Chapter 841 : Why Do You not Resent Me

The ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍Martial Emperor Divine Sword extended his hand toward Hyeok Do-cheon.

“Let’s ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍try holding hands once with you as well.”

He ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍had already held hands with the Heavenly Will Palace Master while flying earlier, so he intended to hold hands with Hyeok Do-cheon one last time.

“We ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍fought quite a lot.”

Hyeok ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Do-cheon, being in a hurry, did not refuse and grabbed his hand at once. Right now, he only wanted to get out of this place as soon as possible.

Of ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍course, he did not forget to say a word as he took his hand.

“You should’ve been a bit less frustrating.”

In the past, he wouldn’t have let that slide, but the Martial Emperor Divine Sword merely smiled.

“You two, grab on as well. If we’re late and can’t get out, I’ll kill you all with my own hands!”

At Hyeok Do-cheon’s urging, the Heavenly Will Palace Master and Joo Ga-shin also took hold of hands. Everyone knew there was no time, so they moved quickly.

As the four formed a circle and held hands, Geom Mugeuk began to circulate the mnemonic verse.

As True Energy moved according to the mnemonic verse, the power of the Six-Origin Energies flowed through Geom Mugeuk’s hands and was transmitted to them.

Hyeok Do-cheon’s eyes widened at the energy entering his body. In his entire life, he had never felt such an energy.

The same was true for the Martial Emperor Divine Sword beside him and the other two. They instinctively realized that this was not an energy of the human world.

As the True Energy flowing out from Geom Mugeuk passed through their bodies, a mysterious radiance began to burst forth from them, now united as one through the mnemonic verse.

It was at that moment.

Hwa Moogi reappeared there.

“What kind of trick is this!”

While his attention had briefly been drawn to the Cult Leader of the Heavenly Wind Cult, something utterly unexpected had been unfolding within him.

Hwa Moogi could tell by instinct. This was something that absolutely must not be left alone. With nearly two hours already passed, what they were doing was clearly an attempt to break the Dark Heaven Soul-Binding Art.

Hwa Moogi rushed toward them, trying to tear apart their joined hands.

Judging by their appearance, they were undoubtedly executing some kind of mental cultivation method, so he had to separate those hands and sever the flow of True Energy.

But the radiance bursting from their bodies blocked any external approach.

Since his true body’s Internal Energy had been suppressed, his soul likewise could not use Internal Energy.

Even if he could use martial arts, it seemed unlikely he could break through this light.

“Stop!”

Hwa Moogi did not give up and tried to force his way in, but it was useless.

Now, the only hope left for Hwa Moogi was time.

Almost two hours had passed. The remaining time was less than it would take for a single stick of incense to fully burn.

‘It has to reach two hours before the circulation ends!’

The four felt changes arising within their bodies. The sensation of holding hands faded, and they even forgot the presence of the mysterious energy that had entered them.

It felt as though they stood alone in an empty space, and the days they had lived flashed by in an instant. All the emotions they had experienced brushed past each of their hearts.

The energy of the Six-Origin Energies, which had been moving as one, split apart and scattered into different lights.

The pure white energy of the White Eye Orb wrapped around the Martial Emperor Divine Sword. It looked as though he was disappearing into a dense fog.

“Thank you, Young Cult Leader.”

The Martial Emperor Divine Sword smiled brightly as he vanished together with the white light.

What wrapped around Hyeok Do-cheon was the black energy of the Black Eye. He appeared as if walking through a pitch-dark night street, fading into the darkness.

“You’re too soft! The Demonic Cult must be fierce and strong!”

For some reason, within the final form shaped by the darkness that enveloped him, the image of the Heavenly Demon Spirit flickered faintly.

If that were the case?

Then even now, may he remain together until the very end.

The energy that wrapped around Joo Ga-shin was the energy of Red Essence. The blazing red energy, burning like fire, took the shape of a red wolf before disappearing together with him.

“Still, for a Demonic Cult bastard, you weren’t bad.”

That was the last thing he left to Geom Mugeuk.

The light that enveloped the Heavenly Will Palace Master last was golden. As he turned away, it looked as though he were walking lonely into the sunset. The final lingering attachment he could not cast aside.

“Still, there is Heavenly Will. I hope the Heavenly Will granted to you can change the world.”

And so, even the Heavenly Will Palace Master disappeared.

Where exactly they had gone, even Geom Mugeuk could not know.

“May you have gone where you wished to go!”

Geom Mugeuk respectfully bowed his head toward the place where they had vanished. It was the moment when a bond that had continued for over three hundred years came to an end.

At that very moment, exactly two hours had passed.

Swaaaaaaak.

In that instant, Hwa Moogi’s expression brightened.

Geom Mugeuk’s Innate Qi, Internal Energy, and martial arts began flowing into his body. Realizing that the Dark Heaven Soul-Binding Art had not been broken, Hwa Moogi was overjoyed.

“Yes, I don’t need them. You can take their place instead!”

Hwa Moogi burst into loud laughter. What delighted him even more was the nature of the Internal Energy that had entered his body.

‘To think such pure Internal Energy exists?’

Even the Internal Energy of the Martial Emperor Divine Sword, who had been an absolute master of the Righteous Faction, was not this pure.

Geom Mugeuk’s Innate Qi, Internal Energy, and even his martial arts were all absorbed into Hwa Moogi’s body.

At that very moment, something even more astonishing occurred.

Swaaaaaaa.

The Internal Energy of Hyeok Do-cheon, the Martial Emperor Divine Sword, the Heavenly Will Palace Master, and Joo Ga-shin—previously obtained—also began to rise together. In the outside reality, that Internal Energy had already been completely exhausted.

It seemed that as their souls left his body for good, all that power was being fully restored once more.

‘Heaven is helping me!’

As that Innate Qi and Internal Energy merged with Geom Mugeuk’s, he felt an overwhelming power. With this strength, he felt confident he could fight the entire martial world alone.

“I am the greatest of all time!”

With this power, even without using the originally planned Heavenly Demon World Annihilation, it felt like he could go out and kill them all.

Hwa Moogi spoke to Geom Mugeuk.

“If there was a way to break it, you should have left alone instead of trying to save them. That pathetic desire to be a good person to others has trapped you here for your entire life.”

Geom Mugeuk admitted it calmly.

“Yes, I know that the desire to be a good person can become a great weakness for someone.”

Had he given up on everything? Geom Mugeuk remained composed.

“But what can I do? I’m greedy, so I want to be that kind of person. I care a great deal about how others see me, and I’m someone who wants to hear others say I’m impressive.”

Geom Mugeuk’s calmness did not come from resignation. Though all his Innate Qi and Internal Energy had been drained as if by a lie, the energy of Blue Purity and the energy of Clear Purity still remained within his body. It was vividly felt, as if it were not over yet.

Wooooong.

Indeed, the energy of Blue Purity within Geom Mugeuk’s body began to circulate on its own.

Then, a blue radiance burst forth from Geom Mugeuk’s body.

It was not just light.

That light began absorbing all the Innate Qi, Internal Energy, and every martial art Hwa Moogi possessed within his body.

“No!”

Hwa Moogi gritted his teeth and resisted, but it was an irresistible force. The moment he was exposed to the light, he could not even move a finger.

Only now did he realize that the Dark Heaven Soul-Binding Art had already been broken. The reason Geom Mugeuk had willingly given up his Internal Energy earlier was to gather all that power in one place and absorb it at once.

“Young Cult Leader! You bastard! Stop! Stop, I said!”

He tried to leave the world within the mind, but that too was impossible. From the very beginning, he could not reject the power of the Six-Origin Energies. The moment he accepted the souls of the past into his body, it had already been decided.

Hwa Moogi did not give up. He drew up every ounce of Killing Intent he possessed.

“I’ll kill you!”

Hwa Moogi’s eyes burned crimson as the most powerful killing aura burst forth. He had displayed astonishing killing intent many times before, but none could compare to this.

All of Geom Mugeuk’s Innate Qi, Internal Energy, and martial arts had returned, and the Innate Qi and Internal Energy of the other four masters had been absorbed.

As that power merged with his own Internal Energy, it became clear why Hwa Moogi had proclaimed himself the greatest of all time.

Hwa Moogi endured desperately. He did not give up.

‘It can’t end like this.’

The house where they had been disappeared, and the village vanished as well. The mountain that had been floating upside down in the air crashed to the ground, and the swamp overturned, scattering all kinds of poisons in every direction.

The sun and moon that had hung together in the sky vanished, plunging the heavens into darkness.

The world was swallowed by pitch-black darkness.

At that very moment!

Flash.

Amid it all, a single star began to shine.

The Heavenly Killing Star.

The light of Heavenly Killing poured down upon Hwa Moogi.

Now, from Hwa Moogi’s eyes burst forth a killing aura no longer belonging to a human.

The final power arranged by fate was granted to Hwa Moogi at this moment.

‘Please! Just once! Leave me enough Internal Energy to use it!’

The instant that will reached the Heavenly Killing Star, its light severed Geom Mugeuk’s blue radiance.

At that moment, Hwa Moogi disappeared.

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“Neither of them has opened their eyes yet.”

Even after two hours had passed, both Hwa Moogi and Geom Mugeuk remained with their eyes closed.

Everyone could feel it. The two were fighting within Hwa Moogi’s mind.

“Young Cult Leader, come out.”

The Cult Leader of the Heavenly Wind Cult stood beside Geom Woojin along with the Sword King. The Sword King had forcibly brought him there, saying it was dangerous to stand directly in front of Hwa Moogi.

Standing next to Geom Woojin, the Cult Leader of the Heavenly Wind Cult remained on edge, ready to act the moment he moved.

At the exact moment two hours passed, Geom Woojin had seemed ready to kill him immediately.

Yet in the end, Geom Woojin did not kill Hwa Moogi.

The Fist Demon King could tell just how difficult that decision had been.

‘This is the moment the Cult Leader fails to keep words he ever spoke for the very first time.’

Jin Paecheon, Baek Jagang, and the Poison King had also gathered near Geom Woojin.

Jin Paecheon was of the opinion that they should trust Geom Mugeuk and wait, while Baek Jagang believed it was dangerous to drag things out like this.

The Poison King simply stared silently at Geom Mugeuk lying there.

Then, in that suffocating tension—

Hwa Moogi opened his eyes first.

He did not hesitate. There was no time to think of what came after. If he did not kill first, he would be the one to die. Before Geom Mugeuk could awaken, he had to wipe everything out.

The moment Hwa Moogi raised his hand and thrust it forward—

Flash!

It was Heavenly Demon World Annihilation.

The world turned completely white. As if the sun itself had exploded, no sound could be heard within this massive blast.

Though he had not been able to kill Hwa Moogi, Geom Woojin had not let his guard down.

The instant Hwa Moogi awoke and unleashed Heavenly Demon World Annihilation, he erected the Great Demon Wall and unleashed Heavenly Demon World Annihilation himself.

Flash.

The very situation everyone had feared the most unfolded.

After blocking with the Great Demon Wall, Heavenly Demon World Annihilation.

The exact scenario where both sides would be annihilated together.

The Heavenly Demon World Annihilation of the two was different.

Unlike Hwa Moogi’s, which annihilated everything in sight, Geom Woojin’s became a single pure white sword and shot forward.

Far behind Hwa Moogi, the Main Division where Demonic Flames were rising could be seen. It could not be blown away as well.

It was the same Heavenly Demon World Annihilation he had once shown Geom Mugeuk—how it could be controlled like this upon reaching Twelve Star Greatness.

A sword of light flying without a sound.

Even as Hwa Moogi’s Heavenly Demon World Annihilation erased everything, the sword created by Geom Woojin’s technique continued to fly. A sword that did not vanish even against Heavenly Demon World Annihilation.

Puaaak!

It pierced straight through Hwa Moogi’s chest.

Now, the problem was on this side.

Swaaaaaaa.

The Great Demon Wall was melting. Though it was a Great Demon Wall of Twelve Star Greatness, from the very beginning, it could not completely block Heavenly Demon World Annihilation.

Geom Woojin and the Fist Demon King stood at the very front.

The Cult Leader of the Heavenly Wind Cult prepared himself to use the Temporal and Spatial Transference Technique if necessary.

However, he could already tell that even that technique would not be able to block Heavenly Demon World Annihilation. Any demonic art or sorcery within this space would simply be erased.

When the Great Demon Wall had nearly completely melted, the Cult Leader of the Heavenly Wind Cult could no longer hold back and revealed his true feelings.

“Even if we all died, we should not have killed that Hwa Moogi.”

Without even considering that the body of Geom Mugeuk lying over there would also be annihilated, he protected the Young Master until the very end, protected the Young Cult Leader until the very end.

“The Young Cult Leader would have somehow survived and escaped that body, and would have created a better martial world than ours.”

At that moment, a familiar voice came from behind.

“You’re not cursing me, so it feels a bit awkward making an entrance.”

Startled, the Cult Leader of the Heavenly Wind Cult turned around to see Geom Mugeuk standing there.

“I’ll give my greetings later!”

Geom Mugeuk immediately erected a new Great Demon Wall behind his father’s Great Demon Wall.

Swaaaaaaak.

As his father’s Great Demon Wall melted away, Geom Mugeuk’s Great Demon Wall now withstood Heavenly Demon World Annihilation.

Those standing behind stared at the astonishing sight of a second Great Demon Wall blocking Heavenly Demon World Annihilation. It was something that had never existed in the history of the martial world and would never happen again.

Geom Mugeuk looked at his father.

‘Father.’

Geom Woojin simply stared silently at the Great Demon Wall his son had created. If their eyes met, it would reveal how worried he had been, so he kept his gaze forward.

The Fist Demon King was certain. The reason Geom Woojin had unleashed Heavenly Demon World Annihilation toward the Heavenly Killing Star was because he had sensed that Geom Mugeuk had awakened. Without a doubt, he had been the first to notice his son’s awakening.

Sssssss.

The pure white force that had been trying to pierce through the Great Demon Wall slowly faded away.

Geom Mugeuk’s Great Demon Wall had withstood Heavenly Demon World Annihilation.

Since his father’s Great Demon Wall had already blocked it once, and because he had absorbed all the Innate Qi and Internal Energy within Hwa Moogi’s body, he was able to endure Heavenly Demon World Annihilation.

As the light that had illuminated the world faded away, Hwa Moogi’s figure came into view.

He lay on the ground with a gaping hole through his chest.

“In the end, Father was the one who killed him.”

It meant that Geom Woojin had kept his word—that they would be the ones to kill the Heavenly Killing Star.

Geom Mugeuk slowly walked toward Hwa Moogi. He was still barely breathing.

Geom Mugeuk looked down at him. When evil men died, he had never even looked at them, refusing to give meaning to their deaths. But he could not do that with Hwa Moogi.

“If you have anything to say, say it now.”

Hwa Moogi coughed up blood in heavy gulps as he spoke.

“……You lunatic.”

When he saw him walking over, he had thought he would hurl curses and insults, but thinking about it now, he had already said more than enough.

“……I resent you.”

Meanwhile, Geom Mugeuk looked down at him with deep eyes.

Hwa Moogi could feel it. There was no malice in that gaze.

He had tried to kill him, tried to kill his father and everyone he cherished.

“……Why don’t you resent me?”

Because he had already resented him enough in the life before regression.

“They say resentment is always double-edged. That’s why. So I don’t get hurt as much. So you shouldn’t resent too much either.”

“You, until the very end…….”

Hwa Moogi could not continue. Just as his breath was about to fade—

Something astonishing happened.

Swaaaaaaak.

The energy of Clear Purity that had remained within Geom Mugeuk’s body flowed out and wrapped around Hwa Moogi.

Geom Mugeuk realized that this power of the Six-Origin Energies—no, that sky itself—was trying to take him along as well.

Geom Woojin and the others watching also observed the scene with astonished expressions. Perhaps Geom Mugeuk had fought a far more difficult battle than they had imagined.

Hwa Moogi, whose breath had been fading, opened his eyes again.

A brief moment had been granted for a final farewell.

When Geom Mugeuk had first walked this path, he had imagined a satisfying end—shattering him to pieces while asking why he had killed even children who knew no martial arts. Yet their parting now stood before him in this form.

“Please, in your next life, live an ordinary and happy life with her.”

From the way his eyes widened in shock, it was clear she was the woman he had loved—the one Hwa Moogi had killed.

“How did you know?”

“I saw items in the room that belonged to a young woman.”

Even in that situation, he had noticed such a thing. Realizing that, Hwa Moogi let out a hollow laugh without meaning to.

But he did not want to show a smiling face to Geom Mugeuk at the very end.

“In the next life…… I’ll kill them all without fail.”

Yet the vicious killing intent was no longer present in Hwa Moogi’s eyes.

Geom Mugeuk looked at him and smiled brightly.

“It doesn’t matter. The one who’ll have a hard time stopping that won’t be me.”

A violet light scattered brilliantly, and Hwa Moogi disappeared along with it—like a star vanishing from the night sky, leaving behind countless fragments.

After meeting Hwa Moogi, he had always called him the Heavenly Killing Star and had never once called him by his name.

For the first and last time, Geom Mugeuk spoke his name.

“……Farewell, Hwa Moogi.”