Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 192

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Chapter 192: Immortal Treasure (3)

Ascending to the Upper Realm to take revenge on the Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace.

That had been the goal pursued by the Ghost Bone Crescent Pavilion for a thousand years.

So what had they been doing over the course of that millennium?

They had cultivated successors like North Palace Annihilation to achieve their long-cherished wish, but that was secondary.

To ascend to the Upper Realm and take revenge on the Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace, they had been creating an Immortal Treasure.

An Immortal Treasure refers to a treasure of far greater value than a Magical Treasure.

Unlike Magical Treasures, which are merely enhanced versions of Dharma Artifacts, they possess the power to distort or transcend the laws of the world.

This Ghost Head City was also not an ordinary structure, but an Immortal Treasure created by the Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace.

All this time, the Ghost Bone Crescent Pavilion had been crafting their own Immortal Treasure inside Ghost Head City.

Though the Lower Realm lacked resources for creating Immortal Treasures, the Ghost Bone Crescent Pavilion had invested a thousand years to nearly complete their Immortal Treasure.

They planned to use this Immortal Treasure to ascend to the Upper Realm when the time came.

However… the Ghost Bone Crescent Pavilion had shortened lifespans due to their severed meridians.

If it took a thousand years to create an Immortal Treasure, it meant not only the First Generation Ghost Moon Sword Sect Members but even the next generations couldn’t use it.

If they went through all that trouble only to die before using it, they’d just be doing their juniors a favor.

In the Cultivation World where selfishness was rampant, such a thing was impossible.

In the first place, taking revenge on the Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace was only the cherished wish of the First Generation Ghost Moon Sword Sect Members who had actually been abandoned by them.

Later generations would likely forget such grudges and live as they pleased.

So the First Generation Ghost Moon Sword Sect Members devised two plans.

One was to instill a sense of mission in their successors.

This didn’t simply mean teaching them with words.

They used spell formations to brainwash them, ensuring they couldn’t escape this sense of mission even after reaching Won Yeong-gyeong.

The reason North Palace Annihilation, born 289 years ago, harbored resentment toward the Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace as if she had experienced it personally was due to this brainwashing.

And the other plan was…

[Obtaining this Ghost Moon Master must have been that cunning bastard’s objective.]

[Ah, what a greedy fellow. How can he be so avaricious.]

[To bewitch our child North Palace Annihilation, what a wicked bastard he was.]

The massive ‘spider’-shaped Immortal Treasure positioned in the workshop.

From within it, the thoughts of countless beings were transmitted.

However, there were no living people inside the Immortal Treasure.

Nor were there souls dwelling within it.

The First Generation Ghost Moon Sword Sect Members had made themselves into beings no different from ghosts or specters.

Vengeful spirits that could no longer be called beings walking the path of cultivation were dwelling inside the Immortal Treasure.

Even North Palace Annihilation, who had led the Ghost Bone Pavilion with great authority, was merely their puppet.

[Anyway, now that we’ve repelled that bastard, we need to re-educate North Palace Annihilation.]

[First, we should tell her to take out a ritual body from the warehouse and enter it temporarily. We’ll need to find a new physical form…]

[Shouldn’t we just tell North Palace Annihilation to bear a child now? Rather than placing expectations on that fool any longer, it seems right to aim for the next generation.]

After striking Cheon Woo-jin with wicked cursed lightning, they exchanged thoughts and chattered among themselves.

But soon North Palace Annihilation’s urgent thoughts echoed.

[Senior brothers…!]

[What’s the matter?]

They were merely vengeful spirits trapped inside the Immortal Treasure.

They had lost most of the power they once possessed.

Their senses were inevitably inferior to North Palace Annihilation, who possessed the divine consciousness of Won Yeong-gyeong.

That’s why they were a step too late in noticing.

In the center of the workshop where ominous energy was still swirling.

Cheon Woo-jin stood perfectly fine, holding a sword that glowed white.

[You bastard, that item is…]

[The Sacred Fire Heaven-Sealing Sword! How do you possess that Break Evil Reveal Truth Magical Treasure…!]

The Sacred Fire Heaven-Sealing Sword was originally a treasure of Baekwha-pa that So Hyo-bu had possessed.

Earlier, So Hyo-bu, who had suffered serious injuries, apologetically entrusted it to Cheon Woo-jin since she could no longer help.

As a Break Evil Reveal Truth precious sword that drove away evil things and possessed the highest level of power in the Lower Realm, it could completely nullify all the wicked curses poured out from the Ghost Moon Master.

“If the Ghost Moon Master had been a combat-type Immortal Treasure, even the Sacred Fire Heaven-Sealing Sword couldn’t have blocked it.”

Cheon Woo-jin muttered while continuously channeling spiritual energy into the Sacred Fire Heaven-Sealing Sword.

“But the Ghost Moon Master is an Immortal Treasure for you to ascend to the Upper Realm… an ascension-type Immortal Treasure for you who couldn’t reach Avatar Mirror to withstand the pressure of ascension.”

When ascending from the Lower Realm to the Upper Realm, tremendous spiritual pressure is applied.

To endure this pressure, one must be at Avatar Mirror level or higher.

However, during sect ascension, even Qi Condensation Cultivators must ascend together.

If those below Avatar Mirror attempt ascension with their bare bodies, they’ll be crushed by the spiritual pressure, so special means are necessary.

What’s used in such cases is precisely an ascension-type Immortal Treasure.

By boarding an Immortal Treasure that can withstand spiritual pressure, even Qi Condensation cultivators can ascend.

Therefore, ascension-type Immortal Treasures are essential for sect ascension.

A thousand years ago, when the Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace performed sect ascension, they also used an ascension-type Immortal Treasure.

“You judged that you’d find it difficult to reach Avatar Mirror yourselves and ascend by your own power. So you began crafting an ascension-type Immortal Treasure. Since you were also members of the Yin Soul Ghost Bone Palace, you knew how to create ascension-type Immortal Treasures.”

[You bastard, how do you know that…!]

“But you lacked time. Completing an ascension-type Immortal Treasure before reaching your lifespan was impossible. So you brainwashed your juniors to engage in Immortal Treasure creation, and you yourselves became ghost-like beings and slumbered within the Immortal Treasure.”

They should have originally died hundreds of years ago upon reaching their lifespans.

Though they became vengeful spirits to overcome this, they were ultimately destined to have their souls wear away and perish with time.

Nevertheless, the reason they could continue to exist until this point was because they hadn’t been awake continuously for a thousand years.

They sealed and froze themselves inside the Immortal Treasure.

And occasionally awakened to check the situation and give instructions to their juniors.

By minimizing the wear on their souls in this way, they were able to survive until this point.

“I was hoping you would be in a sleeping state… but it happened to be a time when you were awake. That’s unfortunate for me.”

[How absurd, you cunning bastard!]

[You were planning to deceive North Palace Annihilation while we were asleep!]

[You intended to take everything that way! How utterly wicked!]

[Bastard who deserves to be torn apart! How can such a person exist!]

Intense thoughts burst forth from the spider-shaped Immortal Treasure.

However, Cheon Woo-jin was not intimidated in the slightest.

“Such threats are merely laughable. What makes you so arrogant to shout like that when you’ve lost Won Yeong-gyeong’s power and fallen to mere miscellaneous ghosts?”

[Miscellaneous ghosts? You called us miscellaneous ghosts?!]

[This green junior has no fear!]

In reality, they had no power whatsoever.

Even the attack on Cheon Woo-jin just now was the Ghost Moon Master’s power.

However, the Ghost Moon Master’s power should not be underestimated.

Though it wasn’t for combat, it was still an Immortal Treasure.

Inside it was stored massive spiritual power for ascension, and it was possible to dedicate that to attacks.

“North Palace Annihilation.”

Cheon Woo-jin spoke toward North Palace Annihilation’s Nascent Soul that had been floating in the air.

“It’s not too late even now. Don’t you want to give a blow to the seniors who brainwashed and used you?”

[I…]

North Palace Annihilation’s Nascent Soul wavered in the air.

[I cannot do that. I am a descendant of Ghost Bone Crescent Pavilion… I will not betray my seniors.]

“How unfortunate.”

Cheon Woo-jin felt bitter.

In the game, North Palace Annihilation was a character who could be made into an ally.

It was possible to make her break free from Ghost Bone Crescent Pavilion’s shackles and pursue freedom.

Though she couldn’t overcome her lifespan and died quickly, the ending itself had a positive atmosphere.

But this time it couldn’t happen that way.

Because he hadn’t gone through the process of interacting with North Palace Annihilation beforehand to build friendship.

Since he had been consistently hostile with North Palace Annihilation, he couldn’t establish a trusting relationship that would make her an ally.

This could be said to be Cheon Woo-jin’s fault in a way.

Because of Cheon Woo-jin’s actions, Seo Seol-ryeong came up to the 6th Floor quickly, and the hostile relationship was created when North Palace Annihilation set her sights on Seo Seol-ryeong.

From that point, North Palace Annihilation’s fate was decided.

[Ooooh…!]

North Palace Annihilation’s thoughts echoed.

Originally, North Palace Annihilation had tried to operate the Immortal Treasure, but since the seniors were already awake, there was no need for that.

North Palace Annihilation deployed a spell formation in her Nascent Soul state and sent a shock wave toward Cheon Woo-jin.

However, Cheon Woo-jin paid no heed and generated lightning energy with the Extreme Lightning Formation Technique.

[Extreme Lightning Karma Flame Net]

Kwakwakwakwakwakwak!

Lightning energy that spread over a wide range like a flamethrower swallowed the shock wave, then struck North Palace Annihilation’s Nascent Soul.

[What on earth was I living for…]

Leaving behind final words filled with all kinds of regret, North Palace Annihilation’s Nascent Soul was extinguished.

The leader of the Ghost Bone League, who had repeatedly committed evil acts while brainwashed by her seniors, disappeared from this world like that.

Though it was a futile end, her death was not entirely meaningless.

Thanks to North Palace Annihilation launching an attack toward Cheon Woo-jin, the Ghost Moon Master was able to buy time to fully activate.

[You showed a useful side at the end, North Palace Annihilation!]

Thud, thud, thudud!

The Ghost Moon Master raised its body, destroying all the connected mechanical devices.

Supporting its massive body with eight legs, it glared at Cheon Woo-jin with compound eyes of complex structure.

[Since it’s come to this, I’ll capture you alive and make you a slave!]

Massive energy waves burst forth from the Ghost Moon Master.

It began drawing up the spiritual power stored for ascension.

[First, I’ll neutralize you!]

Charreuk!

A sound like chains being released was heard.

Spiritual power condensed to create chains of a dark blackish color.

It was extending them like tentacles to try to subdue Cheon Woo-jin.

[Even the Sacred Fire Heaven-Sealing Sword won’t be able to block this!]

[Crawl on the ground like a beast bound in chains!]

While listening to the vengeful spirits chattering away.

Cheon Woo-jin tightly gripped the scale fragment he had been hiding in his palm.

[Broad Cold Dark Realm Manifestation]

[Pseudo-Implementation: Bukguk Jinmu Hyeoncheon-sangje Black Tortoise]

Cheon Woo-jin hadn’t just been waiting idly while the Ghost Moon Master entered combat stance either.

He was deploying the Broad Cold Dark Realm to bring forth the world of Xuanwu.

Jet-black scales sprouted all over Cheon Woo-jin’s body, making him look like a hybrid between a human and a reptilian monster.

In that form, Cheon Woo-jin manifested the transcendent concept that could be called the guardian deity of snakes and turtles.

[Xuantian Turtle Shell]

Guuuuung!

With a sound like a gong ringing, a massive turtle shell shield appeared.

The shield deflected all the spiritual power chains that had been trying to strike Cheon Woo-jin.

The chains tried to pierce through the shield with snake-like hunting movements, but Xuanwu’s defensive power was overwhelming.

[That shield… don’t tell me it’s Xuanwu’s shell?!]

[You manifested the power of a transcendent being in the Law Domain?!]

[How could someone like you wield the power of the Upper Realm…!]

The vengeful spirits panicked and tried to increase the power of their attacks.

Just moments ago they had said they would capture Cheon Woo-jin alive to make him a slave, yet now they deployed magic arts that could completely annihilate him if they hit properly.

[Ghost Truth Life- Cannon]

Amplified spiritual power from within the Ghost Moon Master gathered in countless compound eyes.

Then it poured toward Cheon Woo-jin as overlapping strands of purple light.

Kwakwakwakwa!

The ultimate bombardment magic arts that the Ghost Bone Crescent Pavilion had developed themselves.

It was all concentrated on Cheon Woo-jin alone.

If it had been deployed by ordinary Won Shadow Sect disciples it would be one thing, but this was a simultaneous firing of spiritual power stored in an ascension-grade immortal treasure.

Even with Xuanwu’s shield, blocking it wouldn’t be easy.

But Cheon Woo-jin didn’t even bat an eyelash.

“Operating such massive amounts of spiritual power with an incomplete Ghost Moon Master will inevitably cause problems.”

[What…!]

Originally, North Palace Annihilation was needed to properly operate the Ghost Moon Master.

Since the Ghost Moon Master was in an incomplete state, North Palace Annihilation, who was in the late Won Shadow stage, needed to enter inside and control it for it to display its proper power.

In fact, Cheon Woo-jin had tried to stop North Palace Annihilation precisely to prevent such a situation from occurring.

In the end, North Palace Annihilation, caught up in Cheon Woo-jin’s psychological warfare, missed the timing to enter the Ghost Moon Master and was annihilated.

The current Ghost Moon Master was being controlled by the vengeful spirits of the Ghost Bone Crescent Pavilion, who were nothing more than petty ghosts, making it extremely unstable.

[This is…!]

The purple light pouring toward Cheon Woo-jin momentarily wavered.

The power that had been emanating as if to erase everything briefly lost its lethality.

Cheon Woo-jin didn’t miss that opening and moved.

Maintaining his turtle shell shield, he slipped into the Ghost Moon Master’s blind spot with snake-like sliding movements.

[Damn it! We need to increase the output more!]

[Stop! At this rate the Ghost Moon Master won’t be able to hold out any longer!]

[Let’s just kill that bastard first and think later!]

[Are you planning to make a thousand years of waiting go to waste!]

[What if that bastard launches a fatal attack on the Ghost Moon Master before then!]

Kwakwakwa, kwakwa, kwakwakwa…!

Purple light sporadically burst from the Ghost Moon Master’s compound eyes.

Since the vengeful spirits of the Ghost Bone Crescent Pavilion couldn’t unify their opinions, fighting with full power was impossible.

Up until now, Cheon Woo-jin had been inducing them to lose their composure and act emotionally.

His earlier provocation pointing out their past was ultimately for this moment.

To subdue the Ghost Moon Master, which still possessed formidable power despite not performing at full capacity, he had to induce this kind of internal strife.

‘This would be a fitting end for petty creatures who tried to sacrifice all future generations to resolve their own grudges.’

While dodging the purple light that scattered in all directions without proper aim, Cheon Woo-jin thought to himself.

‘Isn’t that right, Yowon Gyeon?’

Cheon Woo-jin gripped the scale fragment in his hand tighter and drew up more power.

To draw upon the power of the relic Yowon Gyeon had entrusted to him and create another miracle.

Swoooooosh!

Another aspect of Bukguk Jinmu Hyeoncheon-sangje Xuanwu was manifested, beginning to grant Cheon Woo-jin new power.

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