The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 236

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Chapter 236.
Bu Eunseol abandoned the carriage and burst forth with lightness of movement, swiftly departing Nan Ju.
He turned back without fanfare, yet his heart carried a peculiar emptiness.
Hyuk So Jin had been Bu Eunseol’s companion throughout the years—a loyal subordinate and a disciple who inherited his martial spirit.
Though I yearned to traverse the Murim together for a lifetime, he was the designated successor of Jeol Cheon Myul Ji.
He bore the responsibility of caring for an aging Demonic Path master and researching, developing the countless Demonic Path martial techniques acquired in that place.
‘Did I waste more time than anticipated?’
The unexpected appearance of Yu Hyuk Shim.
And above all, I needed to verify whether the Cyan Jade Pendant I possessed could completely cure Hyuk Gong Baek’s ailment.
If it proved ineffective?
Then I would have no choice but to assault Hell Blood Castle and seize it myself.
‘I owe her a debt.’
Bu Eunseol gazed at the now-transparent jade pendant hanging from his neck, a bitter smile crossing his lips.
When I created the Red Jade Divine Body, all the spiritual essence within the Cyan Jade Pendant was completely drained, leaving it transparent.
In other words, it had become nothing more than a worthless stone.
‘I must repay it.’
At the time, Dan Seo Ok had lent me this pendant. Yet I had exhausted its entire utility…
I absolutely had to repay this debt.
‘This troubles me greatly.’
Bu Eunseol smiled bitterly.
Having used the Cyan Jade Pendant without compensation, the question of how to repay the debt itself became problematic.
Moreover, when I recalled Dan Seo Ok’s eyes brimming with affection, my heart grew heavy.
What she desired was certainly not money or material goods.
‘A matter for later consideration.’
Just as Bu Eunseol’s troubled mind drew upon deeper reserves of inner force, preparing to propel himself forward—
—Ahhh!
A faint cry pierced through the air from somewhere nearby.
It was so subtle that only Bu Eunseol, who had mastered the Beast Path, could have detected it.
‘A hundred paces away—the brief, muffled scream of a woman with her mouth covered.’
Bu Eunseol’s gaze turned toward the Deep Forest visible in the distance.
A woman’s cry echoing through the remote, sparsely-inhabited mountain depths.
Without even looking, the situation painted itself vividly in my mind.
‘They’ve abducted a woman.’
Bu Eunseol’s eyes darkened.
—This is not your burden to bear!
The solemn yet shadowed gaze of Bu Chanyang, examining corpses in the past, surfaced in my memory.
When performing the rites of the dead, the most gruesome forms are those of women who have been violated.
Traces of brutal violence.
The marks of that vicious act committed for pleasure—pain and anguish—remain vivid across the entire body.
Even Bu Chanyang, who had performed the rites alongside Bu Eunseol on countless horrific corpses, refused to even look upon the bodies of violated women.
Crash!
Bu Eunseol’s form, which had been cutting through the air, instantly shifted direction and plunged into the forest from which the screams had emanated.
Whoooosh!
Bu Eunseol shot upward above the treetops in a single bound, creating a violent sound of air displacement.
By making such a tremendous noise while moving, I could at least prevent some of the wickedness from occurring.
Crash!
As I rushed deeper into the forest, a small pond came into view, and before it, a repulsive-looking man and a woman with torn clothes were entangled together.
The scream from moments before seemed to have burst from the lips of the woman pinned beneath the man.
“Who are you!”
The man, whose eyes were bloodshot with lust, only now heard the sound of Bu Eunseol’s approach and hastily grabbed his discarded clothes.
“You are….”
“Put on your clothes first. You’re filthy.”
Bu Eunseol descended from the sky like a celestial being, and a chilling aura flickered across my eyes unlike anything before.
If killing intent could manifest through a gaze alone, the man’s neck would have already been severed by Bu Eunseol’s stare.
“Unless you wish to die naked.”
The man hurriedly dressed himself and drew a sharp blade from his waist.
“Mind your own business and get out of here!”
Then he immediately unleashed a vicious saber technique toward Bu Eunseol.
Screeeech!
Five strands of razor-sharp blade energy poured forth like a net, enveloping Bu Eunseol’s body with piercing force.
The man’s saber technique was not only sharp but extraordinarily fierce, clearly surpassing the peak level.
“The Blood Saber Technique of Huk Po Mun.”
Bu Eunseol instantly recognized that the repulsive man’s technique was the supreme art of Huk Po Mun—the Blood Saber Technique.
“Then there’s no need for hesitation against an Evil Sect villain.”
Whooooom!
A faint light gathered in Bu Eunseol’s left fist as I gazed upon the descending blade energy.
Boom.
A tremor that shook the entire forest reverberated outward.
Simultaneously, the web-like blade energy vanished in an instant…
And the repulsive man unleashing the saber technique completely disappeared as well.
Whoosh.
At the same moment, birds took flight from trees thirty paces away, and leaves scattered down like rain.
Using the Fist Demon Phantom technique, I had sent the man’s body flying thirty paces away in a single strike, obliterating it.
Thud thud.
Around the massive tree, crimson fragments and bodily fluids were scattered in all directions.
The man’s body, struck by the Fist Demon Phantom technique, had exploded and scattered in every direction.
Tremble.
The woman, watching Bu Eunseol’s form, trembled violently while clutching her torn clothes.
Because I had used my power while consumed by rage, a blood-red extreme light gleamed in Bu Eunseol’s eyes.
Red luminous points were even blooming across my entire body.
To any ordinary commoner, his appearance was not that of a human—it was as if the Grim Reaper himself had descended into the mortal realm.
“Ah, ah….”
The Woman’s eyes were brimming with terror from the shock, her lips drained of all color.
“Do not fear.”
Having reassured the Woman, Bu Eunseol slowly removed the long robe draped across his body.
He intended to cover her exposed flesh where her garments had been torn.
But in that very instant,
time seemed to freeze, and heaven and earth fell into silence.
Simultaneously, my mind accelerated to dozens of times its normal speed, and my razor-sharp transcendent senses fractured and subdivided the fleeting moment that cleaved through all existence.
Whoosh!
A small object came hurtling through the air with ferocious velocity.
Moving at ultra-high speed as if unbound by the constraints of time and space, the projectile’s target was the space between my brows.
Crack!
As Bu Eunseol swiftly twisted his body,
Boom!
An explosive sound erupted, and a deafening blast rang out from the massive boulder behind him.
“Heh! You dodged that?”
An angry voice echoed across the area, and a small shadow slowly descended to the ground.
It was an elderly man in white robes with deep-set eyes and a prominent nose, bearing a refined and austere countenance.
Though his body was gaunt and lined with wrinkles, his face suggested he had possessed considerable beauty in his youth.
“Huh.”
The old man, who had been scrutinizing Bu Eunseol’s handsome features from head to toe, let out a deep sigh.
“With looks like that, you could have any woman you desired. So what possessed you to commit such depravity?”
Bu Eunseol’s brow furrowed.
Now I realized this old man had mistaken me for the one attempting to violate the Woman.
“It was not I.”
“Heh heh. Not you? Then who did it?”
The old man hastily accused Bu Eunseol without bothering to examine the circumstances.
“….”
Bu Eunseol’s brow furrowed.
I found it too troublesome even to point out the corpse of the man, already pulverized and scattered across thirty paces in every direction.
“Are you blind?”
It was a remark criticizing the old man for failing to calmly assess the situation.
But the old man in white robes believed Bu Eunseol was mocking him with the common saying among Gangho warriors:
―Even with eyes, you cannot recognize a person.
His complexion changed drastically.
“Judging by your martial prowess and appearance, you are no ordinary person….”
And he cried out with solemn intensity.
“Even if you were a prince or high official, it matters not! Those who commit evil deeds must face their rightful punishment!”
Intense killing intent shimmered and rippled across the old man’s entire body.
At this point, even the most arrogant person would have explained that this was all a misunderstanding.
But Bu Eunseol held those who wielded overwhelming martial prowess to dominate others or flaunt their authority in extreme contempt.
Even knowing the old man in white possessed a presence vast enough to devour heaven and earth itself, I wore a cold smile.
“It seems your eyes are blind and your ears are deaf.”
“You madman. Do you know who I am?”
“I don’t care.”
“Hahahaha!”
The old man who burst into raucous laughter slowly moved his skeletal fingers, pointing them at Bu Eunseol.
“You certainly have audacity.”
At that same moment, an indescribably powerful force began to gather at the tips of the old man’s fingers.
Bu Eunseol’s eyes widened as I observed this sight.
Only then could I discern the true identity of the old man in white.
“The Flick King….”
The Flick King. Beok Goong Ryung.
One of the Four Gods Seven Kings who wielded Internal Family Flick Energy with perfect mastery, grounded in tremendous inner force.
Even a single fallen leaf could strike with the power of a cannonball…
A supreme master of the Extreme Heaven Realm capable of shattering an iron-forged mansion with a single blow if he so desired,
and a supreme powerhouse of the Orthodox Sects now stood before me.
“Yes, I am Beok Goong Ryung.”
As Bu Eunseol recognized his identity, the old man in white—Beok Goong Ryung—lifted the corners of his mouth.
“When you reach the afterlife, tell the King of Hell clearly who sent you.”
As Beok Goong Ryung drew a short breath, a small stone lying on the ground floated into the air.
Then he flicked his finger, where intense power had gathered.
Whoooosh!
A bolt of lightning pierced through Bu Eunseol. Or rather, it appeared to pierce through.
Whoosh.
My body, having deployed the Extreme Speed Shadowless technique, became a faint phantom and shifted to the left.
Crack!
The stone that grazed past Bu Eunseol’s cheek,
Boom!
struck the massive boulder behind him with a thunderous impact.
Rumble rumble rumble.
The surface of the enormous boulder cracked and fractured, and the earth trembled as if an earthquake had struck.
‘So this is the extent of his power.’
Even Bu Eunseol could not hide my astonishment this time.
A single small stone had struck a massive rock dozens of zhang high, causing the mountains and earth to quake?
The name was not given in vain.
The title of Flick King had been earned through genuine power.
“Hmph, you evaded that as well?”
Beok Goong Ryung too could not hide his astonishment as Bu Eunseol dodged his attack.
I sensed that Bu Eunseol had transcended the Transcendent Realm with an ethereal grace.
“This demon sect bastard has certainly honed his martial arts diligently.”
Only then did Beok Goong Ryung, who had underestimated his opponent’s prowess, click his tongue in acknowledgment.
“What a pity. A man with such striking features and formidable martial skill… to have become a demon sect disciple committing atrocities.”
With each utterance of “demon sect,” Bu Eunseol’s gaze grew sharper and more piercing.
“You’re no nameless nobody. What is your name?”
Bu Eunseol found himself in a situation where revealing his identity was absolutely forbidden.
After all, Beok Goong Ryung was sworn brothers with Geol Wang and Gu Hong Cheong—inseparable as shadows.
Yet he knew no fear, nor was he the type to conceal his identity merely to beg for his life.
“A disciple of Nangya Sect, Bu Eunseol.”
“Nangya Sect… Bu Eunseol?”
After rolling his eyes in thought for a long moment, Beok Goong Ryung’s eyes widened in recognition.
“Was it you, that young pup, who struck down Gu Hong Cheong not long ago?”
“It was.”
Whoooosh!
In that instant, a tempest of vital energy erupted from Beok Goong Ryung’s body.
“Yes, so you’re the one!”
Murderous intent blazed in Beok Goong Ryung’s eyes.
A demon sect disciple stood before him—one who had harmed a sworn brother of decades.
Moreover, he had recently returned to the Murim after a long absence, so he had not heard the recent rumors circulating.
Thus, he still believed that Bu Eunseol had assassinated Geol Wang through treacherous means.
“Are you prepared?”
“Let us postpone the fight.”
“Don’t be absurd. You cannot possibly escape.”
“You’re quite the obstinate villain, aren’t you?”
“What? Villain?”
“Or perhaps you derive pleasure from watching others tremble in fear—some perverse gratification?”
Bu Eunseol, speaking with exasperation, draped his long robe over the trembling woman’s shoulders.
“Because you kept provoking me, she has been forced to endure terror this entire time.”
In that moment, Beok Goong Ryung’s eyes wavered.
Bu Eunseol’s gaze burned with righteousness, and in the woman’s eyes as she looked at him, there was neither hostility nor fear.
‘Ah, this old fool has made an error.’
Only then did he realize that Bu Eunseol had not been attempting to violate the woman, but rather had been protecting her.
Yet that was separate from the matter concerning Gu Hong Cheong.
He could never allow a demon sect disciple who had treacherously struck down his dear friend to live.
“Hmph, it matters not whether you are a demon sect disciple or not. I have already resolved to kill you.”
“As you wish.”
Bu Eunseol gestured toward the woman, who still trembled.
“Please take her to the nearest village.”
“A shallow ploy. Why should I do such a thing?”
“There are many in Murim with eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear.”
Bu Eunseol laughed coldly.
“If I were to carry her to the village, would I not face another attack from those like you—blind and deaf to the truth?”
Beok Goong Ryung’s face flushed red.
Bu Eunseol was mocking his recklessness, his failure to calmly assess the circumstances before acting.
“Very well. I shall return in a single stride, so do not dare flee.”
Beok Goong Ryung, cradling the woman in his arms, wore an expression of absolute confidence.
“Even if you were to flee, it would be futile. You could never escape this old man’s pursuit.”
Whoosh!
And with that, he launched himself into the air at tremendous speed, the woman still clasped in his embrace.
“Exhale.”
As Beok Goong Ryung vanished into the distance, Bu Eunseol released a deep breath and wiped the sweat from his brow.
Though I maintained an impassive expression, the truth was I was in a state of extreme tension.
Beok Goong Ryung was a master of an entirely different caliber from Gu Hong Cheong, known as Geol Wang.
He was a master who had long ago reached the Extreme Heaven Realm, and his power ranked among the highest of the Four Gods Seven Kings.
If we were to fight as things stood, defeat was certain.
There was no hope to be found in fortune.
“The Chariot King…”
Yet Bu Eunseol’s gaze remained unwavering.
I had never once fought with victory assured. Always, even in the shadow of death, I had found a path forward.
Even if I were to wage a blood battle against the Chariot King, I believed there would surely be a way.
Crack.
At that moment, a sound of something breaking echoed from behind Bu Eunseol.
Turning to look, I saw black lines spreading like a spider’s web across a massive boulder.
The stone that Beok Goong Ryung had hurled struck twice, causing the surface of the great rock to fracture and splinter.
Crackle, crackle. Rumble, rumble.
Finally, fragments of stone cascaded down like a waterfall, and dust rose in all directions.
Thud, thud, thud.
As the dust settled, a faint light became visible near the boulder.
Sensing something amiss, Bu Eunseol approached the shattered rock.
“This is…”
Within the collapsed boulder, a smooth iron door came into view.
Boom!
Bu Eunseol struck the boulder once more, and its outer surface shattered completely, revealing the door within in its entirety.
Martial Emperor.
Upon the iron door, only two characters were inscribed: Martial Emperor.

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