The World’s Greatest is Dead - Chapter 343

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The Heavenly Supreme Has Died – Episode 343
Beams of light pierced the sky in endless succession.
The light surging forth with violent tremors carried something sinister about it. It was utterly alien and ominous beyond measure.
Radiant light should never feel so wrong.
It was something vile and repugnant—a light that should never exist in this world.
Watching it, I exhaled a weary sigh.
“Ah, to think I’d see this again….”
It was the same light I’d witnessed in my past life. Which was precisely why I despised seeing it now.
A bridge of thought.
That’s what Baek Manager had called it. And I found myself in agreement with his assessment.
[…What in the world is this?]
[This is….]
Yoo Cheon-gil stared at the light with wide eyes. Seeing this, I pressed my lips together.
“Evil spirits, sir.”
[What?]
[…Cheon-gil. Look inside that light.]
Seongheon pointed at the light with a trembling hand. Following his gesture, Yoo Cheon-gil examined it more closely.
[Hah!]
It seemed Yoo Cheon-gil had finally perceived it too. Seongheon appeared to have keen eyesight.
캬아아아아—!!!
Evil spirits shrieked from within the ascending beam of light. Yes, that light was composed entirely of evil spirits. Spiritual energy—or what some called malevolent qi—was erupting like luminescence.
‘Quite impressive, I must admit.’
The real question was.
‘Where did they gather so many evil spirits?’
Evil spirits capable of forming a pillar of such magnitude. The sheer number of them was staggering.
‘Even for the Central Plains, this is excessive.’
Though death reigns more freely here than in my past life, evil spirits of this scale carried different implications. They had packed a considerable quantity of them into the stake.
‘…Those heretics.’
What were they attempting to accomplish with such measures? As I pondered this question.
[…Ahaeyah.]
Yoo Cheon-gil asked me.
[Is it alright to leave it as is?]
Noticing the dire situation, Yoo Cheon-gil spoke. Hearing this, I answered calmly.
“Yes, well. Ordinary people won’t be able to see it anyway.”
The shamans in the vicinity would certainly be in chaos, but what could be done? At least those without spiritual perception would feel nothing more than a minor tremor.
However.
“If we simply leave it alone, it will become problematic.”
Evil spirits of this magnitude were resisting and surging upward. They weren’t merely rising—they were condensing and gathering together in the sky.
The meaning of this was singular.
‘The birth of a Calamity Deity.’
Countless malevolent instruments converged, and resentful thoughts churned, birthing yet another Deity.
It signified the descent of calamity. With that magnitude of power—
‘…This is troublesome.’
For now, the likelihood of Shanxi’s destruction was high. The land would rot, becoming uninhabitable.
A Calamity Deity brings calamity in its wake. If Shanxi became the epicenter, there was nothing more to say.
[Then what will you do?]
“What else? I must leave it alone.”
[What did you say?]
Yoo Cheon-gil’s brow furrowed. He looked genuinely terrifying.
“I cannot touch that right now.”
[What do you mean by—]
“If I interfere carelessly, I’ll only compound my own troubles.”
[So you’re simply going to leave it be?]
“Yes. I must leave it be.”
That was how it had to be.
“That’s why I set up the formation beforehand.”
[What?]
I had prepared measures in advance to block it without touching it directly, yet how could I simply abandon it like this?
‘There was a reason I had them do it.’
I had asked my companions through their assistance.
Now was the time to put it to use.
“Perhaps….”
By now, wouldn’t it be just right?
The moment I thought that.
쿠가가가가강—!!!
The vibration intensified tremendously, and then, in an instant.
Crack-!
[Huh?]
[What? What?]
The surging energy vanished. It was done.
“Success.”
The energy had stopped. The reason was simple.
‘I thought it wouldn’t work since I hadn’t done this in so long.’
I touched my breast pocket with my hand. A rustling sensation brushed against my fingertips from within. It was a Talisman.
‘Better crafted than I expected.’
I had created Talismans and asked my companions to affix them around the space where the stake was driven. That was my request.
Talismans inscribed with characters written in my own blood. Though not quite as potent as my grandmother’s, the effect was far from negligible.
This had delivered the distortion.
What was created this way was the present moment.
‘It prevents the path of resentful thoughts from ascending.’
I glanced down at the floor. Lines already extended in all four directions from the stake as a focal point. These too were invisible to ordinary people.
Tremors began to manifest at each point of the Six-Star Formation.
The distance from the imperfect stake. And the force. The cracks that resulted from it.
Then.
파아아아아—!!!!
The lines severed from one another and the sorcerous formation shattered. The vibrations ceased. The tangled and chaotic sky returned to normal in an instant.
[Ooh….]
Yoo Cheon-gil marveled at the sight.
[You always have a plan.]
He seemed surprised that everything was calculated.
“Don’t be relieved yet. It’s not over.”
[Huh?]
The real part starts now. I continued staring at the sky. There was still a problem there, wasn’t there?
“Don’t you see it?”
캬아아아아아아—!!!!
The thought-form shot upward into the sky before severing. This meant the Evil Spirits that had barely condensed and gathered were scattering.
If that much dispersed, this entire area would become chaos.
It wouldn’t be as catastrophic as the descent of a Calamity Deity, but it would certainly be a disaster.
So.
‘I need to handle it.’
I had to deal with this. In a way that benefited me as much as possible.
스으으으으—!!!!
Goosebumps rose across my body. Feeling my form cool down, I concentrated slowly. Click. Click. I felt something unlocking from within.
I undid the chains I had bound again. As I did, words I’d heard long ago came to mind.
‘For a human, you bear excessive karma. How unfortunate and lamentable.’
‘I ask you.’
Those were the words that Great Being of light had spoken to me.
‘Born as a human, yet bearing karma greater than that. Will you not become a Deity?’
What had I said in response?
Ah, yes. I had said it like this.
‘What are you talking about, you crazy bastard? Are you an Evil Spirit too?’
I remembered Baek Manager’s horrified reaction when I spoke with irritation. How dare I say such things.
I found it absurd myself.
A ghost is a ghost no matter where it stands. That was the mindset I lived with back then.
‘Hahaha.’
The man had laughed at those words.
‘Good. Yes, that’s the right answer.’
‘There’s no need to become a Deity. A Deity is ultimately no different from a human. So do not forget your karma. You are one who must do such deeds.’
If I were to speak of regret, I sometimes wonder what it would have been like to hear those words back then.
If that had been the case.
‘I could have avoided doing this.’
Screeeech—!
It returned completely. The energy drained from my body in an instant.
Thud—!
The sound ceased as well.
The screams of the Evil Spirits vanished, and those thrashing in the sky went rigid.
In that moment.
사아아아아아—!!!
Every Evil Spirit’s gaze pierced toward me. Each time I felt it, my skin crawled.
I laughed as I looked at them.
“How does it feel? Appetizing, isn’t it?”
A body that Ghosts inherently coveted. A spirit overwhelmingly powerful in its essence.
My grandmother had defined my soul as something that could not be born this way even if one were born with divine energy—any malevolent spirit would drool over it.
That’s why I’ve lived my entire life blocking it like this. I regulated the level of Ghost perception to live moderately.
But if I were to fully open my spiritual energy like this instead.
-캬아아아아아아아아—!!!!
Every malevolent spirit in the vicinity would pour down upon me.
Kwaaaaaaa—!!
Countless malevolent spirits rushed at me in an instant.
[Wait!]
Yoo Cheon-gil tried to react in surprise, but.
“It’s fine.”
I raised my hand. It wasn’t Yoo Cheon-gil who would save me.
Kwaddedeuk—!!
The malevolent spirits rushed in. Feeling them, I poured strength into my soul. Then.
—Kyaaaa!!
All the malevolent spirits that tried to bite me were entering my body. Turbid energy filled my soul.
Feeling this, I endured the heaviness.
‘…I could die if I’m not careful.’
The level of malevolent energy was too high. It exceeded what my vessel could hold, making it dangerous. I hadn’t even absorbed half of it.
Normally, if one’s body contained this much malevolent spirit, the soul would become corrupted, the mind would break, or consciousness itself could die. I knew this far too well, but.
‘…Help me now, would you?’
I had one thing I could trust.
‘I’m dying like this.’
I spoke of dying while endlessly devouring the malevolent spirits. As I continued consuming them for a while longer.
[How absurd.]
A voice reached me.
Not Yoo Cheon-gil or Seongheon. The tone was deeper and seemed devoid of emotion.
[Are you trying to use me?]
The Celestial Demon.
It was him within my body, perceived through the Divine Sword.
I remembered. Back in Hannam when I had consumed all the evil spirits—how my body hadn’t deteriorated but instead grown stronger.
And the scene I witnessed when entering the Illusion created by the Celestial Demon.
I recalled the Celestial Demon sitting atop countless evil spirits.
He had subdued every evil spirit that entered my body. Seeing that, I attempted this gambit.
If the Celestial Demon refused? Then I would die.
But.
I held certainty that the Celestial Demon would save me. Because he needed me.
As proof of that.
[Truly, it is not amusing.]
I felt the Celestial Demon stirring within me.
[Since I must pay the room fee, I shall help once. However, remember this.]
Ssssshhhhh—!!!
Something erupts within my body.
[There will be no second time.]
The oppressive sensation that had filled me ceased in an instant.
-Kyaaaaaaaa…!!!
The screams fade into silence.
“…Ah.”
I steadied my chest and marveled.
“Truly useful-”
It seemed I had made good use of the Celestial Demon. In that very moment.
Kugugyeong-!!
Vibrations coursed through my body. Suddenly, sensation flooded my dantian. Countless energies surged forth as if from nothing.
“What is this…?”
What is this energy? My power suddenly swells. Bewildered by this sensation.
[Come to think of it.]
The Celestial Demon’s voice suddenly reaches me.
[It would be wasteful to help merely for that.]
“Pardon?”
He spoke to me with laughter in his voice.
[I too must gain something. Otherwise, it is not a fair exchange, is it?]
“What do you-”
[The room fee has been paid sufficiently. I trust you will be satisfied with this as well.]
The Celestial Demon attempted something. Realizing it, an incomparably vaster surge of energy erupted in resistance. The problem was that the amount flooding my dantian far exceeded its capacity.
Energy beyond what even the pinnacle could contain.
The overflow naturally spiraled into a rampage, defying all control.
쿠구구구궁—!!!
“Gack…!”
Thud.
An overwhelming wave of agony crashes through me, and my knees buckle beneath me.
Consciousness fractures and scatters as I collapse.

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