Chapter 1062: The Divine Tree and the Master.

There are moments when the night collapses.

Even when the moon vanishes.

Not when the stars cease to shine because of it.

Nor because the coming day is feared, nor because the sun is approaching.

When there is no one waiting for the night.

Or when there is no one left to remember.

Only then does the night collapse.

The woman realized this after she had made her choice. But she did not regret it.

It had to be done. For the day to come, she had to collapse. What those who remember need is not the night, but the day.

Therefore.

She was certain it had to be that way. Yet, contrary to the resolve she had made.

If there was any regret, it was that she should have chosen just a little later.

That she should have chosen lazily for one more day.

That was the only thing she regretted.

* * *

Whooooooooosh—!!!

Black smoke billows. The emanating force surged upwards from below. The rising energy felt as if night itself had arrived.

An immense and vast energy.

Seeing it, Taechen narrowed his eyes.

“Haha.”

What should I say? Judging by the sheer amount of energy, it was indeed surprising. How could someone possessing a mere minor status emit such a vast aura?

While that was wondrous.

The problem was something else.

“I wasn’t mistaken.”

What was contained within that energy itself.

Seeing it, Taechen became certain of what he had doubted.

“It’s divinity.”

The status contained within that energy. That is absolutely not a status a mortal can possess. A power that can only be obtained when the world permits it and one surpasses the vessel of existence.

Divinity (神格).

The supreme energy that only Masters of a world can possess is contained there.

“What in the world are you?”

Therefore, I cannot understand.

“You are not the Master.”

That was not the Master. No matter how I looked, it lacked the Master’s feel.

Despite possessing divinity, it is not the Master. What should I call this anomalous phenomenon?

Glancing. Taechen looked behind him.

“Grrrrrrrrr—!!!”

The guy impaled on his spear, unable to move an inch. If one were to call someone a Master, that guy would be a closer fit.

The divinity of the Myriad Worlds. The power of the Myriad Worlds is a divinity counted among countless worlds.

It’s also the same that Myriad Worlds itself contains opposing divinities like peace and mercy, and death.

The reason why other Masters covet the Myriad Worlds is also because it possesses a vessel capable of containing such divinity.

“Why did Myriad Worlds…”

…try to pass its divinity onto that unknown being?

Or perhaps not?

“It might not have been an attempt to pass it on.”

Since I don’t know its intentions, it’s ambiguous to speculate. It’s clear something happened to Myriad Worlds, so it might have intended to gain something like me, using that situation.

Recalling that, Taechen shifted his gaze.

If so.

“What is that?”

What on earth could that be?

I’ve never heard of or seen anything like it.

“How…?”

Could such a potent divinity exist here?

That thing…

“It’s almost at the level of an advent.”

Advent. The extent to which a Master brings forth their true form to appear in the lower realms.

Ordinary lands couldn’t withstand divinity and would be crushed, or like this, they would inflict damage upon the natural world itself.

Just look at it now.

Aren’t the crimson skies of Myriad Worlds being consumed and tangled by that black energy?

Seeing that, Taechen couldn’t understand it no matter how he looked.

“What in the world are you?”

So he asked. To the being gazing at him from within that black energy.

In response to the question, the woman inside said.

“Hmm?”

It was a monotonous voice. It sounded like she might be smiling, or perhaps even angry.

I can’t perceive it well. Feeling that, Taechen scrunched up his face.

Can’t perceive it? Does that mean her very presence is imperceptible?

I?

“Hah.”

Taechen let out a hollow laugh.

He was someone who, since the heavens existed, had never once descended from his place.

Yet, he couldn’t properly perceive that being?

“This is laughable.”

Taechen smirked.

Even if he hadn’t personally descended in his true form, could he really not sense what that being was?

Unfathomable.

Kiiigig.

Taechen gripped his spear.

“Dragon Emperor. What’s your connection to that forgotten fellow?”

“……”

Upon mentioning the Dragon Emperor, the woman slightly extended her hand. At that moment.

Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu–!!!

The energy creating the night halted its upward path and descended back to the ground.

It collapses into the night as if sloshing.

It looked like dripping food scraps.

Those flowing scraps soaked the ground. Night was born in the sky and on the land.

Chapak.

Trampling the created mire, the woman looked at Taechen.

“What do you think it is?”

“Asking a question with another question isn’t a good approach, is it?”

“Sorry. I’d like to answer, but…”

Tsurururururu.

A vortex forms in the mire.

The gathering flow converged in the woman’s hand, and what gathered there took the form of a single sword.

“It’s been too long now to recall that.”

“…Time has passed?”

Does that mean there’s a connection?

It must be. Taechen knew as he looked at the woman. That was the Dragon Emperor’s energy.

The monster writhing behind. Not the faint energy felt from that guy. The true energy of the Dragon Emperor.

All of it is gathered there.

Its characteristic arrogance and dense fighting spirit. Violence and chaos could be felt there.

However.

There was one reason Taechen couldn’t be sure, despite feeling it.

“How could you possess such energy and construct your own divinity?”

It was indeed the Dragon Emperor’s energy, but it couldn’t be called his divinity.

I can feel it. That is not the Dragon Emperor’s divinity.

Something constructed independently.

It’s correct to see it as divinity raised by one’s own power. Then.

“Yet you say you’re not the Master. How can that be?”

To create divinity of that magnitude and still not be the Master.

Taechen couldn’t comprehend it.

The being he fought just before.

Was his name Shincheol? He recalled the appearance he showed.

It was the moment he tried to break through the status of the lower realms and find divinity with his own power.

However, although his soul’s status rose, his body ultimately collapsed, and he couldn’t achieve his goal.

Taechen felt truly regretful about that.

A mortal ascending to divinity.

That was a miracle that happened perhaps once in the long, long eons of time.

It was a pity not to have witnessed it so close at hand.

“…This is impossible.”

Not only did they construct their own divinity, but they also apply it so skillfully?

“What in the world are you? What exactly are you hiding under?”

Taechen, unable to believe it, continued to question the woman.

“Hmph…”

As she listened, the woman merely let out a soft sigh.

“Divinity, Master… I don’t particularly like those terms.”

Once.

A very long time ago. In days I don’t want to remember, or find hard to remember, I was obsessed with it.

Perhaps something would change if I ascended there.

Regarding what I couldn’t achieve. If I could reach that place, maybe I could find a clue.

Thinking so, I was once desperately obsessed.

“But it turned out they didn’t mean much.”

I went and found out.

It was something that offered no advantage to me.

Divinity and Master.

Even if one became those things.

“In the end, you can’t change fate.”

It’s too low and thin to block what has already begun to flow.

Therefore, the woman had long since given up on this matter. This is merely a remnant from back then.

Ttuk.

All the mire seeped in, finally completing one sword.

Black droplets fell one by one from the sword’s tip.

“……”

Taechen watched it and moved his energy.

It’s dark.

The aurora spread across the world is so bright, yet why is only that spot so dark?

It feels like it’s gathering darkness all by itself.

It felt ominous.

One shouldn’t approach that darkness. Just as such thoughts arose.

“Do you know something?”

The woman spoke.

Was it an illusion? Taechen felt the woman’s voice was somehow trembling.

“You always had that expression.”

“Wh-what…?”

“It looked like you were afraid. Or perhaps hesitant.”

“What are you talking about?”

Her attitude suggested she had met him sometime before.

He tried to recall his memories, but only questions arose for Taechen.

No matter how long he had lived, it wasn’t long enough to forget a being like that.

There was nothing he remembered at all.

The woman smiled as if accustomed even to Taechen’s reaction.

“Don’t worry too much about it. It’s always like this.”

Like so.

“It’s not really important.”

“…!”

As the sword moved, the night writhed.

Kuahahahahahaha—-!!!

Darkness poured down with a single sword strike.

Black energy entwined with violet light fell towards Taechen.

Seeing that, Taechen moved the spear he held.

Kwageugeuk-!!!

Blue light and black light collided, and shockwaves erupted in all directions.

The world vibrated.

Divinities clashed, unleashing deafening roars.

Watching the emitted energy, the woman thought inwardly.

‘Come quickly.’

I can’t hold out for much longer.

And.

‘Still, show me just once.’

Even if everything has disappeared.

If only I could see that person just once.

The woman, just like this time, could do anything.

* * *

At that time.

Kung-!!

“Gack!”

Gu Yangcheon rolled violently on the ground, spitting blood.

“Cough.”

Spitting a mouthful of blood, he staggered to his feet, but…

Kwadeuk-!

“Keuhuk!”

His head was promptly stomped down, face-planting into the ground.

He trembled violently but couldn’t get up.

“Tsk tsk.”

Said the figure standing with his foot on Gu Yangcheon’s back.

“Useless fool.”

A goblin glared at Gu Yangcheon, conjuring flames.