The Boundless Necromancer Chapter 511

Episode 511 Damcheonwoo (4)

Dyeitis.

She was also the master of Shaolin Temple and, like Hye-seung, was a scholar of Jeon Jin-gyo, belonging to the Nine Pail Bangs.

As everyone knows, Jeon Jin-gyo is a Taoist sect founded by Wang Zhongyang, a disciple who received the teachings of Yeo Dong-bin, the legendary swordsman who mastered the sword.

It could have been considered a place for someone who had achieved a high level as a religious and spiritual practitioner.

Moreover, Jin Jeon-gyo’s Gyo-yeom is an old woman who is well over two hundred years old, and is said to be acquainted with not only the greatest masters of the past, but also the teachers of those old people, with an age comparable to that of the Hye-seung of the Shaolin Temple.

In other words, although she may appear to be a woman of mysterious spirit at first glance, what lies beneath her is an unrivaled expert who has lived for hundreds of years.

Dam Cheon-woo guessed that Gyo-yeom would also have achieved a level of spiritual training equal to or higher than that of Hye-seung, and his prediction was by no means wrong.

━Indeed. understand. Life, intelligence, and power. The leader of the blood cult sees it all as being trapped in the bondage of desire. It’s a journey without a destination. This is a truly interesting expression.

━Hye-seung… … . no. Are they now called priests? I heard that he also discussed the same subject with the child. Still, the reason you came to me was because you couldn’t find an answer.

━Hmm. Just like the monks, I have no choice but to give an answer based on Taoist thoughts and doctrines… … . If that’s enough, I can tell you the story.

Gyoyeom continued the story with a slight smile and a somewhat more serious tone.

━That child would also have come to a different but similar conclusion to me. ‘I’ must have preached that I must escape from that narrow well. I would like to say that too.

━’Heart(心)’. It is the invisible inner eye of ‘I’ that perceives the world. However, the inner eye gradually closes as a child becomes an adult.

━Because, as children become adults, their innocent hearts are filled with fiction. What I feel is ‘my’ heart is created by the accumulation of someone else’s will.

She discussed the false nature of the ‘mind’ itself that a person acquires as an intellectual being.

━’Heart(心)’. The impurities that cover our inner eyes are truly diverse. There is no end to the stories about him.

━Some people, without realizing it, are influenced by stories they hear from others and accept other people’s ideas as their own without any refinement. Regardless of my will, I sometimes mistake other people’s needs for my own and identify them with them.

━And. Therefore, we need to focus on truth rather than lies and find our true heart when it has lost its purity. In this way, we must reach the sincerity and clear our inner eyes through which we see the world.

Dam Cheon-woo realized that Gyo-yeom’s story was also similar to the epistemology from Hye-seung’s story.

and… … .

It is also true that the conclusions drawn by Gyoyeom as a true man of Taoism are quite similar in many respects to the conclusions drawn by Hyeseung as a Buddhist.

Her eyes narrowed, and her heavy gaze shone quietly.

━’True heart’. Eventually, that pure mind breaks away from the subject of perception called ‘I’, achieves ‘selflessness’ and merges with the Tao, becoming the eye that sees the world in the purest way.

━Religious leader. That life, intelligence, and power are trapped in the bondage of desire made up of pleasure and pain. The answer is that freedom and existence can be achieved by forgetting ‘me’.

━Hye-seung, that child must have said something similar to me. Don’t see the world as static or fixed. Everything goes in cycles.

Eat.

━The road is also non-stop. From the moment you decide that Tao is Tao, Tao ceases to be Tao. This is because the Tao (道) is not a static or fixed concept or idea, but is the source of the cycle that creates all things in itself.

━Co-existence of presence and absence. Nothingness has no form but supports the world, and Being is something that exists and constitutes the world. The Tao creates all things, and all things return to the Tao at the end.

━In the end, as long as you are trapped in ‘I’, you cannot attain the Way. This is proof of the absence of freedom and existence that the religious leader talks about.

As Gyoyeom said this, he smiled softly and continued speaking in a whisper.

━Religious leader. In order for you to truly gain freedom and existence, you must abandon ‘I’, the cognitive subject. In this way, we are reborn as eternal beings who coexist with the universe. It is to obtain the Tao.

━… … .

Dam Cheon-woo was silent, and Gyo-yeom whispered.

━I know. Lord, you may not be sure that this is the way to freedom and existence. also. You are already trapped in the cycle of pleasure and pain. It seems that training the mind is difficult, separate from the training of the body.

Gyoyeom’s eyes were curved like a crescent moon, and a voice filled with confidence, as if he knew everything, flowed out.

━However, this is only a story about a Taoist pursuing the Tao. In fact, there is another way to become one with the universe and be reborn as an immortal being.

━?

━You know.

━Well. at all. I have no idea what I want to tell you───━Jungdanjeon (中丹田).

━… … .

Although Gyoyeom seemed excited, he continued the story in a cool tone.

━Heart. The energy of innocence that entered there. The diary of Honwon (混元). A power that is sometimes referred to as ‘divinity’ by those who have encountered the Tower of Trials. That’s what I’m saying. Cult leader.

━… … .

As if Gyoyeom knew this would happen, he looked at Dam Cheon-woo’s continued silence with amusement and smiled strangely.

━What must I do to become one with the universe above the sky? It seems like the religious leader has a better understanding of it than I do.

━… … Right. Concept divinity. Do you want to talk about that? Do you want to say that becoming an ancient deity and being reborn as an immortal being is the only way to acquire freedom and existence?

━Well. I don’t know. but. Leader, you seem to be worried, so I just suggested a path. It is up to the religious leader to decide which is the correct answer.

━… … .

After hearing those words, Dam Cheon-woo frowned, got up from his seat, and walked outside.

━Remember this, leader.

━In the end, the answer to everything lies latent in your heart. select. And conclusion. It’s all up to you.

━ Reaching emptiness and emptiness is only a story of Buddha and Zen. You too will be qualified and able to provide an answer.

widely.

━Keep this in mind.

After listening to Gyo-yeom’s words, Dam Cheon-woo opened the door, walked out, and fell into contemplation.

━… … .

answer.

Proof of freedom and existence.

I didn’t get an answer to that.

‘no… … . Actually, strictly speaking, I guess I got the answer. However, that could not be the answer to this question. That’s the whole story.’

‘I(我)’.

It is not his answer to abandon the subject of perception filled with the falseness of seeing the world and become one with the universe.

Unlike Dam Cheon-woo’s secret wish, it is only a half-answer sheet without proof that cannot prove freedom and existence.

However, despite this, Gyoyeom’s words linger like a whisper in Dam Cheon-woo’s head.

‘Jungdanjeon (中丹田).’

‘The diary of Honwon (混元).’

‘A power that is sometimes called ‘divine’ by those who have encountered the Tower of Trials.’

Suddenly, as I walked while thinking about her words, a thought struck me.

‘… … Could becoming an ancient deity be the answer to my question?’

strength.

Can the destination that exists beyond that be achieved by reaching the ancient deity?

Or do we conclude that even the power achieved by becoming an ancient deity could not reach its end as a paradox of the movement of circulation and change?

‘… … ‘I don’t know.’

I couldn’t find or get the answer.

However, despite this, Dam Cheon-woo did not feel any hesitation in moving forward.

In the end, in order to get the answer he wants, he must go to the world outside the well of the Tower of Trials, not the narrow well of Murim.

Jerk, jerk.

Still, as a strong man, he continues his endless wandering in search of a source of power, heading towards a destination of power that he can never reach.

***

Time passes quickly.

In the Tower of Trials, the man, Dam Cheon-woo, gained strength at an extremely fast rate.

Wasn’t he born with an overwhelming talent that was one of the few in its long history when he was in Jungwon Wulin in the first place?

“Congratulations, you have surpassed the 27th floor of the Tower of Trials.”

“As a reward for breaking through… … this … … to … … all.”

“As a reward for breaking through… … cast … … all.”

To the next floor.

“Congratulations, you have surpassed the 31st floor of the Tower of Trials… … .」

“As a reward for breaking through… … this … … to … … all.”

“As a reward for breaking through… … cast … … all.”

again.

To the next floor.

“Congratulations, you have reached the 34th floor of the Tower of Trials… … .」

“As a reward for breaking through… … this … … to … … all.”

“As a reward for breaking through… … cast … … all.”

「… … .」

continue.

To the next floor.

Dam Cheon-woo climbed the Tower of Trials without stopping, building up his strength by dealing with all kinds of powerful enemies.

Although he did not rise to the rank of formal godhead based on his divine abilities, his actual level of military power reached a higher level.

An overwhelming power that is completely different from the level of ordinary challengers living in the same class.

However, despite this, in his endless thirst for power, Dam Cheon-woo kept moving forward.

To find the answer.

and… … .

“You will enter the 37th floor of the Tower of Trials.”

“difficulty ? difficulty”

“The theme of the ordeal is ‘the end of civilization.’”

“I hope that there will be a satisfactory result after the asceticism chosen by the challenger.”

Just as he was going to the next floor over and over again, something strange happened.

“The 37th floor trial begins.”

“Time remaining ? 100 days

“What are the conditions for passing the ordeal? “Within the remaining time, we will work with the machine race challengers on the dying planet to eliminate the runaway phenomenon of the concept nova.”

“Criteria for trial failure? “The challenger’s death or the end of the remaining time”

「Reward for passing the ordeal? “Specified stat increase potion (SSS+)”

“Trial failure penalty? Dead”

‘Collaborate with the machine race challenger?’

37th floor.

Dam Cheon-woo checked the conditions for clearing the trial in the ruins filled with old, broken machinery and scrap metal, and then tilted his head.

That’s right, while climbing the Tower of Trials, he had never cooperated with other challengers outside of the integrated trials, and he didn’t even know that there were challengers from the machine race.

‘machine… … . Well, I roughly know that it is a lump of steel with mysterious powers. ‘I don’t even know if he’s a challenger to the machine race.’

Dam Cheon-woo frowned and expressed his doubts about the unidentified being called the machine race challenger.

━Tsk. Shouldn’t we tell you what the machine race challenger is? This is why I don’t know what’s going on.

However, that too for a moment.

Weeeeing.

Suddenly, a non-human mechanical sound echoed through the ruins of broken machinery and scrap metal.

[answer. The ‘machine race challenger’ in your question refers to a special individual selected for the Tower of Trials among the new humans who have completely overcome the organic body through advanced scientific technology.]

━?

[Additional explanation. Among the official climbing dimensions registered in the Tower of Trials, there is no ‘Machine Challenger’. In general, machine race challengers are found in small areas where scientific civilization is developed.]

━… … .

[conclusion. Currently, this machine is the only challenger of the machine species that exists on that planet. In other words, it is very likely that the machine type challenger you are looking for is this aircraft.]

━Huh.

and.

Clap, clap.

At the same time, a machine with a gray steel body that vaguely looked like a human appeared in front of Dam Cheon-woo.

[introduction. hello? This aircraft is AC-7612, a machine race challenger selected by the Tower of Trials. This aircraft sincerely welcomes cooperation with you.]

━… … .

Dam Cheon-woo let out a soft laugh and spoke softly.

━I’m going to be thrilled.

sincerely.

***

AC-7612.

The machine race challenger, who introduced himself as such, exchanged a brief conversation with Dam Cheon-woo in a businesslike tone, then turned his back.

The same goes for Dam Cheon-woo.

Although it was strange that among the challengers selected by the Tower of Trials, there was a being who seemed far from living life, he did not panic in embarrassment.

He asked a question as he followed the machine race challenger through the mountain of discarded machinery and scrap metal.

━… … her. This is ridiculous. Does the Tower of Trials select people like you as challengers? I’m going to see all sorts of strange things.

[Positive. In addition to formal climbing, the Tower of Trials also makes efforts to find beings who meet certain standards at a minor level. It seems like a reasonable judgment to not rule out the possibility and probability that there is a being that meets the unknown criteria… … .]

━That’s it. That’s probably a good story. Anyway, even if I heard it, it would be useless. Rather, let’s get to the point.

[Agree. The aircraft determined that the information was not useless. However, your opinion will be positively reviewed as a collaborator. We will reduce the number of explanations and interpretations.]

━First of all, I have something to ask. It seems like you too are not an original resident of this world, but an outsider who came through the Tower of Trials. Is there a reason why you move so confidently without research or exploration?

[denial. Contrary to what you may think, this aircraft is not a challenger that came to this world through the Tower of Trials. Currently, this aircraft has not entered the Tower of Trials.]

━What? Huh. Well, I think the closest answer would be to say that you are the original inhabitants of this world. Am I right?

[Positive. The new human race, which consists of the integrated consciousness that exists on the planet other than this body, extracts the concept of divinity from the planet. As a result, they attempted an experiment to artificially create the planet’s indigenous gods. As a result of that failure, the new human race was exterminated, and only this body remained.]

━… … .

in other words.

This machine race challenger is the last remaining intelligent being on a dying planet.

Dam Cheon-woo was somewhat taken aback by the machine race challenger who suddenly said that their world was being destroyed, but it did not last long.

Rather, I was curious about the meaning of the fact that the cause of the extinction of the new human race, as mentioned by the machine race challenger, was the failure of extracting the concept of divinity from the planet and artificially creating native gods.

Dam Cheon-woo openly expressed his curiosity to the mechanical challenger and soon received an answer.

[answer. LT-0001, a new human race and integrated consciousness, artificially created indigenous gods and then disappeared. As a result, the remnants of LT-0001’s consciousness are running wild along with the concept of divinity.]

━… … I do understand that the new human race is a new human being. Aside from that, I’m curious about how they attempted to artificially create an indigenous deity.

[warning. The experiment of the new humanity, the integrated consciousness body LT-0001, failed, and the destruction of the world was accelerated as a result. This aircraft recommends that your curiosity do not lead to a series of irrational failures… … .]

━Hmph. I also have no intention of becoming a native deity. I was just asking out of pure curiosity.

[I understand. understand. The purpose pursued by the experiment of new humanity, integrated consciousness body LT-0001. The principle behind its success is simple. question. Do you have a high level of understanding of the concept divinity?]

━Okay. I guess it’s probably not so much that I can’t understand what you’re saying. It would be nice if you could just tell me the main point instead of giving unnecessary explanations.

[All right.]

Clap, clap.

Before I knew it, the machine race challenger had passed the ruins of rusted and broken machinery and scrap metal and had entered a city where buildings filled with all kinds of machinery had collapsed.

[Explanation of prior knowledge. LT-0001, a new human and integrated consciousness body, literally extracts the consciousness of numerous organisms and old humans into the forebrain space. After that, it is a being whose consciousness has been successfully integrated into the database. It is a product of wonder itself.]

LT-0001, a new human race and integrated consciousness, was literally the incarnation of reason created by putting numerous humans into the forebrain space.

[The beginning of the incident. With its successful birth, the new human race, the integrated consciousness body LT-0001, created an ‘ark’ for the freedom of the old human race and their self-liberation.]

━Ark?

[Supplementary explanation. I assume you are from a world where science and technology are less developed. To put it briefly, the human body and mind are not divided into two. This means that it cannot be viewed as dualism.]

━You suddenly make a disparaging remark. You don’t think I know that? head. Isn’t the brain inside it the mind? I also know that much.

[Admiration! I am amazed at your level of intelligence. I had no idea it would be that bad. I thought that all the places that the Tower of Trials had registered as mental climbing dimensions were savage dimensions. sorry.]

━… … .

Before Dam Cheon-woo’s forehead began to brim with anger and his anger leaked out, the mechanical challenger’s words continued.

[Resume explanation. Humans secrete neurotransmitters through the brain and organs. At the same time, we feel and learn emotions through the complex neural structure of the brain. Humans, who pursue the prosperity and survival of the species according to genetic design, have suffered from outdated design flaws, regardless of the level of development of science and technology.]

[Cause of the problem. Humans are influenced by genetics and environment and complete their mental structure along with physical development. Although the human brain continues to develop until about 25 years of age, it has been exposed to various diseases due to outdated genetic design.]

[The gravity of the problem. Because of that outdated genetic design, humans suffer from mental illness and have personality defects within a narrow scope of perception. Additionally, they excessively crave the pleasure-related neurotransmitters secreted by the brain, causing their threshold for pleasure to rise due to indiscriminate destruction of receptors, leading to pain and ultimately destruction.]

━… … .

Dam Cheon-woo was busy interpreting the story of the machine race challenger, but AC-7612 did not wait for him.

[Homeostasis. As a result of its disruption, the natural secretion of neurotransmitters is permanently reduced. The receptor also does not return to its original state depending on homeostasis and is permanently damaged. A few decades ago, most of humanity in the old world suffered from poverty, disease, and the side effects of excessive use of stimulant drugs.]

[A primitive solution. To solve this problem, the city government, together with large corporations, introduced various brain-related technologies to private welfare. With the spread of new nanorobots, it has become possible to repair not only mental diseases but also permanent brain function damage caused by misuse of stimulant drugs.]

[A defect that occurs because it is a primitive solution. The first solution focused on dealing with the negative consequences rather than eliminating the root cause of the problem. Because of this, mankind in the old era lost the meaning of existence along with the contraction of ego without productivity.]

[Reasonable solution. The new human race, LT-0001, pursued causal therapy rather than coping therapy, and as a result decided to place them in the ‘Ark’, a personality module upgrade device created for the liberation of the ego. Executed.]

━So? What’s wrong with that unified consciousness putting drug-addled poor people into a place called the ‘Ark’? Well, is it at least edifying?

[Some affirmations. It’s slightly different. In the end, the defect of old-fashioned humanity lies in the ego, that is, in the mind itself. There was a need to repair the data itself learned in the brain and liberate it from the pain of deficiency. ‘Ark’ removed memory related to the deficiency from their brains and also excluded the experience of addiction.]

━… … .

and.

[Development of the incident. in other words. The new human race, the integrated consciousness body LT-0001, has eliminated all mental bonds due to genetics and environment within the ‘Ark’.]

[Sensory disturbance using the mechanism of action of a hallucinogenic drug as a base model. At the same time, the strengthening of impulses and desires due to deficiency in the brain was eliminated, and abnormal ideas and judgment systems due to environmental factors were improved.]

[Product of solution. As a result, they were recognized as suitable for incorporation into the new human race, LT-0001, a unified consciousness, and were absorbed into the unified consciousness, contributing to the prosperity of the species. Thus, all the old humanity created with this outdated genetic design disappeared, and the new humanity presented a better path based on unified consciousness.]

━You… … .

The moment when Dam Cheon-woo’s expression hardened as he realized that this meant that those who were dismissed as ‘old humanity’ were put into the ‘ark’ and their egos were erased.

[Conversion to the main topic. The organisms existing on the planet no longer exist due to the new human race, the integrated consciousness body LT-0001. Thanks to this, based on the information I collected about the concept of divinity, the integrated consciousness body LT-0001 was able to attempt the artificial creation of an indigenous god.]

[Reason for assuming success. When the faith of an intelligent body existing on a planet is focused on an object, the concept of divinity related to ‘planet’ is granted to the object. With that, the ruler of the planet, an indigenous deity, was born, and since LT-0001 is an integrated consciousness, it was thought that it would immediately be able to obtain the concept of divinity related to the planet.]

[conclusion. And it failed. Many of the beliefs created by LT-0001 were flawed… … . Failed to extract the planet’s concept nova, resulting in an explosion of incomplete concept nova. The planet has been destroyed.]

With that, the scenery of the road the two were walking on changed again, and then a black sacred sphere floating high in the sky came into view.

[contradiction. New humanity, integrated consciousness body LT-0001, sought to improve and utilize the narrow, prison-like cognitive subject of humanity’s ego and provide pain-free freedom to all. However, trying to be free from that ego and take the best path with everyone became the path to the quickest destruction.]

Goooo!

[end. LT-0001, the new human integrated consciousness, runs away in disorder according to the laws of thermodynamics and the increase in thermal entropy. It is confirmed that the thermal entropy will one day reach zero and reach zero information. It is the destruction of the world and the end of intelligence.]

━… … .

and.

━… … haha… under.

Beneath the distorted and twisted sphere of divinity that is hastening the destruction of the world, Dam Cheon-woo realized one thing.

━… … This is true.

Even if humans escape from the limitations of their physical bodies, freedom and existence will not be proven.

and.

━I feel the worst.

Ancient deity.

Only by reaching the end of the hierarchy of divinity and escaping from the bondage of the flesh can the answer to this indefinite destination be provided.

Or, even if one becomes such an ancient deity, one may not be able to prove one’s freedom and will in the end, and in the end the answer may be the extinction of one’s self.

***

After a fierce battle of life and death within the sphere of divinity, they succeeded in destroying the concept nova extracted from the planet.

However, apart from that, Dam Cheon-woo could no longer be purely happy.

As a result, this proved that the story told by the head of Shaolin Temple, Hyeseung, and Jangmunin of Jeonjingyo, Gyoyeom, was correct.

As ‘I’, the self, is used as the subject of recognition, the scope of recognition narrows, and as a result, the cycle of desire created by circulation continues to spin like a treadmill.

Dam Cheon-woo thought about the past again.

‘Envy of power.’

‘If pursuing power and obtaining its fruits is a sin, is this a punishment given to those who gain power?’

‘Is this a curse given to the strong?’

Life, intelligence, and power.

If all of that oppresses freedom and existence, does liberation mean spiritual death without ‘me’ as the subject of recognition?

In order to find the answer, he faced qualified people and continued to seek power, but in the end, he was unable to achieve his wish.

As time passed, Dam Cheon-woo saw reality.

dump… … .

‘ah.’

death.

Even throughout the long history of Jungwon Moorim, his overwhelming talent was not enough to reach the ‘end’.

Dam Cheon-woo’s divinity and spiritual talent were too weak to put an end to his endless wanderings, seeking power.

‘Is this the end…? … .’

death.

As Dam Cheon-woo sank into the swamp of extinction, he saw someone’s figure in his vision turning black.

Tong- Tong- Tong-

The sound of moktak.

━How did you get the answer?

At that time, Hye-seung asked Dam Cheon-woo if he got the answer, and now she was asking him the same question again.

and.

The answer is also the same.

‘at all.’

answer.

Can a being with life, intelligence, and power demonstrate free will in the cycle of pleasure and pain?

Dam Cheon-woo, unable to find an answer to that question, fell into death without even finding the meaning of his life.

「… … .」

“Only the conditions… … .」

“line… Rule… … <… … >Special… … So… … Activated… … 」

Now I don’t even see system messages.

‘I am… … .’

In the end, Dam Cheon-woo sank into the swamp of death and was lost in thought.

「… … .」

“line… Rule… … <… … >After death… … for … … Waiting time for use… … Granted… … .」

‘In the end, what did you hope for and what did you want to see?’

Consciousness is lost along with blackout of vision.

***

Life, intelligence, and power.

If pursuing it is a sin and the bondage of pleasure, pain, and addiction is punishment, then how can freedom and existence be proven?

Dam Cheon-woo could not find the answer, but during his long journey, he realized it while being with a being with the greatest talent and qualifications in the universe.

Maybe letting go of oneself wasn’t the only answer.

━I will climb the Tower of Trials to the end.

Pantheon.

━Even if I don’t have to climb the Tower of Trials anymore, it doesn’t matter.

Even though the lords of the universe promised to honor his great achievements and provide him with peace and rest, he did not give up his endless wanderings.

━No one will stand above me in this universe anymore.

As a strong man, I chose to find the path to strength and walk towards a destination that can never be reached.

━I can no longer even think about how people like those ancient gods could crush me.

This was despite the fact that I could no longer be despised by anyone or oppressed by anyone.

━Probably, I will not stop and become stronger until no one in this universe dares to even think of opposing me.

At that time, Dam Cheon-woo, who was next to him, realized the answer to the question he had been seeking for his entire life.

━Even if that is the result I can achieve after devouring all the gods in this universe, I will do it.

Free will.

Paradoxically, it can only prove its existence when the decision maker gives up on escaping from the shackles of addiction caused by pleasure, pain, and lack.

I looked at the person who answered.

I saw the greatest qualification contained in the answer.

Dam Cheon-woo watched the journey next to Han Seong-yoon, a person with the greatest talent and qualifications, and realized.

‘Right.’

It was simple from the beginning.

… … … .

… … .

… .

Patter.

overwhelming power.

The material restraints given to the body disappeared.

He transformed into divinity itself and reached the status of an ancient god, a being with immortality.

In the past, by breaking away from the bondage that Jeon Jeon-gyo scholar Gyoyeom spoke of, he was finally reborn as an eternal and immortal being who became one with the universe.

[Haha. ]

step.

That’s not why I’m happy.

Dam Cheon-woo made a decision as he saw red divine power gushing out uncontrollably from his entire body.

[ okay. After all, no matter how much you think about it, it is not necessary for you to find the answer. Even without me, he will definitely reach the answer and prove his freedom and existence. ]

Dam Cheon-woo smiled brightly as he felt something as light as a feather inflating like a balloon in a corner of his chest.

[I feel good. ]

Okay.

[Han Seong-yoon. ]

Dam Cheon-woo kept smiling in his lightness.

[ I am… … . If you succeed in becoming a transcendent, that will be enough. It doesn’t have to be me who’s next to him. ]

and.

[Becoming a transcendent and achieving your wish is the moment when my oldest wish comes true. ]

At that moment, Dam Cheon-woo very slowly stands up, fluttering red blood sacs.

[Then that’s it. I am… … As expected, I was free from the beginning. It was my will alone to seek power as a strong man. ]

At the same time, the level of divinity and spirit resonated far and wide on a bloody windstorm.

[ so. ]

It’s no different… … .

Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo co!

“The blood god smiles happily, enjoys freedom, and waits for death to come.”

[ … … Please come quickly. Seongyoon Han. Only then will I be able to leave everything to you. ]

Before we knew it, Dam Cheon-woo, who had transformed into a divinity symbolizing the blood itself, had perfectly captured the power of that ancient divinity.

***

It’s a bloody test.

The corpses of countless challengers and administrators piled up again and again until they finally succeeded in staining the bloody desert with real blood.

Now, at the center of this tragedy of corpses and blood, the only ones still alive were the Lord of Iron Blood, the White Crane Swordsman, and me.

Tsukaa Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

So, I realized it.

“… … .”

Red Storm.

Suddenly, I couldn’t help but notice who the red light of divinity and soul that suddenly emitted from the center of the blood desert belonged to.

That’s right, the number of people still alive in this bloody desert has been reduced to just a handful.

‘… … ‘You’re awake.’

and… … .

“… … “It’s fun.”

Isn’t it blatant?

“As expected, I don’t think I wanted to talk to myself.”

Not a single hostile emotion, such as murderous intent or hostility, was expressed in the bloody storm composed of divinity and soul.

Whether it was intentional or not, the energy emitted by a being of that level of divinity and soul is bound to be slightly emotional… … .

Not at all.

“yes?”

That means only one thing.

“The god of transcendence and death smiles cheerfully.”

[Dam Cheon-woo. ]

The old challenger, who had been climbing the Tower of Trials for a long time, has now sent a call with the power of an ancient god in his hands.