Reincarnated Swordmaster - Chapter 881



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True empty hometown

After I achieved the spiritualization of my powers, I returned to Jangnyeonggok. About three months had passed, and when I returned, Seomunhye welcomed me warmly.

“You’re here.”

“I went and came back. Where are the others?”

“It’s inside.”

I was able to meet Mangryang and Jegalsa again. As soon as they saw me, they said:

“You’ve gotten stronger.”

“You must have obtained the spirit of the yin yang power. Can you show me?”

“Of course.”

I took out my achievement, the black bear, and showed it to them. When they saw the black bear, they looked as if their eyes were dazzled and said,

“What a massive lump of divine power…”

“I never thought that a human body could perform such outrageous magic.”

The man who was amazed said:

“Now that we have gathered enough materials, let’s begin the conquest of the heavens.”

Conquer the heavens!

When I heard the primary goal that I would pursue in this life, my heart became heavy again. Could it really be possible for us to destroy the heavenly realm, which had felt like an absolute wall that I could never overcome in my previous lives, without the help of a divine being? However, Mangryang and Jegalsa did not seem to show even a hint of anxiety.

I asked Mangryang.

“Even if you were to conquer the heavens, how do you plan on doing it? You can’t just invade the heavens.”

“Baek Woong. First, let’s establish our goals. If we were to subdue the Heavenly Realm, what would we have to do to say that we’ve subdued it? Who would we have to defeat to say that the subjugation was successful?”

In response to Mangryang’s question, I thought for a moment and then said.

“Wouldn’t it be to destroy the Queen Mother of the West, the leader of the heavenly realm, and the twelve great Kunlun Immortals under her?”

Originally, it should have included the Jade Emperor and the Three Heavenly Kings, but they have already disappeared.

“That’s right. However, the Queen Mother of the West is the last opponent to be attacked… In that case, the target would be the Twelve Great Immortals of Kunlun. That’s because they are the highest-ranking officials of the heavens, excluding the Queen Mother of the West, the Jade Emperor, and the Three Qings.”

“It’s not as easy as it sounds. The twelve great immortals of Kunlun are all of the highest level immortals…”

The Twelve Great Immortals of Kunlun were not the best of the best, but they possessed abilities that might be on par with the best of them. They might be pushed back if they fought against the professional fighters of the best, but in any case, they were the great immortals who had lived for thousands of years, so they could freely use numerous magic techniques and possessed powerful treasures. If there were twelve of these top-ranking great immortals, it would be impossible to defeat them easily.

Then, Jegal Sa, who was standing next to him, opened his mouth.

“We already made Gucheon Hyeonnyeo join our side during the Ban-go offering ceremony. Also, at the same time, Jecheon Daeseong, who was secretly joining hands with Gucheon Hyeonnyeo, tacitly took our side.”

“……!!”

“If we start attacking the heavens, the Nine Heavenly Women will capture the Queen Mother of the West and buy time. That’s it.

In the meantime, we will go on a mission to eliminate the Twelve Great Immortals one by one or persuade them to our side with the help of Jecheon Daeseong.”

The situation seemed similar to what I had experienced so far. However, while at that time I was being chased by Bango’s spell and was challenging a fight with no chance of winning, this time I was fully prepared to challenge Heaven.

“There may be a chance of winning, but… Kunlun Twelve Great Immortals aren’t alone. There are countless fighters, immortals, and terrestrial spirits nearby who will soon gather, so it won’t be possible for Jecheon Daeseong to rely on his own strength.”

“Idiot. Who doesn’t know that? That’s why we need to persuade one more person.”

“Who?”

Zhuge Liang’s eyes sparkled sharply.

“Hang Yu!”

“……!!”

“It was important for you to spiritualize the power of the Yin Shi Jin, but that is our final preparation. If that guy becomes our side, we will have succeeded more than halfway. If Je Cheon Dae Seong and Hang Woo join forces, we can deal with any number of Tousen.”

Xiang Yu possessed tremendous power that could even defeat the Demon King Daqi, who had incredible power. Zhuge Shi’s words made perfect sense.

“Uh, uhm… I guess that’s true… But no… In order to bring Hang-woo over to our side, we first have to find Woo-hee’s soul.”

Xiang Yu was indifferent to everything, and even after his death, he was indifferent to everything and lived in seclusion in the outskirts of the heavens. The only thing he was interested in was finding the soul of Yu Ji, the woman he loved in his lifetime. After I accepted the request, I failed to find Yu Ji. This was because even with the Imperial Seal of the State, the aura of the constellation that Yu Ji’s soul contained could not be found anywhere in the world.

“I’ve thought about that. You just have to open your mouth properly.”

” ……”

“Okay, let’s go. With Jecheon Daeseong’s help, we will be able to infiltrate the heavens.”

After hearing the plan from Jegalsa, I went to contact Jecheon Daeseong together with Jegalsa. Jecheon Daeseong appeared in human form riding a nebula and spoke to me with interest.

“Oh, this guy… is quite strong. What are you?”

Jecheon Daeseong possessed the Hwaan Geumjeong, so he seemed to have grasped the extent of my divine power at first glance. I bowed my head to him and said.

“This is Baek Woong.”

“Are you human?”

“I am human.”

Jecheon Daeseong glanced at Jegalsa.

“You said Zhuge Liang? I guess this guy is your secret weapon.”

Jegal Sa chuckled at Jecheon Daeseong’s words.

“It’s a pet.”

A pet… That’s too much!!

Jecheon Daeseong laughed heartily.

“Okay, one of the wizards and one of the mercenaries, take my sling. I’ll quickly take you to where that guy named Hang-woo lives.”

Phew

Eventually, we were able to enter the palace of Guseonsan (九仙山). As we entered the gloomy palace interior without any sign of life, Xiang Yu was sitting at the head of a large table. In the past, he had been wary of visitors at the entrance, but this time he had allowed them into the palace, so it seemed that some kind of conversation had already taken place.

Xiang Yu sat down and took a sip of his wine, then looked at me with sharp eyes. His thick eyebrows twitched.

“Is that guy the incarnation of God?”

I felt a strong sense of vigilance. When I flinched, Jecheon Daeseong returned to his main body and shrugged his shoulders in response.

“They say he’s human.”

“Huh… that’s funny.”

Xiang Yu poured another gulp of wine into his mouth as if ignoring us.

dump

Jecheon Daeseong sat down at the table without warning and waved to us.

“Hey, you guys sit down too.”

There was a moment of silence as we sat down in silence. When Xiang Yu, without even thinking of speaking, was about to pour himself another third cup, Zhuge Liang opened his mouth.

“Your Majesty, the one next to me is Baekung. He is my lord. I brought him here because he has something to say to you, Wang Ye.”

Then Xiang Yu said as if he was annoyed.

“Wizard. I don’t care about your circumstances. If what he says doesn’t interest me, you won’t get out of here alive.”

“Of course. How could we not pay the price for disturbing the king’s rest with trivial words? However, you can look forward to it.”

“Tell me.”

“Kukuk…”

The smiling Jegal Sa turned his gaze towards me. I cleared my throat and opened my mouth.

“I have found out Woohee’s whereabouts.”

At that moment, Xiang Yu’s hand, which was pouring wine into the glass, stopped. Feeling that this was a critical moment, I forcibly broke the heavy silence and spoke.

“I searched the entire world to find Woohee’s energy, but I confirmed that it was not on Earth. So I went to the afterlife, but that place too… had long since fallen into the possession of the [Old Ruler], and I confirmed that the cycle of reincarnation in this world had ended. Since I could not find Woohee’s energy in the afterlife either, I was left with only two conclusions.”

Xiang Yu had already taken his gaze away from his glass and was staring at me sharply.

I continued.

“One is that Woohee’s soul has gone to a completely different world, an extra-dimensional world or a dark world. I don’t know why that happened, but in that case, it will take at least a thousand years to search for that person’s soul. This is a possibility, so don’t worry too much about it.”

” Another one.”

“It is said that Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, swallowed the soul of Lady Wu Xi within his own soul.”

Xiang Yu’s face hardened.

” ……”

“I don’t know what kind of secret pact was made between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, but the most convincing theory is that Liu Bang deliberately hid her soul.”

“Hoo hoo hoo hoo…”

Xiang Yu smiled in vain and poured more wine into his glass.

“You’ve done a lot of research… but nothing is different from what the King has predicted for over a thousand years in the palace on this mountain.”

“Isn’t the reason Xiang Yu came up to heaven to personally look for the Red Dragon, the true body of the Liu Bang?”

” ……”

“But you probably didn’t find it. If you did, you would have found the Red Dragon a long time ago, tore it to pieces, and asked him about Lady Woo-hee’s whereabouts. You went to ask the Four Sea Dragon Kings, Guangli King, O-yun, who is assumed to be the Red Dragon’s true identity, but you confirmed that he was not the true identity of Yoo Bang, right?”

” ……”

“So I guess he became disappointed and discouraged and ended up settling down in heaven.”

Xiang Yu was silent. As Zhuge Shi had guessed, I was just opening my mouth to speak, but it was not at all against Xiang Yu’s thoughts and the flow of his consciousness, and it was reasonable. Zhuge Shi had inferred and guessed all of Xiang Yu’s actions.

Xiang Yu rested his chin on his hand and replied.

” Of course, the king thought about that too. However, no red dragon of a higher rank or more powerful than King Gwangri, Oh Yoon, could be found in the heavens. The rank of the Four Sea Dragon Kings was equal to or higher than the Twelve Great Immortals, so there could not be a dragon stronger than them. That was why it was so confusing.”

I got to the point.

“I wonder if you’re too fixated on the fact that it’s a red dragon.”

” what?”

“Didn’t you feel something strange when you were dealing with Liu Bang? Even if there were beings like Xiao Ha or Zhang Liang who received the energy of the constellations to assist Liu Bang, how could there be a being that could somehow fight against Xiang Yu?”

Xiang Yu seemed displeased with what I said.

“He didn’t fight me. He’s never won a head-on fight with me, and I’ve always won. How can you give him such a high evaluation when he just runs away!”

“Endurance is also an ability. And I guess Xiang Yu was unable to see the true nature of that man, Liu Bang, and the bottom of his heart until the very end?”

” ……”

“He must have had an abyss so deep that it’s hard to even describe him as a serpent. He never had the righteousness of a dragon belonging to the heavens. Can’t you guess?”

…Can I say this?

I flinched for a moment, thinking that I had been too provocative, but unexpectedly, Xiang Yu did not get angry and seemed to be considering my words. When he said nothing, I continued.

“The breasts may not have been a dragon. He may have been something more evil than that.”

” … no way.”

And from here on, Zhuge Liang began to speak on his behalf. Zhuge Liang bent forward and said:

“Your Majesty, I can guess that there is an evil move. Instead, I need to know what kind of secret agreement Your Majesty made with Liu Bang that day so that I can tell you more.”

“Are you saying that the King himself should speak about the promise made that day?”

“No matter how precious a promise is, it will only be meaningful if Woohee is safe. Hasn’t Yoobang already broken his promise?”

” … I see.”

Xiang Yu slowly opened his mouth, convinced by Zhuge Li’s words.

“Even when he was trapped in the narrow castle at that time… the king never thought that he had lost. No matter how great the forces of the Liu Bang were, no matter how many enemies rushed at him, he was confident that he could kill them all. However, the reason the king could not move was because he could not win the fight while taking care of all of his subordinates…”

” ……”

Xiang Yu’s words were telling the story of why he, who was invincible, was eventually defeated by Liu Bang in a historic battle. Even if Xiang Yu fought alone against an army of hundreds of thousands, he had the power to annihilate them, but in that case, all of his valuable subordinates and vassals who followed him were killed. This was because his subordinates did not have enough power. Liu Bang and his forces took Xiang Yu’s subordinates as hostages and used the situation to corner Xiang Yu.

“Then Yoo Bang made a proposal. He would spare all of my subordinates and in exchange for not harming the people of my hometown, I would just die and disappear on the surface… At the same time, he would take Woo Hee’s soul as a hostage to fulfill the promise.”

“You accepted the offer.”

” ……”

“However, instead of sending her away nicely as a hostage, he probably gave Woohee the power of a celestial monster and made her wander the world. He probably tried to rescue her quickly while she protected herself with the power of the constellation.”

“That’s right. I thought that since I had given the entire power of one constellation, there would be no way for humans to do anything to Woohee.”

“But in the end, Lady Woohee went missing… Someone had broken through the protection of the Heavenly Monsters and kidnapped her, and Lord Hangwoo was so angry that he turned the heavens and the underworld upside down and stirred up the heavens and the underworld. But even that was fruitless, and that’s how it turned out.”

Zhuge Liang continued speaking.

“The [Red Dragon] identity that Yoobang has put forth on the surface is likely false. It is likely just a metaphor, and his true nature is something entirely different. And we know how to find Yoobang if he has hidden Woohee.”

“Really?”

” yes.”

Zhuge Liang said calmly.

“There are countless stars in the sky, but the number of official constellations is limited. Have you thought about that?”

At that moment, Xiang Yu’s eyes became sharp. He was a very smart man, so he quickly understood Zhuge Li’s words and spoke.

“The constellations symbolize the territory of the [old ruler]. So you’re going to use space comparison to find out her location in the realm of the lost constellations?”

“Yes. You can distinguish the density. If you compare the energy and territory of all the constellations, there will definitely be a missing part somewhere. Because the energy of the Heavenly Monster that Xiang Yu gave was not a part, but a very large mass, it cannot be unnoticeable.”

“Is that possible?”

“It is possible. It is impossible no matter what method you use, whether it is human astrology or magic, or even the magic of the Great Immortal…”

Zhuge Liang laughed evilly.

“It is said that in the deepest part of the heavens, there exists the Primordial Plate, an ancient treasure that was created when the heavens opened. There is a legend that the Primordial Plate can observe all constellations and worlds, so if you can obtain the Primordial Plate, you will be able to know the location of Woohee.”

“……!!”

“This gives Lord Hang-woo one more reason to help us.”

” hmm…”

Xiang Yu looked deeply troubled. After a while, he opened his mouth.

“Good. If you believe what you say, I will help you destroy the heavens. In return, you must find the Primordial Heavenly Plate and tell me where Woohee is.”

“Thank you. If you start attacking from our side, please kill the Twelve Great Immortals of Kunlun.”

” I get it.”

Xiang Yu joined the army.

After adding Xiang Yu to our forces, we were about to ride the Great Emperor’s saddle and go outside, but the Great Emperor suddenly said:

“But you guys, how do you plan on covering up the aftermath?”

“What are you saying?”

“I also don’t like the Heavenly Realm, so I want to help Gucheonhyeonnyeo destroy the Heavenly Realm… But come to think of it, if the Heavenly Realm disappears, the shield that directly protects the human world will disappear. [The old ruler] will be able to expand his power more easily, so I want to ask how he plans to do that.”

Ugh…

From my perspective, I could say that I didn’t really know since I was reincarnated anyway, but of course, it wasn’t something I could say out loud. And since Jecheon Daeseong’s words made sense, Jegalsa responded calmly.

“Even if there is a heavenly realm, the power of the devil is running rampant in the West anyway. It would be much better to eliminate the heavenly realm that monitors and manages human civilization and strengthen human power to seek survival on our own.”

“So you’re going to use that power to stop the apocalypse?”

“At least it’s a lot more possible than it is now.”

“Hmm… okay.”

Paat

We returned to Jangnyeonggok riding on the mighty clouds of Jecheondaeseong. And as soon as we returned to Jangnyeonggok, a familiar face greeted us.

“Did you have a good trip?”

“Zhuge Liulong.”

Zhuge Liulong came alone and sat facing Wang Liang. He slowly stood up and spoke.

“If we’ve brought Xiang Yu in, there’s no need to hesitate any longer. Let’s attack Heaven right now.”

Everyone in the audience nodded at those words.

The conquest of the heavens has begun.