hotmtlnovel Chapter 500
Chapter 500
500 times. 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, my faith was unbelievably weak.
Yang Yeo-ryeong, the mother of the Eight Emperors, met the ‘nameless god’ for the first time at Taeilgwan.
It is like experiencing a world that exists but is invisible.
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).
Yang Yeo-ryeong, a monk, faithfully followed the orders with faith in the divine words.
Not only did he sleep with his teacher, but he also made a flame and became a soldier of the Twelve Horses with the sacrifices of his brother-in-law, and finally ascended to the position of King of Heaven.
Then, he even brought down an ‘unknown god’ from Mt. Fungji.
But what is this?
The moment she faced God, her faith cracked.
They began to judge the incarnation of God, the ‘Golden Snake’ and ‘Ushas Kinshasa’.
The starting point was the ‘how to get away from the Flame King’ taught by Geumsa.
“Even the demon king 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 you reach thirty-six thousand... To you now, it is like a piece of cake.”
“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. You will be freed when you reach the point where even the King of Hell in the underworld cannot handle it.”
Yang Yeo-ryeong nodded on the spot, intoxicated with the strange heat emitted by the golden snake.
However, not even a day passed, and I had a skepticism about ‘the beheading of 100,000 people’.
Looking back, Geumsa’s teachings were not perfect.
He obtained ‘divine wisdom’ through Yeommae, but as a result, he became a descendant of the Yeomma King.
The flame king’s followers were far from the immortality 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 Taeilgwan was annihilated, and an immeasurable number of monks lost their lives.
The offering of monks as a sacrifice continues to this day.
Regardless of immortality, it was only because of the desire to acquire superpowers.
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 prophecies, it might have been accepted as faith.
However, the gold thread he saw with his own eyes was disrespectfully insignificant.
It was not far beyond the realm of cognition, but only slightly better than absolute adherence.
It may have felt that way more because she took the initiative in her relationship with the goldsmith.
In the eyes of Yang Yeoryeong, Geumsa was no longer an omnipotent god.
Doubting her faith, she couldn’t help but think about her failure.
It was for that reason that he visited Yeonjeokha at Imjeonggaek, avoiding the eyes of Geumsa.
“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.”
Eighthwangsinmo put all the 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?”
‘bang!’ The table collapsed with a sound.
Eighthwangsinmo returned the broken table with the technique of ‘Summoning Wartime’.
“okay. The golden thread led me with prophecies. But look at me now. I became the king of Cheondu and gained superpowers, but that is not what I wanted. 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 the 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, but 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 go 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...”
“Yes, 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’s fortunate if I ended up like this because of a mistake by the goldsmith, but if I deliberately deceived you... you’ll only accumulate 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.
“Don’t say it’s just hehe. Don’t you know what I’ve been doing for that? It cannot be said that one person’s life is lighter than the whole world.”
It’s sophistry, but the serial enemy couldn’t refute it.
This is because he is prepared to turn his back on the world for Namgung-yeon’s sake.
“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.
“joy! 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 do you know who the true enemy of the people of the world is?”
“A golden thread?”
“okay. If he can’t get out of the hands of the Demon King even with 100,000 beheadings, he intends 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.
He said that if he killed the god of the ‘world of desire’, which is higher than ‘the underworld’, the demon king might let him go.
It is as uncertain as the Golden Temple’s teachings, but isn’t it somehow plausible?
Of course, his revenge is a bonus.
“It turned. The 100,000 people are just an excuse, but in fact, they are doing it because they 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
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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 10th Empress Dowager?”