Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 172

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Chapter 172: Nascent Soul (3)

 

[Mad Snow White Forest Scene]

 

Yowon Gyeon also noticed that a domain was being deployed.

 

However, escaping from an already deployed domain was nearly impossible.

 

‘I’ve been caught.’

 

Yowon Gyeon clicked his tongue.

 

Fortunately, Snow Flower True Lord’s domain had only captured Yowon Gyeon alone.

 

If it had swallowed the others all at once, the aftermath would have been difficult to handle.

 

‘Those guys would be finished if they suffered fatal injuries.’

 

Yo Eun-hui and Na Chwi-ryang were still in the Core Formation Realm.

 

If their Golden Core suffered fatal damage, they would meet death immediately.

 

But Yowon Gyeon’s situation was different.

 

“You still seem to have leisure, Yowon Gyeon.”

 

Then Snow Flower True Lord’s voice was heard.

 

His face wasn’t visible, but he would be existing somewhere in the darkness.

 

“Don’t tell me you still think you have two lives?”

 

“What are you talking about?”

 

“I’m saying you think you can escape with your Nascent Soul even if your body meets death from my attack.”

 

Cultivators who have reached the Nascent Soul Realm don’t die easily.

 

Even if they suffer fatal injuries and their Golden Core is destroyed, they can escape by releasing their Nascent Soul.

 

Since the Nascent Soul is much faster than the physical body and free from various physical constraints, it’s difficult to catch someone who escapes in Nascent Soul form under normal circumstances.

 

However… there exists a method that can completely block this escape in Nascent Soul form.

 

That is trapping them inside a domain like right now.

 

“Right now you’re trapped inside a domain. Even if you try to escape with your Nascent Soul, you can’t get outside.”

 

“…”

 

The Nascent Soul can penetrate physical walls, but it cannot penetrate domains.

 

Therefore, trapping someone inside a domain is considered one of the methods to definitively annihilate Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.

 

“If you die here, that’s the end. This isn’t the time to act leisurely.”

 

“Hmm.”

 

Yowon Gyeon removed his hood.

 

And scratched his smooth snake head with his fingertips.

 

“Hey, Snow Flower True Lord.”

 

“What?”

 

“That’s only meaningful if you can actually subdue me, isn’t it?”

 

Saying that, Yowon Gyeon flicked his tongue.

 

“If I tear your body apart first and leave only your Nascent Soul, what will you say then?”

 

“…”

 

If Snow Flower True Lord’s body met death, this domain would likely be released.

 

While maintaining a domain in Nascent Soul form wasn’t entirely impossible, it wasn’t an easy task either.

 

And if cornered to that extent, it would be better to just release the domain and escape with the Nascent Soul.

 

“You’re quite confident, Yowon Gyeon…”

 

Then the surroundings, which had only been dark, began to gradually change.

 

A silver-white forest covered in snow appeared.

 

‘Is this Snow Flower True Lord’s domain?’

 

On the surface, it didn’t seem to have any particular danger.

 

If it had been a domain with terrifying blizzards raging, Yowon Gyeon would have urgently deployed defensive magic.

 

But right now it was just quiet.

 

So Yowon Gyeon only activated all his senses to guard his surroundings.

 

“I’ll allow you the first attack. Come at me, Snow Flower True Lord.”

 

Yowon Gyeon threw out provocative words again.

 

However, this wasn’t just for psychological warfare.

 

Originally, Yowon Gyeon had a belligerent personality that enjoyed magical duels.

 

This was a racial tendency that commonly appeared in most demonic cultivators.

 

For example, Na Chwi-ryang also had a considerably belligerent personality like Yowon Gyeon.

 

On the other hand, Yo Eun-hui, who was a mixed-blood with the human race, had weaker such tendencies.

 

The reason Yowon Gyeon accepted Cheon Woo-jin’s request this time was also because he thought he could have a bout with a Daoist of the same Nascent Soul Realm.

 

Most Nascent Soul Realm Daoists quietly focused only on their own cultivation in the Ghost Beast City Upper Section, so opportunities to clash were rare.

 

During his Core Formation Realm days, Yowon Gyeon had stirred up trouble here and there and fought around like Na Chwi-ryang, so he occasionally thought about wanting to have a refreshing fight.

 

That said, as the Elder Ancestor of the Shadow Scale Sunken Sect, he couldn’t go around picking fights anywhere, so he had just endured it… but this time a good opportunity arose, so he immediately joined the battle.

 

“Yowon Gyeon, about your earlier statement.”

 

But Snow Flower True Lord didn’t attack and brought up a different topic instead.

 

He wanted to tell him to stop talking and attack quickly… but since he needed to buy time for Cheon Woo-jin, he just stayed still.

 

“You boasted earlier that you were fine despite being affected by the Upper Realm’s power.”

 

“…”

 

“Certainly, your Shadow Scale Sunken Sect achieved great prosperity due to the influence of the Arctic True Martial Mysterious Heaven Supreme Emperor’s scale fragments. The pride you feel about that… from your perspective, it might be natural.”

 

The tone was slightly different from earlier.

 

Seeing how his voice had lowered, it seemed his mood had changed somewhat while deploying the domain.

 

“However, you and I are different.”

 

“As I said earlier, the Arctic True Martial Mysterious Heaven Supreme Emperor is the guardian deity of us snake folk, right?”

 

“That’s not all.”

 

Snow Flower True Lord spoke in a dark voice.

 

“You were merely influenced by fragments of a transcendent being that fell from the Upper Realm. You weren’t directly affected by the Upper Realm itself.”

 

“That’s…”

 

“I was directly bathed in waves that flowed out from the Upper Realm.”

 

Whooooo.

 

Snow Flower True Lord’s sigh echoed like the sound of wind.

 

“At that moment, I felt tremendous fear.”

 

“Fear?”

 

“Because I understood at once how terrifying and dreadful a place the Upper Realm is.”

 

“…”

 

It’s said that Snow Flower True Lord went mad when he made contact with the Upper Realm at that time.

 

Could that have been because of fear?

 

“Many cultivators think of the Upper Realm as an ideal paradise. But that’s a great misconception.”

 

“…”

 

“The Upper Realm is truly a fearsome place, Yowon Gyeon.”

 

Whooooo.

 

Again, a sigh like the sound of wind was heard.

 

Hearing that sound, Yowon Gyeon felt somehow eerie.

 

If he had been an ordinary human rather than a snake demon, goosebumps would have risen on his skin.

 

“But… it’s also an endlessly attractive place.”

 

“…?”

 

“It’s scary, very scary. But it’s attractive because it’s scary.”

 

Snow Flower True Lord’s voice trembled faintly.

 

It sounded like a voice trembling with terror, but also like a voice swept up in excitement.

 

‘He’s emotionally unstable. As expected, he’s not in his right mind.’

 

Continuing to listen to such rambling was meaningless.

 

When he was thinking that, Snow Flower True Lord’s voice suddenly became even more sinister.

 

“So I want to go there.”

 

“You want to go to the Upper Realm?”

 

Yowon Gyeon tilted his head.

 

“Snow Flower True Lord, isn’t that the same for everyone? Ascension is something all cultivators dream of…”

 

“No, that’s where I want to go.”

 

Snow Flower True Lord cut off Yowon Gyeon’s words midway.

 

“Those waves that devoured my entire soul… I want to go to the place that sent that voice.”

 

“Voice?”

 

“Yes, what I heard was a voice. A voice that transmitted all information through sound waves. Just by hearing the voice, I could understand what kind of place it was.”

 

Huuuuuu.

 

Again, the sound of sighing could be heard.

 

No, was this really the sound of sighing?

 

It sounded more like a chilling wind?

 

“And I also knew what kind of being the owner of that voice was.”

 

“Hey, Snow Flower True Lord…”

 

“I never forgot that. I was always yearning for it. That’s why…”

 

“Listen!”

 

Swish.

 

From among the towering silver-white trees, a pure white object appeared.

 

It was a massive skull.

 

Though Yowon Gyeon was also ten feet tall, the skull’s height was more than ten times that.

 

The skull was twisted like the face of someone who had died in all kinds of agony, and looking at it gave one the illusion that they too would die in pain with such an expression.

 

And scattered throughout the skeleton were patches of fur. The withered and twisted fur made it look like a corpse that had been rotting for a long time, just before becoming bleached bones.

 

“Could it be…!”

 

Seeing that chilling appearance, Yowon Gyeon recalled legends he had heard in the past.

 

“A transcendent being from the Upper Realm… Night Flower Mad Bone Great Venerable!”

 

A chill ran down Yowon Gyeon’s spine.

 

Who would have thought this was a domain that summoned such an absurd existence.

 

“It’s merely something I manifested through my imagination. It’s not a real transcendent being.”

 

Snow Flower True Lord’s voice came from within the Night Flower Mad Bone Great Venerable.

 

“But while matter is finite, the mind is infinite… If the mental image created within my mind is clear, I can manifest beings that exceed the limits of my abilities.”

 

“Kuk…!”

 

Yowon Gyeon urgently shook his tail.

 

Then massive sound waves burst forth from the bell at the tip of his tail.

 

Rumble!

 

The silver-white trees snapped under the sound wave attack that distorted even space.

 

But the Night Flower Mad Bone Great Venerable showed no change at all.

 

It only spoke in Snow Flower True Lord’s voice while looking at Yowon Gyeon through its bizarrely twisted eye sockets.

 

“Yowon Gyeon, what kind of flower will you bloom?”

 

“…!”

 

Huuuuuu.

 

The moment the sigh-like wind sound was heard, Yowon Gyeon’s entire body froze solid.

 

The frozen body burst apart in an instant before Yowon Gyeon could make any response.

 

It was the moment a red flower bloomed in the pure white domain.

 

* * *

 

Cheon Woo-jin felt his soul seeping out beyond his golden core.

 

The soul that emerged in the form of light seemed about to scatter like this.

 

But that didn’t happen.

 

The brilliant light seemed about to scatter in all directions, then gathered in one place.

 

What had been merely a mass of light began to gradually take shape according to Cheon Woo-jin’s mental image.

 

It was the form of a young baby that could be called an infant.

 

‘My Nascent Soul…!’

 

Cheon Woo-jin gazed at his newly born Nascent Soul.

 

Though it was in the form of a baby, it strangely felt sacred and dignified.

 

If Cheon Woo-jin had been an ordinary human, he would have prostrated himself, thinking a miraculous baby spirit had appeared.

 

But being captivated by such feelings didn’t last long either.

 

Before he knew it, the center of his consciousness had shifted to the Nascent Soul.

 

Now Cheon Woo-jin’s consciousness existed within the Nascent Soul, not the golden core.

 

‘With this, I’ve succeeded in creating a Nascent Soul. But…’

 

Last time, Seo Seol-ryeong had warned him.

 

Even if a fish manages to come up onto land, if it doesn’t know how to breathe outside water, it will eventually suffocate and die.

 

Right now, Cheon Woo-jin was a fish that had climbed onto land dreaming of evolution.

 

But he couldn’t just stay still like this.

 

He had to become a being that could freely breathe the fresh air of the land.

 

‘That’s why I mastered the Bright Moon Clear Truth Technique.’

 

The Nascent Soul closed its eyes and sat in lotus position.

 

The information about the Bright Moon Clear Truth Technique that Seo Seol-ryeong had imparted flowed through his consciousness.

 

‘The Bright Moon Clear Truth Technique is originally a cultivation technique of the Jinren Clan. And the Jinren Clan possesses high-dimensional senses incomparable to other races.’

 

The reason Seo Seol-ryeong could live well even with her eyes covered by an eye patch was thanks to the Jinren Clan’s unique high-dimensional senses.

 

Now Cheon Woo-jin would also gain those senses through the Bright Moon Clear Truth Technique.

 

‘Now I will see the world with different eyes. I will gain true Divine Consciousness.’

 

With his past dull senses, he couldn’t control a Nascent Soul stage body.

 

He would have to roll around on the ground gasping, unable to breathe properly.

 

In doing so, he might eventually learn how to breathe, but it would take far too long.

 

He had to use true Divine Consciousness to gain enlightenment at once and evolve into a new life form that could breathe on land.

 

‘Yes, like this…’

 

Cheon Woo-jin’s consciousness, which had been focused solely on his golden core, suddenly expanded.

 

He could feel the energy flowing through the twelve primary meridians, eight extraordinary meridians, and connecting vessels.

 

The presence of his five organs, six bowels, skin, hair, flesh, muscles, and bones was also vividly felt.

 

And… he perceived all of that being sublimated to a more high-dimensional realm.

 

Cheon Woo-jin was no longer the Cheon Woo-jin of the past.

 

A pioneer who could boldly challenge the limits of the material world.

 

He could truly feel that he was becoming such an existence.

 

‘With this, I am… a Daoist of the Nascent Soul stage.’

 

Wooong!

 

Within the resonating energy waves, Cheon Woo-jin opened his eyes.

 

The surroundings had already grown dark.

 

But Cheon Woo-jin could perceive everything clearly as if it were bright daylight.

 

He could even catch and support Seo Seol-ryeong, who had exhausted all her energy helping with the Nascent Soul condensation and was collapsing to the side… without being too late.

 

“Thank you.”

 

The Eight Desolations Falling Chain Diagram that had been floating above Cheon Woo-jin’s head had already disappeared.

 

It had been destroyed while blocking the Heavenly Tribulation that occurred during the Nascent Soul condensation process.

 

And the one who had controlled that was none other than Seo Seol-ryeong.

 

So that Cheon Woo-jin could focus on condensing his Nascent Soul, Seo Seol-ryeong had taken on all the difficult and dangerous tasks.

 

“…”

 

Hearing Cheon Woo-jin’s words of gratitude, Seo Seol-ryeong only nodded silently in his arms.

 

Seeing that, Cheon Woo-jin gained one realization.

 

The Divine Consciousness that Cheon Woo-jin had mastered allowed him to see through even the secrets that Seo Seol-ryeong had been hiding.

 

But Cheon Woo-jin didn’t bother to mention it. Now wasn’t the time for that.

 

“Watch, Seo Seol-ryeong.”

 

Boom!

 

A thunderous sound came from far away.

 

Just from that alone, he could tell that an intense battle was taking place.

 

“The time has come to see if the one you placed your trust in is a person who lives up to expectations.”

 

The cold wind that had been sweeping through the mountain region became a mystical current that wrapped around his entire body.

 

With cold lightning flashing in both eyes, Cheon Woo-jin gazed into the distance.

 

All preparations were complete.

 

Exploding the spiritual power pulsating from deep within his body, Cheon Woo-jin crossed through the world.

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