Ascension of the Heavenly Demon - Chapter 310
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Chapter 310
Huashan is also called Taehuashan .
It is not because of its height of forty thousand척 or its width spanning a hundred ri that makes it so massive.
It was because there was another mountain with the same name to the west of Huashan.
Xiaohuashan .
The Sword Ancestor guided Zhuge Munhyeon’s group to the deepest valley there.
However, even after reaching the end of the valley, there were no traces of what could be called a Seonmun .
It was just a dead end.
‘Is it on the mountain beyond the valley?’
Such a thought was understandable.
At the innermost part of the valley, a tall mountain peak could be seen above a flat cliff that looked as if it had been cut vertically.
Since clouds lingered from the middle slopes making the summit invisible, it somehow seemed like there might be a world of immortals up there.
But then.
“Where are you staring so intently? It’s over here.”
“Huh?”
He could only tilt his head in bewilderment.
Because the place the Sword Ancestor was guiding them to was the cliff face.
“That place is…”
“The entrance.”
“Entrance?”
His head tilted even more crookedly.
Where exactly?
But the Sword Ancestor didn’t seem to be joking.
He was clearly calling the cliff face an entrance.
“Hmm.”
Zhuge Munhyeon approached and placed his hand on the cliff face.
He thought it might be an illusion created by formations or their techniques.
But it was indeed a cliff face.
Real stone.
It was very cold, perhaps from the moisture it contained or because it was in shadow.
So it wasn’t an illusion…
Zhuge Munhyeon subtly rolled his eyes to examine the area around the cliff face in detail.
If it wasn’t a formation, it must be mechanisms.
This was an instinctive behavior that had naturally developed from being born and raised as a descendant of the Zhuge Family.
‘Does it open upward? Or downward?’
He was in the middle of forming various hypotheses through his own imagination.
“Fortunately, since everyone traveling together has spirit energy within their bodies, they won’t be rejected.”
“Spirit energy… what?”
He couldn’t understand what that meant.
“Stop touching it and move aside. I need to open the door.”
“Ah… sorry.”
It seemed he was going to activate the mechanism.
Unable to find the operating device, his pride slightly wounded, he stepped back with an awkward expression, and the Sword Ancestor reached toward the cliff face and chanted an incomprehensible incantation.
Wooong!
The cliff face trembled slightly.
That was all.
“Done.”
“…”
At his words as he turned around, Zhuge Munhyeon and his companions could only blink.
Done?
What was?
“You should be fine, but the rest will need to run with all their might. If you get pushed back and bounce off from the spiritual pressure emitted by the Tongseonmun, the pain will be considerable.”
“…”
Though he warned them to be careful, Zhuge Munhyeon’s group still just blinked.
Anyone would think so.
If you ran with all your might and crashed into it only to bounce off, it would hurt enough to kill you.
“Um, so… that’s supposed to be a door?”
“That’s right.”
“Do you mean we have to break through the cliff face?”
“Nonsense. How could you break the Tongseonmun? Your spiritual power isn’t nearly enough. It opens when you just pass through.”
“…”
He couldn’t understand.
It’s a rock wall though?
It opens when you pass through?
Could it be a mysterious cliff face that activates when it senses human presence?
Unable to understand at all, Zhuge Munhyeon’s head tilted as if it would stick to his shoulder.
“Sigh, this is why beginners are such a hassle.”
Shaking his head and sighing, the Sword Ancestor grabbed the back of Dochang’s neck, who was still unconscious and limp.
“I’ll show you by going through first. I’ll say it again, you should be fine, but those others must charge with all their strength. Don’t forget my words. Also, the door won’t open unless you enter of your own will. Understand?”
“…”
The Sword Ancestor walked toward the cliff face as if demonstrating.
Soon he was close enough for his body to collide with it.
As if a ‘thud’ sound would ring out…
Swoosh!
“…”
It was as soft as a vertically positioned water surface, and the Sword Ancestor’s body disappeared into the cliff face as if absorbed.
They had to rub their eyes and look again.
Ripples appeared on the cliff face and then disappeared.
No matter how they looked at it from this angle and that, it was a flat cliff face.
“What is this? It’s clearly stone…”
The moment Zhuge Munhyeon, startled and wide-eyed, raised his hand to touch the cliff face.
Swoosh!
His hand sank deep into the cliff face.
It was a strange feeling.
It felt like putting his hand into a calm lake.
“Whoa!”
Surprised, Zhuge Munhyeon quickly pulled his hand back and couldn’t contain his bewilderment.
When he had touched it before, it was definitely a cliff face…
“How can the cliff face?!”
Jin Yalim, equally surprised, couldn’t contain his curiosity and touched the cliff face.
Thunk.
“…”
It was solid.
Thunk, thunk, thunk.
No matter how many times he touched it, it felt no different from touching an ordinary cliff face.
It was different from the Sword Ancestor or Zhuge Munhyeon.
“Oh no, did it close already?”
Seeing him panic, Zhuge Munhyeon touched the cliff face once more.
Just in case, with only one finger…
Swoosh.
“It doesn’t seem to be closed yet?”
“….”
At those words, Jin Yalim’s face turned slightly red.
His brow furrowed as well.
“Damn it! This cursed cliff!”
Feeling somehow discriminated against, Jin Yalim angrily placed his hand on the cliff again.
Thud.
As expected….
He couldn’t do it.
Why? How come?
He had been able to do it with just a finger….
“Ah!”
Suddenly the Sword Ancestor’s words came to mind.
He had said that while he would be fine, the rest would need to strike with all their might.
It was surely because their spiritual power was weak.
“Yalim.”
“What!”
He seemed thoroughly angry.
“Strike the cliff with all your might.”
“….”
“Go on.”
At the repeated urging, Jin Yalim’s eyes trembled slightly as he looked back and forth between Zhuge Munhyeon and the cliff.
With all his might?
What if it didn’t work?
Was he telling him to smash his head and die?
“It’s okay. Trust me.”
“….”
“You have to trust me, don’t you?”
Though he tried to encourage him, Jin Yalim subtly averted his gaze.
This cowardly bastard!
He had boasted about being the Green Forest’s Heavenly Gang Star, but he was nothing but a coward.
He wanted to grab him by the collar and throw him, but according to the Sword Ancestor, the door wouldn’t open without one’s own will.
But Dochang had….
‘Well, the Sword Ancestor must have had a method.’
Anyway, it seemed useless to pressure Jin Yalim further.
In times like this, it was best to have the one with the highest loyalty and trust demonstrate first.
“Mujin.”
“Yes.”
“You’ll have to go first.”
“M-me?”
He also seemed a bit worried as he hesitated, but there was always a countermeasure prepared for this.
“Should I send Yeonhwa first then?”
“….”
At those words, Mujin glanced at Dan Yeonhwa and his expression became resolute.
He gritted his teeth.
“I’ll go first.”
As expected.
The power of love is great.
“Full power.”
“Understood.”
As soon as the words ended, Mujin drew up the energy of Primordial Unity.
Whoooong!
Wind whirled from the rapidly amplified power, and his collar fluttered as if it would tear.
Bang!
The moment he kicked off the ground, the air exploded outward.
Mujin deployed the Tiger Stride Step, said to be the fastest and most vigorous light body technique of the Wudang Sect.
The cliff simply drew closer.
Though he had told him to trust, Zhuge Munhyeon couldn’t help but narrow his eyes with some lingering doubt.
Dan Yeonhwa couldn’t even bear to watch.
If it didn’t work, he would surely smash his head and die… Swoosh!
“….”
Mujin disappeared.
The cliff rippled greatly like a water surface where a heavy stone had fallen.
Had she gained courage?
“I’ll follow right after him.”
“Huh?”
Dan Yeonhwa drew up her internal energy and ran toward the cliff simultaneously.
There was no time to stop her.
What a truly fearless woman.
Would it work?
The power she possessed was so modest compared to Mujin’s.
But contrary to his worry, she too was sucked into the cliff with a swoosh.
“Phew….”
Zhuge Munhyeon unconsciously stroked his chest in relief. It seemed that full power applied individually to each person.
One’s own will.
And the maximum power one possessed.
The Seonmun was mysteriously extraordinary from its very entrance.
Anyway, what remained now was.
“Yalim.”
“….”
“You saw it, right? Yeonhwa did it too. I told you. Trust me.”
At those words, Jin Yalim’s eyes narrowed.
He had seen him flinch when Mujin struck the cliff.
He had clearly shown signs of worry that Dan Yeonhwa might fail.
But what was there to trust when he didn’t even trust it himself?
“Come on, go.”
“….”
“Hurry up.”
“Damn it.”
No matter how much he was urged, Jin Yalim absolutely didn’t want to go, but he couldn’t be left alone when everyone else had gone.
More than anything, while Zhuge Munhyeon was a monster he could set aside, he didn’t want to lose even to Mujin.
“Shit, how did I ever….”
Jin Yalim activated the Throat Pulse Diving Flow and ran toward the cliff with curses.
“Aaaaaaaah!”
Why was he screaming like that?
But perhaps the cliff was moved by his venomous will, as it safely accepted him.
Now only he remained.
“Phew.”
His heart was pounding, so he exhaled deeply.
My heart was pounding, so I let out a long breath.
This was truly crossing the boundary between mortal and immortal to enter the world of immortals.
Ascension to Immortality, which he had so desperately wanted to achieve in his previous life.
His goal.
Zhuge Munhyeon slowly approached the cliff, step by step.
His outstretched hand sank into the cliff.
Then as his foot stepped forward and his body crossed the boundary, the cliff created ripples once before becoming still.
* * *
It was a strange experience.
The moment he touched the cliff, his body seemed to be sucked somewhere, and in the blink of an eye, Zhuge Munhyeon arrived in a new world.
And that place was.
“Huh? This is the same… valley from before?”
It was identical.
The grass, tree roots protruding from the ground, even the small stones.
While he couldn’t remember every detailed position, the overall scenery was no different from the previous world.
When he suddenly turned around, even the cliff they had passed through was exactly the same.
“Ha!”
A hollow laugh escaped him naturally.
And.
“Huff, huff.”
“Grrrr.”
“Damn it.”
“…”
It was Mujin, Jin Yalim, and Dan Yeonhwa.
These guys went in first, so why are they just coming out now?
And what happened to make them suffer so much?
“Since they originally had such insignificant spiritual power, it must have been difficult to withstand the internal pressure of Tongseonmun. They’ll be fine soon, so you don’t need to worry too much.”
“…?”
Someone spoke to him.
A cleanly shaved head and delicate features.
He was a cute boy who made one smile just by looking at him.
But in the world of immortals, what importance could age have?
“And you are?”
“Please speak informally. I am Myo Gak, an immortal child cultivating in Taeudon.”
“Ah…”
“Indeed, you possess tremendous spirit energy as the Sword Ancestor said.”
“…”
At Myo Gak’s words, Zhuge Munhyeon smiled with an awkward expression.
“The Sword Ancestor…?”
“Since the people following you seemed to be taking a long time, he went ahead to see Dongju. He asked me to guide you.”
“I see.”
“Let’s wait until those guys recover before moving. The Sword Ancestor said he has important matters to discuss closely with Dongju.”
“Mm…”
Zhuge Munhyeon nodded and waited for the three who were struggling to regain their composure.
Just as one should follow Zhuge’s customs when going to Zhuge, it was right to follow Seonmun’s customs when coming to Seonmun.
“But this place…”
“You’re surprised, aren’t you? That it looks the same as what you saw outside.”
“Yes.”
“This is the Mirror World.”
“Mirror… a world inside a mirror?”
“Yes. You can think of it as a world built in a twisted gap.”
He understood why the scenery was the same.
But why?
“Does all of Seonmun exist in the Mirror World?”
“Not all of it, but most of it.”
“Most of it?”
“Yes. Floating clouds and some Yo and Goe forces are deeply involved in the human world.”
“Mm.”
“Ask for details when you meet Dongju. Actually, I’m also just cultivating, so I don’t know much.”
“…”
“Let’s go now. Those guys seem to have recovered enough.”
As Zhuge Munhyeon was nodding, he felt something strange.
While being particularly kind and polite to him… calling the three people “those guys”?
“Can’t you get up faster? What are such worthless things being so slow for!”
“…”
He even scolded them in the midst of it.
The Sword Ancestor did the same, so regardless of age, it seemed that in Seonmun’s etiquette, those with stronger spiritual power were superior.
…Just like Mado.
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