Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 112

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Chapter 112: Core Formation (5)

 

Cheon Woo-jin first began operating the demonic energy from Eokhae Majeon.

 

The demonic energy obtained from the transcendent being of the Upper Realm was also stored in Cheon Woo-jin’s Golden Core.

 

Normally, it became part of the Taiji, harmonizing with other energies, but Cheon Woo-jin could draw it out and use it whenever he wished.

 

The profound demonic energy was refined through the incantations of the Six Extremes Heaven Strength Divine Art, forming protective energy.

 

Unlike the protective energy of martial artists that shields the body’s surface, this was protective energy that strengthened the entire physical body.

 

Until now, Cheon Woo-jin had gradually developed his body step by step during the Qi Accumulation Stage.

 

That body was completed upon reaching the Core Formation Realm.

 

By imbuing the perfected body with protective energy, he elevated it to an even higher dimension.

 

“Ooooh…!”

 

Jin Si-hyeok, who had become a flame giant through the ultimate technique of the Flame Jade Blazing Yang Method, Flame Emperor’s Majesty, roared.

 

He raised his massive fist and thrust it forward powerfully.

 

The fist itself became a torrent of flames, sweeping through space.

 

However, Cheon Woo-jin avoided the attack with just a light leap, without even deploying Lightning Energy.

 

“What…!”

 

It wasn’t simply that his leg strength had improved.

 

All his senses had sharpened and his reaction speed had reached its absolute limit.

 

Only now could he truly demonstrate the essence of the Soft Body Technique.

 

“You bastard…!”

 

Kwakwakwa-bang!

 

Countless flame orbs burst forth from the flame giant’s body.

 

The advantage of Flame Emperor’s Majesty was that it could deploy attacks at ultra-high speed since massive flames were already prepared.

 

But Cheon Woo-jin’s body, strengthened to its limits by the Six Extremes Heaven Strength Divine Art, reacted even to those attacks.

 

[Lightning Flash]

 

Papapapat!

 

He changed direction countless times in the air at sharp angles, evading the flame orbs.

 

Violent aerial maneuvers that an ordinary human body could never endure.

 

Having avoided all attacks, Cheon Woo-jin soared high into the sky.

 

“What kind of bastard is that…!”

 

Jin Si-hyeok shouted as if frustrated.

 

But Cheon Woo-jin wasn’t properly listening to that voice.

 

Even while deploying protective energy and leaping with Lightning Energy, he was continuously concentrating his consciousness within his Spiritual Domain.

 

“…”

 

The endlessly expanding inner space.

 

Within the Spiritual Domain of his Manifest True Life Body, Cheon Woo-jin continued to observe himself.

 

He kept feeling the sensation of a black dragon writhing within his Golden Core.

 

This was because he had drawn out and used the pure yang energy to its maximum when deploying True Fire earlier.

 

Still unfamiliar with utilizing his Golden Core, the balance of yin and yang had become disrupted.

 

Currently, Cheon Woo-jin’s Golden Core was in a state of yang deficiency and yin excess.

 

He could restore balance through Qi Circulation Cultivation, but Cheon Woo-jin was trying to solve this in a different way.

 

‘If it’s a state where yang is deficient and yin is excessive, then I can utilize that.’

 

Cheon Woo-jin had earlier used the Black Tortoise scale fragment as an extreme yin core formation spirit material.

 

Utilizing that power, he refined pure yin within his Golden Core.

 

He added the principle of Metal, which is yang within yin, to Water, which is yin within yin.

 

This was consistent with the principles of Ice Attribute Magic that Cheon Woo-jin had comprehended.

 

‘In that case.’

 

Just as the power of pure yang manifested as True Fire in the form of flames.

 

The power of pure yin would manifest in the form of ice.

 

The black energy that had surged like a dragon was dyed white.

 

As Cheon Woo-jin’s mental image was completed, it manifested in the real world.

 

[White Night Ascending Heaven]

 

Paaaaaa!

 

A white storm burst forth.

 

Absolute cold energy, manifested according to Cheon Woo-jin’s mental image, descended while dyeing the world pure white.

 

The flame giant raised both arms to try to block that cold energy.

 

But it was a futile effort.

 

This white storm possessed similar properties to Black Thunder Spirit Sealing, the most vicious Lightning Energy that Cheon Woo-jin had used until now.

 

Just as Black Lightning maximized the power of annihilation to grind away everything, this froze and stopped everything with the power of pure yin.

 

If the True Fire Vast Heaven he had deployed moments ago was flames that could even burn flames, then this White Night Ascending Heaven was cold energy that could even freeze flames.

 

Transcendent power that he couldn’t even dare attempt during his Qi Accumulation Stage days.

 

A great achievement made possible because he had reached the Core Formation Realm, comprehended the true meaning of Taiji, and become able to control it himself.

 

A unique magic art announcing that Cheon Woo-jin had reached a new realm revealed itself to this world.

 

Swoooosh!

 

The dark and gloomy sky froze pure white.

 

Though this was inside the Blood Marsh Secret Realm, the sky existed according to the Secret Realm’s own laws. By freezing and stopping even those laws, he dyed the entire world white.

 

And beneath it, the flame giant began to be dyed white.

 

Just moments ago, it had been blazing fiercely with tremendous momentum as if to burn everything.

 

Now it had become frozen in the very form of flames, unable to even move.

 

Crack…!

 

A large fragment fell from the flame giant that had turned white and solidified.

 

It was crumbling down as if ice chunks were splitting apart.

 

Freezing everything to a standstill meant stopping even the force that maintained its form.

 

In this frozen state, there was no way the flame giant’s form could be properly maintained.

 

Thud, thud, crash….

 

The fallen fragments crashed to the ground.

 

Upon impact, they shattered into pieces and turned to powder, scattering over the swamp area of the Blood Marsh Secret Realm.

 

A surreal landscape of white snowflakes dancing over the red swamp area.

 

Cheon Woo-jin landed in the middle of it all.

 

‘My body doesn’t feel heavy at all.’

 

Even he found it surprising.

 

Until now, using just one powerful technique would reach his limit and leave him completely exhausted.

 

But this time, even after unleashing maximum-power magic arts twice in succession, his entire body was perfectly fine.

 

This wasn’t simply because he had strengthened his body with strong qi.

 

It was thanks to being able to process everything within the microcosm called the Golden Core.

 

He had truly become an existence of a higher dimension.

 

Cheon Woo-jin once again realized his own growth.

 

“Grrrr….”

 

Jin Si-hyeok’s figure could be seen within the collapsed flame giant.

 

Both his arms were frozen and shattered. It must have been because he raised the giant’s arms to defend against the storm of cold air.

 

The Flame Fusion Annihilation Sword lay fallen beside him, but it was impossible for Jin Si-hyeok, who had lost his arms, to grasp the sword hilt.

 

A Core Formation Realm cultivator could easily regenerate even if they lost an arm or two.

 

But that didn’t mean physical injuries should be taken lightly.

 

Like Jin Si-hyeok now, who couldn’t even pick up the dharma artifact right beside him.

 

“Ugh…!”

 

Thwack!

 

Cheon Woo-jin kicked the rolling Flame Fusion Annihilation Sword with his foot.

 

Seeing it fly far away, Jin Si-hyeok’s face contorted.

 

If he had arms, he could have grasped and wielded it with spiritual power, but now even that had become difficult.

 

[Black Shadow Curse Kill]

 

He then drove the curse awl into Jin Si-hyeok.

 

The curse energy that exploded from within ravaged Jin Si-hyeok’s body, making even final resistance impossible.

 

“Sp, spare me….”

 

Jin Si-hyeok opened his mouth with a pale face.

 

“Spare me, Cheon Woo-jin….”

 

The arrogant attitude he had shown as the leader of the Flame Emperor Sect was nowhere to be found.

 

He was bowing his head and begging for his life before Cheon Woo-jin, whom he had mocked as a mere Qi Accumulation Stage mercenary.

 

“If you spare me, I will surely repay you. Please spare me….”

 

“….”

 

When Cheon Woo-jin gave no response, Jin Si-hyeok’s voice became more urgent.

 

“You, you must know that reaching Core Formation isn’t the end. Each stage of growth requires an enormous amount of cultivation resources. For a mercenary like you to secure those resources is nearly impossible.”

 

“….”

 

“But the Flame Emperor Sect can provide those resources. If you spare me, I’ll provide enough resources for you to reach Core Formation Great Completion without any problems. How about it?”

 

Saying this, Jin Si-hyeok watched Cheon Woo-jin’s expression.

 

“Are you worried I won’t keep my promise? Don’t worry. We can make a formal contract….”

 

“I made a promise to Poyeong.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin spoke in a cold voice.

 

“I promised to send Jin Si-hyeok to the afterlife soon.”

 

“What…?”

 

To Poyeong, Jin Si-hyeok was an irreplaceable master, but he was also her mother’s enemy.

 

Of course, it was the elders of the Flame Emperor Sect who killed her mother and made her into an elixir. But Jin Si-hyeok, who had hidden the fact that he consumed that elixir while acting as Poyeong’s master, couldn’t be free from responsibility either.

 

“When you meet Poyeong in the afterlife, make sure to apologize for everything.”

 

“W, wait…!”

 

Cheon Woo-jin drew the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword from his storage bag.

 

And without a moment’s hesitation, he stabbed Jin Si-hyeok’s lower abdomen.

 

“Guh, ugh….”

 

Jin Si-hyeok’s eyes filled with shock as his Golden Core was pierced.

 

Immediately after, a change occurred in the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword.

 

A new orb appeared on the blade that had only contained five orbs.

 

It was the result of the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword, which had the property of absorbing rare qualities, absorbing Jin Si-hyeok’s Yang Spirit Divine Meridian.

 

‘This spirit orb can store yang energy.’

 

A spirit orb that stored yang energy rather than fire energy.

 

If he drew the power of pure yang from here, he could ignite True Fire.

 

The yang energy within his Golden Core was limited to one use of True Fire Vast Heaven.

 

But if he drew yang energy from the Soul Devouring Spirit Flame Sword’s spirit orb, he could use it at least one more time.

 

‘I’ve become able to handle Taiji by using extreme yang spirit materials, but I still have a constitution with strong yin properties. However, if I store yang energy externally like this, I can overcome that limitation.’

 

It was the same as overcoming the limitations of the Water Spirit Root with the Five Elements Spirit Orb.

 

Using this Yang Spirit Orb, Cheon Woo-jin would be able to unleash True Fire in rapid succession.

 

If he utilized the Red Sea True Fire Spear talisman on top of this… he could fight like a cultivator who had wielded flames as their main weapon from the beginning.

 

Just like when he had attacked the Blood Puppet Sect to obtain the Yin-Yang Mystic Pearl in the past.

 

‘I had hidden my identity to deceive Blood Puppet Ancestor Gu Do-ryun’s eyes.’

 

Back then, he had deliberately sealed the magic arts he usually used and pretended to be someone else.

 

Even when burning down the Blood Puppet Sect Branch at the end, he had unleashed Samadhi True Fire using the Red Sea True Fire Spear talisman.

 

Gu Do-ryun was probably still searching for the mysterious Core Formation flame arts user ‘Hyeok’.

 

‘With the power I currently possess, it would truly be possible to masquerade as a Core Formation flame arts user.’

 

Thinking this, Cheon Woo-jin turned his gaze toward the Zhurong World-Destroying Sword he had kicked away earlier.

 

If he carried that around too, everyone would probably believe he was a master of the Fire Spirit Root.

 

“You, you foolish bastard…”

 

Just then.

 

With his golden core pierced through, Jin Si-hyeok struggled to open his mouth.

 

“You’ve made a grave mistake…”

 

“A mistake?”

 

“The fact that you killed me will soon be known throughout the entire Cultivation World. Do you know what will happen then…?”

 

His voice was like dying embers, ready to fade at any moment.

 

It seemed he would soon meet complete death.

 

Using that brief time, Jin Si-hyeok was trying to spit out final words of curse at Cheon Woo-jin.

 

“I am the son of the Taeul Yeokri Gate’s sect master. Though I couldn’t inherit my father’s surname, I am of the Taeul Yeokri Gate’s main bloodline…”

 

Jin Si-hyeok was the biological son of Song Mu-yeol, the sect master of Taeul Yeokri Gate.

 

Reminding him of this fact once more, Jin Si-hyeok smiled faintly.

 

“Now Taeul Yeokri Gate will target your life. Do you think someone like you can stand against Taeul Yeokri Gate…?”

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