The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 551

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Chapter 551.
Heon Won Dam Cheong furrowed his brow deeply.
“You claim to be the grandson of Chil Ji Ma Do.”
“That is correct.”
He furrowed his brow as if unable to comprehend.
“What nonsense are you spouting? He never established a family.”
Heon Won Dam Cheong let out a derisive snort and regarded Bu Eunseol.
“Don’t tell me you’ve merely learned his martial techniques and now presume to call yourself his grandson.”
“That is absolutely not the case.”
“Then how will you prove yourself to be Bu Chanyang’s grandson?”
“I cannot provide proof at this moment.”
Bu Eunseol spoke with unwavering confidence.
“Because I myself only recently discovered that my grandfather was Chil Ji Ma Do.”
There was no tremor in his gaze.
Heon Won Dam Cheong was an absolute master who had reached the Wuji Realm, a man who had witnessed countless human dramas throughout his turbulent life.
He could instinctively sense that Bu Eunseol was not lying.
“The grandson of Chil Ji Ma Do.”
He exhaled a sigh without realizing it.
‘Has No Bu still not escaped the karmic debts of the Murim?’
Though unknown to the Murim,
Chil Ji Ma Do Bu Chanyang had saved his life and given him the strength to wield the blade once more.
Had he not met Bu Chanyang at that time, the Heon Won Dam Cheong of today would not exist.
Yet when Bu Eunseol claimed to be his grandson, an indescribable emotion welled up within him.
“Had you not slain my disciple, I would have granted you the Repayment Technique.”
Heon Won Dam Cheong regarded his youngest disciple Cheon Geom as his own child.
He could not possibly forgive Bu Eunseol for severing the neck of one he had raised since childhood.
“Do you truly believe that, sir?”
Bu Eunseol spoke with resolute certainty.
“Even without my intervention, he would have met an untimely end in the Gangho. And much of that responsibility lies with you.”
“What did you say!”
As murderous intent blazed forth from Heon Won Dam Cheong’s eyes, the sky darkened, and it seemed as though rain forged from blade steel was falling.
“Speak again.”
A terrifying aura coalesced at the tips of Heon Won Dam Cheong’s fingers.
If Bu Eunseol uttered another insolent word, he would sever his neck without hesitation.
“His death came because you failed to strictly discipline your disciple’s transgressions….”
Boom!
With a deafening explosion, Bu Eunseol was hurled backward five zhang in an instant.
As Heon Won Dam Cheong’s rage erupted, the force of Intent-Form Injury flowed forth unbidden, lashing across Bu Eunseol’s body.
Crackle.
As Bu Eunseol’s body was driven backward, it was enveloped in a spherical glow of true energy.
As Yi Hyung’s aura surged forth, a protective true energy naturally rippled outward from Bu Eunseol’s body.
Tap, tap.
Bu Eunseol turned her body lightly and stepped forward again, her voice steady and measured.
“…You said it was because the elder failed to teach fairness properly.”
Her eyes gleamed with an unwavering severity.
Upon seeing this, Heon Won Dam Cheong recalled how Chil Ji Ma Do had once rebuked him in the past.
“Hmm.”
He exhaled a turbid breath.
‘Perhaps this too is destiny.’
Heon Won Dam Cheong fell silent for a moment.
If everything were arranged by fate, then following it would be natural order, would it not?
“Very well.”
As he raised his finger toward the empty air,
Tap.
A wooden stick flew from somewhere and landed in his grasp.
Whoosh!
In that same instant, chaotic marks were etched across a stretch of ground roughly three paces in length and width.
These were the opening moves of the Natural Sword technique he had once sought to create—the foundation that would later become the Ten Thousand Forms Eclipse Sword.
“No Bu long desired to reach the pinnacle of the Sword Path and, through tireless effort, perfected a sword technique embodying the forms of nature.”
Heon Won Dam Cheong fixed his gaze upon Bu Eunseol.
“Yet even after completing the sword method, I could not properly deploy it. Thus, I ultimately gathered the mysteries of the Natural Sword separately and created the Ten Thousand Forms Eclipse Sword anew.”
He continued speaking.
“I will grant you four days. Attempt to unravel this sword technique. Should you succeed, I shall bestow upon you the Repayment Hall.”
Then he immediately turned and entered Mo Wok.
Bu Eunseol, forgetting even to bow in farewell, stood entranced, her gaze fixed upon the sword technique etched into the ground.
The purpose of sword techniques is to subdue enemies through mysterious and exquisite forms.
Yet the sword art inscribed here did not seek to subdue enemies—it expressed the mysteries of nature itself.
‘Can this truly be called a sword technique?’
Terrifyingly, the Natural Sword technique possessed no ending.
Once unleashed, it would not cease until the opponent’s breath was extinguished.
Swish.
Bu Eunseol picked up a fallen twig from the ground.
If one wished to discuss the mysteries of nature, there were countless other methods available.
Why had Geom Joon chosen to express nature through such a ruthless sword technique?
‘Because it is infinite.’
All living things are born, age, and sicken.
And they repeat this endlessly.
Geom Joon had substituted nature’s infinite principle with the wheel of samsara—the eternal cycle of life and death.
‘Even if one grasps the Sword Principle…understanding and execution are different matters.’
The great masters of martial arts research countless divine techniques and lost teachings in order to create their own martial methods.
Bu Eunseol possessed martial prowess and talent befitting a young Grand Master, yet this was undeniable.
However, having rushed forward so relentlessly,
I had no time to systematically organize or slowly digest the martial knowledge I had acquired.
Thus, even with my exceptional intellect, I could not easily comprehend the Natural Sword drawn in geometric shapes and lines.
‘But I must succeed.’
Before long, an entire day had passed.
I remained motionless as stone, my gaze fixed upon the sword diagram.
I was counting the sword strokes in a state of complete absorption, oblivious to time.
Counting the sword strokes with my mind and unraveling them with my mind….
For someone like me who had always advanced martial knowledge through actual combat, this was profoundly unfamiliar.
Yet viewed differently, this was another opportunity to elevate my martial realm.
Chirp, chirp, chirp.
Two dawns had broken.
The second day had passed, and the morning of the fourth day was now breaking.
Then, with a creaking sound, the door to Mo Wok opened and Heon Won Dam Cheong appeared.
“You failed.”
Bu Eunseol held the twig in the exact same posture as four days prior.
In the end, I had not deciphered the sword diagram.
“Leave.”
Heon Won Dam Cheong spoke in a cold voice.
“Do not trouble No Bu’s mind any further.”
Thud.
Yet Bu Eunseol slowly raised the twig I was holding to the center.
“What are you doing?”
“Since I cannot establish the solution in my mind, should I not attempt it with my body?”
Heon Won Dam Cheong’s eyes grew fierce.
“Do you think the sword diagram was drawn on the ground for no reason?”
“I understand. It was your consideration for me.”
Though it remained incomplete.
If Heon Won Dam Cheong had unleashed the Natural Sword diagram toward me?
I could not have studied so leisurely—I would have suffered severe injuries instantly.
“And knowing this, you still dare to be reckless?”
“Having observed the sword strokes for four days through your consideration, should I not now awaken to them through my body?”
“Hehehehe.”
Heon Won Dam Cheong burst into hollow laughter.
It was not laughter tinged with appreciation, but laughter brimming with murderous intent.
“I indulged you, and now you pluck my beard—how amusing.”
As Heon Won Dam Cheong’s laughter ceased, his eyes blazed with lethal aura.
“So No Bu appeared that easy to you.”
Whoosh! Crack.
As he extended his palm, a tree branch ten paces away flew into his grasp as if drawn by an invisible force.
“Good. Unfold your sword technique. But do not expect mercy.”
Crack.
At that same instant, the branch Bu Eunseol held crumbled to dust.
“Draw your blade. Stop making excuses.”
Geom Joon was Orthodox in name, but his temperament was volatile and his hands showed little restraint.
When Bu Eunseol rejected his goodwill and moved to cross blades, he erupted in fury.
“Understood.”
Whisper.
As Bu Eunseol extended the Muk Hon Sword,
Snap!
Heon Won Dam Cheong immediately thrust the branch forward.
Though they stood two paces apart, Bu Eunseol felt as though her neck would be severed.
Thud.
Unable to counter the sword technique, Bu Eunseol immediately unleashed sword energy from the Muk Hon Sword, attempting to strike the branch away.
Whoosh!
Though the fragile branch touched her keen sword energy, it did not break.
Instead, hundreds of inexplicable forces poured forth from the slowly advancing branch, coiling around Bu Eunseol’s body.
Thrash! Thrash!
The Muk Hon Sword began to writhe like a living fish.
The Rhombus Fish Sword Formation—an absolute defense triggered by killing intent—had unfurled.
Whoosh!
As the strange forces were repelled by the Rhombus Fish Sword Formation, they were absorbed once more into the branch Heon Won Dam Cheong wielded.
And the branch continued
to advance slowly toward Bu Eunseol.
A single move.
The one move Heon Won Dam Cheong had unleashed, targeting Bu Eunseol’s chest, was still unfolding.
Crystalline!
In that moment, frigid ice crystals formed, blocking the path of the slowly moving branch.
I had deployed the Glacier Heavenly Stream Seal fused with the Crystal Divine Technique to halt the sword technique.
Crash!
Yet that solid ice shattered the instant it touched the branch.
Flash!
This time, violet lightning poured down upon the branch as searing flames erupted.
It was the Scorching Great Absolute True Qi fused with the Thunder Divine Technique.
Hiss!
But the flames lasted only a moment.
The branch swiftly returned to its pristine state and had already pierced deeply into Bu Eunseol’s chest.
Splash.
Yet the branch, now imbued with the alternating forces of extreme yin and extreme yang containing the Heterodox Divine Technique,
Finally, it made contact with Bu Eunseol’s body.
Unable to withstand that force, she crumbled to dust in an instant.
‘This is not a breakthrough of the sword technique.’
Bu Eunseol’s expression darkened.
Unable to block even the first move of a mere thrust toward her chest, I had no choice but to shatter the branch to interrupt his technique.
What if I hadn’t reached the Extreme Heaven Realm, where I could extend time itself? What if I couldn’t harness the power of Divine Technique and Extreme Yin-Yang?
Before attempting any of these various strategies.
My chest would have already been pierced deeply by the branch.
Thump.
Heon Won Dam Cheong’s expression became subtle as he gazed at the branch reduced to powder.
Since entering Gangho, there was no history of anyone ever making him lose his grip on something he held.
Yet this bright young man alternated in pouring forth strange powers never before seen or heard of.
Had he not reduced to powder the branch wrapped in the Ten Thousand Forms True Qi—a force that could not be destroyed by any power?
Flash.
A light entirely different from before gleamed in Heon Won Dam Cheong’s eyes.
‘This one… is indeed dangerous.’
The reason Heon Won Dam Cheong could leave Murim so freely.
Was his confidence that the Orthodox Sects far surpassed the Demonic Path.
But if he left that one unattended?
A premonition arose that the Ma Do Cheon Ha would soon be realized.
‘That must not come to pass.’
If one growing at such a rapid pace were left alone, the balance of Murim that had maintained superiority would soon crumble.
To prevent that, I resolved to kill Bu Eunseol.
“You merely used bizarre power to destroy the branch in No Bu’s hand. You did not overcome the first move of the Natural Sword Technique.”
“I understand.”
Bu Eunseol spoke with a respectful bow.
“I would ask once more.”
Heon Won Dam Cheong narrowed his eyes and gazed at Bu Eunseol.
“From now on, No Bu shall draw upon the Ten Thousand Forms True Qi itself, not a branch, to unfold the Natural Sword Technique. Do not resent me, even if you die.”
In his prime years, Heon Won Dam Cheong created the Natural Sword Technique, and through it, the Limitless Equal Angle manifested.
And having plunged deeper and deeper into the way of the sword, he finally reached the Limitless Realm.
Now that he had ascended to the complete Limitless Realm.
If he were to unfold the Natural Sword Technique with the Finger Sword, however incomplete the technique might be?
Bu Eunseol’s death was as good as certain.
Whoosh.
As he extended his finger, the entire world darkened and strange pressure poured forth from all directions.
That pressure not only bound Bu Eunseol’s body as if wrapped in cord, rendering her immobile.
But it shattered the firmness of her spirit and brought overwhelming dread.
‘He vanished.’
Moreover, the figure of Heon Won Dam Cheong standing before my eyes completely disappeared.
The terrifying swordmaster’s form vanished before my eyes, as if an incomprehensible dread had blinded my vision.
And that terror pierced through Bu Eunseol’s steadfast spirit.
An overwhelming anxiety seized me—the dread of not knowing when or where a razor-sharp blade would pierce my throat.
Had I failed to achieve the Eternal Wheel Breakthrough, I would have cast aside my sword and fallen to my knees instantly.
‘He’s resolved to kill me.’
Though an incomplete sword technique, it was none other than Geom Joon, Heon Won Dam Cheong, who wielded it.
With him having unleashed the Ten Thousand Forms True Energy, any careless swing of his blade could sever my neck.
‘After all, I abandoned my life the moment I stepped into the Murim.’
As death drew near, I paradoxically felt a profound serenity wash over me.
The turbulent emotions that had clouded my mind dissolved entirely, and my spirit became unshakably resolute.
In the midst of this extreme battle, I had achieved a perfect meditative state—one I had never reached before.
Splash!
Then, from somewhere, the sound of water resonated.
It was the sound of a piercing sword energy pouring down upon my body.
Heon Won Dam Cheong’s sword technique had not yet fully unfolded. Yet I heard a crisp cutting sound?
Zing.
In that instant, my vision began to blur gradually.
The entire world appeared to split in half, then reattach itself at an angle.
Pah.
Finally, I spat out a mouthful of blood.
‘A Heart Sword.’
Heon Won Dam Cheong had transformed the Natural Sword Technique into the form of a Heart Sword, striking directly at my spirit.
‘I nearly died.’
Fortunately, I had not only achieved the Eternal Wheel Breakthrough, but my spiritual state had also reached its zenith just moments before.
This allowed me to withstand the Heart Sword that Heon Won Dam Cheong unleashed.
But Heon Won Dam Cheong, unaware of this fact, looked as though he had seen a ghost.
‘She spat out merely one mouthful of blood after taking No Bu’s Heart Sword?’
I already knew that Bu Eunseol’s internal energy and martial prowess transcended generations.
The Natural Sword was an incomplete technique I had yet to perfect. I had thought she might shatter it.
So I converted the Natural Sword into a Heart Sword, severing her spirit first.
Yet she merely spat out one mouthful of blood?
“Then try receiving this!”
Splash!
At last, Heon Won Dam Cheong fully unleashed the Natural Sword Technique, pouring it toward Bu Eunseol.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Bu Eunseol immediately deployed her movement technique, attempting to escape the domain of sword energy that Heon Won Dam Cheong had unleashed.
‘This is…’
But only after retreating did I comprehend it.
The range of the sword momentum from Heon Won Dam Cheong’s technique was not limited to me alone…
It enveloped the entire hillside.
‘If I cannot unravel it, then I shall collide with it!’
Whoosh!
In that instant, a radiant five-colored brilliance erupted from Bu Eunseol’s body.
Ever since I had resolved to directly unravel Heon Won Dam Cheong’s sword technique, every ounce of power within me had been drawn forth.
Should Geom Joon, the absolute swordmaster, unleash a true attack, there would be no way to withstand it.
From the beginning, the plan had been to create harmony and thereby unravel the Natural Sword Form.
Whoooosh!
An unstoppable torrent of primordial sword energy descended upon Bu Eunseol.
Whoosh!
As an irresistible pressure enveloped my entire body, the Prajna Great Ability naturally manifested.
In that moment, time seemed to freeze.
All the forces within my body aligned in perfect stability, and from my frame flowed an even deeper five-colored radiance.
‘No.’
Then a singular realization flashed through Bu Eunseol’s mind.
‘I must not extend outward.’
When I had escaped from the Geom Chong Underground Facility in the past.
To survive an unavoidable collapse, Bu Eunseol did not pour forth the power of harmony.
Instead, I spread it in a circular manner around my body like a protective force, thus escaping the jaws of death.
Heon Won Dam Cheong’s Natural Sword likewise cannot be evaded nor blocked.
It expands infinitely until the enemy’s life is extinguished.
Even if one wraps oneself in a protective force created through harmony, one cannot ultimately withstand it.
Crash!
In that interval, whirling sword energy engulfed the entire hillside.
Now, until every living thing in this place perishes, the Natural Sword Form shall not cease.
Yet perhaps because my spiritual essence and martial prowess had deepened further?
As I held ‘harmony’ within my body, time flowed infinitely slowly.
‘If life and death are an endless wheel turning….’
Suddenly, a thunderous enlightenment struck through Bu Eunseol’s consciousness.
‘Does not the Buddhist Order call liberation the escape from the bondage of this cycle of rebirth?’
―The sea of suffering has no end, yet turn your head and the other shore lies before you….
In that moment, the image of Hyul Geum Gang smiling before Jeong Young Dae Sa as he drew his final breath surfaced in my mind.
Resentment, blood debt, vengeance.
Hyul Geum Gang had sought to sever that vicious cycle, and as he approached the brink of death.
He achieved it by seeking forgiveness from his master.
‘Then must I not simply take one step away from the wheel of rebirth?’
Whatever the Natural Sword Form may be.
No matter how magnificent the sword technique.
If I simply escape the ‘phenomenon’ created by Geom Joon Heon Won Dam Cheong, is that not enough?
Sigh.
As such enlightenment took hold, the five-colored radiance shining from Bu Eunseol’s body transformed into wind.
Heon Won Dam Cheong began to sweep across the entire space between himself and Bu Eunseol.
Whoooosh.
Then a vast chasm opened between the two of them, and the five-colored radiance that filled that space began to illuminate the entire world with brilliant luminescence.
Crack.
Finally, as the radiance dissipated.
The world, which had been blinding white, reclaimed its original light, and Heon Won Dam Cheong’s figure came into view.
“How is this possible.”
Heon Won Dam Cheong was greatly astonished.
Through the Natural Sword, as the Limitless Equal Angles manifested repeatedly, he had obtained the thread of the Supreme Sword Way.
And he could immediately enter the Limitless Realm.
And from that day forward, transcending the framework of martial arts.
Whether it was the Natural Sword Method, the Myriad Forms Eclipse, the Three Calamities Sword Method, or the Eight Currents Sword Method.
No matter which he unleashed, without moving a single finger… he could sever all living things, whether human or beast.
Yet the light flowing from Bu Eunseol’s body flashed brilliantly, and…
His Natural Sword technique that he had unleashed had completely vanished, had it not?

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