“Here is…”
“Isn’t that over there?”
“It’s the Ascension Gate.”
Kwaaaah…!!
The Waterfall of Infinite Completion pours down.
From the sky, the infinite completion descends in countless streams, fierce enough to burn any living being, yet there is no ‘malice’ itself.
It seemed like all it could do was continuously descend from that lofty ‘above’.
The infinite completion and the Ascension Gate that makes it up made no interference whatsoever.
Yena tilted her head, looking around at a distance where the Ascension Gate wouldn’t sweep her away.
“Nyaa… why did the Ascension Gate suddenly appear? It’s not like there’s anything particularly special about it.”
“……”
“Moreover, it’s not the Ascension Gate from the Lower Realm. It’s completely the first time seeing─”
“It’s the Ascension Gate heading to the Greater Realm.”
We ascended from the Lower Realm, known as the Small Realm, to one of the Mid Worlds, Jangmugye.
And this Ascension Gate is above that.
It was a door leading to the Greater Realm, referred to as ‘Upper Realm’.
[Oh?]
[W-W-W-W-What?]
[Lets go in!]
[Is Lily aiming for True Immortal?]
[Is it possible to ascend?]
[Isn’t it a trap?]
It’s definitely a trap.
I don’t know what’s up there, but there’s no doubt it’s a trap.
This room has an unusually high number of ‘eyes’ compared to others, so I have no idea what limitations might come crashing down.
The Ascension Gate to the Upper Realm has a value that is incomparable to any spirit herb or book so far.
“The location of the door leading to the Upper Realm hasn’t been revealed. Even Junseon can only guess roughly; it’s an inaccessible space.”
“Ooooh?”
A place only those qualified as True Immortal can ascend to.
No matter how fake this space seems, that power alone cannot be underestimated.
“It might be a bit dangerous from here on. Miss Yena, please stay here.”
“Got it, nya.”
Yena nodded and stepped back from the Ascension Gate.
I drew my spear.
Tsukagagagaga…
Countless spears formed behind me.
The way to protect myself from the Waterfall of Infinite Completion is to wrap myself in another waterfall with a distinct flow.
I layered thousands, hundreds of thousands of spears extremely thinly around my body.
Kwaaaaah!!!
Countless spears semi-transparently wrapped around me.
The spears flowing down, made of infinite completion, are like…
“It looks like an Ascension Gate.”
It did look like an Ascension Gate.
A small Ascension Gate created to counter the Ascension Gate.
One ascetic created another world to cross over to another realm.
[???]
[W-W-W-W-What???]
[How many spears is that, hahaha!!!]
“Haha, what’s up, big Lily?”
“Lily?”
“That’s crazy, lol.”
“A store?”
“I’m curious, so I have to go check it out. More than anything…”
“I could have destroyed this space long ago.”
“I could have just smashed this room and the corridor with a hammer right when I entered, no need for any fancy spells.”
“But that’s not going to catch Mokmujin.”
“If I casually break the space, Mokmujin will feel threatened and hide completely.”
“If a being below Junseon and above True Immortal decides to hide, it will take quite a lot of time to find him.”
“At the very least, ‘over there’ is a place Mokmujin is quite concerned about. If I reach it, I might see its existence.”
I said that while preparing to fly.
Yena approached, just out of reach of the small Ascension Gate I created, waving her hand.
“Be careful, meow.”
“Of course! And you should be ready to leave at any time, just in case.”
“I understand, meow.”
“Let’s go~”
“Lily, promotion to True Immortal!”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa!”
“Does that mean the penalty is lifted then?”
“Two at once, huh?”
I looked up at the Ascension Gate.
The waves of Infinite Completion were violently swirling, as if inviting me in.
I threw myself towards the Ascension Gate.
—
A long time ago, there was a True Immortal called Muanjin in the Upper Realm.
As a True Immortal, he possessed immense power and rank, but there were still levels in the Mid World.
Muanjin lost his life at the hands of the being known as ‘God.’
His body was shattered by God, but for some unknown reason, only his ‘left hand’ flowed into the Mid World.
As time passed, that hand transformed into a world for young lives.
Creatures living upon the corpse of the True Immortal.
Many years passed, and everyone forgot about the existence of the True Immortal, but his heritage still remained in the world.
For example…
Thud.
“—Die…”
Instincts that sprang from the corpse of the True Immortal…
—
Boom!!!
It had been 10 minutes since I threw myself into the Ascension Gate.
The waves of Infinite Completion continued to crash and crash and crash.
Even if a Marriage Device ascetic were involved, this level of Infinite Completion was still quite dangerous, but I was okay for now.
“It’s never-ending.”
The small world I created, the small Ascension Gate, was diverting most of the flow of Infinite Completion elsewhere.
The Small Ascension Gate was diverting most of the flow of Infinite Completion elsewhere.
Of course, it couldn’t send it all away, so a part of it attacked me, but it was bearable.
How much time had passed like that?
Hoo-ook…!
“!”
I arrived at a space of nothingness.
A space where nothing existed.
No Infinite Completion, no life, not even light or tiny vitality—this place was utterly dark.
No, saying it was dark wasn’t even right.
‘It’s completely empty. As if there had never been anything since the beginning.’
Suddenly, I looked up.
There were eyes up there.
Empty, but when you look closely, they’re huge…
─Reverse Thousand Characters.
“!!!”
Creak!! The Small Ascension Gate was smashed to pieces.
[???]
[What the hell is this?]
[??????????]
[What’s with the eyes?]
[Gross.]
[Is that Mokmujin???]
I opened my mouth as I watched the shattering Ascension Gate.
“Finally seeing your face. Or is it not a face?”
─Entering this place. Oh man. Your death.
“?”
─Reverse Thousand Characters. Oh man. You too are like that.
Creeeek…!
An existence related to True Immortal, possessing at least the power of Junseon, Mokmujin.
His space began to unleash a massive force.
First, the Ascension Gate that had enveloped my body was utterly destroyed.
Soon after, the world itself seemed to move and ensnared me, as countless formless attacks surged towards me.
It existed and yet did not exist, each one possessing the strength reaching the peak of Junseon.
The world was soon Mokmujin, and Mokmujin was soon the world.
Feeling the wounds multiplying on my body and the strong pressure, I thought.
‘There’s no way Mokmujin can be this strong.’
As Gyeoryu mentioned before, if he had this level of power, why would he hide in the dark?
With this strength, he would have taken over Jangmugye and done whatever he wanted with it.
In other words, this world itself was Mokmujin’s main body, and it couldn’t be taken outside.
I had thrust myself into Mokmujin’s belly.
If I hadn’t ridden the Ascension Gate and had just broken through space, I wouldn’t have been exposed to this situation.
[Why’s the tone like that? LOL]
[???]
[This is kinda intense?]
[Oh shit.]
[Why’s the tone so clueless?]
[Lily, can you win?]
[Is this really True Immortal?]
[Short on words, huh?]
─Die. Reverse Thousand Characters absorb power.
“……”
─I’ll grant you a blessing, Your Majesty.
“I have a lot of questions, but… this situation is urgent.”
But still, I threw myself into the Ascension Gate.
I pull out the hammer.
Holding the hammer forged from Infinite Completion, I deflected his attack once.
Whoosh…!!
─!
KA-BOOM!!!
With a giant explosion, countless intangible attacks were obliterated.
[W-W-W-W-W-W]
[Oh sh*t]
[????]
[Huh?]
[Is that normal attack…?]
I flinched.
For a moment, Mokmujin halted his onslaught, but he resumed attacking as if nothing had happened.
That’s because the attacks I had taken down didn’t even amount to 1% of Mokmujin’s power.
It wouldn’t be much of a deal for Mokmujin, emanating an aura close to True Immortal, even if I were an average Ascetic.
I gripped the hammer firmly.
I’m not sure if this will be enough…
“Let’s give it a try.”
‘Sacred Transformation.’
Whoosh…!
Though lacking in holiness, flames erupted from my body.
The wild flames surged, drawing out boundless power fueled by me.
My hand holding the hammer trembled and the rough, rising energy began to slip out of my control little by little.
Fzzzz…!
With just the aftershocks, the thousands of incoming attacks disintegrated.
Mokmujin halted his movements again, but that wasn’t all.
‘I’ll gather more.’
I spread my wings.
‘Roar of Acceleration, Origin of Explosion.’
I packed in hundreds of thousands of layered techniques, including Teshiniria’s blunt techniques.
Before I knew it, my hammer had expanded to several dozen kilos, and the radius of its aftershock had grown even larger.
Of course, this several dozen kilos is a mere trifle compared to the World Mokmujin commands.
But it doesn’t matter.
What I bring forth is a ‘small wave.’
A wave will soon create a tide.
“I’ll only hit you once. You’ve taken enough hits by now.”
─…!
“And this technique? It’s quite nice.”
The Marriage Device-grade blunt technique I discovered in the room prepared by Mokmujin.
Creeeeak…!
“Divine Rupture. Shatter the World.”
The world crumbled.
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