The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 787

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Chapter 787.
Bu Eunseol had arrived in Haenam.
Cheon Dok Mun.
She had obtained information that this poison sect, which once enjoyed boundless glory, had been rebuilt on an uninhabited island in Haenam.
Had she been an ordinary martial artist,
she would likely have dismissed the revival of Cheon Dok Mun as nonsense.
But Bu Eunseol had witnessed countless factions that Sam Gye had supposedly annihilated
being rebuilt intact time and again.
Therefore, even if a sect greater than Cheon Dok Mun had been reconstructed here, it would hardly be surprising.
‘If Cheon Dok Mun has been rebuilt, it would be hiding in extreme secrecy.’
Bu Eunseol began searching the uninhabited islands of Haenam one by one herself.
In truth, finding an uninhabited island suitable for a sect to establish itself was not particularly difficult.
The minimum conditions for survival—
that is, one merely needed to find an island where water could be obtained.
“This must be the only place.”
At last, Bu Eunseol discovered an uninhabited island with underground water veins and a small spring flowing through it, the sort of place where Cheon Dok Mun might be hidden.
She began investigating the surrounding area earnestly.
Though she searched extensively, no signs of human presence appeared anywhere.
“If Cheon Dok Mun has been rebuilt, it would have been constructed on a considerable scale. How could it remain hidden so thoroughly?”
Bu Eunseol stroked her chin thoughtfully.
In truth, rumors spread by wanderers are generally unreliable.
But the reason Bu Eunseol trusted Heuk Pyo’s words was
that his subordinate wanderers were all exceptional masters who had achieved mastery in their respective fields.
Especially a poison expert—
the fact that he had specifically mentioned the reconstruction of Cheon Dok Mun meant it could not possibly be mere hearsay.
“This cannot be simple rumor.”
Bu Eunseol paused her search and thought calmly.
If Cheon Dok Mun had been revived by some force…
why would they rebuild Cheon Dok Mun? What purpose could they have in recreating this forgotten poison sect?
‘The Poison Pond. The Poison Abyss.’
Cheon Dok Mun had been the grand patriarch of poison sects, and
above all else, they had created
ponds filled with extreme toxins, like the Poison Pond, through which they cultivated exceptional poison masters.
If someone had revived Cheon Dok Mun,
they would have needed the Poison Pond—Cheon Dok Mun’s pride and the very essence of their legacy.
‘The Poison Pond, then.’
In the vicinity where Bu Eunseol stood, there was no place suitable for creating a Poison Pond.
Drawing upon her Hollow Heart Penetrating Technique, Bu Eunseol began searching the ruins one by one.
‘A place suitable for creating a Poison Pond.’
When she had first heard that Cheon Dok Mun had been rebuilt on this remote uninhabited island in Haenam,
I had simply assumed it was because they had found a secret refuge that no one could access.
But thinking back on it, that made no sense at all.
Why would they deliberately establish a sect on such a remote, uninhabited island, so far removed from the mainland?
Rather than establishing a sect on the mainland.
Why would they deliberately choose a location that was far more difficult and costly to develop?
‘That means…’
After remaining lost in deep contemplation for a long while, Bu Eunseol’s eyes suddenly gleamed with realization.
The Cheon Dok Mun, famous for their Poison Pond, had deliberately selected this remote island to rebuild their sect.
This could only mean that this uninhabited island was filled with toxic substances capable of creating a Poison Pond, or…
Perhaps a naturally formed Poison Pond already existed here?
A faint blue light shimmered.
Bu Eunseol, having deployed her divine technique, began searching the uninhabited island meticulously, looking for anything resembling a pond.
“Is it this one?”
And finally, deep within the forest, I discovered an enormous pond.
In fact, I had checked this location earlier, and the pond was so clear and transparent that
it could absolutely not be called a Poison Pond.
“Indeed, that was it.”
Bu Eunseol smiled faintly.
A pond stagnating in the forest should naturally have somewhat murky water.
But this massive pond
was so clear and transparent that when approaching and looking down, the bottom was visible.
A naturally formed pond could never be this clear.
A surge of power rippled outward.
Bu Eunseol drew upon my inner strength.
Then, with a soft dripping sound,
a single drop of water from the pond fell into my palm.
A sharp hissing sound.
The moment the water touched my palm, it evaporated instantly in a pale mist.
The toxicity was so extraordinarily potent that before it could be absorbed into my hand,
the Counter-Extreme True Energy automatically activated, burning away the poison of its own accord.
“Truly as poisonous as advertised.”
Since my body overflowed with Counter-Extreme True Energy, ordinary poisons could not even penetrate it.
Yet even now, after burning away the poison,
a metallic taste accompanied by a nauseating sensation of revulsion continuously rose from my stomach.
“With toxicity of this degree, it certainly deserves to be called a Poison Pond.”
Just as Bu Eunseol, having sensed that this transparent liquid was an extraordinarily vicious poison, gazed into the pond once more,
the water rippled.
Suddenly, the pond began to undulate violently.
As if something deep within was moving.
Ripple, ripple.
Gradually, the Pond began to ripple as if water were surging upward.
As I sensed the abnormality and focused my vision upon the transparent Pond,
Whoosh!
Suddenly, something sharp and pitch-black pierced toward the space between my brows.
It was so sudden and devastatingly swift that even I could not evade it.
Thud.
In the end, with movements as fast as lightning, I clenched my hand around the thing that nearly embedded itself between my brows.
Drip, drip, drip.
Blood dripped steadily from my palm—a hand that rarely bled even against ordinary blades.
What I held was the tail of some creature, bristling with blade-like protrusions, sharp as a spear point.
Whoosh!
The moment the tail was seized, it thrashed violently.
I released my grip on the tail.
With a wet sound, the tail retreated back into the Pond.
Bubble, bubble, bubble.
Then, after a brief moment, the Pond began to churn like boiling water…
Splash!
With the sound of water being cleaved,
A massive, dark shadow began to slowly reveal itself above the surface.
Its head resembled a dragon’s, its skin gleaming like black metal, and a single golden horn jutted from its crown.
Its body was shaped like a colossal crocodile, yet five spear-like tails writhed from it like serpents—a grotesque creature.
“Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong?”
I opened my mouth in shock.
A legendary spirit beast said to live for ten thousand years. For Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong to suddenly appear in this Pond?
Moreover, it was said that only one scale turns black after ten years of aging,
Yet seeing its entire body pitch-black, it appeared to be at least several thousand years old.
‘Could the reason for rebuilding Cheon Dok Mun have been because of this creature?’
But there was no time for deep contemplation.
The Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong seemed to believe I had invaded its Pond,
Splash!
And began attacking me with its five sharp, elongated tails.
‘So fast.’
I deployed my movement technique to evade,
Yet the movements of Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong—also known as Dok Gak Gyo Ryong—were like lightning itself.
Moreover, to prevent my escape,
It rapidly spun its long tails in circles around me, sealing off every route of retreat.
Crack.
As I moved with ease and continued to evade its attacks, Dok Gak Gyo Ryong suddenly opened its massive jaws wide,
Hisssss.
And began to spread a black, venomous mist.
‘Tch.’
I stifled an inner groan.
The poison mist was so virulent that anyone who caught even a whiff of it would lose consciousness instantly.
Had I been an ordinary martial artist, I would have already crossed Sam Do Cheon by now.
“A mere beast.”
Killing intent flickered across my eyes.
What if such a demonic creature appeared not on an uninhabited island, but in the heart of Zhong Yuan?
It would trigger a catastrophe of unimaginable scale.
Flash!
In that instant, blood-red light erupted from my pupils,
Boom!
With a deafening explosion, Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong was hurled into the Pond.
I had unleashed the Gwon Ma Cho Hyeon technique.
―Screeeee!
The Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong, resurfacing, shrieked with fury.
At the same moment, it spewed forth poison mist once more.
“If you release that poison again, you will truly die.”
As I spoke calmly from within the poison mist, the spiritually-aware Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong hesitated and retreated in alarm.
Its poison could fell an elephant in a single breath.
Yet this mere human stood unharmed within the very poison mist it was releasing—it could not comprehend this.
―Screeeee.
The Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong’s pride wounded, a sharp gleam flashed across its dark eyes.
Watching me intently for a long moment, it seemed lost in thought, desperately wanting to kill me but unable to find a way.
Then, as if reaching a decision, it opened its maw wide.
Flash!
In that same instant, something round shot toward the space between my brows.
The enraged dragon had launched its inner core directly at me.
Whoosh.
Though the speed was as swift as lightning, I tilted my head slightly and evaded it with ease.
But the inner core, as if executing a returning sword technique, curved back to pierce the back of my skull.
An inner core is the crystallized essence of accumulated spiritual energy within the bodies of ancient spirits who have lived for eons.
With all power concentrated within it, a direct hit would be absolutely fatal.
Whoosh.
Yet I did not even turn around—I caught the inner core with a single hand.
Sizzzzz.
But something unexpected occurred.
The moment I grasped the inner core, pale smoke rose up, and the poison rapidly absorbed through my palm into my skin.
Throb.
Suddenly, the surging poison made my vision spin.
Drip.
Moreover, the poison that was instantly absorbed into his palm caused his entire skin to turn pitch black in an instant.
“Ugh.”
Bu Eunseol, whose skin had turned completely black, let out a groan.
The extreme poison contained within Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong’s inner core was so potent that even counter-extreme true energy could not withstand it.
As he felt dizziness and staggered,
Crash!
In that moment, Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong lashed out with its tail at full force, striking Bu Eunseol’s body.
Boom.
With a thunderous explosion, the rocks dozens of paces behind shattered as Bu Eunseol was driven into them.
Slither, slither, slither, slither.
Delighted at having felled such a formidable opponent, Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong approached Bu Eunseol, who lay collapsed against the rocks.
Creak.
Then it opened its massive jaws wide, attempting to swallow Bu Eunseol’s face in one gulp.
Flash!
But Bu Eunseol’s eyes snapped open in an instant.
Clench.
And he seized the upper and lower fangs of Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong that sought to devour his head.
Crunch, crunch.
Though Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong exerted all its strength to swallow Bu Eunseol’s head, it could not overcome his terrifying grip.
Whoosh!
Unable to swallow Bu Eunseol’s head, Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong stabbed at his shoulder with its long tail.
Squelch.
Five sharp tail points pierced into Bu Eunseol’s body.
Though his thick inner energy prevented penetration, he still sustained considerable wounds.
But as the tail moved,
the biting force of Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong attempting to swallow his head weakened momentarily.
“Haaah!”
Bu Eunseol exerted all his strength to pry open Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong’s upper and lower jaws with maximum force.
Rip, rip, crunch. Crack.
With a grotesque sound of tearing flesh, Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong’s jaws were finally torn apart vertically.
Boom. Boom.
Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong, thrashing about in agony, realized it could not overcome Bu Eunseol.
It desperately attempted to retreat back into the Pond.
But with its jaws already torn asunder and having lost its inner core—the very source of its life—
Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong, which had writhed in agony for a long while as it moved toward the Pond, finally
Boom.
collapsed to the ground, completely lifeless.
“Haa. Haa.”
Bu Eunseol, barely managing to rise, breathed in ragged gasps.
The battle with Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong, who had lived for thousands of years, was far more fierce and perilous than any combat he had experienced before.
Moreover, Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong’s inner elixir could be called the most extreme poison in all of Tianxia.
The skin of his hand, which had absorbed the inner elixir, remained darkened to this very moment.
With each breath, the acrid exhalation transformed into toxic qi, spreading like mist through the air.
At this rate, I too would eventually succumb to the poison and breathe my last.
“Haah. Haah.”
As the toxic qi surged, even breathing became a struggle.
Bu Eunseol collapsed onto the ground and crossed her legs in meditation.
She began circulating her inner energy, desperately attempting to expel the toxic qi by any means.
Whoooosh.
As Bu Eunseol circulated her energy in a state of complete absorption, the dharma teachings of the Reverse Extreme Heart Method that Hyul Geum Gang had imparted continuously surfaced in her mind.
All inner cultivation techniques in Tianxia contain secrets for expelling or neutralizing poison.
But the Reverse Extreme Heart Method contains none of these.
Because Reverse Extreme meant—
simultaneously opposing and destroying all existing things, while on the other hand, being capable of embracing all things.
Whoooosh.
As the energy circulation reached its climax—
my body, still in lotus position, rose nearly a zhang into the air, and my entire form radiated a solemn golden light.
The Prajna Great Ability, which had only manifested during moments of crisis until now, was now being unleashed to detoxify Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong’s inner elixir.
And it began to merge completely with my true essence.
Whoooosh.
Bu Eunseol slowly descended back to the ground,
Shuuuuu
The golden light flowing from her entire body grew faint, and the darkened skin gradually began to turn white again.
Rather than burning away the toxic qi of Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong’s inner elixir—
through the Reverse Extreme Heart Method, which possessed the natural quality of embracing all things—
the toxic qi (毒氣) and spiritual qi (靈氣) contained within Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong’s inner elixir were converted into Reverse Extreme true qi.
Shuuuuu.
Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong was a spiritual creature that had lived for thousands of years.
Because its inner elixir was the most virulent poison in all of Tianxia itself—
even those who had devoted their entire lives to poison cultivation could not absorb it in a short time.
One could only absorb a portion of the inner elixir’s essence after enduring refinement for a thousand days.
But because Bu Eunseol had converted the inner elixir’s power into Reverse Extreme true qi in a single breath—
without ever having cultivated poison techniques, she was able to instantly accept the inner elixir’s toxic qi into her body.
Shuuu, shuuuuu.
Light continuously flowed from Bu Eunseol’s body, and the inner elixir’s toxic qi began to be stored in her dantian in the form of Reverse Extreme true qi.
As the energy circulation continued endlessly—
Rumble rumble rumble.
Hundreds of shadows converged around the Poison Pond.
They were the descendants of Cheon Dok Mun who had been hiding on this uninhabited island.
They had heard the cry of Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong and, sensing that something had gone wrong, came rushing over.
“This can’t be!”
The young man standing at the very front of hundreds of disciples gasped.
It was Jo Seung Ji, the sect leader of the newly rebuilt Cheon Dok Mun.
“Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong!”
Jo Seung Ji clutched his head upon seeing the dead Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong.
Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong was the very reason Cheon Dok Mun had been rebuilt, and an ancient treasure entrusted to them by some mysterious force.
The only environment where Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong could survive was the Poison Pond created through Cheon Dok Mun’s secret techniques.
“Sect Leader! It appears that bastard has stolen even the inner core!”
At that moment, the man beside him cried out.
He had discovered that the inner core had vanished from Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong’s corpse.
“Could it be that he’s absorbing the inner core?”
Jo Seung Ji shook his head.
Could this person truly be a master of formidable poison techniques?
Did he know that they were raising Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong and deliberately come here to steal the inner core?
“No!”
Jo Seung Ji unleashed a thunderous shout and drove a palm strike toward Bu Eunseol’s back.
Boom!
Yet with the sound of leather tearing—
“Ugh!”
Jo Seung Ji himself cried out in pain, clutching his palm.
“Her body is as hard as stone.”
His palm was swollen and puffy.
Moreover, as a poison master, he possessed a body immune to all toxins.
Yet from his struck palm, a vile poison that could not be detoxified was gradually seeping into his meridians, was it not?
“Use weapons!”
At Jo Seung Ji’s command, the Cheon Dok Mun disciples wielding poison blades rushed forward and stabbed at Bu Eunseol’s body.
Yet something bizarre occurred.
Even as she circulated her energy in a state of complete absorption—
As if she were wielding an indestructible diamond body technique, the blades would not penetrate her skin at all.
“I’ll do it myself!”
Jo Seung Ji drew a sharp treasure blade from his robes.
It was a treasure passed down through generations of Cheon Dok Mun, an ancient sacred blade.
Its sharpness rivaled the finest swords, and it was thoroughly coated with Blood Jade, the most vicious poison in all of Tianxia.
Crack!
Gripping the blade, Jo Seung Ji struck at Bu Eunseol’s neck with all his might.
Yet her neck was not severed—only a dull sound rang out.
Crack! Crack!
He struck repeatedly with all his strength.
The blade that could cleave stone like tofu was instead damaged.
“Is this creature a ghost?!”
Meanwhile, Bu Eunseol, who had been circulating her heart technique within a state of absolute focus, gradually began to feel pain.
‘The qi is far too excessive.’
Her meridians felt as though they were tearing, and her breathing became labored.
When she converted the overflowing, formidable qi from her dantian into inner force, her body reached the verge of rupturing entirely.
Ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches.
Before long, Bu Eunseol had reached the absolute limit of inner force that a human body could contain.
‘It is difficult to fully contain within my body.’
The inner force flowing through her body now was not naturally cultivated qi.
It was a formidable external force originating from Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong’s dantian.
Already possessing an absurdly excessive amount of inner force, now an uncontrollable torrent surged forth once more.
Like a dike bursting and a flood unleashing—her body accumulated a terrifying power it could not bear.
As a result, her body swelled and her meridians threatened to tear asunder.
Boom!
At that moment, a refreshingly powerful strike suddenly came from behind.
The qi that had been thrashing through her meridians like a savage evil dragon began to stabilize slightly.
Thump, thump. Crack, crack.
But now dozens of sharp blades were piercing the Blood Sealing Points across her entire body.
‘I might actually survive this.’
As the sharp points pricked her Blood Sealing Points evenly, the qi that had threatened to burst her body stabilized.
As if receiving the technique of pushing through palaces and piercing points, her meridian circulation became smooth.
With the Cheon Dok Mun disciples attacking indiscriminately, the previously stagnant flow of qi instead began to circulate rapidly.
‘I wish they would strike harder or pummel me more intensely.’
And as if hearing Bu Eunseol’s wish.
Jo Seung Ji took up a wooden staff and began striking her neck with tremendous force.
Crash! Crash!
With each strike of the staff came a tremendous shock.
Bu Eunseol felt her body grow lighter, and her meridian circulation gradually returned to normal.
‘Since I cannot yet bear this qi, I shall transform it into dantian form.’
Ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches—that is merely the name.
Due to the dantian’s function, Bu Eunseol’s inner force had already far surpassed ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches.
This was a power that no human body could possibly contain.
In the end, to reduce the inner force flowing through her body, she transformed the true qi obtained from Muk Rin Dok Gak Gyo Ryong’s power into a dantian and stored it in her lower elixir field.
Flash.
As the cultivation finally concluded, auspicious qi emanated from her body, and simultaneously.
Her form rose gently into the air, hovering some ten zhang above the ground.
Slowly…
As Bu Eunseol slowly opened her eyes and descended gently through the void, she saw Jo Seung Ji holding the wooden staff.
And hundreds of Cheon Dok Mun disciples.
‘When did they all rush here in such numbers?’
Rumble, rumble, rumble.
As Bu Eunseol descended from the void, the Cheon Dok Mun disciples drew their weapons once more and began striking at her.
Ignorance breeds courage, they say.
Despite having risen nearly a dozen zhang into the air mid-flight, they paid no heed and attacked Bu Eunseol again.
Ting. Ping.
Yet no matter how fiercely they struck,
their weapons could not pierce even her skin, only tearing at her garments.
“That will suffice.”
Bu Eunseol called out in a low voice, sweeping her hand through the air.
She had not come here to battle the Cheon Dok Mun, but rather to seek their counsel
and receive instruction on the antidote to the Three Corpse Poison.
Whoosh!
Yet something strange occurred.
As she swept her hand lightly, a tempestuous force suddenly erupted outward, sending the charging Cheon Dok Mun disciples crashing to the ground in succession.
True qi that had not yet been stored within her dantian
overflowed from her body and was released outward through her hand.
“Impossible!”
Yet at that moment, a bold disciple rushed toward Bu Eunseol and thrust forcefully at her lower abdomen.
It was precisely the Qi Sea point where the dantian resided.
Thud.
As the sharp poison blade pressed against Bu Eunseol’s Qi Sea point,
Boom!
A deafening explosion erupted, and the wave of true qi spread outward once more in all directions.
Rumble rumble rumble.
Moreover, that wave was no mere qi pulse—it had materialized like a Wish-Fulfilling Divine Seal, spreading instantaneously.
Crack crack crack.
From the backlash, most of the Cheon Dok Mun disciples who were sent flying suffered severe injuries—broken ribs and fractured limbs.
Those who remained unbroken had flesh melting from their bodies or skin turned pitch black.
She had not even drawn upon her inner power.
A wave of true qi like a protective body-strengthening force had simply swept them away.
“You are….”
Jo Seung Ji’s eyes widened.
The formidable protective qi emanating from Bu Eunseol’s body.
Was that not Poison Protective Qi—something only those who had achieved a poison-toxin body could manifest?

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