The Regressed Young Master’s Guide to Living on Easy Mode

The Demonic Doctor visited the Lord's Hall. The reason was simple. If the Heavenly Demon called, he had to go if he didn't want to die.

When he entered the Lord's Hall, only the Heavenly Demon was sitting there alone.

"Report."

"I'm not sure what you mean."

"I see. You've lived quite a long time too. To show your will to die in front of me like this."

"Haha. If I were to joke one more time in front of the Lord, it would be hard to survive even if I had a spare life."

"Do you really want me to kill you?"

"Ahem! I will make my report. Yoo Jae-ha, I had a chance to examine that child's body once more. This time, I was lucky enough to perform a detailed examination."

"So?"

"Previously, I suspected that there was something more to the Heavenly Dragon Saintly Bones."

"You certainly said so. But?"

"Thinking about it again, I came to the conclusion that it doesn't make sense for a person's body to have two constitutions. The Lord must have guessed that to some extent."

"Just get to the point."

"Yes. The reason I mistook it for the Heavenly Dragon Saintly Bones was, in a way, not entirely wrong. To be more precise, it would be most accurate to perform a full autopsy and see what's inside with my own eyes, but for now, my opinion, synthesized from the insufficient information, is..."

* * *

The Heavenly Demon replayed the conversation in his memory.

He had said it wasn't the Heavenly Dragon Saintly Bones. When he heard that, he felt his heart sink.

Because it meant that the expectations he had held so far were just his own misunderstanding.

But when he heard the next words, a satisfied smile spread across his face.

There is a saying, 'atavism'.

The appearance of a trait from not just one, but two, three, or even more generations back.

The Heavenly Dragon Saintly Bones belonged to his brother.

A genius befitting a true Lord, unlike himself, a fake born with nothing.

-I think it might be the Fire Dragon Saintly Bones. This is also just a guess.

The Fire Dragon Saintly Bones was the constitution of his father, the previous Heavenly Demon.

"Hehehehe."

At the Heavenly Demon's sudden burst of laughter, the Blood Demon, the Sura Cult Lord, and the Divine Monk stared at him. The Heavenly Demon spoke to the three of them.

"Do you want to die?"

The three immediately lowered their eyes.

The Heavenly Demon turned his eyes back to the tournament stage.

Whether it was the Fire Dragon Saintly Bones or not, he would find out by fighting that Heavenly Killing Star child who had awakened the Blood Demon True Qi.

* * *

The Blood Demon knew that the Heavenly Demon brat was particularly fond of that child, Yoo Jae-ha. Though he didn't know the reason why.

Therefore, he also knew well how to displease the Heavenly Demon.

'Yoo Jae-ha.'

A trivial being like a bug that would burst and die if you poked it, who had once shamed him.

It had become even more useless after time had passed. He couldn't understand what expectations the Heavenly Demon had for that child.

Unlike Soma, who had steadily polished his own skills. In the Blood Demon's eyes, he could clearly see that trivial thing stained with blood a little later.

The Blood Demon looks to the side.

He can see the Heavenly Demon's usual appearance.

Because he had seen him for longer than anyone else.

The Blood Demon could tell that the Heavenly Demon was more excited than usual.

'Heheh. How many years has it been since I've seen that face contort?'

Was it the first time since the official announcement of the previous Heavenly Demon's death?

His heart was already pounding at the thought of seeing that sight again after a long time.

* * *

The Blood Demon True Qi always demands something to fill the void.

Soma hands over the overflowing, uncontrollable killing intent.

A symbiotic relationship.

It means a relationship where both parties benefit each other.

For these two, the benefit was a deal.

And so, a deal is made.

The Blood Demon True Qi eats the killing intent, and in return, it shares its power.

An immense power wells up from the body.

That was originally the power Soma possessed. However, it was a power he could not yet use.

But the Blood Demon True Qi made it possible.

To learn a demonic art.

'To embrace the demon' was something like this.

To consume one's own to achieve something that is impossible at the present time.

Martial arts were not a product of miracles that created something out of nothing.

One had to possess something. It would be even better if that something was special.

The demon originally only played the role of advancing the coming future.

The power he should have originally had.

The crystal of years or even decades of effort.

An ordinary person's body would be ruined if they were to draw on such a thing.

It was a natural result. Because it was the price for drawing on time without putting in decades of effort.

But occasionally, there were people who were fine even after showing such a miracle. Furthermore, they even showed the mystery of mastering decades of effort in a few hours.

A chemical reaction that surpasses the physical, occurring when a being with overwhelming talent and a body that befits it meet.

Soma could be certain. That he would become even stronger in the future.

And now, he was looking ahead with slightly surprised eyes.

"Is it a coincidence?"

If not, the blow that had just leaped over three years of time was by no means at a level that the likes of the current Yoo Jae-ha could dodge.

And Soma, who had advanced time, could understand.

That in this world, luck is also a very major factor.

And the solution also came to mind immediately. He just had to show a gap so large that even that luck could not occur.

He instinctively calculates the realm up to that point.

Ten years' worth of lifespan seemed to be enough.

Soma replaced it with an endless killing intent.

The Blood Demon True Qi granted that request.

He felt a fullness in his body that he had never felt before.

* * *

I take back everything I said about him being a madman.

If I hadn't enhanced my senses by flowing internal energy through my minor meridians for a moment, my right and left sides would have been fated to never meet again without even saying goodbye.

It was a blow I had barely dodged using the intuition of the Transcendent Peak.

I was terrified. But the momentum Soma was showing now was even stronger than before.

To be honest, I thought that if the opponent was at this level, it would be okay to just lose.

This is not about winning or anything; it's a matter of life and death before that.

If my hyung-nim were watching this match, no! If the elders or the strategist of the Heavenly Demon Cult were watching this match, they would know how ridiculous what Soma was showing was.

Even if I lose here, they won't be able to say anything. If they were to pick a fight over that, they would be real bastards.

But the realm Soma is showing now is a bit strange. It's definitely not the Peak, and it's a bit ambiguous to call it the Transcendent Peak either.

As someone who has roasted, boiled, mixed, fried, drummed, and played the janggu with the Transcendent Peak in my prime, I could bet my two balls that it wasn't the Transcendent Peak.

But what Soma was showing now was clearly a movement that surpassed the Peak.

Was there a realm I didn't know about between the Peak and the Transcendent Peak? Like a quasi-Transcendent Peak. ...There's no way, that's bullshit.

Really, at this point, shouldn't everyone acknowledge it even if I just lose! He has far surpassed the level of a rising star.

It's unfair. I want to cry. But there's nowhere to appeal. So it's even more maddening.

Soma becomes blurry. I couldn't even perceive him kicking off the ground. But my enhanced senses, and furthermore, my intuition, were warning me that Soma had approached me.

The location is the stomach.

I raised my sword to my stomach and stood it up.

Clang!

The impact of a sledgehammer, not a sword, hitting the sword was transmitted. Ugh! My face contorts on its own. My body flies back. I barely land on the tournament stage.

When I look down at my arm, it's trembling. It's a wonder I didn't drop the sword. If I hadn't performed the mystery of the Pear Blossom at the last moment, my arm would have surely been broken.

It's scary. I feel like I'm going to piss myself. Everyone would probably acknowledge it even if I did. My intuition warns me again. I looked at the tournament stage. I could only see that something was blurry; I couldn't tell anything else.

This time, it's the neck. I raised my sword to block my neck. Then the place my intuition was warning me about changed. Back to the stomach!

I tilted my sword diagonally to block my stomach. Then the place my intuition was warning me about changed again.

This time, it was the neck and stomach at the same time.

I didn't see him like that, but Soma, this guy, is a truly cruel guy. Did you really have to go this far!

Even with the attack just now, it was enough to show everyone here that you are superior to me!

Did you really have to make a hole in either my neck or my stomach!

Do you know how sad it is for the weak one being attacked!

No matter which place I block, it's a fate where a hole will be pierced. It couldn't be more tragic than this.

Of course, if the neck is pierced, you die, so I should block the neck. But when I remembered that if my stomach was pierced, I would have to live a shabby life, wetting my pants every time I peed, just like before my regression, I thought it would be better for my neck to be pierced.

Because even if I live like that once, I can't live like that twice.

And I didn't want to die, nor did I want to live a shabby life.

Was this the feeling of the opponents I had faced in the Divine Demon Tournament before my regression?

I was once again made to reflect.

I shouldn't play with the weak again.

Let's kill them cleanly. Because that's manners.

For now, I felt like I had to do something about this sensation. Because my senses would soon return to normal. Then I would be pierced somewhere, even if I were to be pierced.

I used the Reversal of Heaven.

I sent the yang energy down and the yin energy up.

Then, the yang energy, by the grand principle of the laws of the universe, tried to go up, and the yin energy tried to go down again.

I forcibly twisted the force of them trying to return to their original places.

An immense power was loaded onto my body. Previously, I had used this by emitting it outwards.

Because my body could not yet handle this much power.

This was not a matter of training, but a difference in growth.

In the end, it was the limit of a child's body.

But in the time I was thinking about this and that, the moment of choice between dying like this or living while wetting my pants for the rest of my life was passing.

If what I'm doing now goes wrong, my growth plates might close, and I might have to live as a twelve-year-old kid for the rest of my life.

Still, a twelve-year-old kid can pee freely!

Yes, I've decided.

I didn't emit the power created by the Reversal of Heaven outwards, but trapped it in my body.

Although it's a virtual power, not something I originally possessed, this is also a power with a clear substance.

The power of the Reversal of Heaven.

That power extends towards the great meridians. The great meridians are filled. And the remaining power extends towards the minor meridians. The minor meridians are filled.

In terms of the amount of internal energy, it's well over two Jiazi.

My narrowing vision expands once again.

Previously, the enhancement of senses was achieved with the body not being strengthened, by only flowing internal energy through the minor meridians. But now, it was different.

The power had been completely transmitted to the great meridians.

My vision is readjusted once again to match my strengthened body. My vision expands once more.

Then, Soma's blurry movements became somewhat visible, though not completely.

Swish.

Soma kicked off his foot and flew at me, aiming for my right knee.

Perhaps because I kept dodging or blocking, he seemed to be trying to shatter my knee altogether.

I lightly lifted my right knee.

Soma's foot coolly swept through the empty air.

I extended my leg straight as it was lifted.

Thwack!

Soma, who was hit by my attack for the first time, was pushed back. I was deeply surprised that even with my strengthened body, I could only inflict that much impact. And it seemed that Soma was the same.

"I was hit?"

"Then were you not hit?"

Someone had even prepared to have their growth plates close, and you're complaining about being hit once!

"Hehehehe."

Suddenly, Soma started laughing.

"Is he a madman?"

"Yes. It should be like this. It had to be like this! Yoo Jae-ha!"

He's a madman.

Soma comes running. I held back my tears, raised my sword, and blocked.

Crash!

This time, I wasn't pushed back.

I could hear the sound of my growth plates closing.

I can't cross my legs anymore.

* * *

Sword qi and sword qi clash. Crash! Then, a sound as if lightning had struck rings out. Pow! At that moment, the sound of kicking off the tournament stage is heard simultaneously. The two's figures disappear.

The dust moves rapidly to one side. The dust explodes. At the same time, a loud noise is heard again. The two's figures are revealed on the tournament stage. They immediately disappear again, and the dust moves. People's eyes follow the dust. A series of loud noises are heard. The two reveal themselves again.

Soma's hair was disheveled. His eyes were bloodshot as if they would burst, and reddish-purple veins were bulging all over his body, and he was drooling from his mouth. However, the momentum he was exuding was as fierce as it could be.

The same went for Yoo Jae-ha, who was standing opposite him. His hair was also disheveled, his clothes were torn to shreds, and he had numerous minor injuries here and there. His shoes were gone, and he was barefoot. However, his eyes, looking at his opponent, were as clear as ever.

Once again, the two's figures disappeared from people's sight.

A series of loud noises were heard. This time, it was heard more than ten times in one breath. And so, when twenty breaths had been taken.

The sound stopped.

There was no one on the tournament stage.

People all look up at the empty air.

Yoo Jae-ha was flying in the empty air. Below him was Soma. Yoo Jae-ha pointed his sword downwards and thrust it straight down.

The sword advanced towards Soma's navel, or to be precise, towards the dantian below it. Soma raised his foot, grabbed Yoo Jae-ha's waist, and threw him.

Yoo Jae-ha flies towards the tournament stage and falls. He spins his body and lands lightly. Immediately, Soma brings his knee down to strike. Yoo Jae-ha quickly kicks off to the side. Soma's knee is embedded in the tournament stage. The tournament stage shatters. Dust rises, and a moment later, when it clears, the two reveal themselves.

The two's appearances were even more tragic than before.

At a glance, they were no different from madmen.

And an upset occurred.

Thud.

Without hesitation, Yoo Jae-ha took a step, and Soma stepped back.

At that moment, Soma's pupils began to tremble rapidly.

"Give it to me."

Soma spoke to his trembling legs, looking at Yoo Jae-ha who was approaching him.

"Give it to me."

A symbiotic relationship could be said to be a relationship where if one side collapses, both die. Therefore, the Blood Demon True Qi did not want to break this relationship that it had met after a long time.

"If you don't give it to me, I'll take you with me."

Because it was a symbiotic relationship that shared one side, it knew that those words were true. So the Blood Demon True Qi had no choice but to give it.

-It's 15 years' worth. Even you will have to recuperate for a few years with this.

At that moment, Soma's prayer changed. Yoo Jae-ha's footsteps, which had been walking steadily, stopped.

"Shit. This is too much."

Yoo Jae-ha, who had suddenly cursed. And the Blood Demon's laughter could be heard even from here.

"Hehehe! Yes! More! More! Dig deeper! Sell even your soul to the demon inside you!"

Yoo Jae-ha turned his head and looked at the Blood Demon.

He had wondered why Soma had changed like that, and as expected, it was because of the Blood Demon. He turned his head again and looked at Soma.

The ambiguous part was no longer ambiguous.

The opponent in front of him now had surpassed the Peak and had definitely entered the Transcendent Peak. Although it was just barely over the boundary, the important thing was that he had crossed it.

This was troublesome. He had barely managed to pressure him by taking the risk of his growth plates closing, and now he was showing such a side.

"Shit. I don't know anymore."

Now, he could have some hope. But if he were to bring out the next thing, his growth plates would surely be ruined.

The Reversal of Heaven is an act that twists the physiology of the universe.

The sun rises in the sky.

That is the natural order.

If you use the Reversal of Heaven, the sky and the earth are reversed.

According to the natural order, it could be said that the sun is now rising on the ground.

A state where the impossible has happened.

That's why it was the Reversal of Heaven.

Day and night come and go, and the harmony of yin and yang is achieved.

And I had twisted that now.

Now, in my body, the sun was rising on the ground, and the moon was rising in the sky.

When the sun rises, the moon is not visible.

Because the sun is brighter than the moon.

The moon only reveals itself when the sun is not up.

And if you reverse the Reversal of Heaven again, an interesting thing happens.

I released the Reversal of Heaven.

The yang energy goes up, and the yin energy goes down.

The sky and the earth find their proper places.

The sun and the moon find their proper places.

But the power of the Reversal of Heaven, which had been maintained all this time, remained on the ground. Therefore, the sun still remained on the ground.

And due to the risen yang energy, the sun also rose in the sky.

And so, now, in my body, there were two suns, in the sky and on the ground. Of course, this is a temporary phenomenon. As time passes, the sun created by the Reversal of Heaven will disappear due to the yin energy.

But at this moment, I had two suns in my body.

I feel like my whole body is burning up.

It felt as if my body would dry up and shrivel in an instant due to the yang energy created by the two suns.

Even that great junior sister would be sick in bed for a few days after using this.

Soma kindly approached me. That's a relief. Because I couldn't even move in this state.

I cupped my arms as if embracing a large ball, crossed my palms up and down, and then turned them outwards.

I had to keep this space open to prepare for the impact. Otherwise, my internal organs would all be damaged by the shockwave.

My left fingers pointed to the right.

My right fingers pointed to the left.

My left thumb, hanging down, and my right thumb, raised up, met.

If I were to maintain this state for a little longer, my brain would probably burn up.

'Goodbye, my growth plates.'

Soma swings his sword at me. I can see the Sword Qi Solidification. The stage just before the Sword Gang.

Well, it doesn't really matter even if that's the Sword Gang now.

I moved the two suns in my body.

The Reversal of Heaven, the second form.

The Twin Poles.

That is the name of this technique. A technique that puts the two suns in each hand and directly strikes the opponent.

And the flower of this technique was that the two suns would meet to create a new, huge sun.

That's why it was named.

The Twin Poles, the Three-Legged Crow.

Look at how cheesy the technique name is. Even my junior sister couldn't do this.

Crash, crash, crash, crash, crash!

Soma flies and is embedded in the wall.

"Is he dead?"

Twitch.

"He's alive?"

He's an amazing guy. Still, it was my victory by going out of bounds.

At this moment, the Heavenly Demon was certain after seeing that blow.

'That's my father's!'

He had never dreamed that he would see it again. Because in this world, the only one who could perform that and be fine was the Fire Dragon Saintly Bones.

'As expected, you are...'

(End of Chapter)