Day One of the Seventh Loop
p I slowly opened my eyes.
p My chest still ached.
p Perhaps because of the phantom pain from when I had clenched my heart in my previous life.
p Or maybe from the Heavenly Tribulation that had struck me so violently.
p Or perhaps from the poignant realization that I would never see Master again.
p ‘The disciple will etch Master deep into his heart.’
p Even if the timeline had split and we could never meet again.
p This feeling would never fade.
p After a brief oath.
p I completed the Core Formation.
p Although I had no Law Power in my body.
p The Core Formations that had already been perfectly assimilated through the Law of Premonition could still be activated with the faint Qi flowing through my body.
p Flash!
p As soon as the Core Formation activated.
p The other colleagues who had just been about to stand up fell back asleep instantly.
p I realized my head was throbbing after using the Core Formation.
p ‘This feeling… is the Upper Dantian strange…?’
p It felt as if something enormous was tightly packed inside the Upper Dantian.
p After a moment of thought.
p I immediately understood what it was.
p ‘My consciousness that had reached the level of Qi Condensation 7 stars…!’
p In fact.
p Considering that the consciousness of martial artists who reached Five Qi Consorting with the Origin was only around Qi Condensation 3 or 4 stars.
p My consciousness that had reached Qi Condensation 7 stars after cultivating the Water Method again in that state was roughly the size of Qi Condensation 10 stars.
p With consciousness of that size tightly compressed in the Upper Dantian.
p It was strange that the Upper Dantian was still intact.
p ‘First.
p I need to resolve this pain by digging up and eating Huangzhou San nearby and then entering Core Transformation.’
p The Five Elements Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth once again flowed into my body.
p And I obtained the Five Virtues once more and gained the talent of the Water Method.
p Only after obtaining a body with the harmony needed to endure Core Transformation and still have consciousness intact.
p Did I realize that the headache had stopped.
p At the same time.
p My consciousness that had been compressed in the Upper Dantian was finally released after reaching Five Qi Consorting with the Origin.
p It was the same size as my consciousness in the previous life.
p As I looked at it.
p I felt a faint emotion.
p ‘Another one has been passed down across timelines…’
p At the same time.
p I understood one of the laws of regression.
p Only the soul and consciousness regress.
p And if consciousness grows after regression.
p The size of that consciousness is maintained.
p First.
p I carried the colleagues into the cave and put them to sleep again with the Sleep Technique.
p After that.
p I pondered about this life.
p ‘Heaven does not allow me…’
p What should I do.
p The greatest reason I had decided to become a cultivator was to investigate the Ascension Gate.
p In the previous life.
p The Cheongmun Clan had also used my secret manual to investigate the Ascension Gate.
p It was information that was not much different from what I already knew.
p Anyway.
p The Ascension Gate was a spatial rift that opened once every thousand years.
p Once it opened.
p It would gradually shrink over six months and then close again.
p To withstand the space pressure inside the Ascension Gate.
p You needed at least the defensive power of a Qi Condensation 7-star cultivator.
p Once the Ascension Gate closed.
p You would have to wait a thousand years to see it again.
p A thousand years.
p To wait that long.
p You needed at least the lifespan and power of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
p That was why I had decided to become a cultivator.
p ‘No matter how much I cultivated martial arts.
p It would not extend my lifespan.’
p The fact I had confirmed in the previous life.
p But I could not become a cultivator.
p Then what should I do.
p How should I do it.
p Should I find some method.
p Even if Master had taught me the Foundation Establishment Method and knowledge of the late stages of Qi Condensation.
p I still could not surpass Qi Condensation 7 stars.
p What exactly should I do.
p ‘…For now.
p I have to hang on.’
p I clenched my teeth.
p That’s right.
p I could do nothing.
p But the Heavenly Humans who would come in a few days.
p Geumshin Cheonroe Sect.
p Black Ghost Bone Valley.
p Changcheon Gaebyeokmun.
p And Haeryongwang and the old man with the hunchback.
p I would hang on and ask them for a way.
p Even if it meant licking their feet.
p I clenched my teeth.
p And began once again to walk the basic stages of the Water Method beside the sleeping colleagues.
p Five Virtues unified and settled in the Lower Dantian.
p Then harmonized with Yin and Yang Spiritual Qi to temper it into Primordial Power.
p Perhaps because it was a realm I had already achieved in the previous life.
p I stayed up all night for two days.
p And completed the Core Transformation Method and perfected the Law Transformation Core Formation.
p Now I could enter Qi Condensation 1 star at any time.
p And the day came.
p Again.
p The Supreme Sect Master of Geumshin Cheonroe Sect.
p Geum Byeok-ho.
p The Elder Master of Black Ghost Bone Valley.
p Baekgol Gwima.
p And the Founding Patriarch of Changcheon Gaebyeokmun.
p Changhoja.
p Three Heavenly Human stage cultivators descended upon us.
p [How many people with spiritual roots are there.]
p Geum Byeok-ho of Geumshin Cheonroe Sect pulled us in.
p Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi naturally responded.
p And dragged me.
p Oh Hyun-seok Deputy Chief.
p Jeon Myeong-hoon Chief.
p And Kang Min-hee Senior.
p Forward.
p And once again similar reactions to the previous life exploded.
p [Heavenly Thunder Body…! A legendary physique!]
p [Ghost.
p Ghost Dao Yin Transformation Spirit Root!]
p [One Gate Holy Body! Hahaha.
p He can’t shut his mouth!]
p And the gazes of the three turned to me the last one standing.
p [Hm.
p It looks like you are at the stage of completing Core Transformation.
p From what I see you seem to have been a cultivator originally…. Oh?
p This consciousness size is Qi Condensation 10 stars level!]
p Geum Byeok-ho burst out in exclamation upon seeing my consciousness size.
p Then greed once again appeared in the gazes of the remaining members.
p [Well then.
p Shall we examine the talent.]
p At the same time.
p Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi forcibly seeped into my body and rummaged through every part of it.
p Crack.
p Snap!
p ‘Agh…!’
p I clenched my teeth and endured his ruthless talent examination.
p After a while.
p My Five Virtues were revealed to be Five Virtues.
p As the five Virtues emitted light.
p The three cultivators instantly looked disappointed.
p [Tsk.
p The consciousness size of this Core Transformation fellow is not ordinary so I expected something but…]
p [This guy seems useless.]
p [Hm.
p Still no Spirit Veins activated so it looks like he has just begun the Water Method… but for his consciousness size the talent is not bad.]
p Only Changhoja showed the slightest friendliness toward my consciousness size.
p If it was like this.
p Once again only Changhoja would hand over the recommendation and leave.
p I knelt on the spot and shouted loudly.
p ‘Honored seniors of the Heavenly Human stage!
p I have forcefully broken through the Heavenly Passage by reaching Five Qi Consorting with the Origin through martial arts and I have desperately sought to become a cultivator!
p Please have mercy on this lowly one and accept me as your disciple!’
p Flash!
p I overlaid strong Qi in the air and swung it to prove my worth.
p ‘I can also handle the Pure Force Power used by Foundation Establishment cultivators.
p My combat power is Qi Condensation 14 stars or above but below Foundation Establishment.
p If you take me with you I can immediately give you Qi Condensation 14 star level power!
p Please give me the opportunity!’
p [Hm…]
p [Five Qi Consorting with the Origin…]
p It seems the Supreme Sect Master of Geumshin Cheonroe Sect and the Elder Master of Black Ghost Bone Valley looked somewhat disinterested.
p But the Founding Patriarch of Changcheon Gaebyeokmun had a face full of interest.
p ‘Oh.
p You can speak Byeolrak Kingdom language.
p Are you from Byeolrak Kingdom?’
p He spoke Byeolrak Kingdom language with his physical voice instead of the heart voice that transmitted consciousness.
p And I answered accordingly.
p ‘…I suppose so.’
p ‘We have a branch family in the Byeolrak Kingdom…’
p However.
p He did not show much interest in me.
p It seemed he would just end it with a recommendation again.
p I clenched my teeth and asked.
p ‘Why won’t you give me the opportunity!
p If you take me you won’t regret it!’
p [Hm… Probably when the Ascension Gate opens you would have come to Changcheon Gaebyeokmun.
p Or even if you had come to our Geumshin Cheonroe Sect or Black Ghost Bone Valley you would have been suitable to enter as an inner disciple.
p But right now when the Ascension Gate is opening it is different.
p We are already compressing all the key inner disciples and preparing to ascend.
p The burden we bear increases with every additional person.
p Those talents like Heavenly Thunder Body.
p Ghost Dao Yin Transformation Spirit Root.
p One Gate Holy Body.
p They are so legendary that they are mythical.
p We are taking them knowing the burden.]
p Is that so.
p You cannot take me with your talent.
p I clenched my teeth and looked at the three Heavenly Human cultivators and asked.
p ‘Then.
p There is one thing I would like to ask.’
p [How dare you act so casually when we are so busy!]
p Whoosh!
p As Geum Byeok-ho released his thunder roar.
p Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi responded and a bolt of lightning fell from the sky.
p Boom!
p ‘Aaaaah…!’
p I was struck directly by the lightning and screamed.
p My whole body felt like it was burning.
p ‘A.
p Dying…’
p ‘How crude.
p Your temper is dirty.’
p Whoosh—
p But as Changhoja snapped his fingers.
p Spiritual Qi of the Wind Origin filled with healing power enveloped me.
p My brain Qi was pushed out and my whole body instantly recovered.
p ‘Cough.
p Cough…! Hah…!’
p [Hmph.
p You are taking in hometown people.]
p ‘You are all too temperamental.
p A junior may have a question.
p You don’t drop lightning just because he spoke.’
p Changhoja clicked his tongue and said.
p I trusted Changhoja.
p And decided that even if I died I would ask the question.
p ‘Honored seniors.
p If you have no intention of taking me.
p I would like to ask how a person who has not received permission from Heaven for the path of cultivation can overcome it.
p I plan to hold the Seven-Star Ceremony after reaching Qi Condensation 7 stars.
p If dark clouds gather in the sky and block the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi every time I perform it.
p What should I do!’
p To my question.
p Baekgol Gwima frowned in displeasure and pointed at me.
p Puk!
p At the same time my both arms exploded.
p [Because Changhoja gave you leeway you have become lax.
p Did you really think you had the authority to speak to us!]
p ‘Tsk tsk.
p If you don’t know then you don’t know.
p You really are a madman.’
p Changhoja clicked his tongue and healed my arms again.
p Baekgol Gwima pulled Kang Min-hee Senior into his arms.
p And floated up into the air as if he found dealing with me troublesome.
p [Hm.
p It is the Heavenly Rejection phenomenon.
p I remember reading about it in the sect’s documents.]
p Geum Byeok-ho seemed slightly interested in my question.
p Then he said.
p [If someone else helps the consciousness during the Seven-Star Ceremony breaks.
p From what I know the person performing it can repel the abnormal phenomena caused by Heavenly Rejection.]
p ‘Hahaha.
p I see the friend’s face is rotting away.
p Well.
p Isn’t it an answer that doesn’t help at all.
p Cultivators who perform the Seven-Star Ceremony are Qi Condensation cultivators.
p What power do Qi Condensation cultivators have to block Heavenly Rejection on their own.
p It is an answer even a three-year-old child could come up with!’
p […Tsk.
p What am I supposed to do.
p This guy is irritating! I’m leaving!]
p Whoosh!
p Boom!
p Geum Byeok-ho vented his anger by dropping lightning on me again.
p And floated up into the air.
p ‘Aaaaah!’
p Again.
p I felt the pain of my body burning.
p But barely survived thanks to Changhoja’s healing spell.
p ‘…Thank you to the Founding Patriarch of Cheongmun Clan.
p Changhoja the Founding Patriarch of Changcheon Gaebyeokmun.’
p ‘It is nothing.
p Tsk tsk.
p When you reach Heavenly Human stage everyone lives long.
p So their temperaments are a bit off.
p Anyway.
p I will give you the recommendation of Cheongmun Clan.
p Go there.
p With your consciousness size you would have been welcome anywhere before the Ascension Gate opened.
p Too bad.’
p However.
p I bowed in front of him and said.
p ‘I appreciate the words.
p But I intend to keep asking everyone who passes through Deungsunhyang when the Ascension Gate opens.’
p ‘Hm?
p Even if you ask they will all be carrying their sect’s key members and high numbers like us so they won’t have time to take care of you?’
p ‘But… there are people who go alone without a branch sect right.
p As far as I know there is a person who bends his back and uses puppets.
p He has no branch sect…’
p To my words.
p Changhoja’s face twisted.
p [What!
p You are going to ask the madman Goe-gun!]
p He shouted with his heart voice as if something had surprised him.
p Geum Byeok-ho and Baekgol Gwima who had been preparing to use the Cloud Escape Technique floated up into the air to look down at us.
p [The madman Goe-gun.
p Why is his nickname coming out.]
p [Why are you bringing up that creepy madman again.]
p ‘…?’
p The reaction was not good.
p Even the two Heavenly Human cultivators who had already ascended came back down.
p Geum Byeok-ho’s face was turning red.
p [You.
p Are you seriously trying to ask the same thing to the madman Goe-gun!']
p ‘…That is correct.’
p [What!
p I don’t know how you know that madman but… no.
p He is too famous to not know.
p Anyway.
p I will give you sincere advice.
p Do not approach that mentally unstable person at all!]
p ‘…?’
p I asked back in surprise.
p In the previous life when I revealed I was a martial artist of Five Qi Consorting with the Origin he had become quite friendly.
p He had even given me the consciousness compression technique Eonsiksul.
p But Baekgol Gwima also gave me advice with a stiff face.
p [Goe-gun you know who he is but you haven’t heard what he does.
p That guy seems normal sometimes.
p But he has intermittent madness and attacks.
p He is creepier and more terrifying than even the Qi Condensation cultivators of any demon path sect or family.
p If you read some decent record about him and think that way.
p But the periods when that madman is normal are not many.
p Most of the time he is insane.
p Do not interact with him!]
p Changhoja also said with a face full of worry.
p ‘You are a martial artist of Five Qi Consorting with the Origin.
p His strange obsession with martial artists is famous.
p Was his lover a martial artist who had reached Five Qi Consorting with the Origin in his youth.
p After his lover died.
p That crazy guy became famous for capturing martial artists and turning them into living puppets!’
p Sincere advice.
p Never approach that guy!
p You might get captured by Goe-gun and turned into a living puppet!’
p ‘…’
p He shook his head and sighed.
p ‘Anyway.
p If you do not want to waste your life.
p Do not speak to him at all.
p And when he appears hide immediately so he does not find you.
p Remember my words!
p So forget useless thoughts.
p I will give you the Cheongmun Clan recommendation.
p It would be better to go there.’
p I blankly received the recommendation from Changhoja.
p Changhoja left after repeatedly warning that he must never face the old man with the hunchback or the madman Goe-gun.
p ‘…What the hell is that guy.’
p I recalled the old man with the hunchback who had seemed normal and felt a deep conflict in my heart.
p ‘Wait.
p Before that…’
p I pondered while looking at Kim Yeon Senior who was watching me speak Byeolrak Kingdom language with the cultivators with a bewildered expression.
p ‘Kim Senior…
p What should I do…’
p If what they said was true.
p Kim Yeon Senior being caught by the old man Goe-gun was not a good thing at all.
p ‘But if I try to stop it.
p Kim Senior’s consciousness will awaken.
p And Goe-gun will come to capture her…’
p Only now did I understand the power of the Heavenly Human cultivators.
p Now that I had a proper understanding of consciousness and the Water Method.
p Just thinking caused Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to naturally respond.
p How could I oppose such monsters.
p It was not a metaphor.
p They could turn the entire Yeon Kingdom to dust in one strike.
p * * *
p Amidst worry and anxiety.
p Once again Oh Hye-seo Senior awakened the power of Ho-pung Hwan-woo.
p And Haeryongwang Seo Hyoel came to take her upon sensing the source of that power.
p I knelt before Seo Hyoel who had come to take her and asked.
p ‘This lowly criminal Haeryongwang asks for your mercy.
p Please grant me your blessing and receive my question…’
p [Hm.
p Do as you wish.]
p ‘Could it be that Haeryongwang knows a cultivator called Goe-gun?’
p Then.
p The expression of Haeryongwang who had never lost his dignified and composed face until now twisted harshly.
p [That bastard who will be torn to death…
p Hmph.
p Why are you asking about that mentally unstable person.]
p ‘…’
p It was confirmed.
p The old man with the hunchback.
p The person called Goe-gun was an absolute madman that everyone avoided.
p ‘That composed Haeryongwang reacted like this…’
p ‘…I would like to know what kind of act Goe-gun committed that everyone likes him.’
p [Drop the honorific for that brat.
p That mentally unstable person has extremely perverted sexual desires.
p He uses his own puppets.
p When you reach Heavenly Human stage you have lived over a thousand years so everyone has some mental abnormality.
p But Goe-gun is the kind of person who has abnormalities in every part of his mind except one.
p Never interact with him!
p If he lets someone who spoke to him go it is either because he is in a good mood or extremely lucky.
p Normally that madman is famous for capturing anyone who spoke to him once and turning them into living puppets.]
p ‘…’
p I was speechless and showed a foolish expression.
p At the same time I felt that I had been extremely lucky until now.
p ‘No.
p It was not luck.
p He was happy because he took Kim Yeon Senior as his disciple…?’
p Well.
p When I thought about it.
p Even though other people’s tempers were fierce they had left us alone.
p But the old man Goe-gun had cut off Kim Yeon Senior’s worldly ties and repeatedly tried to kill me and Kim Young-hoon.
p ‘If Kim Senior had not stopped him we would have died every time.’
p Upon careful thought.
p It was clear he was a madman.
p And to have Kim Senior kidnapped by such a madman was… too cruel.
p Thud!
p I knelt before Haeryongwang and begged.
p ‘Please Haeryongwang.
p Please accept this Kim Yeon as your disciple or blood relative!’
p […What.
p Why should I as King.]
p Seo Hyoel’s expression returned to normal after briefly getting excited by the story of Goe-gun and asked me.
p I explained the whole story to him.
p We were interworlders.
p Each of us had come to this world and gained special abilities.
p Kim Yeon Senior was about to awaken a consciousness size exceeding Heavenly Human stage.
p And Goe-gun was likely to take her as a disciple because he coveted that talent.
p [Hmm…
p Hearing the circumstances is saddening.
p To have caught the eye of Goe-gun…]
p But Haeryongwang seemed more saddened by the fact that Goe-gun had set his eyes on Kim Senior rather than the sudden interworld arrival.
p [By the way.
p How do you know that.]
p ‘…This is the ability I obtained.’
p [Hm.
p A prophecy or something.
p In that case I will decline to take you.
p People who have reached a certain realm have an instinct for fate.
p They roughly know the future.
p There is nothing more useless than prophecy ability.]
p ‘…It does not matter.
p Please Haeryongwang have mercy and take her.’
p [Hm…]
p Seo Hyoel seemed to ponder for a moment then said.
p [As King it is a great burden to bring in another person.
p In fact bringing in this woman is an enormous burden but I wanted to bring her because I thought her ability would greatly benefit this race… but now you are asking to bring in one more.
p ‘…’
p [But I am very worried about what she will suffer at Goe-gun’s hands.
p And if what you said is true her consciousness is very useful…]
p He pondered for a while.
p Then narrowed his eyes and glared at me.
p […Thinking about it.
p Is there a possibility that what you said is false.
p If this woman does not awaken any ability.
p I would have no reason to take her…]
p ‘…Then if Haeryongwang judges that I lied I can chop you up.
p According to my precognitive ability.
p She will awaken her ability within today.
p So I just need to confirm until then.’
p [Hm…]
p He nodded slowly after a moment of thought.
p [If your words turn out to be false I will just abandon her near the Ascension Gate.
p After all if her ability is false Goe-gun will not set his eyes on her.
p But… Goe-gun’s ability is too strong.
p If she awakens it and he notices.
p I may not be able to do anything but…] p ‘…!’
p [Even so if it is the ability you mentioned it will be very helpful.
p I will keep a close eye on it as much as possible.]
p ‘Thank you Haeryongwang!’
p After speaking Haeryongwang approached Kim Yeon Senior and grabbed her wrist as well.
p Kim Yeon Senior was startled and struggled in panic.
p [Hm.
p She struggles fiercely.
p Sleep for a while.]
p Whoosh—
p A faint spiritual wave emanated from Haeryongwang.
p Kim Yeon and Kim Young-hoon and Oh Hye-seo all lost consciousness and fell asleep.
p […It seems we have talked a lot.
p Since our fates have converged.
p Even if I cannot take you with me I can send you out of Deungsunhyang.
p What do you think.]
p Whoong—
p As Haeryongwang snapped his fingers.
p A spatial rift opened inside the cave and widened with a dark mouth.
p ‘…Well.
p If Kim Senior goes to Haeryongwang Goe-gun will not need to come here…’
p I thought for a moment.
p Then approached the sleeping Kim Young-hoon.
p After that I completed the Core Formation.
p My consciousness and his Upper Dantian were connected.
p I placed my hand on his forehead.
p And used the Law Technique that Master had passed down to me in the previous life.
p A little knowledge of Yeon Kingdom language.
p Byeolrak Kingdom language.
p And Seongje Kingdom language seeped into Kim Young-hoon’s brain.
p And martial arts such as Danmaekbeop and Danak Sword Art and many others.
p The records that Kim Young-hoon had accumulated in the previous life Wansuigungmurok and Josu Wolmurok Wolsu Wolmurok Woldo Wolmurok and so on were infused.
p ‘…I hope Kim Hyung in this life does not get involved with me and fall into crisis.’
p I finally infused into Kim Young-hoon’s brain the information that if the Emperor Makri Jeong is killed the cruel acts of Makri Clan will decrease a little.
p If Kim Young-hoon kills Emperor Makri Jeong.
p The Jin Clan family will not need to operate assassination squads.
p And his disciples will naturally return to ordinary people working under the Jin Clan family.
p After infusing some knowledge into Kim Young-hoon.
p I placed him into the spatial rift.
p ‘…Goodbye Kim Hyung.
p We will not meet in this life.’
p [Oh.
p Are you not going.]
p ‘…Yes.’
p I inhaled the air outside Deungsunhyang.
p Outside Deungsunhyang.
p Several times denser Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi than in Yeon Kingdom or Byeolrak Kingdom filled the area.
p Anyway even if I go out I cannot break through Qi Condensation 7 stars.
p So perhaps this life will be spent inside Deungsunhyang.
p Cultivating in this dense Spiritual Qi.
p And continuously performing rituals to Heaven.
p Faith moves Heaven.
p ‘…Will the realizations I gained in the late stages of Qi Condensation and the Foundation Establishment Method Master infused into me become meaningless.’
p If Heaven does not allow it.
p Until Heaven becomes so tired and goes mad.
p Even if I use up this life.
p I will seek permission from Heaven.
p Since Deungsunhyang is much denser in Spiritual Qi.
p There may be slightly different possibilities.
p ‘I want to stay in Deungsunhyang.’
p [Hm…
p You plan to cultivate inside the Spiritual Qi of Deungsunhyang.
p It is not bad.
p But this place is hard to enter unless you are at least a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
p Heavenly Human stage cultivators took all the Spirit Beings above Foundation Establishment as materials… if you cultivate here you will live in enormous loneliness for decades.]
p ‘…I have prepared for that.’
p [Well.
p If that is how it is there is nothing for it.
p Good luck.’
p Seo Hyoel nodded and closed the spatial rift again.
p Carrying Kim Yeon and Oh Hye-seo he left the cave.
p Flash!
p A blue light covered my vision.
p A moment later a green dragon flew toward the sky.
p I came out of the cave and looked at the sky.
p In this life I will continuously seek permission from Heaven inside Deungsunhyang.
p If I dedicate fifty lifetimes to rituals.
p Heaven will not be able to refuse me…!
p ‘Master.
p This disciple…’
p I will definitely not waste the knowledge you gave me!
p I made an oath in this life.
p And looked at the sky.