The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 508

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Chapter 508.
“Hmm.”
Resting his chin on the armrest, the man gazed down at Bu Eunseol and Neung Bi Hon with an intrigued expression.
“How amusing. The Muk Hon Ryeong Ju of the Demon Hall and the Thunder God were in cahoots.”
As if everything had finally clicked into place, he nodded in understanding.
“Ah, so you were aiming to kill two birds with one stone. You seduced Peng Mun Cheon, had him topple the Main House, and came to assassinate me.”
“Why….”
Before pursuing his vengeance, Neung Bi Hon asked one final question.
“Why did you kill my wife and son?”
“Did I not tell you? Or have you been mad for so long that you’ve forgotten?”
Flash!
In that instant, a brilliant white bolt of lightning descended upon Peng Ak’s head.
The enraged Neung Bi Hon unleashed his Divine Thunder Annihilation.
Yet he was already standing before the armchair, untouched.
Crackle.
The armchair where Peng Ak had been seated crumbled to black ash and collapsed.
Glancing back at the sight, Peng Ak wore a faint smile.
“Your Thunder Divine Technique has reached its zenith.”
“….”
“Tsk, why didn’t you reach such heights sooner?”
Peng Ak clicked his tongue and sighed with regretful expression as he regarded Neung Bi Hon.
“Had you done so, I would have extracted your spine instead of your son’s.”
Crackle!
Neung Bi Hon’s eyes blazed white with power.
There was no need to restrain himself any longer—he could not. Drawing upon the Thunder Divine Technique to its twelfth stage, he sought to incinerate Peng Ak in a single devastating strike.
Yet something unexpected occurred.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a torrent of dark blade energy rained down upon Neung Bi Hon’s head like a downpour.
It was the Dark Blood Taoist Emperor’s Blade Technique that Peng Ak had wielded all along.
Peng Ak stood motionless with his hands clasped behind his back—so how could such blade energy be raining down upon him?
Crackle!
Neung Bi Hon instantly converted the Thunder Divine Technique he had drawn upon into Divine Thunder Annihilation, dispersing the cascading dark blade energy.
Thud.
In that same moment, another shadow descended beside Peng Ak.
It was another Peng Ak.
“So that was it.”
Seeing this, Neung Bi Hon showed little surprise.
“I suspected you might be twins. Otherwise, your actions up to now would make no sense.”
It was hardly shocking.
Among the great families of the Demonic Path and the Black Path, when twins were born, the eldest was tasked with protecting the clan.
Making a younger sibling into a shadow or a blade to protect the family was commonplace enough.
“How strange.”
Bu Eunseol, who had been observing the two men, spoke to them.
“Can perfectly identical twins truly exist in this world?”
Even the most identical-looking twins possessed subtle differences upon closer inspection.
But Peng Ak was different.
From his appearance and gaze to his expression, and even the faintly perceptible aura and cultivation level—
He was utterly perfect in his identity, without a single discrepancy.
“Completely identical, you say?”
Neung Bi Hon murmured softly, sharpening his perception.
Though he lacked Bu Eunseol’s hypersensitivity, he had mastered the Retrospective Observation Technique, a method akin to Gongshim Tongyeong for discerning traces of the past.
A faint shimmer.
As Neung Bi Hon deployed the Retrospective Observation Technique, he was somewhat startled.
“The face was deliberately sculpted. Made identical.”
Observing through the technique, Neung Bi Hon discerned blade marks on both Peng Ak’s faces—scars where the visage had been reshaped.
The marks were minute and had healed perfectly, invisible to the naked eye.
Yet through the Retrospective Observation Technique, they were unmistakably clear.
“Then there is but one possibility.”
Bu Eunseol gazed at both Peng Ak and spoke.
“To achieve some desired outcome. They were deliberately made identical—from appearance to speech patterns and personality.”
“Hehehehe. Remarkable.”
Peng Ak burst into laughter.
“There was a reason we survived all these clashes with Ben Gye.”
And he turned his gaze toward his younger brother, Peng Ryun, who had descended from the void.
“That’s right. We brothers were born as twins from the beginning.”
After a brief deep breath, he spoke with an expression full of reminiscence.
“And from childhood, the Infinite Realm invested vast resources and manpower to make us perfectly identical—in appearance and personality alike.”
“But why?”
“If there existed twins whose thoughts and personalities were perfectly matched, they wished to verify whether even their martial prowess would be the same.”
Peng Ak spoke as if recounting someone else’s tale.
“At that time, the Family Head had become obsessed with research into body modification and enhancement conducted in collaboration with Ben Gye.”
Bu Eunseol and Neung Bi Hon’s eyes widened.
They had never heard of such experiments conducted on twins, nor had they expected such secrets to be revealed so freely.
“Fascinating eyes you have. Shall I continue?”
Peng Ak recounted an old tale to Bu Eunseol and Neung Bi Hon.
* * *
At that time, Peng Sung, the Family Head of the Peng Family, grew increasingly concerned as the Peng Family’s power waned with each passing day.
This was because mastering the Peng Family’s secret technique, the Five Tiger Breaking Gate Method, required both innate divine power and a specially conditioned body.
Peng Sung sought to improve and refine that Five Tiger Breaking Gate Method.
So that it could be grasped more easily and swiftly.
Yet ultimately, I reached a single conclusion.
Rather than pursuing the Dao itself, artificially transforming the human body into a special constitution would be the faster solution.
―To artificially create the Heavenly Martial Physique. And to achieve considerable results at that. Truly impressive.
Somehow, a being called the Celestial Worthy of the Infinite Realm learned of this and approached Peng Sung.
―I shall lend you the power and martial arts of Ben Gye. Feel free to conduct your research as you wish.
Peng Sung ultimately grasped the Celestial Worthy’s hand and became a Pure Sage of the Infinite Realm, continuing his research into artificially creating the Heavenly Martial Physique.
Yet the research, though seeming on the verge of success, faced endless frustration.
As time passed, he eventually began resorting to forbidden methods—artificially modifying and enhancing the flesh itself.
―Waah! Waah!
It was then that his pregnant wife gave birth to twins.
But by that time, Peng Sung had already become half-mad with obsession over flesh modification.
―With twins, couldn’t I align not just their bodies, but their thoughts and talents identically?
―Could I artificially manipulate those elements?
―If that were possible, would their martial aptitude also be identical?
If this experiment succeeded?
I could discover what qualities and elements allowed martial artists to rapidly master or comprehend martial arts.
The thought of artificially controlling those elements drove me to madness.
Eventually, Peng Sung sent the two children to Sam Gye.
And as a result.
The Infinite Realm produced Shil Hoon In, a master of flesh modification capable of infusing tremendous vitality and martial prowess, and one who could complete the Crimson Demon Jade Form.
And it birthed a Taoist disciple who could master Do Hwang’s supreme technique—a method that cannot even be learned without innate talent for the Dao.
* * *
Peng Ak, who had revealed the entire story, laughed bitterly.
“I should have thrown Peng Mun Cheon into the Infinite Realm as well.”
Peng Ak himself believed he was merely an experimental subject artificially created by his father’s obsession and madness.
So Peng Ak ensured his own son, Peng Mun Cheon, would not be involved with Sam Gye, nor did he subject him to flesh modification.
Was that the reason?
When Peng Mun Cheon learned the truth, he did not forgive himself and constantly rebelled.
Eventually, he escaped Face Wall Cave, gathered the Peng Family’s forces, and raised a rebellion…
I wonder if it would have been different had I sent him to Sam Gye from the beginning and raised him as thoroughly as I was.
“The Infinite Realm invested such tremendous effort merely to create something called the Heavenly Martial Physique?”
As Bu Eunseol muttered mockingly, Peng Ak let out a soft laugh.
“Not at all. The Heavenly Martial Physique was merely what the Family Head researched at the time. Ben Gye desired something else entirely.”
“What is that?”
Peng Ak wore a mysterious smile and turned to address Neung Bi Hon.
“Neung Bi Hon. Earlier, I asked why you killed your own son.”
Neung Bi Hon’s eyes flashed, but he said nothing.
Ordinarily, even if flowers had bloomed from Peng Ak’s mouth,
even if he had revealed the secret to becoming an immortal, Neung Bi Hon would have struck immediately.
―Brother Lei. Suppress your anger and first ascertain what they know.
However, from the moment Peng Ak appeared, Bu Eunseol sent a transmission to Neung Bi Hon.
―The roots of the Infinite Realm run deeper than imagination. We must determine whether Peng Ak is merely a subordinate, or the mastermind who orchestrated these events.
Recognizing the merit in Bu Eunseol’s counsel, Neung Bi Hon was now exerting every ounce of patience to endure.
“Ben Gye has been studying fortunate ones like you since ancient times.”
“Fortunate ones?”
“Indeed. Those blessed with the ability to wield the formidable power of nature itself—merely by being born with bodies like Thunder God’s Physique or Water Lord’s Physique.”
Upon hearing this, a thought flickered through Bu Eunseol’s mind.
“Is that why the Artificial Inner Elixir was created?”
“Precisely.”
Peng Ak nodded faintly.
“The reason Ben Gye began systematically creating Artificial Inner Elixirs was to artificially generate the Four Divine Energies.”
“The Four Divine Energies…”
“Yes.”
Peng Ak gazed down at Neung Bi Hon with an intrigued expression.
“It is the purest force in Tianxia… and absolutely necessary for Ben Gye.”
Bu Eunseol spoke as if spitting out the words.
“So you slaughtered Thunder God’s family as well—all to obtain the Four Divine Energies. That is your crime.”
“Yes.”
Peng Ak spoke as if explaining.
“It was the Tae Sang Family Head who killed Neung Bi Hon’s family and attacked him at Dae Hong San.”
Peng Ak smiled faintly.
As if he were deliberately answering the curiosities of Bu Eunseol and Neung Bi Hon.
“So you are not the Heavenly Worthy and the Celestial Emperor after all.”
According to Do Song Baek’s words.
It was uncertain, but the Heavenly Worthy and Celestial Emperor likely held the highest positions in the Infinite Realm.
However, it was uncommon for an organization to have two leaders.
Therefore, Bu Eunseol harbored suspicion that perhaps Peng Ak and Peng Ryun were the current Heavenly Worthy and Celestial Emperor of the Infinite Realm.
“Hehehehe. So you knew that much.”
Peng Ak stroked his chin.
“We merely attained the rank of Enlightened Blade Sage. We dare not compare ourselves to the Heavenly Worthy and Celestial Emperor.”
And he spoke as if bored.
“Is there anything else you wish to ask?”
With that single remark, Peng Ak.
Subtly revealed that he was answering the questions of Bu Eunseol and Neung Bi Hon under someone’s command.
Bu Eunseol took a deep breath.
In truth, there was still much she wished to know about the Three Realms.
But Neung Bi Hon’s patience must be reaching its limit by now.
They had come here for Neung Bi Hon’s revenge, not to extract information about the Three Realms.
So Bu Eunseol posed her final question.
“Then the one I encountered at Cheon San must be your younger brother?”
It was not Peng Ak, but his younger brother Peng Ryun who let out a snort and laughed wickedly.
“Indeed.”
“How fortunate.”
*Shing.*
Bu Eunseol immediately drew the Ice Soul Blade.
“Let us finish the duel we left incomplete.”
“Hehehehe.”
Peng Ryun laughed as though it were absurd.
“When you fled with your tail between your legs, did you perhaps learn some new technique in the meantime?”
Peng Ak and Peng Ryun.
Both of them had mastered the mysterious techniques of Do Hwang that transcended the limitations of martial arts.
And they had defeated Bu Eunseol and Neung Bi Hon with relative ease.
“Now that you have come here, escape will be impossible.”
*Clank.*
The moment Peng Ryun finished speaking, the sound of machinery echoed, and the ascending door sealed shut with finality.
“I shall make this place your tomb.”
*Whoosh!*
A black blade materialized in Peng Ryun’s hand as well.
The technique of Do Hwang. He had drawn forth the Black Blood Demonic Blade once more.
“Come this way. Let us settle this one-on-one.”
Peng Ryun gestured with his fingers toward another door connected to the Great Hall.
Beyond it lay another Great Hall, nearly identical to the one where we now stood.
It appeared that Peng Ak and Peng Ryun each had their own separate Great Halls.
“Very well.”
*Thud, thud.*
In the meantime, Neung Bi Hon walked toward Peng Ak.
He was the one who had murdered his family, and Peng Ryun was the beast who had slain Nam Cheon Dae Hyeop.
There was nothing more to ask them, nothing more I wished to hear. Now it was time to begin my vengeance.
*Crackle, crackle, crackle.*
My hair turned white, and divine thunder essence surged endlessly across my entire body.
“Merely to obtain the power of a Sasin. For such a trivial reason….”
Neung Bi Hon, muttering in a low voice, extended his hand.
“You performed countless experiments—opening the skull of a child not yet fully grown, extracting the spinal cord!”
*Crack, crackle, crackle!*
In that instant, a pristine divine thunder annihilation technique swirled around Peng Ak in a circular formation, engulfing him in moments.
*Whoosh!*
At that moment, accompanied by a sound like a demon’s laughter cutting through the air, all the divine thunder annihilation techniques surrounding Peng Ak vanished.
Somehow he had already drawn the Black Blood Demonic Blade and unleashed the Dark Blood Taoist Emperor Technique.
“Impressive.”
Peng Ak raised the corners of his mouth and uttered a word of admiration.
“Now you’re using proper martial arts, I see.”
In the past, Neung Bi Hon had relied solely on the technique of unleashing Divine Thunder Annihilation using his boundless Thunder God’s divine energy.
But now that his madness had been cured and he had fully reclaimed his rationality, Neung Bi Hon was wielding the profound mysteries of the Noe Ryeong Gate martial arts without restraint.
Crash! Crackle!
The Taoist techniques that Peng Ak unleashed collided endlessly in mid-air with the Divine Thunder Annihilation that Neung Bi Hon poured forth.
It was as though a darkly stained demonic god and a white-tinged Thunder God were clashing with all their might, wagering creation and destruction itself.
“Surprisingly, the power isn’t that strong. It might be better if you charged in with your eyes rolled back.”
Despite Peng Ak’s provocation, Neung Bi Hon laughed coldly and unleashed Divine Thunder Annihilation.
Like exquisite sword forms, they extended in various speeds and shapes.
He had overcome countless frustrations and trials to achieve a revenge like this day.
And knowing that he could not win if he lost his rationality, he continuously steadied his mind and deployed his martial arts.
“Hmm.”
Peng Ryun, who had entered another Great Hall, extended his hand while gazing at Bu Eunseol.
“Show me your tricks now.”
Whoooosh.
The Black Blood Demonic Blade—a sword of true energy capable of wielding the Do Hwang’s true body secret art, the Dark Blood Do Hwang Technique.
It rang out like a real sword in Peng Ryun’s hand.
“I’ll give you three moves as a handicap.”
He was treating Bu Eunseol, who had made her name resound throughout Tianxia, like a child.
Do Hwang displays the most mysterious power among the martial arts of the Eight Emperors and Three Stars.
In particular, the Taoist energy of the Dark Blood Do Hwang Technique emanating from the Black Blood Demonic Blade annihilates the very force of all martial arts.
No matter how formidable a martial art one deploys, it cannot exert its proper power before the Dark Blood Do Hwang Technique.
“Why don’t you display the Taoist techniques of the Chilji Demonic Sect while you’re at it.”
Peng Ryun spoke while spinning the Black Blood Demonic Blade in circles.
“After three moves, your head might fall before you can even display them.”
“Because you know the Blood Dew Seven Techniques well?”
The Unnamed Elder who died at Blood Shaolin said that Sam Gye had stolen five moves of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques from him.
And it was highly probable that both Peng Ak and Peng Ryun had mastered them. After all, they had attained the supreme technique of Do Hwang, who had no equal when it came to the Taoist path.
“Hehehehe. To your eyes, the Blood Dew Seven Techniques may seem like a great Taoist art, but to this old man, it is merely an ordinary technique.”
Peng Ryun had wandered Gangho as Peng Ak’s shadow, accomplishing many deeds.
Because of this, his mastery of Taoist techniques surpassed Peng Ak’s, and he yearned to face even stronger opponents.
Finally having attained the Do Hwang techniques, Peng Ryun desired to test himself against the Chilji Demonic Sect.
But while in Gangho, the Infinite Realm’s opposition prevented it, and afterward, Bu Chanyang had vanished suddenly, making such a confrontation impossible.
However, while dealing with matters of the Infinite Realm, he discovered that there were those in Gangho who had mastered the Chilji Demonic Sect’s techniques.
And regardless of his duties in the Infinite Realm, he eliminated them one by one.
It granted him a pleasure and thrill that could not be exchanged for anything else.
But among them, one named Gwan Hae Geum proved difficult to kill.
He was a man of outstanding Taoist skill who had reinterpreted the Blood Dew Seven Techniques and mastered them uniquely in his own way.
He was strong enough to rival the Dark Blood Do Hwang Technique itself.
As the pursuit and battles continued, the Infinite Realm transmitted to him the Taoist secrets of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques.
It was not complete, but I no longer needed to fear Gwan Hae Geum’s Blood Dew Seven Techniques.
However, realizing that he was no match for me, Gwan Hae Geum refused to engage me directly and instead repeatedly retreated and clashed with Do.
Eventually, he did reveal himself and fight openly at the end, but as expected, he was not as strong as I had anticipated.
Yet now that the one who had finally mastered the complete form of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques stood before me, I could not hide my excitement.
At last, I could compare the complete Chilji Demonic Sect’s techniques with my own methods.
“Three forms, then. That’s good.”
Bu Eunseol released the Bing Hun Sword she had been holding and extended her hand instead.
Zzzzzt.
Transparent currents of energy poured forth, and Peng Ryun’s body froze solid in an instant.
Crack!
Peng Ryun immediately summoned his inner energy to shatter the ice.
“What are you doing?”
The chill of the Glacier Heaven Stream Technique was so biting that even after breaking the ice with enhanced inner energy, water dripped from the tip of his nose.
“Did you not say you would concede the three forms?”
“Display your sword technique.”
“That is my choice.”
Bu Eunseol opened her right hand this time.
Whoooosh!
This time, a vicious heat poured forth, beginning to cook even his internal organs. She had unleashed the Scorching Inferno Great Perfection Technique.
Roaaah!
As Peng Ryun felt himself turning to charcoal, he spun the Black Blood Demonic Path like a windmill, blocking the torrent of extreme yang energy that rained down like the sun itself.
‘Indeed. No matter what form is deployed, all martial techniques utilizing true energy are annihilated by the Dark Blood Do Hwang Technique.’
This meant that not only the Glacier Heaven Stream Technique and Scorching Inferno Great Perfection Technique were ineffective, but also the Flexible Truth Technique and the Thirteen Night Techniques would not work.
In other words, the only way to defeat Peng Ryun was through direct strikes or cutting with weapons.
Clap, clap, clap.
Bu Eunseol, concealing her true thoughts, applauded naturally and nodded her head.
“Indeed, the Dark Blood Do Hwang Technique annihilates all power, as they say. Truly remarkable.”
At her praise, Peng Ryun’s expression twisted.
He had expected her to display sword techniques, yet she was toying with him by unleashing bizarre extreme yin and extreme yang energies?
“Display the final form.”
Having lived my entire life in Peng Ak’s shadow, I am a grand master of the Taoist Way who has mastered Do Hwang’s ultimate techniques.
Even as anger surged, I would honor the promise I had made.
“Very well.”
Click.
Bu Eunseol sheathed the Bing Hun Sword entirely and extended both hands.
Whiiiiing!
Then tremendous power surged forth from both her hands. It was the greatest power Bu Eunseol could wield.
It was ‘Harmony’ itself.
Whoosh!
In that instant, Peng Ryun’s eyes bulged wide as saucers.
If given time to gather such power, I instinctively knew that even the Dark Blood Taoist Emperor’s Technique could not stop it.
Whoosh!
He immediately wielded the Black Blood Demonic Blade and struck down at Bu Eunseol’s body.
Slash!
Yet that blade cut through empty air in vain. Bu Eunseol had unfolded the Ultimate Speed Shadowless Technique as if she had been waiting for this moment.
“A petty coward who cannot even keep his own words?”
Bu Eunseol had not yet developed the power of harmony to the point of practical application in real combat.
It required considerable time to draw forth and align all the power within her body.
But when Peng Ryun offered to concede three moves, she immediately unfolded it and made him break his promise.
“How many centuries will it take such a narrow-minded person to reach the pinnacle of the Blade Path?”
Peng Ryun stared at Bu Eunseol in silence.
In truth, the concession of three moves was also a sophisticated psychological tactic.
What if the opponent, despite attacking with full force for three moves, failed to inflict a fatal wound?
Not only would the gap in martial prowess feel pronounced, but psychological intimidation would set in as well.
Yet Bu Eunseol had unfolded harmony and shattered that psychological tactic, thus winning the battle of momentum.
“I heard you were taciturn, but you talk quite a lot.”
“At your age, you still believe the rumors of Gangho?”
Certainly, Bu Eunseol was different from her usual self.
It was because she was faithfully following the advice of Wang Gyeol, Cheol Sa Bu, who had once fought against the Taoist Emperor’s Successor.
―Forget the combat methods and martial techniques of Bon Gak. Then you will be able to win.
When Wang Gyeol heard that Bu Eunseol would fight the Taoist Emperor’s Successor, he had given her this counsel.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————