## Chapter 1639 – The Reincarnated Swordsman – Heavenly Demon Murim

“Ptooey!”

With his front teeth shattered, the Sichuan Taoist spat them out like phlegm and charged again.

Was he going to show me his ultimate technique?

An opponent he couldn’t defeat. A situation where he couldn’t possibly escape, so he was betting everything and fighting with all his might. A truly admirable decision. An action so beautiful it made my heart race.

Rather than succumbing to despair and giving up, he was desperately clinging to a tiny thread of hope, burning his soul to fight back.

This Kim Kat loved that. I’d done that kind of thing countless times myself. If you can’t avoid it, you have to fight. With everything you have. Those experiences had made me who I am.

“But Taoist.”

It was just futile.

These Taoist bastards were the kind of sons of bitches I hated the most. And those bastards were doing the thing I loved the most.

Rage surged within me.

“Didn’t you say you were already a dead man?”

ㅡFlash!

A fist shot towards me. That fist was burning with black flames. What I felt was a terrible miasma. That miasma seemed to be affecting the Sichuan Taoist herself, as her skin was turning black by the moment.

ㅡWhirr!

At the same time, wings of hidden weapons sprouted from her back. Truly a final, secret technique. A kind of technique that risked even her own life if used.

In other words, an incomplete technique.

“Heavenly Demon Divine Art.”

So I.

“Heavenly Demon Godly Steps.”

Lightly stomped on the ground.

ㅡThwaaack!!!!

“Ugh?!”

This was the Heavenly Demon’s domain. If this Kim Kat didn’t allow it, nothing could stand.

ㅡRumble!
ㅡThud!

The wings of hidden weapons were buried in the ground, and the flames of miasma that had been rising burned downwards. The charging Sichuan Taoist was the same. She knelt on the spot, slamming her forehead into the ground.

“Iik…! Ik! Ik!”

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t move.

“Impudent thoughts.”

ㅡWhoosh!

I strengthened the pressure.

“Keuheok…!”

The hidden weapons turned to dust, and the flames were extinguished. As a bonus, the Sichuan Taoist’s body cracked and groaned as it was slammed into the ground. Crushed by the overwhelming Heavenly Demon Godly Steps.

ㅡSquelch.
ㅡSquelch.

Because she was being crushed, black fluid burst from various parts of her body.

“Keuheok!”
“Come forth, Vugal.”

ㅡSwish!

The summoned Vugal was in my hand. Its size was small. Skewer-sized. Of course. It wasn’t for combat, but for torture.

Satisfying.

ㅡWhoosh.

When I slightly lowered the pressure, blood spurted from the Sichuan Taoist’s mouth.

“Keuh…! Ki, kill me!”

Along with that cry.

“I want to correct some misunderstandings.”
“What!”
“Even if you’re prepared to die.”
“…?”
“In front of this Heavenly Demon Kim Kat, you absolutely cannot die without this Heavenly Demon Kim Kat’s permission.”

Did she think she could just die whenever she wanted?

Especially in front of me?

That was impossible.

“Death is a right that you can only obtain with my permission.”
“Th, that means…!”
“I’ll stab you as many times as the number of people you’ve killed.”
“Noooooooo!”

ㅡThwack.

I plunged the skewer Vugal into the Sichuan Taoist’s back as she lay prostrate.

“Aaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

A sharp scream erupted.

ㅡSwish.

And the moment I pulled out the skewer.

ㅡWhoosh.

The hole burned white, and the flesh healed. The miraculous skewer that pierced a hole when stabbed, but filled it when pulled out.

“Th, this is!”

The Sichuan Taoist, realizing the truth, cried out in shock.

ㅡThwack.
ㅡThwack.
ㅡThwack.

I was just doing what I had to do.

“Dibby Dibby Deep! Deep! Deep! Deep! Deeeeeep!”
“Aaaaaaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaah! I was wrong! I was wrong! I was wrong! Aaaaaaaaaaah!”

Stabbing in time with the “Deep!”

“Whack-a-Moleeeeeeee!!!!”

I transformed Vugal into the shape of a hammer and pounded the bastard’s back like crazy!

ㅡThwack!
ㅡThwack!
ㅡThwack!

“Gueok! Gueheoeok! Heuheok! Keuheoeok!”
“Seriously, you son of a bitch!!!”

But this bastard, really!

“Hey!”
“…!”
“What’s with that scream! Are you trying to make fun of me by deliberately making those weird noises! I see! Next, I’m going to slowly saw you!”

I transformed Vugal into the shape of a saw!

ㅡSawing sound!

“Keoreoreoreoreo…!”

And so, the cruel Heavenly Demon torture continued. Without stopping, even after the bastard’s spirit was broken.

* * *

“Ugh… Ugh, I, I was wrong. I was wrong… I was all… intoxicated by the Taoist’s power and looked down on humans…”
“Speak louder!”
“I treated their lives like insects…! Keuheuk! I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Heueuk!”

No matter how cruel a mindset a Taoist had, after being tortured a little, they became a “I’m sorry” machine.

“Hehehe, now you know what you did wrong. No, but these sons of bitches only realize it when you do the same to them.”

That’s because they’re psychopaths without empathy.

Anyway, I performed overwhelming torture and completely shattered his mind. If you’re going to kill a guy like this, you can’t just kill him. You have to make him like this first, according to the manual, and then kill him.

“Hehehe.”

Whatever the case, I learned the Taoists’ way of thinking very well, so it’s a great achievement. Reading, analyzing, and understanding the enemies’ way of thinking is a very important thing.

Now that I knew their way of thinking, I would be able to deal with them even better.

“Then let’s start the interrogation.”
“Yes… Please ask me anything…”
“Why is your tone different from before?”
“I, I decided not to use impudent language…”
“So you’ve been using impudent language to me all this time? Why! Why did you do that to me! Why! That’s too much!!! That’s too muuuuuch! That’s too muuuuuuch!”
“Heuk, Heueueueueuk! I don’t like it! I don’t like it anymore! Heueueueuk!”

ㅡScratch!

The weeping Sichuan Taoist began to scratch his head.

“Who told you to scratch your head! I’ll scratch your brain for you!”
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I don’t want you to scratch it!”
“Good. If you don’t like it, say you don’t like it. Good job. But let’s use the same tone as before. It’s annoying when you change it for no reason.”
“A, I understand…”

Good.

“Hey. But you guys keep saying you’re immortals. Tell me about that.”

From what I’d heard so far, the immortals were even worse than the Taoists, who were synonymous with human trash.

It seemed like these guys were the main ones, rather than the Taoists.

I had to find out.

“I, immortals are… the state that Taoists who have accumulated training and power reach. All Taoists can be said to be in a state of performing alchemy to become immortals…”
“Ooh.”

That meant.

“You Taoists train to become immortals?”
“…That’s right.”
“Why?”
“Because… immortals are stronger and more free…”

Whatever the case, they were pursuing a higher realm. I could just understand that feeling.

“So where are those immortals?”
“I, immortals usually live in the Immortal Realm. To be exact, in a small dimension like a passage that connects to the Immortal Realm.”

What was this again?

“What? Immortal Realm? Small dimension?”

Suddenly, a story about dimensions came out? No matter how I looked at it, it didn’t seem like something these Taoists would talk about… No, that’s not right. Even the Heavenly Demon Church was like that. Could anyone and everyone here handle things about dimensions?

“Damn it. Tell me in detail.”
“…I understand.”

The Sichuan Taoist began to explain.

“Hmm.”

Immortal Realm.

So this Immortal Realm was a higher dimension above this world. When a Taoist accumulated training and reached the realm of an immortal, they could freely enter and exit this Immortal Realm.

“Interesting. But why are they all there? From what I can see, it doesn’t seem like immortals come to this world that often.”
“That’s because… the efficiency of training itself is different.”
“Ah, does it train faster there?”

From what I heard, it seemed that training in the Immortal Realm was more efficient than training on the ground, so the immortals lived in the Immortal Realm.

“But if that’s all, it’s a bit much, isn’t it? Taoists who enjoyed wealth and glory here only train in the Immortal Realm all the time?”

From what I could see, the Taoists on the ground reigned as the supreme rulers and enjoyed all kinds of luxury and pleasure. Even if they became immortals, that disposition wouldn’t change.

“That’s… no. In the Immortal Realm, you can enjoy pleasures that are greater than the pleasures you can enjoy on this earth while living forever.”
“No, what the hell is that?”

Greater pleasure?

“I’m not an immortal, so I don’t know very well, but… I know that the five senses are amplified in the Immortal Realm. So they enjoy all kinds of handsome men and beautiful women and pleasures that they harvested from the ground, and the delicacies made by carefully selected chefs…”
“No, hey. Do immortals kidnap people to the Immortal Realm?”
“Only those who are valuable…”
“Oh my god.”

What was this, some kind of cattle mutilation?

“Damn it, aliens are kidnapping all the people!”

Anyway, I roughly understood. The Immortal Realm itself had a lot of things to enjoy, and there were experience events every day, so they were stuck there.

“That’s enough to not come down. But there must be guys who come down, right?”
“Of course… There are reckless immortals who play around on the ground…”

There was no way to deal with it when immortals started rampaging. You had to watch them wreak havoc. So I had to watch the max-level veterans come to the newbie zone and act tough.

That sucked.

“They enjoy the feeling of being the absolute ruler on the ground… and then leave for the Immortal Realm again after having a good time. Of course, it’s difficult for even Taoists to deal with them…”

So that’s why the Taoists hated the reckless immortals.

“Wow. That’s really amazing.”

The more I heard, the more amazed I was. A Taoist who had accumulated training became an immortal and went to another world to live such a life.

“Isn’t there more? Immortal stories?”

It was so interesting. I wanted to go to that Immortal Realm as soon as possible and kill all the immortals. When I thought about it that way, the Immortal Realm felt like a fun and enjoyable murder amusement park.

I wanted to go and kill them all quickly!

ㅡThump Thump!

My heart was beating! Just like when I was a kid, I was excited the night before a picnic! Such a fun and mysterious place existed! I wanted to go soon too!

“There… is more. First of all, about how a Taoist becomes an immortal…”
“Ooh! Tell me more quickly!”

The Sichuan Taoist’s explanation continued.

“In order to become an immortal… you must reach the realm where you can create your own small dimension. Taoists repeatedly train to reach that realm.”
“Small dimension! More details!”
“I understand.”

Small dimension.

It was a kind of proof that you had become an immortal. Because the moment a Taoist created it, they became an immortal.

“The small dimension is like a mansion. Because it is your own mansion that no one can invade… it is also called a personal dimension.”
“…”
“You can use this small dimension to enter and exit the Immortal Realm.”
“Wow.”

They created a small dimension that only they could use, and used it as a passage to enter and exit the Immortal Realm.

And in the Immortal Realm, immortals met each other and played immortal games.

It was also possible to subordinate people and items that they had kidnapped from the ground to their small dimension.

“Those humans who are subordinated… must serve the immortal forever.”
“That’s really amazing.”

How terrible.

“Seriously, what the hell is this?”

It was so different from the world I lived in that it was a shock in itself. A mere immortal could create their own small dimension? Of course, this was something I could do too, but it was amazing that the immortals here could do something that only someone like me could do.

As expected, the nature of the power that made up the world was different.

“So our Sichuan Taoist was going to become an immortal and build his own small dimension? Handsome men and beautiful women, no. Because you’re a woman, you’d kidnap a lot of handsome men and make them your servants. You’d also kidnap a lot of chefs and eat delicious food. Then you’d go to the Immortal Realm, get the scenery buff, and do some training. You were going to do that?”

To my words.

“…”

The Sichuan Taoist nodded.

“Seriously, damn it.”

It was a truly amazing world, really.