The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 608

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Chapter 608.
Yak Bing gazed at Bu Eunseol with a wistful, distant look in her eyes.
“You know, looking at you now, I think you resemble my sister quite a bit.”
In Yak Bing’s expression and gaze as she recalled her sister, deep longing and despair intertwined.
She fixed her eyes on empty space for a moment, then spoke, biting her lip.
“Don’t worry. I will make sure you escape safely.”
“Mm.”
“You don’t believe me.”
Then Yak Bing offered a parched smile.
“The truth is, I came to this place to find my sister.”
Yak Bing held a faint smile on her lips.
“My real name is Jo Yak Bing.”
Bu Eunseol swallowed her astonishment.
Jo Yak Bing.
She was one of the Four Great Thieves, a title given to the four most exceptional thieves in the Murim.
With her remarkably swift movement technique, she had earned the epithet “Thousand-Li Shadowless”—a thief of legendary prowess.
I see. She used a disguise technique.
Jo Yak Bing’s face was renowned for its exceptional beauty.
Because her features were so well-known, she had altered her appearance slightly for now.
“I’ve wandered the Gangho since childhood, but my sister never did.”
In her youth, Jo Yak Bing had encountered Gwok Young San, an eccentric master from the Pung Yak Mun and a thief called the “Peerless Shadowless,” and became his disciple.
But unlike Jo Yak Bing, her sister had always been frail and never learned martial arts.
Instead, she remained at home studying academics to gain entrance to the renowned Jeol Gal Seo Won.
Then one day, her sister vanished as if she had simply evaporated.
Her parents searched everywhere and contacted the authorities, but they found no trace of her anywhere.
When Jo Yak Bing, who had been making a name for herself wandering the Gangho alone, heard this news,
she immediately began tracking her sister’s whereabouts.
Given that she could not find any trace even after searching across the vast expanse of Zhong Yuan, her sister must be held in a place with extremely tight security.
As she continued her investigation, searching for clues,
she discovered that not only her sister but also countless beautiful women had mysteriously disappeared over the years.
And she learned that the abducted women had visited several renowned temples in Seomseong, including Bangyeji Temple.
Finally grasping a thread of hope,
she disguised herself as an ordinary woman from a respectable family who made offerings at temples in Seomseong.
And as expected, one day she was abducted by masked villains and brought to this place.
“The women abducted by these people are taken to some secret location. My sister is probably there.”
Jo Yak Bing whispered in a low voice.
“I must find my sister no matter what.”
In a situation where it might be impossible to escape this vast organization with her sister safely,
judging by her expression,
she had certainly brought some precious artifact or demonic treasure that she could use as a last resort.
“Ah… (Why is she telling me this?)”
As Bu Eunseol’s lips formed a silent question, Jo Yak Bing smiled gently.
“I told you. You remind me of my sister.”
Then she spoke with utmost seriousness.
“The fact that you mentioned two days from now means there isn’t much time left.”
A burning flame of resentment flickered in her eyes.
Soon she would find where her sister was taken and rescue her.
The next day.
“Hmm, you’ve done considerable research.”
The Female Nun watched Jo Yak Bing’s dance and let out an exclamation of admiration.
“You’ve mastered the art of emphasizing your natural beauty. Though it deviates from the original intent, it’s refreshingly appealing.”
She nodded with a satisfied expression.
“It seems you’re ready now.”
The Female Nun smiled and pointed to Bu Eunseol and Jo Yak Bing, addressing her disciples standing behind her.
“Take these two with you.”
As they stepped outside, a palanquin awaited before the Mountain Gate, and martial artists clad in black robes stood ready.
‘Those are the masters from Bi Ma Gung.’
Bu Eunseol recognized at a glance that they were the same Bi Ma Gung operatives who had carried the women here in bundles.
‘Tak Il Hon would faint if he saw this.’
Bi Ma Gung once dominated the Murim.
But when Tak Il Hon disappeared, they scattered to the winds, and Bi Ma Gung was believed to have naturally dissolved.
Yet now the Demonic Path sect had become a subordinate organization of Hwasan, transporting women?
‘I’ll need to report this to Tak Il Hon.’
Bu Eunseol swallowed her rising thoughts and boarded the palanquin. With a sharp sound, the martial artists once again sealed the Blood Sealing Point.
Then they dashed away, carrying the palanquin at tremendous speed.
With a whooshing sound, the palanquin bearing the two women shot forward like a released arrow.
Bu Eunseol pretended to be unconscious.
But Jo Yak Bing had opened her eyes quietly, employing the Sealed Vein Technique, and was carefully measuring the distance with a grave expression.
After running all day long, the palanquin gradually became as silent as if submerged in water.
‘Formation arrays are in place.’
This profound silence occurred when entering a location layered with multiple ancient formation arrays.
With a sharp cutting sound.
Finally, as if parting water, the palanquin came to a halt.
As the palanquin opened, she felt as though someone was unsealing the Blood Sealing Point.
Bu Eunseol and Jo Yak Bing rose with bewildered expressions, and outside stood masked martial artists with piercing eyes.
“Come out.”
Bu Eunseol surveyed her surroundings with a perplexed expression.
Towering cliffs rose on all sides, and beneath them lay an opulent manor.
It seemed impossible that such a manor could have been constructed beneath actual cliffs.
This entire place appeared to be protected and enclosed by powerful formation arrays.
‘No matter how much of a Hwasan Sect elder one might be, a manor of this scale cannot be concealed.’
If all of this were the work of formation arrays, then even with every member of Hwasan at their disposal, they would have needed years merely to install such formations.
It was highly probable that an external force—not Hwasan itself—was involved in this operation.
“This way.”
Bu Eunseol and Jo Yak Bing entered a vast bedchamber within one of the palace halls.
Inside, an enormous bed had been constructed—large enough to accommodate thirty grown men simultaneously.
Strange incense and candles burned from every corner of the room.
‘Hmm.’
The incense wafting throughout was an aphrodisiac so potent that even the most impenetrable protective cultivation could not withstand it.
Within the chamber were roughly a dozen women, already breathing heavily as though entranced.
Jo Yak Bing too had caught the scent of the aphrodisiac, her brow furrowing slightly.
Yet almost immediately, her expression settled into perfect composure.
It appeared she had mastered the same secret as Bu Eunseol—concealing and wielding her cultivation power flawlessly.
‘Something has transpired here.’
The dozen women waiting inside wore only thin garments, their faces etched with terror.
It seemed they had undergone another thorough examination before Bu Eunseol and Jo Yak Bing’s arrival.
Click.
At that moment, a Dark-Faced Man entered through the door.
He swept his gaze across Bu Eunseol and Jo Yak Bing, then spoke coldly.
“Both of you—remove your clothes immediately.”
In that instant, Bu Eunseol’s eyes flickered with danger.
No matter how perfectly I maintained the Illusory Form Bone Technique, I could not alter my body itself into that of a woman.
If I removed my clothes here, my true identity would be exposed at once.
‘Should I suppress him?’
The Dark-Faced Man’s footsteps were steady, and the true qi circulating through his body was considerable.
Whether it was possible to capture the spirit of such a master once more using hastily-prepared soul-seizing techniques remained uncertain.
‘There’s no choice.’
Just as Bu Eunseol steeled herself and began to channel force into her fingers,
Thud, thud.
Heavy footsteps echoed, and a massive, broad-shouldered Middle-Aged Man entered the chamber.
Upon seeing the Middle-Aged Man, the Dark-Faced Man respectfully clasped his hands together.
This man was none other than Chae Ju Hong, an elder of Hwasan Sect.
On the surface, he radiated an air of righteousness and dignity, appearing as an exceptionally noble figure.
Yet in truth, he was a depraved scoundrel who had constructed this mountain lodge and abducted beautiful women.
“So an incomparably exquisite beauty has arrived, I hear.”
Chae Ju Hong gazed at the neck wound Bu Eunseol had created, then nodded in approval.
“Indeed, so it is.”
He turned to the man and gestured dismissively.
“Send the other women away.”
“But the great ritual is already prepared to commence….”
“Today, I shall forgo the grand technique and instead savor the true pleasures of cloud and rain.”
Chae Ju Hong, captivated by Bu Eunseol’s beauty, sought to dismiss all the other women present.
“Leave only that dancing girl to entertain me. Send the rest away.”
“Elder.”
“Do not make me repeat myself.”
The man bowed his head at Chae Ju Hong’s command.
“Understood.”
Chae Ju Hong gazed at Bu Eunseol, his lips curling into a smile.
“Come here.”
Bu Eunseol closed her eyes instead of answering.
The outer walls of this vast bedchamber were constructed of thick iron, with formation arrays spread across the exterior.
At this scale, it was hardly a bedchamber.
It resembled more a Cultivation Chamber built to prevent external interference.
‘So this was originally meant for the grand technique.’
“Do you not hear my words?”
Just as Chae Ju Hong moved forward,
Crack!
Jo Yak Bing, who had been waiting in a composed posture, moved with lightning speed, extending her index and middle fingers.
She struck the Spiritual Platform Point on Chae Ju Hong’s back.
True to her epithet of Thousand-Li Shadow, her speed was like lightning across stone.
“Hmm.”
Striking the Spiritual Platform Point paralyzes the limbs, rendering movement impossible.
As Chae Ju Hong’s body stiffened, Jo Yak Bing laughed coldly.
“So the one who has been abducting women all this time was an elder of Hwasan.”
She glared at Chae Ju Hong, now motionless like a wooden log.
“Jo Chu Soo. Where is that child?”
“Who are you?”
Chae Ju Hong asked calmly, and Jo Yak Bing drew a sharp hairpin from her hair, aiming it at his throat.
“Answer only the questions I ask.”
“I do not know who Jo Chu Soo is.”
“Do you wish to die?”
“It is the truth.”
Chae Ju Hong, even with the hairpin aimed at his throat, wore a composed smile.
“Do you think I would have bothered asking the names of the women brought here?”
“What?”
“Most have their yin essence completely drained and are disposed of that very day. Only those who survive are girls like myself with exceptional beauty.”
Chae Ju Hong regarded Jo Yak Bing’s face with leisurely scrutiny.
“Your sister, you say? There is no need to search. She surely lacked sufficient beauty and was drained and discarded.”
“You vile creature!”
Enraged, Jo Yak Bing immediately drove the hairpin halfway into Chae Ju Hong’s throat.
A soft piercing sound.
Yet something strange occurred.
The hairpin should have pierced clean through the neck.
Instead, the flesh of the neck stretched outward as far as the embedded hairpin’s length.
“What is this?”
Jo Yak Bing, greatly startled, drove her water technique deep into Chae Ju Hong’s chest.
A soft piercing sound.
Yet Chae Ju Hong’s body, like that of a boneless creature, merely stretched the skin toward his back.
It could not penetrate through him.
“The Qin Flower Soul Hand.”
Chae Ju Hong, seeing Jo Yak Bing’s hand embedded in his chest turn golden, wore a faint smile.
“So you are the one—the Thousand-League Shadowless, Jo Yak Bing, who steals whatever catches your fancy.”
A sharp grab.
Chae Ju Hong seized Jo Yak Bing’s hand.
As it turned out, the Blood Sealing Point had not been suppressed at all.
Rapid striking sounds!
Jo Yak Bing unleashed the Thirteen Retreats of Flying Swallows, striking thirteen palm techniques from his philtrum down to his lower dantian.
Yet Chae Ju Hong’s skin merely dented slightly. He sustained no real damage.
“You’ve cultivated a most peculiar demonic technique.”
As Jo Yak Bing’s eyes flashed and she retreated,
A sharp grab.
Chae Ju Hong closed the distance in an instant and twisted her wrist meridian in his grip.
“Shall I see your true face?”
Then he immediately forced his inner power into her,
Cracking sounds. Bone-breaking sounds.
Cracking noises emanated from her face as the disguise began to unravel.
Simultaneously, the beautiful visage of a woman with sparkling eyes was revealed.
“Indeed, your true form is somewhat more pleasing.”
Chae Ju Hong laughed heartily.
“They say you’ve stolen and consumed all manner of elixirs, giving you considerable inner power?”
Then he suddenly released her wrist and freed her Blood Sealing Point as well.
“What do you mean?”
“This chamber is vast, and the formation array blocks all sound. No matter how much you struggle, your cries will not escape.”
Chae Ju Hong licked his lips.
“And this elder enjoys catching fresh, thrashing things like you who sneak in here.”
The reason Chae Ju Hong’s bedchamber was so spacious.
It was because he had spent all this time here playing a deadly game of tag with women and those who had infiltrated to target him.
Swift cutting sounds!
Using rapid footwork, she slashed at Chae Ju Hong like a swallow in flight.
Metallic ringing sounds!
Yet Chae Ju Hong stood motionless, deflecting every attack with nothing but a single finger.
‘There’s no choice.’
Jo Yak Bing retreated like lightning, attempting to slip away.
But as she glanced at Bu Eunseol standing dazed, she bit her lip.
‘I can’t escape alone and leave that child behind.’
Chae Ju Hong, perceiving Jo Yak Bing’s hesitation, let out a soft laugh.
“A thief with principles—how admirable.”
Then he pointed to the door behind her.
“But don’t bother wasting your strength. No matter how desperately you struggle, you won’t escape through there.”
“What?”
Jo Yak Bing spun around and shoved the door with all her might. But beyond the open doorway lay solid metal.
“When did he…?”
Biting her lip, Jo Yak Bing attempted to burst through the ceiling and escape upward.
Thud.
But it was the same.
This Palace Hall, with its mechanisms activated.
Was surrounded entirely by thick metal from floor to ceiling.
“Do you think you’re the only one who’s infiltrated this place?”
Chae Ju Hong licked his lips with a leisurely expression.
“Among them were masters whose martial prowess far exceeded yours. Yet they all perished by my hand.”
Jo Yak Bing bit her lip.
She could never have imagined that the man who had brutally abducted and violated those women was an elder of the Hua Shan Sect.
Moreover, Chae Ju Hong’s martial arts were far more formidable than publicly known, and he had even mastered strange sorcery.
In this situation, there was no way for her to escape.
“I’m sorry.”
Jo Yak Bing looked at Bu Eunseol and smiled weakly.
“I couldn’t keep my promise to save you.”
Two black spheres suddenly appeared in her hands.
Heaven’s Collapse Explosive Orbs.
Prepared for the worst scenario.
She had secretly brought these catastrophic demonic artifacts—one alone could dissolve steel and buildings in an instant.
“We’ll all die together!”
She violently clapped her hands together, gripping the Heaven’s Collapse Explosive Orbs.
If two of these orbs detonated in this narrow space sealed by metal on all sides, no matter how formidable one’s martial arts.
Survival would be impossible.
Then something extraordinary occurred.
Snap.
The instant the two Heaven’s Collapse Explosive Orbs were about to collide, Jo Yak Bing’s body froze.
Chae Ju Hong moved swiftly and struck her vital acupoint.
Jo Yak Bing’s body went limp, and she collapsed to the floor.
He carefully placed two Heavenly Explosion Pills on a distant table.
‘Magic?’
Bu Eunseol, silently observing his movements, furrowed her brow.
Chae Ju Hong’s motions were swift, but not so much that Jo Yak Bing couldn’t have reacted.
Yet Jo Yak Bing had failed to sense Chae Ju Hong’s movements and stood there in a daze.
“Shall we have some fun now?”
Chae Ju Hong gazed at Bu Eunseol and licked his lips.
And in the next instant,
Boom!
With a deafening explosion, Chae Ju Hong’s body was driven through the ceiling.
Bu Eunseol had struck his Dantian with the Fist of Demonic Mastery, Seventh Form.
Woom, woom.
The metal walls and ceiling of the Palace Hall resonated endlessly from the impact.
Yet Chae Ju Hong’s body remained intact, unshattered.
Thud.
Chae Ju Hong descended from the ceiling and gazed down at his chest.
The area around his chest where the Fist of Demonic Mastery had struck was caved in deeply enough to fit a human face.
But he showed no sign of pain, his expression remaining leisurely.
“How intriguing.”
Chae Ju Hong tilted his head with a peculiar expression.
“You possess secrets capable of deceiving even my eyes.”
“It seems you’ve mastered a demonic technique like the Thousand Slaughter Hundred Spirit Method.”
“How amusing—you even changed your gender to infiltrate.”
When Bu Eunseol spoke in her original voice, Chae Ju Hong chuckled.
“Well, that’s hardly surprising. There have been others like you who changed their gender to slip in.”
He looked down at Bu Eunseol and laughed wickedly.
“And they all became delightful playthings.”
Bu Eunseol felt revulsion rising within her, unbearable to contain.
“How can you, as an elder of the Gu Pa Sect, commit such atrocities?”
“It’s precisely because I hold the position of Gu Pa Sect elder that I do such things.”
Chae Ju Hong spoke with a bitter expression.
“There are far too many restrictions. To be burdened with such a position is most vexing.”
‘He’s not the real elder.’
Judging by his tone and expression,
the Chae Ju Hong before her was clearly a replacement, just like Yong Ban Jeon Ju had been.
“There’s no need to waste time.”
Once I behead this fake Chae Ju Hong and rescue the women here, it will be done.
There was no reason to continue this tedious conversation with such a pig of a man.
“For someone in female disguise, you’re quite attractive….”
As Chae Ju Hong continued speaking, his eyes widened sharply.
When had two sharp energy strands begun to coil around his neck, seeking to sever it?
Whoosh!
His face drained of color, he spun his body diagonally like a top, barely evading the lethal strike.
“Who are you?”
Chae Ju Hong’s expression, which had remained composed until now, hardened in an instant.
Through that single move, he had come to understand just how profound a realm Bu Eunseol had attained.

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