Chapter 1054: The Divine Tree and the Master.

Psss-sss-sss.

Debris falls.

Fragments were continuously falling from the sky, and the dust flowing in the air also seemed twice as much as usual.

The sky, which was originally bright, had changed to a gloomy state, and clouds had gathered immensely, hiding even the little light that remained.

Kureureung-! Kurreung!!

Lightning energy permeates the gathered clouds.

The ominous sky catches the eye first.

The fields, which would have been green, are engulfed in flames, filling the air with the smell of burning.

The forms of the grassland and the forest, which would have been full of life, had all disappeared, starting with the entire area.

What could have happened?

I couldn’t know.

Psss-sss-sss.

Amidst the terribly burnt debris, someone stumbles. The one buried in the earth was barely managing to lift their body.

“Gkeureuk…”

The one raising their body while flowing blood water was none other than the turtle.

“Keok… Keok-heok…”

As the turtle was raising its body as if tired, something flew in and pierced it.

Puuk-!!

“…!”

The turtle, unable to even scream, was pinned to the ground again.

“Disgusting.”

The owner of the spear thrown at the turtle unfurls wings and approaches him.

“Is this the end for a master who has lost their name? How fleeting.”

Unlike the pitiful tone, what was contained in his mouth was a sneer.

“I was always curious how the Master of the Myriad Realms accepted the master of another world. Now I understand.”

“Gkeueu… Geuk.”

“Since you’ve become so insignificant, it seems there was no need to pay unnecessary attention. Isn’t that right?”

At the man’s words, the turtle emits pain. Even so, the staff emits light.

Kureung-!!

The lightning in the sky strikes down at the man.

Kureureureureng–!!!

An immensely large lightning bolt pierces the man, but.

“Tsk.”

The man, who suffered no damage at all, clicks his tongue.

“A futile struggle. Don’t you already know? Without possessing divine status, you cannot narrow the distance in rank.”

As the man speaks, he reaches out his hand. Then, the spear that was piercing the turtle was pulled out.

“Keok!”

The man grips the spear stained with blood water and laughs while looking at the turtle.

“Did you call me a half-wit? So what changes?”

Even if you rose in rank as a half-wit, nothing changes. Because just by that, there won’t be anyone who can mess with me.

“Geueu… Geu…”

The turtle, flowing blood as if tired, looks up at the man.

At the blue eyes quietly looking at him, the turtle asked.

“What is… your purpose…”

“Isn’t your question too slow? It’s a question that’s long overdue.”

Kek-kek.

The man continues speaking while suppressing a laugh.

“Heaven desires the Myriad Realms. This is work for that.”

“Heaven… Ha…”

Hearing the answer, the turtle realizes.

“It’s Taecheon.”

Kugugung.

At those words, pressure erupted from the man’s body.

“Do not speak recklessly. You are not someone who can utter His name.”

“…That disgusting one is finally revealing the fangs they’ve been hiding.”

Heu-heu-heu.

This time, the turtle laughed.

“Pitiful child. Did you truly think you were serving Taecheon’s will? You are wrong.”

Staggering, the turtle lifts its body. Using the staff as a lever, it barely sets its body upright.

“You are merely a game piece as well.”

“Perhaps.”

Charyureureuk.

Feathers burst out and float around the man. The white feathers floated gently, and not long after, they all transformed into spears.

“As I said earlier. Even if that’s the case, what will change? I have become great like this by listening to His words.”

“…Do you see that as greatness? You don’t know what it means to become a master.”

“That’s something I’ll learn gradually. It’s more ridiculous than anything for someone who lost their rank powerlessly to give me advice.”

“……”

“There’s one thing I’m curious about. What is in that place you’ve bound, called the volcano? Truly, what does it contain that Heaven told me to obtain?”

Regarding this part, I learned it by seeing the name-lost master in front.

I don’t know what’s there, but.

“It seems there is something. Seeing as you’re protecting it.”

“……”

To use a life, barely sustained by the magnanimity of the Myriad Realms after becoming such a mess, so precariously…

There is something that must be protected with such power. For the man, just that fact was enough.

“Amazing.”

I admit it.

“To show this much rank even after losing your name.”

Even with eyes granted by Heaven, I cannot penetrate it.

What is inside that makes them struggle this much?

“I can’t stand not knowing.”

I will find out somehow.

Having decided that, the man reached out his hand.

At that moment.

Gi-iing.

Countless risen spear tips face forward.

“Keuk…”

Seeing that, the turtle tries to move its staff again, but.

As if tired, it ultimately couldn’t lift its arm.

“Pour down.”

Chwa-a-a-a-a–!!!

Spears poured down like rain.

Kugugugugugugu–!!!

Countless spears are all fired forward. In the place that seemed to only have fields, the spears created an impact as if there were a wall.

Kwagagagagaga–!!!

The continued impact continues and continues. There wasn’t enough time to break through this, and the man had the power.

He tears through with power.

As he poured out and poured out the spear tips with that sole thought.

Chik-!

A tearing sound was heard somewhere, and then.

Chwa-a-a-ak–!!!

The barrier maintaining its form is stripped away in an instant.

Only after seeing that, the man raised his hand. The spears continuing their bombardment disappeared.

In the place where the barrier disappeared, a completely different world existed.

“Oh, I see.”

Seeing that, the man grasps the situation.

“It wasn’t hidden. It was created.”

It wasn’t merely hidden for deception.

It meant it was different from his own ash-colored space granted by Taecheon.

This was the creation of a complete space.

Or it was borrowing a space that might exist somewhere.

Even if I don’t know how it was connected here, from the perspective of knowing who created this, the man could understand.

‘Master of Sorcery.’

Or King of Sorcery.

Under the name of Master, he was called the ‘Note Peak’.

One who existed as the sky of a world, lost everything due to a series of events, even lost their name, and whose real name is unknown.

I heard he came to the Myriad Realms and resided somewhere, but.

He was a being unknown because the Master of the Myriad Realms told me not to seek him unnecessarily.

“So you were playing house here.”

I never thought such a being was staying at the volcano.

I can’t hold back my laughter.

Sseu-eu-eu…

As the barrier completely disappears, the inside becomes visible.

It’s an alien background connected to another space, but the inside looks intact.

Not only are presences abundantly visible, but also decorated villages far away.

And.

“Hahaha. I see. So that’s what you were hiding.”

Far away, even though the distance was immense, an impossibly huge tree was visible to the eyes.

It was a Divine Tree, scattering crimson leaves fully, perhaps having nurtured an unknown seed.

“So that’s it.”

“That’s the one.”

“How can it be so vast?”

The size of the Divine Tree stems from the presence of its possessor.

As I rose in rank, the trees around me would have also grown considerably.

Because of that, it might have become noticeable, but.

It didn’t matter.

Because anyway, I would have absorbed all the energy emanating from the tree.

While doing that, it’s unknown if the Master of the Myriad Realms noticed, but.

“Well…”

The Master won’t be able to move.

It was obvious they were already putting all their strength into blocking the rift of the abyss.

Knowing that, the man moved now.

“O Heaven.”

My own tree is also considered large, but.

What on earth is that tree?

What kind of Divine Tree can be so huge?

While wonder arises.

My mouth waters.

“If I only obtain that.”

If I embrace only that Divine Tree, I can fill in my lacking rank and finally reach it.

Thinking so, the man finally raised his hand into the air.

“…In the end, are you thinking of crossing the line?”

The turtle’s voice is heard. The man said without looking at the turtle.

“‘A line? Such a thing didn’t exist from the beginning.'”

“If I had thought of such a thing, I shouldn’t have started in the first place.”

To that answer, the turtle asked with a tired voice.

“…You don’t seem afraid.”

“Afraid?”

What do you mean, afraid? The man glanced at the turtle.

“Perhaps you mean the Master of the Myriad Realms? If so, don’t worry. She cannot come…”

“That’s not it.”

“What?”

The turtle cut off the man’s words.

“Not the Master?”

Then what should I be afraid of?

He looks at the turtle with an incomprehensible expression.

“The one who is currently sleeping soundly… it seems they might have woken up due to what just happened.”

“What on earth…”

These are words I have no way of knowing.

Are they trying to drag out time?

Even if so, nothing will change.

“What are you trying to say…!”

As I try to ignore him and carry out my purpose once again.

The man turned his head, startled.

“Wh…”

He looked straight ahead with trembling eyes.

The huge Divine Tree visible far away.

Something was coming from the direction of the Divine Tree of never-before-heard-of size.

At first, it seemed like the presence contained within the Divine Tree, but seeing it approach, it was not that.

While watching, startled.

Ttubeok.

Seeing someone walking towards him, using the empty air like a path, the man realized.

“You…”

That is someone I have seen before too.

A being I had seen several times through the magnanimity of the Myriad Realms.

Once, he was almost called a general, but he was a criminal who disappeared carrying the seed of the Divine Tree, and the very person who established the laughable organization called the Hwasan Sect.

He was an old man in white martial attire with petal-shaped embroidery on his chest.

He was neither a person of Worya, nor a being exiled from another world.

Thus, an outsider.

He is called that because he is not welcomed anywhere.

“You…”

Seeing such an old man, the man broke out in a cold sweat.

Something is strange.

“Why.”

Why on earth.

Does he look that strong? Things I didn’t know when I saw him in the past are visible now that my rank has risen.

It’s impossible.

It didn’t make sense for an outsider who hasn’t even risen in rank to be like that.

So, as the man was pondering the question.

“My goodness.”

The old man laughed as if tired.

“I was trying to get some sleep. Acting so noisily…”

“Annoyingly.”

Chwak!

With a sharp sound, the man lowered his gaze.

The man’s body was cut in half.

Without even noticing it himself.