The World’s Greatest is Dead - Chapter 387

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The Heavenly Supreme Has Died – Episode 387
Shhhhh.
A tremendous killing intent grazes my neck. Just watching it makes my soul tremble.
[Celestial Demon….]
I spoke with a trembling voice, meeting those crimson eyes. The corners of the Celestial Demon’s mouth rise as he hears my words.
[You dare call me so casually.]
[…!]
My body stiffens rigidly. It’s unbearable.
A Calamity Deity, or perhaps a Demon God.
The aura of a deity formed by hundreds and thousands of demons gathering together. I felt it before, but from the Celestial Demon, I sense such an abyss.
If Yoo Cheon-gil surpasses a general deity….
‘…the Celestial Demon surpasses even the Calamity Deity.’
He is not merely a simple entity composed of evil instruments.
Those called deity-grade beings are not such crude individuals—they possess something more.
Reverence.
Supremacy.
Greatness.
A soul containing value that humans cannot dare comprehend or judge.
That is what we call a deity.
‘Is the Celestial Demon a deity?’
The Celestial Demon before me carried such an aura within him.
[…What brings you here?]
Why is something that should be sealed within the Divine Sword bursting forth here?
I asked cautiously. Then.
[Is it strange that I am here?]
He tilts his head and speaks to me.
[There is no place I cannot go. Wherever it may be.]
[…Yes, of course.]
His tone is filled with arrogance. The supreme lord of the Demonic Sect, said to match the Heavenly Supreme.
For someone like him, speaking thus is hardly strange.
[Do you have some business with me?]
I thought there must be a reason for the Celestial Demon’s appearance.
There must be some purpose. To such a question.
[Business, you say….]
The Celestial Demon grasps his chin slightly as he speaks.
[Indeed there is.]
[What-]
[And it can only be done now.]
[Pardon?]
[I will ask you one thing. Do you remember what I said last time?]
[Which one are you referring to?]
What the Celestial Demon said? Of course I remember it. But which part are you asking about?
As I was puzzled by this.
[Not to trust Yoo Cheon-gil.]
[….]
Ah, that’s it. Yes, he did say something like that. I nodded.
[I do remember it.]
[So you merely remember it?]
[No. I never trusted him blindly to begin with.]
We are the kind of relationship where we hide things from each other. Complete trust in such circumstances? It could never exist.
At my response, the Celestial Demon chuckled.
[An amusing statement. Yet you seem to follow his orders quite well despite saying that.]
[I use what’s useful and discard what isn’t.]
[A narrow-minded way of speaking. Casually dismissing the fact that you lack a center.]
I have nothing to say. After all, despite not trusting him, I was following his words without question.
The present situation was a prime example.
When he said he would grant me the fortune of Rebirth Through Transformation, I believed his words, consumed the Wol-ya Myeong-cho, and even surrendered my body to him.
[Hmm.]
I lowered my gaze. There below, I could see Yoo Cheon-gil circulating energy through my body.
His eyelashes trembled as if his eyes were closed in concentration.
Watching my physical form occasionally convulse, I wondered what was happening inside.
That was difficult to endure earlier, yet Yoo Cheon-gil was controlling it?
If he achieves Rebirth Through Transformation this way.
[It’s like getting what you want without lifting a finger.]
Realizing Rebirth Through Transformation remotely through my body, wasn’t it?
What was amusing in all this.
[Was that I wasn’t even thinking he would fail.]
The expectation that Yoo Cheon-gil would fail at Rebirth Through Transformation using my body—I wasn’t entertaining that possibility at all.
[This is not a good sign.]
This was troubling. It meant I was giving him more trust than I intended, making my earlier claim of selective belief ring hollow.
I was well aware that such a situation was not favorable.
That’s why I couldn’t properly refute the Celestial Demon’s words.
[So, you have business with me then.]
As I redirected the conversation, the Celestial Demon’s eyes narrowed.
The crimson glow intensified. My spirit form trembled once more under that gaze, but I deliberately ignored it.
[Very well. There is no point in discussing further. After all, beings like us do not follow anyone’s words.]
[…Us?]
That word bothered me. The term linking me and the Celestial Demon felt strange.
[What do you mean by us?]
[Do you not already know?]
[I’m not entirely sure, but…]
We have nothing in common. If anything, it’s just that we both have eyes, a nose, and a mouth.
What could possibly be similar between the source of all calamity and me?
Unable to contain my exasperation, I spoke—and the Celestial Demon covered her eyes with her hand.
[The ability to see. The ability to feel. And…]
Her fingertip pointed directly at my chest—precisely at my heart.
[The ability to contain.]
[…]
[A body and fate capable of containing even Deities. Can you truly claim ignorance after hearing this?]
[…Hah.]
My expression twisted at her words. I understood exactly what she meant.
[You’re talking about this cursed body of mine.]
The ability to see and sense Ghosts.
And even to contain things far greater than that.
Realizing that must be what she meant, I spoke.
[A curse?]
The Celestial Demon’s expression showed incomprehension.
[This is a blessing. Why do you taint such a gift with such vulgar words?]
[…A blessing?]
Now it was my turn to contort my face at her words.
[You call this a blessing?]
[If not a blessing, then what?]
[A curse. A filthy, wretched curse.]
I see what I shouldn’t see and feel what I shouldn’t feel.
Because of it, I’ve become entangled with things I should never have touched, and I’ve thrown away my life.
What greater curse could exist than this? And besides…
‘It affects even my next life.’
Unlike my desire to live an ordinary existence, it was poisoning even this present life.
But a blessing? That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.
Rather, I was curious. Why did the Celestial Demon see this wretched thing as a blessing?
[What’s your reason?]
So I asked.
[It’s a simple principle.]
The Celestial Demon gave a straightforward answer.
[To be capable of containing even Deities means, in other words, that you could become a Deity yourself.]
[…]
I faltered at those words.
Because they reminded me of something I’d heard long ago.
‘Won’t you become a Great Being?’
There had been someone who looked at me and told me to become a Deity.
A body and conditions that could become a Deity. Those words pierced deeply into my chest.
[Did you wish to become a Deity?]
Had the Celestial Demon desired to become a Deity? Was that why she now possessed such peculiar energy, and why she left her lingering attachment by entrusting her soul to the Divine Sword?
With such thoughts, I asked.
[You’re mistaken.]
This time, the Celestial Demon denied it.
[…No, that’s not it?]
[Becoming a Deity was always possible whenever I wished. If I desired it, I could have done so anytime. However, what I truly desired was not something so trivial.]
[Then what….]
[Not to become a Deity, but to kill one.]
[…Pardon?]
Kill a Deity?
It was incomprehensible.
[How do you mean?]
[How? There’s no special method. One simply kills them.]
[…No.]
[To be born with such capability—what a blessed thing that is.]
[….]
Now I understood. Now I grasped what the Celestial Demon was saying.
That gaze. That madness. Feeling it, I swallowed hard.
‘She’s not sane.’
This Celestial Demon is absolutely not normal.
Though it’s said that among Martial Artists who’ve reached such heights, none are truly sane.
‘She’s simply a crazy woman.’
The Demon Sect’s Master who wished to kill a Deity.
Faced with her reaction as if that alone were the reason for living, I could offer no response.
If there was anything left to ask.
[So… did you succeed in killing a Deity?]
Had the Celestial Demon succeeded in killing a Deity?
I asked carefully.
[Unfortunately, I did not.]
The Celestial Demon shook her head.
[It was just a hair’s breadth away. I could not achieve it, could not reach that moment.]
[…A hair’s breadth.]
[It is only regret.]
[Is that why you remained on this earth with such lingering attachment?]
Because she regretted not killing a Deity.
I wondered if that was why she remained here.
[That too is incorrect.]
Again, the Celestial Demon shook her head.
[…Then why?]
Even this isn’t it? Then what is his attachment?
[I have no attachment. If anything, it’s stubbornness.]
The Celestial Demon regarded me with hands clasped behind his back.
[Failing to kill a Deity is a weakness of mine. I harbor no attachment to such things, but this stubbornness I’ve built for that purpose irritates me.]
[What….]
[Hani, there is something you must do in my stead.]
[Pardon?]
I furrowed my brow upon hearing those words.
So it’s this again?
[…You want me to clean up after you all once more?]
And this time it’s the Celestial Demon? This is absurd.
[Why should I do that?]
[Because only you can.]
[Sigh.]
Irritation welled up inside me.
[Find someone else. There must be plenty of people in this world who can see ghosts.]
[I know. There are many who can perceive them, but only I and you can contain them.]
[How can you be so certain of that?]
[Because I’ve touched you.]
A convenient answer. Does he believe in fate?
[I don’t know about that. I have no intention of doing it. Are you unaware I’m already entangled with the Old Man of the Yoo family?]
Previously, whether it was the Celestial Demon, the Demon God, or whatever else, none of it mattered to me.
All I saw was a Demon trying to use me.
[This is not a request.]
[…Then are you threatening me instead?]
[As I said before, I know you’re not the type to be moved by such things. This is merely.]
The Celestial Demon paused, smiling as he continued.
[A forewarning.]
[…What do you mean?]
[You shall become the sky of the Demon Sect in my place. And in the end.]
Shhhhhhhhh-!!!
Black forms rose from his body like heat shimmer.
Evil Instrument and murderous intent.
And.
‘…Magi?’
It was that dreadful aura he’d used against Gwima before.
[You will perfect the Celestial Demon Divine Art and place even Deities beneath your feet.]
[Ridiculous.]
I furrowed my brow.
[Learning even a single martial technique is grueling, so what? The Celestial Demon’s Divine Art? It’s laughable.]
Was he also speaking of the perfection of martial arts?
This is absurd.
[Please refrain from speaking such nonsense. The Young Master of the Demonic Cult is already making his moves. And right now…]
That man’s daughter is still very much alive.
I held back from saying that.
[…Besides, there are many others, and I never possessed the Heavenly Killing Star in the first place.]
The crimson eyes that were like the symbol of the Celestial Demon.
I bore no mark of possessing the Heavenly Killing Star.
[Have you forgotten? The Heavenly Killing Star. Such a trivial shell holds no justification. What matters is something else.]
Not the Heavenly Killing Star, but karma.
Whether I harbored the Divine Eye or not. That was the reason given, but.
[Regardless of what reason you attach to it, nothing changes. In the first place, I am not of your bloodline.]
The Divine Sword cannot be wielded unless one carries the Celestial Demon’s blood.
The Divine Sword is the symbol of the Celestial Demon. Yet the fact that I can wield it is because the Celestial Demon showed consideration.
To allow me to use the Divine Sword. The Celestial Demon contained within the Divine Sword gave permission.
To my words like that.
[You’re entertaining quite the delusion.]
The Celestial Demon spoke with a faint smile.
[I never granted such permission.]
[…What?]
I was momentarily stunned by those words.
[You never gave permission?]
Never allowed me to touch the Divine Sword?
What does this mean?
Then.
[How am I using it?]
How am I able to wield the Divine Sword?
The Celestial Demon stared at me intently as I expressed my confusion.
[That, ask your father. You’ll hear quite the amusing answer.]
[What?]
[The time has come. Remember this.]
[Wait—]
[You.]
The Celestial Demon gradually faded away. I tried desperately to grasp him, but.
[In the not-too-distant future, you will ultimately ascend to my position.]
He uttered those words softly, and then.
Whoooosh—!!!
He became smoke and was sucked into the Divine Sword.
[…No…]
I stood there in a daze, my mind reeling.
The words I had just heard were overwhelming to comprehend.
Ask my Father, and he would know?
As I hesitated, struggling to make sense of those cryptic words.
Kuuuuung–!!!
[…!]
A sound erupted from my body.
취이이이이익—!!!
With a tremendous roar, strange smoke billowed forth from my flesh.
What is this? Smoke poured from my mouth and ears.
Shhhhh!
[…Ugh!?]
My spirit trembled violently before being sucked back into my physical form in an instant.
A sensation like I might retch.
After that, once my spirit had fully returned to my body.
“Gasp…!!!”
When I opened my eyes.
Everything had changed dramatically.

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