Chapter 500 - Do you want to become a sacrifice?
Belief has nothing to do with right or wrong.
Faith is just one individual accepting and believing it as truth.
When the object of faith is invisible, faith transcends individual cognition.
But what happens when you miraculously see the object of your faith?
In the case of the Eighthwangsinmo, unbelievably, my faith has weakened.
Yang Yeo-ryeong, the mother of the Eight Emperors, first met the 'nameless god' at Taeilgwan.
It is like experiencing a world that exists but is invisible to the naked eye.
After that, her interest turned to the invisible world.
'The Unknown God' taught the wisdom of the gods beyond the realm of cognition.
In Taeilgwan, which is called Guido (鬼道), it was also evidence of entering the Way (入道).
The monk, Liu Ling Yang, faithfully followed her orders due to her belief in her divine words.
Not only did she sleep with her master, she also created Yeommae (魘魅), sacrificed her brothers-in-law, became soldiers of the Twelve Horses, and finally ascended to the throne of the Demon King.
She then even descended the ‘Nameless God’ from Mount Fengji.
But what is this?
The moment she came face-to-face with God, her faith cracked.
She began to judge ‘Golden Temple’, ‘Ushas Kinshasa’, the incarnation of a god.
The starting point was the 'how to get away from the flame king' taught by Geumsa.
“Even the king of flames cannot escape the borders of the underworld, so how can you, a follower of his, escape the underworld? It is only after passing through the underworld that we reach the thirty-six thousand… … . It's like a piece of cake for you now.”
“But does Master Geumsa have a way?”
“There is one way, but I don’t know if you can handle the weight.”
“I can handle whatever it is.”
“Increase the weight of your karma by beheading 100,000 people. When you reach a point where even the King of the Demons of the Underworld cannot handle it, you will be freed.”
Liang Yang nodded her head on the spot, intoxicated by the strange heat emitted by the Golden Temple.
However, she could not survive a single day, and she began to have doubts about ‘the beheading of 100,000 people’.
Looking back, she said, the teachings of the Golden Temple were not perfect.
She obtained 'God's Wisdom' through Yeommae, but as a result, she became a descendant of the Yeom Demon King.
Her flame demon king's followers were far from immortal with the fire she had hoped for.
The gold thread was wrong!
The sacrifices she made to become a member of the King of Yeomma were beyond imagination.
The monk Tae Il-gwan was annihilated, and an uncountable number of monks lost their lives.
The offering of monks as a sacrifice continues to this day.
It is because of her greed that she just wants to acquire superpowers regardless of immortality.
However, the master of gold said, “Behead 100,000 people.”
He said that if the king of flames accumulated karma that he could not handle, he would be released from his hands.
If the Golden Temple had not manifested itself and had spoken through prophesying, he might have accepted it by faith.
However, the gold thread that I saw with my own eyes, disrespectfully, was not great.
It was not far beyond the realm of cognition, but only slightly better than absolute adherence.
She may have felt that way more because she took the initiative in her relationship with the Golden Temple.
In the eyes of Yang Yeoryeong, Geumsa was no longer an omnipotent god.
Doubting her faith, she couldn't help but be mindful of her failure.
It was for that reason that she escaped from the eyes of the golden master and visited her lover in her provisional tavern.
“The night before you all went up the mountain, that Shin-eon wanted Namgung-yeon. I didn't want to follow, but I couldn't resist the prophecy. Prophecy was my destiny.”
Hwangsinmo Pal put all her responsibility on Geumsa.
It may have been an excuse from someone whose faith has weakened, but to some extent it was sincere.
“What bullshit is that? Why is your crazy god here?”
The table collapsed with a ‘bang!’ sound.
Eighthwangsinmo returned the broken table with the technique of ‘wartime summoning’.
And she continued her words in a calm tone as if nothing had happened.
“She believed in the Prophecy without question,” she said. So, she followed her prophesy to offer yeon as a sacrifice. But since she met God face to face, she doesn't have the same blind faith as before.”
She said, suppressing her anger.
“I am not interested in your beliefs. Tell me about sister Yeon. What happened to Sister Yeon?”
“The yeon went to the ‘Heaven of Kings’.”
“Where is it?”
Excited nephew bobbed her ass.
If he showed her whereabouts, he would run at any moment.
Arm Hwangsinmo looked at her sister-in-law with her complicated face.
She thought that she had lost her emotions after Tae Il-gwan's incident, but it seems that is not the case.
“It is in the sky of thirty-six thousand.”
“Where else is the thirty-six thousand heaven attached!”
She accepted the adversarial “thirty-six thousand heavens” as a common metaphor for Taoists.
“Do you think there is only a present life in the universe? The three worlds, the thirty-three heavens, which are spoken of in Buddhism and Taoism, are different worlds. The world I came to know through divine wisdom [神智] is thirty-six thousand. don't know again There may be more.”
“You mean ‘Heaven of Kings’ is another world?”
"Yes. ‘Heaven of Kings’ is a world in the realm of desire.”
“The world of desire?”
“It is one of the places where people who have attained enlightenment in this world go. It is a world of halfway beings who have attained enlightenment but have not reached perfection.”
A bitter smile crept across the mother of the Eighthwangsinmo.
As she said, the world for someone like herself was the ‘Heaven of Kings’.
However, since he was dedicated to the King of Flames, he couldn't go... … .
"So you're saying you sent your sister in this world to a place called 'Heaven of Kings'? One of the desire realms?”
“According to the divine knowledge I have obtained, yes. Offerings are taken from the ‘Heaven of Kings’, and in return, a being worthy of that rank comes over to the present world. It’s like an equivalent exchange.”
“Didn’t you say that you can only go to ‘Heaven of Kings’ after gaining enlightenment?”
“The picture of the reverse pentagram I used contains the power of reverse heaven.”
“Are the Three-Headed Dog and the Black Knight also from ‘Heaven of Kings’?”
“Three-headed dogs came to Yuinmong, the ruler of Yeoryang Jeong In-moon, and the Black Knight came to Jeokwol.”
"no way… … Gold is... … .”
“It is a divine power that descended as a sacrifice of ten warriors. He is said to be the ‘God of Wisdom’ and his true name is ‘Ushas Kinshasa’. The one who wanted a queen of ten warships as a sacrifice is a golden lion.”
Eighthwangsinmo, who had already lost her sense of reverence for ‘God’, had a sullen face.
Yeonjeokha, who was contemplating while clutching her head, spoke.
“So, to sum it up, you used Sister Yeon as a sacrifice to bring the Golden Temple into the present world. And Sister Yeon was sent to the world called ‘The Sky of Kings’. Is this?”
“Geumsa wanted empress yeon.”
Eighthwangsinmo made excuses until the end.
“I don't care who wanted it. Does anyone care about the sacrifice?”
"Unless you're a member of the flame king's family."
“If you become a sacrifice, you will be sent to the ‘Heaven of Kings’, right?”
"Yes."
Suddenly, Yeonjeokha stopped asking questions and stared at Eighthwangsinmo.
“But why are you telling me this? I don't think there's that kind of friendship between us."
“Do you think it is to use you?”
"is not it?"
“I can’t say no at all, but there is no lie in what I said.”
“Why are you telling me such a secret?”
It was difficult to understand the attitude of the Eighthwangsinmo.
That was not an action that would have been taken by a religious leader who had even caused the 'Blood Death of the Eight Emperors' out of a desire for monopoly.
“I know that the gold thread I have believed in and followed my whole life is not perfect.”
“Isn’t the golden thread perfect?”
"okay. The golden thread led me with prophecies. But look at me now. He became the Chundu Demon King and gained superpowers, but that's not what I hoped for. Rather, by becoming a member of the King of Flames, he was far from immortality. If Geumsa didn't know that, he was incompetent, and if he did, he cheated on me.”
“… … .”
I was shocked by her unexpected confession.
How could a famous religious leader regret becoming the ultimate king of Cheonduma?
“Can’t the flame king’s family be immortal?”
“The place where Yeommawang belongs is the underworld, and the underworld is just the entrance to the thirty-six thousand. Whether alive or dead, humans must cross the threshold of the underworld. However, the descendants of the King of Flames cannot go to the Thirty-six Heavens because their souls are bound to the underworld. Just like the flames can't escape from the magician's hands forever."
“Do you really have to go to thirty-six thousand to be immortal?”
“Even the ‘heaven of kings’ in the world of desire is the same as immortality from a human point of view. It is said that the Cheonjama lived there for 100,000 years.”
It was only then that he was able to understand the relationship between the thirty-six thousand and the immortal.
“So I want to go to the ‘Heaven of Kings’, but I can’t because I am a member of the King of Flames?”
“The one who has guided me through prophecies until now is the golden thread. In the end, the gold thread blocked my path.”
"ah… … .”
Yeonjeokha looked at the Eighthwangsinmo with strange eyes.
The priest, who is morbidly obsessed with immortality, was caught by the king of flames.
“But the golden angel appeared and taught me how to get out of the hands of the demon king. If you behead 100,000 people, you will be released from the hands of the Demon King with the weight of your karma.”
“What kind of bullshit… … .”
“Yeah, bullshit. If it had been before, I would have followed it blindly. However, when Geumsa took on the form of a human and said such a thing, doubts arose. I guess it's about right and wrong. It would be fortunate if I ended up like this because of a mistake made by the golden thread, but if it was determined and deceitful… … . It's because you're only accumulating karma. You will be forever far from immortality.”
“I fully understand your suspicions about the Golden Temple. But what do I have to do with that?”
“No matter what you believe in the golden thread, I will end up beheading 100,000 people.”
"to? You said you could only accumulate karma?”
“But there is no other way to be released from the circle of the Demon King. Is there no choice but to run to the end apart from belief in the golden thread?”
“You are crazy. It's a matter of 100,000 lives. Just for your immortality? Besides, you're not sure?"
The Eighthwangsinmo shed an empty laugh.
“Whoops, don’t just say that. Don't you know what I've been doing for that? One It cannot be said that a human life is lighter than the world.”
It's sophistry, but the jeokha couldn't refute it.
This is because he himself is prepared to turn his back on the world for the sake of Namgung-yeon.
“So what? You want to know why you behead people? Or will you stop me from doing that? What do you want from me?”
“Just as the golden thread is not perfect, neither am I. I just realized it belatedly. so… … .”
"so?"
“If Golden Temple deceived me, am I not also a victim?”
Yeon Jeok-ha sneered at the words of the Eighthwangsinmo.
"I don't think it's hard to say you're a victim because you made the choice knowingly."
“I don't care what other people think of me. But you know who the true enemy of the people of the world is, right?”
“A golden thread?”
"okay. If I can't get out of the hands of the Demon King even with 100,000 beheadings, I plan to take revenge for the people of the world. do you know If you become a god slayer, you will be freed from the demon king.”
The Eighthwangsinmo sincerely thought so.
If you kill the god of the 'world of desire', which is higher than 'the underworld', the king of flames might let you go.
It is as uncertain as the Golden Temple's teachings, but isn't it somehow plausible?
Of course, his own revenge is a bonus.
“It turned. The 100,000 people are an excuse, but in fact, you want to hear the sound of ‘God Slayer’?”
“It doesn't matter either way. i will do everything i can How are you?”
"What?"
“It means that you can do anything for the first lady.”
“Yeah, saying it twice only hurts my mouth. So... … .”
Yeon Jeok-ha blurted out his words.
It was actually for that reason that I had been dragging the story for so long.
Eighthwangsinmo looked at Yeonjeokha and asked.
“Do you want to become a sacrifice like the empress yeon?”
Chapter 500 - Do you want to become a sacrifice?
Belief has nothing to do with right or wrong.
Faith is just one individual accepting and believing it as truth.
When the object of faith is invisible, faith transcends individual cognition.
But what happens when you miraculously see the object of your faith?
In the case of the Eighthwangsinmo, unbelievably, my faith has weakened.
Yang Yeo-ryeong, the mother of the Eight Emperors, first met the 'nameless god' at Taeilgwan.
It is like experiencing a world that exists but is invisible to the naked eye.
After that, her interest turned to the invisible world.
'The Unknown God' taught the wisdom of the gods beyond the realm of cognition.
In Taeilgwan, which is called Guido (鬼道), it was also evidence of entering the Way (入道).
The monk, Liu Ling Yang, faithfully followed her orders due to her belief in her divine words.
Not only did she sleep with her master, she also created Yeommae (魘魅), sacrificed her brothers-in-law, became soldiers of the Twelve Horses, and finally ascended to the throne of the Demon King.
She then even descended the ‘Nameless God’ from Mount Fengji.
But what is this?
The moment she came face-to-face with God, her faith cracked.
She began to judge ‘Golden Temple’, ‘Ushas Kinshasa’, the incarnation of a god.
The starting point was the 'how to get away from the flame king' taught by Geumsa.
“Even the king of flames cannot escape the borders of the underworld, so how can you, a follower of his, escape the underworld? It is only after passing through the underworld that we reach the thirty-six thousand… … . It's like a piece of cake for you now.”
“But does Master Geumsa have a way?”
“There is one way, but I don’t know if you can handle the weight.”
“I can handle whatever it is.”
“Increase the weight of your karma by beheading 100,000 people. When you reach a point where even the King of the Demons of the Underworld cannot handle it, you will be freed.”
Liang Yang nodded her head on the spot, intoxicated by the strange heat emitted by the Golden Temple.
However, she could not survive a single day, and she began to have doubts about ‘the beheading of 100,000 people’.
Looking back, she said, the teachings of the Golden Temple were not perfect.
She obtained 'God's Wisdom' through Yeommae, but as a result, she became a descendant of the Yeom Demon King.
Her flame demon king's followers were far from immortal with the fire she had hoped for.
The gold thread was wrong!
The sacrifices she made to become a member of the King of Yeomma were beyond imagination.
The monk Tae Il-gwan was annihilated, and an uncountable number of monks lost their lives.
The offering of monks as a sacrifice continues to this day.
It is because of her greed that she just wants to acquire superpowers regardless of immortality.
However, the master of gold said, “Behead 100,000 people.”
He said that if the king of flames accumulated karma that he could not handle, he would be released from his hands.
If the Golden Temple had not manifested itself and had spoken through prophesying, he might have accepted it by faith.
However, the gold thread that I saw with my own eyes, disrespectfully, was not great.
It was not far beyond the realm of cognition, but only slightly better than absolute adherence.
She may have felt that way more because she took the initiative in her relationship with the Golden Temple.
In the eyes of Yang Yeoryeong, Geumsa was no longer an omnipotent god.
Doubting her faith, she couldn't help but be mindful of her failure.
It was for that reason that she escaped from the eyes of the golden master and visited her lover in her provisional tavern.
“The night before you all went up the mountain, that Shin-eon wanted Namgung-yeon. I didn't want to follow, but I couldn't resist the prophecy. Prophecy was my destiny.”
Hwangsinmo Pal put all her responsibility on Geumsa.
It may have been an excuse from someone whose faith has weakened, but to some extent it was sincere.
“What bullshit is that? Why is your crazy god here?”
The table collapsed with a ‘bang!’ sound.
Eighthwangsinmo returned the broken table with the technique of ‘wartime summoning’.
And she continued her words in a calm tone as if nothing had happened.
“She believed in the Prophecy without question,” she said. So, she followed her prophesy to offer yeon as a sacrifice. But since she met God face to face, she doesn't have the same blind faith as before.”
She said, suppressing her anger.
“I am not interested in your beliefs. Tell me about sister Yeon. What happened to Sister Yeon?”
“The yeon went to the ‘Heaven of Kings’.”
“Where is it?”
Excited nephew bobbed her ass.
If he showed her whereabouts, he would run at any moment.
Arm Hwangsinmo looked at her sister-in-law with her complicated face.
She thought that she had lost her emotions after Tae Il-gwan's incident, but it seems that is not the case.
“It is in the sky of thirty-six thousand.”
“Where else is the thirty-six thousand heaven attached!”
She accepted the adversarial “thirty-six thousand heavens” as a common metaphor for Taoists.
“Do you think there is only a present life in the universe? The three worlds, the thirty-three heavens, which are spoken of in Buddhism and Taoism, are different worlds. The world I came to know through divine wisdom [神智] is thirty-six thousand. don't know again There may be more.”
“You mean ‘Heaven of Kings’ is another world?”
"Yes. ‘Heaven of Kings’ is a world in the realm of desire.”
“The world of desire?”
“It is one of the places where people who have attained enlightenment in this world go. It is a world of halfway beings who have attained enlightenment but have not reached perfection.”
A bitter smile crept across the mother of the Eighthwangsinmo.
As she said, the world for someone like herself was the ‘Heaven of Kings’.
However, since he was dedicated to the King of Flames, he couldn't go... … .
"So you're saying you sent your sister in this world to a place called 'Heaven of Kings'? One of the desire realms?”
“According to the divine knowledge I have obtained, yes. Offerings are taken from the ‘Heaven of Kings’, and in return, a being worthy of that rank comes over to the present world. It’s like an equivalent exchange.”
“Didn’t you say that you can only go to ‘Heaven of Kings’ after gaining enlightenment?”
“The picture of the reverse pentagram I used contains the power of reverse heaven.”
“Are the Three-Headed Dog and the Black Knight also from ‘Heaven of Kings’?”
“Three-headed dogs came to Yuinmong, the ruler of Yeoryang Jeong In-moon, and the Black Knight came to Jeokwol.”
"no way… … Gold is... … .”
“It is a divine power that descended as a sacrifice of ten warriors. He is said to be the ‘God of Wisdom’ and his true name is ‘Ushas Kinshasa’. The one who wanted a queen of ten warships as a sacrifice is a golden lion.”
Eighthwangsinmo, who had already lost her sense of reverence for ‘God’, had a sullen face.
Yeonjeokha, who was contemplating while clutching her head, spoke.
“So, to sum it up, you used Sister Yeon as a sacrifice to bring the Golden Temple into the present world. And Sister Yeon was sent to the world called ‘The Sky of Kings’. Is this?”
“Geumsa wanted empress yeon.”
Eighthwangsinmo made excuses until the end.
“I don't care who wanted it. Does anyone care about the sacrifice?”
"Unless you're a member of the flame king's family."
“If you become a sacrifice, you will be sent to the ‘Heaven of Kings’, right?”
"Yes."
Suddenly, Yeonjeokha stopped asking questions and stared at Eighthwangsinmo.
“But why are you telling me this? I don't think there's that kind of friendship between us."
“Do you think it is to use you?”
"is not it?"
“I can’t say no at all, but there is no lie in what I said.”
“Why are you telling me such a secret?”
It was difficult to understand the attitude of the Eighthwangsinmo.
That was not an action that would have been taken by a religious leader who had even caused the 'Blood Death of the Eight Emperors' out of a desire for monopoly.
“I know that the gold thread I have believed in and followed my whole life is not perfect.”
“Isn’t the golden thread perfect?”
"okay. The golden thread led me with prophecies. But look at me now. He became the Chundu Demon King and gained superpowers, but that's not what I hoped for. Rather, by becoming a member of the King of Flames, he was far from immortality. If Geumsa didn't know that, he was incompetent, and if he did, he cheated on me.”
“… … .”
I was shocked by her unexpected confession.
How could a famous religious leader regret becoming the ultimate king of Cheonduma?
“Can’t the flame king’s family be immortal?”
“The place where Yeommawang belongs is the underworld, and the underworld is just the entrance to the thirty-six thousand. Whether alive or dead, humans must cross the threshold of the underworld. However, the descendants of the King of Flames cannot go to the Thirty-six Heavens because their souls are bound to the underworld. Just like the flames can't escape from the magician's hands forever."
“Do you really have to go to thirty-six thousand to be immortal?”
“Even the ‘heaven of kings’ in the world of desire is the same as immortality from a human point of view. It is said that the Cheonjama lived there for 100,000 years.”
It was only then that he was able to understand the relationship between the thirty-six thousand and the immortal.
“So I want to go to the ‘Heaven of Kings’, but I can’t because I am a member of the King of Flames?”
“The one who has guided me through prophecies until now is the golden thread. In the end, the gold thread blocked my path.”
"ah… … .”
Yeonjeokha looked at the Eighthwangsinmo with strange eyes.
The priest, who is morbidly obsessed with immortality, was caught by the king of flames.
“But the golden angel appeared and taught me how to get out of the hands of the demon king. If you behead 100,000 people, you will be released from the hands of the Demon King with the weight of your karma.”
“What kind of bullshit… … .”
“Yeah, bullshit. If it had been before, I would have followed it blindly. However, when Geumsa took on the form of a human and said such a thing, doubts arose. I guess it's about right and wrong. It would be fortunate if I ended up like this because of a mistake made by the golden thread, but if it was determined and deceitful… … . It's because you're only accumulating karma. You will be forever far from immortality.”
“I fully understand your suspicions about the Golden Temple. But what do I have to do with that?”
“No matter what you believe in the golden thread, I will end up beheading 100,000 people.”
"to? You said you could only accumulate karma?”
“But there is no other way to be released from the circle of the Demon King. Is there no choice but to run to the end apart from belief in the golden thread?”
“You are crazy. It's a matter of 100,000 lives. Just for your immortality? Besides, you're not sure?"
The Eighthwangsinmo shed an empty laugh.
“Whoops, don’t just say that. Don't you know what I've been doing for that? One It cannot be said that a human life is lighter than the world.”
It's sophistry, but the jeokha couldn't refute it.
This is because he himself is prepared to turn his back on the world for the sake of Namgung-yeon.
“So what? You want to know why you behead people? Or will you stop me from doing that? What do you want from me?”
“Just as the golden thread is not perfect, neither am I. I just realized it belatedly. so… … .”
"so?"
“If Golden Temple deceived me, am I not also a victim?”
Yeon Jeok-ha sneered at the words of the Eighthwangsinmo.
"I don't think it's hard to say you're a victim because you made the choice knowingly."
“I don't care what other people think of me. But you know who the true enemy of the people of the world is, right?”
“A golden thread?”
"okay. If I can't get out of the hands of the Demon King even with 100,000 beheadings, I plan to take revenge for the people of the world. do you know If you become a god slayer, you will be freed from the demon king.”
The Eighthwangsinmo sincerely thought so.
If you kill the god of the 'world of desire', which is higher than 'the underworld', the king of flames might let you go.
It is as uncertain as the Golden Temple's teachings, but isn't it somehow plausible?
Of course, his own revenge is a bonus.
“It turned. The 100,000 people are an excuse, but in fact, you want to hear the sound of ‘God Slayer’?”
“It doesn't matter either way. i will do everything i can How are you?”
"What?"
“It means that you can do anything for the first lady.”
“Yeah, saying it twice only hurts my mouth. So... … .”
Yeon Jeok-ha blurted out his words.
It was actually for that reason that I had been dragging the story for so long.
Eighthwangsinmo looked at Yeonjeokha and asked.
“Do you want to become a sacrifice like the empress yeon?”
