The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 558

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Chapter 558.
A rustling sound.
Then, at that very moment, the ground where the Shil Hoon In had emerged trembled once more, and another hundred or so Shil Hoon In rose from beneath the earth.
Remarkably, their hair was dyed completely white.
A piercing shriek tore through the air!
And in that same instant, something extraordinary occurred.
The Shil Hoon In unleashed torrents of white energy—not toward Bu Eunseol, but directly at her.
It was an extreme yin force remarkably similar to the Glacial Heavenly Stream that Bu Eunseol had just unleashed.
A sharp whistle.
Bu Eunseol’s eyes grew intensely grave as she deployed the Extreme Speed Shadowless Technique to evade the energy streams instantly.
‘The Infinite Realm.’
The Infinite Realm’s objective was to implant martial arts into the living.
And these refined Shil Hoon In could indeed absorb and execute multiple martial techniques.
But these newly emerged Shil Hoon In—
They were displaying martial techniques nearly identical to what Bu Eunseol had unleashed, as if they had absorbed her arts on the spot.
‘Then could this be the Infinite Realm’s ultimate objective?’
If there existed a method to absorb martial arts instantaneously—
The Infinite Realm could easily obtain the martial techniques of formidable masters through the Shil Hoon In.
‘No, such a thing is impossible.’
Bu Eunseol shook her head.
If such a thing were possible, the Infinite Realm would have already conquered Tianxia.
A violent surge of power.
Bu Eunseol’s hair shot skyward, and violet lightning crackled ceaselessly across her entire body.
This time, she drew upon the Scorching Heavenly Righteous Force accompanied by Thunder Divine Energy.
A devastating explosion! A catastrophic inferno!
The overwhelming heat accompanied by Thunder Divine Energy swept away the hundred Shil Hoon In in an instant.
A dull, heavy sound.
The hundred Shil Hoon In that had been pouring forth cold energy became nothing but skeletons in a heartbeat.
The grotesque tower of bones that formed was beyond description in its horror.
Bu Eunseol walked forward without sparing even a glance, her expression utterly indifferent.
“This should be enough.”
Bu Eunseol gathered all her power once more in a tremendous surge.
A crackling sensation.
The veins across her entire body bulged prominently, yet she paid no heed, perfectly aligning every ounce of her strength.
Once again, she unleashed the power of harmony.
A deep resonance.
As five-colored radiance spread outward, accompanied by a low vibration—
Another colossal pillar, previously invisible, collapsed to the ground.
A heavy thud.
Thick beads of sweat dripped from Bu Eunseol’s brow.
Using the harmonizing power that detonated the internal forces twice in succession had taken its toll on my body.
As proof, manifesting the harmonizing power now required more than half a moment longer than before.
‘It seems I’m not ready yet.’
Though I had obtained the Extreme Yin-Yang Scripture and could freely wield the extreme yin and extreme yang martial arts.
Deploying the harmonizing power instantaneously and freely remained beyond my current capacity.
Whoosh.
Yet in the distance, the earth inverted once more, and Shil Hoon In poured forth.
The eyes of these newly emerged Shil Hoon In blazed like smoldering coals, radiating extreme yang force as brilliant as the sun across their entire forms.
Just as Bu Eunseol had anticipated.
Shil Hoon In capable of instantly replicating any martial technique I deployed were being created.
“So that’s it.”
An ordinary martial artist would have been terrified or greatly alarmed by this bizarre phenomenon.
But I could analyze it with perfect clarity instead.
Because I harbored multiple forces within my body and had researched the principles and subtleties of countless martial techniques.
I possessed an absolute ‘conviction’ that such occurrences could never transpire.
“The Infinite Scripture.”
A layering of formations impossible to shatter even with harmonizing power in a single breath.
Shil Hoon In appearing while absorbing the enemy’s unleashed force intact.
Having reached the Realm of Perfect Perception, witnessing illusions or hallucinations was impossible.
Then all the formations and troops created throughout this vicinity.
All these traps were either some mystical technique designed to counter a master of the Infinite Scripture, or….
“From the beginning, all of this was the ‘phenomenon’ itself unfolded by a master of the Infinite Scripture.”
Even a martial artist with the boldest spirit would succumb to despair in such circumstances.
Yet in my eyes blazed an intense fighting spirit instead.
A new adversary had emerged.
Or perhaps a new technique had been discovered.
Which meant another opportunity to advance my martial way had presented itself.
Roar!
Then as the Shil Hoon In extended their hands simultaneously, scorching heat erupted.
It was extreme yang force remarkably similar to the Blazing Extreme Yang True Qi I had unleashed.
“Then let me try this instead!”
Slash!
I did not employ inner force.
Simply unfolding my sword technique, I slaughtered them all in a single breath.
Whoosh!
My sword technique was so exquisite that even careless swings became sublime moves.
Thud.
Having severed the necks of over a hundred Shil Hoon In radiating extreme yang force,
Click.
I sheathed the Muk Hon Sword and surveyed my surroundings with keen interest.
‘Now I shall have my answer.’
A soft whoosh.
The earth trembled once more as the Shil Hoon In rose to their feet.
And they unfurled their sword techniques.
Bu Eunseol held a faint smile.
The Shil Hoon In had ultimately failed to replicate Bu Eunseol’s exact sword technique.
“They can mimic the profound true qi martial arts that unfold through the expenditure of inner power. Yet they cannot replicate the elementary forms that I deploy so casually.”
True qi martial arts accompanied by inner power secrets are exponentially more difficult to master than merely executing sword techniques.
Despite mimicking the Glacial Heavenly Current that reached the pinnacle of extreme yin and extreme yang, and the Blazing Inferno True Qi Advancement.
They could not replicate the elementary sword forms that Bu Eunseol deployed without thought.
This meant one fundamental truth: there existed no Shil Hoon In capable of absorbing martial arts.
A violent slash tore through the air!
Bu Eunseol, having shattered the Shil Hoon In once more with her unfolded technique, murmured softly.
“Then it must be sorcery.”
Power that displayed formidable might despite not being martial arts, transcending the boundaries of martial arts themselves.
There was nothing else it could be but ‘sorcery.’
Moreover, its efficacy was so vicious and potent.
Were there not sorceries still unfurled upon Gugok Mountain, where the Moshan Sect once stood, that had not faded even after decades?
Yet the lineage of those who wielded sorcery in the Murim had long since been severed.
Sorcery was so powerful that ordinary martial arts could scarcely dispel it, and its destructive force transcended imagination.
Due to this danger, the warriors of Murim.
Would launch indiscriminate attacks at even the slightest hint of someone learning sorcery or witchcraft.
‘But if it is the Sam Gye, then it would be possible.’
Throughout this time, the Sam Gye had supported and restored numerous sects whose lineages were thought severed in the Murim.
It would have been possible to partially restore some sorcerers and sects that wielded such arts.
“But why?”
Bu Eunseol’s brow furrowed.
If these truly were sorceries.
Why create mere Shil Hoon In that merely confined space and mimicked martial arts?
“Could it be they expected me to manifest ‘Phenomena’ thinking I am a master of the Infinite Realm?”
When one reaches the ultimate extreme achievable through the cultivation of martial arts.
A phenomenon called the Infinite Equal Angle occurs.
Through which one instantly awakens to the ultimate essence of martial arts.
Thereby obtaining a body that transcends human capability, capable of unleashing power that surpasses even the principles of martial arts.
Such a state is precisely what is called the Infinite Realm.
And these sorceries.
Perhaps they were a trap to confirm whether Bu Eunseol had reached the Infinite Realm.
‘No, that cannot be it.’
Bu Eunseol had certainly manifested ‘Harmony.’
Though it could not be considered the power of one who had reached the Infinite Realm.
When Geom Joon unleashed his Natural Sword Form, I managed to evade the faint ‘phenomenon’ he had manifested.
If this had been a trap designed with the Infinite Realm in mind, the formation itself—not merely the pillar—would have shattered.
‘Time.’
In that instant, a revelation flickered through my mind.
‘It was to buy time.’
There was only one reason for deploying such a formation.
To delay until a terrifying powerhouse capable of confronting me arrived.
It was nothing but a trap designed to stall for time.
‘I must break free quickly.’
I harbored no fear of powerful adversaries.
But if my enemy had constructed a flawless trap? There was no reason to fight at a disadvantage on their terms.
‘There is only one way to break this technique.’
A transparent aura flickered across my body.
It was said to be difficult to shatter even with formidable martial arts.
Fortunately, I possessed an easy means to break through sorcery.
Whoosh.
In an instant, millions of water droplets materialized around me.
Pure droplets created through the Crystal Divine Technique.
The easiest way to break sorcery—neither formation nor martial technique—was to employ the power of nature itself.
The force of breaking evil, wielded through the Divine Sasin Technique.
Crash!
As I extended both hands, the colossal water droplets surged outward in all directions.
The transparent walls shattered, and gradually, a clear sky began to reveal itself.
‘As expected.’
In the past, Gong Son Dan Ah had easily destroyed the sorceries spread across Gugok Mountain using the power of the Water Divine Technique.
Moreover, what I had now unleashed was not the Water Divine Technique itself, but the Crystal Divine Technique—the very essence of water’s power.
It began to shatter the sorcery that encircled the plains in a single breath.
Whoosh.
As the surrounding landscape revealed itself, I immediately withdrew the Crystal Divine Technique.
Hiss.
The sorcery saturated with the Crystal Divine Technique could no longer endure and began to dissipate naturally.
‘I must leave this place at once.’
I unfolded my movement technique in a single breath, attempting to depart.
Thump.
Yet suddenly, my heart convulsed.
Thump.
With a low vibration, my vision abruptly blurred.
An inexplicable foreboding engulfed my body.
I slowly turned around.
And there materialized before me a presence that seemed to embody that very foreboding itself.
A black shadow stood a dozen paces away.
Thump-thump, thump-thump.
The moment I laid eyes upon the black shadow, my blood surged violently, and my heart began to pound as though it might burst from my chest.
Clang.
Without thinking, I drew my blade and assumed a vigilant stance.
The shadow possessed only a silhouette—no face, no aura, no presence whatsoever.
As common as a flower blooming by the roadside, as insubstantial as a fallen leaf dancing on the wind.
Void, and Emptiness.
All that could be sensed from the black shadow was an extreme desolation and hollowness.
[Remarkable.]
A voice flowed forth.
That voice emanated from the heavens and earth.
And from the grass, sand, trees, and rocks blooming in all directions, it began to pour out simultaneously.
As everything in the world conveyed the shadow’s voice, my vision blurred and vertigo seized me.
Whoooosh!
I attempted to draw upon my inner force to block out the sound.
[The ancient secret technique Jeok Song Ja created to confine wind and rain….]
Yet still, a voice echoing as though from within a cave, infinitely low and resonant, burrowed into my ears.
[To shatter the thousand-year-old forbidden art and escape….]
Whiiing.
Then the Anti-Extreme True Qi flowing through my body dispersed outward,
“Are you Cheon Joon?”
My voice cut through the shadow’s utterance.
“Or are you the Supremacy?”
I could sense it instinctively.
The black shadow standing before me.
It was one of the two—the Supremacy or Cheon Joon—whom Do Song Baek had spoken of in the past, the one who commanded the Special Divine Guard.
[Ho.]
The shadow let out an exclamation.
Then it seemed as though a white mouth-like space formed within the black shadow.
[To recognize this one at a glance—how delightful.]
Cheon Joon.
That shadow was none other than the Cheon Joon of the Infinite Realm.
Creak.
I twisted my grip upon the Muk Hon Sword.
If I did not, my body would move of its own accord, beyond my control.
‘Fortunately, that one is caught off guard.’
Against such a transcendent being, no martial technique seemed capable of taking effect.
Yet I possessed a hidden weapon.
The Otherworldly Divine Technique, Harmony. And the Muk Hon Sword.
Both forces transcended the boundaries of martial technique, and the Muk Hon Sword, infused with Ethereal Divine Energy, unleashed mysterious power.
‘I will wield the Muk Hon Sword channeling Ethereal Divine Energy and Harmony simultaneously.’
With these—even against Cheon Joon himself, I could deliver a fatal blow without fail.
[A beast concealing its fangs, I see.]
A smile formed once more within Cheon Joon’s shadow.
[But you’re far too tense.]
He spoke the truth.
Bu Eunseol faced Cheon Joon in a perpetually tensed stance.
In contrast, Cheon Joon’s shadow stood in an utterly relaxed posture.
From that alone, the outcome seemed already decided.
‘Victory or defeat matters not.’
A duel and murder are different things.
Bu Eunseol was not competing in martial technique—even if it cost her life.
She would sever Cheon Joon’s neck.
[The Law Demon Saint of Ben Gye, Hyuk Ryeon Eung, must know.]
Cheon Joon’s voice seemed to make the entire world tremble like rubber.
[Where has he gone?]
Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s existence had been completely erased by the Harmony Bu Eunseol unleashed.
A core figure of the Infinite Realm who handled countless matters—he had vanished as if evaporated.
For them, inaction was impossible.
They activated their intelligence network at full capacity and discovered that Bu Eunseol was the last person to meet him.
“Defeat me, and I’ll tell you.”
[Fascinating. And unique.]
Had he sensed her lethal intent?
Cheon Joon’s shadow, who had gasped in admiration, began to clap.
Whoosh.
Suddenly, three Masked Assassins materialized like phantoms around Bu Eunseol.
They wore garments like black ghosts.
Moreover, they possessed formidable spiritual energy incomparable to the emissaries of the Infinite Realm she had encountered thus far.
‘The Special Divine Guard.’
These were likely the Special Divine Guard of the Infinite Realm, possessing abilities similar to Hyuk Ryeon Eung’s.
[Do not compare them to Hyuk Ryeon Eung.]
Cheon Joon spoke calmly, as if reading Bu Eunseol’s thoughts.
[He rose to Law Demon Saint by possessing usable soul-stealing techniques, handling various matters in my stead.]
Not only did he receive the martial arts of the Eight Emperors and Three Stars, but he also wielded external martial techniques surpassing the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art.
Hyuk Ryeon Eung, who had driven Bu Eunseol to the brink of death.
Yet Cheon Joon spoke of such a man as merely ‘one with usable soul-stealing techniques.’
“The name Cheon Joon seems wasted on you.”
Bu Eunseol glared coldly at Cheon Joon’s shadow with a sneer.
“If you’re confident, stop flapping your mouth and face me.”
A deep rumble echoed.
In that instant, Cheon Joon’s black shadow, which had been flickering like a candle flame, ceased its movement.
[Hehehehe.]
Cheon Joon, who had been chuckling softly,
[Hahahaha――――――!]
burst into a laugh that seemed to shatter heaven and earth itself.
A gale of such magnitude that it threatened to sweep away the entire world spread outward, and the sky and ground began to tremble violently.
[I cannot even remember when last I heard such insolent words. Hahaha!]
With each burst of laughter, heaven and earth shook.
‘Now is the moment.’
The distance between myself and Cheon Joon was roughly five zhang.
In that instant, brilliant light erupted from the scabbard of my Muk Hon Sword.
I had seized the perfect instant—the moment when laughter erupted from his lips.
The True Blood Dew Seven Techniques, Second Form: Half-Life, Half-Death.
A technique that shatters any form of defense in a single breath, bestowing death upon all living things.
The Absolute Blade Art of Chil Ji Ma Do Bu Janyeong unfolded.
‘Whether Cheon Joon’s shadow is an illusion matters not!’
The Blood Dew Seven Techniques deals death to all things.
Even if the target were a phantom, it could surely be slain.
Yet something impossible occurred.
A sharp crack split the air.
Astonishingly, one of the Special Divine Guards standing in formation
leaped before me even before my blade technique could fully unfold.
A sharp crack split the air.
Though my technique had not yet fully manifested, the blade force alone cleaved the Special Divine Guard’s body in two.
A metallic clang.
My blade technique ceased immediately.
The Special Divine Guard had intercepted the very middle of my unfolding technique.
Thus the perfect instant crumbled away,
and the mysterious power of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques—which deals death to all things—was lost.
‘How could this be?’
It had been the perfect moment, the precise instant to cleave Cheon Joon completely.
Yet how had the Special Divine Guard anticipated my movements?
[Impressive.]
Cheon Joon’s voice now carried emotion and sincerity, unlike before—truly human in its resonance.
[You nearly slew me once.]
Cheon Joon drew one step closer to me.
[As a token of my admiration, I shall study everything about you—your martial arts, your skin, your hair, every joint and sinew.]
The black shadow of Cheon Joon suddenly transmitted words directly into my spirit.
[But before that… I shall grant you the opportunity to ask one question of any kind.]
Bu Eunseol’s eyes grew cold.
This was not an opportunity given to satisfy curiosity.
What was embedded in her own spirit.
What she craved and desired most.
She had seen through it—this was merely a psychological tactic designed to extract what she wished to know.
“Very well.”
Bu Eunseol asked with an expressionless face.
“What is your purpose?”
[Purpose, you say.]
Cheon Joon’s shadow conveyed its voice once more.
[Before I answer that, allow me to ask you one thing.]
“….”
[Do you believe that when humans die, both body and mind vanish?]
White teeth were forming within Cheon Joon’s shadow.
[Or do you think the flesh dies temporarily, but is reborn and… maintains this present state endlessly?]
A strange light flowed from Bu Eunseol’s eyes.
What Cheon Joon was speaking of was the Buddhist doctrine of the Two Extremes—impermanence and eternalism.
In other words, is everything impermanent and without true substance?
Or does everything remain eternal and unchanging… maintaining this present state without end?
That was the question being posed.
[If you cannot answer, that too is acceptable.]
“Not at all.”
Bu Eunseol could answer without hesitation.
Because her grandfather Bu Chanyang had already provided that answer long ago.
“The two are not different—they are one.”
A brilliant light emanated from Bu Eunseol’s eyes.
“Their purpose is consistently to transcend life and death and return to unity.”
A deep resonance echoed.
In that instant, Cheon Joon’s shadow was dyed in a light darker than the night sky itself… a complete and absolute black.
[So you truly share the same will as Gwi Il Gye.]
“Gwi Il Gye?”
Bu Eunseol finally understood.
The Sam Gye that had not revealed its form.
Their name was Gwi Il Gye all along.
[Even if everything in this world disappears… I cannot allow those who share the will of Gwi Il Gye to live.]
From Cheon Joon’s ever-rippling shadow, white teeth formed once more, smiling with cruel amusement.
[You must die now.]

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