Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 132



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Episode 132 – Crossed Fates (2)

A dragon’s fang flying towards a woman.

And so, just before Yong-a’s silver blade touched the woman’s pure white nape,

Towering.

The hand holding the dragon’s tail gained strength and I was barely able to stop its movements.

Then my instincts continued to warn me.

The alarm bell rang incessantly, demanding that the woman’s head be cut off at any moment.

But I tried hard to ignore my instincts’ warning.

It is true that I felt an inexplicable ominousness from the woman.

To be exact, I was feeling it even at this very moment.

But the woman did nothing to actually pose a threat to me.

It was just a warning from my instincts.

To put it simply, it is nothing more than a ‘feeling’.

Even so, it was not right to suddenly swing a sword at a woman who had done nothing.

I pulled myself together and looked straight ahead. The woman was still in the same position as before.

A thin stream of blood was flowing from the pure white nape of his neck where Yong-a’s sword blade had made contact.

Was I sure I wouldn’t kill myself?

Or maybe it’s just my ignorance that I never thought I’d be able to wield a dragon’s sword.

I don’t know which way it was, but the woman didn’t react or respond in any way.

He just looked up at me with emotionless eyes and asked me.

“Where is the heavenly castle?”

Same question as before.

But I had no answer to that.

First of all, I didn’t know who Cheon-oe-seong was.

So, of course, we don’t know where the extraordinary is.

I didn’t know why someone I didn’t even know was looking for me, and more than anything, I couldn’t think of anything to say in response to the warnings of my instincts that kept ringing in my head.

But did you think I knew and kept my mouth shut?

“Please answer.”

The woman’s demeanor changed.

“Where is the heavenly castle?”

KWAAAAAAAAHH …

Suddenly, a truly vicious aura burst out from all directions from the woman’s entire body.

The overwhelming momentum was so overwhelming that my clothes were fluttering in all directions, making it difficult to even open my eyes, but I could tell that this was not a release of momentum.

Presence.

This was simply a landscape created by the status of existence.

······But I can’t move my body easily.

Cold sweat continuously flowed down my body as if the pressure was weighing me down.

Even the shaman’s entourage of officers did not radiate this kind of presence.

As far as I know and have experienced, there is only one being who can emit this kind of presence: the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman.

To be exact, it was very similar to when the Nine Heavenly Women had come to find me, borrowing the virtues of the Supreme Lord Laojun, and I was so overwhelmed by her presence that I couldn’t do anything.

······No, no.

‘This is······.’

It was even darker than the Nine Heavenly Women.

And it was also different.

It is true that Gucheonhyeonnyeo also oppressed me with her presence alone, but her presence was based entirely on goodwill and goodwill.

But now this was not the case.

It was so ‘vicious’ that it was completely different from the Goocheonhyeonnyeo.

If all the negative emotions that make up this world were lumped together, would it be like this?

What if they clump together and boil over?

This could be called pure malice.

I gulped and swallowed, examining the woman closely.

Skin as pale as a corpse.

A body as delicate as a flower petal.

Anyone who looks at her will see that she is a delicate woman.

But my whole body was crushed and I couldn’t do anything. Just facing it made my mind go blank.

And it wasn’t just me.

Whew Whew···!!

The woman suddenly trembled like an aspen tree.

The pure white skin that had been devoid of any blood turned red, and the woman’s eyes, which had been emotionless, became bloodshot and swollen.

I could tell right away.

‘It doesn’t belong to this woman.’

This presence now is not something that a woman is emitting.

There is someone else beyond the woman.

Although it was unknown who it was, an unidentified person was emitting his presence through the woman’s body.

Women are merely mediators and transmitters.

The truth is out there.

Whew Whew···!!!

The woman’s body began to tremble more and more violently.

As a result, the presence continued to grow stronger without end.

I could tell right away.

I don’t know about others, but to me, it was a very familiar feeling and sensation.

‘Hyunshin···?’

Manifestation.

It was similar to when I manifested the senior gods.

In other words, someone beyond is currently manifesting himself in the woman’s body.

The woman’s bloodshot eyes were swollen and looked like they would burst at any moment.

There was no longer any white in the eyes where blood was flowing.

Blood also poured out like a waterfall from her nose and mouth.

The woman’s face, which had been bright red and swollen, had now turned purple.

The woman is unable to express the dignity of the object.

I, too, was of low status and could not manifest Gucheonhyeonnyeo and Yeodongbin.

At that time, the only things I could materialize were the Gaepa Investigations.

If even I, a being with limbs beyond the reach of heaven, am like that, what must the woman in front of me be like?

Moreover, the presence that oppresses me now is no less than that of the Nine Heavenly Women.

If things continue like this, the woman won’t be able to endure it.

The woman dies so often that it is said to be inevitable.

As expected, blood was gushing out from every orifice on the woman’s face.

“Stop it!”

I clenched my teeth and shouted.

But the being beyond the woman didn’t care at all.

“All, please answer…!”

He had no concern for the woman’s life.

He just treated me like a tool that could be thrown away when it broke, and he just pressured me to give him an answer.

“The Heavenly Castle is…! Right now…! Where is it…!”

“I don’t know. I don’t understand what you’re saying!”

“Cheon-wi-seong···! Are you···dead? Oh···!”

“Didn’t I say I don’t know? From the beginning, I don’t even know who Cheon-Oe-Seong is!”

Stop.

Then, the woman’s body, which had been trembling like an aspen tree, suddenly stopped.

The blood that had been pouring out of every pore on his face was no longer coming out.

He didn’t blink, he didn’t breathe, and ultimately his heart wasn’t even beating.

It was like a broken machine.

The woman showed no signs of bodily response.

By any chance, is he dead…?

The moment that question crossed my mind.

The woman’s mouth slowly opened.

【I see.】

It was a very faint voice.

At the same time, it was not the woman’s voice that had been clear and transparent just a moment ago.

A voice whose gender cannot be distinguished.

So it was a voice that could never have been thought to belong to the woman just now.

And that was the last voice I heard from her.

Boohoo─!

The woman’s face suddenly burst open.

The woman’s body, with her neck missing, swayed and shook. Then, before she fell to the floor, her body exploded like a firecracker and scattered.

Blood and chunks of flesh were scattered everywhere.

The blood and flesh that had spurted up fell back down like a shower, wetting my body and the floor.

A room that became a mess in an instant.

Bam!

“True man!”

“What’s going on?”

Hearing the commotion, the Taoists rushed into the room in an instant.

And everyone fell backwards in shock at the horrific sight of the room that was so horrible that words could not describe it.

“Hee, heeeek!”

“Eww, eww!”

The Taoists who had rushed in screamed and took a step back.

The weak-willed Taoists fainted and lost consciousness.

It really was a split second that the entire temple was thrown into chaos.

And I look at that gruesome sight.

Crunch!!

Both fists were clenched until they broke apart. The fingernails dug into the palms and red blood dripped down.

······It was the same.

The flesh that dug into my palm and the flesh of a woman.

The blood flowing down my palm and the woman’s blood.

Nothing was different.

The woman’s blood and flesh on my face felt so warm, as if to prove that she had been a living, breathing human being until just a moment ago.

* * *

In the world of Murim (武林), there existed various forces, and depending on their role, they were given names such as Pa, Bang, Maeng, Dang, Dan, Moon, Hoe, Gyo, Seong, Gung, Sega, and Bo.

And the ‘Mudangpa (武當派)’ refers to the force that preserves the martial arts and teachings left behind by Master Jang Sam-bong in this land.

Leading the sect was not something that ‘Jang Gyo-jin’ did alone.

Within the sect, there were numerous groups such as each, dae, do, mak, and bu, and those who represented them were called lords and were referred to as gakju, daeju, makju, and buju.

Furthermore, there were also those who represented such lords.

As I opened the door and went in, the sight of an old man sitting on the bed came into view.

“Are you feeling well, Elder?”

Elder.

The elder’s aged eyes turned to me.

There was no strength in his eyes, and he had regained consciousness after almost a month, and his vitality was clearly drained by the officers.

I approached the elder and sat down.

And an awkward silence fell between us.

The Great Elder was the one who led the shamans’ ten swords and was the sharpest sword that protected the shamans.

So, when I first came to the shamanic temple, I defeated all ten shamans, including the elder.

It was also the case that the elder had no strength at all at the moment.

The bloodletting from the officers was the biggest influence, but the wounds and injuries I had suffered also had an effect.

And unlike Janggyo Jinin and Yang Jongcheon, Daejangro did not learn magic.

Even among the shamans he led, there was no sign of magic.

‘I should have done it in moderation…’

Seriously, I had nothing to say even if I had ten mouths.

You keep your mouth shut like that.

“······Thank you.”

A voice similar to the sound of an elder’s hammer was heard.

As I opened my eyes in surprise, the elder’s wrinkled eyes turned to me.

It seemed as though he had heard all the details of what had happened, but he still seemed to have no intention of blaming me.

“Thank you so much for preventing our shamans from going down the wrong path and for protecting our shamans.”

Far from blaming, I was truly grateful and thankful.

“I appreciate it if you would say so.”

“no.”

The elder shook his head as if it was nothing.

“I knew that our shamans were going in the wrong direction, but I remained silent.”

The elder continued speaking, closing his eyes calmly.

“I didn’t have the courage to come forward.”

“Then the reason you didn’t learn magic is….”

“It was a kind of timid rebellion.”

The elder’s closed eyes slowly opened.

“I know it’s shameless now, but… please forgive me for pointing my sword at you.”

“Where can I find forgiveness and repentance?”

And this time I shook my head as if it was nothing.

He was simply a senior shaman and the head of the Ten Shaman Sects, trying to protect shamans in his own way.

Each person simply played their respective roles.

It’s just that the situation wasn’t good.

It’s not a question of who is right and who is wrong.

Silence fell once again.

However, there was no awkwardness like before.

“I feel like I brought up such a heavy topic all of a sudden.”

The elder spoke as if to lighten the mood.

“Looking at it, it seems like there’s a reason you came to see this old man···..”

The elder’s gaze as he looked at me was quite sly, unlike just a moment ago.

It wasn’t for nothing that he was an elder who knew things like this at a glance, but I scratched the back of my head awkwardly and slowly opened my mouth.

“By the way, do you know anything about a person called Cheon-oe-seong?”

Woman… no, the extraordinary thing that an unidentified person was looking for in me.

I don’t know why I was looking for Cheon-Oe-Seong, but I didn’t know who Cheon-Oe-Seong was.

I swear, today is the first time I’ve heard the name Cheon-oe-seong.

I also asked other shaman masters.

But not everyone knew about the strangeness.

Like me, I didn’t even know about the existence of Cheonwiseong.

That meant there were two possibilities.

If Cheon-oe-seong is not a martial artist.

In this case, there was no way for me to know.

But what if Cheon-oe-seong is not a martial artist of the ‘present generation’?

It didn’t change the fact that I didn’t know, but if I asked a martial artist from the ‘previous generation’, I would know.

“Out of this world···.”

The elder let out a soft sigh as if reminiscing about the past.

The word ‘elder’ literally translates to ‘an old man who has lived for a long time.’

No matter how famous and respected a Taoist priest was, if he was young, he would not be called an elder. So, a great elder could be said to have lived as long as an officer.

Furthermore, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he spent his entire life with a shaman, to the point where the word ‘Great’ was added to the beginning.

“I never thought I’d hear that name again···.”

As expected, the elder seemed to know about Cheonwiseong.

“If you don’t mind, could you tell me what you know about the celestial sphere?”

“What could be rude about speaking as the head of the shamans? I will tell you everything I know.”

The elder paused for a moment and then continued speaking slowly.

“That was probably 20 years ago… when I was a member of Jasododan.”

That was 20 years ago, when I was 4 years old.

Of course, at that time I knew nothing about the world of martial arts.

What could a four-year-old know, I was born with a weak body, so I had little interest in the world, let alone the martial arts world.

It was accurate to say that I couldn’t be interested, but anyway.

It was after I was invited to the immortals’ chatroom that I officially set foot in the world of martial arts.

That is, it has not even been two years.

Before that, it was a world that had nothing to do with me, as I had never built up any internal energy.

He was barely able to make ends meet as a missionary, and was barely able to get a foothold in the world of martial arts.

‘somehow.’

I thought I had never heard of the name Cheon-oe-seong.

Anyway, it happened about 20 years ago.

“There was a time when an unidentified person came to visit the shaman.”

He reportedly didn’t reveal his name, nickname, or anything else.

Judging from his voice and physique, I could only guess that he was a man, and even that wasn’t something he revealed himself.

He only has one thing.

He only revealed the ‘purpose’ of his visit to the shaman.

“He said he came to destroy the shamans.”

“······Are you saying that all of a sudden? No, more importantly, are you saying it alone?”

“Yes. It was quite a mess.”

As I reminisce about 20 years ago, do I become 20 years younger?

I never imagined that I would hear the word ‘Eoltang’ coming from the mouth of such an old elder.

Looking at it this way, it was clear that 20 years was a very long time.

The time when a shaman’s chief priest becomes a great elder, a shaman’s elder becomes a military officer, and a four-year-old child becomes a full-fledged adult.

But compared to the hundreds of years of shaman history, it is just a moment.

Even 20 years ago, shamans were the backbone of the martial arts world, and 200 years ago, shamans were the peak of the martial arts world.

“Of course it failed.”

I don’t know what kind of crazy guy he is.

But there was no need to ask about the process.

If that had been successful in the first place, shamans wouldn’t exist today.

However, the fact that shamans are still alive today is proof that the ridiculous talk of 20 years ago was a failure.

“It collapsed terribly.”

As expected, the elder nodded slowly.

“Our shaman has been completely exposed.”

“·········yes?”

For a moment I thought I had misheard.

Bali…?

I said something like that, but what kind of vulgar expression is this and the target of the remark is a ‘shaman’?

“Are you saying that the shaman was defeated by just one person? How is that possible-.”

“You also single-handedly brought down our shaman.”

The elder’s words suddenly came rushing in.

······When you say it like that, I have nothing to say.

But strictly speaking, I didn’t destroy the entire shaman clan.

All I ever dealt with was Yang Jong-cheon, Mudang Ship-jeol, and Jang Gyo-jin.

They could be called the shaman’s ‘core force’.

However, it was difficult to say that it was the shaman’s ‘full power’.

Above all, the true power of shamans lies in the countless Taoist masters like Jang Seok-jin, who uphold the meaning of shamanism in their respective positions.

So, it cannot be said that the ‘entire shaman clan’ was destroyed.

However, I kept my mouth shut because it was difficult to explain and make excuses in detail.

Then the elder opened his mouth with a wrinkled smile.

“I didn’t mean to blame you. I have no intention of blaming you. Above all, you never intended to destroy our shamans. Rather, you sacrificed your life to save the shamans.”

“What do you mean···?”

“He wasn’t. He had no mercy in his hands.”

A thick darkness fell over the elder’s face as he recalled those times.

“At that time, many Taoist monks lost their lives trying to protect shamans. Not only the shamans of that time, but even the military officers of that time lost their lives.”

At that point······ it would not be an exaggeration to say that the sect was on the verge of extinction.

No, it was a miracle that the sect was not destroyed.

“But how come the shamans weren’t wiped out?”

“I didn’t hit the final blow.”

······It was going well and then it turned out like that again.

But even I, who understood that…

“So you’re saying that shamans weren’t completely wiped out?”

“That’s right. Thanks to that, I was able to save my life.”

No, then let’s say that. What do you mean by the final blow, the final blow?

…Hey, I don’t know what it is.

“How come something so big isn’t known to the world?”

“I hid it thoroughly. No matter what I said, it would be a waste of time. It would be known to the world that I was sentenced to five years of imprisonment due to the training of the closed-door monks along with the lifelong service of the Janggyo Jinin.”

“ah···!”

I had heard this vaguely as well.

However, I thought it was because it was something that had happened over 15 years ago.

“The elder shaman at the time, Jang Gyo-jin, inherited the shaman lineage and raised it up to the present day.”

Even though it was temporary, I was the true person currently leading the shamans.

Therefore, the officers of the previous generation refer to the officers who fell by my hand.

“Now that I think about it, it seems like it was from that time. That’s when the previous true man began to yearn for power.”

I could understand why Zhang Yanzhen was so greedy for power.

-People criticize the evil deeds of the strong, but deep down they admire the power of the strong.

Why were so many of the shaman teachings left behind by Jang Sam-bong lost, distorted, and inevitably distorted?

-If power, not righteousness and justice, determines all laws in the world, shouldn’t our shamans, who possess upright righteousness and correct righteousness, be the ones with the strongest power in the world?

Only now can I finally understand the officer corps.

However, understanding it doesn’t mean it’s right.

Even if you asked me again now, I would still say that Janggyo Jin-in was ‘wrong.’

Anyway, the unidentified master who single-handedly defeated the shaman 20 years ago… no, who drove the sect to the brink of extinction.

“He was absolutely impossible to judge by the standards of the martial arts world.”

In the world of martial arts, there are countless masters like stars, and above these stars, there exists another sky above the sky, called Cheonwicheon (天外天).

However, it is an overwhelming existence that even the heavens cannot do anything about.

The morning star that resides ‘outside’ the sky, not ‘above’ it.

“In the martial arts world, they called him Cheon-oe-seong (天外星).”

Extraterrestrial.

This was the extraordinary thing the elder remembered.

As a result, Cheon-oe-seong was hit by a previous generation of martial artists.

To sum up, 20 years ago, a man named Cheon Oeseong came to destroy the shamans.

All the shamans of the time, including the military officers, rushed to attack, but they were defeated miserably.

With so many Taoist monks dead and even officers being murdered, it seemed as if the shaman class would be wiped out, but somehow they managed to get back up and make it to where they are today.

“But what do you mean in the martial arts world···?”

“The term ‘Cheonwiseong’ is not only used by our shamans.”

“Are you saying that Cheon-oeseong also visited other Gu-pa-il-bangs?”

“I’m not sure. I don’t know the details of other sects.”

That was a given.

They were grouped together and called the Gupailbang, but in reality they were no different from their competitors.

“But you are saying that the Elder believes that Cheon-oe-seong must have visited all the sects of the Gupa-il-bang?”

“That’s right. It may have even had an influence on the Five Dynasties.”

“The five great generations······.”

I had a relationship with two of the five great families.

Dang So-hyang of Sacheon Dangmun.

Namgung Yerin of the Namgung Se family.

Of course, just like me, Dang So-hyang and Namgung Ye-rin would not have known about Cheon Wi-seong.

But the elders of the family would surely know.

If Cheon-oeseong had visited Odae-segae as well.

“Of course, I don’t know if they suffered a disaster comparable to the destruction of their clan, like our shamans.”

“hmm···.”

If the elder’s guess is true······.

‘Cheon-oe-seong tried to wipe out the entire Gupa-il-bang clan.’

It is not yet certain whether he visited the Odaese family, so for now, he limited himself to the Gupaeilbang.

Even leaving aside the question of ‘how’ it is possible, the question of ‘why’ remains.

Why did Cheon Wae-seong try to destroy the Gupa-il-bang clan?

And even if he had that intention, why didn’t he deal a final blow to the shamans… no, why didn’t he completely exterminate the shamans?

And why all of a sudden.

“Unfortunately, that is all I know about Cheonwaeseong. I have not heard any more news about Cheonwaeseong since then.”

Has Cheon-oe-seong hidden his traces and actions?

According to the elder, Cheon-Oe-Seong was an incredible master who could single-handedly take down a shaman.

As the nickname suggests, he was a ‘star in the sky’, and so perhaps he could reach the illusory concept and realm of being ‘the best in the world’.

No, it definitely must have reached.

But one day, Cheon-oe-seong suddenly disappeared without a trace.

It’s as if it were a mirage that never existed in the first place.

So the existence of Cheonwiseong is not known to the world today.

“In fact, the reason why the list of the ten best in the world is ambiguous, the reason why the ranking of the ten best in the world is not discussed, and the reason why the best in the world is not discussed are all due to the extraterrestrial nature.”

The ten best people in the world who have met him.

That is, the existence of Cheonwiseong was only mentioned as a fantasy among the elders of the Gupaebang clan and the heads of the five great clans.

‘hmm···.’

My thoughts got a little deeper.

First of all, the reason why Cheon-oe-seong tried to destroy the entire Gu-pa-il-bang clan.

‘······I don’t know.’

I couldn’t figure this out.

Then why didn’t he strike the final blow even though he had pushed the shamans to the brink of destruction?

‘···Why is that?’

There was no way to know this either.

Then why did Cheon-oeseong suddenly disappear without a trace?

‘Is this a fable?’

It could have been possible.

When I thought about it this way, I thought it was a very high possibility.

then.

The woman… no, why did the unidentified person beyond the woman find the existence of the extraordinary in me?

‘If Cheonwiseong really went crazy and suddenly disappeared···.’

Then, this means that Cheonwiseong is currently in the celestial world, not the secular world.

Based on the explanation of the previous Jongri Kwon, I don’t know exactly whether it is the seon-gae, paradise, or the western paradise.

But anyway, we come to the conclusion that Cheon-oe-seong is currently in the ‘heavenly world’.

Then, the unidentified person who was searching for the whereabouts of the extraordinary person in me······.

‘Do you know that I am communicating with the gods?’

* * *

A night with soft moonlight.

A man strode briskly between the stone walls covered with grass and moss.

The man’s clothes were torn here and there, as if he had been in a fierce battle.

There were wounds here and there between the torn clothes, and they were not yet healed, so they were slowly shedding red blood.

Even at first glance, the wounds looked serious, but the man walked briskly as if he didn’t care.

Where the man stopped walking, there stood a huge gate.

As we opened the massive gate made of heavy wood, a path leading into a deep, dark canyon unfolded before us.

The man took another step forward, and with each step he took, the darkness gradually expanded, until he came face to face with a corridor covered in black.

As the man appeared in the hallway, the servants approached from inside as if to attend to him.

“Welcome, Great Law.”

Great Protection Law.

The term ‘law protector’ basically means ‘to protect the law’, and the ‘great law protector’ refers to the person responsible for protecting the law.

Based on this meaning, the person called ‘Daehobeop (大護法)’ within a group meant the person with the greatest military power next to the leader······.

thud!

The Great Guardian took out a human head that had been torn off with his large hands.

He had a rather exotic face, with his eyes wide open and dead…

“From today, the whole of Cheonchuk-guk is under the control of our religion.”

The Great Guardian gave the severed head to a nearby servant.

When he took off his blood-soaked clothes, his muscular body was engraved with indescribable wounds.

Among them, there were quite a few that were called fatal wounds, so you could immediately tell how fierce the battle was.

“I will rest comfortably today, so do not let anyone into the hallway.”

“I will obey your command.”

The servants gathered their belongings and clothes and walked out of the hallway with quick steps.

And so the corridor was swallowed up in pitch-black darkness.

“I just said that.”

The dark blue light of the Great Guardian’s eyes sparkled greatly.

I slowly looked back and saw that one of the servants was standing still, not leaving the hallway.

An expressionless face that shows no emotion.

It was at that very moment that the light of the Great Guardian’s eyes burned fiercely.

“No one is allowed into the hallway-!”

Ouch!

Suddenly, the body of the Great Guardian was frozen in place by something huge that stimulated his senses.

The dark blue eyes of the Great Guardian Dharma that burned fiercely.

It glanced at the statue standing there blankly.

Long black hair that reaches down to below the waist.

The hair blowing in the wind as if brushing the ground looked like that of a dead person.

The slender woman’s lips were as thin as silk, and her expressionless features seemed to hide the darkness hidden within.

Thus, when facing the ‘someone’ within that fragile body, the head of the Great Guardian Dharma bowed down on its own.

“May the demons live forever, and may all demons be subdued.”

The blazing blue light also descended downwards.

It contains the meaning of submission to the right and wrong before one’s eyes.

“I meet the stern leader of our church.”

Only then did Sibi’s mouth open, and an eerie voice poured out from it.

【Cheon-oe-seong died.】