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Soul of the Evil God

I figured I should first find a place to hide. Getting caught up in a brawl with those divine beings would be a one-way ticket to death. As I quickly scanned my surroundings, I suddenly noticed a dark nook inside the valley and swiftly made my escape there.

Tydaht

“Damn it, there’s no way a being like the Three Sovereigns wouldn’t notice me hiding here…”

The divine senses are beyond imagination, so the authors probably sensed me already. Still, there’s a difference between standing out in the open and lurking, so I wanted to avoid drawing their notice until at least they finished their business. Once I entered the dark cavern, I racked my brain instead of thinking about watching the battle of the Three Sovereigns.

“Ah, what should I do? I need to escape quickly from here…”

Boom!!

That’s when it happened. A bright light burst forth from outside, and for a while, it just kept flashing. Just looking outside might blind me, and this energy was on a different level from any bomb or modern science. The strands of light shooting out were packed with tremendous force and would obliterate anything they touched.

Ka-boom…

The cliff was about to collapse. After realizing this, I found myself deep inside the cave and panicked about how to dodge it, but then I gritted my teeth and swung my sword.

Infinite Slash

Resonance!

The unique thunder energy of the Thunder God Lineage and the True Martial Seven Cuts Classic’s power, Resonance, fused together by the Intent Heavenly Pillar. The blade imbued with thunder energy sliced into the interior of the colossal cliff like a penetrator, and it quickly amplified through the shockwave. As I felt the silk-like expansion of the blade, I suddenly opened my eyes in surprise and transformed each of the blades into thunder flowers.

Booming – !!

In an instant, an entire mountain exploded from within, creating a huge hole on the other side. I couldn’t use the instantaneous technique like the Master of the White Lotus Sect that pierces mountains, so I had to mix various techniques to create an opening. As I flew through the hole I had just burst open with the Soul Removal Technique, I heard an explosion behind me.

Kaboom –

I felt the divine energy backlash roaring at my back. It made the hairs on my body stand on end, and the tendrils of the storm transformed like spears, lightly poking my back. Even though I was wrapped in the Protection Energy Technique, it pierced through me like glass, leaving me shocked.

“Ugh.”

I barely managed to escape by accelerating the use of the Soul Removal Technique, but since I had consumed quite a bit of energy, I felt slightly winded. This meant I had used the Soul Removal Technique so powerfully that even with my almost infinite internal power, I had hit rock bottom for a moment. I felt dizzy as I pushed the brink of casting the Heavenly Destruction Step to barely avoid the aftershock of the divine energy.

‘Even with the least effort, I moved at least a hundred miles in an instant! Is it still hard to escape being caught in this divine energy?’

If I had come here without reaching the Absolute Realm, I would have certainly been dead.

Zoom

I bounced off the air and looked back; it was quite a spectacle. The sky was still burning with white flames, with millions of bizarre rays and meteors flying about ceaselessly, and the sky was opened as unknown summoned beasts writhed and roared.

Gooohhhh!!

A creature that seemed to mix a dragon and a tortoise roared, emanating a dark beam from its mouth like a waterfall, striking the Thunder God.

[Hahaha.]

However, the Thunder God didn’t dodge the beam; instead, he swung his fist, deflecting the summoned beast’s beam back at it, turning the creature into mush as it exploded.

Boom!

I heard the displeased roar of Nüwa.

[You dare attack my summoned beast!]

[What are you gonna do about it?]

I finally caught sight of their battle from a distance with the Fire Eye Golden Spirit’s clairvoyance and clenched my teeth.

“Damn it…! This isn’t a time to watch! Even if this is the world of memories, if I escape to a place where their fights won’t reach…”

I’ve already circumnavigated this planet at least halfway. With my nearly infinite internal power, if I keep running and running, I could distance myself from the authors by thousands of miles. I made up my mind and quickly operated the Soul Removal Technique to flee.

Ssssh –

Just when I had leaped about ten steps using the Soul Removal Technique, a heavy voice suddenly rang in my ear.

[Who are you? Come here.]

Swoosh

In the next moment, I felt my body being grabbed by a transparent hand, crossing the dimensional wall. It seemed impossible to resist with martial arts. I couldn’t even tell when that hand grabbed me; its grip was just too strong to escape.

‘Aaahh!! This is maddening!’

Feeling the coming death, I was overwhelmed with a feeling so intense it seemed I might go insane. I sensed that dying wasn’t the issue, but it felt like I was going to die like a bug. In a lightning-fast moment, I felt major conflict about whether to choose to end it myself or hang on until the end, but I soon ignited my will to live and gathered my mental strength.

Soul Removal Technique

Heavenly Destruction Step!

A giant bell rang in my head, and the world began to shrink. Perhaps because of the experience I had when I fought Tezcatlipoca, this time it felt like I consumed less concentration. Even though I couldn’t move, my mind’s domain pulled upon my movements, and with a feeling of divine summoning, I could finally break free from that transparent grip.

“Uuuahhh!!”

Boom!!

Thanks to the effect of the Heavenly Destruction Step, my body burst free from the intangible hand and flew dozens of miles away, and I heard startled voices behind me.

[Hooh….]

Nüwa’s startled voice also came through.

[Fuxi, you’re telling me that bug escaped your grasp?]

[How interesting.]

From that lady-like conversation, I could tell that the being who just reached out to me was the Three Sovereigns, Taihao Fuxi. A huge dragon exuded a serious weight; it seemed he pulled some tricks. However, Fuxi’s current form wasn’t nearly as massive as when I had seen him before; he must’ve manifested according to the size of this world.

Then the Thunder God seemed slightly irked.

[You dare to act without restraint before me? What is this bug to you!!]

And with that, the Thunder God shouted neurotically.

[To ensure the fight can continue, I will catch this bug!]

What are you talking about?!

And in the next moment, a crackling lightning bolt appeared before me, and I sensed that some kind of attack was hurtling toward me at light speed. But since this was literally the speed of light, no matter how supreme my senses were in the Absolute Realm, I couldn’t adequately defend against it; only a split second of reaction time remained. There was no time to swing a sword in this situation.

“Gah!! I feel like I’ve been fully hit by the Thunder Spirit!”

However, since the intent can be faster than lightning, as long as there was a moment to react, it would be enough. The Thunder Spirit wasn’t invulnerable within the Absolute Realm, after all. I realized that in this situation, the only trick I could use was the Peerless Technique.

Peerless Technique!

Even if the Thunder Spirit’s attack were coming, with the use of the Peerless Technique’s formless transformation, I could turn it into nothing! As my intent and the Peerless Technique synchronized, the opponent’s attack began to revert back to nothing! A vivid Tai Chi symbol began to manifest in the air. I breathed a sigh of relief as the Peerless Technique succeeded without failure.

“Alright. I’ll endure it with the Peerless Technique once and then use the Heavenly Destruction Step again… Doing it twice in a row will take a toll on my body, but still…”

A ringing sound of thunder.

In that brief moment, the thin sound brushed past my ear.

Boom!

‘…Huh?’

I realized that the Thunder Spear had pierced through the Tai Chi symbol, penetrating me at my solar plexus. The moment the Thunder Spear struck me, it electrocuted my entire body, and I screamed in agony, feeling every cell in me burning.

Crisp!

“Ughhhhh!!”

What the hell?! What’s happening!?

Did the Peerless Technique just get broken?!

No way!

Boom!

Just as I spiraled into a panic, the Thunder Spirit materialized right in front of my eyes. Now I could finally see the Thunder Spirit clearly; he looked like a manifestation of thunder, shining an intense white light. Additionally, he had multiple pairs of wings, with one pair being real and the others flowing like waves of lightning. Without distinct facial features, he resembled the embodiment of the Eight Parts of the Divine.

The Thunder Spirit mumbled angrily.

[You dare to confront me, a being capable of incinerating the heavens and earth, with mere Tai Chi? I will tear you apart!]

Huh, huh…

What a deadly killing intent…!!

I had reached the Absolute Realm and could withstand most killing intents without flinching, even confronting many divine beings with bravado. But the killing intent emanating from the Thunder Spirit was truly on a different level, feeling as if the energies of heaven and earth were dying with just its presence; I questioned whether even Xiang Yu’s Heavenly Killing energy could withstand the Thunder Spirit.

I trembled from the electric shock, bubbles forming at my mouth, desperately trying to escape. But now it seemed there was no way out.

‘Cursed…!! Even the Peerless Technique has failed against him….’

In that moment, I realized.

When fighting an existence among the Old Rulers that transcends dimensions, even the Peerless Technique has its limits!

Whoosh

Just then, the Eight Trigrams emerged around the Thunder Spirit, enveloping him like a circular barrier.

Boom!

The Thunder Spirit shook his wings, seemingly irritated, and all the Trigrams burst apart, but soon the immense red Tai Chi and blue Tai Chi filled the space, enclosing the Thunder Spirit within. It was a strange force that couldn’t be explained by any techniques I knew.

And as the Tai Chi of the barrel was compressed, only the Tai Chi remained in the air.

Boom!

The reverberating voice of the huge dragon, Fuxi, resonated.

[What an endlessly arrogant one. The Tai Chi is the principle of the universe that I, Fuxi, have newly created. Do you wish to trample me down that much?]

Fizzling…!!

Zing!

The sound of sizzling lightning echoed for a moment, then the crack in the center of the Tai Chi torn open, and the hand of the Thunder Spirit reached out.

Screech!!

The Thunder Spirit ripped open the Tai Chi and shouted.

[If you are a god, should you not play with time and space instead of acting so self-important? The Tai Chi is just a mere law beneath the feet of a god!]

Hearing the Thunder Spirit’s words, I suddenly realized something.

‘Come to think of it….’

The authors are merely showcasing their divine powers in reality, rather than manipulating time and space like the Old Rulers do during their fights! So, Fuxi calmly replied to the Thunder Spirit’s comment.

[If we are divine, we should manage the Small Cycle or time and space with ease, so regardless of how much you manipulate, you won’t be able to strike at the core of chaos that we each possess. Unless there is an overwhelming gap, victory is hard to come by, and how prepared we are for battle is crucial. That’s why you also deliberately created those wings to manipulate, right?]

[…….]

[To eliminate our manifestations and weaken us first, then wipe out our true forms.]

The Thunder Spirit suddenly spat out orders.

[Don’t waste words. Hand over your necks! I will claim your lives and obliterate this universe.]

Kaboom!

With a flap of the Thunder Spirit’s wings, a storm of wild thunder swept through the world below. At that moment, when lightning covered my sight, Fuxi spoke to me in my mind.

[Strange one, we’ll see each other shortly. Just wait outside for now.]

Swish

No sooner had those words ended than I felt my body wrap tightly in an embodied Eight Trigrams and was whisked away somewhere, only to notice shortly after that I couldn’t breathe. All around me was nothing but dark obscurity and divine light.

‘W-wait! Outer space!!’

Was I thrown into the universe by Fuxi’s technique?

As expected, when I turned my gaze slightly, I saw Earth in the distance, where thunderclouds filled the entire planet, lighting it up. Watching the planet sparkle from space felt chilling.

‘The Thunder Spirit’s lightning is striking the entire Earth… What kind of mindless… ah….’

What’s happening? It’s getting bigger!

Boom!

Moments later, Earth was enveloped in a blinding light, and the storm of lightning began to erupt into cosmic space from the center of the Earth. I was stunned, seeing how quickly the storm of lightning was rushing toward my position, realizing that even that storm was moving at light speed. It was a catastrophic event on a cosmic scale, and I was in a panic, looking around, eventually spotting the moon and teleporting there using the Soul Removal Technique.

Boom!

Upon arriving at the lunar surface, I found the Thunder Spirit’s lightning still spreading its influence.

“Damn…. It’s less than a second….”

I thought this place would soon be engulfed by the Thunder Spirit’s storm, filling me with dread. If both the moon and Earth were to be engulfed, exactly where could I escape to? Even if I rushed mindlessly into space using the Soul Removal Technique, it would be utterly pointless! In this urgency, no place for escape immediately sprang to my mind!

“Damn!!! Why is it all happening to me!”

Finally cursing, I released all my Thunder God energy running through my body at once. While the gods were having their free-for-all, it felt right to counter it using divine power. The Thunder God energy I unleashed morphed into a dragon shape and surged straight into the storm of lightning!

Zashh, Zashh

“Eh?!”

What the heck is that?!

Did I create that?!

The dragon of the Thunder God energy opened its mouth and began charging forward into the storm of lightning. It looked like the lightning was pushing down a dragon trying to ascend, yet the Thunder God energy held its head high, showing no signs of fear. I was dumbfounded witnessing this phenomenon as if it were alive.

‘Heuk Woong isn’t here, but what in the world is…?’

I was confused by this unexpected situation.

‘Alright! In that case…’

Then, a thought sparked in my mind, so I called out for Saitan’s command. Couldn’t it strengthen the control even more? Moments later, as the command completed, the dragon of the Thunder God energy grew stronger, and wings sprouted from it, which had been absent before.

Flap!!

With a great flap of its wings, the transformed dragon roared with gleaming eyes filled with whites.

Roarrr!!

As the sound spread, it seemed as if space itself froze. Along with the tremendous chill, the aura of cold destruction spiraled into a blue-white whirl, weaving through the storm of lightning in cosmic space. Moments later, immense power of the moon filled the space, causing the dragon of the Thunder God energy to vanish entirely.

Swish…

“…Has time stopped?”

Seeing the expansive domain of lightning and moon entangled in the air, motionless, I felt bewildered. Despite being on the moon, I could breathe easily and even speak because the influence of the Thunder God energy had artificially distorted the laws of physics.

Could the Thunder God energy exert such power? Even the other gods seemed astonished by the prowess of the Thunder God energy, and at last, Nüwa, who had been quiet until now, sent me a message.

[That chaotic property belongs to Jeon Wook. You were the avatar of Jeon Wook!]

“No, wait, I might be an apostle rather than an avatar…”

[An insignificant apostle possessing such dense and powerful divine energy? What a laugh!]

“……”

[Jeon Wook, you dare send an avatar to compete with us for power in the mortal realm! How arrogant, thriving on the Emperor’s might without seeing anything!]

I felt incredulous. This is just a world of memories, so why is it so vivid? I couldn’t think that this wasn’t real! Feeling the divine energy resonate loudly in my mind, I was engulfed in a profound sense.

‘Damn, pull yourself together!’

It’s too early for suicide!

‘Running away from existences of such caliber as the Three Sovereigns would be impossible. So now it’s time for negotiations.’

Having fled to the moon, if there were still no answers, then escape would no longer be an option.

There are limitations to fleeing with mere human power.

I had no choice but to conclude with negotiations to find a way to live!

‘Ugh, I thought there’d still be some Cause and Effect remaining. Is it all gone now?’

I kept my head cool and clenched my teeth, shouting.

“Anyone from the three of you, please spare my life! I will repay the benefactor with all my strength!”

Soon, the gods’ replies came back immediately.

[I’ll tear you apart, bug!]

[Just wait, I’ll stomp you to death!]

[Hooh, little one. How do you plan to repay me?]

“……”

In order were the Thunder God, Nüwa, and Fuxi.

When the arrogant Thunder God and Nüwa showed a strong will to kill me, I had nothing to say, but luckily, Fuxi seemed willing to hear me out.

‘Damn!! At least I saved one!’

I hurriedly responded to Fuxi.

“This little one dares to speak to the great Fuxi. If you spare my life, then what could I give…”

I stammered, and I felt my words trail off.

‘This is bad! I have nothing to offer!’

What on earth could deserve an exchange for life from the great Fuxi? There’s no one quite like Fuxi anywhere in the universe, and he’s a direct descendant of the Creator God Pangu. He’s such a major deity; even treasures or artifacts I possess would be worthless compared to him. What kind of gift can I offer to someone who created the Eight Trigrams and Tai Chi?

Not to mention that even if the Cheon Gong-pyo or Heavenly Mysterious Woman of Nine Heavens came forth, I wouldn’t be able to give Fuxi anything materially meaningful. The source of all techniques is he himself.

Excluding all the above, all that was left was the Seven Luminaries, but could I even hand over Xuyou or Huoyou?

The Seven Luminaries don’t usually have significance to the Three Sovereigns. If I’m not careful, I could end up being questioned about my identity even more and turn the situation aggressive against me.

‘Ah, damn it, damn it… what should I give? Damn it!’

I have to give something, but I can’t afford to die!

I can’t give anything too great, nor can I accept my death.

‘If there’s nothing to give, then let’s offer my body!!’

Flustered, I began pacing and then blurted out my thoughts in a stammer. It seemed I was so panicked that my words were all jumbled.

“I-I shall remove the Emperor’s mask for you!!!!”

[…….]

“I-I know how to take off a mask… Hehe….”

An awkward silence fell.

[…….]

[…….]

[…….]

Uh, what? Did I say something wrong?

Moments later, I heard Fuxi’s booming voice.

[What is your name?]

“I’m Baek Woong….”

[Humans, Baek Woong, listen.]

At that point, Fuxi revealed an enormous body in space. It resembled how a single scale from his form could match the size of an entire continent; it was the Fuxi I knew. The black dragon form of Fuxi flashed its eyes.

[From now on, I shall accept you as my disciple!!]