Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 174

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Chapter 174: Guanghan Dark Realm (1)

 

When Cheon Woo-jin first received the Guanghan Bright True Technique from Seo Seol-ryeong, he was quite surprised.

 

An endlessly stretching land of extreme cold… the scenery of a frozen wasteland unfolded in his mind.

 

It was similar to the surface of the moon he had once seen in photographs.

 

Originally, Guanghan means the moon palace.

 

This is because Guanghan Palace is where the moon goddess resides.

 

When Cheon Woo-jin received the Guanghan Bright True Technique, seeing scenery similar to the moon’s surface was likely related to this.

 

And the moon represents yin.

 

Ultimately, the Guanghan Bright True Technique could be said to be a cultivation method that pursues the power of yin.

 

‘If that’s the case.’

 

Cheon Woo-jin had always carried a black world within himself.

 

It was the spiritual domain of the Manifest True Life Body he had gained by consuming the Black Mist Dragon’s core.

 

It was a world of extreme yin like the northern sea that accepts and devours everything.

 

‘It should be possible to harmonize the world of the Guanghan Bright True Technique with the world of the Manifest True Life Body.’

 

Upon reaching Won Yeong-gyeong, Cheon Woo-jin’s inner world changed greatly.

 

The lands of Guanghan spread across the black world that had contained nothing.

 

Then he felt a stability as if standing with both feet planted firmly on the ground.

 

He belatedly realized how precariously and unstably he had been struggling until now.

 

Not only that, but he could clearly perceive the width and depth of the world.

 

Until now, he had simply felt it was endless, but now he could grasp and understand what was located where within the infinite world.

 

‘Because I refined the primordial spirit and mastered new divine consciousness, I can now see everything from a new perspective.’

 

Until now, even in the spiritual domain, he had been bound by the limitations of the material world.

 

But now it was possible to contemplate everything in the material world from the perspective of the primordial spirit, a being of the mental world.

 

And… he came to understand that he was a being who had stepped into a higher realm above the material world.

 

Someday he would become a being capable of freely manipulating this material world.

 

With that premonition, Cheon Woo-jin greatly expanded his inner world.

 

‘It won’t be difficult. It’s something I’ve done countless times before.’

 

When first creating sword qi, Cheon Woo-jin had made a blade within himself.

 

He could create sword qi by bringing that mental image outside.

 

The various magic arts Cheon Woo-jin had created until now were also, when examined closely, implementations of such mental images one by one.

 

But now he would not implement such ‘individual mental images.’

 

What Cheon Woo-jin would implement now was a ‘world mental image.’

 

To express it differently, it could also be called a ‘mental image world.’

 

‘I’ve seen this before.’

 

The power to bring out a mental image world and overlay it onto the real world.

 

Song Yu-hee’s Taeheo Sindanryeok.

 

Guk Ro-jin’s Oryong Jinguk-jeong.

 

Gwan Hwang’s Mumyeong Dowon.

 

Cheon Woo-jin had actually experienced and understood them.

 

Some were still in development, and some had major vulnerabilities… but they were sufficient to give Cheon Woo-jin enlightenment.

 

Now he would actually implement that enlightenment.

 

[Guanghan Dark Realm]

 

Gooooooo.

 

With a low, resonating bass note, the world began to transform.

 

Currently surrounding them was the Crazy Snow White Forest Landscape, which was Snow Flower True Lord’s law domain.

 

It was a scene of silver-white forest covered in snow, but not a forest from the Lower Realm where humans live.

 

It was a forest of the Upper Realm drawn by reverse-calculating from the transcendent being’s wavelength that Snow Flower True Lord had once experienced.

 

Part of that Upper Realm forest was erased.

 

With the midpoint between Cheon Woo-jin and Yehwa Gwang-gol Dae-jon as the boundary, only the forest on Cheon Woo-jin’s side disappeared.

 

What spread in its place was desolate land reminiscent of the moon’s surface.

 

The lands of Guanghan, seemingly extending endlessly behind Cheon Woo-jin.

 

The sky was pitch black with nothing visible.

 

It was like the space seen from the moon.

 

It was also like the vast northern sea whose depths could not be known.

 

“This is… a law domain?”

 

A voice was heard from within Yehwa Gwang-gol Dae-jon.

 

It was the voice of Snow Flower True Lord, who had assimilated with the Yehwa Gwang-gol Dae-jon he had imagined.

 

“You, judging by your appearance you seem like Cheon Woo-jin… don’t tell me you’ve mastered a law domain?”

 

Even stopping his expression of anger at being toyed with by Yowon Gyeon.

 

Snow Flower True Lord showed interest in Cheon Woo-jin.

 

“Remarkable. For someone who reached Jeodan Gorge not long ago to already master a law domain… As North Palace Annihilation said, you seem to possess special talent.”

 

“So it was North Palace Annihilation’s instigation after all.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin spoke in a cold voice.

 

“With that body mixed with Jinren Clan blood, you couldn’t properly accept Yehwa Gwang-gol Dae-jon’s wavelength. To overcome that, you were looking for a body to possess when you heard North Palace Annihilation’s story and came to target me.”

 

“Hmm…?”

 

Snow Flower True Lord showed a puzzled reaction.

 

“You bastard, how do you know even such things? Even if you learned from Seo Seol-ryeong that Gaya True Person’s blood flows in me, the rest…”

 

“Snow Flower True Lord.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin gazed at Yehwa Gwang-gol Dae-jon, which housed Snow Flower True Lord’s consciousness.

 

“Even if you undergo body snatching, it will be useless.”

 

“What…”

 

“Even extending your lifespan will be pointless. Because… soon Yehwa Gwang-gol Dae-jon’s consciousness will flow into you and completely collapse your personality.”

 

“…!”

 

“You think your personality changed because you briefly contacted the Upper Realm in the outer sea, but that’s not actually the case. Even after that, Yehwa Gwang-gol Dae-jon’s signals have been continuously transmitted to you, and your madness stems from there.”

 

This was content described in the game’s events.

 

In the game too, Snow Flower True Lord descends to the 6th floor searching for a target for body snatching, but shows increasingly severe madness.

 

Then he completely loses his reason and self-destructs, because part of Yehwa Gwang-gol Dae-jon’s consciousness was trying to force its way into the Lower Realm.

 

Events where transcendent beings from the Upper Realm try to forcibly enter the Lower Realm appear multiple times in the game, serving to inform players of the Upper Realm’s terror.

 

Snow Flower True Lord was merely a tragic NPC who appeared for such events.

 

“…”

 

After hearing Cheon Woo-jin’s words, Snow Flower True Lord remained silent for a while.

 

He only stared at Cheon Woo-jin while extending Yehwa Gwang-gol Dae-jon’s distorted skull.

 

“Ridiculous.”

 

Snow Flower True Lord, who had been silent for a long time, spoke again.

 

“I don’t know what a mere brat like you thinks you know to say such things. You seem to be caught up in delusions of omnipotence, spouting your imagination freely, which only makes me laugh in disbelief.”

 

“It’s not imagination, Snow Flower True Lord.”

 

“Shut up, Cheon Woo-jin.”

 

Snow Flower True Lord expressed his displeasure.

 

“You seem elated about creating a Law Domain, but honestly, from my perspective, it’s nothing but a childish and crude imitation. Being intoxicated by such a thing and feeling omnipotent is proof of your foolishness.”

 

Sinister light gleamed from Yehwa Gwang-gol Dae-jon’s eye sockets.

 

“Look at the world spread around you. Such a desolate land with nothing in it – I’ve never heard of such a Law Domain.”

 

“Certainly, there’s no Law Domain like this.”

 

Song Yu-hui’s Taeheo Sindanryeok had a bizarre tree rising up.

 

Gukro True Person’s Oryong Jinguk-jeong also had a large cauldron.

 

Gwanhwang’s Mumyeong Dowon was a space filled with countless swords.

 

Cheon Woo-jin had never seen a Law Domain with nothing like this either.

 

“In the end, you’re revealing the poverty of your mental imagery. You empty, hollow bastard.”

 

“Empty and hollow…”

 

Hearing those words.

 

Cheon Woo-jin nodded.

 

“That’s not wrong.”

 

“That’s right. So know your place and…”

 

“But, Snow Flower True Lord.”

 

Interrupting Snow Flower True Lord’s words, Cheon Woo-jin spoke in a cold voice.

 

“Because it’s such an empty world… couldn’t anything exist in it all the more?”

 

“What?”

 

“Snow Flower True Lord, when I reached the Nascent Soul realm, I thought about the Golden Core.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin placed his hand on his lower abdomen’s dantian.

 

Beyond the Sea of Qi acupoint, the Golden Core would exist.

 

“The interior of the Golden Core is an unknown space. Therefore, the possibility existed to transcend the laws of the material world. I was able to condense my Nascent Soul by utilizing that possibility.”

 

“…?”

 

“This space is the same. Because it’s a space with nothing assigned to it, the possibility exists for anything to manifest instead.”

 

Let’s think about Black Mist Daoist Sect Leader Gwanhwang’s Mumyeong Dowon.

 

That Law Domain was a space filled with countless swords.

 

Therefore, there was no room for possibilities other than swords to exist.

 

But Cheon Woo-jin’s Law Domain is different.

 

Created by combining the Gwanghan Myeongjin Technique and the Manifest True Life Body, it’s simply a world that’s vast and cold.

 

In such a place, adding any possibility wouldn’t be problematic.

 

“Just as I’ve created and implemented all sorts of mental imagery within the pitch-black spiritual domain until now… I can create and implement new mental imagery here.”

 

“You bastard, what the hell are you saying…”

 

“But simply implementing individual magic arts won’t be enough to oppose monsters like you.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin is at the early Nascent Soul stage.

 

Snow Flower True Lord is at the late Nascent Soul stage.

 

Thinking normally, Cheon Woo-jin would inevitably be at a disadvantage.

 

“So… I need to implement an entirely different world.”

 

“What the hell are you talking about! Explain it so I can understand!”

 

“Snow Flower True Lord, others might not understand, but you should be able to.”

 

Saying that, Cheon Woo-jin looked around.

 

“This Gwangsul Baekrim-gyeong is a landscape of the Upper Realm that you drew by reverse-calculating from the wavelengths you encountered before. Isn’t that right?”

 

“That’s…”

 

“I’m trying to draw such a world too.”

 

“What…!”

 

Snow Flower True Lord seemed to finally understand.

 

“You, your words now mean… the true nature of this Law Domain that’s empty with nothing in it… is a blank canvas for freely drawing wondrous worlds?!”

 

“It’s a bit strange to call a pitch-black space a blank canvas, but that’s roughly correct.”

 

“That’s impossible! There’s no way such a thing could be possible!”

 

Despite understanding what was being said, Snow Flower True Lord showed a reaction of refusing to accept it.

 

“And how could someone like you draw such a wondrous world! You haven’t experienced it directly like I have…!”

 

“Why do you think I haven’t experienced it?”

 

“What, what did you say?”

 

That’s right.

 

Just like Snow Flower True Lord, Cheon Woo-jin had also experienced it.

 

In the battle surrounding the Ghost Spirit Summoning Banner, together with Baek Gang-ryeon, Snow Flower True Lord’s younger brother.

 

“However, there’s a difference between you and me.”

 

“A, a difference?”

 

“Yes, a very big difference.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin concentrated his consciousness inside his Golden Core.

 

He slowly drew out the energy that was still sleeping there, intermingled with various other energies.

 

“You only wore faint wavelengths… but I communicated directly with that shadow.”

 

“What…!”

 

Cheon Woo-jin still remembered it vividly.

 

The massive tentacles that protruded from the gate of the Upper Realm… and the golden eyes that gazed at him from beyond those tentacles.

 

That thing had even spoken directly to Cheon Woo-jin at the end.

 

Using that terrible memory, Cheon Woo-jin would become a monster capable of breaking other monsters.

 

“Let’s see which world will be more vivid.”

 

“St, stop…!”

 

Finally, Snow Flower True Lord tried to move Yehwa Gwang-gol Dae-jon to attack Cheon Woo-jin.

 

But it was already too late.

 

[Broad Cold Dark Realm Manifestation]

 

[Pseudo-Implementation: North Abyss Lord, Billion Sea Demon Venerable]

 

Kwaaaaaa!

 

With a roar that shook space and time, the void world of the Broad Cold Dark Realm filled with a sea of dark matter.

 

But Cheon Woo-jin felt no suffocation within it.

 

At this moment, Cheon Woo-jin was no different from a priest of Billion Sea Demon Venerable, the transcendent being of the Upper Realm.

 

“Aaaahhh…!”

 

Amid Snow Flower True Lord’s screaming echoing around.

 

A massive tentacle extending from the darkness distorted space as it pierced through Yehwa Gwang-gol Dae-jon’s sternum.

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