The Great Heavenly Demon Sovereign - Chapter 858

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Chapter 858.
“Why is this here?”
The Dharma artifact I had seen in the Mental World actually existed, and it was being kept in this place.
Then did that mean the one who had unleashed that great technique at Saha Chamber was here?
Hummmmm.
At that moment, light poured forth from somewhere, accompanied by a low vibration.
Turning my head, I could sense a mysterious auspicious energy and a low vibration emanating from deep within.
Bu Eunseol, as if entranced, moved toward the source of that light without even realizing it.
At last, I arrived at a vast Stone Chamber.
Screeeech.
As the enormous stone door opened.
A brilliant spectacle unfolded, as though all the light in the world was pouring forth from within.
The walls were covered with intricate patterns carved in gold and silver, and gemstones that gleamed like starlight were embedded throughout.
The floor was smooth like marble.
Upon closer inspection, mysterious symbols glowed with a subtle luminescence.
As I ventured deeper inside.
Divine weapons and treasures were displayed—any single one of them could shake the entire Murim to its foundations.
And on one side lay Dharma artifacts that seemed to contain extraordinary power.
“That is…”
But what drew the most attention was an eye-shaped orb placed at the very top of the Platform.
The surface of the orb appeared transparent, as if made of pure white glass, and at its center was a form resembling a blue iris.
That iris-like form seemed to pierce through all the principles of the world.
And it appeared to be calling me to approach.
Step by step.
As Bu Eunseol drew near, a subtle force emanated from the orb’s surface.
Without thinking, I reached out my hand toward the orb.
A strange sensation—neither cold nor hot, indescribable—spread through my fingertips.
In that instant, from around the iris pattern.
Thin lines of gold and silver light rotated endlessly, creating intricate patterns.
And at their center, brilliant radiance flashed like a star exploding.
Whoooosh!
At the same time, the entire world transformed like a wave of light, and a mysterious vision began to unfold before Bu Eunseol’s eyes.
―Waaah waaah!
Along with the sound of a child crying.
The image of the burning Saha Chamber slowly revealed itself in my mind.
Saha Chamber again.
Why did memories of that place flood in every time I touched these treasures imbued with such strange energy?
But then something even more astonishing occurred.
Something I could never have heard before.
The conversation of mysterious figures began to reach my ears.
―Her aura cannot be contained within a single vessel.
A murky voice echoed from one shadow, and from the opposite shadow came a sinister and eerie voice in response.
―Jia Zhen Wei Zhen. The false has become true.
At that very moment, before the two shadows appeared.
Another Treasure Seal, and within it, an infant sleeping soundly.
‘So that was it.’
Bu Eunseol could suddenly comprehend.
The Middle-Aged Beauty bound by the pillar of flame.
Her immense power could not be contained all at once.
So they had prepared two Treasure Seals.
And two children.
Flash!
The radiance pouring from the woman’s body engulfed in flames soared toward the heavens.
Soon it began to split and cascade toward both sides of the Treasure Seals.
―Waaah!
But it was not divided equally between the two.
The aura pouring forth was far more intense than they had anticipated.
Most of the energy was flooding into the child on the right, rather than the one on the left.
―As expected.
Then came the sinister voice.
―Even the Spiritual Qi has been completely absorbed to this side.
At that moment, the shadow opposite shook its head.

―A shadow is a shadow. Eventually, it will reach its limits.
And he spoke in a low voice.
―It would be better to give her trials so that her power manifests completely. After all, the Seal is intact….
But gradually their murmuring grew faint,
Crash!
With the sound of something shattering.
The illusion that had been visible before Bu Eunseol’s eyes vanished in an instant.
The illusion shown by the orb that resembled an eye had come to an end.
‘If this is true.’
If the child on the right was Man Wol…
Then she was a shadow created as a contingency, and her true body existed elsewhere.
And those who orchestrated such a thing.
Were deliberately giving her trials to maximize Man Wol’s power.
‘Then why is she helping me?’
Man Wol always appeared when help was needed.
Mysteriously emerging to aid me without any conditions.
When the trials that befell me would be difficult to endure, how could she still help me in such circumstances?
Could it be that the method of receiving that energy.
Transmitted not just power, but also the Middle-Aged Beauty’s memories?
Then could I truly be Baek Ri Geom Ha?
‘Am I truly Baek Ri Geom Ha, and is she helping me because she possesses my mother’s memories…?’
It was possible.
If I was bait raised by Saha Chamber? Then Man Wol would have no reason to help me so much.
‘But why?’
Learning this truth was not particularly shocking.
Even discovering such a fact anew caused no particular harm, and had no significant impact.
But why didn’t she convey this truth to me directly?
‘Could it be the Jung Son Family?’
The reason I first glimpsed Saha Chamber’s memories was none other than a Middle-Aged Man who appeared to be a senior figure of the Jung Son Family.
Then could the shadows I had conversed with also be members of the Jung Son Family?
Footsteps echoed.
But then I sensed someone’s presence from deeper within.
Bu Eunseol tried to hide her body, but suddenly the sound of footsteps vanished,
Whoosh.
In an instant, a faint shadow formed before me.
It was truly a miraculous divine technique.
“You’ve arrived at the perfect time.”
The figure that mysteriously revealed itself was an old man with a black coat pulled up over his face.
However, near his eyes, there were deep scars as if burned by black flames,
And his pupils were tinted with a transparent gray light devoid of irises.
He was a blind elder.
“The completion was drawing near anyway.”
The old man did not speak aloud; instead, it was as though he whispered directly into Bu Eunseol’s ear through the very wind itself.
Bu Eunseol realized that the old man was no mere blind elder.
She tensed as she grasped that he possessed extraordinarily mysterious power.
‘Why would an elder with such ability mistake my identity?’
Judging by his divine technique alone,
he was a master possessing terrifying power capable of deceiving even Bu Eunseol’s own senses.
Yet why was he mistaking her for someone else?
As Bu Eunseol pondered this mystery,
she suddenly realized that the mysterious luminescence flowing from the eye-shaped orb continued to envelop her body.
‘Why does this aura cling to me?’
At that moment, the old man spoke in a respectful tone.
“Soon, Miss, you shall recover your strength.”
‘Miss?’
Bu Eunseol’s breath caught.
‘Then these talismans were meant for the person Man Wol has been impersonating?’
If that were true,
then this old man was certainly one of those who had used the talismans at Saha Chamber to extract power from that woman’s body.
Moreover, the formidable aura radiating from him
clearly demonstrated that he possessed an entirely different dimension of power, incomparable to any master she had faced thus far.
‘What in the world is this old man’s true identity?’
Yet she could not simply voice such a question.
The wisest course was to flee this place before the old man discerned her true identity.
But contrary to Bu Eunseol’s expectations, the old man slowly walked toward her.
“Observe. With this aura…”
Then something unexpected occurred.
Crack.
The large eye-shaped orb standing beside Bu Eunseol suddenly split in half,
and with a tremendous burst,
one of the fractured pieces shattered into fragments that engulfed her body.
Sizzle.
As the powder touched her, white smoke rose from Bu Eunseol’s body as though Hwa Gol San itself had been scattered upon her,
and simultaneously, most of the power flowing through her body vanished in great chunks.
Yet strangely, the aura and luminescence rising from her body grew only more intense.
“Who are you!”
Only then did the blind elder sense something amiss, unleashing a thunderous strike.
Bu Eunseol, who had been mentally preparing herself, immediately attempted to evade the attack.
But an unexpected situation unfolded.
Rumble!
What the old man unleashed was not the force of martial arts, but rather some bizarre sorcery.
In an instant, the head of a massive evil dragon materialized and swallowed me whole.
Roooar!
Yet another bizarre situation unfolded.
The moment the evil dragon consumed me, black blood erupted from the old man’s mouth instead.
“Cough!”
As if struck across the back by a colossal iron hammer, the old man doubled over, his face contorted in agony.
‘What in the world is happening?’
I gazed at the black mist spreading around me, tilting my head in confusion.
The black evil dragon that had radiated such overwhelming pressure—as if it could devour the world itself—vanished, leaving only thick fog swirling in its wake.
Whoosh.
As I swept my hand through the air, the black mist dissipated in an instant.
Or rather, it felt as though it were being drawn into my palm.
‘There’s no need to fight over this.’
Though bizarre phenomena continued to unfold.
I had no desire to delve deeper into these mysteries or engage the Blind Elder in combat.
He would not answer my questions anyway, so I simply intended to depart quietly.
“Where do you think you’re going!”
Boom!
More than a dozen colossal evil dragons suddenly erupted before me.
The bleeding old man had unleashed his full power, spreading both arms wide to channel his bizarre sorcery.
“Die!”
The old man’s voice thundered.
The dozen evil dragons that towered to the ceiling consumed my body in a single breath.
Crunch, crunch.
Then something extraordinary occurred.
The dozen evil dragons that filled the Stone Chamber transformed into black mist in response to my gestures,
vanishing without a trace in an instant.
“Gack!”
The old man spat out black blood once more and collapsed to his knees.
“Who… who exactly are you?”
When I offered no response, the old man dipped his middle and ring fingers into the crimson blood he had coughed up.
As he smeared it across his eye sockets, crimson pupils began to slowly form within his transparent eyes.
Yet the pupils never fully materialized, and the old man was left with only blurred, hazy vision.
“Reveal your true identity at once!”
“Rather, I wish to ask you—what exactly is this place?”
As I continued speaking, I noticed my left arm had turned black and gasped.
Now I realized the mist had not vanished at all—it remained clinging to my arm.
“Even if No Bu has lost all his power to the Primordial Sun and Moon and retained only a handful of demon magic… how could you possibly absorb it?”
The old man trembled violently as he cried out, leaving me speechless.
Mixed Demonic Energy.
Wasn’t that the very force that Park Yeon Chong Ji had referred to as the power of Jin Ma?
“So that’s what it was.”
When the Saha Chamber used the Great Method to distribute the woman’s spiritual essence to the two children,
it wasn’t the sorcerers of the Jung Son Family—it was Jin Ma’s subordinates.
‘Since Baek Ri Mu Ha, the master of Saha Chamber, is a member of the Baek Ri Family, it’s not particularly strange that Jin Ma’s subordinates were involved.’
Then the blood incident at Saha Chamber, which I had believed to be the work of the Abyss Forces including Sam Gye,
was actually the doing of Jin Ma, who stands in opposition to the Baek Ri Family?
‘It cannot be that simple.’
If Jin Ma had consolidated forces and attacked Saha Chamber,
there was no way the Baek Ri Family would have simply stood by and watched.
‘Who am I, truly?’
It was all so confusing.
Am I really a shadow created by Saha Chamber?
Or did Gak Ju lie to me?
How did my grandfather learn not only Shaolin’s secret techniques, but also Jeong Cheon Je’s forbidden teachings?
Why does this artifact keep transmitting Saha Chamber’s memories to me?
Why have I been constantly mistaken for Cheon Am Sung?
What exactly is Cheon Am Sung?
“Speak!”
In the meantime, the old man seemed to have recovered somewhat, unleashing a shout that shook heaven and earth.
“Reveal your true identity!”
“That is precisely what I wish to know.”
Bu Eunseol gazed at the old man with eyes that were infinitely dark and despairing.
“Who am I?”
Her eyes were filled with desolation.
It would have been better when I was an orphan.
It didn’t matter whether I belonged to the Baek Ri Family or Jin Ma.
I only had to yearn for parents whose faces I would never know.
In the end, I tried not to wonder about my origins and to turn away from them.
Yet Saha Chamber, whenever I thought I had forgotten, returned as a phantom that would not fade, tormenting my mind.
“How dare you mock No Bu?”
Bu Eunseol had merely spoken with utter honesty.
But the old man believed himself to be ridiculed and his eyes flashed with sinister light.
At the same time, an immense force beyond description began to radiate from his body.
It was an overwhelming and untouchable power that surpassed even the supreme masters of Murim I had encountered thus far.
‘If he unleashes that force, no martial artist in Murim could withstand it.’
“Please do.”
At that moment, Bu Eunseol spoke calmly.
“How exactly can I reclaim this cumbersome and murky energy?”
“What did you say?”
As the old man blinked, he pointed at the shattered orb.
“I happened to wander in here, and I merely touched that orb out of curiosity. Look.”
A low hum resonated.
Bu Eunseol placed her hand against the eye-shaped orb, now reduced to barely half its original form.
A brilliant flash erupted!
The remaining orb instantly crumbled to dust, which swiftly enveloped my entire body in a torrent of radiance.
A sharp crackling sound pierced the air.
Wisps of smoke rose from my body, and the luminescence flowing through me grew far more intense.
“You wretched creature, daring to touch this clan’s greatest treasure!”
Mindful that sorcery would prove ineffective as before, the old man unleashed a palm technique capable of cleaving mountains in a single strike.
A deafening boom erupted.
Dust scattered in all directions from the explosion.
A crackling shimmer danced across the air.
From Bu Eunseol’s body, a circular light materialized as if it were a protective aura.
As the palm force crashed down, the luminescence flowing through my body naturally transformed into a protective barrier.
“What have you done?!”
“Stop shouting and explain calmly instead.”
Bu Eunseol’s expression betrayed incomprehension.
She gazed down at her own body and shook her head.
“I merely touched the orb, yet all my cultivation and strength vanished. Why are this light and black mist now enveloping my body?”
“All your cultivation vanished?”
The old man, unable to comprehend, scanned Bu Eunseol with his blood-crimson pupils.
Though his blurred vision prevented him from discerning her features clearly, he sensed no power resembling manifestation techniques.
“She is not of the Baek Ri Family.”
He tilted his head in confusion.
“She has not absorbed the demonic force technique, but rather wears it upon her arm like a weapon.”
Bu Eunseol’s eyes narrowed to slits at his words.
If he were truly a subordinate of Jin Ma, he would naturally possess the ability to distinguish members of the Baek Ri Family.
Since he claimed she was not of the Baek Ri bloodline, then she was certainly not connected to that clan by blood.
“Extend that arm to me.”
The old man, having confirmed the absence of malice in Bu Eunseol’s gaze, spoke.
“If all you say is true, then No Bu would have no objection to reclaiming the power, yes?”
“Of course.”
Bu Eunseol extended her left hand with a serene expression.
“In exchange, reveal to me who you are and what this place is.”
“A creature like you has no need to know.”
“Then do as you wish. I shall depart.”
“You dream foolishly. Did you think I cannot reclaim it if you do not surrender it willingly?”
The old man spread both arms wide and began chanting an incantation.
The black mist that had been coiled around Bu Eunseol’s arm began to transfer back to the old man’s body.
Craaack.
As the old man opened his mouth wide,
Slurp. Slurp.
The black mist, now taking the form of a serpent, began to flow endlessly into his mouth.
In that instant, the old man’s eyes widened.
Had the properties of the absorbed demonic cultivation technique completely reversed?
No, this could no longer even be called a demonic cultivation technique.
Screeeee.
As the black mist was absorbed, conversely,
the overwhelming and terrifying aura that had been flowing around the old man’s body began to gradually fade away.
“Uuugh.”
With a groan, the old man had already
transformed into the appearance of an ordinary martial artist, merely radiating the true energy of internal cultivation.
“I see.”
Only then did the old man nod as if understanding.
“You came to kill No Bu on his orders.”
“His orders? Whose orders are you speaking of?”
“Impossible, utterly impossible.”
The old man wore a sinister smile as if he had made up his mind.
“This is No Bu’s courtyard. Do you think you’ll surrender so meekly?”
“Elder.”
Bu Eunseol cried out in exasperation, her voice filled with fury.
“Listen to what people are saying! Why won’t you listen and just ramble on like some beast by yourself!”
Then something remarkable happened.
Boom!
Her cry became a tremendous wave of force that not only sent the old man flying backward,
Swirl. Swirl.
The black mist coiled around her arm spread out in the form of an enraged monster, as if embodying her fury.
“Divine Energy Exhausted, Heaven’s Divine Becomes Mortal? A figure from the Sacred Realm?”
“Are you spouting nonsense again?”
As the old man spoke incomprehensibly once more, Bu Eunseol cried out in irritation.
“Explain yourself in a way people can understand!”
“Insolent fool. Do you think that power is invincible?”
The old man sneered and turned his left palm downward.
Boom.
In that moment, mystical light flowed from the ground where Bu Eunseol stood.
Simultaneously, the black mist transformed into a monster form was instantly sucked into the light on the ground.
‘A domain? Does he also possess the power of Baek Pal Sung?’
The old man, like Baek Pal Sung, dominated a specific domain and instantly dissipated the power that had been coiled around Bu Eunseol’s body.
Whiing.
As the black mist dissipated.
The mysterious luminescence of the pearl dust that had clung and shimmered around Bu Eunseol vanished entirely.
Then… the inner energy that had disappeared gradually began to return to my body.
“Now, you won’t be able to unleash that meager power, will you?”
Whoooosh!
Suddenly, something sharp erupted from the ground into the air, beginning to form circular shapes one by one.
Control Sword.
Remarkably, the old man was attempting to deploy the supreme sword technique of the Cheon Gyo Geom Mun from ages past.
An otherworldly sword technique capable of endlessly unleashing sword strikes in the form of true qi.
“Martial Arts?”
In that instant, Bu Eunseol let out a hollow laugh.
The old man had misinterpreted the mysterious power that had been enveloping Bu Eunseol’s body as his own true qi,
and activated the same power as Baek Pal Sung.
He had transformed this entire space into an arena where only the power of martial arts could be used for combat.

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