Reincarnation Sword God

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**True Martial Home**

I distinctly remembered the information that the sorcerer Cheon Gong-pyo himself had mentioned during my 24th reincarnation.

[The Emperor Yao is the incarnation of Yao Shun. But ruling the human realm made him bored, so he needed a new body to switch to.]

[The reason is that I was inherently gifted with powerful abilities and supernatural powers. I naturally refused, but the persistent demands of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were not easy to reject, and thinking that I might suffer after death in the Underworld, I decided to enter the Celestial Realm and seek the protection of the highest-ranked Primordial Void Ruler and Heavenly Ruler of Tai Xu.]

[My innate ability is this: I possess nearly infinite mental fortitude and an ability to use all sorcery and treasures without any expenditure of power. Additionally, I can comprehend any sorcery at a glance.]

The ancient Yao Shun era, which the Central Plains people considered a golden age and utopia—was in fact a time of rampant human sacrifice, a demonic age where Emperor Yao and Emperor Shun were mere incarnations of the demon gods known as the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

And since Cheon Gong-pyo was born with the most powerful talent of chaos during that time, he was on the verge of being chosen as an incarnation by Yao Shun, but because she fled to the Celestial Realm and became a disciple of the Three Pure Ones, Yao Shun couldn’t touch her.

In light of all this, the only divine being who could have possessed her body after thousands of years is none other than Yao Shun of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors!

‘That means… the supreme being of the Celestial Realm, the Jade Emperor, is Yao Shun…’

I felt a headache coming on.

This would mean that there are two Yao Shuns existing in the Celestial Realm. The entity that possessed Cheon Gong-pyo’s body turned to me and spoke.

[That’s right, reincarnated one. I am *&%&$*@.]

I couldn’t catch the detailed pronunciation. In fact, as soon as I heard it, I realized it was an indescribable ‘something’ that was neither language nor anything else.

True Name – The token of the ‘Master’, a cosmic entity. The name Yao Shun is just a label humans conveniently attached; the true name of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors can drive humans into madness merely by being uttered or recognized.

I looked at Yao Shun and replied.

“To reveal the true name of the Master, you are very kind.”

According to Zhuge Sa, it is almost unheard of for a being of such stature to directly disclose their name. Even if it happens, it is only in the case of a considerable favor; most names are barely recorded in the Demon Book through the sacrifices of countless sorcerers throughout history.

[You are a special being…].

Yao Shun seemed to smile with Cheon Gong-pyo’s face. Then she said.

[Let me propose again. Wouldn’t it be better for you to join hands with us now?]

“On what grounds? I have nothing to discuss with you.”

[Then why are you still alive…? Shouldn’t you have escaped this life the moment you broke free of Nüwa’s hand?]

“……”

[You still have attachments to this life… That is why you intentionally released the seal of Cheon Gong-pyo that was on the Ruyi Staff… If you have desires, we can make a deal.]

Yao Shun’s words struck a chord. As I fell silent, Yao Shun continued, moving Cheon Gong-pyo’s hand.

[I have finally obtained the superb body of one born with chaotic talent… And that means, at this moment, I can exert the strongest influence among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors on the Earth.]

“What does that even mean?”

[Hoo hoo… With this incarnation, I am not afraid of any law of cause and effect.]

*Crack!*

Yao Shun smirked and suddenly clenched her fist, summoning the sword that had just been slashing the clones of the Celestial Sage. I felt like I had seen that sword before, but I couldn’t remember it clearly as I racked my brain when Yao Shun held it aloft.

[The king of the Earth and the king of the heavens… Is this not enough? I will give you everything, why cling to your useless pride?]

“How many times do I have to repeat myself? I don’t want to fall into your trap.”

[Fine… For now, let’s make you obedient first.]

*Whoosh!*

In that moment, Yao Shun swung the sword she had in one hand, and it wasn’t fast. But I felt my neck slicing through before I could even react. It seemed she manipulated the law of cause and effect so I could not counter her martial arts.

*Float!*

The cross-section of my neck appeared before my eyes!

“……!!”

Is she trying to kill me?!

No!

Although my head floated in the void, it didn’t hurt, and my consciousness remained clear!

‘She’s trying to separate my head and body for different seals!’

Ordinary humans would be extremely alarmed in this situation, but I had already learned from Zhuge Sa about the grotesque attack methods the [Old Rulers] might use. I knew from hearing about the macabre pleasure of separating the head and limbs and shooting them into space until the universe collapsed that this was also such a type of attack. Then it was the 15th method of Zhuge Sa’s suicide technique!

**Summon the Annihilation Ants!!!**

As I mumbled the demonic incantation, countless tiny ant-like creatures swarmed over not just my head but my whole body. This was borrowing the followers from the rulers living in a distant otherworld, and all these ants were plump and ready to burst.

[Hahaha… explode!]

I could hear the gleeful voice of the [Old Ruler] echoing from the otherworld.

*Flash!*

*Kaboom!*

In the next moment, I was engulfed in an enormous explosion and lost consciousness.

*Whoosh!*

But soon, I felt a sense of time reversing and found myself facing Yao Shun again, who looked incredulous.

[Are you crazy…?]

“Crazy? I am entirely rational.”

No matter how much the spatial manipulation could seal, the explosions of these ants carried a special magical power, so they nullified all spatial abilities. No matter how divine the arts were, each of these ants was equivalent to the incarnation of a Master, so nullification was unavoidable.

The downside was that using this spell would trigger the malevolent pleasure of the Master, leading to an immediate explosion of the summoner’s whole body, a spell that a normal human could never use. Each ant’s explosive power could wipe out a space of fifty spans. No matter how insane someone is, who would willingly commit suicide?

However, Zhuge Sa cleverly recognized my reincarnated identity and made this a superb countermeasure against sealing. Because ultimately, thanks to the ants, suicide was possible, and in a situation where my opponent knew I was the main focus of the [Great Wheel], they couldn’t allow me to die. The entity that had just saved me was none other than Yao Shun herself. It was inherently contradictory for even a god to simultaneously recover and seal. Yao Shun seemed annoyed and spoke words of command.

[I prohibit your incantation.]

*Crackle!*

Indeed, it seemed Yao Shun was irritated by my suicidal magic preparation.

“Hrah!”

But I had anticipated this situation, so I spat out and activated **Great Destruction**. Yao Shun mocked me for this.

[Are you trying to confront a god with mere force?]

“Of course not! I aim to gain weight!”

[……?]

I raised **Great Destruction** to just below its maximum level and pulled out the Water Element.

“Uoooh!! Take my life force and qi as an offering! Northern Being!!”

[……?!]

“I can die right now, so please release the Water Element!!! You may descend!”

*Boom!*

In that instant, the Water Element was released, and the Northern Messenger descended upon me with a chilling aura. Bound by the contract of the Water Element, he seemed to think this was his opportunity to cause chaos, just like before in the Celestial Realm. He appeared blissfully unaware of the situation.

[Hehe… I’ll have fun in the Celestial Realm….]

And the Northern Messenger suddenly froze as he looked around.

In the sky, the Heavenly Mysterious Woman was battling fiercely with the Queen Mother of the West.

And just above the Heaven Palace, across a massive rift in space, Jeon Wook and the Evil Spirit were clashing.

Moreover, directly in front of me stood Yao Shun, who had consumed Cheon Gong-pyo and gained an unprecedentedly powerful incarnation of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

[……]

As the Northern Messenger stood dazed, Yao Shun spoke with displeasure.

[Why are you here? Normally, I wouldn’t have cared what you did, but now is not the time for you to stir things up.]

[No… wait. What is happening here?]

[You wouldn’t understand. Our truce has not yet been broken, so retreat now.]

They seemed to know each other.

[Yao Shun!! Don’t act like you’re my superior!]

[Then do you wish to fight? To challenge me in the Celestial Realm, you really are brave.]

*Swish!*

Yao Shun’s eyes gleamed with a yellow light, and the sword she held emanated a great brilliance. Its momentum was so tremendous that even the Northern Messenger holding the released Water Element seemed to feel significant pressure. However, the Northern Messenger, wounded pride notwithstanding, prepared to fight till the end without retreating.

[Do not overstate your worth, Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors!! Since your ascension, you have been nothing!]

*Fwoosh!*

*Water Element Ice!!*

At the same time, the Northern Messenger unleashed a colossal blast of ultra-absolute cold and storms that swept across Heaven and Earth. It was possible because I used my latent potential and the power of the released Water Element to bring it to a peak. Yao Shun immediately swung her sword.

*Slash!!*

The Northern Messenger’s arm fell from my spirit-summoned body. However, because he was also a divine entity, he recovered instantly with his powers and jabbed at the Water Element, attacking Cheon Gong-pyo’s neck.

*Shhiiink!*

In that moment, something astonishing occurred. Yao Shun swung her sword again and appeared to deflect the Water Element’s attack, but then, just like when she took control of Cheon Gong-pyo’s body, a pale, gelatinous liquid enveloped my entire being. In an instant, the Northern Messenger, drenched in the white liquid, struggled for a moment before shouting.

[How dare you compete for supremacy with me… it will not go as you wish!]

Supremacy?

While I was puzzled by those words, a voice suddenly echoed in my mental world amidst my consciousness, now observing the surrounding situation.

[Changhil met his demise while trying to devour you in this state, reincarnated one.]

*Whoooooo!*

Before my eyes appeared a bizarre, amorphous being, a mix of yellow and white chaos. What materialized in my mental world was surely the true form of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Yao Shun! Yao Shun looked at me from my mental world.

[But I am different. This ‘me’ is but a part of ‘me’.]

“What…?”

Suddenly, I glanced back at the outside situation. The Northern Messenger continued to wield **Water Element Ice** and powers while drenched in the white liquid, and Yao Shun, occupying Cheon Gong-pyo’s body, was still swinging her sword, severing the flow of time and space.

If Yao Shun entered my mental world, why was the battle still ongoing?

“…Wait, no way.”

As I stared at Yao Shun in disbelief, he shifted slightly and spoke.

[I can separate myself and make others ‘me’. Without limit… However, focusing power is necessary, so unnecessary parts will be eliminated during organization.]

“……”

[Soon, I shall eliminate the ‘Jade Emperor’ and concentrate on ‘Baek Woong’. After all, I have no interest in managing the Celestial Realm, only pulling it out when I am bored.]

Infinite splitting and mental domination and parasitism!!

I was flabbergasted, seeing this type of [Old Ruler] for the first time. Until now, I had thought that rulers were mainly large and powerful beings; to have one whose main ability is to mentally devour another was shocking! But perhaps this kind of being could indeed be viewed as a cosmic horror. Regardless, this guy’s mental domination was something even Cheon Gong-pyo, born with chaotic talent, could not resist.

Yao Shun smiled.

[The battle outside your mental world is merely an aside… Now that I have entered your psyche, I will slowly consume you.]

“Don’t kid around! You think I summoned **Great Destruction** for nothing? The moment my divine portal ends, I will die, and your abilities can no longer save me. No matter how you try, you can’t win without cost against the Northern Messenger!”

[That may be true… Hehe… But unlike Changhil, I will not rush….]

Yao Shun’s next words filled me with panic.

[I will delve deeply into your past life… And I will not exhibit hostility, watching you quietly… Since your book clearly reacts to intense hostility. Plus, you haven’t opened the book yet, have you?]

“Watch over me?”

[The more your past life accumulates… ‘I’ will continuously grow stronger by surpassing the effects of the [Great Wheel], won’t I…?]

“……!!”

[Be it hundreds of times or thousands of times… Do as you wish. Hahaha. Unless you purposefully don’t appear before me when I open the book… I won’t mind.]

Wha-what!!

‘This bastard… he’s trying to use a method similar to Changhil but more diabolical to bury himself into me!!’

If Yao Shun truly acts as he claims, I’m finished!

Even if Changhil had waited until the first cycle to devour me and repeated many cycles more, I would not have been able to handle it. The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors Yao Shun clearly focused on my identity as reincarnated and intended to infiltrate and wait it out.

The patience of a god is on a different level from that of a human.

Yao Shun could lurk within me for thousands or tens of thousands of years.

“Ugh…, that won’t happen!”

[Haha… How do you plan to open your book in the mental world?]

“……”

[I won’t act stupidly, reading the book like Changhil… I won’t even meet you directly!]

Everything was going dark.

Why do gods keep trying to parasitize me?!

Little bugs!

In that moment of thought,

*Fwoosh!*

[Crraaak…! Wait a minute… how did it enter the mental world… This must be…!]

Suddenly, the Heavenly Secret appeared, spewing forth a wind of darkness that sucked in Yao Shun. Yao Shun couldn’t even resist, getting pulled in helplessly.

[Primordial Void Ruler… you tricked me….]

Yao Shun screeched before she vanished from my mental world. The Heavenly Secret also twisted for a moment before disappearing.

“……”

I watched the situation outside.

*Thud!*

And shortly after, Yao Shun, who had been fiercely battling in Cheon Gong-pyo’s body, suddenly fell limp like a stringless puppet. The Northern Messenger, despite achieving victory, did not make any further moves and hastily left only a parting remark.

[I didn’t do anything!]

Who was that directed at?

*Cough…*

As my consciousness returned from the mental world to reality, I vomited blood. I was riddled with injuries, with three holes in my chest and my whole body a wreck. The Northern Messenger had vanished without healing me.

I thought I would die without doing anything at this rate. In a gravely weakened state, I gazed blankly at the ground.

‘Why… when I want to die, I live; when I want to live, I face death…’

Is this where this life ends as well?

I slowly closed my eyes, but at that moment, a familiar voice whispered in my ear.

“I found you. I must take you with me.”

With those words, my consciousness faded away.

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