Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 266

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Chapter 266
Seol Woon-hwi began reciting an incantation formula quietly.
Demon Blood Heaven Piercing Heart Transformation Strength Art.
As demonic blood pierces heaven, the heart grows strong.
A hundred evils cannot invade, and the blood vessels strengthen.
The blood vessels fortify against all malevolence that seeks to breach them.
Jeok Ma Dae-gun gasped in shock.
-The Demon Blood Heaven Gang Art…? How do you know that?!
“Must I explain everything to you?”
-…Arrogant brat.
Boom, boom-boom. Boom-boom-boom.
Three thunderous explosions erupted in succession.
They originated from the vital acupoints located at my right shoulder, left thigh, and the center of my abdomen.
“Cough…”
Thanks to my exceptionally thick blood vessels, I wasn’t completely crushed, but the impact was severe enough to make me cough up dark crimson blood.
It’s fine.
I didn’t collapse.
I continued the incantation.
Demonic Energy Enters Body, Transforms into Heaven and Earth.
As demonic energy enters the body and becomes one with heaven and earth.
Ten thousand laws cannot invade, eternal wounds shall never come.
Ten thousand laws cannot breach, and I shall remain eternally unharmed.
Something extraordinary happened as the incantation concluded.
Similar to what had occurred with Jang I-cheong, the demonic energy that had consumed Jeok Ma Dae-gun’s entire body began pouring out simultaneously through the pierced wound in his side.
Jeok Ma Dae-gun cried out.
-Impossible! Purifying demonic energy with the Demon Blood Heaven Gang Art…?
“You’ve been misunderstanding it.”
-…What?
Seol Woon-hwi continued calmly.
“The Demon Blood Heaven Gang Art isn’t a cultivation method that merely accepts demonic energy. It’s a method that purifies demonic energy and transforms it into your own strength.”
-What nonsense are you spouting? Purify demonic energy? I am Jeok Ma Dae-gun. Do you truly believe that I, third-ranked among the Dae-guns, could misunderstand the true meaning of the Demon Blood Heaven Gang Art?
“Why do you think it’s impossible?”
-You… brat…
“Even having reached the Primordial Sole Existence, overconfidence in oneself is unwise. Senior.”
-…
“The Primordial Sole Existence is not a perfect realm. It is a realm that approaches perfection. The Demon Blood Heaven Gang Art is indeed a martial art that creates a Heavenly Demon. Accepting demonic energy is also correct. However, the true meaning of this Demon Blood Heaven Gang Art lies in purifying that demonic energy and instilling pure demonic energy—though I’m not entirely certain of its formal name, ‘pristine demonic energy’—into one’s body.”
-…Pristine… demonic energy? Whether based on natural qi, heavenly spiritual energy, or anything else, demonic energy and purity can never coexist!
Seol Woon-hwi did not bother to respond.
Not for a single moment.
My composure never wavered.
Time passed in silence.
I was attempting to expel the demonic energy outward, while Jeok Ma Dae-gun, who had become the demonic energy itself, struggled to resist from within me.
Yet no matter what Jeok Ma Dae-gun did, I was already one step ahead.
—Ah… I can’t…
With that final cry, Jeok Ma Dae-gun’s human form materialized before me once more.
As if I had been waiting.
All the qi blooming from every dantian within me began to take on a frigid quality.
Just one move.
That would be enough.
Heavenly Snow Domain.
My eyes turned white.
Everything converged upon Jeok Ma Dae-gun.
Crrraaaccckkk—!!
With a bone-chilling sound, everything in the Secret Realm froze solid. The demonic energy drifting through the void purified into vapor and dispersed in all directions; the massive black crystal had become white crystal, and the Demon Eye Stones embedded in the cave walls glowed beneath their coating of ice.
In this wondrous landscape, silence descended.
Soon my eyes returned to their natural dark brown color.
In this world where winter had arrived suddenly, I quietly drew the sword from my waist and moved forward.
I passed through Jeok Ma Dae-gun and came to a stop before the frozen crystal.
I adjusted my grip on the sword.
My arms trembled slightly.
Without a moment’s hesitation, I brought it down.
Crunch—!
With a cutting sound, the massive crystal split cleanly in two with a sharp crack.
I turned my head.
The frozen form of Jeok Ma Dae-gun began to shatter into pieces.
This Demon Realm had proven more challenging than expected, and I had obtained an unexpected harvest.
“Baek Do-cheon.”
I spoke the name aloud.
The Vice Sect Leader of the Thousand Year Demon Cult and the creator of the Three Mysteries Unity Theory.
Hearing this name for the first time across both my lives, I felt an inexplicable unease.
No matter how much Baek Do-cheon had hidden behind the position of Vice Sect Leader, I should have heard that name at least once.
This could only mean one thing: someone had deliberately concealed his information.
There were exactly two people capable of hiding information from my ears—I who held the rank of Blood Heaven Middle Commander, below one person and above ten thousand in the Original Blood Sect.
Yu Cheong, who sought to rebuild the Thousand Year Demon Cult.
And Cheon Do-ja, whom I had followed like a foster father.
I stopped my thoughts there.
I moved toward the shattered crystal.
Despite covering the entire area with Ice Snow Energy, there was one jewel still emitting demonic energy.
It was as if a miniature version of the massive crystal had fallen.
A crystal the size of an adult man’s fist lay scattered on the ground.
Considering the concentration and form of the demonic energy pouring forth, among other factors, this is a Demon Spirit—at least five thousand years old.
At minimum, it appears to be five thousand years old.
Cough.
Blood erupts from my mouth once more.
My vision blurs. I grip desperately at consciousness.
If I collapse now, I’ll certainly be unable to regain my senses for at least half a day or more. If I circulate my energy circulation…
One time period.
It won’t be perfect, but I can move and run about.
If I had to choose between the two, it had to be my own decision.
I ignored as much as possible the melting pain transmitted to my brain and the throbbing agony of my blood vessels threatening to burst at any moment.
I immediately placed the Demon Spirit into my storage bag and then sat down in lotus position right there.
I chose the latter.
Chapter 2
Throughout the Cheon Hae region where the battle had ended, traces of combat remained scattered everywhere.
Broken trees and fractured earth, and killing intent still lingering in the air.
The relentless downpour was washing away the bloodstains with frenzied intensity, but it was not enough.
From this alone, one could tell how fierce the battle had been here, and the number of corpses currently lying on the ground exceeded several hundred.
Though their clothing varied, approximately one hundred twenty martial artists from Cheon Rak Bu and Yang Ryeong-ju.
They were the victors.
The fifty or so martial artists kneeling before them were clearly the defeated, and they could only groan, their wounds causing them pain.
Among them were three men and women whose fury outweighed their pain—Jin So-cheon of the Heavenly Sound Sword Sect, Hang Ryeo of the Azure Cloud Sword Sect, and So Ryeong-hwa of the Heavenly Demon Yin Spirit Gate.
All three had ascended to the Divine Transformation Realm as masters of Cheonsu-sa, but now they were prisoners of war. Behind them, martial artists dispatched from each sect knelt in rows.
Seong Yang-ho looked down upon them. Blood stained his clothing, but his expression remained composed—a calmness as if all of this had been a predetermined sequence of events.
Hang Ryeo clenched her teeth and raised her head.
“You mad bastards! Do you even understand what you’re doing right now?”
Her voice was mixed with rage and despair.
Jin So-cheon joined in.
“What you’re doing now is no different from touching the people of the O-dae Geom-jong and the Four Demonic Outer Sects. You can’t possibly be ignorant of what the consequences of this will be, you fools.”
So Ryeong-hwa laughed mockingly.
“Especially you, Pung Mu-hwi. You’ve made a grave mistake. To commit such acts as a subordinate of someone not even of age yet. Those others may escape, but at least you will soon receive a visit from the Heavenly Demon Yin Spirit Gate.”
Pung Mu-hwi chuckled softly.
“Me, you say.”
So Ryeong-hwa cried out with wild eyes.
“Do you even know who Jang I-cheong and Manhwa Geom-je are? They are masters of the Heaven-Human Realm! Do you truly believe that someone like Seol Woon-hwi could defeat such people?”
Hang Ryeo, standing beside So Ryeong-hwa who was ranting desperately, interjected.
“If you release us now and apologize, we might show some mercy! But the moment Jang I-cheong emerges from that Secret Realm, you will all die!”
Jin So-cheon also cried out.
“Don’t celebrate your victory here today. Soon enough, you will witness firsthand the wrath of the O-dae Geom-jong and the Four Demonic Outer Sects!”
Manager Seong, drenched in blood, was the first to snort derisively, and Pung Mu-hwi, equally covered in blood, followed with his own snort.
They had already come too far to be shaken by such words.
In the first place, if they had been intimidated by names like the O-dae Geom-jong or the Four Demonic Outer Sects, they wouldn’t have drawn their swords here in the first place.
Their surrender was strange.
Manager Seong, his expression bored, gestured to a few martial artists from Yang Woon Dan, and they approached to strike the three acupoints of the surrendered men.
Ju So-ah approached Manager Seong, who watched the three men collapse silently.
“But is it really going to be alright?”
Seong Yang-ho turned his head.
Ju So-ah continued, seeing his expression curious about what she meant.
“I heard the Supreme Commander entered the Secret Realm for a final confrontation with someone named Jang I-cheong. I’ve rolled around the Murim enough to have some experience, and that nickname ‘Manhwa Geom-je’—it’s not something just given away.”
Worry tinged Ju So-ah’s voice.
“If he’s from Cheon Lim, then he’s ultimately a ‘demonic person’—but he earned the nickname Manhwa Geom-je through righteous martial arts, not demonic arts. Above all, he’s a master of the Heaven-Human Realm….”
No matter how talented, could Seol Woon-hwi achieve victory against a master of the Heaven-Human Realm?
Manager Seong regarded Ju So-ah, who had circled around this question at length, with a peculiar expression.
“You don’t trust the Young Master?”
“…No, I trust the Supreme Commander more than anyone, but this has nothing to do with trust.”
It wasn’t wrong.
“It’s not some other realm—it’s the Heaven-Human Realm. And Jang I-cheong is a master among masters, just half a step away from Heaven-Human Unity. No matter how talented the Supreme Commander is….”
Manager Seong smiled mysteriously.
“What do you think of the Young Master’s genius?”
Ju So-ah answered without a moment’s hesitation.
“There’s no one in the Murim to compare with him.”
“Is that all?”
Ju So-ah shook her head.
“The Supreme Commander’s genius is the finest in the Central Plains, and given time, he would become the Supreme One of the Murim in any way possible.”
Manager Seong laughed.
“Then trust him. Even if the heavens collapse, there is always a hole through which to escape, and the Young Master cannot fail to find it. Above all.”
Manager Seong has not forgotten that moment when he spoke with Seol Woon-hwi.
Seol Woon-hwi is no longer a martial artist of the Five Energy Harmonizing Origin.
Until now, he had faced and defeated martial artists of the Four Stages of Heaven and Earth using the Five Energy Harmonizing Origin realm, but masters of the Heaven-Human Realm were clearly of a different caliber.
So he searched for a way and found the answer.
The creation of a new realm.
Seol Woon-hwi had ascended to that realm, which encompassed all the stages of the Four Stages of Heaven and Earth.
Victory?
He had no doubt.
“Besides, it seems you’ve trained your swordsmanship quite a bit.”
Before Seol Woon-hwi left Yang Ryeong-ju, there was a martial art he had given to Ju So-ah.
Its name was the Heavenly Flower Ten Thousand Light Sword Technique.
Ascending to the Harmony Realm was impressive, but what was even more impressive was her swordsmanship skill.

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