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 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113 - Naked God (1)
Chapter 114 - Naked God (2)
Chapter 115 - Naked God (3)
Chapter 116 - Naked God (4)
Chapter 117 - Naked God (5)
Chapter 118 - Naked God (6)
Chapter 119 - Naked God (7)
Chapter 120 - Naked God (8)
Chapter 121 - God And Follower (1)
Chapter 122 - God And Follower (2)
Chapter 123 - God And Follower (3)
Chapter 124 - God And Follower (4)
Chapter 125 - God And Follower (5)
Chapter 126 - God And Follower (6)
Chapter 127 - God And Follower (7)
Chapter 128 - God And Follower (8)
Chapter 129 - God And Follower (9)
Chapter 130 - God And Follower (10)
Chapter 131 - God And Follower (11)
Chapter 132 - Ancient God (1)
Chapter 133 - Ancient God (2)
Chapter 134 - Ancient God (3)
Chapter 135 - Ancient God (4)
Chapter 136 - Ancient God (5)
Chapter 137 - Ancient God (6)
Chapter 138 - Ancient God (7)
Chapter 139 - Ancient God (8)
Chapter 140 - Ancient God (9)
Chapter 141 - Ancient God (10)
Chapter 142 - Ancient God (11)
Chapter 143 - Ancient God (12)
Chapter 144 - Ancient God (13)
Chapter 145 - Ancient God (14)
Chapter 146 - The Great Forest (1)
Chapter 147 - The Great Forest (2)
Chapter 148 - The Great Forest (3)
Chapter 149 - The Great Forest (4)
Chapter 150 - The Great Forest (5)
Chapter 151 - The Great Forest (6)
Chapter 152 - The Great Forest (7)
Chapter 153 - The Great Forest (8)
Chapter 154 - God Of Madness (1)
Chapter 155 - God Of Madness (2)
Chapter 156 - God Of Madness (3)
Chapter 157 - God Of Madness (4)
Chapter 158 - God Of Madness (5)
Chapter 159 - God Of Madness (6)
Chapter 160 - God Of Madness (7)
Chapter 161 - God Of Madness (8)
Chapter 162 - God Of Madness (9)
Chapter 163 - God Of Madness (10)
Chapter 164 - God Of Madness (11)
Chapter 165 - God Of Madness (12)
Chapter 166 - Rupture (1)
Chapter 167 - Rupture (2)
Chapter 168 - Rupture (3)
Chapter 169 - Rupture (4)
Chapter 170 - Rupture (5)
Chapter 171 - Rupture (6)
Chapter 172 - Rupture (7)
Chapter 173 - Rupture (8)
Chapter 174 - Rupture (9)
Chapter 175 - Rupture (10)
Chapter 176 - Rupture (11)
Chapter 177 - Rupture (12)
Chapter 178 - Rupture (13)
Chapter 179 - Rupture (14)
Chapter 180 - Rupture (15)
Chapter 181 - Rupture (16)
Chapter 182 - Rupture (17)
Chapter 183 - Rupture (18)
Chapter 184 - Fallen Star (1)
Chapter 185 - Fallen Star (2)
Chapter 186 - Fallen Star (3)
Chapter 187 - Fallen Star (4)
Chapter 188 - Fallen Star (5)
Chapter 189 - Fallen Star (6)
Chapter 190 - Fallen Star (7)
Chapter 191 - Fallen Star (8)
Chapter 192 - A Lone World (1)
Chapter 193 - A Lone World (2)
Chapter 194 - A Lone World (3)
Chapter 195 - A Lone World (4)
Chapter 196 - A Lone World (5)
Chapter 197 - A Lone World (6)
Chapter 198 - A Lone World (7)
Chapter 199 - A Lone World (8)
Chapter 200 - A Lone World (9)
Chapter 201 - A Lone World (10)
Chapter 202 - A Lone World (11)
Chapter 203 - A Lone World (12)
Chapter 204 - A Lone World (13)
Chapter 205 - A Lone World (14)
Chapter 206 - A Lone World (15)
Chapter 207 - Big Brother (1)
Chapter 208 - Big Brother (2)
Chapter 209 - Big Brother (3)
Chapter 210 - Big Brother (4)
Chapter 211 - Big Brother (5)
Chapter 212 - Big Brother (6)
Chapter 213 - Big Brother (7)
Chapter 214 - Big Brother (8)
Chapter 215 - Big Brother (9)
Chapter 216 - Big Brother (10)
Chapter 217 - Big Brother (11)
Chapter 218 - Big Brother (12)
Chapter 219 - Big Brother (13)
Chapter 220 - Big Brother (14)
Chapter 221 - Big Brother (15)
Chapter 222 - Big Brother (16)
Chapter 223 - Big Brother (17)
Chapter 224 - Big Brother (18)
Chapter 225 - Big Brother (19)
Chapter 226 - Big Brother (20)
Chapter 227 - Big Brother (21)
Chapter 228 - Big Brother (22)
Chapter 229 - World After The Fall (1)
Chapter 230 - World After The Fall (2)
Chapter 231 - World After The Fall (3)
Chapter 232 - World After The Fall (4)
Chapter 233 - World After The Fall (5)
Chapter 234 - World After The Fall (6)
Chapter 235 - World After The Fall (7)
Chapter 236 - World After The Fall (8)
Chapter 237 - World After The Fall (9)
Chapter 238 - World After The Fall (10)
Chapter 239 - World After The Fall (11)
Chapter 240 - World After The Fall (12)
Chapter 241 - World After The Fall (13)
Chapter 242 - World After The Fall (14)
Chapter 243 - World After The Fall (15)
Chapter 244 - World After The Fall (16)
Chapter 245 - Ouroboros (1)
Chapter 246 - Ouroboros (2)
Chapter 247 - Ouroboros (3) – Epilogue
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Ongoing Status: Ongoing Alternative names: TWATF, 멸망 이후의 세계, ______
Total Chapters in book: 247
Estimated words: 349937 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1750(@200wpm)___ 1400(@250wpm)___ 1166(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 349937 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1750(@200wpm)___ 1400(@250wpm)___ 1166(@300wpm)
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Chapter 247: Ouroboros (3) – Epilogue
In the same year, Sirwen announced a new theory about the Tree of Imagery.
“So, you saying that maybe the Nightmare of the Beginning is located at the Roots?”
“Yeah, in summary.”
“Ugh, that’s nonsense!”
Nightmares still studied the Tree of Imagery even after it disappeared. The Tree of Imagery held every secret behind birth. It was a motive for every tower and allowed ‘Cultivation’ to give Nightmares a purpose. They still were clinging onto that tree.
“There’s no way. If the Nightmare of the Beginning was located at the roots, we would have found it a long time ago.”
“No. We do not know what the Nightmare of the Beginning looks like. We might’ve even visited the place and didn’t even realize it.”
But even those Nightmares didn’t seem to be convinced by the new theory. It wasn’t because Sirwen’s theory was complicated. The theory itself was simple. It just said the Tree of Imagery didn’t grow in one direction.
“We all know that the branches or the roots didn’t grow in one direction.”
“Yes, but…”
“My theory has a point. What if the roots and branches circled the universe to meet each other? What if the Tree of Imagery was in the shape of a circle? That might explain why we couldn’t find the Nightmare of the Beginning when the Tree of Imagery was destroyed. That’s why there’s no ‘top floor’ to the tree!”
“That is nonsense!”
“Finding the Roots in this land is proof! We might not know what the Tree of Imagery looked like!”
Sirwen spoke desperately. She had a reason to as she needed the help of these old Nightmares this time.
“You cannot prove your point. Besides, we can’t go to the [Remote Region] anymore. Even if there is the Nightmare of the Beginning there… there is no Tree of Imagery and…”
“That’s why I’m telling you! If we change our views, we might be able to reconstruct the way! We might even be allowed to travel through dimensions freely again!”
“No way. Let’s cut this nonsense now.”
Sirwen bit her lips. She hoped that the old Nightmares who still longed for the Tree of Imagery would understand her, but it was no use.
Sirwen knew that the time of Nightmares was over.
No more Nightmares were born after the Tree of Imagery disappeared. The tower just became a hollow form of art after Cultivation was gone as if the horrific Cultivation was the true identity of art.
Sirwen shouted angrily.
“FINE! Be fools! Die in your past glory!”
The fall of her race? She didn’t care anymore.
Sirwen returned to the only person who understood her.
“…Didn’t go well?”
“No.”
Sirwen smiled at Runald’s concerned expression.
“Don’t worry. I can do it alone. I will do it someday. I can meet him again. You just have to stay alive until then.”
Runald smiled without energy.
“He’s still alive, isn’t he?”
“Yeah. I’m sure of it.”
Runald blinked slowly.
“I have a strange dream these days. I hear voices calling me somewhere. It’s like when I was in his unique world…”
“Don’t make it sound like you will die soon, kid.”
“…Stop calling me kid, will you? You should respect your elder.”
Sirwen quietly tapped Runald’s forehead.
They smiled at each other and began talking about the old days like every other day. They talked about the days when Jaehwan first appeared in
“When do you die?”
“I don’t know. Maybe after 1,000 years?”
“1,000… I didn’t know I would feel that time to be so long.”
Runald looked up at Sirwen with a lonely expression.
“Sirwen.”
“What.”
“You have to keep talking to someone even when I’m gone. Okay?”
“…Shut up, kid.”
“You should at least talk to yourself. Don’t break. Even if everyone forgets everything except you. Don’t consider everything as an illusion or a dream. Okay?”
“Of course, I won’t.”
“Right. You’re a Nightmare. I’m sure you have better memory than me.”
“Of course.”
Runald smiled.
“That’s good.”
“…”
“You know, those days have become hazy these days. It sometimes even feels like it didn’t exist… as if I was in a long dream, that Jaehwan never existed and everything was just a dream…”
And Runald fell asleep. Sirwen felt his breathing slowing down. His heartbeat was dying out. She knew this was the last, but she couldn’t wake him up.
She couldn’t even dare to close her eyes as it would bring tears. She just placed her hand over Runald’s forehead.
“Silly. There’s no way it was a dream.”
Everyone who had the same dreams disappeared and the old Nightmares died one by one.
Sirwen was left alone. She alone remembered everything.
No more Roots were found. She thought maybe the Root she found was the last Root that the Tree of Imagery had left. She kept it well and studied it whenever she had time. The Root was the only way to reach the end of her questions. It was the only piece of evidence to answer why she was born in this world, why she met Jaehwan, and what the Nightmare of the Beginning was.
This was the only possible tunnel that might connect her to Jaehwan.
She studied and studied.
She collected documents from dead Nightmares and asked for help from other races. But the research didn’t go so well.
10 years passed. 20 years passed. 100 years passed. And then 200 years.
All of a sudden, she realized everyone except tor her had forgotten about a being named Jaehwan. History did not record Jaehwan anymore and no one stabbed. And there was a sign of the return of the System. It wasn’t obvious like before. There were no levels or statuses, but Sirwen was able to feel it.
The System was coming back.
Sirwen still did not know anything. She didn’t know what the Nightmare of the Beginning was, and why the Tree of Imagery gave birth to her. Sirwen did not know.
And Sirwen placed down the Root she was researching.
She wasn’t sure if it was an act of giving up or the beginning of a new challenge. But she remembered when she was creating the tower for the last time, the tower she created for Jaehwan.
Maybe it was a sudden urge, but Sirwen acted on it. She peeled off the Root and began shaping it using her tools.
She began working on her last tower.
With faint longing and severe loneliness, she created the tower. It wasn’t a tower for Cultivation. It was a tower that allowed no Cultivation. It had no use, but that’s why it was unique.
As she created the tower, she dreamed often.
‘This is not a dream. I cannot consider every memory to be a dream.’
But she still dreamed. It was a dream of her quarreling with Chunghuh. There was Karlton and there was Runald. It was also a dream of her arguing with Surha, and it was the dream of his return.
At the end of the long nightmare, she was fixing up the exterior of the tower. There was a lonely tree at the end of her hand.
‘Just a bit more. I just need to work on a bit more…’
And she fell asleep again without finishing her work. It was a deep sleep this time. She thought she might not wake up in time before she had fallen asleep.
The sound of quiet breaths filled her small room.
The quietness was steady and calm. It felt like it would continue endlessly, as if it were telling Sirwen that she had done well. That she could rest now.
But it was then that a small sound came from her tower. It was so small that Sirwen could barely hear it. Within the tower, a small crack opened up and the dark room was soon filled with the faint light.
It was a familiar crack.
It was like the day the sky was ripped open by the stab.
The crack began to spread across the tower as if one world was calling upon another world. As if one world was overlapping into another.
Even in her dream, Sirwen saw the crack. She smiled as she knew what it was. In the faint sight, she tried to open her mouth.
She wanted to say that she had waited for too long.
But her drowsiness was too heavy and she couldn’t bring herself up. The tower shined brightly and embraced her. It was as if it was saying that she can sleep more, that it was okay to sleep.
Sirwen felt relieved and closed her eyes.
It was a rest that she could take because she knew this wasn’t over.
And in the bright light, she dreamed for a long time.
In that dream, she thought that she should rest well and regain her energy.
Because when she woke up, a new world would be waiting for her.
Total Chapters in book: 247
Estimated words: 349937 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1750(@200wpm)___ 1400(@250wpm)___ 1166(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 349937 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1750(@200wpm)___ 1400(@250wpm)___ 1166(@300wpm)
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