The Heavenly Demon Who Reigns

I can't see.

At the same time, an unknown pain was felt throughout his entire body.

Among them, his head hurt the most, as if it would shatter.

Mumble, mumble-.

At that moment, countless voices were heard in his head.

Like auditory hallucinations, the voices echoed from within.

'What are they saying...'

It sounded like someone was talking from far away inside a cave.

But as he focused on listening, the voices gradually became clearer.

And soon, he could clearly hear what they were saying.

"Big brother! This guy isn't breathing!"

"What? You mean he's dead?"

"I'm not sure about that..."

"Check again!"

Dead?

Were they talking about him?

Hearing those words, Jang Cheon opened his eyes.

"Ugh..."

As soon as he opened his eyes, he felt a pain in the back of his head.

Jang Cheon frowned deeply and touched his head with one hand.

Swish-.

When he brought his right hand to the back of his head, he felt warmth and a mushy texture.

When he brought his right hand back in front of his eyes, it was covered in red blood.

'Blood...?'

Could this have flowed from his own head?

No wonder his head hurt as if it would break; it was actually broken.

'I have no memory after clashing my energy with that guy.'

The wound on his head could be considered a result of that aftermath.

And probably the pain felt throughout his body was the same.

Jang Cheon could now tell that he was lying down.

'What happened to that guy?'

The man presumed to be the enemy's leader.

His skills were by no means to be taken lightly, as he was on par with himself.

But just as his own condition was like this, that guy's must be the same.

Jang Cheon thought that he would be dead, or at least not safe.

Swish-.

Jang Cheon forced his body, which was not moving properly, to get up from his seat.

His body swayed unsteadily, as if it would collapse at any moment.

But forcing himself to maintain his posture, Jang Cheon raised his head.

'Where is that guy?'

He's not here.

He can't see him.

Instead, in front of him were only unfamiliar faces he didn't know.

Young men who looked to be in their twenties were staring at him with wide eyes.

'What...'

Why are these street thugs in front of me?

Jang Cheon ignored the young men staring at him and looked for the man.

However, even after looking around, he couldn't see the man's figure.

At that moment, a young man asked Jang Cheon.

"You... are you okay?"

"..."

"Hey! Can't you hear me?"

Even when the young man asked, Jang Cheon ignored him from beginning to end.

At that moment, Jang Cheon was able to realize a certain fact.

'Where... the hell is this?'

Putting that guy aside, why can't I see the other enemies?

That wasn't all.

The corpses that were scattered on the floor were gone, and the sounds of battle were no longer heard.

Instead, all that could be seen around were shabby private houses.

This place was also a place Jang Cheon was seeing for the first time.

'This is... not Heavenly Mountain?'

He had no choice but to think so.

Could it be that he had been unconscious for a long time?

And in the meantime, he had been moved here by someone.

It felt like he had woken up right after the collision, but it seemed that was not the case.

"This bastard keeps ignoring me?"

The young man said that and was about to rush at Jang Cheon.

But at that moment, Jang Cheon's gaze turned to the young man, and the young man stopped in his tracks.

'This guy... his eyes have changed.'

Looking at Jang Cheon, the young man thought to himself.

And when he met the changed gaze, he couldn't help but stop walking.

"You."

At that moment, Jang Cheon said to the young man.

"Where is this place?"

"...What?"

"Did you guys bring me here?"

"..."

When Jang Cheon asked that, the young man was at a loss for words for a moment and didn't answer.

And he laughed as if he was dumbfounded.

"What are you talking about right now?"

"..."

"Did you hit your head and go crazy or something?"

Saying that, the young man looked around.

Then, as if agreeing with his words, people started laughing.

The sound of laughter mocking Jang Cheon instantly filled the surroundings.

"I'll ask you one more time."

"...?"

"Did you guys bring me here?"

As Jang Cheon repeated the same words, the laughter soon stopped.

And the young man wiped the smile from his lips and said.

"What do you mean, bring you here?"

"..."

"Are you crazy, or did you lose your memory, spouting nonsense from a while ago?"

Saying that, the young man started laughing mockingly again.

Jang Cheon watched him silently.

And he still said with a consistent face.

"I'll give you one last chance."

Flash-.

"Answer my question."

For a moment, a strange light flickered in Jang Cheon's eyes.

Seeing this, the young man felt that something was strange.

And it seemed that others felt the same, as one person came up and said to the young man.

"Big brother, that guy's eyes are unusual."

"..."

"It seems like he's a completely different person after getting hit on the head?"

The young man was feeling the same thing.

As if he was facing a strong person...

'No, that can't be!'

Soon, the young man shook his head from side to side and blew away the thought that had come to him for a moment.

"It's a bluff. What can a guy who's about to collapse do?"

"That's true, but..."

"Stay out of it. I'll teach him a lesson so he won't be arrogant anymore."

Saying that, the young man approached Jang Cheon.

Hoo-.

Giving him a chance not twice, but three times, was really a lot.

He didn't feel any trace of having learned martial arts from his opponent, so he tried not to use force if possible.

But if it comes to this, it can't be helped.

To find out the situation of the cult as soon as possible, he had no choice but to make the guy open his mouth somehow.

"Don't die!"

Saying that, the young man swung his fist at Jang Cheon.

It was a very slow and shabby blow.

He didn't even feel the need to avoid it.

'I'll deflect it with Rebounding Energy.'

Thinking so, Jang Cheon tried to raise his internal energy.

However.

As if it was empty, he couldn't feel anything in his dantian.

'My internal energy... is gone?'

It didn't mean that it was lacking due to excessive use of internal energy.

It was literally gone.

Yes, as if he had never learned martial arts.

"..."

While Jang Cheon was flustered by that fact, the young man's fist came right in front of his nose.

Normally, he could have easily avoided such a slow fist even at close range.

But even avoiding the fist didn't follow his will, as if it wasn't his own body.

Thwack-.

In the end, Jang Cheon was hit by the young man's fist and was sent flying.

And his consciousness gradually faded again.

'This... is not my body.'

What kind of strange thing had happened to his body?

Jang Cheon thought to himself and eventually lost consciousness.

* * *

It's cool.

Thanks to the coldness felt from his forehead, the headache that felt like it would break gradually seemed to get better.

'It's comfortable...'

When was the last time he could be so thoughtless?

If he could, Jang Cheon wanted to stay like this forever.

However.

Because of this comfort, the memory he had forgotten for a moment came to mind, and Jang Cheon was startled and got up from his seat.

Thud-.

At that moment, a cold, wet towel fell from Jang Cheon's forehead.

Was that why his head was cool?

Jang Cheon thought so as he stared blankly at the wet towel that had fallen on the blanket.

"..."

At that moment, as if he had realized something, Jang Cheon sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.

As expected.

He could immediately tell that the fact that the internal energy in his dantian had completely disappeared was not a dream but a reality.

'What happened?'

Thinking so, Jang Cheon opened his eyes.

It didn't seem like he had fallen into Qi Deviation and lost all his internal energy.

For that, his dantian was intact, and the wounds all over his body were not internal injuries but were caused by external shocks.

"..."

In the end, even after thinking for a long time, Jang Cheon couldn't figure out anything.

And at that moment.

The door of the room where Jang Cheon was lying opened, and a woman appeared.

"..."

The woman was startled to find Jang Cheon sitting in his seat.

Jang Cheon was also looking at the woman.

'That woman...'

It was definitely a woman he had never seen before.

But... for some reason, Jang Cheon felt like he knew what the woman's name was.

"Young Master! You're finally awake!"

"...Mihwa."

"Yes, it's me, Mihwa. Do you recognize me?"

"..."

Jang Cheon nodded lightly.

Seeing this, Mihwa was relieved and happy.

At the same time, countless memories suddenly began to surface in Jang Cheon's mind.

'Cheon Myeong? Who is this guy...!'

Suddenly, the headache intensified.

The name that suddenly came to mind, Cheon Myeong. And as the memories that the person named Cheon Myeong originally had began to be hammered into his brain, his head hurt as if it would break.

"Ugh..."

Jang Cheon groaned in pain and grabbed his head with one hand.

Then, Mihwa rushed over and asked with a worried face.

"Young Master! Are you okay?"

Mihwa asked, but Jang Cheon couldn't hear any voice.

As a large amount of memories suddenly began to surface, he had no choice but to focus on accepting them all.

Jang Cheon was peeking into the life that the person named Cheon Myeong had lived so far at an incredible speed.

"Kuaaaah-!"

As he felt a headache as if his head would explode, Jang Cheon eventually couldn't stand it and screamed.

And soon, the scream stopped.

"...Young Master?"

Mihwa asked with a fearful face at Jang Cheon, who was staring blankly at the ceiling.

At that moment, Jang Cheon slowly lowered his head.

And with a face opposite to the one he had when he was screaming, he said to Mihwa.

"I'm fine. Don't worry."

"Are you really okay?"

"Yes."

When Jang Cheon said that, Mihwa seemed to be relieved.

The smile he usually gave her.

When he was screaming, he looked like a completely different person, but seeing that smile, she thought he was the Young Master she had known so far.

However, Mihwa did not know.

The fact that although his appearance was the same, his inside had completely changed from what she knew.

"..."

At that moment, Jang Cheon looked at his hands without a word.

The two hands he was now clenching and unclenching were clearly moving according to his will, but they were not his original hands.

'I have no choice but to admit it.'

He didn't know how it happened, but it seemed that he was now in the body of a person named Cheon Myeong.

In other words, the soul was Jang Cheon, but the body was Cheon Myeong.

After accepting all the memories, Jang Cheon came to that conclusion.

'I don't know why this happened to me.'

But if this was also fate, it was fate.

More than anything else, that thought came to him first, and Jang Cheon couldn't help but laugh.

"Young Master...?"

Seeing this, Mihwa tilted her head in confusion again.

It seemed like the Young Master she knew, but it also didn't.

Mihwa couldn't tell what was right.

(End of Chapter)