Chapter 35: 6th Cycles First Day

Chapter 35: 6th Cycles First Day

Blink

"Heugh!"

I gasped for breath as I opened my eyes.

I'm alive.

It was still the familiar smell of plants and trees.

I had returned again.

"Deputy Manager Seo."

"Hmm, be quiet for a moment."

Thump!

Before Jeon Myeong-hoon could say anything, I moved quickly and pressed his sleep acupoint.

Then, I quickly pressed the sleep acupoints of Kim Young-hoon, Oh Hyun-seok, Kang Min-hee, Oh Hye-seo, and Kim Yeon.

Thud, thud, thud!

All six, excluding me, fell asleep on the spot, and I quickly dug up some sleeping grass around me.

After extracting the juice skillfully, I administered it into their mouths.

They won't be able to wake up for at least three to four hours.

"...A bit stiff."

Perhaps due to forcibly drawing internal energy through a body devoid of any internal energy, my arms and legs felt a bit stiff.

I wandered around, quickly digging up a yellow bamboo root, and popped into my mouth.

Crunch, crunch-

I chewed on a bit of dirt, but that was bearable.

After chewing on the yellow bamboo root for a while, I felt a warm energy surging in my stomach.

I sat down and started to meditate, first anchoring the Dragon Vein Qi Method in my meridians.

How many times did I perform internal cultivation while sitting?

"Hoo..."

I could feel all the fatigue in my body being relieved.

"Now that the framework is set, let's give it a proper try..."

The last moments of my past life.

During the fight with Makli Wangshin, a new realm was drawn by the souls of my disciples.

"Hooo..."

Taking a deep breath, I got up and recalled the final moments' memory.

Then, I took the stance of the Severing Mountain Swordsmanship.

While Kim Young-hoon achieved enlightenment sitting in a lotus position, I found holding the riding stance a bit more comfortable.

Whoosh- Boong-

With empty hands, I revived the memories and sensations from that time.

Joy (), anger (), sorrow (), pleasure (), love (), hatred (), desire ().

The seven basic emotions and intents.

Based on these basic intents, a multitude of colors fill the space between heaven and earth.

All these immense intent were emanating from me alone.

'Integrate them.'

As numerous as they seem, the subject is ultimately one.

All originated from one color spectrum.

The myriad of colors intertwined and integrated.

Then, they became colorless and merged into the void.

As the infinite colors reached their limit, they transformed into the nothingness.

Thus, my intent evolved into divine consciousness , encroaching the surrounding space.

'Entering.'

Even with my eyes completely closed, all the information from the surrounding space entered my mind.

It wasn't just reading intent.

Integrating all intents, I sensed the world itself!

My six sleeping colleagues, rustling in their sleep.

The smell of grass.

Small insects crawling under the ground.

The warm sunshine.

Small leaves swaying in the wind.

All information seemed graspable in the palm of my hand.

I awakened a new sensation I had never felt before.

Not just the flow of intent, but the flow of the world.

The flow of heaven and earth that operates the world!

The Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth!

'This is... Spiritual Energy...'

Everything in the universe has Spiritual Energy.

Even if not like human intent, each has its unique energy (Qi).The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

This energy naturally flowed, aligned with each object's movement and operation.

I sensed the flow of energy from a small ant crawling under the ground, solving one of the mysteries I had always wondered about.

Intent is something only the living possess.

Though not much, a considerably younger face.

Through rebirth and rejuvenation, my own reflection was seen in those dewdrops.

Shush!

I sliced through the air with my hand, and the sharp intent split the dewdrop in mid-air.

Continuously unfolding sword techniques.

The flow of energy floating between heaven and earth.

I infused my intent into that flow, injecting my internal energy.

Whoosh-

Gang Qi began to form in the empty space.

Now, I could use the 'flow' of the void itself as a weapon!

Crash!

Grasping the Gang Qi formed in the air, I used the first to the twenty-second moves of Severing Mountain Swordsmanship.

Then, I decided to do something I had always wanted to try.

Whish!

I performed the Mountain Lords Soaring Flight and leaped towards the highest tree nearby.

In an instant, I reached the top of the tree and kicked off a branch from there.

I could see.

Into the newly acquired consciousness.

Into the sensations of my newly acquired physical body.

The countless wind patterns flowing through the sky.

And the flow of the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth between the winds.

'Is this how it's done?'

Naturally, in my mind, I figured out where I could 'step.'

With optimized movements and without any waste, I 'stepped' on the breezing wind and the flow of Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth.

Boom!

My foot struck the void.

Stepping in the Void ()!

Although it wasn't familiar yet and consumed a lot of my internal energy, I felt a tingling pleasure coursing through my body as I continued to step in the void.

Boom, boom, boom!

Stepping on the void, I continuously soared higher into the sky.

Higher and higher!

The ground gradually became distant, and the sky drew closer.

I moved my feet faster, stepping on the flow of the void and surging towards the sky.

Then, suddenly.

Whoosh!

I broke through the clouds and found myself above them.

"Ha, hahaha... hahahaha..."

Shaking off the water droplets that clung to my entire body, with the white sea of clouds beneath my feet, I laughed out loud.

Finally, I have reached it.

The realm I had longed for and aspired to.

The minimum requirement I aimed for.

Unknowingly, I felt tears welling up.

The tears, mixed with the droplets from the clouds, began to fall to the sky below.

"...Thank you."

I spoke to my disciples from my past life, to those across the timeline whom I could never see again.

"It was thanks to you that I could reach this point."

I nurtured you with my heart.

But now, I will never be able to see you again.

The you in this returned time won't be the disciples I raised.

Since I can never see you again, all I can do is wholeheartedly thank you.

Thank you, my disciples.

And I'm sorry, my disciples.

I was able to reach this realm by taking care of you, listening to your wishes, acting foolishly on my stubbornness... and cutting through that stubbornness.

The realm I endlessly aspired to reach.

"The Five Energies Converging to the Origin."

Not maintaining Stepping in the Void, I fell back down, facing the patterns of the wind.

I embraced the refreshing breeze from the expansive sky, while simultaneously cherishing the memories of my disciples deep within my heart.

Holding onto these past memories, I came to understand that I had truly arrived at the starting point.

Whoosh!

'From now on, it's the real beginning...'

Buried in the clouds, I thought so.

Yes, from now on, it's the real starting line.

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