Into the Creations 1842

## Chapter 1842 – 1842. The Path To Ascending To The Light

“Heh heh. Just as the Little Heavenly Demon said, you really came. How did you obtain the Heavenly Demon Divine Art?”

“Naturally, I obtained it from the Heavenly Demon Tomb.”

“You know that’s not what I’m asking, don’t you? The Heavenly Demon Divine Art isn’t something you can get just by going to the Heavenly Demon Tomb. You have to prove you’re worthy of becoming a Heavenly Demon. How did someone like you prove your worth? Are you perhaps the hidden child of the cult leader?”

He asked me as if he were genuinely curious.

Even the elders of the Heavenly Demon Cult don’t seem to know much about the Heavenly Demon Tomb.

“If you offer your head, I might not be unable to tell you.”

“Heh heh. You arrogant bastard. I heard that a new absolute master was born in the Heavenly Demon Tomb fifteen days ago. That must be you. Do you think a guy who just reached the Three Supreme Realms can be my opponent? I’ll kill you nicely, so tell me about the Heavenly Demon Tomb.”

“What you want isn’t the Heavenly Demon Tomb, but the Heavenly Demon Divine Art. Dream on. You won’t get the Heavenly Demon Divine Art even if you die and come back to life.”

“Guys like you never listen when spoken to. I’ll cut off your limbs and ask you slowly.”

“I heard that among the eight elders, the Eighth Elder is the weakest. Today, the Heavenly Demon Cult will have a Seventh Elder.”

“You…!”

His face immediately contorted.

Among the elders of the Heavenly Demon Cult, the Eighth Elder had a bad reputation in many ways. Rumor had it that he was the weakest among the elders, and he was always criticized for his disgraceful actions.

The Azure Handed Lecher. He was a lecher with a blue core. He enjoyed raping women and then killing them. This was because his Azure Handed Demonic Art was tempered by the yin energy of women. The Azure Handed Demonic Art was a type of sex art. To fully make a woman’s yin energy his own, he had to have sex, and the woman, having all her yin energy taken, would die. The shitty thing about the Azure Handed Lecher was that he targeted beautiful women.

“I was going to kill you anyway.”

He had been raping and killing women who might have become mine. The number was probably at least in the thousands. The Azure Handed Lecher was absolutely unforgivable.

“I’ll tear that arrogant mouth of yours first.”

His hands glowed blue. A terrible yin energy emanated from his hands. Crack! The air that touched his blue hands instantly froze and fell to the ground.

The Azure Handed Lecher ran towards me. Afterimages trailed behind him. It was a type of movement technique.

Heavenly Demon Divine Sword, Flash Strike.

I unleashed a slash imbued with Heavenly Demon energy. I thought the slash had cut through his body, but it was an afterimage. He reached out his hand towards me. I activated my protective energy.

Thud!

The Azure Handed Lecher’s palm struck my protective energy. Yin energy penetrated the protective energy.

Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Heavenly Demon Sword, Return to Heaven.

I rotated the Heavenly Demon energy in my sword and swung it at him. The Azure Handed Lecher kicked off the ground and jumped up. He wildly swung his hands, unleashing palm strikes. It was as if dozens of palms were striking my body simultaneously, along with the afterimages.

Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Heavenly Demon Sovereign Step.

I used the Heavenly Demon Sovereign Step to move through space. I appeared behind the Azure Handed Lecher and swung my sword imbued with energy. I thought it was a perfect surprise attack, but the Azure Handed Lecher turned his body. His blue hands each drew different circles.

‘Do you think I’d miss this chance?’

[Using Instant. Remaining stacks: 6]

Before the Azure Handed Lecher could do anything, my sword accelerated. Surprised, he gave up on the technique he was about to use and desperately grabbed my sword with both hands. Blood flowed from his palms that were holding the sword. The blood immediately froze. Cold air flowed into me through the sword.

Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Black Flame Demonic Dragon.

Black flames erupted from the sword. They suppressed the cold air in an instant and tried to swallow the Azure Handed Lecher’s body. The Azure Handed Lecher’s eyes sharpened for a moment. He kicked off the ground and rotated his body. As he spun around holding the sword, powerful cold air poured out, freezing everything around him. The black flames were torn to shreds by the rotation and scattered. The fragmented black flames were extinguished by the cold air.

The cold air then engulfed me.

[Using Instant. Remaining stacks: 5]

I dropped my sword and quickly retreated. I tried to create distance to avoid the cold air, but something blocked my back. It was transparent ice.

The man, having stopped rotating and standing on the ground, curled up the corners of his mouth.

“The Imprisoning Ice Hell. You cannot escape from here without my permission.”

The blue bead hanging from the Azure Handed Lecher’s waist had been faintly glowing since earlier. The Imprisoning Ice Hell was definitely the power of that magical artifact.

‘…This space itself has been isolated. Is it a type of magical artifact that controls space? It’ll be difficult to use the Heavenly Demon Sovereign Step to move through space.’

The Azure Handed Lecher, holding my sword in his hand, smiled triumphantly.

“Your weapon is in my hands. What are you going to do now? Heh heh.”

“I’ll do this.”

Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Black Flame Demonic Dragon.

I charged at the Azure Handed Lecher, engulfed in black flames. The Azure Handed Lecher slowly moved his hands as if it were boring.

“Flames can be suppressed. Just because it’s ice doesn’t mean it will always lose to fire. I’ll show you exactly what ice that can even freeze fire is like.”

Cold air swirled. The Imprisoning Ice Hell and the Azure Handed Lecher’s martial arts were resonating.

Crack!

The black flames wrapped around my legs disappeared, and they began to freeze rapidly. The cold air traveled up my legs.

‘The Azure Handed Lecher… I underestimated him. He’s a troublesome guy. Is it the difference in experience? If I keep fighting for a while, I don’t think I can’t win….’

I mustn’t forget my purpose. My purpose isn’t to kill the Azure Handed Lecher, but to kill Cheon Yu-un. I reached out my right hand. He chuckled and grabbed my hand.

“Are you trying to have an internal energy battle? Not bad. I’ll freeze you to death from the inside out.”

Of course, I was at a disadvantage in an internal energy battle. Cold air was swirling around me from the outside, so how could I concentrate on an internal energy battle?

“Internal energy battle my ass.”

I took out a magical artifact from my inventory. The Light Force Pack I obtained after killing Hong Je-yu fifteen days ago. It was an item that charged spiritual energy by putting in spirit stones, magical artifacts, and spirit medicines. I had charged it by putting all the trashy magical artifacts I had obtained at that time into the Light Force Pack.

I maximized the strength of my protective energy with demonic energy and aimed the cylinder-shaped Light Force Pack at him.

“Farewell.”

Before he could say anything, I fired the Light Force Pack. Even if he was a master of the Three Supreme Realms, he wouldn’t be able to withstand a Light Force Pack charged to its limit at this distance.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

A tremendous explosion occurred. I was caught in the explosion and was prepared to die, but luckily, the aftermath of firing the Light Force Pack sent my body flying backward, allowing me to avoid the range of the explosion.

“Ugh.”

I got up and checked on the Azure Handed Lecher. Only his two calves remained; the rest of his body had been blown away. Unfortunately, his magical artifact must have been destroyed as well, as there was no trace of it. Behind him, a huge crater had formed.

Psss.

The Light Force Pack turned to dust and disappeared. It seemed to have broken because it couldn’t withstand the output beyond its limit.

I clicked my tongue. It was a shame because it was an item that could be used as a trump card like this if only I could periodically replenish its energy.

‘If I had known this would happen, should I have strengthened it with the Path to Ascending to the Light beforehand?’

I remembered that I didn’t know how long the strengthening would take. Whatever the case, it was good to use it when I could. There was a reason why they said that saving it would turn it into shit.

I grabbed the sword that had fallen on the floor and raised my head. Je Gal Mo-sun was still looking down at me from the top.

I spread my energy. My energy instantly dominated the space.

Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Heavenly Demon Sovereign Step.

I appeared behind Je Gal Mo-sun and pointed my sword at him.

“Lightning Flash and Flame Stone. The Lord trusted you. Why did you betray the Lord?”

Je Gal Mo-sun, having drawn his sword, asked me.

“You ask the obvious. It’s to become a Heavenly Demon.”

“Do you think you can become a Heavenly Demon just because you obtained the Heavenly Demon Divine Art? The Lord is the son of the current Heavenly Demon. On the other hand, who is behind you?”

“The Imperial Family.”

“……”

The Imperial Family. The most powerful backing in this world.

Je Gal Mo-sun fell silent as soon as he heard that name. Normally, he should have denied it. The reason he didn’t was probably because of Baek Ran, the first-class royal guard. And this meant that Baek Ran’s intention had worked perfectly. I had to make him believe that the Imperial Family was behind me, regardless of the support of the Ma family. That way, the Heavenly Demon wouldn’t be able to treat me carelessly.

“Where did Cheon Yu-un go?”

“Everything won’t go as you wish.”

Je Gal Mo-sun took out a bell from his chest. He was about to open his mouth and swallow the bell.

[Using Instant. Remaining stacks: 4]

I didn’t have time to argue with Je Gal Mo-sun, so I used Instant to close the distance in an instant.

[Using Instant. Remaining stacks: 3]

I cut the hand holding the bell. The bell floated upwards. Je Gal Mo-sun stretched his head forward, trying to swallow the bell no matter what.

[Using Instant. Remaining stacks: 2]

I raised my sword and slashed upwards. I cut him from his chin to the top of his head. Je Gal Mo-sun’s body fell to the ground.

I spread my senses. I could feel Cheon Yu-un’s presence from the underground. Just as I was about to break through the floor and go underground, Je Gal Mo-sun’s corpse twitched and rose.

‘Did he even turn himself into a zombie? He’s being annoying until the end.’

Before the zombie could rise, I swung my sword. I swung, swung, and kept swinging. My shoulder hurt, but I didn’t stop. The zombie was reduced to a pulp as if it had been ground in a mixer.

I raised my right foot and stomped hard on the ground.

Bang!

The floor broke, and my body fell down. After repeating that twelve times, I was able to face Cheon Yu-un in the underground. Cheon Yu-un was standing in front of an altar that exuded an unknown atmosphere. He was holding a sword made of obsidian.

“Flame Stone. Why did you do this? No matter how much I think about it, I can’t understand. Did you covet my position that much? Or did I do something wrong to you?”

“I’ll tell you one thing. I’m not Flame Stone.”

“…What?”

“The real Flame Stone killed an entire village before joining the Heavenly Demon Cult. He needed a suitable identity.”

“The reason you took Flame Stone’s identity…”

Cheon Yu-un’s face hardened. His eyes shook from side to side.

“Could you be a possessor?”