The Outer God Needs Warmth – Chapter 124

It seems I stand out even to the Taoist’s eyes.

I can feel gazes focused on me. And in between, there are non-humans standing. I see beings that look like beasts but are wearing human clothes.

There was a reason why there were no subtly prejudiced eyes when a non-human came. I thought I would only see them once I reached where the immortals are, but to think I’d see them from here.

Humans don’t remember very carefully about subjects they don’t care about at all. So even if I search through memories, it’s hard to see if there were such beings.

Rather, if there was a racist who hated a certain race, they would remember them along with unpleasantness, but there were no such people among the dead immortals and Taoists.

Based on the faded memories, there are only good people here.

Well, that’s how it is on the opposite side of monsters.

Following the Taoist, we went to a place like an elevator. And the elevator just floated up into the air and rose.

Without any device like ropes, just the box alone floated up. Even the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult’s main building showed steel wires and mechanical devices, but this is quite special.

It’s not moving in a straight line, but rises to the island floating in the sky while drawing an elegant curve. And it stops not at the top of the island but somewhere in the middle and approaches a rock.

It looks like it’s going to collide with the rock as it is, but it passed right through the rock.

I can see the curtain of illusion that looks like a real rock but has no substance wavering as we pass through.

While I’m inwardly marveling at the hologram, the box reaches a place like a dock. And the door opens, and I come out.

Looking around, there’s a huge octagonal corridor where wood and stone are floating in the air and moving here and there.

The corridor stretches longer than the size of the mountain seen from outside. If you follow this corridor inwards, you’ll reach Kunlun where immortals live.

“This is as far as I go. I can’t enter beyond this point as it’s where immortals reside, so I’ll take my leave now.”

I greeted the Taoist who was greeting me politely in the same manner. The Taoist who received my greeting immediately went down in the box we had just ridden.

I’m left alone.

I know the way so I can just enter like this. No, there’s not even a path to speak of in the first place. This is a single path, and if I go straight ahead, I can enter the world where immortals live directly.

But since I wasn’t told to go, I don’t go.

If I wait, there should be someone who comes out to greet me.

And I’m left alone, right? If I just go inside ignorantly like this, I might suddenly be attacked saying “You’re to be incinerated.”

Originally, security devices at entrances tend to be powerful.

In other words, you could say I’m scared. I’m afraid. There’s a question of whether it might be so powerful that I can’t do anything about it at this level.

It’s not time to die yet.

At least not until I meet the Primordial Heavenly Lord.

So I stayed still, and after a long time, a man came walking.

I’m taller than the average man of this era. He’s a man tall enough that his eye level is slightly higher than mine.

“I’ve come to meet you since you didn’t come inside even after waiting. I am called Bohyeon Jin-in. Is there something you need?”

His tone implies it’s natural to walk in, but it’s not as easy as it sounds. Especially for someone who doesn’t know what’s ahead.

Instead of complaining like that, I just listed facts as I always do.

“Hello. I’m called Choseol. I was standing still wondering if the time had crossed.”

Originally, among those in higher positions who want to package their authority, they try to show their dignity by being late to the place where they should originally appear.

For example, meetings. It’s an expression of confidence that the meeting can only start when they arrive.

But if immortals share the same emotional system as humans, the expression this person is making is bewilderment.

In other words, it means he didn’t come late on purpose to impose a hierarchical relationship on me.

“You could have just come in. Is this your first time at Mount Kunlun?”

“Yes. It’s my first time.”

Then Bohyeon Jin-in smiled brightly and started explaining various things about Mount Kunlun. I thought a big, muscular person would come out and want to have a go, but a very nice person came out.

The man in the faded memories emits a dim sparkle saying somehow this isn’t right.

So you know the timeline is subtly strange, right? You should know enough by now that works and reality are different, why are you doing this?

I entered Mount Kunlun following Bohyeon Jin-in who was talking naively.

After walking along the corridor for a long time, a forest and floating rocks appear inside.

From the outside, it looks like we’ve passed through the island floating in the air that we first entered, but in reality, that island acted as a door.

The color of the sky is subtly strange, and strange groups of creatures are passing between the islands.

Bohyeon Jin-in explained about the charms of Mount Kunlun for a long time, perhaps happy that a guest had come. While doing so, he guided me somewhere, and I thought he was guiding me to a room, but he guided me to a pavilion where the surroundings are very visible.

He sat me down here and stood on the opposite side, looking at me and opened his mouth.

“This is Mount Kunlun. Excuse me, but I heard you came looking for the Primordial Heavenly Lord. May I ask what business you have?”

Business.

Business, huh.

Hmm, come to think of it, there was such a thing.

“First, I came to inform you that I fought Supreme Leader Tongcheon.”

Then he made a sympathetic expression.

“You fought a terrifying person. Perhaps you came to ask for help from Mount Kunlun? Although we’ll judge the rights and wrongs of the matter, if you came to ask for help from Kunlun, don’t worry, we won’t send you away carelessly.”

There’s a face with faint fear etched on it.

Searching through the Great Kraken’s memories, this person doesn’t appear. Perhaps he fought with the Great Kraken’s subordinates or something? There’s a deep sense of experience buried in the faint fear, so there’s a high chance he fought at the time when the Severance Religion invaded the Heavenly Religion.

“I didn’t come for such a reason. I came to meet someone called the Primordial Heavenly Lord regarding that matter.”

At those words, he frowned. It’s not the kind of look that says how dare you look for that person because I’m looking for the Primordial Heavenly Lord.

“The Primordial Heavenly Lord doesn’t meet people very often, so it’s difficult to meet even if called. For now, I also have a role as the Primordial Heavenly Lord’s proxy, so if it’s something you can say, you can tell me. If that’s difficult for you, I’ll somehow arrange for you to meet the Primordial Heavenly Lord.”

Surprisingly, the vertical relationship doesn’t seem that severe?

Usually if hierarchical society is like floors of a building, here it’s more like stairs. I thought if it’s Taoism, there would be excessive class fixation like some marines somewhere, but that was a misconception.

In the memories of immortals, most people complied with orders from above without any complaints, and if there was something to be done, they stepped forward and did it. So I thought there would be punishments if they didn’t do it, but it’s not submission born from such a coercive culture.

Rather, it’s closer to a culture of responsible people doing what needs to be done. Here.

Well, if there are many such gentle people, strange orders wouldn’t come down in the first place, so if it’s the right thing to do, they would do it without hesitation.

The faded memory’s impression is that this is the heaven edition of human society.

Of course, being gentle doesn’t mean they obey well no matter what order they receive. These people would unhesitatingly pull down and judge their superiors if they become corrupt or do bad things.

In other words, can we say society equally bears responsibility?

“First, number one. I’ll criticize you.”

“Pardon?”

“The Heavenly Demon Divine Cult. Or demonic cult. Or Supreme Leader Tongcheon’s breeding facility. Someone who lived like family there died.”

Immediately Bohyeon Jin-in’s expression hardened. He seems to have realized where I came from.

“So you came all this way to criticize. We don’t apologize for that subjugation. It would certainly be an evil act for the people living there, but if we had left them alone, dangerous things would have happened. And you also, have that ominous purple.”

“Destroying the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult was the right choice.”

So I told him he made the right choice. Bohyeon Jin-in looks at me with a very surprised expression.

“The Heavenly Demon Divine Cult is a group that teaches murder from childhood to ruin personalities, and forces unconditional obedience to those of lower rank by putting insects in their bodies. And that group was also a place for Supreme Leader Tongcheon to raise hosts to create his own kind.”

Surprisingly, this is the truth. Gu Seongyong guessed this but neglected it, and Heavenly Demon didn’t know.

Looking at history, although the Great Kraken’s power was certainly the foundation that allowed the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult to grow its influence, except for the Moon Emperor Hall, the Severance Religion’s influence didn’t reach at all.

To find an example in the faded man’s memories, it’s like running a cafe to hide drug trafficking. Since they’re not trying to make a profit, they sell cheaply at low prices, and the store is bustling.

The people working in the store don’t know they’re working in a cover for an illegal organization.

The relationship between the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult and the Severance Religion was like that. The Moon Emperor Hall played the role of the store owner. However, to easily cut off the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult if something happened, it remained as a small agency overseeing ritual methods and insects.

An agency that restricts people’s actions and controls people’s bodies.

That’s what was mixed in the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.

“Such a group is indeed a harm that should be removed immediately when viewed from human affairs. You did the right thing.”

Bohyeon Jin-in looks at me with a bitter expression.

“But, did you come to criticize?”

“Wanting to criticize because someone close to me was killed is a separate matter.”

At my words, Bohyeon Jin-in thought for a long time and then nodded.

“Yes. That’s correct. No matter how evil a person is, they have family and friends, and it’s not strange to pour out emotions when they die regardless of guilt or innocence.”

So he doesn’t say he’s sorry to me. Rather, that’s right.

He doesn’t apologize because his actions weren’t wrong.

For example, a big dog suddenly bit a child. The dog was killed to save the child. But the big dog was a dog that someone raised with love and care. The person who raised the big dog can criticize the man who killed the dog. But the man who killed the dog doesn’t need to apologize.

Because he did the right thing.

You’re free to criticize, but the response to that is also free.

Anyway.

I’ve finished the small thing I wanted to do.

“And second. About Supreme Leader Tongcheon.”

Before getting to the main point, preparation to do what I really want to do.

“I killed Supreme Leader Tongcheon.”

At my words, Bohyeon Jin-in stood up abruptly. That’s right.

Once, the Heavenly Religion and the Severance Religion fought to the brink of extinction. Although the Heavenly Religion won, it was a narrow victory, and although the Severance Religion lost, they didn’t lose with such a big difference.

Now I’m saying that the opposite side has died.

It’s hard to know if this is true or false.

But at least I think Bohyeon Jin-in understood what position I’m in with this.

“I think this is enough qualification for me to meet the Primordial Heavenly Lord, what do you think?”

Knowing how this would sound to him, I asked.

This is a threat.

Someone this powerful is calling for the Primordial Heavenly Lord in front of you.

Go bring a high-ranking person.

At my words, Bohyeon Jin-in stood in place rolling his eyes hard, then nodded.

“I’ll call the Primordial Heavenly Lord.”

“Thank you.”

I’ve been conversing until now.

Even when criticizing, I didn’t use violence, I waited quietly no matter what happened, I endured and waited.

How will my appearance look to good people?

I’ll look like someone they can talk to, right?

If I run away openly it’s hard to catch me, but to have a conversation, it’s right to step forward. I’m sorry for unknowingly making you play the role of throwing the most important person as food for the monster. Bohyeon Jin-in.

But, I came to devour like a monster.

Hehe.