I Became an Evolving Lizard in a Martial Arts Novel-Chapter 227

Cheonma!

Even someone unfamiliar with martial arts would have heard the term "Cheonma" at some point.

It refers to a deity worshiped by the Cheonma Shinkyo, the most powerful demon standing above the sky.

These days, it seems like Cheonma is involved in live streaming, growing herbs, and climbing towers, which proves just how famous this entity is.

So, when the term Cheonma came up, I couldn’t help but be surprised.

Wow, you know Cheonma!

...That, and the fact that I’m standing where I am right now.

This place is The Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

When you mention The Ten Thousand Great Mountains, it refers to the foundation of Cheonma Shinkyo.

The pieces of the puzzle that seemed scattered start to fall into place.

"Originally, Jinlong, Gomodo, and Cheonma lived like brothers. The girl’s father and Gomodo share the same bloodline, and the human Cheonma was taken in by the grandfather," Cho-Do continued.

Now even the grandfather is coming into play.

Since he’s the father of spiritual beings, he must be one himself, but it’s strange that he took in a human.

"The grandfather... this is such an ancient story that even the girl only heard it secondhand. Since it’s something her father told her, it’s not necessarily a story to fully trust."

Cho-Do refers to Jinlong with formal honorifics, but it doesn’t seem like she holds much affection for him.

It’s probably only natural, considering she seems to be more inclined toward Gomodo than Jinlong.

The bloodline of Jinlong and Gomodo isn’t really that important.

Both are living beings, so naturally, they must have fathers.

Since it’s an ancient story, there’s no need to know who exactly it is.

It doesn’t matter if we know or don’t know that part.

"Even that story, when Jinlong was called a tyrant, is all there is."

A tyrant.

What kind of spiritual being was called that?

"So, it’s no wonder that the father was jealous of Cheonma. A human who was taught by a tyrant and surpassed him."

This adds more context to what I had heard earlier.

It’s starting to make a little sense, but there’s still a lot I don’t understand.

Despite suffering from that inferiority complex, didn’t he end up doing something similar to his own child?

I don’t sympathize with Gongbok, but it seems that this kind of thing is being passed down.

"After the war ended, the spiritual beings who sided with my father stayed in Kunlun. The humans call them sacred divine beasts and offer tributes every year, but in reality, they were the ones who led the charge in killing humans," Cho-Do continued.

Kunlun.

If you asked anyone to choose the most mysterious and sacred mountain in the martial arts world, they would surely choose Kunlun.

It’s said to be the place where gods and immortals reside. Even I know this information, so I wonder what the people here think about it.

A white-scaled dragon lives in Kunlun, and it’s considered a divine beast. Could anyone challenge it or not acknowledge its sacredness?

That divine beast fought Cheonma, a being with black scales, and it’s unimaginable that they would not treat him as sacred.

Of course, Gomodo would be seen as a vicious entity, and Jinlong, with the murderous intent, would be viewed as the villain.

Cheonma Shinkyo would be the cult worshiping that evil, and The Ten Thousand Great Mountains would be the source of evil.

What an amazing plot they came up with.

"It’s an ironic story. My father originally started his quest in The Ten Thousand Great Mountains, and now he calls it the source of evil," Cho-Do chuckled.

It seems Jinlong was also born in The Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

The place where Cheonma Shinkyo gathered, also known as The Ten Thousand Great Mountains, is where the stone tablets are said to be scattered, recording Cheonma’s legacy.

"Originally, The Ten Thousand Great Mountains was a place where spiritual beings gathered and lived for thousands of years, or even longer. It was the origin of all spiritual beings," Cho-Do added.

Jinlong brought the spiritual beings who followed him to Kunlun.

In truth, I believe Gomodo and Cheonma drove him out.

If Jinlong truly had won, then Cheonma Shinkyo would not have existed.

He would have obliterated them by breathing fire, completely destroying them.

Since he couldn’t do that, he moved his base and labeled Gomodo and Cheonma as evil.

We know that Jinlong opposed Gomodo and Cheonma.

But what about Gomodo and Cheonma’s relationship?

Even Tang Soyeong knows that I am Gomodo, yet strangely, the people of Cheonma Shinkyo don’t recognize me.

Of course, Tang Soyeong has been calling me Gomodo since I was an alligator lizard, so she might have guessed it right by chance.

But even lower-tier martial artists, like Jang Bong, called me Gomodo.

Yet, neither my master nor Baekseolhwa, who claims to be a priestess, show any particular reaction to seeing me.

Has the story of Gomodo not been passed down?

Or perhaps Gomodo and Cheonma weren’t that close?

...No.

Come to think of it, my master told me to search for the traces of Jinlong.

He said that if I keep growing stronger, I would eventually reach those traces.

If I consider that, it means even Cheonma Shinkyo doesn’t know the truth of that day.

It’s not hard to see why that would be the case.

Did Cheonma really create Cheonma Shinkyo?

The name Cheonma was a derogatory title used by Jinlong, and no matter how great someone was, they wouldn’t want to be worshiped as a god.

Cheonma Shinkyo was a cult created by people who admired Cheonma.

Since Cheonma didn’t directly establish it, the truth of that day would remain unknown.

Now that I think about it, this makes sense.

"Sharing the story you’ve told today with outsiders may not be the best choice. If the great warrior fully matures, it might be fine, but if this story spreads, there’s a chance that your father could come directly to The Ten Thousand Great Mountains," Cho-Do cautioned.

Or perhaps only a select few know about it.

Jinlong used all his schemes to create this situation, so if someone suddenly tried to expose the truth of that day, Jinlong would rise and take action.

If not, he would likely send some of his spiritual beings to crush those who spoke out.

Jinlong is the ultimate strategist; he could summon humans in the name of the will of heaven.

For now, it seems best to keep quiet.

Of course, since she said not to talk to outsiders, it should be fine to speak to the followers.

The Snake Queen isn’t an outsider, and my master, whom I consider like a parent, isn’t an outsider either.

"Most spiritual beings here also perceive Gomodo as an ominous presence. It’s natural for spiritual beings to fear him. Regardless of their intentions, it’s true that he killed thousands of spiritual beings with his fiery eyes," Cho-Do continued.

Even spiritual beings who didn’t side with Jinlong feared Gomodo.

Honestly, if there was no information, anyone would think of Gomodo as a killer who murdered thousands of spiritual beings with his blazing eyes.

"And... he wasn’t exactly a gentle soul," Cho-Do added, her tone turning serious.

It seems like Cho-Do, who is quite supportive of Gomodo, is acknowledging that his personality was rough.

"He was called an outlier. He was fierce in battle, but when with humans, he was gentle. When a large-breasted woman would hold him, he was like a child... Tch, just a lump of flesh like that..." Cho-Do said, glancing down at her chest.

So, Gomodo liked women with large breasts, huh?

I can’t believe that a spiritual being would care about such things.

Spiritual beings are supposed to maintain dignity.

I don’t understand.

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I won’t be like that.

Cho-Do looked at me with a slightly playful expression.

"...Do you know why the girl is telling you these stories?"

The story Cho-Do had shared with me was incredibly valuable.

First of all, it served as a guide to help me understand the Five Elements and Cultivation Stages, concepts I had no grasp of before.

The information about Jinlong's true nature and the past of Gomodo was an added bonus.

However, the impact of this story was far from ordinary.

As Cho-Do had mentioned earlier, if this gets out, there will be consequences.

From Cho-Do's perspective, hiding this information wouldn’t be a problem, but she ended up telling me almost everything.

“The Great Warrior gives off a familiar scent. It’s not too strange, considering they are descendants of that person, but something is different.”

The black-scaled earth dragon.

If that’s Gomodo from the past, then it’s not strange that she would associate me with Gomodo.

My status window also calls me Gomodo.

“Truly, it feels as though Gomodo has returned to this place, and I believe we’ll be able to hear the answers we could never have heard before,” Cho-Do said.

Answers we could never hear.

It seems like Cho-Do is seeing me as Gomodo, trying to ask the questions she couldn't in the past, perhaps even sharing useless information to reach that goal.

I won’t be able to grant her wish.

Because I’m not Gomodo.

But I can answer her.

I waited for her question.

“...What do you think?”

Cho-Do glanced down at her chest.

What does she mean by "what do you think?"

Her face was flushed, and her body shuddered slightly.

She looked like she had done something embarrassing.

Could it be that she wants me to look at her chest?

“I’m sorry. I made such a vulgar request...”

Well, if you asked me to look, then I’ll take a look.

...Hmm, it's a massive chest.

But that’s all there was to it.

I didn’t have any particular thoughts about it, which was strange.

Why is it that I don’t feel anything?

At that moment, it was as if something flashed through my head.

Instinctively, I knew I had to seize this moment.

I immediately crossed my legs and closed my eyes.

To chase the feeling that had just passed.

If I looked at her chest, I’d go crazy, my wretched body would lose control.

It felt like some force was holding me down, something I couldn’t resist.

Of course, no man could dislike a chest like that, but in my case, it was serious.

Before I was reborn as a lizard, I didn’t feel this way.

But why did I not feel anything when looking at that chest?

It’s certainly abundant.

But... empty.

It’s like the back and front of a coin, opposites that exist together.

How can they coexist like that?

It’s definitely a large chest.

But am I aroused?

No.

I’m not aroused.

So, does that mean it’s empty?

No, it’s not empty.

Then what is this?

Does a coin have to be split into front and back?

If it’s just the back, does the front not exist?

Then what about the sides?

A thought process started to form in my mind.

What is the Five Elements?

Why does a tree that I thought was Wood also have Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water?

Everything can’t be defined by just one thing.

A storm began to rage in my mind.

The Bigger, The Better.

I had always thought that bigger is better.

I was satisfied with that and thought it was an unchanging truth.

That’s why I never thought about looking up.

But now, I had gained new enlightenment.

It was time to reach for something higher.

Is it bad to want small things, and is bigger always better?

How can I crave a chest with such thoughts?

Big and small are relative, and they coexist.

Climbing to the top is called the Peak.

If one isn’t satisfied with the peak and reaches for the sky, that’s when it’s called Supreme Perfection.

Crack!

Thunder in my left hand.

Whooooosh.

A storm in my right hand.

The power of the Wood is the force that gives birth to life.

So, thunder and storms must fall under Wood.

I stretched out both hands.

To touch the sky.

["Wild Eyes" has evolved into "Dragon Eyes".]

The status window congratulated me on reaching a new level.

Squish.

Not only did I reach out, but I also touched the sky, transcending beyond Supreme Perfection...

“I-I didn’t tell you to touch it!”

Hmm?