The World’s Greatest is Dead - Chapter 56

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The Heavenly Supreme Has Died – Episode 056
“Sister…?”
Cheonhye-in appeared suddenly.
Cheon Euijin swallowed hard at the sight of her.
“Hello?”
Cheonhye-in waved her hand at Cheon Euijin. Her gesture, accompanied by a subtle smile, was undeniably beautiful to anyone’s eyes.
Unfortunately, for Cheon Euijin, even that was terror.
“Shall we talk?”
“…”
Thump—! His heart pounded violently.
Cold sweat had already drenched his entire body.
“Huff… huff…”
His ragged breathing made his mind spin as if vertigo had seized him.
He felt like vomiting. Cheon Euijin barely suppressed the rising nausea as he stared at his sister.
‘Blue.’
A mark and proof that the inner cultivation of Cheonwol Gate had completely permeated his body.
The inner cultivation not only spread throughout his body but seeped into his eyes, creating blue irises.
Cheonhye-in possessed Wol-an, and Cheon Euijin could not dare to gaze directly at that Wol-an.
She was like the sea itself.
Just by looking at it, he felt as though he would fall into it and never escape.
Feeling that, Cheon Euijin bit his lip.
“…What brings you here?”
He spoke while suppressing his emotions. Even Cheon Euijin himself was surprised by this.
In the past, he wouldn’t have been able to meet her eyes, let alone speak properly through his trembling. Now it was different.
‘…Have I improved?’
His breathing and mental issues persisted, but it was better than before.
Had he grown? Had he finally improved a little? Just as that thought crossed his mind.
“Hmm?”
“…!”
At Cheonhye-in’s tilted response, his insides twisted again.
Cheon Euijin unconsciously averted his gaze from her eyes.
Seeing that, Cheonhye-in let out a small laugh.
“What do you mean? It’s not strange for a sister to visit her brother, is it?”
Cheonhye-in spoke as if it were natural, but Cheon Euijin could only bite his lip inwardly.
‘Don’t be ridiculous.’
Sister and brother? It was hardly amusing.
He had never once thought of her as a sister.
She was truly shameless.
Whether Cheonhye-in knew what lay in his heart or not, she walked toward him and stopped.
“Brother.”
“…Yes.”
“By the way, you said something interesting happened in Anhui?”
“….”
I swallowed hard at Cheonhye-in’s words.
“I heard someone targeted your younger brother?”
Chills ran down my spine.
‘How could a human be…!’
How could anyone be so brazenly shameless and repulsive?
Cheon Euijin had to clench his teeth as he looked at Cheonhye-in.
He’d heard that Cheonhye-in was the one who’d seduced Pung Yeon, his bodyguard.
Yet she spoke without even a flicker of expression.
Cheon Euijin was terrified of Cheonhye-in.
“You look frightened.”
“….”
“Were you that scared? I told you so.”
Cheonhye-in approached him slowly.
“Little brother.”
Her blue eyes swept across Cheon Euijin.
“Trust no one.”
Her laughter tightened around his heart.
“I clearly warned you of that.”
“….”
“Why didn’t you listen to your sister’s words… I’m truly curious about that.”
Crunch—! Power surged into Cheon Euijin’s clenched fist.
“…How can you be so shameless?”
“Hmm?”
At Cheon Euijin’s words, Cheonhye-in tilted her head.
She acted as though she didn’t understand what he meant.
“The reason I didn’t bother reporting about you, Sister, wasn’t simply because I feared you.”
“….”
At those words, Cheonhye-in’s brows narrowed sharply. Cheon Euijin hesitated for a moment upon seeing it, but he didn’t stop speaking.
“…I can defeat you without resorting to such things. That’s why I deliberately left it out of my report.”
“Hmm.”
Cheonhye-in, having heard his words, smiled with narrowed eyes.
“So, what you’re saying is… that I was the one who instigated that incompetent bodyguard?”
“Don’t pretend you don’t know.”
Cheon Euijin’s face twisted. His expression was steeped in bitter resentment.
“It’s repulsive.”
“….”
Upon hearing those words, Cheonhye-in smiled once more.
“Younger brother. It’s good that you think that way, but do you have evidence?”
“Are you testing me?”
“I don’t care how you take it. There won’t be anything left anyway.”
“….”
She was right. There was no evidence that Cheonhye-in had ordered Pung Yeon’s death.
He was dead, and as far as Cheon Euijin knew, Cheonhye-in was not the type to leave such traces.
There was no evidence. Realizing this, Cheon Euijin ground his teeth together with a harsh sound.
“You haven’t changed.”
Cheonhye-in looked at Cheon Euijin and laughed coldly.
“Still incompetent. No different than back then.”
“…!”
When Cheonhye-in mentioned that time, Cheon Euijin’s expression changed drastically.
“Years have passed, yet you still haven’t escaped from that place-”
“Shut up…!”
Cheon Euijin shouted.
“At the very least… if one is human… you shouldn’t mention that time, Sister.”
“….”
Cheon Euijin’s voice cracked as he spoke, a characteristic unique to those who had never raised their voice in their entire lives.
Because of this, Cheonhye-in found Cheon Euijin pathetic.
“You’re still floundering, unable to escape from that place, and you think you can defeat me?”
It was not even remotely amusing.
“As if you could.”
“…What do you think you know to speak so carelessly?”
“How could I not know?”
Cheonhye-in spoke as if sighing.
“The reason you went to Anhui, and why you obtained information yet didn’t tell Moonju or anyone else—it was all for that reason.”
“…!”
At Cheonhye-in’s words, Cheon Euijin clamped his mouth shut.
“I was truly curious about what you obtained from that place.”
Swish.
Cheonhye-in reached out and straightened Cheon Euijin’s clothes as she spoke.
“Surprisingly, it was the Elder’s Manwol.”
“….”
Cheonhye-in spoke as if she already knew everything. With each word she uttered, Cheon Euijin grew increasingly terrified.
“Who could it possibly be….”
Cheonhye-in held her contemplation on her lips.
“Who is this person who told neither Father nor me, but gave information only to you?”
“….”
“Hmm…. I truly cannot understand it.”
Gradually, the moon rose higher into the sky.
The rising moon shone down upon Cheon Euijin and Cheonhye-in.
“You’re the most worthless and pathetic of all—would there be another fool foolish enough to give you such valuable information?”
“…Ugh….”
“Well, let’s set that aside.”
Her attitude suggested it mattered little whether such a person existed or not.
It was the confidence of one who could handle anything, should it arise.
“Brother, you said you wanted to defeat me?”
Cheon Euijin did not answer.
But she already knew her brother’s answer.
“So you brought that person?”
“….”
That person.
There was only one person Cheonhye-in could be referring to in such a manner.
Bangseong-yeon.
The moment Bangseong-yeon’s name left his sister’s lips, Cheon Euijin’s body tensed.
“To place him on the Cheonwol Gate in your stead?”
She had struck the mark.
“Sister, I hope that wasn’t your intention.”
At Cheonhye-in’s words, Cheon Euijin’s face twisted as he asked.
“…Why is that?”
“If that were truly the case, I would be deeply disappointed in you. Well, there’s hardly anything left to be disappointed about anymore.”
“….”
“He is a remarkable person. If you brought him, it might be one of the few things you’ve done well. But you see.”
Cheonhye-in leaned her face closer to Cheon Euijin.
“If all you could think of was bringing someone to win in your place, could anything be more pathetic and contemptible?”
Her words became a sharp blade, piercing into Cheon Euijin’s body.
“Brother. You are not that person. No matter how much you wish to resemble him, you never will be.”
He knew it.
That he and Bangseong-yeon were entirely different beings.
“If you’re harboring any delusions, I hope you wake from them soon. You’ll only become more wretched otherwise.”
“…I have never thought such things. And I have no intention of heeding your words, sister.”
“Is that so?”
Hearing Cheon Euijin’s response, she smiled faintly.
“Then that’s a relief.”
With those words, Cheonhye-in turned her back to Cheon Euijin.
“Then, struggle all you wish. I hope you can reach me. Only then.”
Cheonhye-in continued without turning her head.
“Will Mother be pleased from heaven.”
Having finished speaking, Cheonhye-in took her steps and disappeared.
“….”
Cheon Euijin quietly stared at the spot where she had vanished.
“Ugh—!”
He suddenly collapsed and began to retch.
“Cough….”
His ashen face and trembling body betrayed his condition.
“Ugh….”
It was agonizing. Even so, his bloodshot eyes remained fixed on where Cheonhye-in had disappeared.
‘You are not that person. No matter how much you wish to be like them, you never could be.’
Cheonhye-in’s words continued to echo in his mind.
“Damn it….”
Crack—!
He struck the ground with brutal force. The impact split his hand open, blood streaming forth, but Cheon Euijin paid it no mind.
“Damn it… Damn it….”
Despair flooded through him more than pain.
It was the anguish of his own helplessness—that he had done nothing until the very moment she vanished.
“…How could I possibly….”
How could he escape this cursed feeling?
Cheon Euijin pondered endlessly, but
nothing came to mind.
As he swallowed his despair and suppressed his emotions,
“….”
Cheonhye-in, who had been leaning her back against a nearby tree, shifted her gaze.
She turned her eyes away from her younger brother and fixed them into the darkness.
Quietly observing the shadows, Cheonhye-in spoke.
“Sabaek-nim.”
-Yes.
Remarkably, a voice answered from that darkness, though she had already known someone was there.
“I heard that this child’s escort sold me out….”
As she spoke these words,
“Could you look into how this came to be?”
Her expression was strikingly cold.

* * *
Not long after morning had broken.
I washed up hastily upon waking and stepped outside the residence.
The moment I emerged, I gazed back at the residence where I’d been staying.
‘Is today the last day?’
A guest residence provided by Cheonwol Gate. Tonight would be my last sleeping here.
It couldn’t be helped.
‘Since I’m entering Sowoldae, I need to move my lodging.’
Now that I’d truly become affiliated with Cheonwol Gate, I could no longer remain in the guest residence.
Consequently, I was relocating to where Sowoldae gathered.
Since my belongings were sparse anyway, the move itself would be simple enough.
‘What a waste….’
Still, leaving such a fine residence couldn’t possibly feel good.
Especially since it was a place where only I lived. How beautiful and wonderful could it possibly be?
“…Damn it.”
I didn’t want to go. I wanted to stay longer.
Though I yearned for it desperately, there was no way.
[…So, you’re clinging to a mere house with such lingering attachment?]
Yoo Cheon-gil, who’d been following behind, spoke as though exasperated.
“You don’t understand, sir…. The dreams of homeownership that we unfortunate young people harbor.”
[It’s not even your house to begin with.]
“It could have become mine if things had gone well, couldn’t it?”
[…What exactly would need to go well?]
“Never mind. You’ll never understand my heart anyway, sir.”
[I have no desire to understand it either.]
He waved his hand dismissively as we walked.
Though I’d lost my residence upon becoming Sowoldae, at least I’d heard some good news when I visited Seoweol Road last time.
‘Fortunately, even as a disciple of the sect, I can attend training voluntarily.’
Others were likely undergoing grueling cultivation right now.
But not me. I’d worried about that aspect, but after hearing the explanation, I realized Sowoldae apparently figured everyone would manage on their own, so there were no group training sessions.
Thanks to that, whether I ran during the day or slept didn’t matter.
[No one would’ve known…. Never imagined such a madman would become Sowoldae.]
“I had no intention of doing it anyway. Since someone forced me into this, this much should be acceptable.”
[…Hmph.]
The old man seemed displeased with me neglecting my training.
But this was unfair from my perspective too.
“Who said I’m not doing it at all? I’m going because I have matters to attend to.”
[…That’s precisely why I’m not staying still either.]
“Keep your mouth still if you must, but at least keep your eyes still too. That’s the real problem.”
[Tsk.]
Yoo Cheon-gil reacted as though displeased.
I ignored it and continued walking.
I’d mentioned it to the Old Man as well, but right now I was moving with purpose.
With the departure to Sichuan coming within mere days, there was one thing I needed to settle.
‘I’ve already brought Cheon Euijin, and now there’s one person left.’
The remaining person besides Cheon Euijin who would accompany me to Sichuan.
I’d spoken with him briefly last time, but I hadn’t finished everything because I was busy.
So I was moving to wrap up that conversation.
Then.
[No matter how much I think about it, I can’t understand.]
Yoo Cheon-gil spoke.
“What do you mean?”
[Why that guy specifically? There are plenty of more useful ones.]
“Ah.”
Why was the one I was bringing along that guy?
Yoo Cheon-gil seemed unable to comprehend it.
Well, the people I was bringing this time were chosen purely by my own judgment.
Normally, it would have been something Moonju Wol Seon-geom should have decided.
‘But it was a wager.’
The reward I’d obtained from this martial contest with Seom Seong-gyeong.
I used that for this matter.
That when I went to Sichuan, I would bring those I desired.
Wol Seon-geom agreed to it. However, he stipulated that I must bring exactly one person from Sowoldae.
‘Actually, it works out better.’
I was pleased.
From the start, besides Cheon Euijin, there was one person I wanted to bring, and that person happened to be from Sowoldae.
“I don’t need anyone else. It has to be that person.”
[…So why?]
“Because I don’t want to die and I want to experience only good things when I go.”
[What does that even….]
“There it is.”
Yoo Cheon-gil still wore the expression of someone who didn’t understand, but I ignored him and continued walking.
Finally, I arrived at the person I sought.
“Senior. Good morning.”
At my greeting, someone who had been swinging a sword since morning looks at me.
“….”
A young man with a blank expression and brown hair.
Not as striking in appearance as Cheon Euijin or myself, but he had a masculine bearing.
Well-developed muscles and a tall frame.
And a young man dressed in the martial robes that symbolized Sowoldae.
He was Do-hyeong, who had held the position of youngest member of Sowoldae before I enlisted.
“I came to finish the conversation we started yesterday. Do you have time?”
I smiled and spoke while looking at Do-hyeong.
He was precisely the person who would accompany me to Sichuan next, after Cheon Euijin.
Or rather, to be exact.
‘That man has something attached to him.’
Behind my smile, I gazed past Do-hyeong’s shoulder.
Something hovering behind Do-hyeong, watching me with a subtle luminescence.
It was indeed a spirit, though calling it simply that would be imprecise.
And calling it a Demon would be absolutely wrong.
It could not be compared to something as trivial as a Demon.
A tremendous being that, merely by being attached to someone, could bestow not only fortune but also wealth, honor, and health.
In other words.
It was what was called a Guardian Spirit.

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