Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 578

287. Special Side Story 4

The sky of Seohwangnyeong [a celestial realm] churns into chaos.

True Immortals, radiating auras of various colors, wield their divine powers, armed with diverse seals and mystical tools, to attack the Five Dragons.

The massive Five Dragons devoured the Golden Sky Earth [a source of immense spiritual energy], attempting to swallow even Seohwangnyeong. However, the power of the law slowed time to a crawl, even reversing it, causing their physical forms to shrink and preventing them from succeeding.

“You impudent creatures!”

Kugurung Kwakwang!!

Instantly, tens of thousands of bolts of intense, white lightning simultaneously surged towards the Five Dragons across the sky of Seohwangnyeong.

Even the Five Dragons, possessing the blood of Tam [a powerful mythical being], seemed unable to withstand the lightning imbued with the power of law.

Each of those tens of thousands of lightning bolts possessed a potent law.

But at that moment…

Puaaaaaaa!

Suddenly, golden mist billowed from the Five Dragons’ entire bodies, spreading in all directions.

“Gasp!”

“Golden Sky Earth Scent?! How can this be!”

“This isn’t just any Golden Sky Earth Scent! We must escape quickly!”

A high-ranking True Immortal, noticing the subtly altered nature of the Golden Sky Earth Scent at a glance, shouted. However, those who had already inhaled even a mouthful fell powerlessly to the ground.

It was nothing short of a disaster unfolding in Seohwangnyeong. The True Immortals could only fret, contemplating how to deal with the Five Dragons, remaining vigilant.

If left alone, they seemed poised to devour the entirety of Seohwangnyeong, yet trying to stop them only caused them to scatter the bizarre Golden Sky Earth Scent even more.

“What should we do…”

“Where are the Kyungmu Commanders [elite guardians] and what are they doing!”

“Their presence can no longer be felt. Perhaps they are already…”

“To think… after spending countless years in Seohwangnyeong, protecting this place, it would be ruined by such a grotesque thing! Are even such insignificant creatures now looking down on Seohwangnyeong?!”

Just as they were lamenting in frustration.

Suddenly, the Golden Sky Earth Scent was sucked back into the Five Dragons’ bodies and disappeared. The figures of a man and a woman atop their heads captured the True Immortals’ attention.

“Cheondo Seon!”

“No, why is Cheondo Seon, Sanghee, there…”

“Who is that man…”

The question soon turned into deep wariness due to the energy shining in the man’s grasp.

A mysterious aura of creation, shimmering with various colors, was unfolding in the man’s hand.

“Creation!”

“The Art of Creation (創法)?”

“A person who wields creation like Seohwangmo [the celestial empress of the west]! Does anyone know who he is?”

“There are few True Immortals in Daeracheon [a higher realm] who can wield the Art of Creation! Perhaps he is a great figure from another heaven (他天) whom we do not know.”

Among the True Immortals of Seohwangnyeong,

The most elderly True Immortal, responsible for Seohwangnyeong in place of Seohwangmo.

Heo Gong approached the unknown man and Cheondo Seon, Sanghee, with a grave expression and bowed respectfully.

“I am Heo Gong, the Jidu (地頭) [local administrator] of Seohwangnyeong, daring to greet the great one.”

“Ah, well…”

He pulled Sanghee, who was about to say something, closer to him, showing a strange interest in Heo Gong’s humble attitude.

“Who do you take me for, acting so subserviently? I destroyed the Kyungmu Commanders of Seohwangnyeong without a word, devoured the Golden Sky Earth, and threw Seohwangnyeong into chaos.”

Despite causing such great trouble, he wore a smile on his face.

Heo Gong, the Jidu of Seohwangnyeong, once again realized that he was no ordinary immortal and bowed so deeply that his head nearly touched the ground.

“You possess an aura that we could never dare to fathom, and you wield power that allows you to control us as you please. Surely, you must be a great figure (大人), one of the pillars of another heaven. If you would allow it, I humbly request permission to ask for your honorable name.”

At those words, the man chuckled and opened his mouth.

“Would you even know it if I told you?”

“If I know it now, I will not commit any further disrespect to the great one.”

“Enough. I do not wish to waste time on such things. However, since you seem to be reasonable, I need you to help me with something.”

“Whatever you command.”

Then, the corners of the man’s lips curled up in a smirk.

Heo Gong felt goosebumps rise on his spine at that chilling smile.

“Guide me to where Seohwangmo is. I am here at her invitation, so I will hear no other words.”

“…Seohwangmo is currently asleep, but how…”

“Won’t she awaken a little later? Will you keep me waiting in the skies of Seohwangnyeong until then? I don’t mind, but my daughter won’t stand still.”

“……I must know that you are Seohwangmo’s honored guest to even mention it to her.”

“Are you blind even with eyes, and deaf even with ears? If you cannot be certain that I am Seohwangmo’s honored guest, then that is the extent of your capabilities.”

“…I will guide you.”

* * *

Cheondo Seon, Sanghee, couldn’t understand what was going on.

How could he, who had just ascended to immortality from Sangcheon [a high-level heaven], be manipulating the True Immortals?

His attitude and manner of speaking, as if he were seizing Seohwangnyeong and acting like the master of another heaven, even made Sanghee wonder if she had been deceived all along.

“How can this be?”

Sanghee, who had settled in the guest room of Seohwangnyeong guided by Jidu Heo Gong, asked Nangseon as if she couldn’t understand.

“What is it, Hee?”

“Seon. I thought you were a fledgling True Immortal who had just ascended!”

“That’s correct.”

“Correct? Then what was that scene I just witnessed? Receiving such extreme treatment from the Jidu of Seohwangnyeong.”

“I simply played along since they mistook me for a pillar of another heaven.”

It was a simple matter.

However, what made that absurdly simple thing possible was Nangseon’s ability to cope and his boundless power.

“Th, then why did you tell the Five Dragons to swallow the Golden Sky Earth?”

“Hee called me Seohwangmo’s honored guest, but I couldn’t simply trust those words. Even if I am a guest, Seohwangmo’s position might be different. Therefore, I had to hold a card in my hand.”

“A card?”

“Yes, I don’t know how the story will unfold. But Seohwangmo needs the Golden Sky Earth anyway.”

Then what would happen if he possessed that Golden Sky Earth?

Even if the situation turned unfavorable, he could hold the Golden Sky Earth and negotiate with her.

Even if that wasn’t the case, there was nothing bad about possessing the Golden Sky Earth. He could obtain the Golden Sky Earth and Sanghee, and if he was lucky, he could even control Seohwangmo, so there was no reason not to do so.

He had the power and skill to do so.

“If I ran away from the Golden Sky Earth, I wouldn’t be able to meet Seohwangmo, and if I stayed still, the True Immortals of Seohwangnyeong wouldn’t leave me alone. So, I resolved it peacefully like this.”

Sanghee wanted to say that it wasn’t peaceful at all, but now she didn’t even know what was happening.

Sanghee pondered, then gave up and plopped down next to Nangseon, leaning on him.

“I don’t understand.”

“It turned out the way you wanted. Anyway, you don’t have to leave the Golden Sky Earth, and you don’t have to let me go.”

Isn’t that right?

Sanghee looked at him with an indescribable gaze at his words, then sighed deeply.

“That’s right. Seon is an amazing man. More than I thought. You’re not really a great figure from another heaven, are you?”

“If it’s easier to think that way, you can think that way.”

Sanghee puffed out her cheeks as if she was sulking at Nangseon’s ambiguous words.

However, he only chuckled.

He didn’t tell her any more specific stories.

Nangseon was his True Name in Daeracheon, but originally he was Geumcheon, Cheonbeom, and Sangun, so this kind of response was as easy as flipping his hand.

It was only natural that Sanghee, who didn’t know that, couldn’t properly understand the truth of this situation.

“What should we do now?”

“As I said before, my daughter will have the Golden Sky Earth, so you don’t have to worry. She is the one who holds many divine fortunes, though they are not comparable to the Golden Sky Earth.”

Besides.

With Hwadam together, the Golden Sky Earth would only flourish more, not decline. Of course, there must be a sacred tree full of starlight called the Milky Way.

‘That’s also not a problem.’

He had the April Rite.

So now there was only one thing to worry about.

Meeting Seohwangmo and hearing the truth.

That was all.

“It seems like a good place to spend time since it’s quite spacious. Let’s spend some time here for a while.”

“Yes! I’ve heard that Seohwangnyeong’s guest rooms are a good place to spend time because space and various laws are mixed in! Let’s go see it quickly!”

This space, where countless spaces were layered upon each other, was also her first time, and she let out countless exclamations and smiles in a place where the famous spots of Seohwangnyeong appeared every few steps.

It took quite a bit of time to see everything, even though the land of Seohwangnyeong itself was so vast that it was compressed with spatial laws so that it could be seen every few steps.

Two thousand years later.

Having thoroughly savored all kinds of mysteries and grown even closer, they realized that the time had come and left Seohwangnyeong’s guest room.

“I will escort you.”

As if waiting for them to come out of the guest room, Heo Gong appeared and personally guided them to Seohwang’s resting place, where Seohwangmo was.

Thick pillars supported a single path in the long underground passage.

The power of the law engraved on each pillar resonated with each step, vibrating faintly.

Hwareureuk!

The lamps hanging on the pillars lit up with a hwareureuk [onomatopoeia for a flickering light], illuminating the underground.

The fire there was blue.

But strangely, the inside of the fire contained gold.

“Blue embracing gold.”

Heo Gong replied with pride-filled eyes as Nangseon murmured as if admiring it.

“Seohwangmo was originally born from a golden, sparkling chaos and flew up embracing it with a blue flame. Therefore, even the fire of the lamps here symbolizes her.”

It was called Blue Embracing Gold Fire (大金懷靑火).

A flame like Seohwangmo’s symbol.

It was a fire like a vast ocean that warmly embraced everything.

“We have arrived.”

When he raised his head after being lost in thought, he saw a huge phoenix crouching on something like an altar in a place where there was nothing.

A swaying blue flame.

A figure that seemed as if the flame itself was in the shape of a phoenix.

The Great Phoenix (大鳳) that was so sacred and made one want to cry just by looking at it.

The existence like the mother of the western phoenixes.

Seohwangmo (西凰母).

As it gently opened its eyes and raised its head, Heo Gong, as well as Sanghee, naturally bowed their heads.

But.