Chapter 227

Chapter 227

People commonly say that when reading the future, they observe the celestial bodies and read the heavenly signs, but in reality, predicting the future by merely observing celestial bodies doesn’t make sense.

If you think about it, that’s natural. The movements of celestial bodies are matters of heaven, so how could the fate of a mere existence be inferred from the movements of celestial bodies? Doesn’t that mean each individual’s fate can influence the celestial bodies?

Heavenly signs are read by observing the flow of energy between heaven and earth based on the movements of celestial bodies.

Therefore, in normal cases, it doesn’t make sense for heavenly signs to be twisted or not flow as predetermined. The world wasn’t structured that way.

That is, in normal cases.

“Hm. As expected.”

A scene where everyone was frozen as if time had stopped, standing with only their eyes open.

In the midst of that, Baengri Seon, holding a folding fan, looked around with a grin and continued speaking.

“The flow of heavenly signs is being twisted.”

“San. Do you know how amazing it is that the fate of the lower world can twist the heavenly signs even just a little bit?”

“It means that the fates of mere existences in the lower world, intertwined and entangled, have become grand enough to move this magnificent world.”

Can ants move humans?

A human startled by seeing ants might move on their own, but ants cannot move humans with their own strength alone. Not even if tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands gather.

Heaven and earth fundamentally have such a relationship. No matter what happens on earth, it doesn’t reach heaven. Because there’s an overwhelming difference in status.

Because no matter what people do, the world’s flow doesn’t change.

“Even ants can resist.”

What if one tries to resist?

A person would choose to step on and kill it. Then two, three, ten, a hundred?

If they can’t push and move, they bite to make them move. Even if hundreds and thousands are knocked down with a single palm, if a million ants cling and try to bite a person, the person has no choice but to flee. There are limits to stepping on them to death.

“What on earth are you thinking?”

“Oh, you finally feel like talking.”

At the sight of Baengri San, who had been struggling desperately to escape the magic arts and now finally opening her mouth, Baengri Seon smiled and waved his folding fan. The question that followed.

“What am I thinking? Didn’t I say? That you must experience trials.”

“……You, I thought you weren’t in your right mind normally, but now you don’t even plan to explain? Again going on and on about stories only you know……!”

“Un-i is ‘oppa’ but I’m ‘you.’ This elder brother is sad. I think I might cry.”

Baengri Seon, who had been pretending to dab tears with his sleeve, chuckled and waved his hand dismissively.

“I thought there was no need to explain so I left it alone, but…… fine. Since there’s time, if an explanation is necessary, let’s do it. What are you curious about?”

“Why you’re still alive without dying.”

“You’ve learned how to say ‘kill yourself’ indirectly. Commendable. Since you have no intention of asking straightforwardly, to answer, I froze you all for the future.”

“For the…… future?”

“Yes.”

Baengri Seon, who spread both arms, continued speaking.

“To bind a swimming fish with a thousand reeds, what do you think you should do?”

“Make the reeds entangle well to form a net. Then you can catch the fish. It means you can achieve your desired goal. If you just release them in the water without entangling them, the reeds cannot bind the fish.”

You cannot catch fish with unentangled reeds. Fate is no different. To twist heavenly signs, it’s impossible with just countless fates merely gathering. Heaven is law itself, and twisting law is that difficult.

“There are fates that must be entangled.”

“In a peaceful world, there are fates that would absolutely never entangle. To bind the heavenly signs, you must weave those fates well to make a net. Those here are also one of them.”

“……You speak as if you’ve seen the future and come back.”

“Hahaha. Have I only seen it? Do you know, San?”

“What?”

“That strange abilities have been passed down through generations in the Divine Maiden’s bloodline of the Demonic Cult.”

Where did Baengri San’s talent come from, being able to establish her own martial arts just by hearing a single line of martial theory, even learning martial arts that don’t suit her constitution?

Where did Baengri Un’s ability come from, ghostly recognizing all dangers in advance by seeing red energy? Did it originate from nothing, just because that person is special?

“That can’t be, can it?”

Three in one bloodline. A bloodline where all three were born with strange abilities without exception.

“If you two were born with strange abilities, then I, the eldest son, would also have a strange ability.”

“Though I don’t know if I still have it now.”

Baengri Seon, who smiled bitterly, slowly patted Baengri San’s head with his palm and raised his gaze upward. The dark clouds gradually encroaching on the sky.

“It’s almost time.”

“What do you mean by Divine Maiden’s bloodline, strange abilities, what on earth…….”

“You’ll gradually come to know before long. What I can do is lead you ‘forward.’ And bestow protection so you won’t get hurt at that ‘forward.'”

Ureureung!

Listening to the thunder roaring from within the dark clouds along with the rain, Baengri Seon spread his folding fan. Simultaneously, strange patterns engraved with peculiar ink flowing from inside his sleeve.

“Always keep this in mind.”

“Prioritize survival. Whatever truth you face, whatever happens, you must not break. Just.”

Do what you believe. That will open the way.

Baengri Seon, who slowly raised his folding fan, smiled. And.

The next moment.

Ureureung──!

The sky opened.

Among the tens of thousands of light streams descending.

A single streak of black lightning split the void.

Dark clouds descend.

Cheonroesin Jin

Tongcheon

Recognizing the translucent window filling my vision, I kicked off the ground and rushed toward Seonwoo Gang. The distance closing in an instant. The children’s figures who haven’t even recognized this side yet.

Segeok!

“……Huh?”

Before they could react, I cut off Seonwoo Gang’s bracelet and severed Namgung Hyeon’s bracelet. Faster than anything, stronger than a single streak of lightning.

Pajijik—!!!

“Wha, what are you…….”

A lull.

Confirming Seonwoo Gang and Namgung Hyeon disappearing, those who had been attacking Heukya confirmed my appearance and shot glances mixed with shock and bewilderment. And two who widened their eyes upon confirming my appearance.

“Ui, Uicheonmunju? Why is the Sect Leader…….”

“It’s been a while, Dang Seol, Paeng Jin.”

“Though I desperately want to explain in detail, there’s no time to explain now.”

While slowly gathering the lightning energy discharging from my whole body trying to burst outside, I clenched my fist tightly. There wasn’t much time.

“Leave this formation immediately.”

“This formation is dangerous. Something is happening.”

“What? What on earth are you talking about?”

“Didn’t I say there’s no time to explain?”

The red energy is getting increasingly thicker. Now it’s dyed so blood-red that I can’t see ahead properly.

I can’t delay time here any longer. In that sense, as I raised my sword scattering lightning energy, Paeng Jin and Dang Seol, who understood my intention, let out contemplative sounds. And the answer that followed.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but…….”

“Understood. Even if we resist, it looks like elimination is certain anyway, so we’ll just cut them ourselves.”

Tuduk!

Looking at Paeng Jin, who cut both his and Dang Seol’s bracelets simultaneously with his words, I let out a deep sigh. At least I succeeded in making four people here escape.

‘……I need to move quickly to the next sequence.’

Time is urgent.

As I took out the detector while glaring at the encroaching dark clouds, those who had been on guard against me with swords drawn buzzed and threw questions at me. Gazes mixed with wariness and suspicion.

“Uicheonmunju. What do you mean? This place is dangerous?”

“Literally what it sounds like. Cut your bracelets if you want to live.”

To explain this ‘red energy’ I’m seeing and make them understand would take a long time even with plenty of time.

I don’t have time to use on such martial artists. With that thought, I held up the detector and searched for Seohwa. Seohwa’s location still can’t be detected even though she should still be remaining inside the formation.

‘Damn it.’

There are a total of thirty-one zones inside this formation.

However, seeing the red energy filling up, it’s safe to say the remaining time is extremely short. Even if I use all my strength, I couldn’t search even half of half of one zone.

‘If I go out and tell them to release the formation……’

I thought about it then shook my head. They wouldn’t obediently listen to that.

No matter how much recognition I receive, this opening ceremony is a grand event hosted by Sadoryeon. Even if it wasn’t me but Geomseong, the Murim Alliance Leader, who came, they couldn’t make the formation dissolve with a word.

And forcibly interfering with the formation from outside to destroy it is also impossible. Outside, Sadoryeon’s martial artists must be spread out everywhere, and Cheolhyeolmunju Taeak, who manages and supervises the formation, must also be waiting. It would be impossible to destroy the formation after breaking through Taeak.

Then what should I do? How exactly.

Deudeudeudeuk!

While pondering, at the sensation suddenly felt, I raised my gaze upward. A strange spatial distortion felt from beyond the sky that clearly shouldn’t exist.

‘……Gold energy?’

Golden energy is visible.

Along with the spatial distortion, at the golden energy faintly flowing from far away, I immediately grasped the situation. This martial art, this situation. I couldn’t not recognize it.

“Eunha Cheonrin Geomgyeol…….”

Geomhu’s ultimate technique I saw not long ago.

Eunha Cheonrin Geomgyeol Oui

Eunharyu

Starlight sword energy filling the sky pulverizes the dark clouds and crumples the formation. Unleashing the sealed power that wasn’t drawn out, shaking the formation. As if such a formation cannot limit her true power.

And that’s not all.

Hyeolhae Surajgeom Oui

Hyeolra

The sky is dyed with blood-red sword energy. A different color from red energy, thick and crimson red as if it would smell of iron and blood.

The formation crumples. As if grasping the seriousness of the situation, the Sipcheon one by one draw out their true power and try to break through the formation. A clear favorable turn.

“……Can it be done?”

They clearly said it requires three Sipcheon-level martial artists giving their all to break the formation.

I still cannot reach Sipcheon. Compared to Geomseong, Bulgoe, Manwang, who are positioned above Sipcheon, I’m naturally several moves below, and even against Daesageom and Geomhu, who are positioned at the bottom, I cannot avoid being at a disadvantage.

I defeated Geomwang previously because I fought together with Geomhu; if Geomhu hadn’t received the attacks, I would have lost to Geomwang too. So I still can’t be considered Sipcheon-level. However.

“I must do it.”

If it’s not fighting someone but destroying and breaking something down, if it’s something where I just need to raise the power even if it’s unstable.

It’s possible.

Cheonroesin Jong

Gaebyeok

I raised my breathing.

Yeonsokcheongae

And the world tore apart.