The Five Absolute Soul-Severing Swords.

The Sword Empress’s unique martial art that was said to sever even the soul with just five moves.

All five moves had a power that was not unworthy of being called a world-class move.

The more terrifying aspect of the Five Absolute Soul-Severing Swords was that the power of the moves doubled as it went on.

Enduring the first and second moves was proof of being that strong. Then, since it had to be finished in the remaining three moves, the Five Absolute Soul-Severing Swords was extremely focused on power.

The moves that Cheon Mubaeck had received so far were three.

If he received up to the fifth move beyond the fourth, the Sword Empress would literally be drunk on the fight.

Cheon Mubaeck’s eyes shone coldly.

‘A fate born with the Heavenly Defeat Star.’

The Heavenly Defeat Star.

One of the one hundred and eight ominous stars that harbored an ominous energy.

Although it could not be compared to the Heavenly Killing Star, which was said to kill all and be drunk on blood, the Heavenly Defeat Star was also a star that was not unworthy of the name of an ominous star, with a powerful energy and fate.

A constellation born with a rough and violent, ferocious energy no different from the Yama of hell.

Although it could not be compared to the Heavenly Killing Star, which stained the martial world with blood, the Heavenly Defeat Star alone was an ominous star that could easily overturn the martial world.

The reason why the Sword Empress, who was born with the Heavenly Defeat Star, could stand tall as a person of the Orthodox Path was precisely the teachings of Buddhism.

If she had not entered the Botamun and had learned in another sect, if the previous Sword Empress had not taken her in, the Sword Empress would have become a completely different person from now.

But even with the teachings of Buddhism, she could not completely abandon her innate ominous nature.

Cheon Mubaeck decided to end this fight before the Sword Empress was swept away by the ominous star.

Jjeo-eong!

Cheon Mubaeck’s sword pierced the air.

Paaaaat.

At the same time, a pure white flash flickered, and then it covered the surroundings like countless constellations adorning the sky.

‘What on earth…?’

A ripple occurred on the Sword Empress’s face, which had been flushed with a fighting spirit.

A halo of light.

It was as if he were looking at a cluster of stars densely packed in the darkness.

The flow of a countless Milky Way that seemed to have no end.

Jjeo-eooooong!

The Sword Empress also instinctively swung her sword. An intense sense of crisis that rose throughout her body drew out all the internal energy of her dantian, and she brought out the fourth move of the Five Absolute Soul-Severing Swords.

The White River of the Light Wheel.

The Sword Empress’s sword rotated intensely through the halo of light and dug in.

A terrifying divine might.

A light wheel that rotated around the sword. The countless halos of light that had adorned the sky were swallowed up by the light wheel.

But no matter how fierce the light wheel was, it could not swallow all the halos of light that adorned the sky.

Rather, the light wheel, unable to overcome the halos of light that were gathering like crazy, was miserably broken and torn.

“…!”

Through the pure white flash that was breaking and scattering, the Sword Empress’s eyes widened. Cheon Mubaeck’s sword was stabbed along with the pure white halo of light.

With the rapidly twisting trajectory of the sword, the stars became sharp blades and poured down.

‘What on earth is this…’

This was not the sword of the Azure Sky Sword God.

It was the first time in her life.

That pure white halo of light.

The river of stars that flowed like a Milky Way was a sea made of an enormous amount of sword qi.

‘Are all of those sword qi?’

Astonishment and shock shook her mind one after another.

This was also the Heaven-Concealing Sword Art. The Heaven-Shaking Soul Art, the ice arts, and even the immortal energy.

The only vessel that could contain all of them in the sword, express them with the sword, and emit them with the sword.

Through the sea of stars created by the Heaven-Concealing Sword Art, Cheon Mubaeck’s eyes spewed a pure white light.

‘Before it becomes the fifth move, now!’

Cheon Mubaeck’s sword twisted and violently changed its trajectory.

A warning bell rang in the Sword Empress’s head.

It was a crisis.

It was dangerous.

This terrible danger had, at some point, moved the Sword Empress from a simple match to the perception of a life-and-death battle. It was that threatening and fierce. The ferocious energy of the Heavenly Defeat Star, which had been suppressed for a long time by cultivating Buddhism, raised its head.

A great sea of stars made of sword qi that would be difficult to escape death if one were swept away.

At that moment, the Sword Empress’s sword spewed fire in front of Cheon Mubaeck’s eyes.

Kaaaaaaang!

The broken light wheel once again rotated intensely like a top and shot up.

Cheon Mubaeck’s cheekbones twitched.

‘The Light Wheel of Annihilation!’

In the end, even the final move of the Five Absolute Soul-Severing Swords had come out.

Cheon Mubaeck’s gaze was fixed on the Sword Empress’s face. The benevolent face of a Buddha had disappeared, and what was revealed was the ferocity of the Heavenly Defeat Star.

The most vicious and violent of the one hundred and eight ominous stars, the Heavenly Defeat Star, was the face of Yama.

‘Damn it. You should have cultivated Buddhism a little more diligently!’

Cheon Mubaeck grumbled and stretched out his sword.

The rocks that had been firmly embedded in the ground broke and soared into the sky, and an intense whirlwind swept away the surrounding qi indiscriminately.

‘This old hag, she’s completely determined!’

Cheon Mubaeck gritted his teeth.

Even forty years ago, the swordsman that even the Azure Sky Sword God’s martial prowess could not easily deal with was the Sword Empress.

The one who had inherited the moniker of the Sword Empress, which had been passed down for hundreds of years.

A fate born with the Heavenly Defeat Star among the one hundred and eight ominous stars that the Taoists talked about.

Even with just these two things, the Sword Empress was a clear name that was not left out when asked to name the strongest person in the current martial world.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

A sound of something breaking that seemed as if it would tear the ears.

An explosion that could not be seen as stabbing with a sword erupted. The fiercely rotating light wheel compressed, tore, and exploded the surrounding atmosphere.

“Well, can’t you just go easy! Really!”

Cheon Mubaeck’s face contorted.

He had done his best to finish it within five moves, but this had rather become the fuse.

The sea of stars made of sword qi that the Heaven-Concealing Sword Art poured out.

It was the decisive reason why the Heavenly Defeat Star, which the Sword Empress had suppressed and suppressed with Buddhism, had awakened.

A terrible sense of crisis that could not be overcome even with long cultivation.

That sense of crisis had awakened the ferocity of the Heavenly Defeat Star.

Just as the body would automatically explode its potential and produce superhuman strength when it reached a crisis.

The current Sword Empress was in such a state.

The terribly red light that appeared on her face. No, it was a pure red lava.

‘Five moves!’

The last five moves.

Cheon Mubaeck gritted his teeth and stretched out his sword.

Rather, it was a shape of throwing himself into the pure white light wheel that was stretching out.

A pressure as if a huge storm were raging in the sea of stars that had been poured out countless times struck Cheon Mubaeck’s body.

Kwaaaaaang!

The sea of stars that was slowly dying, engulfed in the light wheel.

In the shock that seemed as if it would crush all the internal organs and bones of his body, Cheon Mubaeck’s Iron God Ancient Sword flashed.

Jiiiiiing!

Through the dead stars, the Iron God Ancient Sword emitted a particularly bright light.

He could see it.

In the hideously contorted face of the Sword Empress, the spreading astonishment.

He could see it.

The yellow light that appeared through the red-stained halo of light.

An intense question that came out even in the situation of being swept away by the ferocity of the Heavenly Defeat Star.

Through the Sword Empress’s attack, which had swallowed up all the sea of stars created by the Heaven-Concealing Sword Art with a light wheel, Cheon Mubaeck’s figure rushed forward like a thunderbolt.

“You should have cultivated Buddhism a little more diligently! A little!”

The Iron God Ancient Sword shone fiercely.

Woong! Woong! Woong!

The upper dantian, the middle dantian, the lower dantian. All the internal energy that was connected to the three dantians was contained, and the Iron God Ancient Sword let out a rough sword cry.

The Iron God Ancient Sword dug into the center of the light wheel.

And.

In an instant, a silence descended on the world.

“…!”

The red halo of light gradually became lighter.

The Sword Empress’s bewildered gaze turned to Cheon Mubaeck.

The original expression returned to the Sword Empress’s face, where the ferocity of the Heavenly Defeat Star had appeared.

“Umm! Y-Young Master Cheon!”

The Sword Empress coughed up blood and urgently stared through the hazy dust.

Tat.

Through the hazy dust, Cheon Mubaeck’s figure, although shaking, landed firmly.

“Ah…”

The Sword Empress let out a sigh and looked down at her hand.

Both hands that had become covered in blood.

And her beloved sword, which had broken and had only the hilt left.

The problem was not that her beloved sword, which had been with her for decades, had broken. It was not something to worry about that the opponent had endured the Five Absolute Soul-Severing Swords.

The Sword Empress received a great shock.

The Heavenly Defeat Star, which she had thought she had suppressed and suppressed with Buddhism.

‘What is this… Was my cultivation so lacking?’

She looked down at her trembling hands.

No. It was not that her cultivation was lacking.

If her cultivation had been lacking, she would have become a great villain of the world, not a Guanyin Bodhisattva, drunk on the ferocity of the Heavenly Defeat Star.

‘It was definitely a fun and good fight.’

So she had gotten drunk on the excitement after a long time. Because she had met a good opponent. Because she had crossed hands with an outstanding junior.

It was definitely fun. It was not a life-and-death battle where they killed each other.

But at some point.

‘It was at the fourth move.’

She remembered it clearly.

The sea of sword qi that she could not endure even with her light wheel.

It was purer, brighter, and more explosive than any sword qi.

‘The suppressed Heavenly Defeat Star had awakened.’

The fate she was born with.

A terrible ominous star that would have made her a great villain of the world if her master had not taken her in and had led her to cultivate Buddhism.

It had awakened.

To the extent that even the Sword Empress’s mental strength could not control it.

‘I was afraid.’

Cold sweat ran down her whole body. The sea of stars made of sword qi. Because she was afraid she would be swallowed up. Because she was afraid she would be swallowed up and torn to pieces. Her instinct, the instinct she had honed as a martial artist, had felt fear and had awakened the Heavenly Defeat Star.

‘Ah… I am still lacking in cultivation, and I am truly absurd.’

The Sword Empress sighed with sad eyes.

“I’m sorry, Young Master Cheon. This old woman is truly ashamed.”

But Cheon Mubaeck was calm.

“It’s alright. I’m not seriously injured, so it’s a relief.”

The Sword Empress’s eyes trembled.

A pale face. Although he was standing firmly, it was clear that he had suffered a considerable shock.

And yet, to say that. The Sword Empress’s face contorted greatly. Shame and guilt rushed in like a tide.

“I am ashamed. Even when I was sparring with the Sword God, I had never lost control of myself like this…”

Cheon Mubaeck smiled bitterly.

Because he was the Azure Sky Sword God then.

‘Because I could end it while matching him appropriately.’

On the other hand, it was different now. The Sword Empress was so powerful that even Cheon Mubaeck had to squeeze out all his strength to do something. So the Sword Empress had also felt an intense sense of crisis and had run wild for a moment.

But it was not that her cultivation was lacking.

‘In the end, the Sword Empress had twisted the direction of the light wheel.’

He had seen it clearly.

The moment they collided, the intersection of the numerous colors that had appeared on the Sword Empress’s face.

She had been flustered, and had hurriedly twisted her sword.

It was a truly bold decision. Because it was a determination to take a risk, where she might have been seriously injured herself.

“So it’s a relief.”

“A relief… it’s a real relief. I was afraid that I would seriously injure the Sword God’s descendant with my own hands… Ah. Namo Guan Shi Yin Bodhisattva.”

It was a relief.

Cheon Mubaeck thought so.

Because he was not seriously injured.

‘Although the Sword Empress’s hand was a little injured.’

This much was a relief.

Really.

Cheon Mubaeck forcibly swallowed the thought that suddenly came to him.

‘If I wanted to stop it, I would have had to kill her, so it’s a real relief.’

Cheon Mubaeck’s eyes flashed eerily.

* * *

After the match, which was no different from a life-and-death battle, had ended, the Sword Empress faced another great crisis.

“I don’t want to go with grandma! I’m not going to follow grandma!”

The Sword Empress could not hide her embarrassment.

At the sight of Soyong, who was clinging to Cheon Mubaeck’s arm and shaking her head intensely, a groan automatically came out.

“My child…”

“Grandma is bad! You hurt my big brother!”

“That’s…”

The Sword Empress could not continue and lowered her head.

Well, she had nothing to say.

Although Cheon Mubaeck had no major external injuries, he had suffered a considerable shock to his dantian and needed to recuperate.

Although Cheon Mubaeck did not mind, Soyong was the problem.

It had resulted in Soyong, whom she had decided to take as her disciple, hating the Sword Empress.

In fact, since her illness had been completely cured, the Sword Empress had even thought of not taking Soyong in and letting her grow up under the Yugeom Emperor.

But.

‘She’s a talent.’

A desire flashed in the Sword Empress’s eyes.

A desire that could not be cast away even with the cultivation and teachings of Buddhism.

It was precisely the desire for martial arts.

‘As if she has gone through bone-marrow washing countless times, all her meridians are clean.’

No matter how much of a child she was, it was inevitable that waste products would accumulate.

But Soyong was really clean. Even more so than the children of famous families who had been raised through bone-marrow washing since they were young.

‘Well, that’s right. Since immortal energy is contained in her spirit, how could the waste products of the secular world accumulate?’

Cheon Mubaeck smiled inwardly as he read the Sword Empress’s psychology.

Soyong had enough qualities to become the next Sword Empress.

But the problem was that Soyong had come to hate the Sword Empress.

Was it because they had touched as spirits while absorbing the immortal energy? Because Soyong had formed an intense intimacy with Cheon Mubaeck, almost like a blood relative.

The Sword Empress finally sighed and persuaded Soyong.

“My child, then if this old woman apologizes to this big brother, will you forgive this old woman?”

At that, Soyong looked back and forth between Cheon Mubaeck and the Sword Empress and then lifted her chin.

“That’s… if my big brother forgives you!”

At those words, the Sword Empress smiled brightly and bowed her head to Cheon Mubaeck.

She had already received many apologies. Cheon Mubaeck also had no great ill feelings towards the Sword Empress.

But the Sword Empress did not stop apologizing.

“I apologize, Young Master Cheon. This old woman was truly lacking in cultivation and has injured your body…”

“Yes, it’s alright. But…”

At Cheon Mubaeck, who had been expected to accept the apology meekly, trailing off his words, a yellow light spread on the Sword Empress’s face. It was a question.

“Do you usually just apologize with words…?”

“…?”

Cheon Mubaeck played dumb and tilted his head.

“Tsk, there’s something called the way of the martial world, but to just apologize with words and wipe your mouth, that’s a bit…”

What is it. What is he talking about now.

“…”

“If it ends with an apology, why are there police, and why are there Orthodox Path sects? It seems like the way of the martial world has fallen…”

The Sword Empress’s expression contorted strangely.

“Just doing it with an empty mouth doesn’t seem to fit the Sword Empress’s reputation.”

Although he had muttered it softly, she had heard everything.

In the first place, since it was a quiet room, there was no way she would not have heard.

Although she had thought it was Cheon Mubaeck’s joke, somehow… it was poking at her chest.

It was just like…

‘He’s a spitting image of the Azure Sky Sword God?’

If the Azure Sky Sword God had called the Sword Empress a crazy Guanyin Bodhisattva.

The Sword Empress used to call the Azure Sky Sword God this from behind.

‘A shameless Sword God.’

Somehow, it was as if the Azure Sky Sword God were in front of her.

(End of Chapter)

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