The outskirts of Lord Jeokmu-hyang.
It was the place where Jeokho used to perform advancement proposals for promotion, surrounded by gigantic mountains floating in the air.
Located between the regions overflowing with turbulent currents in the Jeokmu-hyang territory.
Yena and I were casually scribbling a circular line on the empty land.
“As you know, advancement proposals don’t happen just once per rank.”
“That’s right.”
“In the minor realms, it’s once per rank. For the Transition Device, the Avatar Phase happens twice, and from the Avatar Phase to the Record Phase, it happens three times in total.”
In my case, I only went through one advancement proposal to reach the Avatar Phase, which varies from person to person—some have one, and others have two.
When reaching the Record Phase, I went through all three advancement proposals, which allowed me to store an appropriate amount of Infinite Completion.
To reach the Display Case, a total of five advancement proposals must be completed, but… that’s not really related to Yena.
Swish. Swish.
“There are various conditions for advancement proposals, but the most important is, of course, Infinite Completion. If you can withstand it, you can advance, even if your level is somewhat lacking.”
“If you can withstand it, right?”
“That’s right. If you can withstand it.”
In the end, if you satisfy the minimum requirements and can endure Infinite Completion, you could become a high-ranking Practitioner.
It means that you could potentially advance even if you currently lack enlightenment and resources.
However, Yena wasn’t yet capable of enduring the Infinite Completion required for advancement.
Although Yena’s parrying was an incredible power, the Infinite Completion bestowed by ‘the Sky’ is not an easy attack to handle at all.
Swish, swish.
“Done. With this, you should be able to ‘somewhat’ manage the first stage of the Avatar Phase.”
“Are you really going to do it?”
“Of course.”
What I was planning wasn’t to help Yena with her advancement.
“On the contrary.”
[Are you really going to do it?]
[Can this work?]
[Hahahahaha]
[If it infinitely descends, it would be legendary.]
[I think I’ve seen this before.]
[Yena really is lying down and eating rice cake.]
[Hmm.]
I was intending to completely ruin Yena’s advancement proposal.
I had even told Yena in advance.
“Miss Yena, please stand.”
“Got it.”
Yena, who had been standing blankly, bounced over to stand ‘somewhat’ in the midst of the advancement’s hidden meaning, drawn in the sand.
By the way, the more you pay attention to the advancement proposal, the less and weaker the Infinite Completion falls.
Thunder…!
The sky is moving.
As the proposal for the ascension of the Ascetic began, the vast Celestial Aura embedded in the sky began to live and breathe as if it was alive.
Kugugu!!!!!
As if tasting a passage, three blue lightning bolts struck down from the stormy clouds.
If Yena properly performed the promotional proposal, she would have nullified the lightning using parrying or a dagger.
“I’m coming down, meow!”
“Stay right there!”
But Yena had nothing to do.
I rose up like lightning above Yena, holding the Dragon Heart of the Thunder Dragon in my hand.
Crackle!
The blue lightning was absorbed by the Dragon Heart.
It wasn’t absorbing.
“Hoo…”
The promotional proposal must be accomplished solely by one’s own power.
The person who must endure the infinite completion is watching blankly from below while someone else takes the hit instead.
The wrath of the sky, incomparable to the anger shown until now, surged forth.
The more I held on, the stronger the force became, and the blue lightning didn’t just cover the Dragon Heart; it aimed to roast me too.
Truly a storm of lightning.
It felt like I had thrown myself into the Path to Ascension.
Kwahziiizzz!!!
[Shiver shiver shiver]
[Lily, you okay?]
[Wow, lightning show!]
[This is insane]
[Is this really okay?]
[Whoa]
[This is crazy]
[Lily, you good?]
“It’s okay, meow!”
“I’m fine! Stay right there!”
For the first time since holding the Dragon Heart, I felt a ‘thrill.’
It was a very weak level, but even I, who was quite immune to lightning, felt its sharpness.
After about five minutes of the storm continuing, the infinite completion completely settled, and absorption was complete.
“Hoo…”
“Oh! Is it done, meow? How much did we absorb, meow?!”
“……”
“Lily?”
I checked the Dragon Heart. Then I looked up at the sky.
Grrrrrr…!
The sky still wouldn’t hide its rage.
I had absorbed only three instances of infinite completion, but the ‘depth’ of that infinite completion was different.
Woong!
I took out the infinite completion I transformed and wrapped Yena in a gold-patterned form.
“Lily?”
“I’m just getting started. Don’t come out.”
The sky twisted like an aurora.
Hundreds of instances of infinite completion fell, harboring murderous intent toward me.
Each one had the force to burn the Axis of Transition Device Practitioner’s spiritual body.
Kwahgagagaga!!
“Lily!”
The entire area around my body was engulfed in infinite completion.
Everything was engulfed in infinity.
Infinity. Infinity. The endless infinity.
In the hundreds of infinities, I felt pain.
A force that clearly surpassed the protection and power of the brain god dragon’s heart.
This must be because the sky, with its infinite nature, has shown malice toward me with a clear ‘subjectivity.’
Right now, I’m walking the path of the impossible that surpasses the inverse of heaven.
“…!”
Yena down there is saying something.
On a normal day, I would easily hear her voice, but the malice from the sky seemed to crack open space itself for an instant.
It means I’ve strayed from a position where I could hear her voice.
In reality, my surroundings were filled with lightning and more lightning. Endless lightning.
The only voices I could hear were…
[Lily?]
[?????]
[Crazy]
[Wow]
[Isn’t this dying?]
[The lightning is insane]
[Wahkya]
[For real, Yena should bow to Lily, lol]
[Great Lily]
“Indeed. There’s still some left.”
The chat window was at least still intact.
Even that formidable will of the sky cannot destroy the system, it can only interfere with it.
I slowly stuffed infinity into the Dragon Heart while gazing at the void.
There’s probably a camera around here, right?
“Is Miss Yena alright?”
[ooooo]
[Yena is fine]
[Yeon the cat is flustered]
[It looks kinda pretty like a color game]
[Can we really withstand this?]
“I think we can hold on.”
The lightning falling from the sky right now has surpassed the powers of the Dragon Heart.
But that doesn’t mean it’s beyond my capacity to contain it.
The brain god dragon’s heart boasts near invincible regeneration and defense against lightning attributes.
Even if it isn’t fully contained, if I take my time, I could hold at least over 300 infinities.
‘If the enhanced infinity is about 300, that would be enough.’
If it’s at that level of infinity, it would be useful later on if I end up in a hostile relationship with Mokmujin or Gyeoryu.
“I don’t know how many more times I can do this, but it might be the last.”
Whether it’s Deoen or the sky of reality, the sky of the main temple is not a non-living being.
When I intentionally absorbed infinity, it felt like it deliberately let down less than before.
If I successfully complete this promotion proposal, the next promotion proposal may not have enhanced infinity.
But if that happens, it means that Yena’s promotion will become very easy, and how to handle that is still uncertain.
It was not possible.
I focused as much as I could.
The goal was to stuff as much of the raging Infinite Completion into the Dragon Heart as possible.
With some time on my hands and plenty of Infinite Completion scattered around, I concentrated as much as possible…
Scrape.
Tsu tsu tsu…!
[?]
[???]
[Huh?]
[Eh?]
[What?]
“Uh?”
The space of Infinite Completion was released.
The colorful lightning-filled space disappeared and suddenly, I was floating in mid-air, holding the Dragon Heart.
Below, Yena, who had been hiding inside a golden screen, was staring blankly up at me.
“Is it, is it all over?”
“…? No? I’ve only absorbed about 50 so far.”
Why did the Infinite Completion stop raining down all of a sudden, and even the existing ones disappeared?
One could simply say the sky collected them, but the sky has never once collected the Infinite Completion that it ‘dropped.’
Even if it no longer falls, it has never recovered the will it once spat out.
As I surveyed my surroundings, feeling puzzled, I suddenly sensed a gaze.
Somewhere in the mountain range, chaos reigned because of the Infinite Completion.
Something seemed to be slicing through… strangely…
“Lily!”
“I saw it too.”
Creak…!
Instinctively, I pulled out the enhanced Infinite Completion to create a spear just as my soul was about to be sliced.
With a roar a dozen times stronger than usual, the spear obliterated the place where the ‘something’ was, and it vanished with a bizarre sound.
“I got it.”
“Wow. That’s it, right?”
“Yeah. Mokmujin.”
Just now, that ‘something’ imbued with Mokmujin’s power interrupted me and Yena’s promotion proposal.
To be precise, it was the ‘space’ that had separated me and Yena that was sliced away.
If one were to nitpick, it felt less like it interrupted the promotion proposal and more like it thwarted ‘me’ who was trying to obstruct Yena.
A disturbance’s disturbance still progresses, so it seemed that while it exerted power, it didn’t invoke the sky’s wrath.
Momentarily distracted by Mokmujin’s ‘something.’
—There won’t be a second time.
“Meow?”
The ‘true’ anger descending from the sky incinerated Yena.
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