Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105 - Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140 - Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142 - Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170 - Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203 - Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208 - Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239 - Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263 - Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Chapter 282
Chapter 283
Chapter 284
Chapter 285
Chapter 286
Chapter 287
Chapter 288
Chapter 289
Chapter 290
Chapter 291
Chapter 292
Chapter 293
Chapter 294
Chapter 295
Chapter 296
Chapter 297 - Chapter 297
Chapter 298
Chapter 299
Chapter 300
Chapter 301
Chapter 302
Chapter 303
Chapter 304
Chapter 305
Chapter 306
Chapter 307
Chapter 308
Chapter 309
Chapter 310
Chapter 311
Chapter 312
Chapter 313
Chapter 314
Chapter 315
Chapter 316
Chapter 317
Chapter 318
Chapter 319
Chapter 320
Chapter 321
Chapter 322
Chapter 323
Chapter 324
Chapter 325
Chapter 326
Chapter 327
Chapter 328
Chapter 329
Chapter 330
Chapter 331
Chapter 332
Chapter 333
Chapter 334
Chapter 335
Chapter 336
Chapter 337
Chapter 338
Chapter 339
Chapter 340
Chapter 341
Chapter 342
Chapter 343
Chapter 344
Chapter 345
Chapter 346
Chapter 347
Chapter 348
Chapter 349
Chapter 350
Chapter 351
Chapter 352
Chapter 353
Chapter 354
Chapter 355
Chapter 356
Chapter 357
Chapter 358
Chapter 359
Chapter 360
Chapter 361
Chapter 362
Chapter 363
Chapter 364
Chapter 365
Chapter 366
Chapter 367
Chapter 368
Chapter 369
Chapter 370
Chapter 371
Chapter 372
Chapter 373
Chapter 374
Chapter 375
Chapter 376
Chapter 377
Chapter 378
Chapter 379
Chapter 380
Chapter 381
Chapter 382
Chapter 383
Chapter 384 - Chapter 384
Chapter 385
Chapter 386
Chapter 387
Chapter 388
Chapter 389
Chapter 390
Chapter 391
Chapter 392
Chapter 393
Chapter 394
Chapter 395
Chapter 396
Chapter 397
Chapter 398
Chapter 399
Chapter 400
Chapter 401
Chapter 402
Chapter 403
Chapter 404
Chapter 405
Chapter 406
Chapter 407
Chapter 408
Chapter 409
Chapter 410
Chapter 411
Chapter 412
Chapter 413
Chapter 414
Chapter 415
Chapter 416
Chapter 417
Chapter 418
Chapter 419
Chapter 420
Chapter 421
Chapter 422
Chapter 423
Chapter 424
Chapter 425
Chapter 426 - Chapter 426
Chapter 427
Chapter 428
Chapter 429
Chapter 430
Chapter 431
Chapter 432
Chapter 433
Chapter 434
Chapter 435
Chapter 436
Chapter 437
Chapter 438
Chapter 439
Chapter 440
Chapter 441
Chapter 442
Chapter 443
Chapter 444
Chapter 445
Chapter 446 - Chapter 446
Chapter 447
Chapter 448
Chapter 449
Chapter 450
Chapter 451 - Chapter 451
Chapter 452
Chapter 453
Chapter 454
Chapter 455
Chapter 456
Chapter 457
Chapter 458
Chapter 459
Chapter 460
Chapter 461
Chapter 462
Chapter 463
Chapter 464
Chapter 465
Chapter 466
Chapter 467
Chapter 468
Chapter 469
Chapter 470
Chapter 471
Chapter 472
Chapter 473
Chapter 474
Chapter 475
Chapter 476
Chapter 477
Chapter 478
Chapter 479
Chapter 480
Chapter 481
Chapter 482
Chapter 483 - Chapter 483
Chapter 484
Chapter 485
Chapter 486
Chapter 487
Chapter 488
Chapter 489
Chapter 490
Chapter 491
Chapter 492
Chapter 493
Chapter 494
Chapter 495
Chapter 496
Chapter 497
Chapter 498
Chapter 499
Chapter 500
Chapter 501
Chapter 502
Chapter 503
Chapter 504
Chapter 505
Chapter 506
Chapter 507
Chapter 508
Chapter 509
Chapter 510
Chapter 511
Chapter 512
Chapter 513
Chapter 514
Chapter 515
Chapter 516 - Chapter 516
Chapter 517
Chapter 518
Chapter 519
Chapter 520
Chapter 521
Chapter 522
Chapter 523
Chapter 524
Chapter 525
Chapter 526
Chapter 527
Chapter 528
Chapter 529
Chapter 530
Chapter 531
Chapter 532
Chapter 533
Chapter 534 - Chapter 534
Chapter 535
Chapter 536
Chapter 537
Chapter 538 - Chapter 538
Chapter 539
Chapter 540
Chapter 541
Chapter 542
Chapter 543
Chapter 544
Chapter 545
Chapter 546
Chapter 547
Chapter 548
Chapter 549
Chapter 550
Chapter 551
Chapter 552
Chapter 553
Chapter 554
Chapter 555
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Ongoing, Supernatural Status: Ongoing Alternative names: HR, 영웅; 회귀하다, ______
Total Chapters in book: 555
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
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Chapter 499: Chapter 499
“Wait a second. That thing moved just now, right?”
“Yggdrasil’s root is moving?”
Sun Wukong pointed at the “tree” while saying he definitely saw something. Thor replied that it was simply impossible, his eyes wide open in shock.
Was that something to be so shocked about, though?
Su-hyeun and Sun Wukong stared at Thor.
When the two stared at him with eyes clearly asking, “Why are you so surprised?” Thor regained his wits somewhat and clarified himself, “Yggdrasil will move only when it’s about to give birth to a seed of another World Tree. But to think that it’s about to create a new seed in a situation like this one…”
“Well, it moved, alright.”
Gu-gugugu—
The root began moving again.
This time, it wasn’t a faint little movement like before. Unless you were blind, you would definitely see it.
The root was rising from below. No, wait—since the sky and the ground were reversed at the foot of the cliff, it would be the same as the root descending lower instead.
Whatever the case might be, the root approached Su-hyeun, Sun Wukong, and Thor.
Crack, craaaack—
A person’s silhouette made out of wood rose from the center of the root.
Su-hyeun had seen that figure before. Back when he saved a much smaller World Tree only a “few” years old, another World Tree claiming to be its mother appeared.
Sure enough…
“We meet again,” Su-hyeun spoke after confirming that this one and that figure were the same beings.
The World Tree, Yggdrasil, assumed the wooden figure of a beautiful woman and opened her eyes to stare at Su-hyeun.
“Yes,” She replied with a truly radiant smile, something she hadn’t displayed the last time they met. “It’s been a long time.”
Despite assuming the figure of unparalleled beauty, her complexion seemed noticeably paler than before.
The damage suffered by the root was worse than expected, it seemed.
Su-hyeun wordlessly stared at her beautiful countenance. That face was easily the most beautiful he had ever seen, including the Goddess of Beauty herself, Aphrodite.
“So, that was Yggdrasil all along,” Su-hyeun thought.
This was not their first meeting. But back then, he thought of “her” as merely another World Tree and not the biggest tree there was, otherwise known as Yggdrasil.
Su-hyeun got a seed of a World Tree from “her” and had it implanted in his body.
He had to do “missions” on the world created by the young World Tree to reach that point. That was when he began questioning the nature of Yggdrasil. Was its true nature good or evil?
“Honestly speaking, the existence called the World Tree is neither good nor evil, isn’t it?”
Technically, the World Trees should be considered “neutral.”
For the sake of the universe’s continued existence, they needed to be protected. Other than that, one should not think of their intentions as only pure and good.
As such, they were beings that Su-hyeun needed to be most wary of. They could easily become “evil,” pretending to be good, but at the same time, they could never become a true enemy that needed to be defeated, either.
“First of all, I’d like to offer my gratitude. Thanks to your efforts, I managed to survive. Without you, my root would have burned down in its entirety.”
“We only did what we obviously had to do, ma’am,” Thor replied while kneeling before Yggdrasil.
He would never kneel before anyone, not even to his father Odin, but Yggdrasil was the exception.
This being was Asgard, and the entirety of God Realm, itself. No, more than that, even the whole universe. The meaning of Asgard’s existence was tied to Yggdrasil, which meant the World Tree was basically the deity of Asgard.
Unfortunately for Thor, Yggdrasil’s attention was not on him. She continued to stare at Su-hyeun, “Good sir, what will be your decision?”
She asked the same question that Osiris also asked.
Su-hyeun’s heart shook for a moment. He then shook his head, “I’m still not sure yet.”
“Is that so?” Yggdrasil made a rueful face.
But that wasn’t so surprising.
Now that both Osiris and Shiva had begun making their moves, Su-hyeun was basically the best shield available to her right now.
But right at that moment…
“You better stop your bullsh*t right now.”
Su-hyeun’s seething voice was transmitted to Yggdrasil’s hearing.
She flinched in surprise and looked back at him. Her expression remained the same as before, with a warm smile, but the voice entering her hearing was a polar opposite.
“Relax. Don’t make a surprised face. Or a scared one.”
Su-hyeun’s voice continued, and Yggdrasil’s expression reverted to how she used to be.
Her complexion remained pale, but she didn’t get scared or flustered, as expected of her.
Su-hyeun thought of that even during their first encounter, but she certainly was a brilliant actress, wasn’t she?
“Why are you saying this, good sir?”
“If you persist with your bullsh*t, then I might end up choosing the other side instead.”
“But what do you mean by my bullsh—”
“Weren’t you trying to do something with the seed planted in my body just now?”
When Su-hyeun brought that up, Yggdrasil stopped replying altogether as if she had nothing to say.
Su-hyeun observed that reaction, then shifted his gaze over to Sun Wukong and Thor, “Can I speak to her alone for a little while?”
Both Sun Wukong and Thor made puzzled faces at that request.
Why was he suddenly asking them to leave the two of them alone to chat? Thor’s loyalty to Yggdrasil was far too strong, so he decided to step forward to say that such a thing could not be allowed. But then…
“Please, listen to his request.”
When Yggdrasil also made the same request, Thor swallowed back what he originally wanted to say and simply nodded, “Very well.”
“Take care of it quickly, okay? I wanna head back home soon, so we can get something to eat,” said Sun Wukong.
“Understood, Third Brother.”
Thor turned around and strode gallantly away while Sun Wukong rode on the cloud to float up, his head lazily resting on his hands.
Now that they were gone, Su-hyeun shifted his gaze back to Yggdrasil once more.
However, his expression was far more unforgiving than a second ago, “Were you trying to use the seed to take over my body?”
“That was not my intention, but—”
“Then, why did you do that just now?” Su-hyeun pointed to where his heart was.
That was where the seed had been planted.
When he pointed there, Yggdrasil instantly realized that excuses would not work anymore.
Therefore, she chose to maintain her silence instead.
She didn’t make any excuses or movements, either.
It was impossible to use force against the current Su-hyeun. After all, he was already strong enough to rival the gods of the Five Godly Sages tier.
Making excuses at this stage would be no different from antagonizing him even further.
Su-hyeun waited for an answer, but he suddenly walked up to Yggdrasil when one didn’t come.
Grab—!
Then, he grabbed her by her throat and lifted her off the ground.
Su-hyeun watched Yggdrasil struggle as she held onto his hand, her expression pleading with him to be released.
His eyes began burning murderously in rage. “You try one more crap on me, and I will join the other side without hesitation, you hear me? It looks like you know what happened to me and what kind of person I am. In that case, you should have been more careful.”
“You have changed a lot, good sir.”
“Yes, I have. And that’s why it’s driving me nuts.”
Cruuunch—!
Su-hyeun broke Yggdrasil’s neck. Her body instantly turned into pieces of wood and clattered to the ground.
He then turned his head, “I already knew that this seed was supposed to use me as its fertilizer and become a brand-new World Tree. However, I won in the end, and the seed is now in an eternal slumber.”
Gu-gugugu—
He looked toward was where a new body of Yggdrasil had generated.
She wasn’t dead, of course. Even if he broke her neck or ripped her limbs apart thousands of times, she would not die.
Unless all of her roots rotted away, burned down, or the whole universe was destroyed, she would live on.
“Even so, you tried to control me through the seed. Just this once, I’m willing to let it go since the seed has been helpful to me. But the second time? I wonder what will happen.”
“It seems that I have made a mistake.”
“Yes, you have. A terrible mistake.”
Step, step—
Su-hyeun turned around and walked over to the root, not her wooden body.
Yggdrasil’s expression instantly changed. She asked him in an urgent voice, “What—what are you trying to—?”
“Take a good look.”
Ruuumble—
Su-hyeun’s fingers transformed into intense flames. When he slowly moved his hand, the flames morphed into the shape of a crimson dragon.
“N—no, you mustn’t—!”
“This is what awaits you in the future.”
Su-hyeun ignored Yggdrasil’s scared voice and waved his hand. When he did…
Khaaaaah—!
Ruuuuumble—!
The crimson dragon made of condensed crimson flames rapidly flew toward Yggdrasil’s root.
Roooooar—!
Rumble, crackle—!
An explosion went off, causing the red flames to envelop the entire root.
The flames spread in the blink of an eye. These flames seemed to treat the “tree” as their fuel and raged on like some wildfire.
Yggdrasil could only stare in utter stupefaction at this spectacle from far away. Her eyes trembled greatly as the flames billowed.
It didn’t hurt, even though the root was clearly on fire, and even though she should be writhing in agony right now, she didn’t.
There could be only one reason for that.
“This could be your future.”
It was all because Su-hyeun controlled the power output to ensure the root would not burn down.
His divine Flame was a mysterious power that only burned the opponents he chose.
No matter how intense the flames were, they would not harm Yggdrasil as long as Su-hyeun didn’t will it.
But it was another story when one flipped that around.
“Indeed, you have changed a lot, good sir.”
Right at this very moment, Yggdrasil’s root would go up in flames if that was what Su-hyeun wanted.
He wanted to demonstrate this fact to her, which was why he created this scene.
Fwhoooosh—
The flames vanished in an instant. They were sucked back into his palm.
He addressed her while not even looking back at her, “Now you know, so you should not provoke me anymore.”
Yggdrasil didn’t say anything, but that was already enough of an answer.
He walked right past her. As the distance between them grew, he addressed her one last time in a voice soft enough that she would have almost missed it, “I pray that you are someone worthy of protecting.”
Su-hyeun made his way back to Asgard.
The city’s devastation was so extensive that rebuilding it seemed pretty difficult. Even if he wanted to search for survivors, there weren’t many, to begin with.
Of course, that didn’t mean there were none.
Thor managed to locate Asgard’s survivors one by one. Since Sun Wukong could perform the cloning technique, he also lent a hand. Although, technically speaking, it wasn’t just one hand but hundreds of hands instead.
As for Su-hyeun…
“Hey, little bro! What are you doing up here?”
He was lying on the temple roof where Odin fought his last battle to stare at the skies above.
“What’s up with all this daydreaming?” Sun Wukong asked.
“You know, just—I had a few things to think about.”
“What kinda things?” Sun Wukong took a seat next to Su-hyeun. He glanced at Su-hyeun lying on his back. “You know, you’ve suddenly changed.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. Did you finally find out some things you were supposed to know? What happened with that bastard, anyway?”
Su-hyeun chuckled at what Sun Wukong said.
Even though he didn’t explain in detail what happened with Osiris, Sun Wukong spoke as if he already knew everything.
He certainly knew Su-hyeun better than anyone. If Sun Wukong weren’t with him right now, Su-hyeun’s thoughts would have become even more tangled up and, eventually, lean to one side.
“Well, something did happen, alright.”
“Is it kinda difficult to talk about?”
“Yes. Kinda…”
If he could help it, Su-hyeun didn’t want to discuss the matters related to his past life, the one of Set, with anyone.
Even if they happened to be Sun Wukong or the Bull Demon King, he still felt the same way. This was his problem. He had to decide on his own.
“Hmm…” Sun Wukong mulled on Su-hyeun’s reply before lying down himself, “Sure, whatever. Do what you think is the best.”
He didn’t seem to have any opinion on Su-hyeun’s response.
However, Su-hyeun was grateful for that. Sun Wukong must have been curious, but he didn’t try to pry any more than necessary.
Despite bringing it up first, Su-hyeun didn’t explain further. Sun Wukong decided that there must be a good reason for that.
“Looks like the weather is improving, Third Brother.”
The sky above was initially dark and filled with gloomy clouds, but the weather was clearing up. Bright light broke through the gaps in the clouds, one ray at a time. The weather had been very gloomy, so the light felt somewhat blinding to their eyes.
And so, as they wordlessly stared at the clearing sky…
“What the heck?”
Su-hyeun and Sun Wukong’s eyes caught an “object” blocking out the light. Both of them sat up simultaneously without saying anything to each other.
However, Sun Wukong seemed to recognize what it was. He muttered while looking up, “Oh, hey! That’s Buddha’s palm..”
Total Chapters in book: 555
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
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