Chapter 351 ·Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven
Chapter 351: Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven
The gigantic hand gripping a portion of the galaxy gradually shrank.
The overwhelming gravitational force that had been pulling everything toward it also slowly weakened.
The Sighing Heavenly Treasure Dragon swam through outer space as it approached.
Everyone, including Jang Woo-hyun, sensed it simultaneously.
Very soon, the Three Thousand Radiant Silver Treasure Heavenly Venerable would finish absorbing the Immortal Emperors and reveal himself.
Before the battle had even begun, Muk Geom-yeong was the first to use his power.
Microcosm—Dark Heaven Shadow Land (暗天影地), Mysterious Realm (玄界).
A black world shrouded in a dark sky and shadows.
A pitch-black space formed before gradually shrinking in size.
Muk Geom-yeong's Microcosm enveloped the Seven Great Sages, Jang Woo-hyun, and Zhang Sanfeng.
"Human, what is this?"
As a cold, ominous aura wrapped around his body like armor, the Lion Camel King frowned.
"I'll support everyone."
"What? What do you mea—"
"Enough. Do it."
The Bull Demon King interrupted the Lion Camel King's words.
Having sensed something, he approved of Muk Geom-yeong's actions.
"Accept the energy. This battle will not be an easy one."
As soon as the eldest brother spoke, the Great Monsters, who had been wearing reluctant expressions while resisting the energy, allowed it to settle around their bodies.
The black darkness strangely contained a faint glow.
Muk Geom-yeong gave the Bull Demon King a slight nod in gratitude.
Though neither of them spoke, they were thinking the same thing.
'This is difficult.'
Six Great Monsters empowered by the Buddha Realm.
Two masters of the Six Heavens.
Whether they were True Immortals or Martial Gods, they could fight them all.
Even if their current strength had yet to recover to its peak, they had still managed to battle the Immortal Emperors without being overwhelmed.
But the being before them was different.
A power they had never experienced before.
A presence that completely exceeded every expectation.
The pressure emanating from the now much smaller silver hand was enough to make even Muk Geom-yeong tense up.
He had never retreated before an enemy.
Nor had he ever delayed a battle for another day.
But today was different.
The Heavenly Demon Muk Geom-yeong, known as the Strongest in the Middle Realm, was doing something he had never done before.
Something he normally never would have considered.
"I'll help as well."
The Bull Demon King spread both hands.
Red energy unraveled from his palms like tangled threads and flowed toward everyone except the Sighing Heavenly Treasure Dragon.
The greatest amount of those crimson threads flowed toward Jang Woo-hyun.
The Bull Demon King understood exactly what Muk Geom-yeong intended.
While protecting everyone...
He was also preparing to show Jang Woo-hyun a new path.
'I hope your talent is genuine.'
Was it because of his outstanding ability?
Or was it fate?
From the sphere given to him by the Sighing Heavenly Treasure Dragon, Muk Geom-yeong had seen more than anyone else.
After the information regarding the Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven, the Three Thousand Radiant Silver Treasure Heavenly Venerable, and the True Martial God...
What followed was information about Jang Woo-hyun's talent.
A talent that defied all understanding.
A talent that was impossible to believe.
Simply by watching others fight, Jang Woo-hyun could perceive the Martial Principles within their techniques and elevate his own realm.
Muk Geom-yeong wanted to verify it immediately.
But time did not permit it.
Instead, he chose to trust Sword Heavenly Lord Zhang Sanfeng's judgment.
To stake everything on Jang Woo-hyun?
It was no different from gambling.
But among all the cards they possessed, Jang Woo-hyun was undoubtedly the strongest.
After all, he had ascended to the Upper Realm, and it was also because of him that the Buddha Realm had begun to move.
Muk Geom-yeong believed his judgment was not mistaken.
For the first time in his life...
Muk Geom-yeong wagered everything on an uncertain gamble.
Although he could feel Muk Geom-yeong's gaze, Jang Woo-hyun could not spare any attention for it.
His eyes remained fixed straight ahead.
Without realizing it, he tightened his grip on Baekmu.
Could he truly defeat that monster?
Was everything happening now really by his own will?
The Three Thousand Radiant Silver Treasure Heavenly Venerable had predicted and prepared everything.
The Golden Lotus in Jang Woo-hyun's possession.
The Seven Great Sages ascending to the Upper Realm through the power of the Buddha Realm.
Even Lee Tae-seong ascending and annihilating every existence within the Upper Realm.
Everything had unfolded within the palm of the Three Thousand Radiant Silver Treasure Heavenly Venerable.
That was why Jang Woo-hyun even doubted this very moment.
Whenever battle began, he had always been the first to charge forward.
He had never burdened himself with complicated thoughts.
But today was different.
One doubt led to another.
He could not shake the feeling that he was nothing more than a chess piece.
"What are you doing?"
Perhaps having noticed the expression on his face...
The Wind-Passing Great Sage casually walked over and stood beside him.
"It's just..."
As Jang Woo-hyun trailed off, the Wind-Passing Great Sage laughed and patted him on the shoulder.
"There's nothing else we can do now."
"What do you mean by that?"
"It means exactly that. There's nothing else we can do. This is all that's left for us."
The Wind-Passing Great Sage raised his fist.
Just as he had said, there was nothing left to do except fight.
They could not run away.
No matter how much they worried, nothing would change.
"You're right."
The Wind-Passing Great Sage was just a simple monkey Great Monster.
Yet at times like this, he always managed to help.
"It must be nice being an idiot."
"What? Who are you calling an idio—"
Just as the two were about to exchange another meaningless joke, they simultaneously turned their heads.
KUUUUUUUUNG!
Along with a tremendous vibration, the silver hand rapidly shrank.
The Three Thousand Radiant Silver Treasure Heavenly Venerable had absorbed the power of the Immortal Emperors.
No...
The being who had now become the new Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven finally revealed himself.
Although he was clearly visible, for some reason it was impossible to determine his size.
One moment he appeared no larger than an ordinary human.
The next, he seemed large enough to fill the entire universe.
He wore a crown adorned with countless life-filled planets.
His imperial robe was perfectly divided into two halves.
One half resembled a blue sky filled with clouds, with a crimson dragon seemingly writhing to life across it.
The other half resembled a night sky filled with stars, where an azure dragon moved as though it were alive.
Heaven and earth.
Life and death.
Creation and destruction.
Order and chaos.
Everything had merged into one existence.
And even more terrifying...
Power continued flowing into him endlessly from other worlds.
The eyes of the Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven, within which dozens of suns shone, turned toward Jang Woo-hyun and his companions.
Merely being looked at...
The energy they had been gathering ever since he appeared vanished as suddenly as a candle being blown out.
"Uh..."
The fierce grin disappeared from the Wind-Passing Great Sage's face.
"Uh... this... this is going to be difficult."
Even the battle-crazed Great Monster who always boasted that he would win any serious fight instinctively hesitated.
The Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven was simply that powerful.
He had not merely exceeded expectations.
He had shattered the very framework of imagination itself.
His strength could not even be described.
True Immortals.
Martial Gods.
Were the beings of the Upper Realm considered gods?
Compared to the Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven...
They were nothing but dust.
He was not a being one could resist.
Nor was he a being meant to be fought.
He was a true god before whom one could only submit, worship, and offer absolute reverence.
An absolute law.
An undeniable truth.
Even the Great Monsters, beings born from chaos, could not escape it.
That...
Was the Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven.
Just as none of them could even think of moving, let alone fighting...
A brilliant light erupted beneath the feet of Jang Woo-hyun and the Seven Great Sages.
【He has not yet been completed!】
The invisible pressure disappeared beneath the light.
Only then did their will to fight return.
【My name!】
When the Dragon King's Scale had brought Jang Woo-hyun to the Palace of Myriad Immortals, he had told him his name.
He had said to call it if help was ever needed.
The True Name entrusted to Jang Woo-hyun defined the Sighing Heavenly Treasure Dragon and allowed him to return to his true form.
Even if the ending would be tragic, they had to do everything they could.
"Tamrin."
Jang Woo-hyun spoke the Sighing Heavenly Treasure Dragon's true name aloud.
Craaack!
The dragon that looked as though it had been formed from a piece of the night sky began to transform.
Its body turned pitch black.
Where stars and constellations had once been, countless mouths appeared.
Crunch.
Gnash!
Those countless mouths devoured everything.
Long ago...
There had once existed a greedy monster that devoured everything.
Trees and rocks.
Insects and beasts.
Mountains and forests.
Rivers and seas.
After consuming everything in the world, the monster ascended into the heavens and devoured the moon, the stars, and even the sun.
Even then it did not stop.
It chewed apart its own body until it finally disappeared.
Afterward, nothing remained in the world.
The tale of the monster that devoured everything had been passed down throughout the Lower Realm as both legend and myth.
However, one final part of the story had always been omitted.
Before the monster completely consumed its own body...
A single scale fell from it.
That scale became the monster's one and only child.
Tamrin.
A life born from the scale (鱗) of Tam, the being who devoured the world and then consumed even himself.
【As the child of the mother who devoured everything, I too shall devour the world.】
After meeting his companions, he devoured countless Dharma Treasures.
Eventually, he ascended to the Upper Realm and consumed stars and fragments of gods.
The Sighing Heavenly Treasure Dragon.
The dragon and monster that had earned the title of World Devourer, just like his mother.
Today...
His true name was spoken.
He released all of his power.
Soon he would become intoxicated by that power, lose his sense of self, and begin devouring everything just as his mother had.
But Tamrin had waited only for this very moment.
This was the final move prepared by Tamrin, the one known as both the Dragon King's Scale and the Sighing Heavenly Treasure Dragon.
Crunch! Crack! Craaack!
The countless mouths filled with fangs devoured everything.
They bit apart space itself.
They even consumed the power being supplied to the Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven.
The aura of the ever-growing Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven weakened slightly for an instant.
It would not stop his growth completely.
But even that brief opening was enough.
"Go."
Time, which had come to a standstill, began moving once again.
The Bull Demon King's command awakened the Great Monsters.
Ruuuumble!
The Roc Demon King was the first to spread his wings.
Above the head of the Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven appeared a monstrous bird the size of a nebula.
【Interesting.】
The Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven smiled.
That smile alone illuminated the entire universe as though thousands of suns had risen.
Slowly...
Yet impossibly fast...
The supreme being extended his hand toward the Roc Demon King.
【How dare such a feeble existence look down upon me?】
The silver hand clenched into a fist.
Craaaack!
The Roc Demon King, whose wings stretched endlessly across space, was compressed without even the slightest resistance.
Muk Geom-yeong's energy and the Bull Demon King's power both rushed to aid him.
But even that could not completely block the power of a god.
It merely bought a little time.
With the Lion Camel King's assistance, the Roc Demon King managed to escape the attack.
"Grow!"
To save his old brother, Son Goku swung the Ruyi Staff.
The gigantic golden staff came crashing down toward the silver giant.
The Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven opened the hand that had been clenched into a fist and extended it forward.
The descending Ruyi Staff came to an abrupt halt.
Then he clenched his fist once more.
Crack!
Son Goku's weapon, which had accompanied him for countless years, shattered.
The Ruyi Staff had been knocked away countless times before.
It had been sent flying great distances.
But it had never once broken.
Today marked the very first time.
"Huh!? That can actually brea—"
The Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven casually waved his hand as though swatting away a fly.
Without any explosion or thunderous sound...
Son Goku was sent flying to the farthest reaches of the universe.
"Aaaaaah!"
The Wind-Passing Great Sage charged forward with a roar.
But the instant the Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven turned his head, he froze in place.
An invisible force bound him.
Having expected something like this, the Wind-Passing Great Sage did not panic.
He simply opened his mouth and exhaled.
A hurricane capable of tearing apart space appeared.
Immediately afterward, the Macaque Demon King used his demonic art.
A unique ability possessed by Great Monsters.
No incantation.
No technique.
No preparation.
Thousands of curses were unleashed in an instant.
The countless curses twisted and shattered space itself.
【Do not oppose a god.】
With those single words...
Everything disappeared.
The hurricane created by the Wind-Passing Great Sage.
The Macaque Demon King's demonic art.
The asteroid thrown by the Lion Camel King.
Even Son Goku's attack after charging back.
There was no need to interfere with destiny.
Nor was there any need for prophecy.
It was absolute power.
The strength displayed by the Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven simply nullified and erased everything.
As every attack vanished...
Others moved once more.
Zhang Sanfeng's sword strikes flowed like a graceful dance.
They became waves of swords.
A forest of blades.
An endless sword that continued without interruption.
Massive rocks rose from the sword waves.
Brilliant flowers bloomed throughout the forest of blades.
Within Zhang Sanfeng's assault, Jang Woo-hyun's Heavy Sword and Illusory Sword followed one after another.
Meanwhile, a magnificent silver sword appeared in the hand of the Great Luo Emperor Who Destroys Heaven.
The silver sword slowly descended toward the waves of swords and the forest of blades.
A simple vertical slash.
Yet it contained countless transformations.
The moment the divine sword collided with the waves and the forest—
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The universe split apart.
【I am the Sword Cultivator and the Fierce Demon. I am the Radiant Sun and the Azure Lotus.】
Half of the divided universe burst into flames.
The other half became frozen solid.
Space itself split into two, while savage killing intent took physical form and attacked everyone as though alive.
While blocking the manifested killing intent, Son Goku, wearing a miserable expression, shouted cheerfully,
"Anyone want to run away?"
Given the situation, not a single person reacted to the joke.