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◈ Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint ◈

Chapter 442: Episode 83: The Reader’s Incarnation (4)

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“Ahjussi!”

Intense light burst from Kim Dokja’s entire body at almost the same time a wave of Mana containing the Emperor’s Great Fable swept toward them.

Shin Yuseong instinctively shielded Dokja with her body. The durability of [Beast Lord’s Sensitivity], which had already endured countless attacks, had dropped dangerously low, but she had no other way to stop it.

The moment Yuseong squeezed her eyes shut and curled up, the Status of the fable bearing down on them from behind vanished as if washed away by the storm of light.

“Ah?”

The girl’s body, which had shot into the air, slowly descended to the ground.

A tall man stood where Dokja had been only moments ago.

Dazzling platinum hair. Muscles like steel, and Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils burning red.

The Constellations of the Emperor were horrified.

[Th-that can’t be...!]

The Outer Gods were equally shocked by the appearance of such overwhelming Status.

The Outer Gods possessing monsters of fable showed confusion at the terrifying Status of chaos flowing from the man’s body.

【Whowhowhowhowhowho】

The man smiled.

[You don’t know me? I must have been retired for too long.]

Yuseong couldn’t understand what was happening.

She could definitely sense Dokja’s presence, but this wasn’t Dokja.

Then who was this man?

“Ahjussi...?”

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[Are you Sanzang?]

Great Sage Equaling Heaven, who had been quietly looking down at her, slowly lowered his head toward Yuseong. Their gazes met at the same height.

[Kim Dokja is safe.]

A lonely longing flowed from his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils.

Without realizing it, Yuseong reached out. The moment her hand touched the cold Golden Headband on his head,

[The fable Demon King of Salvation continues its story.]

Yuseong’s hand trembled.

She could feel it clearly.

Dokja was alive and breathing inside this being. He hadn’t changed into something incomprehensible. He remained the Dokja Yuseong knew.

“Yuseong!”

Jeong Huiwon came running from afar and scooped Yuseong into her arms, glaring warily at Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

Great Sage Equaling Heaven gave Huiwon a faint smile before looking up at the sky.

Some of the Emperor’s Constellations, Great Dokkaebis, and the Hunchback King were there.

[Why do you all look like that? You were talking so freely earlier while leaving me, the protagonist of Journey to the West, out.]

The protagonist of Journey to the West, Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

One of the Great Dokkaebis asked, [Why have you stepped forward? You must have made an agreement with the Emperor.]

[I haven’t broken the agreement. Do you even know what its terms were before asking?]

Before the Great Dokkaebi could continue, the Hunchback King’s constellation’s declaration rang out.

[Monkey King! Are you in your right mind? Demon King of Salvation belongs to us. He is now an Outer God. That is the sacred promise!]

[That bastard is my brother now. And...]

Great Sage Equaling Heaven’s Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils shone brightly.

[Now, I’m an Outer God too.]

Due to Victorious Fighting Buddha’s Outer God Transformation, the energy of chaos surged through Sun Wukong’s body.

[The Outer God's current share in this fable is 35.333%.]

[The Hidden Scenario Proof of Promise has been completed!]

[The power of the Great Fable is stirring!]

[The Scenario Journey to the West Remake has entered its final phase!]

(Then Sun Wukong looked at his old companions.)

The confused monsters of fable looked up at Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

Most of them were Outer Gods used as consumables in the Scenario. The ones who had been searching for their king shook their heads in confusion.

【Thekingthekingthekingtheking】

【Whichsidewhichsidewhichsidewhichside】

The monsters of fable wavered between Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven who had become a new Outer God, and Secretive Plotter, whom they had originally followed.

As though he understood their feelings, Great Sage Equaling Heaven said, [You’ve suffered a lot, my friends.]

(They were monsters of fable who had shared a very long story with him.)

[I know the trials you have endured. I was born a monster of fable, but I was influenced by humans and accepted their ideas and customs. I carried out justice according to their ways and cultivated the Dao they spoke of.]

(Sometimes they had been enemies, and sometimes companions.)

[This is the result. Monsters of fable are sacrificed, and only meaningless enlightenment is repeated. Now, Journey to the West has become a tool for preaching obvious lessons and strengthening the influence of nebulae.]

(But all of it had been nothing more than a fable, a play performed on a stage.)

[I can’t atone for all that time. But if you can still forgive me...]

(The old king of the monsters of fable. Their king, who had once fought against the Celestial Court, was speaking.)

[I will fight for you from now on.]

One by one, the monsters of fable raised their heads.

【Reallyreallyreallyreallyreally】

Great Sage Equaling Heaven answered.

[I promise on my True name.]

The monsters of fable began to move. Those who gathered one by one became ten, then a hundred, then more than a thousand. Monsters hidden in the river appeared, as did those concealed in the clouds above.

Before long, the monsters of fable began forming groups. They knelt as though serving the one king they had followed long ago.

[An old Great Fable is awakening.]

[Wait, stop!]

[You are a judge! A judge cannot intervene in an ongoing fable-]

The Great Dokkaebis hurriedly tried to restrain him, but this time, it was useless.

[The Star Stream has accepted the Plausibility of Main Scenario #95.]

[The main theme of Journey to the West Remake is undergoing a drastic change!]

Not even Great Dokkaebis could resist the flow of the Star Stream.

The Hunchback King stepped back, as though intending to observe the situation for a while. Their goal had been to put Outer Gods into the Scenario anyway, so they had nothing to lose from this.

The problem was who would lead those Outer Gods.

Rummmble!

Lightning continued to flash from the Great Hole in the sky, and something was descending through the abyss.

[That is...!]

Its Status was incomparably greater than that of any Outer God that had appeared until now.

Great Sage Equaling Heaven, the Hunchback King, the Great Dokkaebis, and everyone else there watched the manifestation of that being.

Great Sage Equaling Heaven smiled.

[You’ve finally arrived.]

[The Constellation Secretive Plotter has manifested in the Scenario area!]

[Someone has joined the Scenario in the role of Chaos-Subduing Demon King!]

Secretive Plotter, rippling like a pitch-black shadow, had entered the Scenario after taking the role of a monster of fable. Perhaps because he hadn’t followed the proper procedure, brilliant sparks surrounded his entire body.

Great Sage Equaling Heaven asked, [Did you come to interfere with this Teacher Sun?]

【That depends on your choice.】

[As expected, you have such a gloomy voice, Secretive Plotter.]

This was the first time the two beings had actually met.

The two Constellations who had watched Dokja for so long through Bihyeong and Biyoo’s channel now stood face-to-face.

Great Sage Equaling Heaven growled.

[You pretended to be so polite in Indirect Messages, but you’ve finally shown your true colors.]

Secretive Plotter silently watched Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

【You are as unruly as your Indirect Messages suggested.】

Sun Wukong, radiating terrifying Status, gripped the Ruyi Jingu Bang and shouted confidently.

[Enough talk. You came here, so let’s fight. It seems I have no choice but to defeat you anyway.]

With Secretive Plotter’s appearance, the nearby monsters of fable were greatly shaken. They seemed unsure which of the two absolute beings they should follow.

Would they submit to Great Sage Equaling Heaven, the king of monsters of fable?

Or would they submit to Secretive Plotter, the king of the Outer Gods?

The Great Dokkaebis, the Hunchback King, and the Constellations in the sky all looked tense at the sudden confrontation between the two Constellations.

One side was an Outer God dreaming of the Star Stream’s extinction, while the other was one of the Star Stream’s strongest Constellations.

A battle unlike any before was about to begin.

The moment Sun Wukong, burning with fighting spirit, raised the Ruyi Staff high into the sky, Secretive Plotter spoke.

【I’m sorry, but I am not your opponent.】

At the same time, the sky split open and a mass of sparks erupted.

[The Constellations of the nebula Emperor are descending into the Scenario!]

Their forces were on an entirely different scale from the Emperor’s troops that had crossed over so far, including the half-destroyed Twenty-Eight Mansions and the few remaining Nine Luminaries Star Lords.

Following the Four Dragon Kings, countless celestial immortals and battle immortals were manifesting in the Scenario.

[The Constellation Master of the Peach Garden has manifested in the Scenario!]

[The Constellation Wise One of the Celestial Realm has manifested in the Scenario!]

[Many Constellations who have not revealed their modifiers have manifested in the Scenario!]

That wasn’t all. There were also divine spirits governing the ground, mountains, and rivers, along with the Milky Way Army that guarded the Celestial Court. An enormous force of one hundred thousand began covering the Scenario’s sky.

[Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Prince Nezha, Erlang Shen. What a nostalgic group. Even those old bastards in the Celestial Court who can’t be bothered to lift their asses are here...]

(His opponents from the Celestial Court long ago were there.)

[Great Sage Equaling Heaven, what do you think you are doing?]

A fable on an entirely different level from before surged from Prince Nezha's entire body. He was the one who had pressured Jeong Huiwon alongside Peihu, but now he had appeared not as a mere fable-room role, but as Prince Nezha himself.

[What do you think I’m doing? I’m ending the Scenario now.]

The Constellations of the Emperor protested at Great Sage Equaling Heaven’s blunt reply.

[You cannot decide the ending as you please!]

[Do you not know that if you do this, Journey to the West will be passed on to a minor nebula?]

[Hand over the scriptures at once!]

Great Sage Equaling Heaven looked down at the scriptures in his hand, then glanced at Yuseong beside him. He snickered.

[So what if it gets passed on? It’ll be nice if it becomes more widely known.]

[This violates the agreement!]

[It doesn’t. I was supposed to help you until the four Sun Wukongs chose the same fable. That day has simply come.]

The Constellations of the Emperor, realizing Great Sage Equaling Heaven’s true intentions, looked at one another.

[The nebula Emperor is furious with Prisoner of the Golden Headband.]

Erlang Shen stepped forward as the Emperor’s Representative.

[Great Sage Equaling Heaven, you know what that means, don’t you? Surely you don’t intend to start a Celestial War here?]

[Hm? I had no intention of doing that. Do you want to fight?]

The Constellations of the Emperor hesitantly stepped back at the tremendous aura flowing from Great Sage Equaling Heaven’s Incarnation body.

The fable that had swept through the Celestial Court was being released into the Scenario.

Yet Erlang Shen’s voice remained calm.

[I acknowledge your strength. No one in the nebula Emperor can fight you alone. But you cannot win this battle. Fables repeat themselves.]

Tzzzzzt...!

Signs of Stage Transformation began to appear. Fables collided, recreating an age long past.

The great war between Great Sage Equaling Heaven, king of monsters of fable, and the Emperor.

Great Sage Equaling Heaven said, [It’s true that I lost back then. But that was when I was only Great Sage Equaling Heaven.]

The Emperor moved first, sensing something unusual.

[He is using Daoist arts! Bind him now!]

[Supreme Lord Lao! The Diamond Snare...!]

[Come, Six Brothers of Mount Mei!]

Watching the soldiers of the Celestial Court charge toward him, Great Sage Equaling Heaven called for the Cloud Somersault. Dark clouds that covered the sky gathered in response to Sun Wukong’s fable.

[The Great Fable Journey to the West begins its story!]

Great Sage Equaling Heaven opened his mouth.

[My True name is Sun Wukong.]

「Great Sage Equaling Heaven」

「Handsome Monkey King」

「Bimawen」

「Victorious Fighting Buddha」

And

「Demon King of Salvation」

A storm began raging over the Tongtian River. Thunder crashed down. At the heart of that storm, Great Sage Equaling Heaven clenched his fist.

* * *

As dazzling lightning swept across the battlefield, Yu Junghyeok arrived.

The divine power of Great Sage Equaling Heaven, who was sending Constellations tumbling down at the center of the Tongtian River, was truly terrifying.

‘Is Kim Dokja inside that guy?’

Thanks to the [Sage’s Eye] shining gold, Junghyeok easily confirmed that Kim Dokja was alive. Fortunately, Dokja appeared to be safe. He didn’t know how it had happened, but the powerful Great Sage Equaling Heaven had manifested himself and was lending Dokja his strength.

He saw Huiwon and Yuseong some distance away. They were keeping low amid the fierce battle between monsters of fable and Constellations, which was a very wise decision.

Lee Gilyeong, Lee Jihye, and Jang Hayoung didn’t seem to have arrived yet.

‘It’s time to finish this Scenario.’

Their fable room had already reached first place in the rankings, and the scriptures had been passed to Yuseong, who held the role of Sanzang.

[The fable room Became a Retired SSSSS-Grade Sun Wukong has obtained scriptures.]

[If the scriptures are protected for one hour, the Scenario will end automatically.]

[There are currently 54 minutes remaining until the Scenario ends.]

The Scenario’s ending phase had even activated. If they stalled for time now, the Great Fable "Journey to the West" would become Kim Dokja Company’s.

There was only one thing bothering him: the being watching the battlefield from the center of the sky.

‘Secretive Plotter.’

Without joining the battle, that bastard was watching Great Sage Equaling Heaven fight the Emperor. Junghyeok could guess his intention. He was likely waiting for Great Sage Equaling Heaven to weaken before attacking him.

The might of the manifested Secretive Plotter wasn’t the same as before.

―He has spent a great deal of Plausibility. He has invested too much into this round.

Yu Junghyeok [999] said that. Since when had he been sitting on Junghyeok’s shoulder?

Junghyeok gave [999] an indifferent glance, then quietly drew the Black Heaven Demon Blade.

“That means this is a chance to kill him.”

It was then that Secretive Plotter looked directly at him.

Junghyeok froze just from meeting his gaze.

[The fable One Who Opposes the Extraordinary recoils.]

[The fable One Who Hunted the King of Catastrophes refuses to fight.]

His fables were trembling in fear.

That was his state even after being weakened?

Memories of defeat that had leaked out were controlling him.

Perhaps the Black Heaven Demon Blade wasn’t the only thing that had broken that day.

[999] spoke.

―You seem afraid.

He didn’t want to admit it, but it was true.

―Certainly, as you are now, you cannot defeat Great Plot.

It was despair that he couldn’t overcome, no matter what history he wagered.

At that moment, Junghyeok saw the overwhelming wall of time. It wasn’t something effort could overcome.

―But that doesn’t mean there is no way.

“What?”

[999] leaped from Junghyeok’s shoulder, and his appearance began to change.

The martial arts dumpling was transforming into Junghyeok. In an instant, [999] grew taller and became exactly identical to Junghyeok.

The distinctive Status of a Transcendent seeped out from him.

Junghyeok looked at the other self, who had his back turned, and realized anew who he was.

Yu Junghyeok of the 999th round.

[999]’s black coat fluttered as he spoke.

“Remember who you really are. Remember what you came this far for.”

[999] slowly drew the sword from inside his coat.

Surprisingly, it wasn’t the Splitting the Sky Sword.

It was the Black Heaven Demon Blade.

The exact same weapon possessed by Junghyeok of the third round.

[999] said, “I will show you the battle of the 999th round.”

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