The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 600

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Chapter 600.
Realizing his mask had shattered, Baek Mu Sung appeared greatly flustered as he carefully touched the half-destroyed mask with both hands.
“Baek, what has happened?”
Bu Eunseol tried to speak to him, but the Masked Assassin’s eyes were unfocused.
He seemed confused, touching his mask and glancing around in all directions.
“Baek.”
As Bu Eunseol stepped closer,
A piercing cry erupted!
He suddenly swung his great sword, unleashing a tempestuous torrent of blade energy upon Bu Eunseol.
The vortex roared!
Trapped within the swirling blade energy, Bu Eunseol deployed the Geomso Heonwon Form once more.
Clang clang clang clang!
As ever-shifting geometric patterns erupted into the void, the blade energy that seemed capable of sweeping away the entire world vanished.
“Baek!”
Bu Eunseol escaped the blade energy and surveyed her surroundings, but he had already vanished without a trace.
“Baek….”
Bu Eunseol shook her head in disbelief.
“This cannot be.”
How could Baek Mu Sung possibly wield the Blood Dew Seven Techniques? Why did he not recognize her?
Could he be a different person merely resembling him in face and demeanor?
‘Or perhaps….’
A terrifying thought flashed through her mind.
‘Has Baek been recruited by Sam Gye?’
Bu Eunseol pondered this, then shook her head.
Certainly, Baek Mu Sung was the type who could be recruited by Sam Gye.
But why would he?
He had no reason whatsoever to join Sam Gye.
With his exceptional talent and appearance, his rich sensibilities and generous nature—why would he ever….
‘No, there is a reason.’
Baek Mu Sung desired only the heart of Gong Son Dan Gyeong.
But after losing an arm in his battle with Jisalseong, he became crippled and abandoned the Murim Alliance in despair.
What if Sam Gye had promised to restore his body to wholeness?
Then recruitment would be entirely plausible.
‘His heart is too fragile.’
Baek Mu Sung had always maintained a confident and gentle demeanor.
Yet in truth, those were merely the composure born from his superiority—possessing greater martial skill and status than others.
Ever since learning that Seon Woo Jin was stronger than he had anticipated,
He had crumbled uncontrollably, even feeling ashamed.
“His arm was indeed restored….”
Though he wore that grotesque mask, his previously immobile arm now moved with perfect freedom.
If the Masked Assassin truly was Baek Mu Sung, he would certainly have thrown himself into the Sam Gye to repair his arm.
“But why did he emerge from the Stone Chamber?”
Bu Eunseol shook her head and stepped through the open entrance of the Stone Chamber.
A long corridor descended into the underground, and corpses lay strewn about in gruesome disarray throughout.
“He killed them all.”
The bodies all bore the marks of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques.
Life had drained from their skin and eyes, and their bodies were etched with scars so fine they were barely visible.
Rumble.
Having finally reached the end of the long corridor, Bu Eunseol pushed open the heavy Iron Gate.
Her eyes gleamed as she stepped inside.
Remarkably, in the underground of this place—
Rather than constructing experimental facilities or buildings like the Infinite Realm,
A massive underground prison had been built capable of confining vast numbers of people.
Iron gates were constructed throughout, and within them lay warriors of all kinds, dead in horrific fashion.
“Demonic Blades.”
And on the bodies of the dead warriors hung only empty scabbards.
Clearly, all the Demonic Blades they had carried had been recovered.
“They abandoned the plan.”
Likely after the incident at Lengyue Island.
Gui Il Gae had certainly completely halted the plan to gather the One Hundred and Eight Stars through Demonic Blades.
“They lured in the Demonic Blade users, executed them all, and recovered every blade.”
After thoroughly investigating the interior of the prison, Bu Eunseol confirmed that the fallen warriors
Were all without exception wearing empty scabbards.
“But something is strange.”
Gang Ok Ji could not have been built as a prison for killing Demonic Blade users.
Why would so many Demonic Blade users have perished here?
“Hmm.”
After pondering briefly, Bu Eunseol lightly tapped her foot.
Zing.
With a low vibration, her Void-Piercing Eye activated. Yet there were no particularly hidden spaces or structures.
‘This was Gui Il Gae’s work.’
Recalling the incident at Lengyue Island, Bu Eunseol drew forth her Crystal Divine Technique instead of her Void Heart Resonance.
Whoosh.
As she spread the Crystal Divine Technique in all directions, a faint form that had been invisible gradually came into view.
It was another prison gate that had remained hidden until now.
“As expected.”
This Gang Ok Ji, like Lengyue Island, concealed another gate through mysterious great techniques.
Creak.
Upon opening the new gate, another prison appeared.
Yet strangely, all the prisons here were completely empty.
The facility appeared extremely old, and traces of people having been confined there remained within.
“Did they hastily dispose of the prisoners here while withdrawing the plan?”
It seemed that Gui Il Gae had completely halted the plan to locate Baek Mu Sung using the Demonic Sword, and in doing so, had eliminated all the prisoners confined in this place as well.
In the end, there was no information to be obtained here.
Swish.
As Bu Eunseol turned to leave the prison, she sensed something peculiar.
Though no sound could be detected.
A faint breath seemed to emanate from the far end of the prison.
‘Someone remains.’
Bu Eunseol hastily entered the far end of the elongated prison.
There, a middle-aged man with disheveled hair sat gasping for breath.
Despite showing no external injuries, his breathing was failing, suggesting that his organs or meridians had been damaged by an internal energy technique.
Click.
Bu Eunseol immediately opened the locked iron gate and entered.
Then I could see the face of the disheveled middle-aged man clearly, and his appearance was very familiar.
“Yong Ban Jeon Ju?”
Surprisingly, the middle-aged man dying in the prison was none other than Yong Myeong, the Yong Ban Jeon Ju who had met his end at my hands.
“Huh?”
Upon meeting my gaze, Yong Ban Jeon Ju Yong Myeong blinked his eyes.
“Who…?”
But something was strange.
Why was Yong Ban Jeon Ju, who was over fifty years old, displaying the naive speech and vacant gaze of a child barely six years old?
“Yong Ban Jeon Ju.”
As Bu Eunseol spoke in a startled voice, Yong Myeong asked with a fearful expression, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
“Do you know me?”
Bu Eunseol’s mind became confused.
But soon she clasped her hands respectfully.
“I am Seon Woo Jin, Lord of the Elite Division.”
“Elite Division?”
“It is the Information Division, recently established.”
At Bu Eunseol’s words, Yong Myeong exhaled sharply while pouting his lips.
“I don’t know such things. I don’t know anything.”
His gaze was dim, as if he had become an idiot.
‘He has endured severe torture and his mind is not intact.’
Bu Eunseol immediately assessed the situation and placed her palm against Yong Myeong’s gate of life, infusing him with reverse extreme energy.
“How is your body?”
“It hurts. It hurts so much.”
As Bu Eunseol treated him kindly, Yong Myeong’s guard seemed to lower as he spoke with a trembling voice.
“My insides twist so painfully.”
As Bu Eunseol infused her internal energy and examined his condition, she let out a deep sigh.
In the center of Yong Myeong’s abdomen, a palm-shaped mark stained in violet was etched clearly.
He had been struck by a Poison Palm infused with extreme yin energy like the Profound Darkness Poison Palm.
All the organs within his abdomen had been damaged.
‘He won’t last long anyway.’
Bu Eunseol continuously channeled her majestic anti-extreme true energy into him, hoping to at least ease Yong Myeong’s suffering.
“How long have you been here, Lord?”
“I don’t know. But it’s been a while.”
Only then did Bu Eunseol notice that Yong Myeong’s face was covered with thick stubble.
Then was the Yong Ban Jeon Lord who died at the hands of the Murim Alliance truly an external spy?
‘If that’s the case…’
An ominous thought crossed Bu Eunseol’s mind as she spoke in a subdued voice.
“Have you been alone in this prison?”
“No? There were many other people, but they all disappeared.”
Every hair on Bu Eunseol’s body stood on end.
Now she could see that Gui Il Gae was not only creating powerhouses of the previous generation through corpses.
They had clearly replaced the leaders of the various Murim sects with their own people.
“How did you come to be here, Lord?”
“How… did I come here?”
Yong Ban Jeon Lord, who had been searching his memory for a moment, suddenly remembered and spoke with a bright smile.
“I came here while fighting over secret techniques at Yeon Gak Do Jeon.”
Bu Eunseol’s expression became as if she had been struck on the back of the head once more.
Then was Yong Myeong one of those who had split the secret techniques of the Inspection Yuan in half?
“Who were you fighting?”
“I don’t remember.”
Yong Myeong smiled brightly and spoke words that were even more shocking.
“And in the underground of Yeon Gak Do Jeon… there was a real Alliance Leader.”
Bu Eunseol’s eyes widened.
“What do you mean by that?”
“There’s an Alliance Leader in the underground of Yeon Gak Do Jeon.”
‘Is Jeong Cheon Je undergoing closed-door cultivation there?’
Bu Eunseol shook her head.
Yong Myeong was not in a clear state of mind and possessed the intelligence of a young child.
He might simply be combining strange words and uttering them.
“Are you saying the Alliance Leader is staying in the underground of Yeon Gak Do Jeon?”
“Yes.”
“Can you explain in more detail?”
“But it’s so pitiful. Isn’t it? It’s so very pitiful.”
Yong Myeong’s manner of speech and behavior were as disjointed as a three or four-year-old child, speaking only what he wished to say.
“Huh? It doesn’t hurt anymore.”
Yong Myeong’s pupils were gradually fading.
“Instead, I’m so sleepy.”
Bu Eunseol’s eyes dimmed with sorrow.
No matter how much Anti-Extreme True Qi she infused, she could not revive a life that was fading away.
“So very sleepy.”
Yong Myeong’s breathing had become shallow and labored, like that of a child.
Death.
That deep and dark presence had quietly enveloped his body.
“Lord Yong.”
Bu Eunseol, her expression grave, poured forth Anti-Extreme True Qi with all her might.
She had no prior acquaintance with him, nor any debt of gratitude between them.
Yet to witness a martial artist who once walked the Murim with such confidence reduced to an idiot, dying like a child…
It stirred far greater compassion than watching an actual child slip away.
“Rest your eyes for a moment.”
Bu Eunseol spoke with utmost gentleness.
“After a good sleep, the pain will ease.”
For Yong Myeong, now returned to a childlike state, death was merely a deep and distant slumber.
“Thank you…”
Yong Myeong murmured faintly through dimming eyes.
Then he closed his eyes as if drifting into quiet sleep. He had breathed his last.
“May you rest in eternal peace.”
Bu Eunseol carefully laid Yong Myeong upon the ground.
Yong Ban Jeon Ju Yong Myeong, a senior figure of the Murim Alliance, had already departed this world.
There was no need to announce his death twice.
“They kidnapped the Lord of the Murim Alliance and replaced him with another.”
Bu Eunseol’s face had gone pale from the shock.
For Sam Gye, planting spies within the Murim Alliance was not particularly difficult.
But to kidnap a senior figure of the Murim Alliance and replace him with someone else… that was absolutely no simple feat.
“Why would they do this?”
They already held the Murim in their grasp.
Why would Sam Gye commit such an act? What could they possibly be after?
“Yeongak Dojeon.”
Bu Eunseol’s eyes suddenly gleamed as she recalled Yong Myeong’s words.
What if that statement were true?
Could the Lord of the Murim Alliance also be a fake replacement?
Or was the real Lord of the Murim Alliance imprisoned beneath Yeongak Dojeon?
Bu Eunseol took a deep breath.
What she needed to do now was return to the Murim Alliance and absolutely verify what lay beneath Yeongak Dojeon.
* * *
Eun Wol Gak, Gong Son Dan Gyeong’s office.
Upon returning to the Murim Alliance, Bu Eunseol sought her out first and explained in detail what had transpired at Gang Ok Ji.
However, I did not mention Baek Mu Sung’s involvement to her.
It wasn’t certain, and if the Masked Assassin were truly Baek Mu Sung, it would only complicate her thoughts.
“It’s hard to believe.”
Gong Son Dan Gyeong’s expression grew extremely dark.
“An unidentified Masked Assassin possessing such formidable martial prowess.”
She shook her head.
The elite operatives Gong Son Dan Gyeong had assigned to Bu Eunseol were truly exceptional—each worth a hundred ordinary fighters.
Even against a formidable opponent, they should have been able to escape.
Yet not a single one survived, and even Seon Woo Jin, who stands among the highest ranks of the Murim Alliance, barely managed to return alive?
“Once the investigation team reports, we’ll have answers, but… it appears he may be a disciple of the Chilji Demonic Sect.”
“The Chilji Demonic Sect?”
“Yes. The Masked Assassin’s techniques bore striking resemblance to the legendary Blood Dew Seven Techniques.”
Gong Son Dan Gyeong blinked her large eyes.
The Blood Dew Seven Techniques were the exclusive teachings of Bu Chanyang, the legendary demonic master and former Vice Lord of the Demon Hall.
Yet the Masked Assassin wielded them to slaughter all ten Team Members?
“If that’s true… then Bu Chanyang, presumed to have vanished, is still alive and has trained a disciple.”
“That is a possibility.”
Gong Son Dan Gyeong is a meticulous person.
She would never have sent only combat operatives.
Perhaps even before Bu Eunseol’s report, she had already dispatched an investigation team to thoroughly examine Gang Ok Ji.
“But that’s not all.”
Bu Eunseol reported in detail that Yong Ban Jeon Ju Yong Myeong had been confined there in a catatonic state.
The investigation of Gang Ok Ji wasn’t conducted separately by Bu Eunseol, but rather initiated under Gong Son Dan Gyeong’s command.
Everything discovered there was reported thoroughly without concealment.
Gong Son Dan Gyeong is even more meticulous than Bu Eunseol.
If she discovered any deception, it would be impossible to continue working together.
However, I did not mention the matter of Yeongak Dojeon and the Murim Alliance Leader.
That was something Bu Eunseol had to verify personally.
“Yong Ban Jeon Ju was confined there? It’s unbelievable.”
As Bu Eunseol observed Gong Son Dan Gyeong carefully, a strange thought occurred to her.
Though her expression showed great shock, her vital signs remained remarkably calm.
‘Could it be because she already knows the extent of Sam Gye’s power?’
The fact that the leaders of various Murim sects had been kidnapped and replaced.
It was shocking news that couldn’t be met with a normal reaction.
Even Bu Eunseol had been unable to recover from the shock when she first learned this truth.
How could Gong Son Dan Gyeong respond so calmly?
“It seems we should soon inform Seon Woo Dae Ju as well.”
Then Gong Son Dan Gyeong began to speak of something unexpected.
“What do you mean?”
“Seon Woo Dae Ju must have felt it too, but… perhaps the forces that have emerged now are not from the Infinite Realm.”
“Then.”
“Upon investigation, they are divided into three factions. The Infinite Realm was merely one of them.”
For the first time, Gong Son Dan Gyeong revealed that the Sam Gye existed, not just the Infinite Realm.
It wasn’t because she trusted Bu Eunseol, but because it had become a fact that could no longer be hidden.
“I see.”
After listening to Gong Son Dan Gyeong’s explanation for a long while, Bu Eunseol nodded as if in surprise.
“In truth, I had vaguely sensed that there might be other secret societies in Murim besides the Infinite Realm.”
“In the Murim Alliance, very few people know well about the Sam Gye. Moreover, among the senior members, there are quite a few who have set foot in this Sam Gye.”
Gong Son Dan Gyeong spoke with a grave expression.
“So even knowing of its existence, they cannot speak of it openly.”
“I understand.”
Bu Eunseol’s face showed an expression of shock.
In such circumstances, one must react this way.
“Then regarding the Sam Gye….”
As Bu Eunseol, having regained her composure, began to probe further, Gong Son Dan Gyeong waved her hand.
“Let us discuss that part again a little later.”
“…Understood.”
“You’ve worked hard. You must be exhausted, so rest comfortably for the time being.”
“Thank you. Then.”
Bu Eunseol, clasping her hands together, turned and left the office.
Click.
As the door closed, Gong Son Dan Gyeong’s expression became extremely cold.
“All the combat operatives who mastered the Heavenly Reversal Demonic Force were slain, yet she returned without a scratch….”
In Gong Son Dan Gyeong’s eyes, a bitter winter wind raged.
In fact, there was something she had not told Seon Woo Jin.
The supreme technique that the ten combat operatives had mastered was not an ordinary latent force detonation technique.
What they had learned was the Heavenly Reversal Demonic Force, which even those of the Demonic Path were forbidden to master.
Unless one’s neck was severed, ordinary martial arts could never sever their life force.
When they detonated their latent power, they exhibited martial prowess nearly invincible for a brief moment.
Ten combat operatives who had mastered this Heavenly Reversal Demonic Force had become guests who would never return, yet Seon Woo Jin returned alive without even a hair out of place?
“Then… it must be one of two things.”
Her gaze grew infinitely sharper as she murmured softly.
“Either an overwhelming master far stronger than I imagined.”
She exhaled a turbid breath and spoke quietly.
“Or a hidden agent of the Sam Gye who joined forces with the Masked Assassin to kill the operatives together.”
Gong Son Dan Gyeong’s eyes grew infinitely colder.
“Either way… it is not the situation I desire.”
If Seon Woo Jin possessed the martial prowess of an overwhelming master who looked down upon Murim?
There would be no need for him to share a boat with her and climb the perilous steps to become the Wu Tian Danjoo.
Then what manner of person was Seon Woo Jin?
It was highly likely that Sam Gye was behind this scheme.
* * *
Yeon Gak Do Jeon.
The Library Pavilion of the Murim Alliance, where all the orthodox martial techniques were said to be gathered.
Yeon Gak Do Jeon, which consisted of three floors, was rumored to contain increasingly powerful and mysterious secret manuals the higher one ascended.
Bu Eunseol investigated Yeon Gak Do Jeon through every available channel at her disposal.
‘Yeon Gak Do Jeon has no underground level.’
Yet no matter how thoroughly she investigated, Yeon Gak Do Jeon showed no design for any basement floor.
Which meant either Yong Ban Jeon Ju Yong Myeong had spoken nonsense at the end, or….
‘Or there exists a secret passage hidden within that no one else knows about.’
Bu Eunseol did not believe Yong Myeong had spoken carelessly.
Even though he had become like a child, he clearly remembered the details of the secret manual competition at Geomso Heonwon.
Certainly before his abduction by Gui Il Gae.
He had been at Yeon Gak Do Jeon, and he had undoubtedly discovered secrets of that place unknown to the outside world.
‘In the end, there’s no choice but to investigate directly.’
Bu Eunseol fell into contemplation.
‘But how can I get inside.’
Yeon Gak Do Jeon stood directly across from Gunkon Pavilion, where the Murim Alliance Leader resided.
In other words, the most heavily guarded location within the entire Murim Alliance.
Moreover, various mechanisms were installed within, and a formidable master named Mok Do In frequently came and went through it.
A reckless infiltration could trap her in an inescapable dead end.
‘There’s no helping it.’
In the end, Bu Eunseol chose a somewhat easier approach.
She decided to provoke Deng Wu Jeon Ju Yuk Jang Cheon.

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