Chapter 514
In the expansive territory of Sam-mok-chong, the dominant human race gathered in full assembly.
The head of the Ten Sovereigns Assembly, Jun-je, cleared his throat loudly.
“Though this is no ordinary gathering, we have convened urgently. Please forgive the haste. Yet I believe all of you are well aware why we have been called here so suddenly.”
Every member of the Assembly nodded in agreement, except for one person.
That person was Heon-won. His face was dark and brooding as he lifted his head and spoke.
“…It is painfully obvious. It must be on account of that self-proclaimed ‘new saintess’.”
The other members of the Ten Sovereigns Assembly immediately cleared their throats and averted their gazes.
Only Jun-je and Gomaek dared meet Heon-won’s eyes with awkward expressions.
“Though you already know, Heon-so-sa… the order has come from our colleague Seo Eun-hyun, the Void Shattering saintess of the human race in Gwanghan Realm.”
After the existence of a saintess who had transcended the realms of the Ten Sovereigns and reached the realm of the Void Shattering was made known within the Assembly, a grand banquet was thrown.
In truth, even after the relocation to Sam-mok-chong and Baek-woon’s formal recognition of Seo Eun-hyun as a Venerable, they had rejoiced heartily.
Although he was a Venerable of the Sim race rather than the Tianzu, the natural disposition of the human race meant that those who sided with them were bold warriors and those who did not were cunning spies from the Sim race.
They had long forgotten their minor miscalculation in underestimating Seo Eun-hyun as a multi-headed monster and now rejoiced sincerely in his ascension to the Venerable realm.
What, then, would they have felt upon learning from Baek-woon that he had become a saintess of the Star Plate realm?
A magnificent festival erupted across the entire human territory in Gwanghan Realm.
On this joyous day, the human race chose not to disdain the Sim race and instead shared in their happiness.
When he was merely a Venerable, Seo Eun-hyun had been no more than a senior brother. Now, as a saintess of the Star Plate realm, he was effectively worshiped by the entire human race as a true celestial being.
In the human living quarters of Sam-mok-chong, statues and stone monuments dedicated to him sprang up everywhere.
And a few days ago, the saintess who was worshiped by the human race as a celestial being had issued an order to the human Ten Sovereigns Assembly.
—For the human Ten Sovereigns Assembly, Heon-won, Lord of Bongrae Palace, is to be transported alive to Sam-mok-do by force.
Originally, saintesses from other middle realms or star realms could not freely pass on their will to another realm containing a saintess.
Yet for Baek-woon’s will to echo through Gwanghan Realm, which she herself ruled, it meant she had already given her consent.
Therefore, Baek-woon had also agreed to Seo Eun-hyun’s demand that Heon-won be transported alive to Sam-mok-do.
Heon-won glared at the other Ten Sovereigns with dark eyes and spoke coldly.
“Why can’t you speak plainly? Simply say, ‘We will put a shackle on you, lock you in the prison we prepared, and turn you into a sacrifice for the new saintess.’ Just say it plainly. Stop wasting time!”
Jun-je’s face flushed slightly in embarrassment.
“Heh heh… what kind of words are those, Heon-so-sa? What we mean to say is… our saintess from the human race, who has reached the Star Plate realm, wishes to speak with you for a moment. Therefore, we propose that you join us and head to this lower realm of Sam-mok-do for a while. Though it is a small realm, you would be able to receive his teachings. And since you are at his level, creating the heaven and earth spiritual roots is no difficult matter, so your cultivation would not suffer. Moreover, you might even be of some help to him. Thus… while the saintess is away, please ride the special carriage prepared for you and…”
“There is no need to beat around the bush, Heon-so-sa.”
Before Jun-je could finish speaking, Heon-won cut him off with a cold voice.
“In truth, Heon-so-sa is correct. Put a shackle on you and lock you in a prison, then head to Sam-mok-do and become a sacrifice.”
“…”
“Though it is shameful, the fact is that our Ten Sovereigns Assembly once clashed with Saintess Seon-hyun for a time. That is why we are all trembling with fear. We do not know when his wrath will descend upon us. Who could have imagined that after hundreds of years we would finally reach the Star Plate realm, like Yang Su-jin of legend?”
The moment Gomaek’s words finished, Wisu and Wiryung-seon cleared their throats and spoke up.
“…We did not know at the time, but we must always be prepared for retaliation. In truth, even the Venerables and senior brothers of the upper realms do not cling to their own races. They merely keep familiar faces around them. For those who have transcended life itself, our lives hold no meaning.”
“It would be no problem at all to crush the entire human race like insects and kill them. Moreover, every one of us here bears a grudge against him. And… especially Heon-tae-so-sa, I heard he has long been entangled with the saintess who could not even establish his nascent soul.”
Jun-je looked around at them all, sighed, and continued.
“…Everyone, be honest. Heon-so-sa. Of all of us, you bear the strongest enmity with him. Therefore, for the sake of the human race’s peace, you must go to him and sacrifice yourself. If he truly helps you, that would be fine. But if it is merely to eliminate the hatred between you and the human race, it would be even better for you, a member of the Ten Sovereigns.”
“…”
“Sacrifice yourself for us, Heon-tae-so-sa.”
Heon-won remained silent for a long moment, then slowly opened his mouth.
“…Even if it were me four thousand years ago, I wonder whether I would have spoken like this. In the heyday of the Star Shattering realm, I would not even have sat in the same place as you.”
Heon-won scanned the Assembly with murderous eyes.
Jun-je, Gomaek, and all the others lowered their gazes, avoiding the fierce light in his eyes.
Heon-won looked at Jun-je and Gomaek and sneered.
“Gomaek, you became one of the teachers of Saintess Seon-hyun’s close associate, did you not? Thanks to that, you seem quite safe. Even if the human race perishes, you will never die. You know you will never die, yet you dare speak of sacrifice to me?”
Heon-won’s momentum surged.
Gomaek, clad in bone armor that gleamed with the energy of monstrous beasts, met his glare head-on.
His gaze then turned to Jun-je.
“Jun-je, you are the same. In the end, because you are of the bloodline of Sangbi Cheonyeok, you possess the final fate that no saintess can destroy. Yet you dare speak of sacrifice to me? Hah… a bunch of insects.”
Heon-won’s momentum grew steadily stronger.
Jun-je stared at him with a grim face.
“…If you speak thus, we will have no choice but to use our full strength. Forgive us.”
Just as Jun-je rose to his feet, Wisu, Wiryung-seon, and the other members of the Assembly rose with him.
And at the very moment when a clash within the Ten Sovereigns Assembly was about to erupt…
“Enough.”
Heon-won released his momentum, sighed, and bowed his head at his seat.
“After all, Baek-woon saintess agreed to send me to Sam-mok-do. Do as you wish. If you drive me out of here and I flee, Baek-woon saintess will send Venerables or use her own power. Since she is the one who seeks harmony with the rulers in the first place. There is nothing I can do!”
Upon hearing his words, Jun-je relaxed his momentum and walked over to Heon-won with a laugh.
“A wise choice! We will all… preserve Bongrae Palace well. We will ensure the position of Lord is passed to the child you speak of…”
“Leave the position of Lord empty. There are others who can take it. It is not my child, so do not try to find it.”
“…Understood. Then…”
With that, Heon-won obediently received the shackle and was locked away in the “carriage” the Assembly called an imprisonment, and was transported to Sam-mok-do.
* * *
The moment Heon-won arrived in Sam-mok-do, he saw familiar faces.
“…Why are you here?”
“I have been chosen as the manager overseeing you. From now on, you will obey my words.”
“You dare…”
Heon-won’s face was filled with rage as he struck at the person before him.
However, nothing came from his hand.
And the woman before him spoke with a mocking tone.
“The saintess has sealed your cultivation and consciousness. From the moment you first breathed the air of Sam-mok-do, from the moment you first saw the light of Sam-mok-do, you can no longer escape the saintess’s grasp. So stop resisting for nothing and come out, Heon-won. You are nothing more than a criminal here.”
Heon-won bit down so hard his gums bled.
The woman reflected in his eyes was Yeon-wi, who gestured casually with a mocking expression to pull him outside easily.
“…Take him to meet Saintess Seon-hyun.”
“She is busy. You are not worth seeing. From now on, live quietly here as a commoner, farming and living. Reflect on the days when you were a shameful Ten Sovereign! And!”
She did not turn back as she spoke.
“Even death is forbidden in Sam-mok-do. Though your cultivation is sealed, your lifespan remains intact… so live for ten or twenty thousand years clinging to the ground, performing meaningless tasks!”
After speaking, she snapped her fingers and sent Heon-won flying into some remote area of the Pingyuan Continent.
“Wait, Wi…! Wi…!”
Heon-won tried to call out, but Yeon-wi did not hear.
And some time later, she looked back at the spot where Heon-won had vanished.
Only the carriage that had transported him remained there.
“…‘Wi’… It has been a long time since I heard that title. A foolish fellow…”
She brushed her face with a weary voice.
“Remember that title… yet you cannot remember anything else…”
Yeon-wi, who had sent Heon-won away, turned her head and flew toward the sky.
* * *
It had now been twelve hundred years since Seo Eun-hyun became a saintess.
Countless other colleagues gathered at the peak above Sam-mok-do.
Among the twenty-eight artificial stars floating there, they had all gathered around the star symbolizing the Dipper.
“…It seems the human race has prospered.”
Yeon-wi, watching her colleagues from a slight distance, murmured softly.
Kang Min-hee, who had reached the realm of the Star Shattering and Integration, had declared that today she would attempt her Star Plate promotion ceremony.
“Indeed. If Kang Venerable is the same as before, she has a high probability of succeeding in her promotion.”
“Moreover… Yeon-ho-da-in is also close to becoming a star-level Sim race member.”
“Yes. And Jeon Myeong-hoon will soon challenge for the Star Shattering promotion. With a high probability of success… and with the help of Saintess Seon-hyun, the result will be four saintesses from the human race. A great blessing for the human race.”
“Furthermore, Kim Yeon-da-in… following her unique cultivation path, she is now comparable to the Star Shattering realm, so she may soon reach the Star Plate level as well.”
“The middle realms have enjoyed a peaceful era for nearly a thousand years without incident. Several saintesses have already been born. Soon, the only thing left is for the human race to seize the supremacy of the Ilwol Cheonyeok.”
Yeon-wi said with a somewhat gloomy face.
“…Yes. All of us will continue to live in this bright world.”
“Yeon-wi-senpai speaks as if you will not be able to see this bright world. Is it because of your lifespan? If you are Saintess Seon-hyun now, you could certainly extend your lifespan.”
“…I wonder. Perhaps.”
Yeon-wi looked up at the sky with a complicated expression.
‘Seo Eun-hyun is not human. He is a true immortal. Or some monster riding on the will of a true immortal.’
She knew even that thought was dangerous.
Because saintesses of the Star Plate realm sometimes read the thoughts of the beings in their own world.
However…
She had set aside such worries.
After thinking it through thousands, tens of thousands, or even billions of times, she had found no problem, which meant her complaint had been tacitly accepted.
Anyway, that was what she thought.
‘And that person is highly likely connected with some high-ranking being who drove Heon-won mad.’
Yeon-wi, who had lived for ten thousand years as a human race old monster, had a good sense of such matters.
The Dharma-Destroying True Word she occasionally used.
And the Taesan Yeolje Art, whose origin she could not explain, and the exquisite skill with which Heon-won had wielded it.
She herself had learned the details from Heon-won directly.
Heon-won and his Bongrae Palace were a priestly lineage that served the ancient being known as the “Mountain God.”
The Mountain God descended the Taesan Yeolje Art upon them and occasionally bestowed enlightenment to guide them.
And according to Heon-won, the Mountain God was not a well-known deity like the chief god of the giant race, but one of the relatively strong deities among the gods.
And that meant that except for the Mountain God, no other deity could interfere with that priestly lineage.
‘In other words, the person wearing the mask of Seo Eun-hyun is the Mountain God. Or a deity closely related to that existence.’
And at that point, it was impossible that the madness that had taken root in Heon-won could not be cured.
Yet she had brought him to Sam-mok-do, sealed his cultivation and consciousness, and left him to Yeon-wi’s occasional surveillance.
That meant…
The being who used the name Seo Eun-hyun was clearly enjoying the suffering of Heon-won and Yeon-wi.
In truth, it was Seo Eun-hyun’s own imagination that he sometimes read Yeon-wi’s thoughts and was startled by them, but Yeon-wi’s speculation seemed quite plausible.
And if that was true, Yeon-wi understood that requesting an extension of her lifespan from Seo Eun-hyun would be meaningless.
‘…What will I accomplish by living longer? In the end, I will only be mocked by the true immortal… These thoughts are being read right now. I will simply… watch until I can witness Heon-won’s final moments, pass on the five blessings I have gathered to Yeon-jin after he reaches the Four Pillars realm, and then close my eyes…’
That was the future Yeon-wi most wished for.
“…Sam-mok-do has enjoyed a peaceful era for nearly a thousand years without incident. The Choryong race you rule prospers, there are no disputes among the humans, and the demonic saintesses like me are not even visible… All races are at peace. There is no need for me to live any longer. So do not worry. Whatever concerns or worries you have, they will not be a big problem when we look back later.”
Yeon-wi offered her own life experience as advice to Seo Ran, who seemed to have his own worries.
And…
Seo Ran’s expression became somewhat unclear as he listened to her words.
“…A peaceful era…”
* * *
“The saintess is merciless…”
Siho gritted his teeth and glared at the being before him.
A blood-red aura swept across the battlefield.
The slaughter of the humans had been swallowed by one existence.
The being had a human upper body and a snake lower body, his face hidden behind a black mask spell.
“No matter how much this is to help Seo Ran… how can you simply abandon him in this hell…”
Although he had experienced humans being eaten a few times, Siho had never committed unnecessary slaughter in his long life.
Yet the being before him was different.
As the progenitor of the Choryong race, he had burst into the human world with the pretense of protecting the Choryong race and had committed slaughter that left no room for argument, plotting wars and conflicts— a born demonic beast!
That was the being before him.
“Seo Hye! Stop it at once! Do you not know that Seo Ran feels sorrow when he sees you like this?!”
“Aha ha ha ha! Siho. I am sorry, but although I did feel like tempting Seo Ran, I had no intention of truly winning his heart. I thought we could just mate once, and that would be enough. Whether Seo Ran is sad or not, if it makes him take an interest in me, that would be even better, right?”
“…You are insane.”
Siho revealed his true form.
The body of Siho, which had grown large enough to cover the mountains, stepped on Seo Hye and growled.
[You dare challenge me? Arrogant creature! You are only at the level of a Heavenly Person with Integration, yet you think you can do anything?!]
Seo Hye looked up at Siho with a black mask and laughed lightly.
“How interesting. Do not boast of your size for nothing. We live in the Buhae Realm, and although we can surpass the pressure of the middle realm, we cannot exert power beyond the Heavenly Person level. Of course I may be more skilled with heavenly qi and inner energy than you, but that is all! You cannot defeat me.”
[Arrogant woman. I will tear your arms off and see if you can still speak like that.]
“Fufu… You said Seo Ran would be sad because of what I did just now, right? I will return it as is. You cannot kill me. Seo Ran will be sad. But I can kill you. I do not need Seo Ran to be the one who is sad.”
[You…!]
Siho growled and pulled up his energy until it was pure white.
The entire Pingyuan Continent seemed to hum with his power.
Seo Hye looked at such Siho and smiled.
“Foolish. To truly defeat me, you should have fought together with Seo Ran. Not when only the Twenty-Eight Pillars had ascended, but when everyone had!”
She looked beyond Siho and toward the even higher sky.
Seo Ran had gone high into the sky a while ago.
To pay respects to Kang Min-hee, the senior sister of the Great Sect.
[Are you not afraid of the saintess?! Exposing such evil intent to me, who is your senior sister and raised you as if I were your own!]
Upon hearing those words, Seo Hye smiled viciously and sucked in the blood of the battlefield.
Gradually, red dragon flames bloomed around her body.
[A saintess of the Star Plate realm is indeed frightening. Within this realm, she is like a god… But that is only true for those at the mid-star plate level or higher! A mere early star plate saintess has been eroded by the flood of information that flows in after taking on the realm, and is essentially no different from an impersonal god!]
Siho glared at her and growled.
[How do you know such things?]
Seo Hye smiled faintly.
[Memories of my previous life… No, memories of ‘the original me’… are returning.]
Chwarrarak!
Blood coagulated around Seo Hye and countless dragon forms began to appear.
[Rise, ten thousand dragons in a sea of blood.]
And at the same time, countless dragon forms began to descend to the ground in the shape of blood.
[Since you have found the memories you originally possessed, you cannot deal with you, you insect. A dog-like creature.]
[You have been reversed!]
The next moment, two great beasts filled with killing intent—Seo Hye and Siho—clashed on the rear mountains of the Pingyuan Continent.
Earthquakes and tsunamis raged across the entire continent as red light and white light collided.
* * *
Thud!
The rear mountains of the Pingyuan Continent.
Yeon-wi landed there.
“Since Kang Venerable has begun her Star Plate promotion ceremony, I will tell you. My lifespan is coming to an end soon. I could ask the saintess to extend my life, but I will simply live as I am and go. And… I am about to depart. Take care of my matters.”
Seo Ran and Siho nodded and agreed to her request.
“The mission I received from the saintess is… the surveillance of Heon-won, the former Ten Sovereign of the Integration realm. She said it was an important task, so you should take it seriously as well.”
“Understood. But… where is he?”
Yeon-wi gestured toward them and walked toward a village after landing in the rear mountains.
When she arrived at the main house of the village, she used a simple concealment technique after completing the proper procedures.
Paat!
Three spiritual auras erased their traces from the criminals’ senses.
Yeon-wi entered the main house and sat on the floor, smoking a pipe while staring at a man with a grim face.
“That man is Heon-won. After the saintess sealed his cultivation and consciousness, he became a criminal. Because even suicide is forbidden, he has not died yet and has lived for hundreds of years among the criminals, playing the game of accumulating wealth from them.”
“That is unfortunate. He was a Ten Sovereign after all…”
“Unfortunate? It was I and the saintess who convinced him when Jeon Myeong-hoon tried to tear him apart. He contributed to the decline of Gwanghan Realm’s Geumsin Cheonroemun, so Jeon Myeong-hoon, who now knows the full story, has tried to break into Bongrae Palace several times out of self-loathing. Do you know?”
Yeon-wi sighed and pointed at Heon-won.
“The mission I was given was to use my full strength to stop him whenever he tried to commit suicide or when someone tried to kill him. That is what I was told to do. After I die… you two will take over.”
“Yes, understood. By the way… it seems he is looking at us?”
Seo Ran looked at Heon-won, who was staring at them, and said.
Yeon-wi shook her head.
“Wrong. Look closely. It is the servants working behind us that he is watching. Since he has already become a criminal, he cannot see through our concealment techniques.”
“I see…”
Seo Ran stared at Heon-won, who was gazing somewhere with a powerless expression, and gave a somewhat bitter smile.
“…Yeon-wi-senpai.”
“Hm? What is it?”
“I heard that you had a special relationship with Heon-tae-so-sa in the past. If… Heon-tae-so-sa were to regain his sanity and repent… could you accept him again?”
“Are you asking whether people can be remade?”
Yeon-wi smiled viciously and shook her head.
“People cannot be remade. Even if Heon-won regained his sanity, it would be four thousand years. The grudge accumulated over four thousand years. Even if you could change the man, you could not change what he has done. I… will not accept him again.”
Upon hearing those words, Seo Ran gave a bitter smile.
“People… cannot be remade… or rather…”
* * *
The rear mountains of the Pingyuan Continent.
No, the place that was once called the rear mountains.
Now a flat plain, Seo Hye, covered in blood armor and covered in blood, was there.
She tasted the blood and laughed.
“You dog in women’s clothing. Your fleeing skills are quite impressive. When I catch you next time, I will not let you go so easily…”
At that moment, Seo Hye’s body trembled slightly as she looked up at the sky.
There, Seo Ran was descending with a bitter smile.
Seo Hye smiled viciously and held up a handful of the fur she had plucked from Siho when they fought.
“Hello~ Seo Ran. Long time no see. Just now, I tore out a lot of the guts of that fox in women’s clothing, Siho. If you do not remove the curse embedded inside, his nascent soul will turn into a single drop of blood and rot. You should hurry and go save him.”
“…”
However, Seo Ran looked at Seo Hye with a calm, somewhat sad face.
“…I think you should be sealed.”
“Hah! It is true that I am at my weakest right now.”
She smiled faintly.
Blood flowed around Seo Hye and entered her body.
“But… Seo Ran. Do you think that is a wise thought? Even if you are weakened after fighting Siho… you were never a match for someone like me. Unless you bring together monsters like Kang Min-hee and Seo Eun-hyun, you could not defeat others at the level of the Heavenly Person.”
Cheok, cheojerak…
And finally, Seo Hye’s mask shattered.
She smiled faintly as she revealed her face.
Her face was subtly different from that of the Choryong race.
That was right.
It was the face of Oh Hye-seo.
A pure, clean, and clear face.
The beautiful smile she made could make anyone who saw it tremble with delight, no matter who it was.
“It would be no fun if I beat you here… so I will give you a chance, Seo Ran. Hurry and run. Run and save Siho. I will recover my strength and hunt as well… so hurry and go.”
However, Seo Ran said nothing and muttered something toward the direction Siho had fled, sending a telepathic message before taking a combat stance.
The next moment, Seo Hye, who had recovered Seo Ran and Oh Hye-seo’s memories, clashed with Seo Ran.
The battle was decided quickly.
Seo Ran could not withstand the endless power of the dragons that Oh Hye-seo controlled and was defeated.
And she approached the bound Seo Ran, who was soaked in sticky blood, and licked the blood flowing from his face.
“The blood of the half-human, half-dragon is quite delicious, Seo Ran. Now… it is all over, Seo Hyoel. I have succeeded in contacting your soul. Come back to me. In your original form.”
And she laughed coldly while grabbing Seo Ran’s head.
“Of course… since I now possess the body, you will have to receive the light of the glass bird and be brainwashed.”
“…”
“It was because of Seo Hyoel’s scheme that you were reborn here and came to target me. Seo Hye…?”
“Fufu, that is correct. Now, sleep quietly. It is good for me that I do not have to use drastic measures. Then…”
“Seo Hye.”
“…I am Oh Hye-seo, Seo Ran.”
“I loved you.”
“Aha ha, you are even laughing at me until the end?”
“As a parent… I loved you. Seo Hye… and I still love you. Although Yeon-wi-senpai said people cannot be remade… you were my family. That I can never deny.”
“…”
“Even before, now, and if I cannot throw you away… perhaps even in the future… I will love you as your parent. Until now, I was grateful that you became my family. Seo Hye.”
Seo Ran smiled faintly and looked into Seo Hye’s eyes.
Oh Hye-seo looked at such Seo Ran with an uncomprehending gaze.
Paaaat!
Something black spurted from Oh Hye-seo’s body and entered Seo Ran’s body, and a seven-colored light emanating from her body made his eyes hazy.
However, the next moment…
Thwuk…
Seo Ran died.
“…”
There was no revival like that of Seo Hyoel that she had expected.
“What? Why did you die? Seo Hyoel. Seo Hyoel…?”
She called out to Seo Hyoel in confusion, but the dead Seo Ran gave no answer.
Even after searching for his soul, through Seo Ran’s acquired Gui Do-gong technique, he had already jumped into the underworld, and she could not even find Seo Ran’s soul.
Oh Hye-seo gradually grew puzzled as Seo Hyoel did not appear and shook Seo Ran’s corpse.
“Seo Hyoel. Seo Hyoel! Answer me! Seo Hyoel! This is my real body! You did not offer me as a sacrifice to Seo Eun-hyun’s mouth, did you? Answer me, Seo Hyoel…!”
* * *
While leaving Heon-won’s house, Yeon-wi saw Seo Ran suddenly start crying.
And suddenly, Siho was startled and glared at Seo Ran with an angry expression, and Seo Ran sat down on the spot.
“Seo Ran!!! How could you do something like that without a word to me!!!!!”
“…I am sorry, Siho. I am sorry…”
Yeon-wi, unable to understand, asked the suddenly wailing Seo Ran.
“…Why are you crying all of a sudden?”
Seo Ran answered with a sad expression.
“…He said people cannot be remade. It seems he was right. I could not change her until the end.”
“…”
“I just… may have wanted to believe. That there was such a possibility. Senpai is right. Even if a person is changed, the karma he has done remains. As long as we cannot reverse all that karma… she will probably remain herself.”
“…”
“What are you talking about. What are you…”
“…I am sorry for rambling. I will explain it properly.”
Seo Ran poured everything out to Yeon-wi with a sad expression.
* * *
The constellation built in the Star Shattering realm had completely merged with the saintess’s consciousness by the time she reached the Star Plate realm.
And saying that her consciousness had merged meant she had taken the world she had built so far as her own “dream world.”
I woke up with my last eyes in the flood of countless amounts of information.
Two worlds appeared before my eyes.
One was the real Sam-mok-do, which I ruled and enjoyed as a peaceful era.
And the other was my “dream world” created inside my colorless ghost banner.
The dream world was filled with blood.
And the only chance to escape the dream, Seo Ran, had been killed by the true body of Oh Hye-seo, who now wandered across the land where all lives had perished while searching pathetically for Seo Hyoel.
Oh Hye-seo, who had been reborn into Seo Hye’s body, had decided for the first time to kill a sentient being, and from the moment she decided to kill, the world split.
Into my “dream” and the real Sam-mok-do.
All the elements of the world where “Seo Hye” had poured out her evil nature were, in reality, my imagined world.
All the characters appearing there, except for Siho and Seo Ran, were essentially no different from the ghosts in my consciousness.
Oh Hye-seo must have thought she had successfully infiltrated as a “split body” and set up schemes according to Seo Hyoel’s will…
But she had never once escaped my grasp from the beginning.
Even if she had come as the true body, I had understood from the start and isolated her in my dream the moment she showed any strange behavior.
I eliminated all the sentient beings in the world of my consciousness and made her wander forever on the desolate blood-red land.
The original territory she possessed was the Integration realm.
The opportunity given to her had ended.
Now Oh Hye-seo would wander that land forever for ten or twenty thousand years until she grew old and died.
[…Is this the end?]
I asked while looking at Seo Hyoel, who was staring at me with a hardened face as he watched my actions.