The Wizard Who Endured the World of Murim - Chapter 100

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Surviving in the Martial Realm as a Mage: Episode 100
As demons advanced in their cultivation, they naturally underwent humanization, transforming into human form.
This transformation was an unavoidable choice if they wished to practice conventional cultivation methods beyond those exclusive to demons.
However, mutations occasionally emerged among those who rejected humanization.
In such cases, the demons were often exceptionally powerful specimens within their species.
A 4th Realm spider demon. Hyeol-an Majoo.
She, the ruler of Gueum Valley, fell into this rare category.
Kiiiii―!
Hyeol-an Majoo required vast resources.
Overwhelming sustenance to feed and nurture her beloved offspring.
For this, she needed expansive territory, and to claim such lands, she had to drive out the rulers of each region.
Typically, spider demons abandoned their young or, in extreme cases, devoured them.
Hyeol-an Majoo.
She was different.
She loved her children with profound devotion.
She cradled and raised them in her embrace until they reached full maturity.
So much so that even after some offspring completed their physical growth, they remained at her side.
Thus, Hyeol-an Majoo became both a regional ruler and a mother commanding an enormous number of formidable spider demons.
Kiiiiii―!
“How tiresome.”
Ilhyang watched the spider before him brandish its claws menacingly, then dismissed them with a casual gesture.
Five crimson spider demons shattered into fragments in an instant, scattering across the ground.
No matter how powerful a demon was, it could not match him in basic physical tier.
But the problem was their numbers.
An overwhelming swarm of spider demons, rather than engaging Ilhyang directly, merely surrounded him and summoned their mother.
Boom. Boom. Boom―!
A spider the size of a massive mansion.
The spider demon, draped in a dark exoskeleton, shrieked upon arrival as the thick stench of blood reached her.
Siiiiit―!
Hyeol-an Majoo was enraged.
The corpses of her beloved children lay scattered across the ground.
Regardless, Ilhyang gazed at the enormous spider and nodded slightly.
“Still, Jigang Apryong managed to escape quite skillfully. Had he fought her, he would have died instantly—though I must admit, his instincts are sharp.”
Kuung― Boom―!
A massive black spider, easily the size of a grand mansion, exuding overwhelming presence.
She was weeping.
Tears of blood streamed from all eight of her eyes.
Gazing down at the corpses of her beloved children, she finally unleashed a roar.
Kiyayaaht―!
Uuung―!
A piercing ultrasonic shriek, sharp as an awl, tore through the ear canal.
Ilhyang could see Hyeol-an Majoo hurtling toward him with her bare body, consumed by fury.
Her eyes held nothing but a deep, seething rage.
Perhaps that was why.
Hyeol-an Majoo failed to notice the cold, settled depths in Ilhyang’s gaze.
And that proved to be a gravely fatal mistake.
“A creature with no eye for discernment.”
Even on the Seven Continents, such rare specimens occasionally appeared.
Arachne.
Spider demons.
By nature, spider-kind were cold toward their offspring.
Yet very rarely, an Arachne would emerge who cradled and nurtured her young.
Such beings were extraordinarily uncommon.
But the inner core of such a demon invariably contained far greater and denser demonic power than those of her kind.
Fwoooosh—
As Ilhyang’s fingertips slashed violently through empty air several times.
The massive form of Hyeol-an Majoo’s limbs were severed in an instant, leaving only her torso sprawled across the ground.
Kee? Kiiee!
Hyeol-an Majoo writhed in tremendous agony, thrashing about, while Ilhyang gazed upon her form before speaking.
“I understand well enough that you are a mother who loves her children. But I find myself curious—do your offspring love you in return?”
Kishit?
As Hyeol-an Majoo raised her crimson eyes to look at Ilhyang, her mouth gaping.
Around her massive form.
The Spider Demon Offspring began creeping closer, one by one.
And what unfolded was precisely as anticipated.
The young ones immediately descended upon the weakened Hyeol-an Majoo, and she, after struggling briefly, became their meal.
Crunch— Crunch crunch—!
Watching this unfold, Ilhyang swept his fingertips once more when the young spiders attempted to consume even the inner core, dispatching them all at once.
Immediately after, he held Hyeol-an Majoo’s inner core in his palm and murmured.
“Now they must learn to survive among such creatures.”
Warriors who ascended from the Lower Realm had to grow stronger.
In my heart, I wished to nurture them from beginning to end, cradling them as Hyeol-an Majoo did her young.
Yet such an end might befall them as well.
Sheltering them in one’s embrace out of love was not unconditionally good for either party.
“Jigang Apryong.”
[Your True Immortal! Your servant stands before you!]
Rumble—
With a brief sound, the Yellow Lizard, wreathed entirely in golden radiance, came bounding forward with rapid steps.
Ilhyang felt the deeper, denser demonic power emanating from Jigang Apryong, who prostrated himself before him, and smiled warmly.
“You have grown. That is fortunate.”
[I am merely grateful for the True Immortal’s consideration.]
Jigang Apryong watched Ilhyang’s every move from his hiding place.
His two subordinates.
The Red Lizards were no different.
‘He threw their mother to them as food!’
‘What kind of vicious heart is this!’
Though they did not express it outwardly, they trembled with barely concealed terror, bowing respectfully with their bodies pressed to the ground.
“People have arrived from the Lower Realm.”
Ilhyang withdrew the Black Dragon Tower from his robes and hurled it into the empty air.
Then.
Uuuuuong―
With a tremendous resonant cry, the Black Dragon Tower reverted to its original massive Stone Tower form.
Kuuong―!
Jigang Apryong swallowed hard at the sight of the spiritual treasure manifesting before his eyes.
The two other Red Lizards felt the same.
Clang―!
“You may emerge now.”
The entrance of the Black Dragon Tower opened.
Dozens of people walked out from within.
They staggered momentarily under the sharp and hostile spiritual force of the Demon Immortal Realm.
But soon, as they felt the vast celestial and terrestrial spiritual energy seeping into their bodies, their faces showed astonishment.
“Oh! This is….”
Gu Sang-hak and the other Celestial Watchers from the Lower Realm could not hide their rapturous expressions.
This was an overwhelming spiritual force they had never once experienced in the Lower Realm.
Watching their expressions, Ilhyang smiled with satisfaction.
“This is the 4th Realm Spirit Vein I promised. Does it please you?”
“We shall dedicate ourselves to your service, Lord Patriarch!”
Though there were oddly abundant spider webs clinging to the surroundings, this was a trivial matter for the Celestial Watchers.
Whoooosh―
The humans’ adaptability was extraordinary.
They swiftly cleared away the spider webs and anything else that might harm them, working at remarkable speed.
Some things they burned with fire. Those that would not burn, they herded to one side using branches and swept away.
Others they cut down with their blades.
The spider den at the center of the 4th Realm Spirit Vein transformed into a clean cavern in an instant.
Kuong― Kuong―!
Meanwhile, they began carving sturdy wood and stone from the surroundings to construct temporary structures for the Eastern Wing.
Their movements were swift and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.
These individuals, who had been treated as Murim public enemies in the Lower Realm and formed separate factions from one another.
Remarkably, here in Gwireol Valley where the 4th Realm Spirit Vein existed, they did not openly divide into cliques as before.
“Heh, my puppets would be better suited for such simple labor.”
“Then we from Cheonsa-ok will collect the spirit herbs in the surrounding area and plant spirit seeds before we leave. I’ll prepare a list.”
“Excellent. Then we shall establish formation arrays throughout the surrounding area. Hehe, to think we can actually use a 4th Realm Spirit Vein. It feels like a dream.”
“Let us make haste. The Thunder Lightning Sect will lend our support.”
Before ascending to the Upper Realm.
I had received sufficient warnings from Ilhyang.
To survive in the Demon Immortal Realm, we had to share information freely and cooperate with one another.
Of course, accepting such an approach was not easy.
Sharing the secret techniques each of us possessed was tantamount to placing our very lives in another’s hands.
But when Ilhyang openly revealed all the cultivation methods he had accumulated over time.
The martial realm masters from the Lower Realm ceased their resistance entirely.
‘It was only natural—the cultivation methods I revealed were of far greater mastery.’
What they had learned in the Lower Realm amounted to nothing more than techniques up to the Decisive Realm.
But what Ilhyang revealed were cultivation methods at minimum of Wonyeonggi caliber.
There were even several methods capable of advancing one to the Hwashin Order level.
‘That makes sense, since they were the cultivation methods of Ghost Shadow Demon Lord and Sidokmagun.’
When Ilhyang eliminated Ghost Shadow Demon Lord and Sidokmagun, he shared all the cultivation methods he obtained from their collections without reservation.
That alone was sufficient to disarm the hearts of the martial realm masters who had ascended from the Lower Realm.
“Come now! All the provisions go to this temporary storage!”
“The temporary quarters for tonight have been completed! We’ll distribute the rooms according to your realms. Seniors! Please come this way!”
Thud, thud—!
“Dinner preparations are finished! Come and eat!”
Jigang Apryong was flustered by the sudden appearance of these humans and their rapid adaptability, but as they quickly organized various parts of the 4th Realm Spirit Vein and settled in, he came to his senses.
[Ahem, ahem, if you have any questions about the Upper Realm, do ask me, Immortal ones. There is nothing in this surrounding area that I do not know.]
A Yellow Lizard capable of speaking human language.
Though roughly the size of an adult male, no one feared that lizard.
Because Ilhyang was by their side.
“Indeed! With your assistance, Senior Demon, we shall greatly benefit in understanding the geography of the surrounding area. We were thinking of creating a map—would you help us?”
[Haha, of course. It is no difficult task. First, allow me to introduce my subordinates. You there! Come forth, all of you!]
Jigang Apryong summoned the dozens of demon species he commanded to this place.
Thus, far more smoothly than Ilhyang had anticipated.
At the fringe of the Upper Realm, demons and the Celestial Watchers from the Lower Realm began to blend together naturally.

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