The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 314

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Chapter 314.
“You dare challenge me?”
As the Shandong Five Heroes fixed Beok Goong Ryung with eyes gleaming with murderous intent, he let out a scoff.
“So acquiring one fine weapon has made you bold, has it?”
“The Ten Weapons of Wunae are no ordinary arms.”
Gu Young Hwa regarded Beok Goong Ryung with a cold smile.
“Now I shall demonstrate their power.”
The remaining four heroes gazed upon the weapons in their hands, their expressions darkening with malice.
Under ordinary circumstances, they would never have dared to resist, let alone speak back.
But now the Ten Weapons of Wunae—legendary as the finest treasures in the Murim—rested in their hands.
Having tested these weapons, they were confident in their overwhelming power; they could defeat even Tan Wang without difficulty.
“Attack!”
At Gu Young Hwa’s command, they surrounded Beok Goong Ryung as if by prior arrangement.
The third hero, Geum Seo Woo, struck first. As he wielded the Bushin with blinding speed,
a piercing whistle cut through the air!
A wind sharp enough to tear steel enveloped Beok Goong Ryung’s body.
It was the Qiankunfochen—a weapon capable of unleashing lethal sharpness with a single sweep.
“Hmph.”
Beok Goong Ryung stood motionless and flicked his fingers.
A tremendous force surged forth!
A mighty wind pressure erupted, scattering the blade storm in an instant.
At that moment, the fourth hero, Cha Woo Ryang, released an arrow from his bow, and a shower of keen energy rained down upon Beok Goong Ryung’s head.
Though only one arrow, it created dozens of shadows. It was the Yintianbow, one of the Ten Weapons of Wunae.
Explosive impacts thundered repeatedly!
Beok Goong Ryung unleashed his Inner Qi in rapid succession, deflecting the arrows.
‘Interesting.’
Beok Goong Ryung could not hide his surprise.
Even the Inner Qi he released effortlessly with his mastery could pierce wood and shatter stone.
Yet mere aura emanating from these weapons was blocking it with ease?
A crimson flash descended upon Beok Goong Ryung’s face!
It was the blade energy pouring from the Xiongpaidao wielded by the second hero, Jeong Jung Won.
“Hmm.”
As energy from four weapons converged upon him, Beok Goong Ryung drew upon his full strength, compressing formidable force within his palms.
Recognizing the overwhelming power, he prepared to unleash Inner Qi at the sixth-tier level.
―A sharp whistle pierced his ears!
Gu Young Hwa had activated the Changjuanjinjidi.
“Ugh.”
At that moment, a sharp whistle pierced Beok Goong Ryung’s ears.
Gu Young Hwa used the emergency fund he was holding.
“Heh.”
Upon hearing the piercing melody of the Celestial Golden Flute, Beok Goong Ryung’s brow furrowed deeply.
His eardrums throbbed with searing pain, and the inner force he had gathered at his fingertips scattered in an instant.
This was precisely the effect of that peerless weapon—it could direct sound only to the desired target while dispersing one’s inner force.
Such was the efficacy of the Celestial Golden Flute.
Boom! Crash!
Successive explosions thundered through the air.
When five of the Inner Harmony Ten Weapons unleashed their power simultaneously, the force was absolutely devastating.
The Celestial Golden Flute—a supreme weapon that could direct sonic attacks only to chosen targets while scattering one’s inner force.
The Overwhelming Tyrant Blade, capable of freely launching blade energy at unavoidable angles.
The Heaven and Earth Unshakable, which could create a murderous wind beneath the enemy’s feet to seal their escape routes.
Above it all, the Silver Heaven Bow rained down from the heavens to dominate the sky, while the Heartfelt Inner Qi Bullet that Beok Goong Ryung fired was met by the Golden Iron Axe.
The Shandong Five Heroes were slaughtering the martial artists on Youling Island, having already mastered the usage of the Inner Harmony Ten Weapons perfectly.
Moreover, with all five moving in concert constantly, they displayed an exquisite combined strike technique as if they had trained together for years.
As the five weapons of the Inner Harmony Ten Weapons achieved perfect offensive and defensive coordination, the Heartfelt Inner Qi Bullet could no longer exert its full power.
Thus, the Shandong Five Heroes, who would normally not even qualify as tenth-rate masters, were able to maintain a fairly even battle with Beok Goong Ryung.
‘Must I kill them?’
Beok Goong Ryung’s gaze wavered.
In truth, even if the Shandong Five Heroes were armed with divine artifacts instead of the Inner Harmony Ten Weapons, they could never be his match.
His sole reason for coming here was to rescue the Orthodox Sects’ masters who had fallen into Zhang Bodao’s trap.
Yet upon arriving at Hell Island, he found them already engaged in a brutal massacre, with only the greed-consumed Shandong Five Heroes remaining?
—If I had intended to kill these men, why would I have come to Youling Island in the first place?
Beok Goong Ryung’s spirit was engulfed in profound turmoil.
The renowned heroes of the Orthodox Sects he knew always acted righteously, never pursuing selfish gain—they were paragons of integrity.
Beok Goong Ryung had always considered himself such a hero of the Orthodox Sects, and he had always taken pride in that identity.
‘Is this the true nature of the Orthodox Sects’ heroes that I have always taken pride in?’
Was risking one’s life to obtain supreme martial techniques and divine weapons simply the natural instinct of martial artists that must be acknowledged?
Or was it merely an inevitable desire born from being blocked by the wall of the Transcendent Realm, unable to advance even an inch?
If the Shandong Five Heroes had not obtained the weapons, and someone else had instead, would the massacre never have occurred?
Beok Goong Ryung’s spirit, lost in confusion, wavered uncontrollably.
It resembled Bu Eunseol, wavering between the crossroads of the Demonic Path and the Righteous Path.
A collision of convictions.
For the first time, Beok Goong Ryung was experiencing such turmoil.
Boom!
As cracks formed in his spirit, the power of the Heartfelt Inner Qi Bullet began to noticeably diminish.
The Shandong Five Heroes, seizing this opportunity, drew the full strength of their five weapons and pierced through Beok Goong Ryung’s opening.
Crash!
As the five weapons and Beok Goong Ryung’s Heartfelt Inner Qi Bullet collided head-on, a deafening explosion erupted.
Screech.
Beok Goong Ryung and the Shandong Five Heroes were simultaneously pushed back about five paces.
“Hehehehe. So this is all the Tan Wang, renowned throughout Tianxia, can manage.”
As Gu Young Hwa’s sinister smile spread across his face, murderous intent blazed from Beok Goong Ryung’s eyes.
“Is that so?”
As Beok Goong Ryung drew upon his inner force once more, a faint luminescence flowed from his body, and
a gleaming golden sphere rose into the air.
This was none other than the Violet Lightning Golden Sphere—the forbidden weapon that had earned Beok Goong Ryung the epithet Tan Wang.
If he who could topple a Palace Hall by hurling a single stone were to unleash this weapon?
The sheer force would be enough to bring down a mountain in a single stroke.
Whooom!
Brilliant light erupted from the Violet Lightning Golden Sphere suspended in the void.
Yet hesitation flickered once more across Beok Goong Ryung’s gaze.
‘Hmm.’
He had spent his entire life despising the wicked and refusing them mercy.
Had these men been great villains who had committed atrocities since ancient times, he would have struck them down without hesitation.
But were they not merely monsters consumed by cruel and selfish desire, having fallen into despair when they failed to advance their martial arts, only to be corrupted by the divine artifact known as the Youling Ten Calamities?
Conviction.
Those who reached the pinnacle of the martial way each possessed their own creed.
Beok Goong Ryung had only ever punished those who committed evil, and he took pride in this principle.
Yet the vicious Shandong Five Heroes were now shattering his conviction entirely.
‘Did I truly risk my life coming to Youling Island to save such wretches?’
Beok Goong Ryung’s eyes wavered ceaselessly.
‘No—how could such men ever have earned the reputation of righteous heroes of the Orthodox Sects in the first place?’
Those of the Orthodox Sects, especially those called righteous heroes who had built such noble reputations—
were they not perhaps identical to the Shandong Five Heroes?
Corrosive doubt and regret flooded into his heart.
‘No. If I falter, what becomes of my conviction?’
Beok Goong Ryung shook his head and steadied his resolve.
If he killed them in his rage?
Everything he had done until now—and the very conviction that sustained him—would crumble to dust.
“Lower your weapon.”
At last, drawing a deep breath, he reclaimed the Violet Lightning Golden Sphere from the air and returned it to his robes.
“If you would repent even now….”
But his words never reached their end.
The Shandong Five Heroes, seizing the opening in Beok Goong Ryung’s movements, unleashed all their accumulated true energy in a thunderous strike.
Boom!
With the explosion, a massive crater tore open where Beok Goong Ryung stood.
The most crucial element in executing a technique is timing.
When Beok Goong Ryung first attempted to unleash the Violet Lightning Golden Sphere, his body and spirit had become one, achieving absolute focus.
But the moment he withdrew his technique, his spirit and body fell into a brief, defenseless state.
And when the Shandong Five Heroes seized that fleeting opportunity and delivered their decisive blow using the Youling Ten Calamities, Beok Goong Ryung had no defense against it.
Crackle.
A tremendous wave of force rippled outward from the impact, scattering sparks and sending earth and dust flying dozens of feet into the air.
Whoosh.
As the wind finally cleared, a shadow became visible standing before Beok Goong Ryung between the massive craters.
It was Bu Eunseol, who had materialized the Yeouui Jingyeol into a spherical form and released it.
Crackle, crackle, crackle.
Bu Eunseol’s figure, having created a circular wall of true energy, appeared as though she were wrapped in the legendary protective barrier of legend.
Flinch.
The moment the Shandong Five Heroes met Bu Eunseol’s eyes, burning crimson with fury, they instinctively retreated.
Not only was Bu Eunseol’s martial prowess remarkable for having single-handedly repelled their assault, but the aura radiating from her entire body was far from ordinary.
“Losing focus in the middle of combat? Have you lost your mind?”
Just as Bu Eunseol, who had swiftly intervened to save Beok Goong Ryung’s life, was about to deliver a sharp rebuke,
“These bastards….”
A chilling murderous intent flickered in the eyes of the crouched Beok Goong Ryung.
He had even stopped himself from unleashing the Jajeon Geumhwan and instead attempted persuasion.
Yet these vile creatures had seized that very moment as an opportunity to unleash a torrent of killing intent in a single breath, attempting to end his life?
“Stand aside.”
The chilling murderous intent that had gathered in Beok Goong Ryung’s eyes had by now transformed into dark, shimmering heat rising upward.
It bore a similar form to when Bu Eunseol had unleashed her Yeouui Jingyeol in fury.
‘He’s fallen into demonic madness.’
There was no way he, having trained in orthodox Righteous Path martial arts, could have learned a Demonic Path heart technique like the Sak Jeong Bigyeol.
As the conviction that had sustained his spirit crumbled and he fell into extreme despair, the demonic madness had seized him.
“Come to your senses.”
Boom!
Instead of answering, Beok Goong Ryung unleashed his Nae Ga Tan Ki toward Bu Eunseol.
Crash!
As Bu Eunseol lightly evaded, the ancient tree behind her was instantly reduced to dust.
‘The power has intensified, but the speed has vanished.’
Bu Eunseol too had once fallen into demonic madness when facing Geol Wang, her humanity utterly obliterated.
Yet the reason she had displayed such overwhelming martial prowess was because of the Sak Jeong Bigyeol, the supreme heart technique of the Demonic Path that carved away emotion, and
Bu Eunseol’s desire to become even stronger by annihilating emotion at the moment of life and death had aligned perfectly with it.
But Beok Goong Ryung was a grand master of the Righteous Path who had trained in heart techniques that emphasized true energy.
Now that he had fallen into demonic madness, the power of his Nae Ga Tan Ki had instead become extremely weakened.
Both his physical reflexes and the firmness of his spirit had completely shattered.
“You dare evade this old master’s Nae Ga Tan Ki?”
The demonic-maddened Beok Goong Ryung began attacking not the Shandong Five Heroes, but Bu Eunseol.
“Tan Wang has fallen into demonic madness. Deal with him first!”
The Shandong Five Heroes, having discerned Bu Eunseol’s superior martial skill, had been hesitating momentarily.
If Tan Wang and Bu Eunseol were to combine their attacks, it was clear they would lose their lives in an instant.
But now that Tan Wang had fallen into demonic madness and was attacking Bu Eunseol, they seized this opportunity and immediately began their combined assault.
Crash! Boom!
Assailed by attacks from both sides, I couldn’t gather my wits.
Though their speed and power had diminished, Tan Wang’s Inner Qi Explosion was nothing short of a world-shattering strike.
Even the slightest brush would reduce cloth to dust and tear flesh from bone.
—Shrill!
Moreover, the piercing sound attack of the Heavenly Flute echoed near my ears, disrupting my inner energy flow.
With each note that rang out, the true qi circulating through my body seemed to diminish by a third.
Had it been only that, I could have endured it easily.
—Boom!
But as the Heaven and Earth Seal shook, a murderous gale tore through my body like a blade.
The sword qi of the Undefeated Blade slashed at my limbs from unseen angles.
And whenever I barely evaded that, the Golden Iron Talisman waited to slash through the air in succession.
The arrows of the Silver Heaven Bow rained down like Celestial Rings, cutting off my escape routes.
‘There’s no escape.’
Before me, Beok Goong Ryung’s Inner Qi Explosion.
Behind me, the assault of the Shandong Five Heroes’ Ten Inner Techniques poured down.
—Whoosh!
As their combined strike that could tear heaven and earth wrapped around my body, black true qi surged through me.
With no way to evade, I had no choice but to deploy the Serpent Formation Seal.
‘I cannot meet it head-on.’
Above all else, I absolutely could not meet Tan Wang’s Inner Qi Explosion directly.
I adjusted the Serpent Formation Seal to deflect Tan Wang’s Inner Qi Explosion at an angle.
—Crash!
With a tremendous explosion, the combined force of the Inner Qi Explosion and the Ten Inner Techniques struck my body wrapped in the Serpent Formation Seal.
“Cough.”
I staggered back five steps and finally spat out a blood clot the size of a pebble.
Even deploying the Serpent Formation Seal with all my strength, I couldn’t completely deflect Beok Goong Ryung’s Inner Qi Explosion.
—Whoosh!
But spitting blood was only momentary.
I closed the distance to Beok Goong Ryung in one breath and deployed fist techniques with both hands.
I too had experience falling into demonic possession. Therefore, I knew well that the most effective escape method was to deliver a powerful shock to the body.
—Bang! Bang! Bang!
As I unleashed successive fist techniques at close range, Beok Goong Ryung extended both hands to counter.
Without missing that opportunity, the Shandong Five Heroes’ assault bored in from behind.
But each time, I deployed the Serpent Formation Seal to block their attacks.
“Get back!”
From my fist as I blocked the Shandong Five Heroes’ assault with the Serpent Formation Seal, crimson radiance poured forth.
—Boom!
At the same moment, the Shandong Five Heroes were driven back dozens of paces. I had used the Heavenly Hand Technique Style with all my strength.
‘This is my last chance.’
Now was the final opportunity to free Beok Goong Ryung from demonic possession.
Bu Eunseol closed the distance in a single breath, arriving right before Beok Goong Ryung’s face as she unleashed the Kwon Ma Chil Sik with all her might.
Beok Goong Ryung was a master who had defeated countless Tianxia experts using Nae Ga Tan Ki, a long-range martial technique.
When Bu Eunseol deployed grappling techniques at such close quarters that their noses nearly touched, his hands became a blur.
Despite being trapped in demonic delusion, Beok Goong Ryung instinctively unleashed the Pa Hyun Yeon Hwan Sik to shake Bu Eunseol off.
Yet Bu Eunseol’s Kwon Ma Chil Sik, though incomplete, was an unparalleled fist technique that contained all the methods of the greatest fist masters across Tianxia’s various sects.
The Pa Hyun Yeon Hwan Sik, imbued with the Orthodox Sects’ characteristic righteousness and grandeur, could not withstand the Kwon Ma Chil Sik.
Boom! Boom!
Before the relentless barrage of rapid attacks and transcendent footwork, Beok Goong Ryung was driven backward six steps in succession.
‘Now is the moment!’
Zing!
Finally discovering Beok Goong Ryung’s opening, a fierce, metallic sound of splitting air erupted from Bu Eunseol’s left hand, spreading in all directions.
The Mang A Dong Swae Sik, possessing formidable destructive force, poured forth like a tempest, driving Beok Goong Ryung’s body dozens of zhang backward into the stone cliff.
Boom!
Unable to fully deflect the assault, Beok Goong Ryung crashed into the stone wall ten zhang behind him and bounced back.
She had layered the Kwon Ma Cho Hyun Sik upon the Mang A Dong Swae Sik’s force, pushing his body before violently pulling it back.
“You….”
With that final all-out strike, Beok Goong Ryung’s darkened eyes finally began to regain their natural color, and consciousness was returning to his gaze.
“Are you regaining your senses?”
Bu Eunseol’s lips were covered with blood.
While evading the terrifying Nae Ga Tan Ki, she had continuously deployed the Yeo Ui Jin Gyeol, which had limited uses, blocking even the Woo Nae Sip Byung’s assault.
As a result, she had sustained not only surface wounds to her meridians but also severe internal injuries.
“Why do you….”
Beok Goong Ryung’s voice trembled.
Though he had fallen into demonic delusion, he had not lost his sense of self.
He clearly witnessed how Bu Eunseol had continuously deployed fist techniques to break through his demonic delusion, and how she had risked her life to block the Woo Nae Sip Byung.
“The Orthodox Sect disciples I trusted my entire life betrayed me, yet you, a Demonic Path disciple, protected this old man….”
His body trembled faintly.
When one falls into demonic delusion with shattered convictions, the body and soul can descend into an irreversible abyss.
Well aware of this, Bu Eunseol had risked her life to shake his body and restore his clear mind.
“Thanks to you, I also learned something.”
“What do you mean by that?”
Bu Eunseol spoke calmly.
“In restoring the elder’s spirit, I discovered a way to mend the fractures of my own soul.”
Rustle.
At that moment, the Shandong Five Heroes appeared behind her once more.
Having been driven back by the Cheon Su Gong Pa Sik, they had watched intently as Bu Eunseol and Beok Goong Ryung engaged in close grappling techniques at the cost of their lives.
They had hoped for Bu Eunseol and Beok Goong Ryung to destroy each other.
But seeing Bu Eunseol strike down Beok Goong Ryung, they quickly approached again to attack her.
“These treacherous villains!”
Beok Goong Ryung glared at the Shandong Five Heroes with furious eyes.
“I shall handle this myself. Stand down.”
The Shandong Five Heroes’ face darkened to ash.
He had grasped that the one struck by that overwhelming force had not merely sustained injuries—he had instantaneously escaped from the Demonic Heart.
―If those two join forces, we are as good as dead.
As the tense Shandong Five Heroes retreated, cold sweat dripping down his spine,
“I shall do it.”
Bu Eunseol stepped forward and spoke.
“I must test what I have come to understand.”
Bu Eunseol’s body was battered and worn, yet her eyes gleamed with the clarity of a still lake.
Beok Goong Ryung flinched slightly.
Bu Eunseol’s gaze had transformed entirely.
‘This woman.’
Beok Goong Ryung could not comprehend the situation before him.
They had merely exchanged a brief close-quarters combat, yet Bu Eunseol had not only sealed the rupture in her spiritual core of her own accord—her martial prowess had surged forward unexpectedly.

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