Chapter 63: A Futile Worry

A safe house hidden somewhere in Anhui Province.

Martial artists with the ability to completely hide their bodies in the darkness gathered one after another.

Those gathered under the dim light of the safe house were all hiding their identities with masks or human-skin masks.

“They’re here again.”

“……There are too many.”

“What kind of mission is it that……”

Guessing that the situation was unusual, the people gathered in the safe house stirred.

Although they couldn’t recognize each other because they had hidden their identities, it wasn’t difficult to infer the unusual current situation.

It was because the people who had gathered were all emitting a formidable aura.

“All of them are second-rank spies….”

One spy, whose mouth had become a little loose due to being tainted by the ways of the Central Plains, muttered.

In any case, his words were right. The identities of those gathered were second-rank spies who had been secretly active in various parts of the Central Plains.

The criteria for dividing the ranks of spies wasn’t solely based on martial arts, but usually, one had to be a master who had reached the State of Harmony to become a second-rank spy.

To be precise, it would be right to call them masters of the extreme demonic arts.

It was because they were all individuals who had reached their realm based on demonic arts.

Creak.

The door of the safe house opened cautiously again, and another person entered, emitting a different color, and took a seat.

“Ten people….”

Spies were basically operated as a point organization. It meant that they didn’t know each other.

However, it was presumed that all of them were masters of the extreme demonic realm.

It could be seen that they were a force that could fight a full-scale war with a considerable large sect.

It was clearly a major issue that none of the second-rank spies who had been dispatched to the Central Plains for a long time had ever experienced, so a heavy atmosphere hung over the safe house where silence had accumulated.

After a short time.

“Everyone is here.”

A voice was heard from the darkness.

It meant that the total number of people gathered in the safe house was not ten, but eleven.

“……!”

All ten second-rank spies, who had reached the extreme demonic realm, bowed their heads.

It was because they had realized that the speaker was a first-rank spy, of whom there were only a handful even in the Central Plains.

“A directive has arrived from our cult.”

The cold voice of the first-rank spy consumed the space.

“This mission is to erase the Dancheon Clan.”

Stir-

Even though it was a meeting of thoroughly trained spies, they couldn’t hide their agitation.

It was because a full-scale war with the Dancheon Clan, a prestigious family in Anhui, was such a big issue.

“Any questions?”

“…….”

As the cold gaze of the first-rank spy, as cold as his voice, swept through the space, there were no questions.

If it was a directive from the main cult, they would carry it out even at the cost of their lives. It was because that was the nature of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult and the fate of a spy.

“If you succeed in the mission, you will all return to the main cult.”

For a spy dispatched to the Central Plains to return to the main cult was the same as being promoted.

If they succeeded in this mission, they would end their hardships in a foreign land and return to the main cult to occupy important positions.

“…….”

However, the second-rank spies did not react. If one were to express it, they could be seen as indifferent.

It was because they were all individuals who had dedicated their entire lives to the great cause of the cult, a world under demonic rule.

If they had been interested in personal glory in the first place, they would not have been able to endure the harsh life of a spy and maintain their identity as a follower of the Demonic Cult.

“Hmm.”

A little of the coldness disappeared from the expression of the first-rank spy who had observed the reaction.

How could he not be pleased to see them, who still dreamed of a world under demonic rule even after being dispatched to the Central Plains?

Therefore, the first-rank spy decided to reveal a gift that he had been contemplating keeping secret.

“The Supreme One will descend for this mission, so be fully prepared.”

As soon as his words ended…….

“……!”

The second-rank spies, who had maintained their composure until now, reacted greatly.

“What is that……!”

“Is it true?”

It was excitement, and admiration.

“God……!”

“Ah…… ahh……!”

In the end, it was madness.

How could they not know?

That in the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, the one who could use the title of Supreme One was a singular existence.

“Know that and prepare.”

The first-rank spy, who had left those words, disappeared without a presence, just as he had appeared.

When the mission was in progress, he would reappear suddenly.

In the empty space where he had disappeared, the second-rank spies could not dare to get up.

A mission with the Heavenly Demon.

Since they had received a great grace that they could not repay even in a lifetime, it was only right to offer praise to their god.

Even though no one started it, everyone muttered at the same time.

“Advent of the Heavenly Demon.”

Everyone started the chant…….

“All demons bow in submission.”

Everyone finished the chant.

Under the name of the Heavenly Demon, they had become one.

“For a world under demonic rule.”

“Wash the world with blood.”

A vivid demonic energy bloomed in the eyes of the spies.

***

Humans live to achieve their goals.

Of course, I know that there are many who just entrust their bodies to the flow of time and simply live through the day.

How could I not know when the majority of beggars were like that?

But at the same time, I also knew that I was not a person who could do that. The footprints of the life I had treaded were like that.

Dancheon Myeong before regression lived to be acknowledged by his family.

Myeong-gae, who had turned his back on the family, lived for the arrangement of the coming regression.

Dancheon Myeong after regression lived to prevent the Great War of Righteousness and Evil and become the greatest in the world.

I would say that I have always lived intensely to achieve my goals.

Recently, I have had a great worry, and it is about the Sixth Stage of the Healing Sage’s Mind Cultivation Art.

-As I have already told the practitioner, this humble one has achieved the Healing Sage’s Mind Cultivation Art up to the Fifth Stage.

In other words, it is the same as saying that even as I write this Healing Sage’s Mind Cultivation Art, I have not yet achieved the Sixth Stage. It is regrettable, but it would be right to say that I have not been able to achieve it, rather than that I have not achieved it.

The Healing Sage at this time must have been striving day and night to reach the Sixth Stage.

I could not not know, as that intensity was contained in the handwriting.

-With the Fifth Stage, this humble one has achieved a realm comparable to the greatest in the world.

If I had polished martial arts itself rather than the Healing Sage’s Mind Cultivation Art here, perhaps I would have engraved my name in the position of the greatest in the world.

But the purpose of this humble one was not to reach the greatest in the world, but to obtain a divine position.

The practitioner must know that the Sixth Stage was created for that reason.

This humble one will surely achieve the Sixth Stage, and this is what I would call destiny.

After that passage, which was like a vow, it seems that the mind cultivation art was not written for a while.

It was left as a long blank space, so the consideration of the person who made the copy could be felt.

-I am writing the mind cultivation art after a long time.

And the message of the mind cultivation art added much later than the previous one.

-Come to think of it, the fact that the practitioner has come across this Healing Sage’s Mind Cultivation Art might be the same as saying that this humble one has not achieved the Sixth Stage.

The intense handwriting had evaporated, and the calm handwriting of the Healing Sage’s message contained not his own present, but the future of a successor of an unknown time.

-I have a worry about the practitioner who will become my successor in the future.

It is the fact that this humble one also achieved the Fifth Stage, but failed to rise to the firm position of the greatest in the world.

I do not know when this Healing Sage’s Mind Cultivation Art will reach the practitioner’s hands, but it will take a long time.

I cannot help but worry because I know that humans are beings that develop indefinitely.

Even in the current Murim, there are three beings who can compete with this humble one, so in the practitioner’s timeline, it might easily exceed ten.

Nevertheless, he was indeed the Healing Sage. Even if he hadn’t reached a divine position, his foresight was looking far into the future.

As he said, it would be right to judge that my realm, having just achieved the Fifth Stage in the current Murim, was about the last seat of the Ten Great Masters of the World.

-For now, I can somehow manage to compete with the last seat of the Ten Great Masters.

It was the evaluation of Emperor Breaker Yeom Gi-ha, who had risen to the position of the Murim Alliance Leader through endless martial duels, so it must be true.

In any case, the Healing Sage’s message was not over.

-If it is the Fifth Stage, it could be said that it is not insufficient to look down on the world, but it will be insufficient for the greatest in the world.

For the practitioner who has diligently devoted themselves to the Healing Sage’s Mind Cultivation Art, I cannot help but think that this might be insufficient.

Therefore, this humble one has decided to describe the incomplete Sixth Stage at the end of the mind cultivation art.

The reason I have named it incomplete is because this humble one has not personally achieved it and demonstrated it, but it is clear that it is a perfect martial art, so the practitioner should not worry and I hope you will reach the Sixth Stage if you are destined to.

If you reach the Sixth Stage, if the practitioner wants, you will ascend to a divine position, and even if you do not want a divine position, you will be able to reach the greatest in the world.

The greatest in the world.

I couldn’t deny that my heart pounded at those words, apart from the great cause and justification.

-I cannot deny the desire to entrust the wish that this humble one has not achieved to a successor, but I hope that the practitioner will not make a decision for this humble one, but will delve deep for themselves.

In order to enter the Sixth Stage…….

I had memorized all of the Healing Sage’s messages, so the mechanism for achieving the Sixth Stage was contained in my head.

Therefore, I knew why the Healing Sage had not reached the Sixth Stage.

Then what about me?

Since it was a realm that even the great Healing Sage of the world had not achieved, I couldn’t dare to say it would be easy, but it wasn’t impossible.

It meant that I had the possibility of reaching the Sixth Stage.

Sufficiently so.

I didn’t have the spiritual eye like the Healing Sage, but it could be said that it was because I had regressed.

It was also because the footprints of the life that the Healing Sage had treaded and my footprints were different.

***

There were almost no absolutes in the world.

That would be one of the few truths of the world where people live.

Therefore, I couldn’t say that I could absolutely achieve the Sixth Stage, nor could I say that I absolutely could not.

It was just that, unlike the Healing Sage who had ultimately failed, the fact that I had seen the possibility of the Sixth Stage was important.

When had I ever acted because it was perfect? If there was even a possibility, it was worth trying.

Then…….

Why was I worrying about the Sixth Stage even though there was a possibility?

To put it frankly, it was a worry about the point of ‘do I really have to do it?’

In fact, when I regressed, I set my goal as the greatest in the world and the Murim Alliance Leader.

The reason would be to prevent the Great War of Righteousness and Evil.

It was because I knew that I couldn’t stop that cruel hell with my personal strength.

Looking into my more intimate psychology, I couldn’t deny that there was also a desire to be acknowledged for my existence.

In any case.

The unexpected flow of fate created new connections, and eventually changed the great stream of history.

I was talking about the fact that I had achieved the Fifth Stage and saved Emperor Breaker Yeom Gi-ha.

Since I had changed the fate of a person like the Emperor Breaker, it would be right to see it as having twisted the stream of history.

It was a qualitatively different matter from riding on the success of Yang Su-rin or the Rogues’ Guild Branch Lord, Yeo-wol.

It also meant that in the future, many things that I didn’t know would unfold.

Emperor Breaker Yeom Gi-ha.

He was clearly an eccentric old man, but it would be right to call him a great Murim Alliance Leader who had his own beliefs and justice.

The martial prowess he possessed was also befitting of the name ‘the greatest in the world’, and I knew from my own experience that he was not lacking to be called a Grandmaster.

-If only the Emperor Breaker had been there.

It meant that I had confirmed with my own two eyes that the ‘what if’ that had circulated in the Secret Pavilion during my time as Myeong-gae was a credible story.

So I couldn’t help but have this thought.

‘Do I have to become the Murim Alliance Leader, the greatest in the world, to stop the Great War of Righteousness and Evil?’

In fact, now that I had created a timeline where the Emperor Breaker had survived, I wasn’t sure.

Moreover, that wasn’t all.

I had become on good terms with Dancheon Hak.

It meant that even if he became the Clan Head, there was no reason for me to turn my back on the family.

Now I could call Baek Yeo-hae ‘mother’. It was still a bit awkward, but I had come to be able to think of Baek Yeo-hae as my mother with all my heart.

I had found an adult I wanted to trust and follow the most, Uncle Yeo Baek.

I wanted to become the captain of the Dancheon Sword Clan’s escort squad, following in his footsteps.

It meant that a place for me to stay in the Dancheon Clan had been created.

Did I have to cling to the Healing Sage’s Mind Cultivation Art, believing in a slim possibility?

Why did I have to?

The Fifth Stage. I had already reached a realm where I could discuss the world, so wasn’t that enough?

I spent my time chasing enlightenment, with a worry that had no answer as my topic for contemplation.

Even if my worries were deep, I couldn’t stop the flow of time.

Time passed relentlessly, and a month had passed since I returned to the clan.

“Tomorrow will be different!”

“Keep it up.”

With Dancheon Hak, who burned with will every day…….

“Myeong, it’s my turn this time.”

“Come, Uncle.”

With Uncle Yeo Baek, who was still moving forward, I would say that every day was a peaceful and fulfilling time.

Late one night that came amidst those peaceful days.

My eyes opened to a chilling cold that stimulated my spine.

Shudder.

My spirit, which had reached the Five Qis Courting the Origin, was warning me.

I knew that an irresistible death was approaching the family.

I knew that worries were for the survivors.

As I gripped the Dancheon Sword, a cool sensation awakened my mind.

Only now did I realize how futile my worries had been.

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