A Regressor’s Tale of Cultivation Chapter 490

The Way of the Venerables (3)

Repair is a shackle.

Manpower is chains, destiny is bars.

But if you want to escape from this inescapable, upside-down world, you must first reach the top of the shackles.

The first step towards the top is to draw a circle.

Draw a perfect circle without any flaws.

It starts from there.

This is called innocence.

―In the middle of the infinite mantra

* * *

It’s been 20 years since I came to Mongunseong.

Kang Min-hee has finally become an adult.

“Woooosh!”

She expressed her joy by flying around the sky upside down and commanding ghosts.

Could it be because of the instinctive consciousness of promotion during the Holy Age?

From the moment she could talk to me through her whining, she wanted to travel the world.

‘Probably to recover the powder scattered throughout Mongunseong.’

But I didn’t allow it.

Among the scattered particles, there were already many monsters that had reached the level of a thousand people, and Kang Min-hee, the main character of the promotion ceremony, could have been killed by the particles.

If that happened, he would die right there during the Sungban-gi promotion ceremony.

The content of the Sungban-gi promotion ceremony was something that was cross-checked by sending an incarnation to Baekun Seongsa while staying here for 20 years, so it seems that Seo-hyul’s explanation is correct.

‘The particles all want to become monsters that wield power by becoming the main body… Rather than being absorbed into Kang Min-hee, they want to kill Kang Min-hee.’

I spent 20 years incarnating, and following the advice I received from Baekun Seongsa, I kept Kang Min-hee in this mountain valley until she became an adult.

Could it be because of the influence of the original ear canal root?

Or is it simply a characteristic that everyone who has reached the peak of their career through the Guido method has?

Since she was young, she has had the talent to subdue ghosts with just a look and a thought.

However, there were occasional incidents where her mind was almost consumed by ghosts.

The power to subdue ghosts was not yet complete.

I promised her that once her powers were fully developed as an adult, I would allow her to travel around the Dream Continent, so she was happy about it now.

‘Once your body matures and you become accustomed to your power, you don’t have to worry about being consumed by your own abilities.’

“Okay. I’ll allow it. From now on, you can travel around the Dream Continent and see the world. In return.”

I signaled to Seran, and she walked towards us.

“From now on, learn the Sudo method from Master Seoran, who has mastered the Guido method here. From now on, Master Seoran will be your teacher, follow you around, teach you the Guido method, and protect you in times of danger.”

“Wow… .”

Kang Min-hee seemed to think for a moment, then nodded.

Rather, he seemed to like Seoran, so he flew over to Seoran, grabbed her horn, and shook it, enjoying it.

It seemed like they had a strong sense of closeness because they were from the same Black Ghost Valley.

“Everything is fine, but… why are you flying upside down?”

“… He used to do handstands. When I told him to do something about getting his hands dirty, he ended up flying upside down.”

“Hmm….”

Seoran looked up at Kang Minhee with a slightly embarrassed expression, and I packed Kang Minhee’s luggage and left it with one of the ghosts she had in charge of.

“Okay, then go, Minhee. I’ll be waiting.”

“Whoosh!”

Kang Min-hee greeted me with an excited expression while lying face down.

I went straight down the mountain valley.

Seoran also hurriedly followed her, sat on the veranda, and watched her walk away.

‘You used to always look tired or a little sad. But you’ve always been bright these past few years… It’s nice to see you.’

“…Hong Beom. Are you there?”

Slurp-

Hong Beom crawled out from behind the main beam like a snake, transformed into a human, and stood behind me.

Hong Beom, who has now reached the age of 100, looks so young that he appears to be in his mid to late 50s.

He no longer looked old, but rather a slightly older middle-aged man.

“Yes, please ask.”

“What is the interpretation of the Pure Mantra?”

Over the past 20 years.

Hong Beom was asked to interpret the Mugyeoljineon.

It was because he thought that the Mugyeoljineon would be the starting point for breaking Kang Min-hee’s curse.

‘Maybe Kang Min-hee is losing her mind… because she obtained a magic spell like the Mu-gyeol-jin-eon from the afterlife.’

It seemed necessary to study the Mugyeol Mantra to break Kang Min-hee’s curse, so I started interpreting the Mugyeol Mantra with Hong Beom for him.

But while interpreting the Pure Mantra.

Hong Beom showed an abnormal reaction.

-Something… I remember. I think I remember.

-Memory? What memory do you mean?

―Somehow… it feels like something from a past life. I don’t know exactly what kind of memory it is.

– Did your past life have something to do with the Mugyeol Mantra?

– I’m not sure, but… I think I knew a lot about the Pure Mantra.

Hong Beom would grab his head, saying that whenever he looked at the Mugyeol Mantra, something from his past life came to mind, and in order to help Hong Beom become aware of his past life, I left the interpretation of the Mugyeol Mantra to him.

Anyway, it was because I was at a level where I couldn’t fully understand a divination technique like the Mugyeoljin-eon.

‘It would be better to leave it to Hong Beom, who he said he knew in his past life.’

“Hmm… I think I remember something. Honestly, at this rate, it’ll take some time. At this rate, it could take thousands of years.”

“Take your time. Your memories might be more important, so pay attention to finding them as well.”

“Hehe, actually, the only thing I remember is the exact part about the Pure Mantra, and I don’t remember anything else.”

“Hmm, I see… Okay, I understand. Then do as much as you can.”

After encouraging Hong Beom, I told him my schedule.

“And now I must begin my training. As you orbit this star system, watch for any suspicious objects approaching.”

During that time, I was protecting the entire star system with my main body.

Because we need to prepare in case the Gae-yeol-gi Jin-in appear.

Of course, there were also many other large rock fragments in the constellation, so I used my main body to remove the rock fragments that approached the constellation, preventing the Mongunseong from being destroyed overnight.

Now, Hong Beom would take on that role.

“I will obey your command.”

Hong Beom immediately ascended into the sky and headed to the edge of the star system.

I looked at Hong Beom for a moment and then sat cross-legged.

“Hoooo… .”

I took a deep breath and drank in the spirit of heaven and earth.

The energy of my incarnation body rapidly increased and reached the 6th level of acting.

‘In the past, I had a really hard time trying to get to the 7th star of the acting department here…’

Woof-

Now there was no need to adjust the time to hold the Chilseongje.

All you had to do was go back through the veins connected to the main body, find the stars corresponding to the Seven Stars ritual, and draw directly from their power.

My body is the altar, and my veins are the offering.

Therefore, it was no longer necessary to go through the troublesome procedures of building an altar and performing rituals.

Flash!

After I passed the 7th level of the acting machine, I continued to supply the Heaven and Earth Spirit energy to the incarnation body.

In an instant, the incarnation ascended to the axis, reaching axis 1, 2, 3, and 4.

And at this point, it was not easy to advance to a higher level simply by drawing in the energy of the heavens and earth from the surroundings.

‘Now it’s time to receive it from the main body.’

Kookookookookook!

A flash of light appeared in the sky, and a beam of light that seemed to cover the entire area poured down upon the entire valley.

“Hoooo… .”

Early, middle, late, and great resolution.

Early, middle, late Wonyoung, Daewonman.

Cheonin Elementary, Middle, and High School. Daewonman!

Quachjijijik… .

My incarnation body, which had absorbed all of the heavenly and earthly energy transmitted by the main body, was able to instantly leap into the heavenly energy.

The normal celestial sphere is at a standstill at this point.

This was because it was difficult to obtain more heavenly and earthly energy and raise one’s level in the Holy World.

In order for a normal Cheon In Ki investigator to advance to the next level in the Seonggye, he or she usually had to gather Cheon Ji Yeon Gi until his or her lifespan ended and challenge for the Sa Chuk Gi promotion.

‘Of course I don’t have to do that.’

Kwarrrrrrung!

Once again, a huge amount of Heaven and Earth Spirit energy poured down from the main body.

I absorbed the energy of heaven and earth with the power of Gwanghan Cheonwon and climbed up to the Sachukgi.

Kookookookook!

A thousand eons were about to rumble in the sky, but as soon as the main body sent its will, the clouds themselves scattered.

Now, if it wasn’t a combined-level thousand-kalpa, there was no need to face a thousand-kalpa in particular.

‘Now it’s time to go to the cattle ranch… no, it’s time to go to the earth’s axis.’

I ascended to the stratosphere of the Dreamy Cloud Star and looked down on the Dreamy Cloud Continent, and began practicing the Ji-Axial Movement.

Wow!

This is why it is good to form an axis as a five-axis or to stack all the axes like me.

Inside my body.

Among the many energies that created the Colorless Sword Mountain Sea Fortress, the Five Fortunes and Six Extremes.

And the energy of the Five Elements resonated with my will and flowed into the circular spirit that was created inside the incarnate body.

At the same time, I felt the five blessings, six extremes, and five elements of my body and incarnation resonate, and the connection between my body and incarnation became closer.

‘It’s not quite ready to be called a real festival yet.’

It was so weak that it was still not a true pivot, but rather a seed of an axis.

If we could breathe life and consciousness into these axes over the next few years, we could make them into real axes.

This was the difference in how the axles were stacked in the shaft.

Depending on the axes accumulated in the Sachukgi, the axes that can be accumulated when increasing the level of the incarnation body in the Shwesunggi will differ.

Those who built an axis with external energies also created an incarnation with external energies during the period of destruction.

Those who have built an axis through the twelve branches like me will also build an axis through the twelve branches during the period of aging.

‘I didn’t know that buttoning the first button would be this important.’

Now, if I could nurture the seeds of the four-axis axis for about a hundred years, I would be able to ascend to the stage of union with the complete axis axis.

‘Okay… Now… Let’s wait slowly.’

From the sky above Mongunseong, I watched Kang Min-hee and Seoran traveling across the Mongun Continent, and slowly grew the seeds of the axis.

About 100 years passed like that.

I got a call from my colleagues at Gwanghan-gye.

It was said that Heonwon was murdered by Yeonwi.

* * *

“…What on earth is going on?”

I’m next to the Sammokchong.

She created a mental clone and visited the human section there and the prison facility inside it, where she was imprisoned.

She met my eyes with gloomy eyes, not from within Yeonjin’s body, but from inside a puppet of her own that seemed to have been created by Kim Yeon.

Heonwon died.

That meant that the leader of the human race had died, and at the same time, it meant that the person he had been relying on so heavily, despite being a relative, had died.

And, it was Yeonwi’s own hand that did it.

She rolled her eyes and looked at the guards behind me.

“… I want to talk to just the two of us…”

The guards glared, but I waved them off, separated the surrounding space from the light limit, and asked.

“What on earth is going on? No… More importantly, what did you do that made you lose all your training and become a Heonwon…”

“With Heonwon’s bloodline, I triggered a curse that goes back to my ancestors. The curse that was already inside his body met and amplified it, driving Heonwon’s condition to the worst. And then I took advantage of that opportunity to bring him to a trap and activate the trap to kill him. When I told him that a woman who didn’t know the difference between heaven and earth was still alive, he followed me.”

“…Why did you kill him?”

“We haven’t finished explaining ‘how’ he was killed.”

I looked at Yeonwi’s confused and panicked state and asked with a bitter expression.

“…Okay. Keep going.”

“How could someone like me, who had lost all of his training, kill Heonwon? That’s why I told him the truth. The truth that he could never deny.”

“truth?”

“…Bloodline. No matter how crazy that bastard may have been for tens of thousands of years and not seen the truth, he can’t hide his bloodline.”

A cruel smile appeared on Yeonwi’s lips.

“In fact, Yeonjin is the descendant of Heonwon and my child.”

“…!”

“There is a sorcery called Jang-im-do-cheon (長妊滔天)’s sorcery. It is a secret technique of the Jang-mok tribe, and it is a secret technique that she obtained while plundering Jang-mok tribe’s firewood before becoming engaged to Heon-won. It is a secret technique that extends the development process of the fetus and the pregnancy period from 10 months to 100 years, but instead, it makes the child born have a constitution called Jang-cheon-ji-che (長天之體). It is an incredible constitution that absorbs the energy of heaven and earth a hundred times faster than that of other tribes. The Jang-mok tribe’s only reputation as descendants of Baek-un Seong-sa is why they are so successful in the Gwang-han-gye because they have this secret technique.”

The smile on her lips grew deeper.

But I saw that she was not laughing, but only screaming.

“I wanted my child to command the Gwanghan-gye. However, Heon-won went mad, and in order to deal with him, he used all of his spirit energy to activate the Jang Im-do-cheon technique that he had injected into the embryo, and in the end, the child born after lowering Heon-won’s realm was an ordinary child. He gave that child the surname Yeon and secretly made her his descendant until now… This is the current Yeon-jin.”

“… .”

“Back then, in the thousand years before and after that, I was the only one that Heonwon had a relationship with. Maybe that’s why, in his memories, he had a distorted view that he only had a relationship with Cheonra. He forgot about the relationship he had with me. So… I showed him Yeonjin’s bloodline and irrefutably confirmed that we had a real relationship back then.”

The panic in her eyes grew deeper.

“Isn’t it surprising? That Heonwon, the Heonwon who just wouldn’t get better no matter what treatment he received… only then did he come to his senses. Only then did he realize that something was wrong.”

Knock, knock knock… .

Something fell from her eyes.

Although she was a puppet, her consciousness, filled with the idea of sorrow, resonated with the surrounding heavenly and earthly energy, causing blue energy to flow from her eyes.

“And then… he asked me to kill him. He said his whole life… was a puppet show. He begged to be free… and he flew to me and committed suicide by burying himself in the Dharma treasure I was holding.”

“… .”

“I originally intended to kill myself after giving Heonwon one last blow, but somehow he ended up committing suicide. I reported to Taesuhoe that I killed him. Heonwon was tormented by me until the very end before he was killed. Princess Bongrae committed suicide in a miserable manner… I didn’t want to say that.”

“… .”

She looked up at me with gloomy eyes.

“… But, we can tell the spirit, right? The spirit who tramples on all our hopes and plays a trick on us.”

She glared at me, her voice growling like her intestines were boiling.

“It seems that the divine spirits are unaware of the miracles that the Golden Spirit has performed, but in fact, there is a divination spell on the Ssaecheonbong Peak that can confirm the locations of the Golden Spirit Cheonryomun disciples and their ‘state of destiny.’ It was kept a secret from the divine spirits and hidden until the very end… I guess he didn’t know about it.”

I was dumbfounded by her words.

“Where is Myung-hoon now? And why are you throwing Myung-hoon somewhere and making him ‘fatefully tortured until his personality collapses’ and then training him like a closed-off temple in the Holy World? It’s like… that’s… .”

Thud thud… .

Yeonwi’s fingers scratched the prison floor.

“It looks like you’re taking the elixir and… digesting it… right…?”

Yeonwi looked up at me, gritting his teeth.

“Just how far will you have to fool us to be satisfied… Just how long will it last…! Please tell me. Where has Jeon Myeong-hun, the reincarnation of the ancestor, the hope of the Daegeumsincheonroemun, gone!!!”

* * *

Cheonwangcheon Station

Inside the Palace of Light.

At its center, under the [Left of Light], eight giant gods of light appeared.

: : Did you feel it? : :

: : It is true. : :

They all looked somewhere at the same time with serious expressions.

: : The Emperor of Mount Tai (太山上帝), Racheon (羅天)… . : :

: : At the time of the Heavenly King. At the hour of the self… it was destroyed. : :

At the sudden disappearance of Taesan Sangje, they all looked bewildered and started communicating with someone.

: : What should I do? : :

: : We must immediately release the seal on the Jichukcheon Station and observe the inside to confirm its authenticity. : :

: : Is there any possibility that he staged a play? : :

: : That’s nonsense. Look at the immortal records. : :

: : In the shipment made by the owner of the name… the light of Taesan Sangje Racheon disappeared. : :

: : Racheon is dead. As of now, it is clear that the existence called Racheon is dead. : :

: : In any case, we must observe the truth. Do you know how many prophecies are being consumed in sealing the Earth’s Axis Heaven and creating a new Heaven for sealing? : :

: : The longer we delay, the more wasted prophecies will be. First, we need to find out the truth. : :

: : That’s right. Even if he somehow succeeded in taking off the name that was bestowed upon him by Hyungo, he would need time to adjust to losing the power of his name. : :

: : Right now, even if we open the gates of the Jichukcheon Station, we can sufficiently prevent him from escaping. However, we must prepare thoroughly by bringing all the power of the Gwangmyeongjeon. Then, no matter what he does, we can reseal it. : :

Great beings of light.

The Eight Immortals of Gwangmyeong.

They discussed their opinions with each other and finally came to a conclusion.

: : All the Jinseons belonging to the Gwangmyeongjeon, gather together. The seal on the Jichukcheon Station will be temporarily lifted. : :

In an instant, they disappeared within the Palace of Light, and reached the entrance to some dimension beyond the void.

At the entrance, there was a huge letter written in light that said “axis”, and with that letter of light at the center, a chain that seemed to cover the universe covered the entire dimension.

Hundreds of divine spirits began to appear behind the Gwangmyeong Palseon.

As the Gwangmyeong Palseon all stretched out their hands forward, the letters hanging at the entrance of Jichukcheon Station scattered, and the entrance to Jichukcheon Station opened very small.

Although it was a small gap, the light from the Gwangmyeong Palseon entered through the gap and illuminated the entire Jichukcheon Station.

And then, the eight bright sages who had illuminated the entire heavenly realm shouted urgently all at once.

: : Reseal it! : :

: : Taesan Sangje… . : :

The next moment.

The body of the manifestation that the Gwangmyeong Palseon Je Ojwa, the Geomgeukcheongun, had made in the heavenly realm exploded as it was.

At the same time, a giant arm appeared from inside the entrance of Jichukcheon Station.

The arm of the Eight Immortals of Light, which was larger than any star, was so huge that it looked like an insect.

The arm was a mountain.

The huge mountain range was shaped like an arm.

And that mountain range….

One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred million, trillion, gyeong, year, ja, yang, gu, gan, jeong, jae, geuk.

It was a mountain range made up of corpses, shedding blood and tears, reaching all the way to Hanghasa.

God of the mountains.

The great spirit known as the Emperor of Mount Tai began to use his power against the forces of light.

[AA AA AA!]

[Kkaaaaaaah!]

[Gee …

The corpses embedded in the entire body of Taesan Sangje began to scream all at once.

At that scream, Jichukcheon Station and Cheonwangcheon Station.

The two heavenly realms were shaken simultaneously.

The Eight Immortals of Light all looked down at Mount Taesan and growled.

: : I see. He fooled us. No, he fooled everyone. : :

: : It’s been prepared for 40,000 years. : :

: : While everyone was focused on his ascension to the throne, he mocked his fate with a substitute. : :

Ddddddddd!

The great god, freed from the seal, looked up at the Eight Immortals of Light, drawing on his strength.

: : Open the way to the truth. : :

Starting with the Sword Heavenly Army that had just regenerated the body of the spirit, the Gwangmyeong Palseon did not respond to his words.

Everyone just clasped their hands together and bowed their heads slightly toward those above them.

: : Glory be to the Lord of Light. : :

And then, above them, a dazzling [left of light] was revealed.

At Ilwolcheon Station, Heonwon realized the truth behind Yeonwi’s sincerity and rushed to her, choosing death.

The Gwangmyeong Palseon of Cheonwangcheon Station opened the door of Jichukcheon Station, thinking that Taesan Sangje Racheon had died.

Taesan Sangje of Jichukcheon Station deceives everyone and comes out of the confined place.

And so the whole world began to shake.

Return to the Immortal’s Tale Episode 492