CHAPTER 473: THE DEMON GOD (1)

“Huh?! Over here!”

Songhwa was startled when Seol-Hwi suddenly appeared and reacted quickly.

“Please come inside quickly!”

Simultaneously, his hand movements were swift.

The preparation for the promised spatial movement was already complete.

Seeing Songhwa’s earnest expression, Seol-Hwi decided to comply.

As soon as he stepped into the designated area.

“Let’s go!”

With Songhwa’s murmuring, the view suddenly darkened.

Afterward, as it brightened again, familiar scenery came into view.

“How did you come?”

“Was everything resolved well?”

“Who is this child?”

It was a success.

At the point we expected to arrive, Earth Demon and everyone else was there.

“I succeeded!”

Watching the emotional Songhwa, Seol-Hwi nodded.

“Well done. Let’s go inside and talk first.”

Seol-Hwi then led them to a nearby house.

It was a situation that required a calm discussion.

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‘What is this?’

While heading to the dwelling, something caught his eye.

In fact, it had been bothering him even before the spatial movement.

A transparent box floating above his sight.

It used to be the location of the toolbox, but now its color and shape were slightly different.

‘Wasn’t it gone?’

Before encountering Siming Star.

He had seen words indicating that life and the toolbox would be reset.

Although he didn’t know exactly what reset meant, he could somewhat infer.

He considered ‘beginning’ as referring to the start, and ‘change’ as indicating transformation.

It could be understood as returning to the state before the system was applied.

But then, what is that?

Just in case, Seol-Hwi stared intently at the red box.

Ding.

Suddenly, it reacted.

[Administrator Mode ✓]

['Would you like to open the 'Heavenly Demon Cultivation Simulation' editor?]

‘Editor?’

A word he had never seen before appeared.

Moreover, it seemed that the administrator mode, which had appeared in that peculiar space before meeting the Siming Star, was still applicable to him. ɽà₦Ǒ𝖇Ε𝘴

As soon as Seol-Hwi casually accepted it.

[Welcome to the Heavenly Demon Cultivation Simulation!]

[You can now customize all abilities within the Heavenly Demon Cultivation Simulation.]

[_Beep!_ Condition not met! You have not been granted the ability to customize.]

▷ Self Qi Point

▷ Character

▷ Settings

▷ Tools

‘Huh?’

Seol-Hwi’s gaze lingered on the list.

Options with lines drawn through them.

Without the ability to customize, he couldn’t select them.

Amidst that, he saw the only selectable list.

‘Could it be that being an administrator…’

Seol-Hwi intuited.

That the administrator mode was like a qualification, a prerequisite to obtaining omnipotent abilities.

And the selectable options below were things that could whimsically change this place called the Heavenly Demon Cultivation Simulation.

‘Self Qi point might refer to time…’

Heavenly Power several years.

Thinking of when it might be saved like that, a branch point might be returning to a certain moment.

Character might mean creating a character like Earth Demon, or erasing them.

Or perhaps altering existing characters.

‘Within settings, anything should be possible.’

Like the list of books he saw before meeting the Siming Star.

From terrain, culture, religion, and lifestyle to realistic parts like martial arts and weapons, it seemed possible to tweak.

Of course, it’s an ability he didn’t possess, but if he received it from the Siming Star, wouldn’t it be such an ability?

‘Still…’

Seol-Hwi was the only one who could press the option window available to him.

▶ Tools

Then, a multitude of lists appeared in an instant.

▷ Weapons

▷ Absolute Weapons

▷ Rare Weapons

▷ Spiritual Pills

▷ Absolute Spiritual Pills

▷ Rare Spiritual Pills

▷ Miscellaneous

▷ Treasure Miscellaneous

▷ Search

Numerous option windows were displayed, and Seol-Hwi felt something as he looked at them.

‘As expected. It seems like all the tools used in this world are gathered here. Made by Jang Dal…’

The first customization of the world might have been done by Siming Star, but the world he lives in must have been customized by Jang Dal.

In that case, the tools he set up are applied here as well.

In other words, these are things owned by Jang Dal.

- Alright. I will do as you say. I shall watch the battle from afar. New Demon God, I hope you provide an entertaining spectacle.

‘An entertaining spectacle.’

The words that Siming Star said to him when they parted.

Among those words that he had not paid much attention to, this seemed to be what he wanted to convey.

Although he did not give him the ability to customize, still.

He intended to make it so that he could properly compete with him, or compete fairly.

‘Or perhaps, just meeting Siming Star grants such qualifications in the first place.’

Since he had entered administrator mode before meeting him.

It could be seen as having become equal to Siming Star.

“Hey……”

Seol-Hwi suddenly came to his senses at the sound of someone calling him and looked around.

Everyone was already seated and looking at him.

“Ah, first, let’s talk about the current issue.”

Seol-Hwi composed himself and continued speaking.

“As you all know, I went to meet the Creator. He wasn’t where I expected, but I met someone related to him.”

Seol-Hwi briefly explained what had happened. Of course, he omitted everything they didn’t know.

“So, I got an answer from him. He will soon appear at the Lingering Garden Palace within the Demonic Cult. And I told him about this place where we will fight him.”

“……!”

“……!”

“……!”

Everyone’s expression turned serious at the mention of revealing the location.

Finally, they could meet the so-called Creator.

“He could appear right now, or maybe in a few days. The only certainty is that we must be ready to fight him at this very moment.”

“Elder Seol-Hwi, may I ask about his exact realm or level?”

Goo Jong-myung cautiously began.

Until now, they only knew him as a god.

But now that they were about to face him directly, they were asking in detail.

“Hmm……”

Seol-Hwi hesitated for a moment before speaking.

“In terms of realm, he could be called a Demon God. The end of Profound Realm. Depending on who you ask, he might be said to have surpassed the Profound realm even.”

Seol-Hwi elaborated further.

“If compared to Earth Demon, he could be considered equal or higher. Compared to all of you except Earth Demon, there’s a gap of one or two realms.”

For those who had reached the level touching the heavens, it was an enormous difference.

A gap nearly impossible to bridge.

Naturally, this question arose.

“Then doesn’t that mean we can’t stand against him?”

“Let alone fight, won’t we be unable to last even a second?”

“Even if we had ten lives, no, even dozens, it wouldn’t be enough.”

This was a natural reaction.

Then Seol-Hwi spoke.

“Don’t worry. Actually, before seeing the Creator, I tried to gain a special ability from someone I met.”

Seol-Hwi continued, looking at the ceiling.

“Although it wasn’t exactly what I wanted, I managed to get something quite decent, more than I expected. Perhaps, depending on how I use it, it might be better than the ability I originally wanted.”

“What is it?”

When Jin Mu asked with a curious expression, Seol-Hwi met his gaze.

At that moment, something appeared between them as if by magic.

Swish.

The long, golden object fell onto the table, drawing everyone’s attention.

“What is this…?”

“It looks like something you wear on your waist…”

“Seol-Hwi, this is…”

While everyone was asking, Seol HI remained silent for quite a while.

Then he mumbled something and finally answered.

“Ultra Super Golden Belt.”

Naturally, the others couldn’t understand.

But there was nothing he could do about it.

Seol-Hwi was just reciting what was in front of him.

[Would you like to take out the 'Ultra Super Golden Belt'?]

This was something listed under rare weapons in the toolbox.

Seol-Hwi thought about what abilities they would need to fight the Creator, and the golden belt came to mind first.

Golden Belt.

In the past, it was special equipment that allowed you to instantly recover even from a fatal wound piercing your chest by inserting an elixir.

However, as it was too vast to search through, he pressed ‘search.’

When he mentioned the golden belt, it indicated that it found it and showed it like this.

▷ Golden Belt (Auxiliary Weapon)

▷ Super Golden Belt (Absolute Weapon)

▷ Ultra Super Golden Belt (Rare Weapon)

Just by looking, the golden belt at the bottom seemed better.

So I chose it, placed it in the toolbox, and read the details.

[Ultra Super Golden Belt]

Description: This golden belt can hold over ten thousand items, and as long as you are conscious, you can use items instantly in any situation.

“Jang Dal, this guy, went out of his way to create something like this.”

Seol-Hwi chuckled in disbelief as he took it out.

With this, if there were special elixirs, one could perform near-resurrection acts about ten thousand times.

At the same time, he felt it was pathetic.

To think a guy who calls himself a demon would create an item with such special functions.

When you think about it, he’s just that much of a person.

The absolute weapons he saw when he first encountered him, hanging all over his body.

It was puzzling why someone who ascended to a demon would be afraid enough to create such things.

“What is this?”

“Wow. It’s cool.”

“Wow…”

The number of Ultra Super Golden Belts was a whopping four.

Perhaps because of the toolbox’s ability to infinitely replicate, it could be distributed to everyone.

Watching the superhumans each pick up a golden belt, Seol-Hwi started rummaging through the toolbox again.

This time, he decided to fill the golden belt with absolute elixirs that could revive instantly.

As soon as he searched the absolute elixir toolbox, Seol-Hwi was astonished once more.

The absolute spiritual pills he had obtained through much hardship in the past.

Great Vitality Pill or Millenial Milk Oil were common, and countless spiritual pills with unknown names filled his sight.

Just in case, he picked a few and checked their descriptions.

They included everything from restoring all qi to health recovery and mental recovery.

“Alright, first…”

Seol-Hwi replicated those spiritual pills in large quantities.

And starting with wearing the golden belt, he kindly explained how to use it.

“Ah!”

“Really?”

Everyone looked dumbfounded.

The idea of surviving even with a pierced chest seemed utterly unbelievable to them.

“That’s not all.”

Seol-Hwi rummaged through the toolbox.

An almost infinite amount, truly vast.

And various absolute weapons.

Seol-Hwi tried to find the right weapons for them.

“Wow!”

“Whoa!”

“This is!”

As they watched the absolute weapons falling from the sky, even those who had reached superhuman levels had their expressions constantly changing.

Whatever trick he pulled, it was to the point where Seol-Hwi seemed frightening.

“We need to arm ourselves with as many weapons and elixirs as possible. So that when that guy comes…”

Seol-Hwi continued with a smirk.

“I can see that ridiculous expression.”

Boom!

It was then.

A massive explosion was heard from afar, striking everyone’s ears.

Thud, thud.

Without anyone saying a word, they all rushed outside.

And their expressions froze simultaneously.

A massive blaze burning in the distance.

The flames spread so extensively that they covered one entire side.

“That place is…”

Songhwa’s words were completed by End Demon.

“Yes. It’s the Demonic Cult’s headquarters.”

Rumble.

A massive rumble approached belatedly.

The tremors, enough to shake the mountain, reminded them that this was no ordinary event.

The widespread flames were burning down the entire Demonic Cult headquarters.

“He’s here.”

Seol-Hwi sensed it.

A changed world, a place where everything had vanished without a trace of a single person.

That was Jang Dal’s immediate reaction upon seeing it.