriad Forms and Connections that has spread across the entire world.
Amid the hazy mist of the Canvas of Myriad Forms and Connections, painful memories from the past resurface.
At the same time, those pains are manifested by Yeon's Play, forming an artificial misfortune.
Through the misfortune thus created, I begin to perform the ritual of the Extinguishing Divine Tribulating Heavens Technique.
The hazy mist compresses into dark clouds and begins to cover the sky.
The first to be shrouded are Hon Won and Yeon Wei.
Filling the Heavens Governing View and Yeon's Play manifest the two people who had died painfully in the previous cycle.
Simultaneously, I begin to turn the Wheel.
[I rewrite.]
The power of the Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra, the power borrowed through the Sumeru Sword Dance, and the power of the Earth Tribe pathway’s Entering Nirvana stage are combined.
I interfere with history.
And, through the Wheel, I rewrite!
[O attraction force of Great Mountain! Thy attraction force is thus fulfilled!!!]
Kururururung!
By my proclamation, the fate in which Hon Won and Yeon Wei die miserably is now considered 'already fulfilled’.
But at the same time, Hon Won and Yeon Wei do not die.
Thus, Great Mountain has no reason to rampage.
Patstststststststst!
In front of my eyes, I see a [constellation] in a distant place.
That constellation is bound by an ominous attraction force, and that attraction force is also connected to Hon Won.
[Begone, O misfortune of Hon Won!]
At my resounding cry, the stars of the constellation connected to Hon Won from the distant world begin to explode all at once.
Kwaaaang!
The prophecy of the Great Mountain Supreme Deity has been fulfilled, yet not fulfilled.
Unable to withstand that contradiction, Their prophecy explodes as is.
At the same time, I feel a chilling, ominous gaze sweeping over me.
It must be Gwak Am's gaze.
However, I withstand Their gaze firmly and continue my consciousness.
Next are Su In and Hong Yeon.
They are the children sacrificed by me.
Just then, I sense from Seo Hweol, who is confronting the Heart Tribe me, beginning to properly unleash his strength.
Desperately, he operates Tainted Soul Filling the Heavens for his goal.
Cheok, cheok, cheok, cheok, cheok!
Every Seo Hweol in the universe begins to laugh simultaneously and starts to 'consume' themselves.
Wiiiiiing!
At the same time, the brainwashing waves of the consumed Seo Hweols, empowered by the attraction force of the End, begin heading towards the Head Realm.
Although, unlike Seo Eun-hyun's 998th cycle, he was unable to brainwash everything in the Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain, including the Blood Yin...
Seo Hweol trusts in the attraction force of Vast Cold and pours everything he has into the Head Realm.
Martial Artist Seo Eun-hyun remains before him, glaring at Seo Hweol who is overseeing his plan.
As the End draws near, the attraction force of Vast Cold surrounding Seo Hweol grows so powerful it feels like an entirely different dimension, to the point Martial Artist Seo Eun-hyun can no longer interfere.
However, Seo Eun-hyun does not appear tense.
As if he still has a move left.
He simply sits there, observing Seo Hweol’s actions.
Seo Hweol appears like a conductor.
It’s as if he rules over all the stars of the universe, pouring his everything solely into the Head Realm.
And finally.
All of Seo Hweol's brainwashing waves eventually reach the Head Realm.
Wiiiing!
Flash!
[Ascension Path.]
Following Seo Hweol’s command, the brainwashing waves tear apart the Ascension Gate and pour directly into the Head Realm.
Seo Eun-hyun's gaze also focuses on the Head Realm from the outside.
The form of the Head Realm resembles a decaying, tattered skull of someone long dead.
Chunks of flesh are stuck haphazardly on the skull, making it difficult to see inside, and it seems as though a pair of overturned eyeballs are staring inward.
The neural networks of the two eyeballs grotesquely flow down outside the skull.
That is the form of the Head Realm.
And the brainwashing waves driven into the Ascension Gate become embedded into the Baihui point of the Head Realm.
Seo Eun-hyun understands why Seo Hweol had taken control of the powerful cities or regions within the Head Realm that uses Immortal Treasures.
Ascension Gate.
Baihui point.
[Black Castle.]
The brainwashing waves, drawn by the attraction force of Yang Su-jin’s stele at the Ascension Gate, amplify significantly due to that attraction force and descend beneath Ascension Path, embedding themselves into the Black Castle.
Once again, the brainwashing waves amplify.
Black Castle.
The center of the Upper Dantian, the pituitary gland.
[Serving Command Palace.]
Simultaneously, under Seo Hweol's will, the Serving Command Palace reveals itself in the Head Realm.
Serving Command Palace begins operating at maximum output, quickly moving from the northern end of the Head Realm.
Seo Hweol's brainwashing waves are embedded in the Serving Command Seal at the center of Serving Command Palace.
Once again, Seo Hweol’s brainwashing waves amplify.
And...
The Serving Command Palace, carrying Seo Hweol's brainwashing waves, begins moving across the Head Realm.
It seems to be rotating around the Head Realm once.
Serving Command Palace.
The circulation within the Upper Dantian.
“Then, the Sea Dragon Palace would be the forehead. Isn’t that right?”
A spell that enters through the Baihui point, circles through the Upper Dantian, and exits through the forehead.
A method that clears the mind.
A spell Seo Hweol has planned since a long time ago to 'awaken' the Head Realm.
It is a spell Seo Eun-hyun had seen across the Head Realm and also experienced firsthand under Seo Hweol.
This simple yet powerful mind-clearing spell begins activating within the Head Realm.
Seo Hweol remains silent.
He seems to be manipulating the brainwashing waves with a once-in-a-lifetime focus.
And the Heart Tribe Seo Eun-hyun begins to disappear from Seo Hweol’s sight.
He is returning to his main body.
After all, with Filling the Heavens Governing View activated and history revision already underway, there is nothing more he can achieve through Martial Arts.
He beat up Seo Hweol as much as he desired.
And he has already completed [planting] within him everything that is needed.
There is no longer any need for him to remain here.
Martial Artist Seo Eun-hyun looks back at Seo Hweol and smiles.
“...I will return soon. Let us meet again, [Seo Ran].”