Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 587

296. Special Side Story 13

“Dae Ra originally refers to the Three Pure Ones, the Heavenly Lords, who separated the connected land and sky. In doing so, the three thousand heavens were created, and the vague boundaries were distinguished. However, the Heavenly Lords did not enjoy being conspicuous, so they seated the Jade Emperor at the center of the heavens and placed divine beasts in the four directions to maintain the balance of the heavens.”

That is the origin story of Dae Ra.

“The Heavenly Lords may have had profound intentions when they created it… but now, I’ve come to question it a bit.”

The blocked sky opens.

A new wind begins to blow in the stagnant sky of Dae Ra.

Ascending Immortals appear one after another, advocating new wisdom and methods.

“The disappearance of the Heavenly Tribulation [a trial by lightning and fire to test one’s worthiness]… isn’t necessarily a bad thing.”

With the Heavenly Tribulation gone, it has become more common to seek teachings from one Immortal to another, and anyone with enlightenment frequently becomes a teacher.

“Because of this, there’s a division of opinions on whether the Three Pure Ones were right in what they did, or whether the one who destroyed it was right.”

“His name is…”

A man causing upheaval in Dae Ra.

Known as the Golden Celestial Sovereign.

“Those snobby bastards from the Celestial Bureaucracy [the governing body of the heavens] used to think they were the best and looked down on us, but what happened to them!”

“They couldn’t even make a peep and were crushed by a single gesture from the Golden Celestial Sovereign! Haha!”

Some are delighted by this.

“But wasn’t it a long-standing tradition? I don’t like that he arbitrarily destroyed and changed the history of the heavens.”

Many condemn his actions as atrocities.

But under this vast sky of Dae Ra.

There is no one who does not know the name of the Golden Celestial Sovereign.

That alone filled the heart of the newly ascended True Immortal who had just left Deungmyo [a place of enlightenment and ascension].

“By the way, what’s your True Name… ?”

“Oh, it’s gone.”

*Tap.*

The True Immortal in pure white robes, who had landed on the roof of an ancient pavilion, took off her bamboo hat and enjoyed the refreshing breeze. Her white hair fluttered in the wind like a blizzard.

Snow-white hair, eyes as blue as a lake—a beautiful woman.

Choa looked at the distant sky, a smile never leaving her lips.

The sky of Dae Ra was high and distant, but she couldn’t stop the smile that kept leaking out.

No matter how distant and high it may be.

Under this sky.

She didn’t need to seek confirmation that her partner was under the same sky; it kept echoing in her ears like softly falling snowflakes.

As certainty piled up, even trivial things made her burst into laughter.

“Golden Celestial Sovereign… you’ve gained another wonderful title.”

Choa chuckled and sat gracefully on the pavilion roof, smiling.

When she closed her eyes, various voices flowed in on the breeze, passing through her ears and out again.

Among the many voices.

It wasn’t difficult to find stories about her partner, so Choa easily stored various rumors in a corner of her heart.

-As soon as he appeared, he seized Seohwangnyeong… .

-He just took all the women of Seohwangnyeong!

-He crushed the Celestial Bureaucracy and the Heavenly Tribulation… .

-The Golden Celestial Sovereign is the one who brought a new wind to Dae Ra!

-Golden Celestial Sovereign… what is he like at night?

*Flinch.*

Choa’s brow furrowed.

She immediately turned her gaze to the source of the sound.

At the top of a splendid pavilion, where lanterns flew, a woman with a folding fan and a red crescent moon mark on her forehead was looking at Choa.

-If a newly ascended Myoseon [a lesser immortal] eavesdrops on others, she won’t live long.

*Swish.*

The woman, having folded her fan, gave Choa, who was hundreds of feet away, a strange smile.

Just as she was about to answer.

“This is fate. My name is Gagwol, what’s yours?”

“…Baekryeon.”

“Is that your True Name?”

Choa couldn’t answer.

Her words, carrying the secrets of heaven, contained an unprecedented power.

“My True Name is Gagwol. You gave a false name after I revealed mine… do you know what that means between us?”

*I intend to deceive you.*

“Wanting to deceive me means it’s not strange for you to be stabbed by my sword. Am I interpreting that correctly?”

“I had no such intention.”

“Of course not. There’s no reason to. I was the one who approached you.”

Gagwol, smiling sweetly, slowly approached with a knowing look.

She stroked Choa’s shoulder with her slender fingers, glancing at her.

“So, what’s your True Name?”

“Cheon Choa.”

“Okay, okay. Cheon Myoseon.”

*Myoseon.* It meant a young Immortal who had just ascended.

Choa’s eyebrows shot up at the clearly dismissive tone.

“It’s nothing, I just wondered if you were desperate to stand out. Do you know? There are many who target newly ascended True Immortals. Especially if they’re rare female Immortals.”

“If you’ve left Deungmyo, you have that much power… but most of the True Immortals outside Deungmyo are those who have left Deungmyo, right?”

They were stronger than her, if anything.

She meant they wouldn’t be weak.

“Is there something you want from me?”

“From what I see, Cheon Myoseon seems interested in the name Golden Celestial Sovereign.”

“…Is that not allowed?”

“No, there’s nothing wrong with it. I quite like the Golden Celestial Sovereign myself, so I should say I was fond of you. Or should I say I found his actions cute? So, I don’t want to see other men drooling over you, so I thought I’d help you a little.”

She whispered softly in her ear.

“I’ve even seen the Golden Celestial Sovereign before.”

*Tap, tap.*

She moved away with a light step, put her hands behind her back, and chuckled.

“Curious?”

“What do you want from me?”

“If I left you alone, you’d just become a plaything for men who target clueless Myoseons. So, I’m telling you to come under me. It’s obvious. And who knows? If you work under me, you might see the Golden Celestial Sovereign.”

Since you’re quite pretty.

“If you’re lucky, you might even have the honor of attending to him. These days, one of the wishes of all the female Immortals in Dae Ra is to see him once… you know? He’s strong and wise enough to threaten Dae Ra. And above all.”

Once you see him, you won’t forget him for a hundred or a thousand years.

“His aura descends, and once you see him, you can’t forget him.”

Choa couldn’t describe the confusion she felt at Gagwol’s words.

“If you weren’t a woman who held the Golden Celestial Sovereign in her heart like me, I would have just passed you by. I don’t care if Myoseons are exploited and played with by True Immortals. So, try to handle yourself well.”

But once you’ve made up your mind.

“Find me. Gagwol of Manwol Hall.”

As she disappeared, the presence of the other True Immortals she had mentioned also began to fade.

Choa, having realized and felt many things from the conversation, began to organize her thoughts step by step.

True Immortals targeting her.

Her position in Dae Ra.

The measure of strength. Reunion with her partner.

His position in the sky.

Gagwol’s intentions.

Her true feelings.

Her contemplation continued day and night, so deep that she didn’t move an inch from the roof of the pavilion.

After fifteen days.

Her figure disappeared.

***

Manwol Hall’s office.

“She was just sitting on the roof. She disappeared… did you confirm her location?”

“I couldn’t confirm it. But… .”

“What is it?”

“The timing of the disappearance of some of Manwol Hall’s True Immortals is strangely the same.”

“Are you saying that a fledgling who just opened the door of Deungmyo harmed Manwol Hall’s True Immortals? Does that make sense?”

“That’s true, but… .”

“Stop talking nonsense and find her! My Eight Directions Demonic Obstacle Dust divination certainly showed that she has a deep connection with the Golden Celestial Sovereign.”

I must capture that thing.

“The day the Great Ra Sangje [a high-ranking celestial official] is scheduled to meet the Golden Celestial Sovereign is not far off. If our Manwol Hall can establish a slight connection with him at that time, we can break the necks of the other Hall Masters who see us as thorns in their sides all at once… .”

It was then.

Gagwol, suddenly sensing a presence, narrowed her eyes and dismissed her subordinate.

“Who is it, come out.”

Soon, a figure in white appeared from the shadows in a corner of the office.

The Myoseon who had disappeared a few days ago.

It was Choa.

She had come to find Gagwol of Manwol Hall on her own.

‘She must be quite confident in her concealment skills.’

Although she was maintaining her composure, she could tell because she had revealed her presence herself.

Gagwol checked Choa’s expression, not knowing how much she had heard, and pretended to be calm.

“Okay, you’ve made a smart decision… .”

“I will not go under you.”

In a word.

Gagwol’s lips twisted.

“…Should I ask why?”

“Because I don’t have enough reason to trust you. There’s no reason why you would be different from other True Immortals, is there?”

“You’re ignoring my goodwill.”

“Even though I look like this, I’ve been used here and there since I was young. So, I have a good sense for this.”

She was an expert at being used.

“…So? Did you come all the way here just to tell me that?”

“You probably aren’t that different either. But I want to hear the information you have about the Golden Celestial Sovereign. I need to see him.”

“Haha, what reason would someone like you have?”

“I don’t need a reason. It’s a husband’s duty.”

“Husband? You? Kkyaahaha!”

Gagwol, unable to contain herself, clutched her stomach and burst into laughter, then glared at Choa with a chilling look.

“How dare you!”

*Bang!*

Gagwol, having smashed the table, took out a round blade from it.

It was a red-bladed wheel.

The mysterious power of the laws contained in the wheel entered Choa’s eyes.

Clearly, there was only one wheel, but it felt like tens of thousands.

It was a strange weapon.

“But there’s another reason I came to find you.”

“What is it?”

“I don’t have anything yet. My husband must have started many things and gained a lot as soon as he ascended. But I’m not like that yet, and I don’t have the ability he has… .”

She had to build up her strength step by step.

So, first of all.

“I’m going to take this Manwol Hall.”

“…What?”

“I didn’t know what Manwol Hall was, so I looked into it and found out it does all sorts of things.”

From small escorts to most money-making ventures.

But that was just the outward appearance, and in reality, it was a place that traded Myoseons to attend to famous True Immortals.

They raised or traded Myoseons, built connections with famous True Immortals, and carried various information, selling it. The actions of the True Immortals of Dae Ra were not much different from those of the lower realms.

Choa gained a strange disappointment from this, realizing once again that even though she was in Dae Ra, it was not a place with high-level Immortals.

Even in the same Dae Ra, even as True Immortals, there were levels.

“How could you possibly… .”

“Didn’t I tell you? I’ve been used so much since I was young, so I have a good sense for this and I’m quite careful.”

“Our True Immortals are known for keeping their mouths shut… .”

“It wasn’t that difficult to twist the seals engraved on their tongues. My husband is an expert in such matters, so I learned a lot from him.”

It was easy to say, but twisting the seals was something that couldn’t be done with an ordinary mind.

You had to understand the structure itself and break it down without harming it.

“Some of Manwol Hall’s True Immortals disappeared, it was you.”

“This place is close to Deungmyo, so the Myoseons who opened the door with difficulty must have suffered a lot from you. So, I wanted to have Manwol Hall. Unfortunately, as you said, I don’t know much, and above all, I have almost no knowledge of Dae Ra, so there are so many things I need to know.”

“Do you think that’s possible?”

“I don’t think it will be difficult.”

“How arrogant!”

*Whoosh.*

Suddenly, Gagwol’s wheel flew.

The flying wheel seemed to swell to tens of thousands in an instant.

But in reality, it was one.

Choa identified the law engraved on the wheel as the law of division and unity.

One, but not one.

Many, but one law.

The numbers of tens of thousands were simultaneously in one vessel.

The wheel was one, but it was also tens of thousands at the same time.

When used as one, it exerted a force as strong as the numbers gathered, and when divided, it attacked with countless numbers.

A law that could be used for quite sharp attacks depending on how it was used.

However.

*Clang.* Choa, who suddenly grabbed Gagwol’s flying wheel with her bare hands, calmly opened her mouth.

“!!”

“Thirteen times.”

Thirteen times?

Gagwol, who had not expected her surprise attack to be blocked, was even more confused.

“What?”

“When you appeared in front of me yesterday. It was about thirteen times.”

“What nonsense… !”

What on earth was this woman saying?

Gagwol tried to put strength into the wheel, but it wouldn’t come out.

‘What kind of power is this… .’

It was incredibly strong.

It was as if it were stuck at the bottom of a huge mountain.

“Thirteen times… .”

*Crackle!*

From Choa’s hand holding the wheel, a pure white chill spread out in an instant.

It froze the wheel, froze Gagwol holding the wheel, and froze the entire Manwol Hall in an instant.

“That’s of course, the number that can shut your mouth.”

Every time the name of the Golden Celestial Sovereign came out of her mouth.

No, from the very first time they discussed the Golden Celestial Sovereign’s bed.

“I’ve been angry all along.”

“S, save… .”

*Crack.*

*Crackle! Tick! Tiddick!*

*Shards!*

Choa, stepping on the fragments of Gagwol that were breaking into pieces, looked up at the blue sky from the window of the snow-white frozen Manwol Hall.

“I won’t just be waiting in this sky this time.”