Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 560

Tales of Nangsane – Part 2, Chapter 269

Under the sky of the Upper Realm.

The whole world was dyed in darkness.

Then, as if gathering all the light of the world into one point, it flickered precariously.

But the precariousness was only at the beginning.

Blazing, it burned dazzlingly.

The tiny fire spread in all directions like a wildfire.

The uncontrollably growing flames eventually became the sky, completely illuminating the Upper Heaven. A golden sky.

“Gold… Heaven.”

Sizzle.

The blades of the Ageom, like thorny bushes that had bound Chunbeom, disappeared.

They turned to ash and crumbled like dust.

As ice melts in the intense sunlight, steel crumbled in the golden waves.

Like grains of sand scattered in the wind, it disappeared from the outside, slowly leaving only the center.

At the center was Geumcheon.

It was Geumcheon.

“How utterly pathetic.”

The oldest Wonseon [a powerful celestial being].

Once the most powerful divine immortal, a sword said to cut through anything and never break against anything.

Geomno Iltaek.

But in the end, the mark he left was utterly pathetic.

All the blades turned to ash and disappeared.

What remained was a single sword he had become.

A sword with missing teeth and riddled with holes, cracked as if about to break.

Even that was of ambiguous length, as if it was half-made, so it couldn’t even be called a sword.

“Ageom (Child’s Sword).”

Childish sword, who tried to cut himself to erase his weakness, but in the end, did not realize that it was strength.

“To you, I become the first and last sky and bestow heavenly tribulation (divine punishment).”

At Geumcheon’s touch, flames gathered to create a scabbard.

A scabbard that burns forever.

Named Yeomwonjeong (Eternal Flame Abode).

Do not die, but live and endure my tribulation.

Clang.

Whirr!

Geumcheon placed Ageom in Yeomwonjeong and tossed it towards the sea.

He watched it fall below the surface, creating bubbles, then turned his back.

“Whether you will suffer eternally, or rely on my fire to fill the holes in your sword, depends on you.”

Geumcheon looked up at the golden sky and spread his arms.

Then, from his side, countless colorful sparks scattered in all directions.

The burning things were scattered all over the place, revealing their respective forms.

These were the skies of the Lower Realm that he had swallowed before.

Hacheon [Lower Realm Skies].

He gazed at them wistfully, then took one spark and caressed it in his hand.

“Were you there.”

Just as he was muttering to himself and about to disappear with the spark in his arms.

“G, Great Master Geumcheon!! Where are you going!”

The one who remained alone called out to him.

Wonseon Taesa [a high-ranking celestial official] of Sangcheon Haewol.

Jeolma Daegun of Bunggye.

“What happened to Geomno Iltaek…! And what is the situation now….”

“He is undergoing my tribulation.”

“Tribulation… you mean, no…. Could it be that you have become the sky of this place?”

At his nod, Jeolma Daegun let out a short sigh, “Ah….”

Tribulation.

From the beings of the Lower Realm to the beings of the Upper Realm.

An inevitable trial that no one, from a mere Geomseon [sword immortal] to Wonseon Taesa, could handle or avoid.

But to have bestowed it meant only one thing, especially to Wonseon Geomno Iltaek.

“I behold the new sky.”

Jeolma Daegun bowed his head.

But he couldn’t help but ask.

“Why did you not ascend?”

The path to Daera [a higher realm] was still open.

It was a staircase that no one could climb, but it would not be difficult for him, who had become the new sky.

Yet he still remained here.

At that question, he replied.

“Originally, the sky was not my goal, nor was I the sky’s goal, so the reason to ascend has disappeared.”

The sky was just the sky.

“But….”

Jeolma Daegun could not understand.

He also desired a life of complacency, but that was because he knew his place.

Daeracheon was something he could not even dream of.

But the being before him was different.

He did not go even though he could.

Wasn’t the difference between not being able to ascend and not ascending obvious?

“There must have been a wider sky. There was no reason to settle for just this. But in that sky….”

Geumcheon swallowed his words.

“I am originally a Nangseon [wandering immortal] who drifts like the wind, like the clouds.”

He could become water or fire at any time.

“It’s just that I don’t want to right now.”

Whenever he wants.

He would leave that day.

“W, where are you going!”

Geumcheon’s figure, walking among the burning sparks, was gradually fading.

Jeolma Daegun hurriedly chased after him.

“If you go like that, where am I supposed to go!”

He said, because there was no exit.

At Jeolma Daegun’s urgent cry, Geumcheon did not stop walking.

He smiled leisurely, put his hands behind his back, and slowly took a step.

“Under my sky, there is no Wonseon Taesa except for you, so wouldn’t it be a little more peaceful now.”

Rather than releasing him into the Upper Realm, wouldn’t it be more comfortable for the Upper Heaven to have him quietly trapped here?

“Then I…!”

Just as he was about to ask if he had to spend his whole life here.

Geumcheon stopped walking.

“I have not torn the belly of the Upper Heaven, and have become a corner of the distant sky, so I intend to be quite busy.”

“Yes? What does that….”

He had gained new enlightenment using the power of Hacheon, but it was still ambiguous.

Besides.

‘I used the power of Hacheon forcibly, so the aftermath will appear.’

If he was careless, the sky of the Lower Realm would collapse, so he had no time to spare.

He had to put aside his sorrow and longing for a while.

“I plan to take care of Hacheon for a while. If you have time, would you like to follow me once?”

At the invitation of the new sky, Jeolma Daegun could not dare to refuse. In the first place, he had no choice, so how could he refuse?

“…I shall obey.”

And tens of thousands of years passed.

* * *

After the Wonseon Taesas of Sangcheon Haewol all disappeared.

Geumcheon’s waves spread over the world, and a long time passed since then.

During the time that a healthy young man became a father, and that young man’s son became a father again, and many descendants prospered.

The sky never turned golden once.

“Were you here.”

A chilly early evening.

There was a woman looking at the reddish sky with the twilight cast down.

The darkening shadow was long, but the woman’s beauty shone even more.

Snow-white hair and blue eyes that sparkled moistly as if crying.

It was his first wife, Cheon Choa.

“Sangseo is peaceful.”

“Isn’t it thanks to Saha-nim [a respectful title], the pillar of the Sassi family, and those around him who are using their power? Besides, if you go a little further, Cheonjeong of the Cheonssi family is also enjoying power.”

These two are the rising families even in Sugye [a region]. Wealth and honor.

They have firmly captured both and achieved power, so why wouldn’t they be?

“Why isn’t Lady Cheon at Cheonjeong?”

“If I am there, that child will serve me with utmost devotion. I don’t want to give him unnecessary burden. Besides… Cheonchuk resembles Seobang-nim [term of endearment for husband] too much, so it’s painful to look at him.”

Cheon Choa slowly turned her head.

Looking at her faint back, he couldn’t help but ask.

“What did you see again today?”

At the question of the red-haired woman, Choa answered with a blank face.

“I saw the sun disappearing beyond. If you look at it quietly, it sometimes shines in gold.”

“You were thinking of your husband.”

At the woman’s words, Cheon Choa glanced at her and smiled.

“Gayeon, you also served Seobang-nim, didn’t you? Do you think I will be able to see him once more before I die?”

“Of course. Master only looks ahead, so there is no room for us to follow. He turns around once in a while, so he will surely appear before the next heavenly tribulation returns.”

At this, Choa smiled bitterly and got up from her seat.

After he left.

When the light disappeared from the whole world and reappeared.

Sangcheon had turned into Geumcheon.

But since that day, no Wonseon Taesa could be seen again, and accordingly, the Cheonjiwongi [spiritual energy] was not as good as before.

A long time had passed.

The depleting Cheonjiwongi was now threatening the lives of everyone.

Lightly, it was Sangseon [lesser immortals], and greatly, it was threatening the lives of Hyangseon [greater immortals].

The reason was heavenly tribulation.

Those at the end of Hyangseon could not withstand the increasingly strong intensity of the heavenly tribulation.

Due to the lack of Cheonjiwongi, they could no longer use the formations and magical tools they had created so far.

The Chungsu [a type of elixir] could not grow as much as before, and the Suseon [artisan immortals] who made strong magical tools with their by-products was also the same.

In short, Sangcheon was collapsing.

The one who was personally experiencing the aftermath was the woman at the end of Hyangseon.

It was Cheon Choa.

“A year later…. That heavenly tribulation will be my last.”

She foresaw her death.

“But….”

“The Cheonjiwongi is not gathering. I can’t create Woncheongang [a powerful defensive technique], so it won’t be easy to withstand the heavenly tribulation. At least until now, I have endured with the power that Seobang-nim had arranged, but now even that is gone….”

There was nothing she could do.

“But I know that the ladies are looking for a way.”

There is one man and many women.

But since that man is not there, it is natural for the women to become close.

Saha, Hwayang, Hori.

It had been tens of thousands of years since those three had stepped forward to find a way for Choa, who had already given up.

“I am grateful for the thought. But I can’t have high expectations. The sky has changed since that day.”

Day after day.

Her time, watching the sun set and rise, was soon to face the upcoming heavenly tribulation.

Kugugugung!!

Dark clouds were gathering.

Unlike anything before, it moved as if it had reason, twisting like the body of a dragon, opening a hole in the sky.

Through that gap, a heavenly energy that she had never felt before flowed in, sending shivers down her spine.

Kung, Kugugugung!

Kwajijik, Kwajeujeujeuk!

“Thunder tribulation….”

Among the heavenly tribulations, it was the simplest.

Yet, it was the one with the fewest survivors.

The snow-white thunder tribulation was shaped like a dragon, as if it were alive, and poked its head out. The heavenly tribulation, shaped like thunder like a huge dragon’s head, eyed the small being below it.

Like a beast sensing its prey, it slowly revealed its heavy and powerful body.

‘There is no way for me to live.’

It was the momentum of the heavenly tribulation that she had no choice but to give up, even though there was no one in Sangcheon who could match her power.

Choa slowly closed her eyes.

She had already emptied the surroundings so that no one would be caught up in her tribulation.

Because she had let go of her attachment to life, there was not much left.

But there was one thing.

If there was anything left….

“Unni [term of endearment for older sister]!!”

It was then.

From the sky where no one should be present to face the heavenly tribulation, some women appeared, scattering dull light and flying in.

“You! What are you doing!!”

Choa was startled and angry, but they showed no sign of stopping.

Rather, they threw down several flags and moved their mouths to chant incantations.

Choa knew at once what they were trying to do.

“It’s a futile act! If you get hurt because of it, not only me but you may also go to the cycle of reincarnation. Don’t you know that if you’re unlucky, you’ll be annihilated as it is!”

“Hmph! It’s my business how I die!”

“That’s right, and he wouldn’t want Unni’s death either!”

Clench.

Tears that she had barely held back burst out.

Hundreds of years of suppressed and endured hot tears flowed down like a waterfall.

That person.

The last attachment she couldn’t let go of.

At Saha’s words, her suppressed desire for life surged again.

Kwagwagwagwak!!

But at the same time, the thunder tribulation also fell towards her.

“Kyaaaaak!”

Their efforts were commendable, but the situation was not good.

In an instant, the magical tools they had prepared exploded and the formations evaporated.

Rather, with even greater power

The momentum of the heavenly tribulation was still intense and overwhelmed Sangcheon.

“You…!”

They tried, but it was impossible.

They couldn’t stop it.

“Ah…!”

The thunder dragon cleared away the obstacles and turned its head.

An intense energy that seemed to freeze her whole body just by looking at it.

Choa belatedly gathered her energy, but it was not enough.

Like them.

Would it have been different if she had struggled?

Would this fate have changed even a little if she had not given up on life?

If so, wouldn’t she have been able to fall asleep with him in her eyes?

Choa closed her eyes with belated regret.

And soon the heavenly tribulation fell.

But.

“…Huh?”

Unlike when she had foreseen her death, there was no pain. Far from pain, her power began to increase rapidly.

“Ah!!”

At the same time, the sky turned golden.

The golden waves surged and Geumcheon spread.

“Unni! The color of the thunder tribulation!!”

The snow-white thunder tribulation had turned golden and emitted a brilliant light.

Soon, the golden ray of light split in half, and a snow-white hand appeared from between them.

Thud.

“I made you wait.”

It was none other than her man who embraced her slender shoulders.

“Seobang-nim!!”

The master of the golden sky.

It was Geumcheon.