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The Three Pure Realms, 27 Positions.

Among the 27 Positions, consisting of the 9 Immortals of the Jade Pure Realm, the 9 Truths of the Upper Pure Realm, and the 9 Stars of the Great Pure Realm.

Even the lowest-ranked Immortal of the Jade Pure Realm and the Spirit Immortal above them.

That being said, their cultivation and deeds were no less than those of higher positions.

The 27 Positions are assigned based on their content and nature.

Immortals who have reached the highest realm attainable by humans.

They were now beings who were accumulating their cultivation as Immortals.

In fact, they had reached a higher state than Jeong Gyeoul, who had already reached a transcendent level.

Such beings now stepped forward, saying they would dissect Jeong Gyeoul’s group.

“Wait, hold on!”

Cha Seo-rin urgently called out to the two Immortals.

[Don’t worry, it won’t hurt.]

[Huh… I smell something familiar from that woman.]

“I, I am a disciple of a Taoist priest cultivating on Jirisan Mountain!”

[That’s why we want to dissect you. Even if that Taoist priest ascended, it’s hard to believe that kids like you have entered the Immortal Realm.]

It seemed like she was trying to appeal to them, but it didn’t seem to work.

When things didn’t go as she wanted, Cha Seo-rin closed her eyes tightly and shouted at the Immortals as if she were angry.

“I am a sorceress under the watch of the Great Brahma Heaven, one of the 36 Heavens. If you dissect me, you will face the judgment of the Primordial Heavenly Lord!”

[…What is she talking about? Why would the Great Brahma Heaven watch over a mere human?]

[It doesn’t sound like complete nonsense, though. I told you, the smell is familiar. Don’t underestimate a low-ranking Immortal, or you’ll regret it someday.]

“The little kid next to me is also of interest to seven of the Ten Kings of the Underworld, and the Dragon King of the West Sea, the Great Emperor of the Seven Stars, and the Earth God King have directly intervened to express their will. Even if you are Immortals, you won’t be able to avoid trouble!”

Cha Seo-rin, who had always respectfully called Jeong Gyeoul “Hero-nim,” now, under the pressure of two beings even greater than Jeong Gyeoul, unconsciously referred to her as a “little kid.”

The image she subconsciously held was that Jeong Gyeoul = little kid.

Jeong Gyeoul looked at her in disbelief, but it seemed Cha Seo-rin’s bluff was working, so she couldn’t step in.

[Hmm… What should we do?]

[Let’s take them up first. If it’s a lie, we can punish them later.]

Fortunately, Cha Seo-rin’s strategy worked.

The two Immortals took Jeong Gyeoul’s group and ascended high into the sky.

As they broke through the clouds, another land appeared.

“…What a strange structure.”

“Divine Spirits don’t live in space, after all.”

“By the way, where are they taking us?”

“Maybe to meet the Divine Spirits I mentioned?”

While Jeong Gyeoul was tense and wary of her surroundings, Cha Seo-rin and Shin Hyeon-joo acted as if they were on a sightseeing trip.

Jeong Gyeoul, who had once joked about a “Jeong Gyeoul Tour, Immortal Realm Sightseeing Package,” was a bit annoyed that they were acting as if they were on a real trip.

They seemed reassured, talking about familiar Divine Spirits, but Jeong Gyeoul couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

‘I need to let go of the fixed notion that gods are benevolent to humans.’

In reality, the two Immortals in front of her had mentioned dissection as soon as they met.

There was no telling when or where they might get stabbed in the back.

It was a situation where Jeong Gyeoul, leading two naive children, couldn’t help but be tense.

“Wow… The clouds have texture. They’re so soft, it’s insane.”

“They even smell sweet, like I want to eat them! Amazing.”

She couldn’t scold the two, who were like children visiting an amusement park for the first time, and thought this was her karma.

How long had they been flying?

A building of a size incomparable to the castles of the Demon Realm lords appeared.

It was so large that it could probably be seen from far away.

No, it should be visible even from below, piercing through the clouds.

“Where is that?”

[…It’s the palace of the Three Pure Realms.]

[Are we going to get scolded by our Sanbao Lord? It feels like we brought them here for no reason…]

[They’ve already sensed the human presence, so there’s no turning back now.]

The hesitant Immortals opened the palace door.

Upon entering, it wasn’t a lobby-like space.

It seemed like they could manipulate space as they pleased.

The interior looked even larger than it appeared from the outside.

It seemed like some kind of Immortal magic was at work.

[…We greet the Heavenly Lords!]

[W-we greet the Heavenly Lords!]

[You’ve worked hard.]

[T-thank you!]

At the single word of “You’ve worked hard,” the two Immortals left Jeong Gyeoul’s group behind and moved to a corner.

[Ugh- Heavenly Lords, Tathagata, Underworld Kings, Mountain Kings, Dragon Kings, Earth Kings, Great Emperors…]

[It seems like what they said was true.]

They muttered among themselves as they left, but no one paid them any mind.

Jeong Gyeoul was amazed by their boundless realm.

Cha Seo-rin was shocked to meet the Divine Spirits she had been worshiping.

Shin Hyeon-joo was just looking around in wonder.

[Finally, we meet.]

[Outsider.]

[We’ve been waiting.]

“…Huh?”

Three voices flew at her simultaneously.

There was no overlapping audio.

Each voice separately imprinted itself in her mind.

The words sounded profound.

It could be interpreted as referring to her as an outsider who had come to the Immortal Realm, but the Divine Spirits were clearly looking only at Jeong Gyeoul.

After all, they were beings who could be considered gods.

It wouldn’t be strange if they knew at least one secret she had hidden throughout her life as Jeong Gyeoul.

‘…Do they know I possessed this body from another world?’

Naturally, she became wary of Cha Seo-rin and Shin Hyeon-joo.

It was something she hadn’t even revealed to the people she considered family.

She didn’t want to tell them first.

At the same time.

The two collapsed to the floor like puppets with their strings cut.

“…?”

It felt like the Divine Spirits had done something.

[You were being wary.]

[We put them to sleep, the two of them.]

[Now, let’s talk.]

“Huh? What do you want to talk about?”

The situation was unfolding abruptly.

It wasn’t easy to understand what they were talking about.

[The reason you came to this world.]

[The reason you abandoned your world.]

[The true intention of invading another world.]

Three voices flew at her simultaneously.

There was no overlapping audio.

Each voice separately imprinted itself in her mind.

All I could think was that they had all sorts of strange abilities.

I still couldn’t understand what they were talking about.

‘When did I abandon my world and invade another world… I’m a victim too!’

Wondering if they were talking about the Demon Realm, I brought it up.

“…Are you talking about the Demon Realm? It’s a bit unfair to call that an invasion.”

[No, it’s not about another dimension in our world.]

[The world you originally lived in.]

[Before you took over your current body.]

[The place where you lived in the body inherited from your parents.]

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Clearly, even lower-ranking Immortals could have a proper conversation.

But with these higher-ranking gods, communication wasn’t going well.

It felt like talking to a broken machine.

The voices were cutting out intermittently, and it felt like they were taking turns speaking.

I don’t know why they’re talking like this.

But whatever it was, they knew about my possession.

And they were asking me for the reason.

But….

“I don’t know either. I just woke up and happened to fall here, and I just happened to possess this body. I’m a victim.”

It’s not like I wanted to enter Jeong Gyeoul’s body.

When I was younger than I am now, I got involved with all sorts of villains, had my bones broken, found out I was an experiment, and just when I thought life was getting a bit better, I’m facing these things.

Did my past self want this kind of life? No way.

[No, you have a purpose.]

[Have you lost your memories?]

[There’s no such coincidence.]

I was starting to get annoyed by the gods’ antics.

‘…Should I try to take them down?’

If it were the two Immortals from before, maybe.

But with these beings, it’s questionable whether I can even harm them.

First of all, I don’t even know how many of them there are.

I can sense something in front of me, but I don’t know what it is or how many there are.

It feels like my perception itself is being interfered with.

It seems like human eyes can’t even look at gods.

Can I really knock down beings of that level?

I had no choice but to immediately cancel the attack plan.

“What do you want? Stop talking about things I don’t know and let’s have a calm conversation.”

[You’re quite arrogant.]

[Even if you died and came back to life, you couldn’t defeat us.]

[It might be good to try your best.]

Are these guys reading my thoughts?

I only thought about taking them down for a moment, I didn’t even raise my energy, but they somehow knew about that plan.

It was good that I canceled it.

[They said you resemble the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and you really thought about fighting first? Impressive.]

[Speaking of which, where’s Brother Sun these days? Did he reincarnate into that body?]

[With that monkey’s personality, he’d rather jump into a boiling hellfire than be in a woman’s body.]

What are they even talking about?

These Immortals must have ascended through delusions.

Their writing skills are extraordinary.

They seem to suspect that I’m the reincarnation of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

But I have memories of my past life, you know?

I wasn’t some stone monkey.

I was a civil servant with an iron rice bowl.

 

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