The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 78

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Chapter 78.
A moment of silence fell.
Then Baek Myeon suddenly began clapping and laughed heartily.
“Truly remarkable! Your discernment at such a young age is extraordinary!”
He nodded several times before extending his thumb toward Bu Eunseol.
“A martial treasure like the Eternal Divine Blade must be passed to an owner worthy of its caliber. That is why I conducted this test, however unintentionally.”
Baek Myeon clasped his hands together, smiled, and withdrew the sword from the box.
“This blade cannot be used in actual combat, but it is a masterwork of the artisan Long Lao Ye from the Qilian Mountains, possessing considerable artistic value. The jewels alone adorning this sword are worth a thousand gold taels.”
Baek Myeon extended the sword toward Bu Eunseol.
“This is a secondary prize from the Pavilion Master to Bu Eunseol, in addition to the championship reward.”
Bu Eunseol merely gazed down at the sword.
“Come now… do accept it.”
Bu Eunseol, who had been observing Baek Myeon’s face, unexpectedly narrowed her eyes into crescents.
“Without accepting this, I would lack justification.”
“Pardon?”
Bu Eunseol grasped the sword Baek Myeon offered instead of responding.
In that instant,
Pssshhh.
The moment I gripped the hilt, white smoke billowed forth. Simultaneously,
Click!
Extremely fine, sharp needles shot out from the sword hilt. The acrid stench they emitted suggested a potent toxin.
“Is this another test?”
As Bu Eunseol slowly removed the needles embedded in the hilt, Baek Myeon smiled and spoke.
“You show no surprise—it seems you anticipated everything.”
Then Hwa Ran beside him spoke with a radiant smile.
“But you were far too confident. The Blood Yin Poison coating the needles may be one thing, but the Cloud Mist Snow Lung poison you inhaled is a lethal toxin from which there is no escape.”
Cloud Mist Snow Lung.
A poison gas created in Saixiang, where the finest mechanism masters gathered, a specially formulated smoke toxin.
The moment even a single breath is inhaled, one’s inner power is instantly halved.
“Hehehehe.”
At that moment, accompanied by a low chuckle, a middle-aged man in crimson robes walked into the Yeon Mu Hall.
His features were distinct, though his face was fleshy and his skin glistened with oil. He was Ok Ho Bang, the current administrator of Donghyo Seorang.
Behind him followed Hyeol Chu and Gwi Gyeom, members of the Eight Great Wanderers and his trusted subordinates.
“Indeed, you have been poisoned by Cloud Mist Snow Lung.”
Confirming that Bu Eunseol’s complexion had turned ashen, Ok Ho Bang revealed his true nature and laughed sinisterly.
“This brat has caused me considerable trouble.”
Bu Eunseol stared directly at Ok Ho Bang and asked.
“Are you the Pavilion Master Ok?”
“I am.”
“Is murdering the champion a tradition of the Jeong Mu Dae Hoe?”
As Bu Eunseol’s gaze swept across the wanderers who had drawn their weapons, Ok Ho Bang let out a heavy sigh.
“To be honest, I hoped we wouldn’t have to resort to this method. If you had simply drunk the tea, it would have all ended cleanly.”
Ok Ho Bang spoke with a low chuckle.
“Hehehehe. If the tournament champion had committed indecency against our sect’s wanderers, naturally we couldn’t award the Divine Blade either.”
“Indeed. That would be the case.”
As Bu Eunseol nodded with ease, Hwa Ran spoke in a sharp voice.
“You certainly are composed. Quite the confident one, aren’t you?”
“It means he’s confident in his martial prowess.”
Gwi Gyeom, who had drawn near without warning, gleamed with intensity in his eyes.
“But with your inner power halved, you cannot defeat the four of us.”
While their individual skills could not compare to Yang Myeong, the Blood Ghost Party’s master, when the four of them combined their strength, they rivaled him.
Moreover, they were all accomplished in hidden weapons and poison, and above all, Donghyo Seorang was their own territory.
Even if Bu Eunseol possessed the skill to escape, there was no way he could slip through.
“How amusing.”
Bu Eunseol casually extended his arm to the side.
Whiiiish!
Then one of the old iron swords lined up in a row in the Weapon Armory flew into his hand. It was a terrifying display of void-grasping technique.
“His inner power… hasn’t diminished?”
From the Weapon Armory to Bu Eunseol’s location was a distance of three zhang. Yet with merely a gesture, he had moved the iron sword?
“It has diminished.”
“What?”
Bu Eunseol regarded them with a cold gaze.
“But it’s more than sufficient to sever your necks.”
My Inverse Extreme Heart Method had already reached the culmination of the third stage, with inner power reserves nearly at the first tier.
Excluding the ancient masters, there was no one whose inner power could surpass mine.
Therefore, even after absorbing the Cloud Mist Seal Closure, I possessed the terrifying power of the first tier.
“Don’t be ridiculous!”
Gwi Gyeom whirled the sickles in both his hands with lightning speed.
The Twelve Forms of Scattered Destruction with Twin Sickles that he had mastered was a dual-sickle technique originating from the Assassin’s Martial Arts, and once the momentum was seized, an endless barrage of follow-up strikes ensued.
“Sickles, then.”
With piercing light blazing from his eyes, Bu Eunseol gazed upon the cascading shadows of the sickles and drew forth the iron sword.
Trrrrring.
Suddenly, the sound of raindrops tapping against a window poured forth from the iron sword in Bu Eunseol’s grip.
Simultaneously, deploying the Extreme Speed Shadowless Form, my body flashed past Gwi Gyeom’s form.
“Aaaahhh!”
At the same moment, a piercing scream erupted.
Though I had merely passed by his side, a fountain of blood burst from Gwi Gyeom’s neck.
“What in the world…?”
The wanderers and Ok Ho Bang who witnessed this stared with gaping mouths.
The sword strike had been so swift that they could not even properly perceive how Bu Eunseol had executed his technique.
Crack.
In that instant, the iron sword I held began to fracture, crumbling like a biscuit.
“This form again.”
“That… that is…”
Baek Myeon’s mouth fell open at the sight.
Only then did a terrifying realization flash through my mind.
“The sword didn’t shatter because of the collision with Yang Myeong…”
“Correct.”
At my response, the faces of the remaining wanderers and Ok Ho Bang drained of all color.
They had believed Yang Myeong had surrendered for some reason, but the truth was that I had defeated him with the Blade Technique of the Beginning.
“Shattering a sword with the aftermath of a blade technique?”
The moment Baek Myeon muttered softly,
Whoosh.
Through spatial manipulation, I retrieved an old greatsword from the Weapon Armory and grasped it once more.
“It matters not if it breaks hundreds of times. There are plenty of weapons here.”
I smiled, baring my teeth as though thoroughly amused.
At my appearance, Ok Ho Bang and the wanderers felt the terror of death itself descending upon them.
“Why are you all standing there gawking!”
Baek Myeon was the first to regain his composure.
Not only did he possess the finest martial prowess among the remaining wanderers, but he also possessed considerable courage.
The moment I drew the greatsword, an opening appeared, and he immediately unleashed a hidden projectile device from his robes.
Pew pew pew pew pew!
As the poison dart launcher activated, dozens of venomous needles engulfed my body.
Whirrr!
In that instant, my body unleashed a whirlwind.
Unfolding the Extreme Speed Shadowless Technique, I evaded the darts in an instant and stood behind Baek Myeon, speaking in a low voice.
“You are not worthy of my blade technique.”
Slash!
The greatsword in my hand was drawn—I knew not when.
A sharp light flashed horizontally through the air, and a thin line of blood appeared around Baek Myeon’s neck as he held the launcher.
Spurt!
As the headless body fell to the ground, blood sprayed in all directions.
“Let us finish this quickly.”
My eyes, reflected in the lamplight, burned like smoldering coals.
The moment my pale, slender hand moved again, someone’s life in this place would vanish without trace.
“B-Bu Xiaoxia!”
Then Ok Ho Bang rushed forward, fell to his knees before me, and spoke in a trembling voice.
“I offer you the Eternal Divine Blade! Please, I beg your mercy!”
“I have no need for it.”
“N-no need…”
Bu Eunseol laughed coldly and spoke.
“I will destroy Donghyo Seorang entirely, then find them myself.”
At those words, Ok Ho Bang trembled with his eyes wide open.
Death itself.
Before the wanderers’ eyes stood the Grim Reaper, dangling the threads of human life from his fingertips.
“I have erred! Master!”
Then Hwa Ran let out a cry of despair and fell to her knees.
Hyeol Chu, standing beside her, also knelt.
“We have committed a grave mistake!”
“A mistake? What mistake have you made?”
Bu Eunseol spoke flatly, gazing at the greatsword dripping with blood.
“Killing in the martial world is merely routine, nothing more.”
“Y-you are showing us mercy, then?”
As Ok Ho Bang forced a smile, Bu Eunseol muttered with equal indifference.
“I told you. It is merely the routine of the martial world….”
Death and killing are commonplace in the martial world. In other words, Bu Eunseol had nothing to forgive and nothing to hesitate about.
“M-Master Hero!”
At those words, the eyes of Ok Ho Bang and the wanderers filled with terror.
The moment that greatsword moves, their souls will be wandering the nine heavens.
In that instant,
Crack!
Half of the Yeon Mu Hall’s roof collapsed, and
“Master!”
With a short cry, a black shadow fell from the roof of the Yeon Mu Hall to Bu Eunseol’s feet.
A boy in black martial robes—Heuk Pyo.
“Please show mercy!”
Heuk Pyo knelt before Bu Eunseol, who held the greatsword raised.
“They were merely afraid of breaking their promise with Hell Blood Sect.”
“…Step aside.”
“M-Master!”
“I said step aside.”
Bu Eunseol looked down at Heuk Pyo and spoke in an icy voice.
“I have never forgiven a single soul who has sought my life.”
Trembling.
Ok Ho Bang and the wanderers who heard those words shook with dread.
They instinctively understood that even if heaven and earth were torn asunder, Bu Eunseol would never forgive them.
“Master!”
Bang, bang.
Then Heuk Pyo, kneeling on the ground, struck his forehead against the earth and cried out.
“You were no glorious father… yet you remain the only family left beneath heaven!”
In that moment, Bu Eunseol’s gaze shifted.
She had never anticipated that Ok Ho Bang and Heuk Pyo were father and son.
“Though I was born as a bastard and lived a wanderer’s life… Lord Ok later learned the truth and treated me with great kindness.”
Heuk Pyo gazed at Bu Eunseol with desperate eyes, tears streaming down his face.
“Would it not be permissible for me to bear a portion of my family’s sins?”
Family. This word had been the very reason I breathed and lived, the driving force behind my existence.
Moreover, by cruel coincidence, I had lost my only blood relative around the same time as Heuk Pyo, and that loss had completely upended the trajectory of my life.
‘Slaying villains is well enough, but….’
Was it right to inflict upon this boy—in the name of upholding my convictions—the same desolation and sorrow I had endured?
After all, the martial realm overflowed with other evildoers worthy of punishment beyond these few.
‘How could I allow him to suffer as I have suffered?’
Having reached her decision, Bu Eunseol spoke in a low voice.
“Rise.”
“Yes?”
As he lifted his head, Bu Eunseol had already sheathed her great blade and turned away.
“From this moment forward, do not weep or kneel. Such actions change nothing.”
Heuk Pyo quickly wiped away his tears, rising to his feet with firm resolve.
“I understand. I shall neither weep nor kneel again.”
“Then it is settled.”
Bu Eunseol and Heuk Pyo—the two of them resembled a young master and disciple.
Having regained his composure, Heuk Pyo addressed Ok Ho Bang and the wanderers.
“The Young Master has granted forgiveness, so there is no issue. Please, rise.”
“Th-thank you. Young Master Bu.”
Bu Eunseol looked down at Ok Ho Bang, her voice cold.
“Your life was saved by your son.”
Ok Ho Bang’s expression grew deeply ashamed. He approached Heuk Pyo and grasped both his hands.
“My… my boy….”
Until now, he had consistently ignored Heuk Pyo’s counsel and drawn in wanderers of questionable character.
And he had disregarded Bu Eunseol’s warning never to interfere, placing not only his own life but the lives of all the wanderers of Donghyo Seorang in jeopardy.
“What a shameful father I am. All this time, I refused to heed your words….”
Suddenly, Heuk Pyo’s eyes gleamed.
Save when they were alone, he had never once referred to himself as a father.
“From now on, I shall heed your counsel and bring no wanderers guilty of grave crimes or possessed of wicked hearts into Donghyo Seorang.”
Ok Ho Bang also spoke to Hyeol Chu and Hwa Ran, who stood behind him.
“The same applies to you both. To remain in Donghyo Seorang henceforth, you must refrain from wrongdoing.”
“Of c-course. How could we refuse?”
As Hyeol Chu nodded, Hwa Ran bowed her head as well.
Had Heuk Pyo not appeared, they would have lost their heads to Bu Eunseol. They would never commit wickedness again.
“My boy.”
Then Ok Ho Bang approached Heuk Pyo and spoke.
“Until now, I have been a father you could only be ashamed of. But from this moment forward, I swear I shall never again give cause for reproach. I will restore Donghyo Seorang to what it once was—a gathering place for righteous wanderers.”
It is no simple matter for a person to turn over a new leaf.
Yet Ok Ho Bang, who had been granted a second life through Heuk Pyo’s intervention, had transformed into an entirely different man in that single breath.
“Hehehehe!”
In that instant, laughter rang out from all directions, accompanied by a faint sigh.
“It seems I need not have involved myself in this affair at all.”
Bu Eunseol’s eyes flashed with a piercing gleam.
Even with the Beast Path’s senses drawn to their peak, she could not locate the source of the voice.
‘The Six Harmonies Transmission of Sound?’
A supreme technique that could not even be imitated without the internal force of three decades—and yet it unfolded before her very eyes.

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