Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 62



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Episode 62 – The Demon Emperor

The true meaning and pleasure contained in the four-day swordsmanship of Jeomchang.

However, the pleasure contained in the Yunryong Sword now was not that of Jeomchang.

The Taeeulseonmu Sword (太乙仙武劍) was created by my father, improved by Geomsen Yeo Dong-bin, and taught by many senior immortals.

A flash of extreme pleasure, as fast as light, containing all the true meaning of pleasure, was shot at Akjihak.

Akjihak didn’t take his eyes off Namgung Yerin. Akjihak seemed unable to react to my glance.

At that moment.

“This wasn’t in my plan.”

Akjihak muttered.

The sword of Akjihak, which was rushing towards Namgung Yerin, suddenly changed direction and headed towards me. With a loud crack, my sword and Akjihak’s sword met.

Akjihak, who had received the strike, changed his posture and straightened his sword. Akjihak prepared a counterattack without showing any sign of panic.

Kagak, kagak!

The condition of the Yunlong Sword, which had teeth missing here and there, worsened by the minute. Every time it came into contact with Akjihak’s sword, the trajectory of the Yunlong Sword became slightly distorted.

‘We need to create distance.’

A single sword that is wielded.

The true meaning and weight contained in Jongnam’s 36 sword techniques.

However, in my Cloud Dragon Sword, a weight of the sky that is quite different from that is unfolding.

Taeeulseon martial arts sword.

My second invitation.

A sword of the heavenly weight.

With a loud explosion, Akjihak retreated a great distance. I didn’t chase Akjihak right away. I looked at Namgung Yerin, who was sitting on the ground.

······Namgung Yerin’s condition was beyond words.

Her entire body was covered in blood, and her beautiful silver hair that had been bathed in moonlight was now covered in bright red blood.

Blood continued to pour out from the torn and cut wounds here and there.

From a distance, it looked like a minor wound, but up close, it was not a minor wound at all.

Because of that, his complexion was completely pale.

Because her skin was already pale, I couldn’t see a drop of blood in it, but suddenly Namgung Yerin opened her mouth and looked like she was about to say something.

But no sound came out of her mouth.

Namgung Yerin was suffering as if her breathing holes were blocked. I put my finger on the ahyeol (a point) below the nape of her neck and lightly pushed in my internal energy.

“······Kellogg! Kellogg, Kellogg···!”

As the blocked acupoint was opened, Namgung Yerin exhaled continuously. As expected, it seemed that the acupoint had been blocked.

“I was curious about how you would react, so I treated you harshly······.”

And then came the voice of Akjihak.

“I had no idea that you would come out so hastily just because that little girl was going to die.”

Akjihak was shaking his head with a look of disappointment on his face.

“I wanted to meet you in the finals and have a grand finale, but then······ there was no need to come up here and keep the bugs alive.”

There was a hint of irritation in Akjihak’s voice that followed.

“What the hell are you doing now!”

“You’re interfering with our sacred one-on-one duel!”

The Yongbong branch officials who had just realized the situation shouted.

“No matter how intense the process of non-combat is! It is still non-combat!”

“This will never go unnoticed!”

The officials of the Yongbongjihoe and hundreds of martial artists belonging to the Murim Alliance were emitting an ominous aura.

It wasn’t just directed at me, but most of it was directed at me.

Some of them dragged me down and climbed onto the training ground.

At that moment.

“Shut up, you bugs.”

Kwaaaaaaaaaa-!!

The crowd seemed overwhelmed by Akjihak’s rebuke and fell silent.

* * *

The warriors who were climbing up the training ground suddenly froze.

My whole body felt like it was frozen solid and I was stuck in that spot, unable to move.

“Keep, keep…!”

“What, what the heck is this···!”

There were even some who suffered as if they were crushed by a large rock.

“Gi, Gimunjinshik···?”

Someone shouted.

A method of arranging objects and applying the law according to the principles of other divination books such as the Book of Changes or the Bagua, the Qimen Chen method.

Although the Gimunjinshik technique was almost like magic, it had a fatal flaw.

In order to use this method, ‘advance preparation’ by arranging the objects is absolutely necessary.

That was when.

Gulp, gurgle!

A truly strange sound was heard in the stadium where only a crushing silence had settled.

Tens of thousands of people flocked to watch the main event of the Yongbong branch meeting.

The flesh of certain people who had been hiding among them began to swell greatly.

······It was something I experienced once before.

That’s why I could immediately tell what it was.

‘Gimunhyeolshik···.’

Strange blood type.

If ‘Kimun Jinshik’ is a method that uses the ‘true’ of things to perform a dharma, ‘Kimun Bloodshik’ is a method that uses ‘the blood of a person’ rather than the true nature of things.

In the past, it was a terrible and horrible magic used by the mad demon.

And today, there is only one place that uses the Qimen blood system.

The devil’s cult.

I could easily tell that Akjihak was a member of the Demonic Cult.

The blood ritual that Gwangmaumgui had cast in the past was a blood ritual called Jibaksaehyeoljin (Earth Binding Blood Formation).

The blood formation that was activated using human blood bound not only the internal energy of those who entered the blood formation but also their entire body, just like the word ‘earth binding’ suggests.

Because it was so powerful, it was not easy to activate, but once it was activated, no matter how great the master was, he could not escape it.

The moment of being bound is every moment.

The blood needed for this was from thirty members of the Goeseongmun clan, including Naenggwangmyeong.

But now.

Gulp, gurgle!

······I couldn’t count them.

Thousands of fleshy lumps were swelling together, turning the unarmed Yongbongjihoe into a battlefield.

Yet they showed no sign of fear.

The members of the Cold Light and the Goeseong Gate begged for their lives in the face of impending death.

I never thought that I would become a sacrifice to the bloodline, nor did I want to.

But they were different.

Even though their whole bodies were swelling up like rubber balls and death was slowly approaching, they showed no sign of fear or terror.

“I will offer my life to the Emperor of Demonic Cultivation!”

“Please, create a new era of magical world!!”

Rather, fragments of emotions such as ‘joy’ and ‘ecstasy’ were floating on their faces, so I could realize that they were all members of the Demonic Cult and demons.

And the faith they show to Akjihak even at the cost of their own lives.

“The world of magic! Thousand years! Thousand years! Thousand years!”

“Thousand years! Thousand years! Thousand years!”

Fanaticism.

Their belief in Akjihak was a blind fanaticism to the point of even throwing away their own lives.

Pfft!

Someone’s face exploded and flesh flew out. Following that, bang! bang! Thousands of people exploded one after another.

Countless amounts of blood and flesh filled the Yongbongjihoe convention hall.

It was a horrifying sight that was too horrible to bear, but no one screamed. No one struggled to live, and so no one ran away.

It would be correct to say that it cannot be done.

Saaaa …

A blood red mist rose in all directions and spread across the entire grand hall of the Yongbongjihoe.

The scenery of the stadium seems frozen in time and space.

The martial artists belonging to the Murim Alliance, the later-generation leaders of the Gupailbang, the later-generation leaders of other Sega families, and even the tens of thousands of people watching the Yongbongjihoe were all unable to move an inch.

Only one.

“Why are you doing this?”

Only I could be free here.

The highest training method and ultimate method of the Immortal Way, Yeongbo Pilbeop.

The blood and energy that was trying to consume my body was like a ‘demon’s energy’. However, I was unable to do anything about the spiritual energy of the Yeongbo Pilbeop and just collapsed.

There was a considerable strangeness in Akjihak’s eyes.

“Even if it is the tenth day of the world, it is impossible to be that free in the Blood Demon Heavenly Blade.”

Blood Demon Heavenly Rajin.

Since it was a magic technique of the Saihan Magic Cult, I didn’t know the details.

But the heavenly net, Cheonra, is covered with blood and demons.

It was clear that it was a ‘blood formation’ that was similar to the Cheonrajimang (天羅地網), which is called the best formation in the world, but had a different track.

“So, there was a reason why the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect was on guard.”

The leader of the Cheonma cult.

It’s only recently that I’ve realized that the only people who refer to Cheonma as a ‘religious leader’ are the Demonic Cult.

And the only place that commits such terrible acts is the Demonic Cult.

“What do you hope to gain by committing such a devilish act?”

“It’s a devilish act···.”

Akjihak suddenly started to sneer.

“I don’t know who you’re talking about.”

Akjihak says.

“All humans are demons. They just don’t realize it or try to ignore it.”

Akjihak’s gaze scanned the crowd, and was directed at the warriors who were bound by the Blood Demon Heavenly Rajin and could not move.

“Those political bastards who talk about justice and righteousness. But······.”

Akjihak’s gaze turned to me again.

“Who else was there besides you? Someone who threw themselves to save the girl who was squirming under you? Someone who threw away the qualifications of that pitiful Yongbongjihoe?”

“······.”

“Who among those stiff-necked people who are said to be the future of the martial arts world and the successors to the lineage of the Jeongpa were in the Gupailbang?”

“······.”

“The fact that the political factionists talk about is the justice and righteousness that they turn a blind eye to the woman who is obviously dying at their hands. What kind of world is this that was created to uphold this?”

I couldn’t answer.

Why is that?

As Akjihak continued to speak, the words my father had said long ago came to mind.

“Anyone who steals a penny is a thief and will be put to death, but anyone who embezzles the budget of a province will be honored.”

My father said he once saw a child beaten to death by the magistrate.

The reason was that he blocked the magistrate’s path.

“Anyone who rapes a woman is guilty of a heinous crime and cannot avoid death, but the rape of the high and mighty is praised as sowing seeds.”

My father said he once saw a girl who was born in a brothel.

The girl was treated by the man day and night while her body was still young.

“If you steal food and goods, people say it is unbenevolent. But if you steal a country, people say it is righteousness.”

My father said that he once saw a scene where a severe famine had struck a certain town.

The people of the town, who had nothing to eat, made clay and roasted the fruits to eat. The soil provided nutrients to plants, but it did not provide such nutrients to people.

“The good go to prison, the evil go to the world. This is the way of justice and righteousness, and this is the world today.”

So the father said,

“Do they still look like ‘humans’ to you?”

There are so many miscellaneous screams buried in silence in this world.

No matter how much they cry, no matter how much they shout, the world will not listen to them. It will not listen to them.

That’s why my father told me that he took up the sword.

“Heaven is saddened by this reality and wants to set right the distorted laws. So today!”

And the evil science says:

“Here, I will slaughter all the future leaders of the sect and the later incumbents. In this way, I will purify this filthy world and reestablish the distorted laws of heaven.”

The emperor sent by heaven for the new era of the world of magic.

“I am your savior and the leader of the Demonic Cult, the Demon-Clothes Emperor.”

The leader of the Demonic Cult, the Demon’s Clothing Emperor, Akjihak.

Akjihak suddenly reached out to me. And from the sight of Akjihak······.

“Join us.”

I kept seeing my father’s image over and over again.

Akjihak’s words were not wrong at all.

This world was not so beautiful. Rather than being beautiful, it was rather rotten.

Even if you are a bad person, your body is always comfortable.

The wealth of the wicked always increases.

Are the concepts of justice and righteousness truly right?

What is the point of having a clear mind and acting cleanly?

There are still many people like the lord of Jiangsu Province, Cheon San-ja, in this world.

Because of this, there were too many unjust deaths, screams buried in silence, and tears that could not be shed in the world.

My father scratched and wounded the world like this.

So, he wanted to say that there are people here who died unjustly.

Akjihak was trying to turn the world upside down and change it.

So, we wanted to make sure that no more people would die unjustly.

If you win, you are a king, if you lose, you are a traitor.

Just as the distance between a king and a traitor is not far, the distance between righteousness and evil is not far either.

It’s just a difference in perspective, where, from what place, and how you look at it.

So maybe.

The knight and the devil.

The distance between these two will also not be far.

From the beginning, these two may have been indistinguishable.

So maybe also.

The father’s chivalry and the devil’s evil spirit.

These two also won’t be very different, and they can’t be different.

The methods of the evil spirits and the demonic cult may not be wrong.

Just as rotten flesh must be cut away for new flesh to grow, perhaps the world that has already rotted away must be cut away.

The world, which has become rotten to the core, can only be changed through blood and slaughter.

As Akjihak said, that may be the only salvation for this world.

A better world. A better world.

It may be the path to a more perfect ‘paradise’.

Just as you can’t help but get muddied when fighting in the mud, maybe the devil is just the devil and not evil.

But still I.

“I refuse.”

That would say ‘wrong’.

I would say that’s ‘wrong’.

Just as there is no paradise where you run away.

“There is no way that a destination reached through blood and slaughter can be paradise.”

So, from this moment on, I will take a different path from my father.

The path of chivalry that I want to walk will be different from the path of chivalry that my father walked.

* * *

Cheongun’s words that he will not be with Akjihak.

“I think you’re mistaken about something.”

A sculpture was built at the entrance of the Akjihak Island.

“This is not a proposal.”

At that moment.

Kkkk …

A screaming sound, as if gathering thousands of demonic spirits, was heard. Demonic screams echoed in all directions.

A sound that is not of this world rings loudly in my eardrums.

For a moment, your mind becomes blank, and a hellish landscape, a devilish realm, unfolds before you.

With this, the earthly existence disappears, and the colors of the sky disappear.

The bloody fog that had engulfed the Yongbongjihoe conference hall filled the surroundings with darkness and silence.

The faint apparitions of death that pass by.

An irresistible will.

“This is the will of heaven.”

Akjihak says.

“Join us. If you want to save the lives of the tens of thousands of people gathered here, including your woman over there.”

The magical landscape surrounding Akjihak, and the magical energy of the Blood Demon Heavenly Rajin.

It was filling every space of the Yongbongjihoe convention hall with seething violence, and it seemed as if it would spread in all directions and tear people apart if there was any trigger.

At that moment.

Kwaaaa …

The magical energy of the Blood Demon Heavenly Rajin surrounding Akjihak began to be sucked into Cheongwoon’s body.

Cheongwoon is taking on the evil energy that threatens people’s lives through his body.

“How arrogant!”

It was beyond arrogance, it was stupid.

Blood Demon Heavenly Lajin is a blood formation that uses the heavenly net, Cheonla, covered in blood and demons.

In other words, it was the best bloodline of the Demonic Cult that could turn an entire region into a demonic domain by borrowing the power of heaven. Absorbing the energy of the Blood Demon Heavenly Rajin and destroying it was no different from confronting heaven head-on.

Even Akjihak acknowledged it.

This is because Cheongun is different from other later indices.

The sky beyond heaven.

It is acknowledged a hundred, a thousand times that Cheongun is an existence outside of heaven. However, the same goes for Akjihak, the leader of the Demonic Cult.

Akjihak is also a being from outside of heaven.

But it still didn’t work.

Even if it is the heaven outside of heaven, it is only outside of heaven. You can go up to the sky, but you cannot do anything about the sky itself.

However, Cheongun was the demonic energy of Blood Demon Heavenly Rajin, and was absorbing and accepting the energy of heaven······.

“How arrogant and stupid!”

How arrogant and stupid is this behavior?

It wasn’t like I was sacrificing my life on behalf of tens of thousands of people.

Dog death.

Cheongun simply died a dog’s death.

KWAAA …

An indescribable amount of magical energy is sucked into Cheongwoon’s body.

Now, Cheongwoon will not be able to withstand the energy of the Blood Demon Heavenly Rajin and his whole body will burst and he will die.

Clearly··· Clearly······.

The method of completing the spiritual treasure.

Jiseon-gong (Earthly Immortal) – The method of revering longevity and immortality.

The Later Flying Golden Crystal.

······It should have been so.

Kwaaaa …

Suddenly, a huge fire dragon roared violently from Cheongun’s body.

The fire dragon opened its ferocious mouth and rose high into the sky, starting to burn and devour all of the energy of the Blood Demon Heavenly Rajin.

“······!”

Akjihak’s two eyes automatically opened wide.

Through the wide-open eyes, all the magical energy that had been sucked into Cheongwoon’s body was burned away and disappeared.

It was definitely burning.

My emotions were burning, my thoughts were burning.

The vessel containing the spirit, the idea, was completely engulfed in flames.

Burning emotions and thoughts hate the laws of heaven.

He sinks his sharp teeth into the laws of this rotten world.

It’s burning. The whole world.

The laws of heaven. The rules.

…but it’s warm. For some reason it’s cozy.

Like a warm bonfire that melts our cold bodies all winter long.

The power of magic, but not magic.

The magic disappears and the scenery changes in an instant.

Only after looking at that overwhelming and shocking sight could Akjihak finally come to a realization.

Cheongun······was not a being from outside of heaven like Akjihak.

Cheon-oe-cheon (天外天) is the sky above the sky, but in the end it is ‘heaven’. You can only go up to the sky, but you cannot do anything about the sky itself.

But Cheongun······was not like that.

“If it is truly the will of Heaven to dye this world with blood and slaughter in order to set right the laws of Heaven······.”

The appearance of Cheongun burning away all of the energy of Blood Demon Heavenly Rajin.

Cheongun was directly opposing and opposing the will of heaven.

Even if it is an evil science, it can only dye the heavens with evil. It cannot dare to confront the heavens head-on.

Even if you search the entire universe, there is no being that can do such a thing.

Only one.

There is only one being that even the heavens fear and dare not do anything.

“That heavenly will.”

A body with limbs from heaven.

“I will distort it.”

Cheon-oe-cheon (天外天), also known as the sky above the sky.

And so the sky far beyond······.

Kwakwakwakwakwang!!

“!!!!!”

In front of Cheongun, it was distorted.