A Regressor’s Tale of Cultivation Chapter 468

Smile. Only you will smile.

Tsk tsk tsk!

The world began to blur.

Kim Yeon bit her lip as she watched the white orchid in front of her eyes blur.

As the world around her became distorted, she realized that her own body was also becoming blurred.

The world becomes blurry because she herself is being ejected from this world.

But the reason she herself looked blurry was probably because there was water in her eyes.

“Hyanghwa. Do you know that?”

She spoke to Buk Hyang-hwa in front of the dead Baek-ran.

“I don’t want to lose. I don’t want anyone to leave my side. Even Gwanghan said that my feelings like this are love. But…”

She continued speaking, holding Baekran’s body that was becoming blurry.

“You told me to just bury you in this world and let me fly away.”

As the laws of the world returned, her powers gradually returned, and a pattern of a flying bird was engraved on Kim Yeon’s face.

“But… what should I do? I don’t think I can leave you here. I came all the way here determined to save you… what should I do with you…? I should…”

Sarak-

That was when.

Someone’s soft hand stroked Kim Yeon’s cheek,

It was the spirit of the north flower in the pure white light.

Her soul, who was reincarnated into this world through Baekran’s body, was at the peak of her youthful beauty only when she died.

[Do you know that?]

As if the memories of his past life had been completely restored, Bukhyanghwa’s soul looked at Kim Yeon warmly and spoke.

[It is said that a human being is made up of three things: the physical body, the spirit, and the destiny given by heaven.]

Her eyes met Kim Yeon’s.

[Before I became salt, I prayed to the heavens. Even if I die, I hope to leave something for you. Even if it’s just a little. I also fervently wished for the bird that made my gimunbeopjae. My heart, may it be passed on to someone who thinks of me… and.]

A bird on Kim Yeon’s cheek.

The bird touched Buk Hyang-hwa’s hand.

[My heart was not in vain.]

Kim Yeon-eun recalled Buk Hyang-hwa’s words.

The truth is that the law of Gimun is ‘one destiny’ that ‘appears in many people in the form of talent.’

In that case, the ‘fate’, which is the essence of the magical power she possessed and the magical power that the monster possessed, was the same.

Kim Yeon caressed her cheek.

Why did the monster’s magical powers get transferred to her?

Previously, she simply thought that the monster was her teacher.

But now I know.

The heart of Bukhyanghwa was so earnest and sincere that it reached the sky for a moment and was passed on to Kim Yeon.

[I know it might be hard to understand yet.]

Bukhyanghwa hugged her tightly.

[To you, and to those you love. And to everyone… I will leave you with the greatest gift I can.]

A pure white halo surrounded the two people.

Bukhyanghwa came to this world while studying the Norigae connected to the world of salt mountains.

A pure white salt-like light permeated the entire body of the northern flower.

The halo of light gathered and a white orchid bloomed in its place.

The pattern of the Gimunbeopjae that Bukhyanghwa had in her past life appeared on her face for a moment, then completely burned away in the pure white light of salt, and the ashes entered Kim Yeon’s pattern.

And then, the soul of the northern flower completely turned white and began to disperse into the air.

jing-

It seemed as if a huge sound was ringing, and at some point, Kim Yeon entered a certain space.

Kim Yeon’s mind, which had moved to a completely different dimension as the laws of the world of Salt Mountain became blurred, looked at the giant bird sitting in front of her.

Kim Yeon asked with a trembling voice.

Who the hell are you?

The bird answered.

He is the key.

It is a law for liberation.

A saint equal to you, created by the great God.

The bird continued to speak.

It has been passed down to you, but you slaves of death, must pay a price if you wish to accept it.

You, the successor of the Heavenly King Chageukwang among the slaves of death, choose whether to accept me.

The bird said so.

Kim Yeon stared at the bird for a moment and finally opened her mouth.

“I will accept it. Because you… no, you are… .”

She walked towards the bird and hugged it.

“Because it is the name that Hyanghwa left behind… It is also her own name…”

Before we knew it, the bird had transformed into something like a northern hibiscus.

The bird, which looked like a northern flower, smiled brightly and approached Kim Yeon.

At the same time, a message from a bird that looked like a northern flower rang in Kim Yeon’s mind.

The Jo clan may have been cursed with mental degeneration, and Buk Hyang-hwa may have been cursed with full-body paralysis. So, since you chose me, you will have no choice but to receive a great calamity in return…

“I will accept any misfortune. I will hold it in my arms.”

And then, in the darkness, someone laughed.

: : Do you not know the heart of your teacher, nor the heart of the child who handed you the key, and dare to accept the work that I have dedicated my life to, relying only on the light of Gwanghan? : :

“It’s not like I’m carrying the light of Gwanghan. And… I know what’s on their minds.”

Kim Yeon’s eyes glowed pink.

A pink thread glowed around her.

Parsasasasasas-

Around her, one by one, pink apple blossoms began to bloom.

“Of course, I don’t know completely yet. Just a speck of dust. But… since I received Hyanghwa’s heart, I will continue to live and keep thinking about it. Even though I don’t know who you are… .”

Waves of pink petals flooded around Kim Yeon.

“I’ll accept it. And I’ll figure it out later!”

: : is it. : :

Someone laughed in the darkness.

: : I have heard your determination. If you do, I am the maker of the key and the owner of the Gimun Law. As the maker of the [Similar Jongmyeongja Liberation Law], in return for giving you the key, I will ward off misfortune for you. : :

From inside the darkness, something huge flew towards Kim Yeon.

: : Until the day you reach the thirty-three heavens, you will never utter a word from your mouth, using the power of the liberation law. Your tongue will not be able to convey any meaning other than the taste. Your will will only be expressed through your actions. Your will will never be expressed through anything, including your mouth. : :

Phaaaat!

Something was pulled out of Kim Yeon’s mouth and bound in the darkness.

She knew instinctively.

That is her own words.

From now on, she will be able to speak, speak, consciously, and mentally.

I won’t be able to talk to anyone.

That was the price he paid for accepting the liberation law and accepting Kim Yeon’s heart.

It was a miserable fate, but Kim Yeon accepted it with her eyes closed.

Even if she could never speak to her lover again, even if she could never say the words ‘I love you’ again, the fate that she received from her dearest friend had also been bestowed upon her.

Because the traces of the supporting role and incense were passed on to him.

With determination, Kim Yeon completely left the dark space.

To keep moving forward, to keep recalling the hearts of Jo Yeon and Hyang Hwa… .

And, in the darkness.

Someone who had liberation laws and misfortunes for Kim Yeon smiled brightly.

: : I kept my promise. Heukyo, Gwanghan, Geumshinja… and my old master. : :

He closed his eyes and crouched down into an even deeper darkness where no light could reach.

: : I kept one… . : :

* * *

Oh Hyeon-seok looked at the child fading away before his eyes.

It has been several years since I stayed at the royal palace of Bongrae.

The child he had picked up had overcome his dark past, but now completely regarded Oh Hyeon-seok as his father.

“…haha….”

He laughed.

“Ha, haha… ahahahaha…”

He kept laughing.

Another memory was flowing into my head.

Memories of about 700 years.

It was a memory from another world.

And I could tell.

That the other world was real to him.

That’s why I could tell.

Over the past few years.

This child, whom he had tried so hard not to become attached to, had suddenly become his real child.

Oh Hyeon-seok was finally able to learn the true purpose of this world.

Those who enter this world are each given a sinister role.

Yeon-wi fell into the situation he feared the most, and Jeon Myeong-hun also faced the situation he had longed for so much.

Oh Hyun-seok also had an experience of being with his miscarried daughter when he came to this world last time, and it was the same this time.

‘The true purpose of this world is to show that person the possibility he tried the hardest to ignore.’

Kim Young-hoon is a passing scholar with no family or connections.

Oh Hyeon-seok is a father with a daughter who has passed away.

Jeon Myeong-hun lives in a world where his lover is alive.

Yeonwi is a world where he is truly connected to his lover.

Seo Eun-hyun… I don’t know what it is, but it’s a world where she remains a dirty charcoal maker from beginning to end.

This was the world that brought out the most secret desires that people had been hiding and created the possibility of achieving them.

Oh Hyun-seok realized that the essence of this world was a dream.

Because a person’s wishes can only be fulfilled in dreams.

And then I realized that this world was a dream.

‘I… have been missing my child so much.’

He was able to look into his own mind, a part of himself that he had been ignoring.

‘I… wanted to be a father.’

Salt is a hellish pain when you put it on a wound, but it also cleanses the wound.

This world is like salt sprinkled on a wound.

Oh Hyun-seok hugged his new daughter who was fading away in front of him.

“Dad… Where are you going? Dad… ?”

“Don’t worry, kid.”

He laughed through his tears.

It wasn’t until it was time to part ways that I realized it.

This child is an orphan, and I am the orphan’s guardian.

I’ve been thinking that way.

But, this child was already his own.

Oh Hyeon-seok was already a father.

and….

All fathers show their children a smiling face.

“I’ll be back soon.”

Cheeeeeee-

A purple light swirled around him.

The laws of the world were blurred and the power of his body was returning.

Seo Eun-hyeon also taught him the term “self-marriage” a while ago.

It was said that Jahonmancheon, which has the potential for the evolution of all living things, would fit well with Golgapbowongong, which Oh Hyeonseok had recently begun to learn.

And Oh Hyeon-seok today.

On this very day, he realized his own destiny and learned the true meaning of Jahonmancheon.

‘A word of tradition to be passed on to someone.’

Swish… .

Into the world of the salt mountain, the law of self-contained universe has entered.

The law became a flower bud and was placed in the hands of Oh Hyeon-seok’s daughter.

“So… just sleep for ten more nights.”

Sararak-

Oh Hyeon-seok’s Jahonmancheon became a flower and was given to his daughter.

Oh Hyeon-seok’s daughter smiled while looking into his eyes.

“You have to come, Dad.”

“Yeah. Do you trust Dad?”

My daughter’s appearance gradually became blurred and finally disappeared completely.

And then, Oh Hyeon-seok cried.

I wanted to be a good father.

But she miscarried the baby after being just a few minutes late to the hospital.

That’s why I always lived blaming myself.

but….

He came to this world and became a father.

Finally, I can let go of some of that self-reproach… .

Oh Hyeon-seok stopped crying and smiled bravely.

“Life is coming soon!”

The colleagues gather together again. The ‘guests’ from outside the world all head outside again.

“joy!”

Let’s laugh happily.

Always smile.

Also for the daughter I will meet again someday.

He made up his mind to do so.

‘Someday, we will definitely be reunited with all our families, and we will all laugh together.’

Reuniting with all the family and laughing together.

From that day on, that became Oh Hyeon-seok’s goal.

* * *

“How to defy fate…?”

The appearance of Mt. Taishan has disappeared.

At the same time, I realized that I was gathering with my colleagues and being discharged somewhere.

Phaaaat!

The salty norigae followed me and was caught in my hand.

Oh Hyun-seok shouted ‘joy’, a pure white bird was drawn on Kim Yeon’s cheek, and everyone else was making different expressions.

But my complexion darkened.

‘That Taesan Sangje said that a great evil had come upon me.’

If a madman who destroys an entire universe says that it is a great evil, then what on earth is a great evil?

‘Of course, that’s not his position.’

He is the lord of Taishan, one of the most prominent deities in the universe.

Among the remarks made by Youngseung when he was trapped in the infinite regress of Youngseung,

It was said that only [the oldest one] and [the Lord of Light] can suppress the Taesan Sangje with force, so he must be one of the five beings in the entire three thousand great thousand worlds.

If it was a heinous crime even by that standard, there was no other answer but to commit suicide, so there was no need to even think about it.

‘It’s probably a big deal by my standards.’

So then what on earth is the big deal?

I gritted my teeth.

‘No matter what, this world has always been unimaginably cruel to us.’

I can’t lose anymore.

Woohoo!

My strength is gradually returning.

I pulled up my will and started using the spell along with my manpower.

Kugugugugu!

The world was twisting, and it felt like we were being ejected almost entirely from the salt mountain.

And all you see is emptiness.

It is a realm of infinite poetry and a borderland.

Woohoo!

As soon as I entered the void, I raised my manpower and skills and clasped my hands together.

“hmm…!”

Paaaaah!

First, evacuate your colleagues to the nearest central boundary!

I sensed the nearest medium.

The two closest ones with magical energy!

Pfft!

Heading towards the realm of the demon world, blow away your comrades!

Before my colleagues could even say anything.

After I sent my comrades to the True Demon Realm, I followed them and used my manpower to bend space.

That was the time.

“…uh?”

Space does not bend.

No manpower is generated.

No, it feels like the entire surrounding area has dried up.

‘What is this….’

And then suddenly, I felt my head getting colder.

‘Wait a minute. Just now when I sensed the mid-level… .’

I felt [two] medium-sized realms with magic power.

One was the Jinma Realm.

Then one is….

With a cold feeling, I turned my gaze towards another middle realm, not the Jinma Realm.

There, there was a red world.

: : I waited. : :

“Huh….”

In that moment, I activated my magic.

And immediately after, my whole body, soul, and entire domain of union, as well as the jutsu I had cast, were crushed to death by an overwhelming force.

That was my twenty-second regression.

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.

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Time goes back.

And then I opened my eyes.

‘Did he die again?’

What I saw at the last moment was the blood yin of the true immortal, full of malice toward me.

‘Even if you learn the art of sorcery, you can’t compete with a true sorcerer who truly possesses his own art of sorcery…’

And then I felt something strange.

“…uh?”

It’s a void.

But that’s not the problem.

“Huh, huh?”

There were colleagues around me.

And, Oh Hyeon-seok shouted ‘joy’, and a white bird was drawn on Kim Yeon’s face.

My head hardened, and I immediately repeated what I had just done.

My colleagues were going to the True Demon Realm, and I also tried to enter the True Demon Realm quickly.

But all my manpower and magic were useless.

And then I found the red world staring back at me again.

: : I waited. : :

Kwajik!

Once again everything fell apart and I died.

That was my twenty-third return.

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Author’s Note: Today is Parents’ Day, so I will be serializing it seven days a week for this week only. Thank you.