The World’s Greatest is Dead - Chapter 438

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The Heavenly Supreme Has Died – Episode 438
“The Celestial Demon.”
The words came from the masked figure. Hearing them, veins bulged at the Young Master’s temples.
“…You mad fool.”
How dare he speak that name before him? The Young Master’s lips curled upward, and the scent of blood began to emanate from his eyes.
“Do you know who stands before you, speaking such words?”
[Who, you ask?]
The self-proclaimed Celestial Demon laughed as if amused by the question. Kkkkkk—! The faint smile carried Magi within it.
[I told you before, didn’t I?]
Tap, tap. The figure tapped his mask lightly.
[A worthless fool without qualification. That fool is you, isn’t it?]
Kkkkkk—! Aura erupted from the Young Master’s body. The violent backlash caused the Demons to flinch.
“Little Sky…”
The Eight Demon Fists urgently spoke to him.
“If you release your aura, Meng will notice…! Please…!”
The Young Master who heard this twisted his expression. It was true. Unleashing his aura here would draw attention. If that happened, he might lose what he could gain.
“Hah.”
He suppressed his aura. The killing intent gradually seeped back into his body and subsided. Watching this, the masked figure laughed.
[Since it’s not yours, you can’t even control it properly.]
“…What?”
[A vessel unfit for its role. Therefore…]
Whoooooooosh—!!!!
“…!!”
Aura flowed from the figure’s feet, enveloping the surroundings.
It was a heavy and dense aura entirely different from what the Young Master had released. What was astounding was.
‘…It doesn’t flow beyond a certain radius?’
Both the Magi and killing intent circulated only within the domain and did not extend further. It was extraordinary control.
[You can’t even use it properly. Isn’t that right?]
“…You bastard…”
The Young Master gritted his teeth and tried to release his aura again.
Thud.
The figure took a single step. Then.
Kuuuuuuung—!!!!
The ground trembled.
“Hack!”
“…Ugh!?”
The Demons coughed up blood and staggered.
“This is…”
One of the masked Eight Demon Fists widened his eyes. Magi suppressed the body. This was.
“The previous Sky’s…”
The previous Heavenly Realm. An existence called the totality of the Demonic Sect and a Deity. Its power was identical to that of the Celestial Demon.
“How repugnant.”
In that moment, the Young Master’s eyes sharpened. The Young Master of the Demonic Sect. Speaking of the Celestial Demon before him, who would obtain the Celestial Demon Divine Art and finally become a true Heavenly Realm?
“I shall carve out your tongue this very instant.”
[My tongue?]
The voice carried an air of indifference.
[Do you truly believe you alone can accomplish what no one else has managed?]
Screeeech—!!! The Young Master drew his sword in response instead.
“I shall discover your true nature from this moment forward. Here, I shall punish your crime of speaking of the Celestial Demon and insulting the previous Heavenly Realm before me.”
Whoooom. The blade sang. At that sight, the Masked Individual chuckled and let out a laugh.
[Punishment?]
That word about meting out punishment. It was so amusing.
[Very well. Punishment. A fine word indeed.]
“…I shall take you down at once.”
[But I shall give you a chance.]
Thunk—!
The Masked Individual hurled the sword he had been holding before the Young Master. The blade embedded itself in the ground.
“…What…?”
A divine sword suddenly appeared before him. A sacred artifact wielded by the Celestial Demon and called the key to this sect—a supreme treasure.
It was right before his eyes. That very object he had searched for so desperately.
‘Is this really.’
Real? That sword is here before me? But why would he.
‘Throw it to me?’
The Young Master looked ahead in confusion, and the Masked Man nodded.
[Seize it.]
“…What?”
[Grasp that sword. Prove that you are worthy.]
“….”
The Celestial Demon Divine Sword.
Proof of worthiness.
At those words, the Young Master’s face contorted. The condition that existed within the divine sword was the problem.
‘Only those who can grasp the divine sword.’
Are descendants of the Celestial Demons throughout the ages. And only those who possess the Heavenly Killing Star can do so, it was said. Recalling this, the Young Master extended his hand.
‘Could that be true?’
What would happen if it were not? His fingertips trembled slightly. Just as his middle finger was about to touch the hilt.
Crackle—!!!
“…!”
Energy erupted, and the Young Master stumbled back slightly.
“…What…!”
“The divine sword….”
Three of the Eight Demon Fists. Their reaction was violent. They had witnessed with their own eyes the Divine Sword rejecting the Young Master.
[Tsk, tsk, tsk….]
The Masked Man laughs.
[So the Divine Deity refuses you.]
“….”
[Lacking the qualifications, it is only natural.]
“What would you know….”
[Must one know such things? I have no interest in that. What matters is.]
With a swift motion, the Masked Man extended his hand. In that instant, the Divine Sword embedded in the ground stirred and was drawn into his grasp.
Shing—! At how effortlessly he seized it, the Young Master’s jaw clenched.
[You lack the qualifications.]
“You’ve resorted to tricks.”
[A reasonable excuse. Believe it if you wish.]
As though it mattered not at all, the Masked Man continued to laugh, and simultaneously.
Crack-crack-crack-crack.
The aura he was releasing burst forth with greater intensity. Then a shadow deepened behind him. A small form coiled around his body like a shroud.
Sssssss.
It writhed and undulated. A form both repulsive and grotesque.
[The essence remains unchanged, after all.]
“….”
That alien form. The Young Master’s eyes trembled upon seeing it. He had seen this shape somewhere before.
No—rather, he had heard of it.
This was.
‘Could it be.’
The form of the Celestial Demon Divine Art? A distant shadow overlaying the flesh. It was identical to the Celestial Demon Divine Art the Young Master knew.
‘A Divine Art, you say….’
Not only the Divine Sword but the Celestial Demon Divine Art as well? What in the heavens.
‘What is that creature’s true identity?’
Could he truly be of the Celestial Demon’s bloodline? That was impossible.
‘The Celestial Demon’s bloodline.’
Had already been found and slain. There should be no remaining clan of the Celestial Demon upon this land. Yet one appears suddenly? And moreover.
‘Wielding both the Divine Sword and Divine Art?’
The Young Master ground his teeth with a grating sound. This should not be. Not for his plans.
“You employ sorcery. How pathetic…!”
He erupted with intensity and drew his blade. Black energy traced across the sword’s edge. Just as the Young Master lunged toward the Masked Man.
[That would be troublesome—]
Crack-crack-crack—!! The shadow formed a wall before the Young Master. Black flames. A formidable barrier separated them.
[I have merely come to pay my respects today, so I have no wish to waste effort on needless matters.]
“What did you…?”
[You who are dull and covet what you cannot obtain.]
Clang—!
The Masked Man sheathes his sword at his waist.
He steps back a single pace.
“…Where are you going…!”
The Young Master rushed forward to pursue, but—
Whoosh—!!! Flames erupted, blocking the Young Master’s path. He wanted to break through, yet found himself unable. What was this? What manner of flames were these…!
[One who cannot even pierce through such trivial obstacles—how dare he raise his blade before me. Should our paths cross again, I pray you present yourself with greater dignity.]
“Wait…!”
Whether his robes burned or his flesh charred, he lunged forward, but by then the Celestial Demon’s body was already dissolving.
Like mist, slowly and deliberately, it crumbled away in an instant.
Whoosh—!
Even the roaring flames extinguished in that same moment.
“…This…!”
He vanished. Right before his eyes, the man who had mocked him simply disappeared.
“Damn that bastard…!!!”
Boom—!! The Young Master shrieked and stomped the ground. With a violent sound, the earth caved inward. Eyes blazing with fury.
Beyond those murderous, glinting eyes, the Young Master spoke in a low voice.
“Find him.”
He issued his command to the Eight Demon Fists.
“Search by any means necessary.”
That wretched man who had just vanished.
“Bring him before me.”
He had to find him, no matter what.
“…Yes…!”
The Demons responded to his words, yet for some reason, doubt flickered faintly in their eyes.
The Young Master did not notice this.

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A night when thick clouds obscured the moon from view.
“….”
Returning to my residence, I removed the mask in the frigid air.
“…ah… ugh….”
My body collapsed of its own accord with that barely-exhaled breath. My legs trembled uncontrollably. The tension had finally broken.
“Ugh….”
Whether from backlash or something else, my muscles screamed in agony.
“Ah… ugh…. I’m going to die, seriously.”
My arms wouldn’t stop shaking. I stripped off my clothes and carelessly tossed the mask aside.
“Am I actually insane…?”
I spoke in a daze. Someone responded to my words.
[How was it? Wasn’t it exhilarating?]
It was the Celestial Demon.
“Exhilarating? Not a chance. Where in this was exhilarating…?”
I was terrified. I’d heard the plan beforehand, but I never expected it to unfold so recklessly. At first, he’d said he’d merely borrow my body to drive a wedge between the Young Master and the Magi-wielding Demons, that there’d be no harm to me.
‘The plan to humiliate the Young Master seems to have succeeded.’
But there were other problems.
“…Can I really just flee like this?”
Simply running away didn’t seem like it would avoid consequences.
“He’ll definitely try to find me.”
Having displayed both the Celestial Demon’s Divine Sword and the Celestial Demon’s martial techniques, the Young Master would undoubtedly search for me by any means. But.
“…What if I get exposed in the process?”
This wasn’t good. My physical condition was also suffering from the possession.
[Don’t worry. They will never be able to find you.]
“…Why?”
[As long as one possesses Magi, it’s inevitable. I’ve taken precautions, so don’t concern yourself.]
“….”
Magi-wielding Demons. They could never find me? His certainty was incomprehensible.
‘That power….’
Was it what he called the Celestial Demon’s Divine Art? I recalled the source of the backlash in my body.
‘The Young Master couldn’t grasp the Divine Sword.’
His claim of lacking qualification seemed true—the Celestial Demon’s Divine Sword had rejected the Young Master.
‘And simultaneously, the Celestial Demon unleashed his Divine Art through my body.’
Since I was in a possessed state, my body retained the sensation. It felt entirely different from Yoo Cheon-gil’s martial techniques.
Like insects crawling across skin—an unpleasant yet paradoxically refreshing, strange sensation.
“…Magi.”
The energy the Celestial Demon channeled through my body. It seemed to utilize the Divine Sword’s power precisely.
“Come to think of it, couldn’t the Young Master also grasp the sword?”
[Hm?]
A question flashed through my mind.
“If you acknowledge me, then qualifications and such don’t matter, right? The same should apply to the Celestial Demon Divine Art.”
Celestial Demon bloodline.
Even without it, I could wield the Divine Sword, so couldn’t I also use the Celestial Demon Divine Art? After all, all that’s needed is the Celestial Demon’s permission.
Speaking with that thought in mind.
[You speak strangely.]
“What do you mean?”
[Neither the Divine Sword nor divine arts can be grasped without qualification.]
“…But I was able to use them because you permitted it. My qualifications are meager except for possessing the Divine Eye.”
Whether by my will or not. To call the Divine Eye his qualification, I lacked even the Heavenly Killing Star.
Much less the most crucial condition.
“I don’t even have Celestial Demon bloodline—”
Master of the Demonic Sect. Not of Celestial Demon bloodline. Uttering such words.
[Why do you think that way?]
“Pardon?”
The Celestial Demon spoke strange words.
[Why.]
But those words were.
[Are you certain that Celestial Demon blood does not flow through you?]
“…What?”
It was too difficult for me to comprehend.

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