I Possessed a Cultivator Destined to Die at the Hands of the Protagonist - Chapter 47

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47.
What is this?
The tidal wave of darkness conjured by Muk-hyeon, the searing pain as though every bone in my body were shattering, the depleted spiritual force laid bare—
Everything shifted slowly, and the world’s colors seemed to invert before my eyes.
[Awaken to your true Mandate, and advance.]
Something invisible wrapped around my body with gentle warmth.
Then the spiritual force that had been draining began to rise again, slowly replenishing.
‘My Mandate? What is my Mandate?’
The monks of Cheonmyeong Suseonggi are granted their own destinies.
It was an absolute inevitability that could never be defied, no matter the circumstances.
But for Yeon-seo, who had died early in the original story, destiny itself did not exist.
Was this body’s fate that of Yeon-seo, or was it that of Lee Seo-hee?
‘I don’t know.’
Muk-hyeon’s darkness drew ever closer.
Though Eun Hui-gyeom was lending his aid, if this continued, both he and I could truly be annihilated.
Annihilation. Death. Rejection.
The moment such thoughts dominated my mind, my consciousness blazed awake.
I, who had overcome Yeon-seo’s death.
Heaven had rejected my ascension to the sixth star, but the Muchen Eunmyeong ritual defied even that heaven.
“My Mandate is…! Cough, I decide it myself!”
Even if the Mandate within Cheonmyeong Suseonggi were absolute, I had no desire whatsoever to follow it.
“So don’t interfere!”
Twisting my entire body, I poured forth every last shred of spiritual force I possessed.
‘Huh?’
Strangely, the spiritual force that should have been depleted long ago continued to surge forth the harder I squeezed it.
“My breath is heaven itself. My spiritual force is the foundation of the Way.”
These were the incantations I had used during the Muchen Eunmyeong ritual.
Without thinking, I murmured those words.
Then the world appeared differently.
Before Muk-hyeon’s darkness, now mere inches away, I saw a crimson thread.
I moved the Yueun Eunhalung swiftly.
The sharp blade of the Yueun Eunhalung cut through the crimson line as it flew past.
And just like that, Muk-hyeon’s darkness vanished.
“Kugh! What is this…! You fiend, what have you done!!”
From the backlash, Muk-hyeon coughed up crimson blood and dropped to one knee.
As Muk-hyeon’s darkness subsided, I swiftly formed a hand seal.
My hands moved of their own accord, as though I had known this all along.
[Radiance Against Heaven]
The azure flame that spread outward from me grew increasingly brilliant, blazing with pure white light.
It was no longer azure flame, but rather a white-hot inferno.
White lotus flowers bloomed and rippled around Baek-hwa.
The white lotuses enveloping my entire body shattered the world of Muk-hyeon’s Ink Sea Harmony Realm.
“I cannot forgive you, or Paecheonmun.”
The sorcerers of Paecheonmun viewed criminals as nothing more than tools and materials to perfect their arts.
To sacrifice criminals merely to achieve immortality—it was utterly abhorrent.
Such a path to transcendence was something I could never accept.
At least within me, Paecheonmun’s way could have no place.
I reached out my hand toward Muk-hyeon.
White flames compressed at my fingertips, condensing into a single point.
Crack.
As I flicked my finger, the white lotuses enveloping my body bloomed fully and detonated.
The light consumed the Ink Sea Harmony Realm, flooding the entire cave.
“Gahhhhh! Impossible! I cannot fall to such a whelp’s power… I cannot die…!”
Muk-hyeon’s form was swept away by the tempest of enormous white lotuses.
The brush he held shattered into fragments and scattered as ash, while the curse seal covering his upper body burned in blue flames, crumbling to dust.
Muk-hyeon’s body flew and crashed into the cave wall, losing consciousness.
Then all the sorceries surrounding him vanished like mirages.
“Hah, hah… Ugh.”
My breathing grew increasingly ragged.
My chest, the inside of my body, burned with searing pain.
On my knees, I coughed up blood uncontrollably.
Not physical agony, but the torment of my very soul crashed down upon me all at once.
I could dimly see Eun Hui-gyeom rushing toward me.
Even as my consciousness grew hazier, I heard a faint voice once more.
[Let this be the last time.]
The last time? What did that mean?
With that incomprehensible voice, I lost consciousness.
“Sister!”
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“I didn’t say he was Elder Baek’s disciple. Taking him to the Elder would….”
“No, if Master finds out that we recklessly fought Paecheonmun and caused this mess, he won’t let it slide.”
“He’s just temporarily exhausted. Since you said so, let’s wait a bit.”
“His body and dantian show no abnormalities, at least.”
Blink, blink.
When I opened my eyes, I saw the crumbling ceiling of the cave.
I pushed myself up from where I’d been lying on Yoo Yeon-seo’s lap.
“Ugh, my head.”
“Sister? Are you alright?”
Eun Hui-gyeom, the first to notice I’d awakened, rushed over.
“Ah, yes. Sorry for worrying you.”
“Worry? Well, I wasn’t going to say that, but…I really was worried.”
Eun Hui-gyeom continued to examine my body and cast healing techniques on me.
“….”
“Stop.”
“Yes?”
“I’m fine now! That’s too much! Look at yourself—you’re a mess!”
Even though my wounds had already healed, he seemed anxious, unable to stop casting his healing arts.
“Treat yourself first.”
“I’m fine…. Ow! Why did you hit me!”
“You’re clearly not fine.”
The condition of a cultivator’s robes is affected by their spiritual power.
Unlike my robes, which had mostly restored themselves after my fight with Muk-hyeon, Eun Hui-gyeom’s garments remained torn in several places.
It was evidence that he’d been overexerting himself to heal me.
“By the way, Sister, what was that power at the end? Thanks to it we managed to defeat Muk-hyeon, but….”
“I’m not entirely sure myself.”
In that moment, the feeling that I had to do it that way was far stronger.
So I simply followed what my mind and spirit commanded, and it happened.
“It really just came out in an instant. I’ll have to ask my master about it later.”
“Could it have been your Heavenly Mandate, perhaps?”
“Something about a mandate did seem to come up. But honestly, I don’t even know what my own Heavenly Mandate is.”
“Well, that’s the same for other cultivators too. The fact that you’ve stepped into the Heavenly Mandate itself is already remarkable.”
Cheonmyeong Suseonggi.
Like the title of a novel, every cultivator possesses a destiny bestowed by heaven.
A cultivator who awakens to their Heavenly Mandate can obtain power far greater than other cultivators.
However, the timing of awakening to that Heavenly Mandate differs for each cultivator.
In the original work, there were immortals who never discovered their Heavenly Mandate even by the end, and cultivators who awakened to theirs from birth—it was that arbitrary.
“In any case, we survived thanks to you, Sister.”
“I’m not sure whether to call it survival or just good luck. Anyway, what about the culprits?”
“While we were dealing with Muk-hyeon, they safely escaped the cave.”
Jin Seok-jun and Kang Jin-heon approached me and Eun Hui-gyeom.
Kang Jin-heon and Jin Seok-jun were equally battered from facing all of Paecheonmun’s sorcerers.
“Neither of you are injured?”
“You’re hardly one to ask, considering you sustained the worst injuries among us.”
“Well, it was dangerous, but thanks to Detective Kang’s help, we managed to pull through. And because of that, we were able to rescue all the victims safely.”
He said the victims were gathered outside the cave.
“The Nearby Village is quite a distance away, so it’ll be troublesome, but we should escort them there.”
“That would be best.”
“Brother?”
At the mention of going outside to see the victims, I found myself clutching Eun Hui-gyeom’s sleeve without thinking.
“Will it be alright?”
“What…? Ah.”
I had once rescued victims from Nakryeong Mine, only to face uncomfortable stares afterward.
Worry seized me first—had I done something foolish this time as well?
What if they had come here willingly, just like before?
What if I had done something unnecessary?
“It will be fine.”
“…”
“If you say anything strange again, I won’t let it slide. Now come.”
“Understood.”
We met the victims gathered outside the cave.
A woman holding a child approached me.
“Sob… thank you so much. Thank you.”
“Without your help, we would all be dead.”
“Thank you.”
As one person expressed gratitude, others followed suit, bowing their heads and shedding tears of relief.
Eun Hui-gyeom chuckled softly as he watched me.
“Yes.”
I unfurled my Yoo Yeon-seo’s wings wide and transported the victims to the Nearby Village.
With hundreds of victims, I couldn’t carry them all at once and had to make several trips back and forth.
After delivering the last group of victims, we returned to Hwangsa Valley.
“You want to explore the cave further?”

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