The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 840

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Chapter 840.
‘That can’t possibly be true.’
Bu Eunseol shook her head immediately.
No matter how she thought about it, such a thing could not occur.
Moreover, this Strange Being may not have even existed in the Murim.
Wasn’t it concealing its identity beneath a body completely shrouded in bizarre, demonic sorcery?
Flash!
In that instant, the Strange Being obliterated the Yeouui Formation in a single breath.
Bu Eunseol swung the Muk Hon Sword, unleashing six transformations in midair.
She had deployed the ultimate variation of Jeonrae Musang—the Nine Dragon Lightning Strike.
Thud, thud, thud.
Yet the Strange Being perfectly perceived the changing trajectories of the Nine Dragon Lightning Strike as it transformed in the void, and tore apart the sword energy with its bare hand.
Then, raising its nails rigidly.
It unleashed a claw force that threatened to rend Bu Eunseol’s throat asunder.
‘Tsk.’
Unable to evade this strike by any means.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Bu Eunseol deployed the Thirteen Night Technique at full power, layering sharp force around her body in successive waves.
Boom!
Then she detonated all those forces at once, reversing the attack.
The absolute defense technique of the Thirteen Night Technique that reverses all martial power.
She had unleashed the Void Extreme Rebound.
Rumble! Crack, crack, crack!
Yet it dealt no damage to the Strange Being whatsoever, merely forcing it to retreat slightly.
Thud!
As the two combatants closed the distance again and continued their exchange of offense and defense.
The sky lost its light, and a wind that seemed to sweep away the entire world came howling forth.
As the distance widened, Bu Eunseol poured forth the Infernal Absolute Essence Force, attempting to dissolve the Strange Being’s body.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
The Infernal Absolute Essence Force, which melted even steel and penetrated through internal organs with its true force, dissipated instantly without even touching the Strange Being’s body.
Crackle! Crackle!
Yet as if she had been waiting, Bu Eunseol froze the Strange Being using the Glacial Heavenly Current Formation.
Unlike the Infernal Absolute Essence Force, the Glacial Heavenly Current Formation traveled not as true force but as formation itself, making it impossible to block.
Sssssss.
Exposed to the extreme yin force, the Black Shadow glowed with a blue light.
Shiver.
Yet after trembling briefly.
It returned to its original shadow form in a single breath, did it not?
‘With extreme yin force of this magnitude, I could freeze an entire lake in a heartbeat.’
Cold sweat began to pour down Bu Eunseol’s face.
No martial technique could affect the Strange Being.
Rather, the Strange Being possessed the ability to instantly neutralize any form of attack.
Crack! Crack!
As time passed, deep wounds began to appear across Bu Eunseol’s body.
Now only the Blood Dew Seven Techniques remained in my arsenal.
And harmony alone.
Whoosh!
In that moment, a sharp blade pierced toward Bu Eunseol’s heart.
It struck at such a perfectly timed instant that evasion was impossible.
Without hesitation, Bu Eunseol deployed the Grand Absolute Freezing technique from the Glacial River Scripture.
Boom!
With a thunderous sound, Bu Eunseol’s body, now encased in ice, was sent tumbling backward five paces.
Though the heart was not pierced thanks to the Grand Absolute Freezing, the Glacial River Scripture shattered partially.
Ice fragments clung to her skin.
‘This might work.’
Staring at the ice fragments remaining near her heart, Bu Eunseol suddenly recalled a method she had never used until now.
The Extreme Yin Ice Technique of Zhong Yuan, which she had never employed thus far.
She remembered the Crystalline Snow Flower Technique.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Bu Eunseol unleashed her sword and fist techniques in wild succession.
Silver currents poured forth like arrows, and wherever they touched the Strange Being’s body, it froze instantly.
The Crystalline Snow Flower Technique could unleash transcendent extreme yin energy far and wide in an instant, or be grafted onto martial techniques themselves.
Shwish! Shwish!
Each time Bu Eunseol’s sword and fist techniques unfolded, silver currents spread outward, and the Strange Being repeatedly froze and thawed.
As a result, its movements became delayed by one beat, allowing Bu Eunseol to catch her breath somewhat.
Or so she thought.
But that was merely an illusion.
Boom!
The Strange Being’s eyes burned an even deeper crimson,
And with a rumbling sound,
It suddenly stretched both hands toward the sky and began forming a colossal sphere.
Bu Eunseol continued pouring out the Crystalline Snow Flower Technique, but it no longer worked.
Whooom! Whooom!
The sphere grew increasingly fierce, and its power knew no bounds.
If I left that alone?
Eventually, within that vast dark space,
Myself, So Ok Rim, and this entire Secret Library would be consumed.
‘Only harmony remains.’
In the end, Bu Eunseol drew forth all the power within her body.
Thanks to obtaining the Wind Cloud Divine Technique.
Unlike before, during three deep breaths, my power aligned instantly.
Yet in that span, the colossal sphere forming above the Strange Being’s head swelled even larger.
‘This won’t do.’
The black sphere conjured by this Strange Being didn’t seem as though it would dissipate in a single breath, even if I unleashed my harmony.
Sam Sin Gi.
Only by merging Sam Sin Gi along with every ounce of power within my body could I hope to obliterate that darker sphere.
“We can’t stop that!”
At that moment, So Ok Rim cried out loudly, standing beside me as she unleashed formidable force upon the Strange Being.
“We must combine our attacks and kill it before it completes!”
Boom! Boom!
Yet So Ok Rim’s assault dissipated before it could even reach.
The Strange Being kept its hand extended toward the sky, refusing to lower it, while the sphere continued expanding.
“This monster!”
A single strike from her could shatter mountains.
Several of her attacks struck its body directly.
Yet the Strange Being didn’t even flinch—wasn’t it actually laughing?
“Heavenly Adamantine Body—is that what this is?”
So Ok Rim bit her lip.
“How can someone who’s reached Heavenly Adamantine Body wield such power?”
“What exactly is that sphere?”
I asked, and So Ok Rim answered.
“It’s the Infinite Bloodwind Shadow of the Death Emperor.”
I felt as though struck on the back of my head, my eyes widening in shock.
Then this Strange Being was a descendant of the ancient greatest assassin once called the Death Emperor among the Eight Emperors and Three Stars?
“The Infinite Bloodwind Shadow? That’s impossible.”
“It’s the original form!”
I couldn’t help but wear an expression of being struck on the back of my head once more.
Then this Strange Being was a successor created by one of the Jeong Hwa Sam Gye in Zhong Yuan?
“We never even attempted to restore the original form of the Death Emperor!”
So Ok Rim cried out, pouring forth her power.
“Because it was said that only Cheon Am Sung could use it—the technique that would drive the world toward annihilation!”
My eyes widened.
Cheon Am Sung.
Then this black Strange Being…
Was it truly someone born with Cheon Am Sung, the very person I had been constantly misunderstood about all this time?
“Stop gawking and attack quickly! If that descends, we’re finished!”
So Ok Rim, crying out loudly, began unleashing the True Divine Fist Technique of Seong Hwang.
Boom! Boom!
Even as the Strange Being endured So Ok Rim’s assault,
it kept its hand extended toward the sky without lowering it, and the sphere continued to expand.
“Let’s see if this breaks it!”
Boom!
Brilliant light began radiating from So Ok Rim’s body.
Whiiiing.
At the same moment, countless points of radiance gathered in both her hands.
Dual Galaxy Severance.
A technique so devastatingly powerful it could cleave the galaxy itself in two, not merely the heavens.
She was unleashing Seong Hwang’s supreme pinnacle technique.
‘Deliberation comes later.
Bu Eunseol, casting aside the rising doubts, drew forth all her internal power in one explosive surge.
Harmony.
To counter that Four Emperor’s supreme technique—no, to withstand the primordial source of the Baek Ri Family’s power—she absolutely had to manifest Harmony.
Zing zing zing.
As low vibrations resonated through Bu Eunseol’s body and five-colored radiance erupted forth.
That same doubt from moments before reared its head once more.
‘Will Harmony be enough?’
This Strange Being’s martial mastery was the strongest she had ever witnessed.
An anxious dread crept in—perhaps even Harmony’s power would prove insufficient.
‘Could I expand my strength further through the Wind Cloud Divine Technique?’
Thanks to acquiring the Wind Cloud Divine Technique, she could now manifest Harmony far more swiftly than before, and could even unleash it three times consecutively.
Then, by channeling the Wind Cloud Divine Technique she now possessed internally.
Could she not amplify Harmony’s destructive force or expand its range? The thought seized her mind.
‘Let me try.’
Just as she attempted to expand the Harmony she had aligned within her body once more through the Wind Cloud Divine Technique,
Splurt.
Her skin tore open and blood erupted forth.
Driven by desperate urgency to fell the Strange Being in a single stroke, her attempt to expand Harmony’s power had failed catastrophically.
“Haaaah!”
Then, from So Ok Rim’s hands, hundreds of millions of starlight cascaded forth.
At last, the Dual Galaxy Severance fully manifested.
Boom!
The colossal sphere descended directly above Bu Eunseol and So Ok Rim’s heads.
‘Now is not the time to attempt alternative methods!’
With blazing light exploding from her eyes, Bu Eunseol drew forth every ounce of power within her body once more.
Thereupon, five-colored radiance began spreading across her entire form.
She manifested Harmony in the conventional manner.
Flash! Kabooom!
The Demonic Path Grand Master who had reached the pinnacle of practical martial arts.
And the Jeong Hwa Sam Gye successor who inherited the Baek Ri Family’s power—both unleashed their supreme pinnacle techniques simultaneously.
Boom.
With a dull thud, the black sphere froze in mid-air as it collided with the martial force unleashed by the two of them.
Whoooosh. Whoooosh.
With the massive sphere at its center.
Bu Eunseol, So Ok Rim, and the Strange Being found themselves pushing against one another.
Thud-thud-thud.
From the Strange Being’s black shadow came a sound like sinews snapping taut,
Kuuuoong.
The black sphere began advancing toward Bu Eunseol and So Ok Rim once more.
“Hngh.”
Bu Eunseol and So Ok Rim exhaled sharply.
The power of the Sara Mujuk Hyeol Pung Young—capable of shattering all things in existence—had its nature transformed by their martial force, becoming like a ball that could be deflected.
They were now pushing against each other from opposite sides, pouring their strength into the contest.
“Uuugh.”
So Ok Rim gritted her teeth.
If she lost this test of strength?
Her body would be consumed by that black sphere, vanishing without a trace.
Whoooosh. Whoooosh.
But the Strange Being’s power was growing infinitely, and it had already begun to surpass the harmonized strength that Bu Eunseol and So Ok Rim were channeling through the Dual Severance Galaxy Technique.
“I can’t… hold on any longer.”
So Ok Rim let out a groan.
Her martial prowess was formidable, certainly.
But she had not yet reached the level where her inner force spanned ten decades like Bu Eunseol, nor had she completely transcended the Extreme Heaven Realm.
No matter how much she pushed back with the Dual Severance Galaxy Technique,
The sphere formed from the power of Sara Mujuk Hyeol Pung Young didn’t budge, only pushing her back relentlessly.
Her internal organs were being crushed by that pressure.
As the black sphere drew closer to her face,
Drip.
Blood began flowing from So Ok Rim’s nose.
Whoooosh.
At that moment, five-colored radiance bloomed once more from Bu Eunseol’s body as she watched.
Seeing So Ok Rim on the brink of death,
Even as she poured out her strength, she began creating harmony once more.
Flash!
As the harmony was layered and unleashed again, the massive sphere’s size began shrinking by more than half.
Splash.
But as a recoil, Bu Eunseol’s skin split open once more, and blood poured from the wounds.
Yet Bu Eunseol paid it no mind and unleashed harmony again.
Flash!
As her body flashed brilliantly once more, the sphere shrank to the size of a massive boulder.
Her martial prowess had enhanced to an incomprehensible degree, and having obtained the Sam Sin Gi,
By layering the power of harmony, my body could endure without shattering.
‘Is this my limit?’
But that was all.
After unleashing harmony three times in succession, a scorching heat surged from my abdomen.
A searing pain spread across my entire skin as if it were tearing apart.
“Ugh…”
Even as the sphere’s power weakened, So Ok Rim let out a pained moan, her complexion ashen.
She had already reached her limit from moments before.
‘At this rate, she will die.’
Dark crimson blood was already flowing from So Ok Rim’s lips.
If this continued, her internal organs would rupture before she could even fall to Hyeol Pung Young.
‘I stake everything on this!’
Bu Eunseol began gathering harmony once more.
From the beginning, I had set the limit of consecutive harmony releases at three times.
It was not merely a guess.
As Moo Hak Dae Jong Sa with exceptional insight, I had meticulously calculated the body’s absolute threshold.
But to save So Ok Rim.
I would stake my life and attempt to surpass that limit once more.
Riiip.
As I drew harmony forth again, my garments were drenched in blood as my skin tore.
Blood erupted from the wounds as my flesh split open.
Yet Bu Eunseol’s expression remained unchanged as I continuously aligned the power within my body.
Drip, drip.
When blood began flowing from my eyes,
Zzzzzing!
Brilliant light exploded from my entire body, accompanied by five-colored radiance.
Harmony had unfolded once more.
Flash! Boooom!
As another wave of harmony poured forth, the black sphere completely vanished and engulfed the Strange Being entirely.
Crash!
The Strange Being, greatly alarmed, deployed evasive techniques to escape the light.
“Now!”
At my cry, So Ok Rim sensed the crushing pressure completely disappear and snapped back to awareness.
“Haaaah!”
With a thunderous battle cry,
The technique she had been unable to fully unleash until now—
The Dual Galaxy Technique gathered in both her hands was finally released toward the Strange Being.
Dozens of massive waves of light engulfed the Strange Being’s body,
Flash! Boom!
A deafening explosion and light that seemed to obliterate the world itself began to paint the heavens.
Rumble.
The entire world plunged into darkness for a moment, and the beautiful landscape vanished in an instant.
The ground fractured in a spider-web pattern, trembling as if struck by an earthquake.
Finally, as the sky reclaimed its color,
Thud.
With a dull sound, the Black Shadow Being descended from the heavens to the earth.
The Strange Being, which had been cloaked in black, was now partially exposed by the Dual Absolute Galaxy Technique—half its face and upper body laid bare in white.
“Damn! That monster!”
So Ok Rim cried out in despair.
“It’s still alive!”
The Strange Being, despite being struck directly by the Dual Absolute Galaxy Technique, seemed to have suffered no significant injuries.
It gazed down at Bu Eunseol and So Ok Rim with indifferent eyes.
‘That person.’
Bu Eunseol’s eyes widened to their limits.
The half-face that had regained its original hue from the Dual Absolute Galaxy Technique.
This was no monster.
With long, flowing hair and eyes as majestic as a dragon’s, irises colored like the azure sky—an extraordinarily refined middle-aged man.
“Jeong Cheon Je!”
Bu Eunseol cried out loudly.
The Strange Being, shrouded in black.
Was this not Jeong Cheon Je, Sin Do Mu Bi, who had been believed dead all this time?
“Jeong Cheon Je?”
So Ok Rim blinked her wide eyes in question.
“You mean that person is the Murim Alliance Master, Sin Do Mu Bi?”
“Ugh.”
But the Strange Being—no, Jeong Cheon Je—
Only now realizing that half his face had been exposed, he suddenly grimaced in pain and hastily covered his face.
Crack. Crackle.
Simultaneously, his body convulsed, and the exposed face began turning black once more.
“Master Sin Do!”
Despite Bu Eunseol’s cry, Jeong Cheon Je’s gaze remained fixed not on her, but on the Muk Hon Sword in her possession.
In that moment, the madness concealed within the pitch-black shadow vanished briefly.
His eyes held a flicker of humanity.
“Jeong Cheon Je, is that truly you?”
“Uuuuh!”
Instead of answering, Jeong Cheon Je suddenly unleashed a tremendous long howl.
That prolonged cry carried not only formidable inner power but also an intense wave of force.
In mere moments, every tree and blade of grass within dozens of zhang was reduced to powder.
“Ugh.”
As Bu Eunseol and So Ok Rim squinted against that violent shockwave,
Flash!
In a brilliant burst of light, Jeong Cheon Je vanished in an instant.
“Lord Sin Do!”
Bu Eunseol leaped into the air and unleashed the Pung Yun Sin Gi at full power.
She was attempting to track him by detecting the traces of his divine technique.
Yet no matter how far she spread the Pung Yun Sin Gi, she sensed no trace of his movement.
He had vanished completely, like a phantom.
“Ha.”
Bu Eunseol gazed toward the distant sky with a hollow expression.
Jeong Cheon Je, Sin Do Mu Bi.
Not only was he alive, but he had achieved martial prowess that surpassed even Ma Cheon Je?
How was this even possible?
“What?”
At that moment, So Ok Rim approached Bu Eunseol and asked.
“Is that person really Jeong Cheon Je?”
“Yes.”
“That doesn’t make sense.”
So Ok Rim’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“How can the foremost master of the Orthodox Sects possibly wield the source power of the Death Emperor?”
The martial arts Jeong Cheon Je had displayed belonged to the Death Emperor among the Eight Emperors and Three Stars.
He had converted the source power of Hyeol Pung Young, the supreme technique of the greatest assassins throughout history, into its primal form.
Yet the Jeong Hwa Sam Gye had never possessed the martial arts of the Death Emperor in the first place.
“Even if others might, Jeong Cheon Je, called the sky of the Orthodox Sects, should never do such a thing.”
“I don’t know either.”
Bu Eunseol clutched her forehead and collapsed to the ground.
No matter how much she pondered it, she could not fathom why this had occurred.
“Perhaps he escaped Mu Jon’s scheme only to become a puppet manipulated by Sam Gye.”
Having regained her composure, Bu Eunseol recounted to So Ok Rim the tale of Mu Jon and Jeong Cheon Je.
So Ok Rim, who had been listening silently, wore an unconvinced expression.
“That can’t be right.”
At her words, Bu Eunseol shook her head while taking a deep breath.
In truth, she knew it too.
Even if Jeong Cheon Je had lost his cultivation and suffered injuries,
there was no way he could become a puppet in the hands of beings like Sam Gye.
Even if the probability were one in ten million,
even if Sam Gye had somehow bound Jeong Cheon Je’s spirit and made him a puppet…
there was no way such a master could be used in such a manner.

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