Reincarnation Sword God

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Chapter 605 – Dark Heaven Village

As Yeodong-bin and I returned to the real world, Seo Mun-hye said with concern,
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine. The Heavenly Mysterious Woman…”
“She went ahead.”
Now that two barriers had been broken, what remained was the defensive line established by the Fire Dragon Incarnates and the Great Immortal. This was not a specific barrier, but rather a location held by powerful immortals, so it would not be an easy task. Seeing that the Heavenly Mysterious Woman had gone ahead suggests she was waiting for the Celestial Sage.

I gazed silently at Seo Mun-hye and asked,
“… Are you really okay?”
“What do you mean?”
“I might die here today. It’s a fight with almost no chances of winning, and it seems I brought you along forcefully because I couldn’t bear the thoughts of you not being there. I’ve led you to a place of death… I’m sorry.”
At that, Seo Mun-hye smiled brightly.
“I came because I wanted to. I came to atone for my sins as the Nine Lotus Bishop. I’ve renounced my attachments to life, and even if you tell me to go back, I have no intention of leaving.”
“Seo Mun-hye…”
“If there’s just one thing I would like to ask…”
Seo Mun-hye’s delicate fingers gently caressed my cheek.
“Baek Woong, don’t blame yourself.”
“……”
“Don’t force yourself.”
At those words, tears nearly burst forth from my eyes.
Throughout my life, during every hardship that came my way, I had longed for such words to be said to me.
With my lack of talent and wisdom, it always felt like everything was my fault whenever I stumbled.
But I couldn’t bring myself to cry out. If this world was a well-structured nightmare, then the only one who could change that would be me, with my infinite reincarnation abilities, and the tragedy of those sacrificed to the gods felt like it was because of me. My companions had encouraged me many times, but somehow, Seo Mun-hye’s words seemed to comfort me deeply.

I steadied my emotions and spoke,
“… Thank you. Now, let’s go.”
*Clap!*
I dashed upwards alongside Seo Mun-hye further into the heights of Mount Kunlun. As I had never been to this location before, I couldn’t use the Overlay Technique; I simply navigated through the most wondrous and majestic secret realm of Mount Kunlun. After ascending about four hundred more steps, we arrived at a spot where the Heavenly Mysterious Woman awaited us.

She stood atop a massive cliff, and below, dozens of conduits could be seen constructed in various branches. The conduits were arranged according to the Eight Trigrams, tightly spiraling like a circle. Additionally, I noticed 108 immortals gathered at the center, chanting some formidable incantation.
The Heavenly Mysterious Woman spoke,
“This is the boundary. The moment we try to venture further even a bit, the Fire Dragon Incarnates will attack.”
“Are you waiting for the Celestial Sage?”
She nodded and replied,
“I’m concealing our presence with the Corpse Dissolution Technique, but it will be a problem if we’re too late. We have to hope he arrives quickly…”
“Hmm…”
I sensed her anxiety, and understandably so. If the Celestial Sage didn’t come, we wouldn’t even be able to start, and the opponent he was fighting was no ordinary foe. It seemed like at least a meal’s worth of time had passed since the Celestial Sage began battling. Would he really be able to topple his opponent in time? Knowing the esteem of that individual was ranked among the great heroes in ancient myths, there was no way to guarantee it.

Just then,
*Shhhrr!*
“Damn it… I knocked that old man down, but it’s a mess!”
The Celestial Sage appeared next to us on his mount, fuming. Upon seeing the two large arrows lodged in his left palm, blood spurting out, the Heavenly Mysterious Woman commented,
“Ye has staked the game with the Red Bow and White Arrow.”
“Exactly! Damn it… I managed to dodge up to seven shots, but the last two were unavoidable. Almost got hit in the heart and died. My body is made of iron, but that damn arrow is too strong…”
“What about Ye?”
“After getting hit by my Ruyi Staff, he’s probably fainting at the bottom of Mount Kunlun for about a thousand years.”
“……!!”
I was taken aback by what I heard.
‘The Red Bow and White Arrow is such a powerful technique!’
Whenever Ye struck me, he always seemed to hit the back of my head, so I hadn’t truly realized it. In battle, even the great Celestial Sage couldn’t withstand such an overwhelmingly powerful technique as the Red Bow and White Arrow. Moreover, judging by the fact that the Celestial Sage sustained no further injuries despite being struck by Ye’s Ruyi Staff, it indicated that Ye himself wielded considerable power, comparable to that of a Fire Dragon Incarnate.
‘You bastard… if only you fought that well when you came down on me…’
While I was silently scolding in my heart, the Heavenly Mysterious Woman raised her hand and cast the Corpse Dissolution Technique.
*Whumm!*

A moment later, the two white arrows lodged in the Celestial Sage’s palm emitted a divine light and pulled free. The bright spirit energy lightning-like arrows soared back toward their master as if returning home. The Celestial Sage flexed his hand several times in amazement.
“I had my doubts, but it’s truly possible. Normally when arrows pierce the body, no one can retrieve them, but the damage they caused is recoverable this way. To think it could eliminate even the arrow that killed the sun, the Corpse Dissolution Technique is indeed an extraordinary technique.”
“Are there no other injuries?”
“None!”
With a jovial retort, the Celestial Sage activated his Flame Eyes.
*Blazing Light!*
Suddenly, his eyes shone with flames, and he stared intensely ahead. With the ability to pierce through the essence of things using his Flame Eyes, it seemed he was trying to catch a glimpse of the enemy’s formation before him. He frowned and said,
“What’s that? There’s someone here I haven’t seen before…”
“Someone you haven’t seen?”
“Never mind. It feels like I’ve seen them somewhere…”
The Celestial Sage scratched his head and said,
“Forget it! Let’s begin.”

*Boom!*
Lightning flickered from ahead, and without warning, the Celestial Sage lunged forward. The moment he reached right in front of the Absolute Formation where 108 Great Immortals were gathered, numerous dark apparitions suddenly sprang from nowhere and pounced on the Celestial Sage at once.
*Boom!*
With a horrifying blast, a torrent of attacks surged forth from the Fire Dragon Incarnates and the Celestial Realm’s Heavenly Generals, swinging countless weapons at the Celestial Sage while unleashing a chorus of battle cries.
[You scoundrel!!]
[Rebel of the Celestial Realm, King Mi-hu!!]
[This time, you won’t escape punishment!!]
*Bang!*
As the terrifying onslaught of their encirclement surged at him, the Celestial Sage extended his Ruyi Staff to swiftly deflect the attacks. With a single flick of his staff, five bodies of the Heavenly Generals burst apart with a loud explosion.
[No!]
The encircling Heavenly Generals gasped in shock as the Celestial Sage flashed a wicked grin.
“Your mouths sure can run. You scoundrels didn’t even dare to look up at me when alone.”
*Fwoosh!*
“Go!”
The Celestial Sage plucked a hair from his temple to execute the Clone Technique, and hundreds of versions of the Celestial Sage began to spread out around him, engaging the Heavenly Generals and the Fire Dragon Incarnates. The Heavenly Generals, it seemed, had a tough time dealing with the clones, but the Fire Dragon Incarnates appeared to struggle more.
“Haha! How can such an exceptional being be a traitor…?”
One Fire Dragon Incarnate sighed as he stepped forward, dressed in the robe of the Wudang Sect, facing ten of the Celestial Sage’s clones simultaneously.
“I will do my best today.”
As the clones all pounced on him, it seemed impossible to dodge, but the next moment, there was a feeling of time coalescing, and the clones’ attacks began to be swept away into the Tai Chi. The clones ended up getting smacked back or returning to their original forms, as if the essence of the universe itself was tearing apart the very fabric of Yin and Yang in his hands.
*Boom!*
The real Celestial Sage stood back with his arms crossed, chuckling. Despite the strength of his foes, he seemed to revel in the thrill of battle.
“Hehe. Is it you, Jang Sam-bong? It’s been a while.”
As he said, the figure that emerged from the formation before the Fire Dragon Incarnates was indeed the Fire Dragon Incarnate Jang Sam-bong!
The founder of the Wudang Sect and an incarnation who gained the seat of the Fire Dragon Incarnates, a supreme expert who was unrivaled during the late Ming Dynasty in the martial arts community. Moreover, he was the one who created the foundation of the Seven Great Techniques I was currently training in and possessed the overwhelming Peerless Technique of the Absolute Realm.
*Swish!*
“True One Bright Might!”
A massive force unfolded in the air, visible through the Palace Examination Technique. In the next moment, five clones attacking from the side were ripped apart as if another being had joined the fight.
“The Celestial Sage! No matter how you are, consider fighting us all is reckless.”
“Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling.”
The mysterious being who appeared surrounded by colorful clouds had a rotund appearance, but even the Celestial Sage seemed to recall the name. Zhang Daoling was the founder of the Five Pecks of Rice Dao and a legendary figure in Daoism history.
“Reckless or not, if it’s not the Celestial Sage, who would dare?”
“Exactly! No one could do it but the Celestial Sage.”
*Fwoosh!*
Next to Zhang Daoling appeared two more Fire Dragon Incarnates. They looked distinctly different from each other, but they seemed to speak in unison.
The left Fire Dragon Incarnate was an elderly man with hair and beard completely white, indicating his great age, while the right one appeared very young, with pitch-black hair. They opened their mouths simultaneously.
“However, I, the Southern Dipper Star Lord, must say this is utterly foolish.”
“However, I, the Northern Dipper Star Lord, believe the Celestial Sage will die here today.”
The Southern Dipper Star Lord and Northern Dipper Star Lord!
I knew these beings as the divine entities governing lifespans in the Celestial Realm, and it seemed they were also Fire Dragon Incarnates. Though they appeared comical, it was evident that they were immensely powerful, beyond any comparison to me.
*Crash!*
“Ha ha ha! Are you really out of your mind? You think you can defeat all the Celestial Realm Fire Dragon Incarnates on your own? Do you think that’s possible? That’s why I like you.”
Suddenly, someone emerged with a massive silk flowing in the heat. The Celestial Sage smirked upon seeing the boy-like Fire Dragon Incarnate holding a ring in each hand.
“Are you here too? Nata.”
The Fire Dragon Incarnate called Nata emitted a malevolent light from his eyes, grinning widely.
“I had a feeling since you left your post during the battle. I wanted to claim your head! I can’t let anyone else take it.”
“If you can manage to, that is. Now, put away your boring technique; it’s so noisy.”
“Alright!”
*Swish!*
After the legendary Nata, who was said to have struck down dragons, a shimmering blue light quietly arose next to him.
The blue light quickly transformed into a remarkably handsome young man, possessing a third eye on his forehead. The young man slowly lifted a three-pronged spear towards the Celestial Sage and spoke with a grim tone.
“I’ve known for a long time your strength is formidable, but you have no chance of defeating us all.”
The Celestial Sage remained unperturbed.
“Irang Jin-gun, don’t be shy; just come at me. I didn’t come here just to receive sympathy from you.”
“… A reckless fellow!”
Irang Jin-gun, the Fire Dragon Incarnate, clicked his tongue and took a fighting stance. He seemed no less valiant than the others, emanating a power that far exceeded even the most powerful of mortals. Everyone before the Celestial Sage exuded the same overwhelming might.
“……”
Watching from a distance as the Fire Dragon Incarnates revealed themselves, I felt breathless.
‘If the Taoist masters saw this scene, they would be utterly stunned…’
Every single one of them was a name of legendary renown within the Dao, and both the Southern and Northern Dipper Star Lords had existed since primordial times. While each might appear weaker individually, combining their powers would make it exceedingly difficult for even the Celestial Sage to withstand.
*Fwoosh!*
The Celestial Sage summoned hundreds of clones at once. However, it was clear that overwhelming the Fire Dragon Incarnates simply with the number of clones would not work. Perhaps realizing this, the Celestial Sage sent me a telepathic message.
[The Heavenly Mysterious Woman will help me fight with the Corpse Dissolution Technique. While that’s happening, you need to sneak in and take out at least one of the 108 immortals forming the battle formation. That will ensure our success.]
[Understood.]
[Wait for my signal to move in.]
As I was conversing with the Celestial Sage, the Heavenly Mysterious Woman suddenly appeared beside him through teleportation. She surveyed the surrounding Fire Dragon Incarnates and Heavenly Generals with sad eyes and spoke.
“Brothers of the Celestial Realm. Queen Mother of the West is the true traitor; she has devoured many immortals. Why do you support a rebel?”
The crowd stirred.
The moment the Heavenly Mysterious Woman spoke, there seemed to be a flicker of doubt in the attitudes of the Fire Dragon Incarnates and Heavenly Generals. Zhang Sam-bong looked particularly surprised, responding with confusion.
“Heavenly Mysterious Woman, what do you mean…”
Just then, the Southern Dipper Star Lord and Northern Dipper Star Lord sharply interrupted.
“Stop!”
“Stop!”
“The Heavenly Mysterious Woman is the traitor! Don’t be deceived; kill her.”
“Kill the Heavenly Mysterious Woman! Traitors can never be forgiven.”
*Woosh!*
With that, the encroaching Heavenly Generals began to emanate a fierce red aura. It appeared they had chosen to enhance their power and fierceness with a technique that dulled their reason. At this point, the Heavenly Generals were not to be underestimated.
*Woosh!*
The cries of the Southern and Northern Dipper Star Lords seemed to have influenced the Fire Dragon Incarnates too. A peculiar sound wave spread outward, and the Fire Dragon Incarnates appeared to have lost their will to continue their dialogue.
Only Zhang Sam-bong wore an increasingly bewildered expression, seeming to hold strong doubts about the current situation. Seeing his expression left me flabbergasted.
‘What the hell? Who are those guys!’
There seemed to be mismatched individuals among the Fire Dragon Incarnates; were those two working under the Queen Mother of the West? It appeared they were planted there to prevent the Fire Dragon Incarnates from being persuaded by the Heavenly Mysterious Woman. The next moment, the Fire Dragon Incarnates and Heavenly Generals all launched themselves toward the Celestial Sage and the Heavenly Mysterious Woman simultaneously.
“Kill the Heavenly Mysterious Woman!”
“Kill the Celestial Sage!!”
The entirety of the Celestial Realm’s forces began to engage against just two foes.
*Boom!*
The unparalleled treasures and techniques exploded forth, filling the summit of Mount Kunlun. Most of the attacks originated from the enemy, while the Celestial Sage utilized his Clone Technique to deal with the joint forces of the Fire Dragon Incarnates. I watched the epic clash, my palms sweating, when suddenly, a thunderous shout rang out.
[Now’s the time! Go in!]
*Tydaht!*
Receiving the signal from the Celestial Sage, I transformed Yeodong-bin into a divine sword and soared forward. Though Yeodong-bin could descend upon me, if that happened, it would consume too much energy for either of us, so I aimed to gather momentum with the Divine Sword Technique instead.
As I neared the encirclement of the Great Immortals, one of the legendary Fire Dragon Incarnates sneered at me from the battle.
“Hahaha!! How dare a mere human challenge us?”
*Treasured Items!*
*Heaven and Earth Circle!*
*Wiying!*
At that moment, one of the Heaven and Earth Circles held by Nata flew toward me. I’d faced martial artists who threw weapons a fair amount, but this attack was unlike anything I’d encountered before. It was as if I faced the might of an expert from the Absolute Realm itself, zooming toward me with terrifying force and speed, aiming to cleave my neck in one stroke.
In response, Yeodong-bin’s divine sword reacted and executed the Moon-Style Defense Technique. Thanks to Yeodong-bin’s keen senses, I managed to block the Heaven and Earth Circle from cleaving my neck, instead parrying it, yet the incredible force felt like it shattered my wrist and forearm, sending me flying.
*Whoooosh!*
“Ugh!”
Even though I had only blocked the Heaven and Earth Circle, my arm felt paralyzed! A few of my fingers had certainly broken, and I gritted my teeth, overwhelmed by the oncoming pain. But Nata, bewildered, recalled the Heaven and Earth Circle.
“What?! A human blocked my Heaven and Earth Circle?”
At that moment, with the divine sword still transformed, Yeodong-bin transmitted a will to me.
[Yeongja! Nata isn’t quite comparable to the Celestial Sage or the descendants, but he’s still a higher Fire Dragon Incarnate. Don’t clash head-on; avoid and go for the opening.]
[Dammit… as if that’s easy…]
I sighed at the Celestial Sage’s words and gripped the sword tightly. While I was recovering rapidly thanks to my inner power, confronting a Fire Dragon Incarnate head-on was simply out of the question. Just as I was wrestling with my thoughts, Seo Mun-hye, who had been following me, suddenly leaped toward Nata.
*Eight Immortal Divine Art!*
*残空雲曜 (Zankouyouyou)!*
*Bang!*
“Ghh!!!”
Nata screamed, stepping back in panic as he faced Seo Mun-hye’s relentless thrust. It appeared deceptively simple, but Seo Mun-hye’s physical prowess was so high that even a Fire Dragon Incarnate couldn’t withstand her assault!
“Baek Woong, go!” Seo Mun-hye shouted.
‘Seo Mun-hye, I’m counting on you!’
Whether I could win or not was irrelevant. To be honest, it was absolutely absurd to ask Seo Mun-hye to face a higher Fire Dragon Incarnate, but this was no time to be picky!
After all, hadn’t we all come here putting our lives on the line? If I didn’t seize this momentary opening, not only Nata but all the other Fire Dragon Incarnates would obstruct me, leading to my doom.
“Yahh!”
I broke through the encirclement!
Taking advantage of the opening Seo Mun-hye had created for me, I dove into the Great Formation below without time to hesitate. It seemed much deeper than it appeared from the cliff above, and I fell for a considerable time, encountering immortals here and there who hurled techniques my way.
*Boom!*
“Urrrgh…!!”
I screamed as I swung the Flame Elemental Sword, and at that moment, the Fire Dragon Incarnate revealed himself, reflecting all incoming techniques.
[You’re all like puppets!]
The immortals were left in utter shock.
“Hah! The Fire Dragon Incarnate…”
“No way!”
It was merely a moment of despair. The Fire Dragon Incarnate’s power was exceptionally high, so no matter how strong a lower immortal might be, they couldn’t withstand the might of the Fire Dragon Incarnate.
*Woosh!*
The immortals perished as their techniques were rebounded, indicating that the Fire Dragon Incarnate had reached the peak of his power. He spoke to me,
[You’ve done well so far! Up to this point, both I and Yeodong-bin have conserved our energy to infiltrate, making it possible to breach the formation.]
*Zing!*
However, just as I was mere ten steps away from the area where the 108 sorcerers were gathered, my body was suddenly grounded as if an invisible transparent floor had arisen, blocking my descent.
“……?”
As I stood there, perplexed, a melodious laughter resounded from below the barrier. In the central area densely populated with the 108 sorcerers, a being wrapped in colorful clouds laughed heartily.
[Hehehe. A cute little bug dared to come interfere.]
The moment I heard that laugh, every hair on my body stood on end.
[How far can a bug’s power reach?]
It was the Queen Mother of the West.