The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 502

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Chapter 502.
Upon leaving Shenshui Palace, Bu Eunseol descended the mountainside where Neung Bi Hon and Dae Gu Hwi were staying.
“You’ve changed your face again.”
Neung Bi Hon stroked his chin upon seeing Bu Eunseol’s true visage.
“You certainly possess quite a number of identities, don’t you?”
“Yes, that is correct.”
“Since each carries its own circumstances, I won’t pry into the reasons. However.”
Neung Bi Hon’s expression grew troubled.
“Is it truly impossible for you to show this foolish elder your genuine face?”
Bu Eunseol found herself compelled to briefly explain her circumstances.
In her original identity, it was inconvenient to traverse the Gangho freely, so she had created multiple identities.
And this was her true appearance.
However, she deliberately refrained from revealing her status as the successor to the Demon Hall.
After all, once Neung Bi Hon recovered his strength, he would lose all memory of these events anyway.
There was no need to burden him with unnecessary details.
“And the Shenshui Palace Master has granted her permission.”
“So easily? The Palace Lord was raging so fiercely before.”
“Fortunately, she showed some consideration for my dignity.”
“Hmph.”
Neung Bi Hon exhaled through his nose.
No matter how remarkable Bu Eunseol might be, she wouldn’t change her mind with mere words.
Moreover, judging from the tears scattered across her garments, she had endured considerable hardship.
“Younger sister.”
Neung Bi Hon spoke in a low voice.
“Come to think of it, I don’t know your true name.”
“Whether my name or identity—am I not still your younger sister regardless?”
“Yes, that’s true.”
Neung Bi Hon gazed at Bu Eunseol with profound eyes.
“But if that is your true face, shouldn’t you also reveal your true identity and name?”
Neung Bi Hon was not asking out of mere curiosity.
He wished to remember the face and name of the benefactor who had labored so tirelessly for him.
At this, Dae Gu Hwi, who had been sitting idly, perked up his ears.
He had been desperately curious about the true identity of Bu Eunseol, whom he had believed all along to be the wanderer Seol So.
“My name is Bu Eunseol.”
Bu Eunseol spoke honestly after drawing a deep breath.
“Muk Hon Ryeong Ju?”
At this, Dae Gu Hwi, who had been listening quietly, rushed forward.
“You mean Seol So is the successor to the Demon Hall, the Muk Hon Ryeong Ju?”
Bu Eunseol’s reputation had spread beyond Joong Won Murim to even Sae Oe, so Dae Gu Hwi recognized her at once.
“Muk Hon Ryeong Ju?”
However, Neung Bi Hon blinked and asked in return.
Since he had lost his memories, he knew little of the Murim genealogy.
Yet from Dae Gu Hwi’s reaction, he could infer that this was someone of extraordinarily high status.
“I see.”
Neung Bi Hon smiled faintly.
“Even if I recover my memories, I shall not forget my younger brother’s name.”
Gratitude and resentment.
Those who dwell within the Gangho can never escape this web of debt and grudge.
Even Neung Bi Hon, stripped of his memories, retained this instinct.
‘You may forget. No—you will forget.’
Bu Eunseol held back those words.
The moment he recovered his strength, Neung Bi Hon’s brain meridians would heal, and all memories up to now would fade away.
Yao Jian Plain.
This vast expanse stretched behind Eun Ha Ridge, where Shenshui Palace made its seat.
Storm clouds perpetually gathered around Yao Jian Plain, rendering the atmosphere unstable.
Fierce winds, treacherous terrain, sweltering humidity—multiple factors converged to make lightning strikes inevitable in this place.
Dae Gu Hwi drew the Divine Spirit Ranch from his grasp and offered it to Neung Bi Hon.
“Thunder Master Neung, I pray for your success.”
Neung Bi Hon smiled and gently stroked the head of the anxious-looking Dae Gu Hwi.
“Do not worry.”
Bu Eunseol likewise withdrew a Hyun Yeop Stone and presented it to him.
“Elder Neung, be careful.”
A nod.
Neung Bi Hon nodded and walked toward the center of Yao Jian Plain.
Already the surroundings darkened, and lightning struck in places all around.
Now, if he planted the Divine Spirit Ranch and raised it high, then drew the Thunder Lightning Essence through the Hyun Yeop Stone, he would surely recover his Thunder Lightning Divine Technique.
A flash!
Lightning descended ceaselessly upon Yao Jian Plain.
Merely approaching that place felt as though one’s body would burst asunder.
Though every hair on his body stood on end, Neung Bi Hon advanced toward Yao Jian Plain without fear, his stride natural and assured.
As though he instinctively knew exactly where to stand to obtain the Thunder Lightning Essence in a single breath.
He stood firm.
Planted in place, Neung Bi Hon unfurled the Divine Spirit Ranch.
Then he raised that arm high.
A deep rumble.
At that moment, thunder roared from the heavens as if it had been waiting.
The sight resembled the sky gathering its power to pour lightning down upon Neung Bi Hon.
“Master Bu, something feels amiss.”
Dae Gu Hwi’s eyes gleamed with unease.
Born with the Ya Soo bloodline, he could sense danger more swiftly than anyone through instinct alone.
“Is it not as though all the lightning falling across the Yao Jian Plain is gathering above Neung Bi Hon’s head?”
A low rumble echoed.
Just as he said, the cascading lightning ceased, and luminescence coalesced in the black sky above Neung Bi Hon’s head.
The problem was that the lightning showed no intention of descending; instead, it flickered ceaselessly as though accumulating power.
The entire world darkened as if the hour of annihilation had arrived, yet Neung Bi Hon stood unmoved.
‘Ah, I see.’
After pondering for a moment, Bu Eunseol finally grasped what had gone wrong.
‘Chim Wang was mistaken.’
There was only one reason for using the Divine Spirit Ranch and the Hyeon Yeop Stone.
It was to draw forth the Thunder Essence Force from a place where lightning did not fall.
But the Yao Jian Plain was a place where dozens of bolts struck every hour.
There was no need to draw all the lightning with the Divine Spirit Ranch; taking only the Hyeon Yeop Stone would have sufficed.
However, Jong Ri Sa Hyeon had relayed both the Divine Spirit Ranch and the Hyeon Yeop Stone because he had heard old tales circulating in the past.
‘Elder Chim Wang only learned of the Yao Jian Plain’s characteristics through rumor.’
Just as Bu Eunseol had anticipated, Jong Ri Sa Hyeon had heard only that lightning frequently occurred at the Yao Jian Plain.
He could never have imagined a place where dozens of bolts descended every single hour.
What if those lightning bolts gathered in the sky were to pour down upon Neung Bi Hon all at once?
Even with a Thunder Spirit Body, Neung Bi Hon could not withstand such power.
His body would burst from the overwhelming Thunder Essence Force.
“Neung Bi Hon!”
Bu Eunseol immediately deployed her divine technique and rushed toward him.
A brilliant flash erupted.
As the light faded, a torrent of lightning began descending relentlessly upon the Divine Spirit Ranch in Neung Bi Hon’s grasp.
Flash after flash!
It was not a single strike, but an endless barrage.
The lightning coursing through the Divine Spirit Ranch passed through the Hyeon Yeop Stone he held and poured ceaselessly into his body.
Flash! Flash!
As pure white lightning fell without cessation, a white radiance began to pour forth from Neung Bi Hon’s eyes.
The Thunder Spirit Force had awakened within his body once more.
Flash! Flash!
Yet the lightning continued to flicker and descend upon the Divine Spirit Ranch.
Blood dripped from Neung Bi Hon’s mouth, and his body began to swell like a balloon.
Unable to withstand the injected Thunder Essence Force, his body was reaching its limit.
“Neung Bi Hon!”
As Bu Eunseol drew near, a pure white Thunder Essence Force formed a hemispherical barrier around his three vital centers.
The overwhelming thunder energy erupting from his body spread like a colossal protective barrier, blocking her approach.
A deep resonance sounded.
Bu Eunseol immediately manifested a massive blade with the Yeouui Jingyeol technique, cleaving through the circular barrier of Thunder Essence Force.
The barrier shattered.
She pressed forward relentlessly.
Zzzzzt!
But a brilliant white flame erupted, and the blade forged from the Yeui Jingyeol instantly dissolved.
The power of Yeui Jingyeol was insufficient to pierce through that formidable wall of thunder energy.
Shliiing!
Bu Eunseol, having drawn the Bingon Sword, created a sword aura.
However, the thunder energy enveloping Neung Bi Hon’s body possessed a magnetic pull like that of a lodestone, and lightning-laden whirlwinds were pouring forth relentlessly.
No matter how much sword aura was unleashed, that barrier could not be breached.
‘There is no time!’
Bu Eunseol grew desperate.
If left as it was, Neung Bi Hon would lose his life.
Whoooosh!
Bu Eunseol spread his arms wide, dispersing his vital energy.
Thereupon, five-colored radiance bloomed across his entire body, forming a spherical barrier of pure force.
Just as he had once blocked the boulders in the Underground Fortress beneath Gugok Mountain, he aligned all the power inherent within his body and unleashed ‘Harmony’.
Zzzzzt.
The barrier of pure force, dyed in five colors, pierced through the wall of thunderous lightning energy surrounding Neung Bi Hon’s body in an instant.
Sparks scattering in his wake, Bu Eunseol finally beheld Neung Bi Hon, who gripped the Divine Spirit Ranch.
And he poured his strength into the Divine Spirit Ranch that Neung Bi Hon held, attempting to wrench it away.
But the moment Bu Eunseol extended his arm,
Zzzzzt!
Suddenly, a tremendous force surged through his arm and into his meridians.
It was pure thunderous lightning energy being injected through the Hyeon Yeop Stone into Neung Bi Hon’s body.
“Ugh.”
As the thunderous lightning energy entered his body, the barrier of pure force created by ‘Harmony’ vanished in an instant.
Simultaneously, Bu Eunseol’s arm became fused to Neung Bi Hon’s body.
Zzzzzt.
As the thunderous lightning energy continued to pour in relentlessly, Bu Eunseol’s body too began to swell gradually.
“Master Neung! Master Bu!”
Dae Gu Hwi, watching from a distance, began hopping anxiously.
If the two were left as they were, their bodies would burst.
“Uuugh….”
After much deliberation, Dae Gu Hwi began to draw upon his Beast Force.
“Uaaaagh!”
At last, his muscles bulged, his clothes tore, and his Beast Force erupted forth.
Crack.
Hunched like a beast, he charged toward the center like a wild animal possessed.
Fortunately, since Bu Eunseol had removed the barrier of thunderous lightning energy, he was able to reach Neung Bi Hon’s side with ease.
“Allow me to assist…!”
But as he drew within three paces, his body was suddenly lifted into the air, and he became fused to Neung Bi Hon’s body.
Zzzzzt!
In the end, the two of them found themselves positioned on either side of Neung Bi Hon, absorbing the lightning essence in perfect synchronization.
“Ugh… Ahhhhh!”
As the lightning essence poured into his body, Dae Gu Hwi let out a agonized scream.
Neung Bi Hon, who possessed a lightning-attuned physique, and Bu Eunseol, who wielded the power of the Extreme Fire Great Perfection technique, managed to endure the force through sheer will.
But Dae Gu Hwi, possessing no such power, swiftly reached the limits of what his body could withstand.
“Hang… in there!”
Fortunately, once Dae Gu Hwi joined them, Bu Eunseol and Neung Bi Hon regained some semblance of consciousness.
The two attempted desperately to move their bodies, but no matter how hard they struggled, they couldn’t lift a single foot.
‘At this rate, we’ll all perish.’
Even as the lightning essence burrowed through her body in excruciating pain, Bu Eunseol continuously circulated her Anti-Extreme True Qi.
As her internal energy flowed, the lightning essence began to move in harmony with her circulation.
―If I could harness the full power of the Sasin’s force…
In that moment, she recalled the Taoist secret that Gong Son Dan Ah had taught her.
It was less a cultivation technique and more a principle of harmonizing two forces—the art of embracing disparate powers.
Through the power of the Water Essence technique, she had been able to neutralize the extreme yin essence of the Glacier Heavenly Stream technique, which could otherwise damage the meridians.
‘If forces possess similar natures… they can merge and become one.’
The lightning essence bore striking similarity to the Extreme Fire Great Perfection technique.
Then could the cascading lightning essence be dispersed by merging it with the Extreme Fire Great Perfection technique? The thought crystallized in her mind.
‘This is a gamble.’
Bu Eunseol possessed exceptional knowledge of martial arts.
Yet regarding the secret cultivation methods of controlling inner energy, generating it, and dissipating it, her understanding was limited.
Therefore, she could not predict what result such an attempt would yield.
‘I have to try!’
As Dae Gu Hwi’s body approached the point of rupture, Bu Eunseol immediately drew upon the Extreme Fire Great Perfection True Qi.
Whoooosh!
As she summoned the Extreme Fire Great Perfection True Qi, her meridians burned with searing pain and her qi and blood began to twist.
But she did not stop, instead beginning to merge the Extreme Fire Great Perfection essence flowing through her body with the lightning essence being injected from without.
Crackle, crackle.
In that instant, blood vessels bulged across Bu Eunseol’s entire body like writhing serpents.
Whoosh! Whoooosh!
Simultaneously, the power of the Yeolha Seongjun’s essence and the Extreme Fire Wheel technique contained within the Extreme Fire Great Perfection technique spread outward in all directions.
Normally, the heat and power would have melted Neung Bi Hon and Dae Gu Hwi’s bodies or incinerated their internal organs.
But both of them had the formidable lightning essence coursing through their bodies, so they remained unaffected by the Extreme Fire Great Perfection technique’s power.
‘Indeed, they share similar natures.’
Having gained certainty, Bu Eunseol utilized the principle of harmonizing two forces to merge the Extreme Fire Great Perfection True Qi with the cascading lightning essence into one.
Just as with the Glacier Heavenly Stream technique.
The Extreme Fire Great Perfection True Qi was a force that only those with a flame-attuned physique like Yeolha Seongjun, or those who had cultivated extreme yang martial arts throughout their lives, could harbor within their bodies.
That Bu Eunseol, possessing an ordinary physique, could harbor such a force unscathed was because
the opposing power of the Glacier Heavenly Stream technique and five hundred years of formidable cultivation protected her body.
But when the balance between the two forces shattered, it ultimately caused damage to her qi and blood, which could only be barely stabilized with Ak Moo Ryung’s aid.
Then, upon obtaining Gong Son Dan Ah’s dharma teachings and the Correction Divine Technique, he could finally control the power of the Glacial Heavenly Stream Technique perfectly.
Now, through the Thunder Divine Technique, he could stably store the essence of the Yeolha Grand Perfection Technique within his body.
Crackle, crackle, crackle.
As he merged the Thunder Stabilization Technique with the Yeolha Grand Perfection Technique using the wonders of the Dual Cultivation Mutual Transformation method, violet lightning began to flicker across his entire body.
It was a new Thunder Divine Technique created through the fusion with the Yeolha Grand Perfection Technique.
Standing tall and wreathed in violet lightning, his appearance was as if the Thunder God himself had descended from the heavens to earth.
At that same moment, Bu Eunseol felt the area around her Baihui acupoint grow hot as fragmented memories began flooding into her mind.
It was the depths of dawn, when even the insects had long since fallen silent in sleep.
Beneath a window where moonlight had gently settled, young Bu Eunseol lay in peaceful slumber.
―Now, the only one I can entrust my sword to is you, elder brother.
A smile bloomed at the lips of the sleeping young Bu Eunseol.
It was a voice she could hear a hundred times and never tire of—her father’s warm and gentle tone.
―If I abandon my strength… and abandon this sword as well, how could I possibly stand against them?
Then a thick, low voice answered from across the way.
―Sam Gye can no longer protect you.
Flash!
A brilliant light flickered across Bu Eunseol’s eyes as she awakened from the memory.
‘What does this mean?’
Bu Eunseol’s heart pounded violently.
As the intense Thunder Divine Technique pierced through her Thunder Meridian, another memory from the past surfaced.
And it was… evidence that her father had connections to Sam Gye.
‘Father was a member of Sam Gye?’
Even amid her confusion, Bu Eunseol turned over the memory that had just emerged in her mind.
‘Moreover, stand against them? Who exactly were they referring to?’
“Ugh…”
At that moment, deep groans erupted from the mouths of Neung Bi Hon and Dae Gu Hwi.
The two of them had long since exceeded their limits, their faces now drained of all color like corpses.
‘First, I’ll use this power to stabilize their bodies.’
Whoosh!
Bu Eunseol began pouring the Yeolha Grand Perfection Technique fused with the Thunder Divine Technique into Neung Bi Hon’s body.
Shhhh.
As the rampaging Thunder Divine Technique stabilized, the swollen bodies of the two began gradually returning to their original forms.
Crackle, crackle!
Yet through the Divine Spirit Ranch, the formidable Thunder Divine Technique continued to pour down.
‘Hold on!’
Though he could not move a single finger, he could counter the cascading Thunder Divine Technique with the Yeolha Grand Perfection Technique.
Moreover, thanks to Bu Eunseol, Neung Bi Hon was now stably dispersing the power of the Thunder Divine Technique through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
Bubbling, bubbling.
At that moment, the Divine Spirit Ranch and the Luminous Jade Stone that Neung Bi Hon held began melting like candy.
Unable to withstand the immense amount of Thunder Stabilization Technique it was receiving, they melted away.
As the relentless downpour of lightning ceased,
Thud.
Unable to withstand the lightning divine energy stored within his body, Dae Gu Hwi lost consciousness entirely.
Crackle.
In contrast, Neung Bi Hon’s eyes filled with brilliant white light as his body lifted into the air.
Flash!
Finally, as he opened his eyes,
Crackle crackle crackle!
Pure white lightning—the Divine Thunder Annihilation—radiated outward in all directions.
At last, Neung Bi Hon had been reborn as a complete Thunder God once more.
Whoosh.
As Neung Bi Hon descended gently from the sky, an immense wave of internal energy surged from his body, and his eyes blazed with authority.
“Thunder Brother, are you conscious?”
At Bu Eunseol’s question, Neung Bi Hon’s eyes flashed.
“Thunder Brother?”
The gentle aura that had pervaded him until now vanished, replaced entirely by a solemn and razor-sharp presence.
As Jong Ri Sa Hyeon had said, the power of the lightning divine energy healed the wounds in Neung Bi Hon’s meridians.
With that healing, all his memories from before seemed to have vanished.
“Who are you?”
Bu Eunseol maintained her original appearance but was forced to use a false name.
“I am called Seol So. You were defeated by the Taoist Emperor’s Successor, and lost your power due to his blade.”
“I was defeated?”
“Yes.”
Neung Bi Hon gazed at the landscape of Yao Jian Plain, where lightning struck endlessly, with unfamiliar eyes.
“Then…”
“Correct. To restore your power, I obtained the Divine Spirit Ranch from Ya Soo Gung and the Hyeon Leaf Stone, and came to this place.”
Only then did Neung Bi Hon notice the traces of the Divine Spirit Ranch and Hyeon Leaf Stone melted beneath his feet.
They had been mostly vaporized by the intense heat, leaving only two metal spheres remaining.
“Hmm.”
Neung Bi Hon placed them into his robes as if entranced.
“Thunder Brother, do you remember your last battle with the Taoist Emperor’s Successor?”
In that instant, white lightning flashed endlessly in Neung Bi Hon’s eyes.
“That bastard. He killed my family!”
Crackle.
An aura incomparably more powerful than before flowed from Neung Bi Hon’s body.
Having absorbed so much lightning divine energy, his strength had grown far greater than it once was.
“I will kill him at once!”
“Wait.”
As Neung Bi Hon turned to leave, Bu Eunseol spoke.
“Who is the Taoist Emperor’s Successor?”
“Why are you asking that?”
“I must find him as well.”
Bu Eunseol spoke with conviction.
Neung Bi Hon would not remember her anyway.
If that was the case, then she had to extract answers from him, even if it meant invoking the trials they had endured together thus far.
“Wasn’t all this hardship with Neung Bi Hon precisely for that purpose?”
Crackle.
At that moment, white lightning erupted from Dae Gu Hwi’s body, and he began to convulse violently.
Unlike Bu Eunseol, he had failed to distribute the Thunder God’s essence stably through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and calamity had struck.
“He has absorbed the Thunder God’s essence into his body, yet cannot control it—he is dying.”
Neung Bi Hon regarded Bu Eunseol coldly as he spoke.
“I acknowledge that I owe you a debt. So decide now.”
He gestured toward Dae Gu Hwi as he spoke.
“Will you save this child, or do you wish to learn the true identity of that demon-like old man?”
Bu Eunseol spoke as though the choice were absurd.
“This child rushed forward to save Neung Bi Hon’s life and suffered this fate. Yet you ask me to wager his life in a binary choice?”
“You talk too much. If you will not choose, I shall depart.”
With his strength restored, Neung Bi Hon’s gentle demeanor had vanished entirely, replaced by the cold and piercing aura of a supreme martial master.
I had to bear all of this myself.
When Neung Bi Hon regained his power and lost all his memories, I harbored no illusions that he would be favorably disposed toward me.
“Very well. Then please save his life.”
“Agreed.”
Neung Bi Hon immediately extended his hand toward Dae Gu Hwi’s Mingmen acupoint.
Crackle-crackle-crackle!
Pure Thunder God’s essence flowed into Dae Gu Hwi’s body, lifting him into the air.
Whoosh! Fwish-fwish-fwish!
Simultaneously, Neung Bi Hon unleashed more than a hundred wind blades in rapid succession.
Dae Gu Hwi’s face, which had been contorted in agony as he floated suspended, immediately relaxed.
“Circulate the Thunder God’s essence according to the method I guide you.”
Neung Bi Hon’s voice carried an irresistible authority.
Even in his dazed state, Dae Gu Hwi followed Neung Bi Hon’s instructions, channeling the Thunder God’s essence through his meridians.
Crackle.
As Dae Gu Hwi cultivated, faint lightning began to shimmer in his eyes.
With Neung Bi Hon’s guidance, he had successfully stabilized the Thunder God’s essence within his body.
Thunder Spirit Body.
Dae Gu Hwi had transformed from an ordinary mortal into a Thunder Spirit Body, just like Neung Bi Hon.
“Thank you, Thunder Master!”
As the awakened Dae Gu Hwi clasped his hands respectfully,
“There is no need for thanks.”
Neung Bi Hon spoke not to Dae Gu Hwi, but to Bu Eunseol.
“From this moment forward, there is no debt between us. Do you acknowledge this?”
“Thunder God…”
“I am not your Thunder God.”
Neung Bi Hon, restored to full power, no longer displayed the symptoms of madness that had plagued him before.
The endless torrent of his supreme Thunder Divine technique had completely cured even his affliction.
To prove this, he now embodied the solemn and dignified bearing of a great master, his eyes radiating crystalline clarity.
Yet tragically, he retained no memory of his time with Bu Eunseol.
“Will you not share information regarding the Taoist Emperor’s Successor?”
“There is nothing to share. That matter is mine alone to bear.”
Crackle, crackle, crackle.
Neung Bi Hon ascended into the void using his Thunder Divine technique.
Wreathed in lightning with eyes blazing white, he gazed down at Bu Eunseol and spoke with glacial coldness.
“Do not trouble me further. Should you follow, I will regard you as an enemy.”
Boom!
With those words, Neung Bi Hon vanished into the distant sky, accompanied by the roar of thunder.
Rumble! Rumble, rumble!
His movement technique, now that all his power had been restored, was nothing short of miraculous.
Like lightning striking in an instant, he cleaved through the Half-Sky itself.
Boom!
The one who had sealed his Thunder Divine technique—
As Neung Bi Hon recalled his battle against Gwae Noin, who wielded the Taoist Emperor’s methods, an indescribable killing intent flowed from his eyes.
“Prepare yourself. Soon I shall tear you to pieces.”
Departing from Yao Jian Plain and running ceaselessly, he finally arrived at a manor situated some distance from Habuk Capital.
It was none other than the Hebei Peng Family Estate.

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