The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 710

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Chapter 710.
Upon reaching the pinnacle of hidden projectile mastery, one could manipulate hidden projectiles with the freedom of the Thousand Leaf Sword Technique.
Moreover, the techniques and mysteries embedded within hidden projectiles already launched
could be transformed into something entirely different.
It was the supreme secret of hidden projectile mastery itself.
That was precisely the Ten Finger Eternal Rotation.
Whoooosh!
The hidden projectiles launched by Dang Pae through the Ten Finger Eternal Rotation
continuously transformed into countless hidden projectile techniques scattered throughout Murim.
Each of those techniques had reached absolute perfection.
‘To cultivate hidden projectile mastery to such a degree…’
Thud, thud, thud.
Swallowing her astonishment, Bu Eunseol
continuously deflected the hidden projectiles using the Circular Foundation Technique.
Rather than immediately striking down Dang Pae, she sought to find a way to awaken him.
But that was a mistake.
Crack! Whoooosh!
The hidden projectiles pouring from empty air had transformed into an intangible form that could not be deflected.
Bu Eunseol suddenly realized she had fallen into a prison of endlessly cascading hidden projectiles.
‘Such a method…’
The hidden projectiles unleashed by Dang Pae’s Ten Finger Eternal Rotation
maintained their form through inner qi using a secret remarkably similar to the Thousand Leaf Sword Technique.
Therefore, the moment she attempted to strike them down with sword force,
the hidden projectiles forged from inner qi transformed back into intangible form.
Indestructible hidden projectiles endlessly circulated around Bu Eunseol’s body…
In the end, it was no different from falling into an infinite hell of relentlessly pursuing hidden projectiles.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The rapidly moving hidden projectiles became a razor-sharp tempest, confining Bu Eunseol’s body.
Splat, splat, splat!
Blood continuously sprayed across Bu Eunseol’s form trapped within the tempest.
‘This cannot be all there is.’
Dang Pae, as the patriarch of the Dang Family, had ruled Murim for decades, and now existed with a divided personality.
He could deploy formidable hidden projectile techniques more stably than anyone.
Moreover, he had yet to employ the famous Eight Great Secrets of the Dang Family.
‘I must destroy this technique quickly, or he will unleash something else.’
The infinite rotation of hidden projectiles.
An ordinary martial artist would have already lost their life to this single move.
But Bu Eunseol possessed the Beast Path, and the martial arts of Nangya Pavilion.
Furthermore, she had mastered the supreme martial heart formulas of Mu Hwang, Ma Cheon Je, and Jeong Sa Yang Do.
The power of Jeong Sa Ma Bul and the Dual Divine Qi flowed through her body.
No matter how formidable the Ten Fingers Eternal Return Line was as a hidden weapon technique, it posed no significant threat to her.
Whoooosh!
Black true energy spread from behind Bu Eunseol’s back, creating dozens of blade projections.
Clang clang clang!
At the same moment, those blades spun at high speed, beginning to deflect the hidden weapons.
Just like Dang Pae’s hidden weapons.
They were all blades forged from true energy, containing the principles of Inverted Ascent and Descent and Displaced Heaven Reverse Force.
Because of this, I could shatter the true energy hidden weapons that Dang Pae created as easily as ordinary projectiles.
‘I’ve learned something new.’
Until now, the Sovereign’s True Decision had been force against force.
That is, I used it when unleashing overwhelming attacks based on formidable inner power.
But upon witnessing Dang Pae’s hidden weapon technique, I gained instant inspiration and infused each blade with the principles of martial arts.
‘No.’
Dang Pae, watching this display, widened his eyes in shock.
The reason his Ten Fingers Eternal Return Line had become the supreme hidden weapon technique was.
Because each individual projectile he launched contained its own distinct martial principle.
To master such a technique, Dang Pae had devoted over a decade to relentless cultivation.
Yet Bu Eunseol, upon witnessing it.
Was she not immediately imitating his own technique?
Clang!
With a crisp cutting sound, Bu Eunseol finally completely shattered Dang Pae’s Ten Fingers Eternal Return Line with the Sovereign’s True Decision.
Pitter-patter.
Metal fragments scattered in all directions.
They were not merely true energy given physical form, but actual hidden weapons mixed together and unleashed.
“Use the Eight Great Secret Techniques.”
Bu Eunseol spoke calmly.
“Ordinary hidden weapon techniques can never defeat me.”
In that instant, Dang Pae’s expression became strange.
His complexion flushed red and pale alternately.
It seemed as though he were both angry and suppressing shame.
Only then did Bu Eunseol sense something amiss and asked back.
“Surely the technique I just used is one of the Eight Great Secret Techniques?”
Dang Pae bit his lip.
It was not merely one of the Eight Great Secret Techniques.
The Ten Fingers Eternal Return Line he had deployed contained none other than the supreme absolute technique ranked first among the Dang Family’s Eight Great Secret Techniques.
The Spinning Heaven and Earth Decision.
However, because Bu Eunseol’s martial prowess had grown so extraordinarily high.
Even the technique ranked first among the Dang Family’s Eight Great Secret Techniques did not seem like any particularly remarkable absolute technique.
‘The Dang Family’s martial arts have stagnated.’
Only then could Bu Eunseol perceive the fundamental flaw of the Dang Family.
The martial arts of Murim have undergone endless development and refinement, achieving brilliant progress.
Even the descendants of the Eight Emperors and Three Stars have continuously improved their martial techniques.
According to So Ok Rim, a descendant of Seong Hwang, wasn’t it said that those who failed to perfect their refined martial arts were not sent out into Gangho?
Yet the Dang Family’s martial arts still have not surpassed those of Tang Cheon Gun, their ancestor from centuries past.
Crack.
In that instant, the sound of bones echoed from Dang Pae’s body.
Whoosh.
At the same time, his skin tone shifted once more.
Dang Pae’s frame, which had possessed the robust build of a bear, suddenly became gaunt, his face transforming into something skeletal.
“See? I told you that you couldn’t do it.”
A completely different voice flowed from Dang Pae’s lips.
“The Dang Family’s Eight Great Secret Techniques are already outdated methods.”
The transformed Dang Pae shook his head slowly.
“They’ve only been treated as formidable techniques because no outstanding figures have emerged since Tang Cheon Gun.”
The one with the altered face mocked the Dang Family’s circumstances.
“Originally, the Eight Great Secret Techniques should have been continuously refined.”
“Who are you?”
“I am Dang Pae.”
And with narrowed eyes, he spoke calmly.
“And I am also called Geum Cheon Gun.”
The Poison Blade Divine Sword, Geum Cheon Gun.
He shared the same name as Tang Cheon Gun, the Dang Family’s ancestor, and had been a master of poison techniques and an exceptional swordsman a hundred years ago.
Bu Eunseol’s eyes widened in shock.
Because Geum Cheon Gun was not a vile villain.
Surely Cheonghae Gye had said they combined the wicked and the virtuous to birth supremely powerful warriors.
But how could they have merged the personalities of Dang Pae and Geum Cheon Gun?
“You are no villain, yet why were you captured by Cheonghae Gye?”
“A villain?”
“Cheonghae Gye employs such great methods only to control villains, or so I heard.”
“Hahahaha.”
Dang Pae—no, Geum Cheon Gun—laughed heartily.
“You are naive.”
“….”
“Would Cheonghae Gye broadcast their secrets to others?”
Geum Cheon Gun wore a contemptuous smile.
“Of course, initially there may have been efforts to control villains. But those with immense power inevitably fall to corruption.”
“You mean Cheonghae Gye has fallen to corruption?”
Bu Eunseol furrowed her brow.
Then was Cheonghae Gye originally virtuous, only to fall to depravity later?
“That must be so.”
Geum Cheon Gun answered readily.
“Anything that stagnates for too long rots. Like the Murim Alliance.”
From his tone and gaze, it seemed he harbored deep resentment toward the Murim Alliance.
But Bu Eunseol found his expression irrelevant.
‘Sam Gye.’
Sam Gye was never originally created to disrupt the order of Murim or
to kill innocent people and conduct experiments—or so I had thought.
Yet Geum Cheon Gun was simply saying they had rotted because they maintained their lineage for so long.
“A sect does not necessarily rot merely because it has maintained its lineage for an extended period.”
Sam Gye certainly had reasons worthy of decay.
But it seemed Geum Cheon Gun did not fully understand those reasons.
“Perhaps Cheonghae Gye, like the Infinite Realm, endlessly pursues power for this very reason.”
At my words, Geum Cheon Gun tilted his head and evaded a direct answer.
“Who knows.”
His answer was not what mattered.
The Infinite Realm aside, Gwi Il Gye had stolen my grandfather’s corpse.
And Cheonghae Gye, along with Ah Yeon, had extended its reach to Baek Mu Sung and Dang Pae as well.
Whether they had selected them at random, I could not say, but from my perspective, they had touched the people I cherished.
I could no longer forgive Cheonghae Gye.
“I know you are the predecessor of Chil Ji Ma Do Bu Janyeong.”
Geum Cheon Gun spoke with resolve.
“Use the techniques of Chil Ji Ma Do. Shatter them at once.”
In that moment, I understood.
The purpose behind Cheonghae Gye’s sudden scheming.
‘Blood Dew Seven Techniques.’
In the past, Sam Gye had deceived the Unnamed Elder who stood in my grandfather’s stead and stolen five of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques.
And when I went to destroy Gwi Il Gye’s stronghold under the guise of Seon Woo Jin,
I encountered Baek Mu Sung wearing a strange mask, and he wielded the Blood Dew Seven Techniques far more skillfully than I did.
‘They wanted to obtain the remaining two techniques.’
Each move of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques was peerless under heaven, yet only by mastering all seven complete techniques could one unleash their true essence.
Since Sam Gye knew I had perfectly grasped the Blood Dew Seven Techniques,
it was clear they intended to naturally steal the remaining two techniques through combat with Dang Pae.
‘Was it Baek’s command? Or Cheonghae Gye’s?’
Baek Mu Sung, who had risen to Master of Wu Tian Duan, would maintain an enormous position within Cheonghae Gye as well.
To challenge the position of Alliance Master,
he may have orchestrated these events to obtain the remaining Blood Dew Seven Techniques, manipulating figures within Cheonghae Gye.
Or perhaps, for Baek Mu Sung who had become Master of the Sect within Cheonghae Gye, they willingly engineered this scheme.
‘But.’
If they wanted the Blood Dew Seven Techniques, there were plenty of other methods. So why use Dang Pae specifically?
“I am not interested.”
“What did you say?”
“You think I’ll simply unfold my techniques just because you command it?”
At Bu Eunseol’s unexpected response, Geum Cheon Gun sighed as if resigned to the situation.
“Do you know why Dang Pae sent you a challenge letter?”
When Bu Eunseol remained silent, he lifted the corners of his mouth.
“Breaking Chil Ji Ma Do. That was Dang Pae’s lifelong aspiration.”
“What do you mean by that?”
Geum Cheon Gun spoke with his eyes narrowed like crescents.
“Thirty years ago, in his youth, Dang Pae encountered Chil Ji Ma Do. And he witnessed him fighting against ten elders of the Murim Alliance.”
Bu Eunseol’s eyes widened.
The elders of the Murim Alliance were all individuals who had either earned tremendous renown in the past or accumulated unparalleled achievements.
Moreover, their martial prowess and inner strength had grown even deeper than during their prime years.
Yet those ten had swarmed together to fight against my grandfather?
“At that time, Dang Pae was a prodigy who stirred the entire Murim, and it was believed that if he became the patriarch of the Dang Family, he would rule all under heaven.”
The sight of Geum Cheon Gun, wearing Dang Pae’s form, recounting Dang Pae’s past was somewhat grotesque.
Yet Bu Eunseol listened to his words in silence.
“But when Chil Ji Ma Do severed the necks of all ten elders in a single stroke, he felt both awe and terror simultaneously. And his life’s goal changed entirely.”
* * *
Whoosh!
With the sound of blood spraying in all directions.
The ten elders who had been encircling Bu Chanyang in a circle instantly became headless corpses and collapsed.
Chil Ji Ma Do.
The peerless sword master who had driven Murim into terror accomplished it in a single instant.
The heads of ten elders representing the Righteous Path were severed in one stroke.
Dang Pae, who happened to witness this sight, felt his eyes grow hollow.
Until then, he had believed that if he mastered the Eight Great Secret Techniques of the Dang Family, he would become a supreme master who could rule all under heaven.
But now he finally understood.
Even if he perfectly mastered the Eight Great Secret Techniques of the Dang Family, he could never become such a master.
No—he couldn’t even reach his feet.
From that day forward, Dang Pae threw himself into martial arts with obsessive fervor.
Even the Eight Great Secret Techniques of the Dang Family no longer satisfied him.
He could only think of one thing: how to recreate that single flash of brilliance he had witnessed, that light with which Chil Ji Ma Do had severed ten necks.
How to manifest it once more.
As he researched and refined his martial arts endlessly, before long, Dang Pae had become a candidate for patriarch.
Finally, he eliminated all the brothers who had envied and resented him, left only Dang Sung who followed him, and ascended to the position of patriarch.
Yet he continued to research martial arts without ceasing.
He resolved that before his death, he would surely recreate that light.
For if he could perfect it, the martial knowledge of the Dang Family could advance to an even greater level.
But perhaps because he had devoted himself for such an extraordinarily long time?
In the process of merging the Eight Great Secret Techniques and cultivating the Ten Finger Shadow Technique, he contracted an incurable malady.
Ultimately, my martial power had drastically diminished.
Eventually, the vital energy within my body deteriorated completely, leaving me unable to move.
‘Is this how it ends for me?’
Then, before the bedridden Dang Pae, a figure appeared—Bu Yeon Sang In, a Special Divine Guard of the Cheonghae Realm.
[There exists a method to fulfill your aspirations.]
Bu Yeon Sang In was well aware that Dang Pae had devoted himself to martial research for years.
And he offered not only to heal the deteriorating body and integrate a new consciousness to cure the affliction,
but also to elevate martial prowess in a single leap.
“Rekindled flames, you say…”
Dang Pae was quite taken with the name Bu Yeon—meaning “rekindled.”
Of course, apart from that, he could not comprehend Bu Yeon Sang In’s proposal.
Why would the Cheonghae Realm extend such benevolence to a complete stranger?
[We are merely curious. Whether the martial arts you have perfected truly surpass the doctrines of Chil Ji Ma Do.]
Only then did Dang Pae realize that the Cheonghae Realm had not only infiltrated deeply within the Dang Family,
but had also stolen glimpses of all the research records I had compiled.
Yet there was no time for anger.
If I did not rise now, a lifetime of research would crumble to dust.
Only by rising again and completing the research could the Dang Family advance.
‘That child was a descendant of Chil Ji Ma Do.’
Upon completing the martial arts, the Cheonghae Realm revealed another shocking truth.
Bu Eunseol, the successor to the Demon Palace.
She was a perfect inheritor of Chil Ji Ma Do’s true transmission.
Bu Yeon Sang In ordered me to use the completed martial arts against Bu Eunseol.
―After all, wasn’t that your aspiration as well?
Only then did Dang Pae suddenly comprehend.
That I had suddenly contracted the strange illness, that the Dang Family had faced provocation from San Dok Mun in the past—all of it had been the Cheonghae Realm’s scheme.
“What benefit does the Cheonghae Realm gain from such machinations?”
Bu Yeon Sang In answered Dang Pae’s question.
[Muk Hon Ryeong Ju Bu Eunseol. He has mastered all of the Blood Dew Seven Techniques, yet deliberately refrains from using them.]
“…”
[Whether he is preserving them as a last resort, or whether he has learned diverse martial arts for other reasons, I cannot say.]
“So in the end, you wish to seize the doctrines.”
[Rather than seizing doctrines, I would prefer you think of this as serving the Murim.]
The Cheonghae Realm seemed to believe that all their wicked schemes were noble endeavors.
[With so little life remaining, there is no harm in fulfilling the aspirations you have harbored all this time.]
He already understood Dang Pae’s circumstances perfectly.
Ordinarily, Dang Pae would have chosen death itself rather than become their puppet.
“Very well.”
Yet Dang Pae could not refuse their proposal.
It was not because of a lifetime of aspirations.
My remaining life is but a fleeting moment.
Yet there was something I absolutely had to do.
* * *
After hearing the entire story from Geum Cheon Gun, Bu Eunseol clenched her fists tightly.
Now she finally understood why Cheonghae Gye had manipulated Dang Pae.
They had calculated that she would unleash the Blood Dew Seven Techniques to fulfill Dang Pae’s long-cherished ambition.
‘But Cheonghae Gye, your calculations have gone awry.’
I knew Dang Pae well—a man of considerable talent.
Ever since witnessing my grandfather’s swordsmanship, the greatest blade master of the Dang Family.
It was certainly true that he had spent countless years creating martial techniques to rival his grandfather’s legacy.
But Dang Pae’s acceptance of Bu Yeon Sang In’s proposal was not born from rivalry with my grandfather.
It was because of Dang Gon.
‘The family patriarch.’
Bu Eunseol suppressed her melancholy and asked quietly.
“Have you perfected your martial technique?”
“I have.”
Geum Cheon Gun answered with confidence to Bu Eunseol’s question.
“But he did not deploy it immediately. Dang Pae, that is.”
In other words, Dang Pae had completed his martial technique.
Yet he had not used it against Bu Eunseol, employing only the Ten Finger Shadow Technique instead.
“Why would he do such a thing?”
“The Dang Family never forgets a grudge. But they forget kindness even less.”
Geum Cheon Gun let out an admiring exclamation and shook his head.
“That is why No Bu emerged instead. There was an easier method to draw out the Blood Dew Seven Techniques.”
Geum Cheon Gun nodded and flexed his fist.
Crack.
His skin resonated with a bone-deep sound, and suddenly a round metallic gleam flashed from his left hand.
The radiance flowing through his body began to converge toward his left hand.
‘Black Divine Weapon.’
So Cheonghae Gye was also conducting research into weaponizing the body.
It appeared similar to Go Geom Rim’s work.
‘Which means…’
Cheonghae Gye had joined hands with the Inbiyin, who were suspected to be descendants of the Demonic Path.
And their ultimate objective was.
Perhaps like Go Geom Rim, to complete the Black Divine Weapon by utilizing the human body.
Flash!
The radiance gathered on the metal Geum Cheon Gun held suddenly pierced toward Bu Eunseol’s body.
It was a killing beam that required no motion.
Screech.
She evaded swiftly, but the light grazed her slightly.
White smoke rose from the skin in that area, and needle-like energy began piercing into the meridians.
Whoosh.
Bu Eunseol immediately attempted to incinerate that energy with her Extreme Polar True Qi.
But the energy was so vicious that even five hundred years of cultivation could not extinguish it in a single breath.
Flash!
In that instant, brilliant light poured forth once more.
Bu Eunseol immediately deployed her Extreme Speed Shadowless technique to evade.
Whoosh.
At the same time, she attempted to unleash her Falling Meteor Crossing Moon technique toward Geum Cheon Gun.
But the murderous light rays flowing from Geum Cheon Gun’s hands could be unleashed freely in any direction across heaven and earth.
Therefore, no matter where or how she attacked, he could respond instantly, faster than any swift blade.
Flash!
Ultimately, overwhelmed by the cascading light.
Bu Eunseol could not deploy her Falling Meteor Crossing Moon technique and instead spun once through empty air to evade it.
‘A unique dark divine weapon.’
Bu Eunseol gazed at the gleaming metal flickering in Geum Cheon Gun’s palm.
Dark divine weapons possessed power that transcended the boundaries of martial arts themselves.
Moreover, when such a dark divine weapon was fused with the body like this, as if it were part of the flesh itself.
The constraints of being a mere weapon vanished, allowing the power to be unleashed with even greater speed and naturalness.
Flash!
In that moment, Geum Cheon Gun fired light again, seizing an instant where evasion seemed impossible.
Zing!
Bu Eunseol immediately dispersed black true qi in all directions to block that light.
It was the Dual Righteousness True Formation.
Screech!
But even the Dual Righteousness True Formation could only block that light for the briefest moment.
In an instant, it pierced through the wall of true qi and grazed past Bu Eunseol’s shoulder.
‘Then.’
Bu Eunseol drew upon her Deathless Spirit Energy and infused it into the Muk Hon Blade.
With the Muk Hon Blade, which could be called a killing spirit weapon, she would not need to employ the Blood Dew Seven Techniques.
She could shatter that dark divine weapon unleashing murderous light rays in a single strike.

―I’m not sure if they’re saving it as a last resort, or if they’ve simply mastered various martial techniques.
Suddenly, words Bu Yeon Sang In had spoken to Geum Cheon Gun flashed through my mind.
In the end, Cheonghae Gye was using Dang Pae not only to learn the Blood Dew Seven Techniques, but also—
to verify what their own supreme void technique truly was, I realized.
‘Perhaps they’ve installed a device here to observe martial enlightenment, or they’re watching in secret.’
Cheonghae Gye was peering directly into Dang Pae’s research, something even Dang Gon didn’t know about.
That meant Cheonghae Gye’s influence had permeated the Dang Family long ago.
Installing surveillance equipment beforehand or hiding personnel throughout the compound was hardly difficult for them.
‘I cannot blindly depend on the Muk Hon Sword and the Second Divine Technique just because an enemy wielding the Black Divine Technique has appeared.’
In truth, from Bu Eunseol’s perspective, with only the Muk Hon Sword—
I could shatter any Black Divine Technique that emerged, whenever I wished.
But if I relied solely on the Muk Hon Sword’s power? Without it, I might find myself unable to properly counter the Black Divine Technique.
Humans are creatures who naturally grow accustomed to repeated circumstances.
‘Good.’
As Bu Eunseol withdrew the Second Divine Technique, brilliant flashes of light streamed from her eyes.
‘Let them witness exactly what my supreme secret technique is.’
Zing. Whoosh.
Bu Eunseol’s pupils shifted to a pale yellow before hellfire blazed forth in a searing golden inferno.
Nangya Divine Eye.
Through the Nangya Sect’s greatest secret—capable of instantly unraveling every martial principle scattered across Tianxia—
I would eliminate Geum Cheon Gun and his lethal rays of light.

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