Chapter 439
Chapter Title: Dark Heaven Village
I decided to talk with Manggyang before entering the Water Yao Offering Ritual. As he said, my obsessive push to obtain Hwayo had left some sloppy gaps. On top of that, the play involving the Four Buddha Status had been sealed away.
Manggyang sat at the table and spoke.
"Baek Woong. To be honest... I can no longer predict anything."
"What do you mean?"
"Hmm... When I read your memories, up to roughly your fifteenth reincarnation, the me from your previous lives—Manggyang—had been following a grand plan. It was systematic, with all the foreshadowing laid out. But from some point on, my schemes started spinning in circles, and I relied heavily on improvisation."
"...":
He let out a sigh.
"In the sixteenth reincarnation, I became the Heavenly Realm's Isekai Earth Immortal Manggyang, and in the seventeenth, I got backstabbed by the Vermilion Bird... After that, things spiraled out of control, and I was dragged along by events. You relied heavily on my schemes, but in truth, I wasn't capable of looking after you."