The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 576

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Chapter 576.
Deungmu Hall, Yuk Jang Cheon’s office.
“Now, you mean?”
Bu Eunseol, summoned by Yuk Jang Cheon, wore an expression of bewilderment.
She was to journey to Yung Jung San where Dang Hui Do—known as Buk Dae Seongsaeng—remained with the former members of the Elite Division.
She had been ordered to escort him to the Murim Alliance as a guest.
“Indeed. The Ben Maeng intends to invite him as the vacant Hwa Mil Won Ju, or so I’ve heard.”
Seeing Bu Eunseol’s expression of incomprehension, Yuk Jang Cheon smacked his lips before speaking.
“The Grand Leader Council has decided as much. Surely you’ve noticed the turmoil stirring within Ben Maeng?”
“….”
“It seems they wish for you—the very subject of these rumors—to remain outside the Alliance until all investigations conclude.”
Yuk Jang Cheon smacked his lips again as he spoke.
“Should you linger within the Alliance and move about freely, this incident would continue to draw attention, you see.”
‘There’s something more to this.’
This was no task Yuk Jang Cheon had devised himself. Clearly, someone within the Grand Leader Council had deliberately exerted pressure.
“Lord Jeon.”
Bu Eunseol spoke with measured respect.
“Deputy Commander Tae still suffers within Hyeong Dang. Would it not be possible to dispatch another division for this task?”
“Did you not hear what Ben Jeon Ju just said?”
“I understand. However, I find myself reluctant to accept this assignment.”
Until now, Bu Eunseol had executed every task without complaint, regardless of danger—even those that might cost her life.
Yet her concern for Tae Mu Ryong compelled her to make her first request of Yuk Jang Cheon.
“Is this not a task any division could handle with relative ease?”
Bu Eunseol clasped her hands together once more.
“Lord Jeon, I beseech you.”
“Ben Jeon Ju wishes it were otherwise… but surely you understand the importance of timing now.”
“Timing, you say?”
“In times like these, Ben Jeon Ju must demonstrate diligent work to leave a favorable impression.”
A smile played across his lips.
“Especially now, when Yong Ban Jeon Ju faces such scrutiny.”
Due to Yeon Ja Gang’s actions, Yong Myeong, Lord of Yong Ban Jeon, now faced questions about his moral character.
Conversely, if Yuk Jang Cheon demonstrated fairness by dispatching even Bu Eunseol to fulfill her duties?
He could effortlessly topple his rival without lifting a finger.
‘Yuk Jang Cheon!’
For the first time, Bu Eunseol felt anger toward Yuk Jang Cheon.
This greedy man thought only of his own gain.
“Bear with it a while longer. The road ahead grows shorter by the day.”
Yuk Jang Cheon spoke with a smile playing at his lips.
“In exchange, I promise you—your subordinate will be released without complication.”
After all, it was not he but Gong Son Dan Gyeong who had secured Tae Mu Ryong’s acquittal.
Moreover, Yuk Jang Cheon had refused to lift a finger to protect himself, despite Bu Eunseol’s pleas.
Yet he spoke as though bestowing favor, seemingly unaware—or perhaps indifferent—that she knew the truth.
“I understand.”
As Bu Eunseol bowed respectfully and turned to leave, her eyes had frozen over like sheets of ice.
Under ordinary circumstances, even if I were to surpass Yuk Jang Cheon, I had harbored no intention of destroying him utterly.
But now my heart had changed.
A man without blood or tears, one who viewed his subordinates as disposable tools—such a creature deserved nothing less.
He would receive the price befitting his deeds.
‘Yuk Jang Cheon. You have driven a blade into my back this day.’
Bu Eunseol made her resolve.
Yuk Jang Cheon, intoxicated by hopeful dreams of becoming Lord—
I would elevate him to magnificent heights, then cast him down in ruin, ensuring he would never rise again.
* * *
Bu Eunseol immediately led the Team Members of the Elite Division toward Yung Jung San.
Yet even as I departed the Murim Alliance, an unsettling unease clung to me.
So for the first time, I made an unreasonable request of So Yo.
―Remain near the Murim Alliance while I am away on this mission. Watch Tae Mu Ryong’s movements closely. Should anything concerning arise, report it to me at once.
Even with So Yo’s extraordinary abilities, lingering near the Murim Alliance to observe Tae Mu Ryong’s circumstances would require her to assume considerable risk.
Yet she understood the weight of my concern for my subordinates.
So she nodded without hesitation, her expression serene.
―Don’t worry. The moment anything happens to him, I’ll report it immediately.
―And instruct the Team Members of Sa Hon Dae to convey a message to Yu Woon Ryong.
―What message?
―The item we created together with the Medicine King Hall Lord previously. If it has been completed, have him bring it to me at once.
―Understood.
Thus Bu Eunseol departed for Yung Jung San, placing her trust in So Yo.
Had I traveled alone, my ability to cover a thousand li in half a day would have seen me arrive in less than two days.
But since I had been ordered to lead all the Team Members of the Elite Division, the mission would require more than a fortnight.
Impatient, I drove the Team Members forward relentlessly, employing our lightness technique without pause.
To minimize rest, we bypassed Seong Do entirely, sleeping under the stars as we pressed ceaselessly toward Yung Jung San.
On the fourth day of our journey—
Whoosh!
As Bu Eunseol prepared to make camp with the Team Members, the sound of massive wings beating reached my ears.
It was So Yo calling to me.
[Something terrible has happened.]
As Bu Eunseol moved toward the sound, So Yo’s voice transmission echoed across the distance.
[Tae Mu Ryong. He has been abducted.]
Bu Eunseol’s eyes snapped wide open.
I sent my voice transmission back in urgency.
[What do you mean by that?]
[Hyeong Dang acquitted him. But the moment he was released, he left the Murim Alliance claiming he’d join the Lords, and that’s when he was kidnapped.]
“Lord, why are you doing this?”
As Jeong Jong Do approached and asked,
[I’ve already sent the Sa Hon Dae members in pursuit. But so much time has passed….]
Bu Eunseol, realizing the situation was becoming critical, spoke to Jeong Jong Do.
“Lead the members and move as slowly as possible. I will rejoin you at Yung Jung San.”
Kwang!
With those words, Bu Eunseol soared into the Half-Sky accompanied by a thunderous boom.
It was an extreme-speed shadowless movement accompanied by lightning-attribute divine energy.
Thud.
Jeong Jong Do had never witnessed such a thing in his entire life.
He could only gape at the sky, stunned by Bu Eunseol’s terrifying movement technique.
‘Why. What on earth is happening?’
Bu Eunseol’s mind grew turbulent as she unleashed her divine technique at full power, rushing back.
‘Why would he do such a thing. Tae Mu Ryong.’
Tae Mu Ryong was clever enough to deceive even the sharp-minded Yeon Ja Gang, and he had always shown excellent foresight.
He would surely know that Yong Ban Jeon Ju was gnashing his teeth.
He would know that upon hearing rumors of the deed being hidden, his eyes had turned bloodshot in his search for it.
So why would he leave the Murim Alliance and attempt to join me?
‘Could it be….’
An ominous thought flashed through Bu Eunseol’s mind.
Kwang!
To dispel that thought, she unleashed her divine technique with all her strength.
Ever since establishing the Sa Hon Dae’s emergency communication system, Bu Eunseol could locate her members’ whereabouts from anywhere.
Finally entering Hanam, she spotted faint smoke rising in the distance and immediately changed direction.
Kwaaaaaah!
As Bu Eunseol finally entered a deep mountain, a low voice transmission reached her ears.
[Ryeong Ju, this is Yeom Gwi of Sa Hon Dae.]
Sa Hon Dae member Yeom Gwi sent a voice transmission and began leading the way.
[Please follow me.]
Yeom Gwi rushed forward at full speed, displaying his lightness technique.
Though incomparable to Bu Eunseol, his movement technique was at the level of a master of the lightness arts by Murim standards.
Once Protector Tak Il Hon took charge of training the members, So Yo and
all the members’ lightness technique skills improved by leaps and bounds.
Yeom Gwi, who had ventured deep into Jeol Gok, pointed to a massive tower standing in the distance and spoke.
[That’s the place. The one who kidnapped him is Do Geum Ung, a torture technician notorious throughout Murim as the Human Butcher.]
‘The Human Butcher.’
Bu Eunseol bit her lip.
A torturer so vile that even assassins trained in the Heartless Art would weep once he laid hands on them, capable of flaying every scrap of flesh from a living body.
Do Geum Ung, who earned the epithet Human Butcher for treating people like mere meat, had kidnapped Tae Mu Ryong?
[Understood. I’ll handle this place. Return to the others.]
Bu Eunseol immediately unleashed her divine movement technique, racing toward the tower within Jeol Gok.
‘This place…’
Flames flickered in her eyes as she arrived at the tower’s entrance.
Only now did she see the characters inscribed there: “Gu Ma”—Nine Demons.
‘Gu Ma Tower.’
A place where, in the past, assassins had slaughtered not only martial artists but officials without hesitation.
It was rumored to be the cradle of government-sanctioned assassins secretly created by Dong Chang.
However, Gwak Do Yang, who had once been Prime Minister, had been exiled on false charges of treason, and the assassins of Gu Ma Tower had attempted his assassination at that time.
But the assassination failed, and once Gwak Do Yang’s innocence was proven and he was reinstated, Gu Ma Tower vanished without a trace.
Yet Do Geum Ung had kidnapped Tae Mu Ryong and brought him here to Gu Ma Tower?
Could that butcher have been born from Gu Ma Tower?
A low rumble echoed.
Bu Eunseol entered the tower’s entrance without hesitation.
She had naturally assumed the massive tower structure would lead upward.
But upon stepping inside, she found a long corridor resembling a cave, descending endlessly into the depths below.
As she descended further, a vast corridor wide enough for dozens to pass simultaneously came into view.
The moment Bu Eunseol stepped inside, a bell tolled, and dozens of assassins poured forth from the opposite direction.
Astonishingly, Gu Ma Tower—known to have been annihilated—was operating perfectly intact.
“Intruder! Strike her down!”
The assassins unleashed a barrage of throwing blades the instant they saw Bu Eunseol.
Clang, clang, clang!
Bu Eunseol deflected each blade with her Muk Hon sword, cutting down the assassins as she advanced.
But the assassins deployed an intricate formation that weakened her sword technique’s power, and their numbers were overwhelming.
Like cockroaches that kept multiplying no matter how many she killed, they endlessly filled the corridor.
‘There’s no time to waste!’
If she delayed here, Tae Mu Ryong could draw his last breath under Do Geum Ung’s hands.
Bu Eunseol no longer cared about Seon Woo Jin’s identity or status.
A sharp crackling sound erupted.
The assassins rushing forward instantly became blocks of ice.
She unleashed Glacial Heaven Stream Seal, freezing all the assassins charging through the corridor solid.
Crack. Crumble.
Though they were exceptional assassins, they lacked the martial power to withstand the glacial chill.
Bu Eunseol, having turned them into ice fragments in an instant, raced swiftly through the corridor.
A low rumble.
Soon after, a door on the opposite side opened, and this time assassins wielding pitch-black poisoned blades rushed toward her.
Whoosh! Whoooosh!
But the assassins couldn’t even launch a single proper attack before becoming charred cinders.
Bu Eunseol had unleashed the Blazing Heaven Great Righteous Formation infused with Extreme Fire Wheel Qi in one devastating torrent.
“Attack!”
But the assassins were reinforced again, like cockroaches multiplying endlessly.
Whoosh.
Then violet flames erupted from Bu Eunseol’s right hand.
It mattered not what sword technique the assassins employed or what level of martial prowess they had attained.
To annihilate even the assassins pouring forth from behind the corridor all at once, I unleashed the Scorching Great Righteous Qi accompanied by Thunder Spirit Technique.
Whoosh.
As the Thunder Spirit Technique, radiating heat like the sun itself, poured down, the assassins collapsed to the ground like limp puppets.
Rumble.
Having melted the iron gate of the corridor behind the assassins like taffy, Bu Eunseol rushed downward at great speed.
Whoooosh!
But this time, countless razor-sharp projectiles erupted like a swarm of bees.
It seemed the projectiles had been released all at once from an elaborate mechanism.
Clatter.
Yet Bu Eunseol did not evade the projectiles; instead, becoming a single mass of ice, I charged forward.
Unfolding the Great Righteous Frozen Seal from the Glacial River Flow technique, I received the projectiles with my body.
Bang, bang, bang!
Having pierced through the endless barrage of projectiles, Bu Eunseol finally discovered a massive gate.
Click.
Upon entering, an extremely narrow corridor and a small door came into view.
And across from it, as if waiting, two elderly men stood towering while guarding the door.
One wore robes as crimson as blood, while the other wore robes as blue as water.
With their hair tied in two braids like a child’s, they appeared like elderly men whose minds were not entirely sound.
But Bu Eunseol stopped in her tracks, her expression tense.
I had discerned that these two elderly men were legendary masters of the Orthodox Sects from ages past—the Red and Blue Twin Demons.
“Remarkable. So the so-called Lord of the Murim Alliance simultaneously wields extreme yin and extreme yang qi.”
As the Red Demon, Yu Baek, muttered softly, the Blue Demon, No Gak, nodded.
“In the current Murim, there is no one who simultaneously wields extreme yin and extreme yang qi, is there?”
The Red and Blue Twin Demons, regarding each other, tilted their heads as if unable to comprehend.
“So in the end, that one’s identity is false?”
“But that doesn’t make sense either. The power just unleashed exceeded three hundred years of cultivation? One cannot do such a thing while using reverse cultivation, can they?”
Using reverse cultivation normally consumes cultivation power to a significant degree. Yet if one could still wield over three hundred years of cultivation?
Does that young one possess over four hundred years of cultivation power?
Bu Eunseol, observing the two who spoke at leisure, drew upon her power once more.
There was no time to waste.
And I had no intention of sparing those of the Orthodox Sects.
“I know not who you are, but do not think to pass through this corridor.”
Sensing that Bu Eunseol was preparing to attack, No Gak smiled faintly and drew a long staff from his waist.
“We have been ordered to ensure no one passes through here.”
Bu Eunseol extended her right hand instead of answering.
Whoosh!
A torrent of Yeol Ha Dae Jeong Jin Gi—energy potent enough to corrode even iron—crashed down upon the Red-Blue Twin Demons blocking the passage.
“Impossible!”
The two figures spun their long staffs like windmills.
The cascading Yeol Ha Dae Jeong Jin Gi dissipated without a trace.
Yin-Yang Twin Staffs.
The long staffs wielded by the Red-Blue Twin Demons possessed a mystical property—they neutralized all external force that crashed against them.
Because of this peerless weapon’s function,
they remained unscathed even against the Yeol Ha Dae Jeong Jin Gi, which channeled four hundred years of accumulated inner strength.
Whirrr! Crack-crack-crack.
This time, I unleashed the Bing Ha Cheon Ryu Gyeol infused with Crystal Divine Qi.
The power of the Bing Ha Cheon Ryu Gyeol, manifesting as a transparent water dragon, engulfed the Red-Blue Twin Demons as they wielded their staffs.
“This one is formidable. Without us, they couldn’t have blocked it.”
Yet the Red-Blue Twin Demons once again annihilated the power of the Bing Ha Cheon Ryu Gyeol, now layered with Crystal Divine Qi, using the Yin-Yang Twin Staffs.
Boom!
Whenever a gap appeared in my defense, the Red-Blue Twin Demons extended their staffs, unleashing razor-sharp sword energy.
Whoosh.
Finally, as I ceased channeling the forces of extreme yin and extreme yang, No Gak chuckled and spoke.
“No matter what martial technique you display, it is futile. You cannot pass this point.”
There were no openings in the staffs they wielded.
In this narrow corridor, blocking the passage,
they spun the Yin-Yang Twin Staffs with frenzied intensity, capable of deflecting any force.
The moment a weakness appeared, they instantly transitioned from defense to offense, unleashing sword energy.
Even if I wished to pour forth the power of ‘Harmony,’ the relentless surprise attacks prevented me from deploying it.
‘Good.’
I drew upon the Yeol Hwa Dae Jeong Jin Gi once more and unleashed it.
Crash! Crash-crash-crash!
As the formidable extreme yang true qi poured forth, they spun the Yin-Yang Twin Staffs like windmills again.
“Hmph, futile, I tell you.”
“Let’s see how long you can sustain such power.”
As I continuously unleashed extreme yang true qi, the two figures wore sneers of contempt.
Spinning the Yin-Yang Twin Staffs to create endless circles required little effort.
If they wished, they could rotate them all day.
But no matter how formidable one’s inner strength, there were limits to channeling such overwhelming extreme yang qi.
Boom-boom-boom-boom!
Yet something strange occurred.
Though they had rotated the staffs less than halfway, beads of sweat were already streaming down their foreheads.
‘Why are we sweating?’
Though their bodies had aged, their inner strength exceeded four decades of cultivation.
How could they perspire after rotating the staffs less than halfway?
Whoosh.
Sensing something amiss, the Twin Demons of Red and Blue finally noticed a transparent current of energy flowing from Bu Eunseol’s right hand.
It was invisible to the eye and imperceptible to the touch.
Yet it poured forth endless vibrations, shaking their very organs.
It was the Extreme Fire Wheel Qi, contained within the Eighteen Palaces Supreme Genuine Qi.
This corridor was extremely narrow.
As the Eighteen Palaces Supreme Genuine Qi spread endlessly, the air within grew scorching hot.
“Ughhhh.”
Bu Eunseol’s body had transformed into a blazing red sun.
The Twin Demons of Red and Blue swung their twin staffs while beads of sweat poured down their faces.
With each breath, hot air seared into their lungs, forcing the Twin Demons to stop breathing altogether.
As they ceased breathing, the Yin-Yang Twin Staffs they wielded lost their power and moved sluggishly.
‘Now.’
Finally perceiving the flaw in their staff technique, I drew the Muk Hon Sword.
Shring.
In that instant, brilliant radiance bloomed from within the crimson sun.
Time seemed to freeze, and the Twin Demons felt the illusion of Death’s crimson claws seizing their throat.
The Ultimate Swift Killing Sword Style—death delivered first through the eyes.
The Tal Meteor Chase Moon Technique unfolded.
Whoosh!
Blood erupted in a fountain from the Twin Demons’ necks as they wielded their long staffs.
Thus ended the Twin Demons of Red and Blue, who had once dominated the Murim with their pair of Yin-Yang staffs.
‘Is Yong Ban Jeon Ju commanding masters of the Orthodox Sects from the previous generation?’
Questions could wait.
Rumble.
I immediately opened the door and passed through the corridor.
Splash, splash.
Yet upon entering the Final Corridor, filthy water flowed beneath my feet.
The Final Corridor was like a sewer, its floor filled with murky water, while night-luminous pearls sparsely embedded in the ceiling struggled to push back the darkness.
Crash! Patter-patter.
A black shadow was seen escaping through the exit at the far end.
Judging by his swift movement technique and gaunt frame, he appeared to be Do Geum Ung, called the Guide.
“Stop!”
I immediately unfolded my movement technique to pursue Do Geum Ung.
But then an iron gate standing open on the left side of the path to the exit caught my attention.
A black shadow was visible between the iron bars.
Creak.
Upon opening the iron gate and stepping inside, torture instruments lay scattered about.
And at the far end of the sewer wall where filthy water flowed, a figure knelt with both arms bound.
It was Tae Mu Ryong.

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