Chapter 631: Great Net Advancement
Kugugugung!
The advancement to Great Net Immortal proceeds as follows:
First, one transmits the power of their Immortal Dao toward the worlds where they have either destroyed or created civilizations.
Then, toward 'all' worlds that possess civilizations in each Heavenly Domain.
In other words, toward stars, Decaying Corpse Realms, and Middle Realms, they invoke phenomena through their Immortal Dao.
Through those phenomena, one simultaneously elevates the cultivation of all living beings in the Heavenly Domains connected to them.
If the Immortal Dao of the Mountain accumulates specks to build a great mountain,
Then the Great Net Immortal advancement ritual overseen by the Great Mountain Supreme Deity is to scatter the self that has become a great mountain and distribute it to the insignificant specks of life.And if, during this process, the power to be distributed to the Heavenly Domains where one has cultivated as an Upper Immortal becomes insufficient, the entire body is forcibly scattered and absorbed into Mount Sumeru to be devoured by the Great Mountain Supreme Deity.
This is the Great Net Immortal advancement ritual.
: : Begin. : :
Kiiiiiiiing!
I trigger an explosion using the boundless light gathered in my palm as a medium.
Kwaaaaaaang!
The explosion spreads across the entire cosmic space.
At the same time, the years I spent cultivating Yang Pitch and Yin Pitch in the Twin Holding Heavenly Domain begin flashing before my eyes.
The advancement to Great Net Immortal has begun.
'Although I haven't been able to exert influence strongly across the entire Heavenly Domain...'
This should be enough.
: : I, revise. : :
Kwagwagwagwang!
I use the Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra I just unfolded as a medium.
Regardless of anything, the Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra is a mantra that affects the entire universe.
Using the influence of the mantra that just affected the entire universe, I exert power across the entire Twin Holding Heavenly Domain, shake history with explosions, and revise it to my liking.
: : In all places where intelligent races dwell, the mountains of this Immortal shall rise... : :
Kugugugugugu!
At that very moment, the glass sword mountains within my body begin to appear above the countless stars of the Twin Holding Heavenly Domain.
Sword mountains rise.
Above countless stars, across Decaying Corpse Realms, within Middle Realms!
It's when the entire Twin Holding Heavenly Domain feels as though it rests in the palm of my hand, and I am momentarily intoxicated by the omnipotence.
Kurururung!
: : ...! : :
My physical body begins to scatter.
I flinch in shock.
'Th-This is...! The Great Mountain Supreme Deity!!'
I understand it all too well.
The Great Mountain Supreme Deity Gwak Am has interfered with the advancement ritual!!
They are trying to devour me right now.
Kugugugugu!
Beyond the distant Dark Sky.
Across the Outer Sea, the endlessly spreading sea of chaos.
Beyond the depths of that chaos, there lies a tiny world.
A world at most the size of Earth.
And within that tiny world resides the Great Mountain Supreme Deity!
They are reaching out Their hand.
: : I S H A L L D E V O U R Y O U ... : :
Jiiiiiiiing!
'Crazy...!'
The moment I connect with the consciousness of the Great Mountain Supreme Deity, I feel the same sensation I did when I looked directly at the Heavenly Venerable of the Underworld and the Emptiness Supreme Deity—like my eyes are about to burst. I writhe in agony.
The Great Mountain Supreme Deity, completing the Splitting Heaven Mantra, is now becoming an existence equal to Underworld and Emptiness.
'N-No...'
As I am about to lose consciousness under the overwhelming pressure of the Great Mountain Supreme Deity—
: : Get a hold of yourself!! : :
Ho Woon's voice snaps me back.
: : You! Think carefully! Have you ever experienced death in a place other than the Twin Holding Heavenly Domain? If not that, have you ever slain an Upper Immortal or above being somewhere else? If so, that too could count as Upper Immortal cultivation to some extent, so extend your power to that Heavenly Domain immediately! : :
: : ...! : :
At those words, my eyes snap open.
'Have I experienced death in another place...?'
Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain.
Bearing Tree Heavenly Domain.
Good Sight Heavenly Domain.
Earth Boundary Heavenly Domain.
Twin Holding Heavenly Domain...
Before regression, I experienced death in five—no, including the use of Heavenly Escape in the Heavenly King Heavenly Domain, six Heavenly Domains.
And as for slaying Upper Immortal and above beings...
'I annihilated Blood Yin in the Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain, experienced death as an Immortal Beast in the Good Sight Heavenly Domain, and in the Earth Boundary Heavenly Domain, I reincarnated beings of Upper Immortal and above into the recreated Earth—would that count as killing too? In the Twin Holding Heavenly Domain, I just recently destroyed a few thousand True Immortals, and I also committed a great massacre in the Heavenly King Heavenly Domain...'
Recalling all of that sends a cold sweat down my spine.
'Insane... If it's like this, could it be...?'
I grit my teeth hard.
It really feels like I'm receiving retribution for all the atrocities I committed while wandering here and there during regressions.
: : Guaaaaaaaagh! : :
Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain.
Heavenly King Heavenly Domain.
Bearing Tree Heavenly Domain.
Earth Boundary Heavenly Domain.
Good Sight Heavenly Domain.
Twin Holding Heavenly Domain.
I transmit the explosion of revision to all six Heavenly Domains and squeeze out the power of my Immortal Dao toward them.
'Scattering the Immortal Dao across a single Heavenly Domain was bearable, but...'
Trying to scatter it across six entire Heavenly Domains makes my whole body feel like it's being wrung dry.
It feels like I'm becoming Seo Eun-hyun vegetable juice.
: : Guaaaaaaah! : :
Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain, the five Middle Realms.
There, bizarre phenomena begin occurring at the homelands of each civilization.
Kugugugugu!
Suddenly, the celestial energy flips, and from beneath the earth, glass sword mountains begin to rise.
All the Sacred Masters of the Middle Realms who see this are struck with immense shock, and Ban Ta, who has served as a Sacred Master for seventy million years, roars in anguish, shedding tears of blood from grief and deprivation.
At that moment, mountains begin rising simultaneously in all Decaying Corpse Realms and stars across the entire Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain, excluding only the Head Realm.
Heavenly King Heavenly Domain.
There, the Radiance Eight Immortals, who are sweeping away the True Immortals of Radiance Hall, speak with expressions of disgust.
: : Black Dragon... Of all times, to leak our secret at such a critical moment and turn Radiance Hall against us. How bothersome. : :
: : A deluded and foolish being. : :
: : It does not matter. Once the Great Mountain Supreme Deity exerts Their power...all the bridles of oppression, all the beings of the Immortal Family—they will be utterly annihilated. We just need to endure until then. : :
: : Our long-cherished wish is nigh. : :
The Radiance Eight Immortals, calmly conversing as they massacre their former subordinates, appear almost as if they are out for a stroll.
It is at that moment.
The Fifth Seat of the Radiance Eight Immortals, the Sword Spear Heavenly Lord, trembles all over.
: : This...aura...? : :
The Radiance Eight Immortals simultaneously scan the Heavenly King Heavenly Domain.
Something is happening.
Although there are no Middle Realms or Decaying Corpse Realms in the Heavenly King Heavenly Domain, the sheer number of living beings dwelling in its overwhelmingly numerous stellar systems is terrifying.
Across the entire Heavenly King Heavenly Domain, sword mountains of glass begin to rise.
Bearing Tree Heavenly Domain.
Good Sight Heavenly Domain.
It is the same in the Earth Boundary Heavenly Domain as well.
In all these worlds, either governed or currently governed by various Supreme Deities or Heavenly Venerables, glass sword mountains begin to rise in various places.
Within the Heavenly King Heavenly Domain, the Sword Spear Heavenly Lord's eyes begin to gleam sharply.
: : ...Someone is undergoing an advancement ritual. And if it is this Immortal Dao of the Mountain and this aura...without doubt... : :
Kugugugugu!
The Sword Spear Heavenly Lord murmurs as they gaze across the entirety of the trembling Mount Sumeru.
: : It's you... : :
Another mountain spirit is trying to be born within Mount Sumeru.
: : Draw out your power. It's still far from over! : :
I snap back to my senses at Ho Woon's rebuke.
: : Heok! : :
Though each of the rising glass sword mountains are small, even within a single Heavenly Domain, the sheer number of civilizations makes the term immeasurable (無量大數; 10^68) feel insufficient.
To channel my Immortal Dao to every single one of those places and squeeze out power, I feel like I'm truly about to die.
: : This is only the beginning. Clear your mind, and through the Immortal Dao you have manifested...bestow divine grace upon the mortal beings! : :
: : Haaaaa... : :
Following Ho Woon's guidance, I begin rotating the Pure White Three Great Ultimates behind my head.
Power begins to surge infinitely.
Kugugugugu!
However, even with such infinitely surging power, the mere fact that I must bestow divine grace upon immeasurable civilizations across six Heavenly Domains and elevate the cultivation of living beings who have endured kalpas—that alone feels utterly suffocating.
Kwarururung!
The Flawless Mantra, called the power of the God of Gods.
The Phenomena Extinguishing Mantra, which gathered and compressed True Immortals.
The power of the two mantras dwells within me.
Through the power of these two mantras, I begin to draw out twilight true energy from my entire being.
The infinite twilight true energy pulled from me flows in unison toward the mortal beings living in the six Heavenly Domains.
Through the medium of my Immortal Dao—the glass sword mountains—my power spreads across all six Heavenly Domains, and as I forcefully feed twilight true energy to the living beings, even the Pure White Three Great Ultimates which had been endlessly exuding power suddenly feels exhausted.
My Immortal Body begins to shrivel and dry up like Seo Eun-hyun dried radish (무말랭), transforming into something resembling a piece of bark.
But at the same time, I begin to feel it.
'I can grasp it...in one hand...!'
The countless flows of power spread across all of Mount Sumeru.
The directions of attraction force, the magnitude and quality of authority—all seem to fit within a single palm.
Simultaneously, I feel my consciousness forcibly expanding.
For an instant, having exhausted all my energy and embodied emptiness, my spirit forcibly grows.
'This is...!'
Where once I had to use Immortal Art to observe, now I perceive Mount Sumeru as if it sits in the palm of my hand.
The nine Heavenly Domains.
And...
'Mm...!?'
The four dimensions that exist [outside] of Mount Sumeru.
The Underworld, the Interdimensional Void, the Source River, the Eastern Heaven Flower Field!
I begin to sense them.
I flinch in surprise as I perceive the locations of the four dimensions, but now is not the time to focus on that.
: : Now we have arrived. Have you scattered your Immortal Dao and your power upon all the lands you have tread? : :
I nod weakly.
: : That will become your Great Net. Now then, if you have cast the net, it is time to reel it in. : :
Ho Woon commands with their eyes gleaming.
: : This is the final step. Those of the Lower Realm whose cultivation have grown by consuming your twilight true energy...reel them into your body! : :
Kugugugugu!
At that moment, I feel an immense attraction force fall into my grasp.
It is an attraction force capable of acting on all of Mount Sumeru.
'Wh-What in the world is this...!?'
But there is no time to be amazed.
'They're coming!'
Among the mortal beings whose cultivation suddenly advanced due to the opportunity given by me—
Those greatly affected by my twilight true energy and have reached the Heavenly Being stage, Grand Perfection Heavenly Being stage, or even the Four-Axis stage, begin to ascend.
I extend the attraction force toward the cultivators ascending from the six Heavenly Domains, and fully open my Immortal Body, now completely exhausted and in a state of emptiness.
: : Come...! Children, to the embrace of this Immortal...! : :
Originally, those from the Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain shouldn't be able to come due to the blockade of Radiance Hall. But perhaps because Radiance Hall is now plunged into great chaos, even those from the Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain begin to rush into my embrace.
: : The essence of the Great Net Immortal advancement ritual is the opening of a Middle Realm. Become the Middle Realm yourself. Become the foundation upon which the living beings will live. Offer your body to them, let them feed upon you...and help them ascend the heavenly path. That shall be your new duty from now on. : :
The moment the living beings ascend into my Immortal Body and take their first steps—
: : Aaaaaaaagh! : :
I feel that my domain has been firmly engraved into the True Immortal Realm.
At the same time, I become aware that from now on, the entirety of Mount Sumeru—especially the six Heavenly Domains—has become more attuned to me, making it easier to exert attraction force toward them.
Seizing a part of the True Immortal Realm as my domain, I feel a powerful exaltation as my very existence etches itself into the Sumeru Three Heavens Great Thousand Worlds, and I cry out in joy.
: : ——! : :
At my roar, those who have just ascended prostrate toward the sky, trembling as they bow, and I grant them revelation so they may live within the Middle Realm that exists inside my body, the Crystal Glass Realm.
The 1004th cycle of regression.
And...the 1000th cycle of reincarnation.
After eighty million years of real time, one hundred million years of perceived time...
At long last, I have succeeded in rising to Great Net through the Dao of Earth.