The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 617

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Chapter 617.
“Yuanjoo, are you alright?”
Bu Eunseol steadied the collapsed Ok Yu Ha.
A sharp dagger was deeply embedded in her lower abdomen.
“I’m fine.”
Ok Yu Ha spoke calmly despite her unsteady footing.
“That witch was so vicious that even though Ah Yeon no longer exists within her spirit, she continued the charade. She deliberately created this situation to crush my heart….”
“Yuanjoo, please don’t say anything more.”
Bu Eunseol, who had swiftly sealed the Blood Sealing Point to stop the bleeding, spoke to the disciples of Geom Gak.
“Hurry and treat the Yuanjoo. I’ll handle this place.”
At those words, the disciples rushed forward and supported Ok Yu Ha.
“Since Ah Yeon no longer exists in this world… you must surely eliminate that witch who wears Ah Yeon’s body.”
Ok Yu Ha spoke earnestly, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
“That is the only way to preserve Ah Yeon’s and Bon Gak’s honor.”
Bu Eunseol nodded with unbearable heaviness.
“Don’t worry. Receive treatment.”
The disciples of Geom Gak swiftly deployed their lightness technique while carrying Ok Yu Ha.
As the figures of Geom Gak departed, Ah Yeon.
No—the witch Eun Ra smiled faintly.
“If you had cooperated with her from the beginning, you could have easily subdued me, no? Why didn’t you work together?”
“….”
“You knew that even if you forcibly suppressed me, you couldn’t restore the original personality, didn’t you?”
Bu Eunseol sighed and shook her head.
Eun Ra possessed abilities that could match Ok Yu Ha’s swordsmanship.
Yet she chose to defeat Ok Yu Ha more easily.
Using such a vicious method to leave a deep wound in her heart.
“Ah Yeon truly is gone.”
Bu Eunseol nodded.
“Then there’s no choice.”
“Are you confident you can win?”
Eun Ra laughed with fresh amusement.
She was extremely cunning and cruel enough to unhesitatingly stab Ok Yu Ha, Ah Yeon’s own master.
“I wonder if something different might happen this time?”
Eun Ra deliberately spoke in Ah Yeon’s voice, displaying complete composure.
Normally, duels between masters flow with tension as taut as a drawn bowstring.
But Eun Ra maintained an utterly leisurely demeanor.
This stemmed not only from her dramatically heightened martial prowess, but also from her knowledge that Bu Eunseol would not kill her.
“Seeing that you’ve brought these remnants of Geom Gak here, you must have desperately hoped to break the brainwashing. How unfortunate.”
Eun Ra wore a playful smile.
“But why are you helping Ah Yeon? You never paid her any attention before. Did your heart suddenly move now that she’s like a fish that got away?”
Bu Eunseol didn’t answer. Instead, she drew her sword.
There was no point in reasoning with someone like this.
She intended to suppress her opponent immediately through martial arts.
Shing!
Bu Eunseol’s Muk Hon Blade flashed with a ferocious gleam.
In that instant, a chill colder than ice itself cascaded through her body.
Under the guise of deploying sword techniques, she unleashed the formidable power of the Glacier River Seal in one devastating torrent.
“Impressive.”
Ah Yeon, sensing the invisible current of energy pouring forth, drew a wide circle with her hand.
A fierce vortex materialized, and the bone-chilling cold that threatened to freeze the entire world reversed course in an instant.
It was truly a remarkable sword technique.
Whoosh.
Bu Eunseol paid no heed and unleashed the Glacier River Seal once more.
Her sword technique seemed determined to strike the Glacier River Seal no matter what form it took.
“So you’re planning to freeze me solid and then break the brainwashing?”
Ah Yeon laughed playfully, circling rapidly around Bu Eunseol with swift footwork while continuously unleashing sword techniques.
Whiiing!
Her sword technique was so formidable that it instantly created an invisible barrier around her.
Yet the power of the Glacier River Seal was extraordinary.
Even the slightest contact caused skin to freeze and a pain like needle pricks to bloom.
“Your inner strength is remarkable. Truly.”
Eun Ra mimicked Ah Yeon’s voice continuously while unfolding her own sword technique.
Her sword technique had reached such heights that even amid the cascading Glacier River Seal, she discovered Bu Eunseol’s openings and counterattacked.
What made the merged personality so terrifying was that in any situation, no matter what unfolded,
she could assess the enemy’s movements and spiritual state with cold clarity and lightning speed from head to toe.
No matter how magnificent Bu Eunseol’s sword techniques were, no matter how formidable her true energy cultivation,
Eun Ra found the openings instantly and struck back.
‘Indeed.’
Bu Eunseol could only admire Eun Ra’s combat method.
Whatever martial art was deployed, she seized the fleeting moment of its emergence
and could strike with precise movements as a starving lion pounces upon prey.
Wasn’t that only possible after reaching the perfected realm of the Wolf Fang Divine Eye, which Bu Eunseol herself had yet to complete?
‘Suppression is impossible.’
Even amid the dance of blade light and sword shadows, Bu Eunseol’s eyes grew colder.
She realized that suppression was impossible—she would have to unleash her full power and martial arts to strike her opponent down.
Zing.
Black true energy spread from Bu Eunseol’s back, coiling around her body.
She had deployed the Yin-Yang Seal.
Bang, bang, bang!
The Yin-Yang Seal, infused with crystal divine energy, became as tough and resilient as raw rubber.
Yet as Eun Ra wielded her sword, the Yeouui True Formation wrapping her body melted away like snow.
“What a peculiar technique.”
Just as Eun Ra, her expression brimming with confidence, swung her blade again,
Boom!
From Bu Eunseol’s left hand, a violet-tinged force erupted in a brilliant flash.
She had unleashed the Mang Ah Dong Swae Sik accompanied by Thunder Divine Energy.
Crash!
The speed of transitioning from the Yeouui True Formation to the Gwon Ma Chil Sik was literally faster than light.
From Ah Yeon’s perspective, she had been deflecting the strange true energy swords when suddenly a crimson whirlwind of force came pouring down.
Ultimately, with a thunderous explosion, she was sent flying back five zhang.
Whoosh!
As Bu Eunseol closed the distance with lightning-swift movements,
Flash!
Violet lightning began drawing a zigzag pattern from the Muk Hon Sword.
The ultimate swift killing blade—the Jeon Noe Mu Ssang Sik had been unleashed.
“Impossible…!”
Ah Yeon cried out as if to protest and attempted a counterattack,
Crack! Crack!
The torrential killing blades twisted in an eerie manner, then burrowed toward her neck.
She had instantly switched the Jeon Noe Mu Ssang Sik to the Gu Ryong Seom Noe Sik.
“Ugh!”
Eun Ra retreated with a groan.
Unable to perfectly block the Gu Ryong Seom Noe Sik, a wound appeared on her left forearm.
No matter how exquisite one’s martial arts were.
No matter how perfectly one could execute every technique. No matter how swiftly one could pierce an enemy’s weakness.
Without sufficient speed and power, it was all meaningless.
When Bu Eunseol deliberately unleashed her true energy, she could not dare to counterattack.
“How dare you…!”
Eun Ra cried out and attempted to unfold the Gu Myeong Jeol Cho of the Dan Ah Yeo Mong Sword.
But that was Eun Ra’s mistake.
For Bu Eunseol had already received the complete teachings of the Dan Ah Yeo Mong Sword from Ah Yeon.
Shimmer.
A crimson radiance bloomed from the Muk Hon Sword, which had already slipped into its scabbard.
Anticipating that Eun Ra would unfold the Chil Jo Do Pum of the Dan Ah Yeo Mong Sword, she seized that fleeting moment.
She was preparing to unleash the Tal Yu Seong Chu Wol Sik.
“This is Ah Yeon’s body!”
Realizing that she would die if Bu Eunseol’s sword technique poured down, she screamed desperately.
“Do you not care if she dies!”
Eun Ra had already tasted death with her eyes from merely the foundational form of the Tal Yu Seong Chu Wol Sik.
She, who had been intoxicated with the thought of roaming the Murim in Ah Yeon’s body and living,
As true death approached, he thrashed about, unable to bear the terror of it.
“There’s no choice.”
Bu Eunseol twisted her grip on the Muk Hon Blade and spoke coldly.
“If I don’t break the brainwashing, he’ll endlessly come after me.”
Eun Ra had nothing to say.
Even if he swore he wouldn’t pursue her, his eyes held no trust whatsoever.
Seeing Bu Eunseol’s gaze already brimming with killing intent, her body froze solid.
‘This can’t happen!’
Zing.
Just as a crimson aura erupted from Bu Eunseol’s Muk Hon Blade and surged outward,
“Stop!”
At that moment, a thunderous roar echoed from the distant sky, and a tremendous force of inner energy crashed down upon Bu Eunseol.
Boom!
With the explosion, the ground where Bu Eunseol stood collapsed into a deep crater about five zhang wide.
Tap.
Simultaneously, a gray shadow descended beside Ah Yeon.
It was an old man with long, phoenix-like eyes that radiated sharp energy.
And from his fingertips, an inner force capable of shattering the heavens swirled violently.
‘Tan Wang?’
Eun Ra’s eyes widened.
Standing beside her was none other than that Tan Wang who had recently become the Murim Alliance’s Protector.
“Are you unharmed?”
Eun Ra, meeting Beok Goong Ryung’s solemn gaze, quickly composed her expression and bowed her head.
“Fortunately, I owe my life to your grace, Elder.”
Whoosh.
Beok Goong Ryung pointed his finger, condensed with inner energy, at Bu Eunseol and shouted.
“You brat! It appears this child is a disciple of Geom Gak. Why do you wield your blade so recklessly?”
“It’s none of your concern.”
“What did you say?”
Killing intent radiated from Beok Goong Ryung’s eyes.
Beok Goong Ryung, who upheld the Murim’s independence, was known to hold those of the Demonic Path in extreme contempt.
“Is this how you repay me for helping No Bu on Youling Island?”
“I didn’t help—I merely took pity and watched over him.”
Bu Eunseol responded coldly.
“If you have a conscience, step aside. I’ve done what is right.”
“What is right?”
Beok Goong Ryung held arrogant young people in extreme contempt.
No matter that she was of the Demonic Path, this green youth dared answer so insolently, and his killing intent flared instantly.
“Disappear. Before I kill you.”
Beok Goong Ryung’s fingertips swirled with a fierce inner force like a tempest.
“Don’t interfere. Go on your way. This is none of your concern.”
“How amusing. Do you truly believe you have the authority to command No Bu?”
A pebble drifted upward.
A small stone that had fallen to the ground rose into the air at the fingertip of Beok Goong Ryung.
“This is my final warning. Disappear.”
“She is a disciple of Geom Gak.”
Bu Eunseol pointed to Eun Ra with an expression of resignation.
“And she has been brainwashed by a vicious force. If we don’t subdue her quickly, there’s no telling what might happen.”
“Brainwashed?”
At that, Eun Ra shook her head.
“No. He’s the one lying.”
Eun Ra spoke with an utterly innocent expression.
“I am Ah Yeon, a disciple of Geom Gak. Not long ago, I informed the Murim Alliance and Bon Gak of Muk Hon Ryeong Ju’s atrocities.”
“Atrocities?”
“He violated me, and since then he has treated me as if I were a madwoman. Claiming I’ve been brainwashed and all that.”
In that instant, murderous intent blazed from Beok Goong Ryung’s eyes.
“You are just the same.”
His voice became utterly sinister.
“All seeds of the Demonic Path must be destroyed!”
A deafening boom erupted.
The stone suspended in mid-air seemed to pierce through Bu Eunseol’s body.
Or rather, it appeared to pierce through her.
She had dodged with lightning speed, leaving an afterimage that made it seem as though her body had been pierced.
A thunderous crash echoed, followed by a rumbling sound.
The ancient tree where Bu Eunseol had been standing exploded, scattering debris in all directions.
It was truly a devastating display of inner energy projection.
“Quick as a rat, I see.”
As Beok Goong Ryung unleashed successive waves of inner energy projection, a massive wall of black energy materialized to contain him.
Multiple layers of the Yeui Formation had been woven together to trap him.
“Excellent! Let us settle the score we left unfinished on Youling Island right here!”
Beok Goong Ryung let out a cold laugh and extended his fingers, and with a thunderous crash, the layered Yeui Formations began to shatter.
No matter how many layers of the Yeui Formation were reinforced with supreme divine energy, they could not withstand inner energy projection, which stood unrivaled in sheer destructive power.
Boom, boom, boom!
Explosions and dust intermingled as a precarious exchange of moves continued.
Eun Ra silently watched the fierce battle between the two.
Then, suddenly, her eyes grew cold.
‘This might be a trap as well.’
Eun Ra had received all of Ah Yeon’s memories and information regarding Bu Eunseol.
And she knew that Bu Eunseol possessed exceptional strategic wisdom.
‘The successor to the Murim Supremacy and the Demon Palace.’
Through the Cheonghae Realm’s intelligence network, I had already heard that the two of them attempted to clash on Youling Island, but failed to determine a victor due to interference from the Gwi Il Gye.
And the actions of both were consistent with that information.
‘But.’
An absolutely incompatible pairing, yet one could never be certain.
It was possible the two had conspired together to stage this fierce battle.
Even if it wasn’t orchestrated.
They were locked in a dragon-and-tiger struggle—a situation where no one could predict who would emerge victorious.
Eun Ra decided to withdraw first and wait for another opportunity.
But then.
A sharp whistle cut through the air.
A sound of tearing space echoed from the distant sky, and a Daoist in blue robes suddenly appeared beside Buk Goong Ryeong.
‘Song Ak?’
Eun Ra’s eyes widened as she searched through Ah Yeon’s memories.
The young Daoist was none other than a master of the Wudang Sect and the next-generation successor being groomed as the future sect leader—Song Ak.
Song Ak stood beside Buk Goong Ryeong with eyes brimming with vital energy.
“Elder, what is the matter?”
It appeared Song Ak had been traveling with Buk Goong Ryeong.
“This demonic scoundrel has tormented a disciple of Geom Gak and yet brazenly shows his face.”
Buk Goong Ryeong spoke with great fury.
“If we do not strike him down, he will continue to torment the children of the Righteous Path.”
“Ah Yeon, benefactor?”
Song Ak asked in great shock, turning to Ah Yeon.
“What in the world has happened?”
In response to Song Ak’s question, Eun Ra quickly rolled up her sleeve to reveal the marks where the Water Palace Seal had vanished.
“I trusted him, and in the end ruined my body… Now he seeks to kill me.”
“Alas.”
As Eun Ra lowered her head in sorrow, Song Ak let out a heavy sigh.
“The Demonic Path is the Demonic Path, indeed.”
With a sharp metallic ring.
He immediately drew the Pine-Patterned Ancient Sword and,
“Elder, I shall assist you.”
Without hesitation unleashed his swordplay upon Bu Eunseol.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
As Song Ak poured forth Wudang sword techniques in close combat,
Boom! Crash!
Buk Goong Ryeong exploited Bu Eunseol’s openings from outside with his Inner Qi Blast technique.
Though Bu Eunseol’s martial prowess was formidable enough to overwhelm Song Ak, at critical moments she was repeatedly blocked by the Inner Qi Blast.
‘This is truly a real fight.’
Eun Ra, watching from afar, allowed a smile of joy to bloom on her lips.
Buk Goong Ryeong was known as a lone wanderer of the Gangho, so there remained a possibility of building rapport with Bu Eunseol.
But Song Ak was different.
The Wudang Sect, alongside Shaolin, stood as a pillar of the Nine Great Sects—a faction that would never compromise with the Demonic Path.
There was no way he could conspire with Bu Eunseol and orchestrate such a scheme.
“Ugh.”
The moment the two joined forces, a strangled groan erupted from the lips of the renowned Muk Hon Ryeong Ju.
He wanted to retreat, but Beok Goong Ryung sealed his escape route while Song Ak unfurled the Tai Chi Wisdom Blade.
Trapped, he could only defend himself, unable to advance or retreat.
Deploying various martial techniques, he barely parried their relentless assault, yet with each passing moment, fresh wounds multiplied across his body.
‘But he cannot die.’
Eun Ra wore a faint smile.
Ah Yeon’s consciousness was sealed tight, yet it always reacted violently to Bu Eunseol.
What if something went wrong?
An unexpected violent reaction could awaken her. He must not be allowed to perish.
Eun Ra drew her blade and called out brightly.
“I’ll help too!”
She immediately rushed forward, wildly swinging her sword as she threw herself at Bu Eunseol.
Eun Ra’s swordplay was sharp and nimble, yet her reckless assault only served to disrupt the perfectly coordinated attacks of Beok Goong Ryung and Song Ak.
She became a hindrance, constantly interfering with their synchronized offense.
“Stay back. We’ll handle this ourselves.”
As Beok Goong Ryung commanded solemnly, Ah Yeon shook her head.
“But…”
“Your interference will only make things more complicated!”
As Beok Goong Ryung turned and shouted, the torrent of Neigatan energy loosened slightly.
Seizing the opportunity, Bu Eunseol immediately spun and fled.
But Song Ak’s insight was not to be underestimated.
Anticipating Bu Eunseol’s escape, Song Ak unleashed the ultimate technique of the Tai Chi Wisdom Blade—Heaven and Earth Show No Mercy.
Whoosh!
Heaven and Earth Show No Mercy was not a killing technique, but rather an unconventional move that sealed the enemy’s escape routes.
“Hah!”
Eun Ra, perceiving the technique, stepped in once more, destabilizing Heaven and Earth Show No Mercy.
“Impossible!”
Finally, Beok Goong Ryung unleashed his Neigatan energy to seal Bu Eunseol’s escape route.
Boom!
Then something bizarre occurred.
Beok Goong Ryung’s Neigatan energy, meant to block the escape, collided with Heaven and Earth Show No Mercy.
By sheer chance, it struck precisely against Bu Eunseol’s back.
Bang!
Struck in the back, Bu Eunseol was violently propelled forward.
Splurt.
In that same instant, Song Ak’s blade energy from Heaven and Earth Show No Mercy pierced through her chest in a heartbeat.
“Caught you!”
Beok Goong Ryung cried out in triumph,
“Haah!”
A tremendous wave of inner force erupted from Bu Eunseol’s body.
She unleashed the Yeouui Jingyeol once more to block the relentless assault from both attackers.
Pshhh!
But the moment she activated the Yeouui Jingyeol, blood fountained three feet high from the wound pierced by the sword energy.
“Ugh…”
Bu Eunseol let out a low groan.
The wound that Song Ak’s blade had driven through her chest was troubling enough.
But the torrent of inner force embedded in the Taegeuk Wisdom Sword had shattered through her protective qi and burrowed deep into her meridians.
“Ugh…”
Bu Eunseol coughed up blood and collapsed to her knees.
Blood poured ceaselessly from her chest, and the light in her eyes began to fade.
“Miss Ah Yeon.”
Even as death claimed her, Bu Eunseol gazed toward Eun Ra and spoke in a faint voice.
“Please… turn back now.”
Gush.
Blood spilled from her lips.
The torrent of inner force had finally ravaged her heart meridian, severing it completely.
Thud.
She collapsed forward and breathed her last.
A heavy silence descended upon the foot of Wushan Mountain.
“For one so young who once dominated the Demonic Path, this is a rather pathetic end.”
Beok Goong Ryung nodded and spoke to Song Ak.
“You’ve accomplished something truly remarkable.”
Song Ak shook his head with an embarrassed expression.
“No, sir. It was merely fortune that your Nae Ga Tan Gi struck true.”
“Still, this one was the successor to the Demon Palace. We must dispose of this quietly.”
Beok Goong Ryung glanced around as he spoke.
“There’s no one near the Baek Jang Area…”
As he continued, he sensed something odd.
He noticed that Eun Ra’s expression, standing at a distance, had changed strangely.
“Why does your face look like that?”
“Well, you see…”
Eun Ra shook her head and smiled.
“He couldn’t possibly be dead, could he?”
“What do you mean?”
Instead of answering, Eun Ra approached the corpse of Bu Eunseol.
And she examined the body carefully.
‘She must have deployed the Gui Il Gae technique.’
She couldn’t believe it.
In Ah Yeon’s memory, Bu Eunseol was a celestial deity descended from the heavens.
Moreover, how could the successor to the Demon Palace, blessed with such superior intellect, perish so pathetically?
“That was quite an entertaining plan.”
Eun Ra placed her fingertips against Bu Eunseol to observe her.
She was smiling, yet her eye corners trembled involuntarily.
“Truly.”
Eun Ra’s pupils became transparent as she meticulously confirmed his vital signs.
“…She’s dead.”
It was neither the Gui Il Gae technique nor the soul-returning reversal art.
Her heart meridians had been violently shattered by the sword energy of the Tai Chi Wisdom Blade, and all life force within her body had completely vanished.
She had truly breathed her last.
“Huuuh.”
A sound escaped her lips—whether a groan or laughter, she couldn’t tell.
“Ahahaha!”
Remarkably.
Even with Bu Eunseol’s death confirmed, Ah Yeon’s personality had not emerged.
“How fortunate. How very fortunate.”
Eun Ra nodded with a relieved expression.
There had been only one thing that troubled her all along.
The man Ah Yeon had obsessed over—Bu Eunseol.
But now that he was dead and Ah Yeon’s personality remained dormant, there was nothing left to fear.
Her martial prowess surpassed all female masters, and her status was secure.
Now she could simply forget her memories of this man and roam the Murim freely.

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