Monochrome Sovereign [EN]: Chapter 1269

Flash!

Yeon Ho-Jeong’s golden eyes emitted a dazzling light.

“His fire energy is as impressive as the Church Leader’s.”

“Indeed, I feel it too.”

Gi Cheon-Woong’s face hardened.

He had been preparing himself mentally, but he couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion.

‘Finally, we meet like this.’

He thought he wouldn’t waver. He had even imagined that, like the fire energy he possessed, he would explode with all the pent-up rage the moment they met, engaging in a life-or-death battle.

But now, feeling his son’s energy, which had grown as immense as his own, a corner of his heart felt heavy.

‘What on earth are you…’

At that moment, Yeon Ho-Jeong spoke.

“It’s normal.”

“……?”

“They say the bond between parents and children is ordained by heaven. Even if a child is a villain, a parent’s heart can still ache and feel complicated.”

Gi Cheon-Woong’s eyes wavered.

Yeon Ho-Jeong had accurately seen through the emotions he was feeling. It didn’t seem like he was just guessing.

“But if you waver, the two Fire Kings and the thousand soldiers who are with you will also be thrown into chaos. Furthermore, your dream of establishing the Divine Flame Church correctly could be shattered in an instant.”

“……”

“Pull yourself together. If your goal is the same as his, you must not waver just because the opponent is your child.”

Yeon Ho-Jeong knew how cruel these words were. If he were to imagine Yeon-Wi or Yeon Ji-Pyeong in that situation, he wasn’t sure if he could swing his axe with all his heart either.

However, he believed it was a necessary thing to say, and Gi Cheon-Woong accepted his words without misunderstanding.

“I will fight with all my might. For the future of this church and for the sake of countless people. If I hadn’t intended to do so, I wouldn’t have come to fight alongside you in the first place.”

“That is exactly it.”

But there was one thing Yeon Ho-Jeong didn’t know.

Gi Cheon-Woong’s heart wasn’t just wavering because of his son, the young church leader, Gi Woo-Hwan.

‘……So, you were here.’

Gi Cheon-Woong could feel it.

Far away, in the midst of a battle that defied imagination, another principle of heaven was waiting for him.

It didn’t have Gi Woo-Hwan’s intense inner energy or his terrifying obsession. Yet, it felt even more present than Gi Woo-Hwan.

It wasn’t because it was strong or mysterious.

A bond of kinship, even stronger than with his son. Another child, whom he had never properly cared for, was confusing his heart even more.

‘I thought I would never see you again.’

The will of heaven was truly mysterious.

Gi Cheon-Woong realized that his confused heart was also mixed with feelings of joy and excitement.

‘I can feel the divine power of the Divine Flame. To think it has bloomed to such a great extent.’

Gi Cheon-Woong closed his eyes for a moment.

With his eyes closed, his daughter’s divine power became even clearer.

A pure upper dantian [energy center in the head], deep, clear, and without a single blemish, filled with divine power.

If he had thoroughly reorganized the Divine Flame Church and stabilized its internal affairs, she could have lived a glorious life as the greatest saint with spiritual eyes in history.

“It seems our allies are retreating. Let’s pick up the pace.”

“……Very well.”

Fwoosh! Fwoosh! Fwoosh!

The two men ascended vertically, cutting through the mountain.

The formless fire, accompanied by the golden dragon, realized that his own heart, which was gradually retreating, was fluctuating like water, its opposite element.

‘Fighting comes first.’

Stopping the enemy comes before his daughter.

Only then will his daughter be able to survive.

* * *

Despite the explosions and bizarre screams erupting from all directions, Gi Woo-Hee remained calm.

“Chief! Please take cover!”

A medical officer shouted urgently as he ran towards her, followed by a mounted soldier.

She didn’t know when he had broken away from the formation. No, those tribal horsemen were adept at becoming one and then scattering to ravage the enemy at any moment.

In terms of the flexibility of their formations, they seemed to surpass even the formations of the Central Plains martial world. Their true strength was not in the result of painstaking effort and logic, but in the combat power that had been naturally ingrained in them since birth.

“Kaaah!”

Instead of a northern curved sword, he was swinging a tough rope. He intended to throw it to ensnare her neck and pull her in.

Gi Woo-Hee’s eyes flashed.

Fwoosh!

She instantly dashed to the medical officer’s side, and the rope flew towards her.

Her white hand moved in a circle.

Whack!

Her hand gripped the rope, and as she pulled, the horseman’s body was thrown forward.

Crack!

The horse, startled by stepping on its owner, bolted to the side.

In the end, the horseman had his spine broken and his hip joint shattered by his own horse.

Gi Woo-Hee shouted.

“Don’t panic, maintain the formation and retreat!”

A good leader reveals their true worth in moments of crisis.

Gi Woo-Hee was no different. Not only had she learned martial arts, but she was also calmly taking care of the medical officers even in this chaotic and terrifying situation.

“Workers, carefully move the injured! Our members will protect us! We will not die, so don’t waver and retreat silently!”

Whoosh!

A faint green glow emanated from Gi Woo-Hee’s body.

Her upper dantian, hardened like a fortress by the Wonmu Healing Method, had opened its massive gates wide. In the past, her spiritual energy had flowed out uncontrollably, but now it had grown to the point where she could release it as much as she wanted, whenever she wanted.

Furthermore, she was a natural possessor of spiritual power. She boasted a much deeper and more vast amount than even a martial arts master who had cultivated their upper dantian’s spiritual energy.

As that spiritual energy seeped into the hearts of the medical officers, following her voice, the fear on their faces disappeared, replaced by calmness.

‘This isn’t good.’

Although she had calmed the medical officers, Gi Woo-Hee knew that the situation was not good.

‘A new master has appeared on the enemy’s side. No, they were already swarming. Now that one has emerged, they will soon come out one after another.’

A faint, light-green haze spread around Gi Woo-Hee’s blue eyes.

She had traveled from Hebei to Shanxi with the Murim Alliance forces, treating countless patients.

In the process, she had faced death several times. If her upper and middle dantians had not been corrected by the Wonmu Healing Method, she would have made mistakes several times due to panic.

‘I am a healer. I save people, and I protect people.’

Even if the enemy were members of the Divine Flame Church.

Of course, she had chosen her place, her side. Rather, she couldn’t help but have negative feelings about the Divine Flame Church, but she was still bothered by the fact that her hometown people were dying.

However, she couldn’t reach out to them.

‘I will do what I can, in the place where I am.’

At that moment, dozens of arrows flew towards the medical officers who were transporting the patients in the distance.

Gi Woo-Hee’s body flashed.

Fwoosh!

She had reached the pinnacle of the Wonmu Healing Method and had even learned martial arts separately from Gong Gongdaesa to cultivate all three dantians in a balanced way.

The movement technique she was using now was the Immovable King Body Method, a martial art created by Gong Gongdaesa by incorporating his own enlightenment into the form of Shaolin martial arts.

It was not comparable to the highest secrets of Shaolin, but it was still an elite movement technique. Furthermore, the Taiyin Divine Art she had received from the Wudang Sect Leader, Seung Hyun-Jin, was integrated with her upper dantian, accumulating her power at a terrifying rate.

Whoosh!

Even if her actual combat skills were lacking, her movement technique alone was worthy of being called a master of the highest level. It was the power of the vessel of the gods, the upper dantian.

‘Envelop them with the Taiyin Twenty-Eight Hands.’

Whoosh!

The power that extended into the air spread wide, enveloping the arrows.

‘Extend it with the Myungwang Power.’

The arrows, which had been drawing a curve to the side following the Taiyin Hand, lost their power with a ‘thud!’ and scattered in all directions.

It was a defensive martial art that was close to perfection, even though it lacked power and technique. Gi Woo-Hee herself was surprised by the martial art she had just used.

It was the first time she had used the two martial arts in actual combat. She had read the flow of power with her developed upper dantian and immediately assembled and deployed the necessary martial arts, but she had never imagined that they would display such amazing power.

But her surprise was short-lived.

“The remaining medical officers, run ahead! We need to find a place where the patients can rest!”

It was a proper judgment, a great insight. She was showing a calmness that was hard to believe from someone who had just entered such a chaotic battlefield for the first time.

The faces of the medical officers, who were following her words as if they were bewitched, were also filled with a strong will and determination.

The fear had completely disappeared, and their running was much smoother than before. It meant that their bodies were not stiff with tension.

Gi Woo-Hee, who had let out a sigh of relief, looked at the battlefield in the distance.

Her eye power, with an upper dantian capacity that reached or even surpassed the limit of the Infinite Number, was beyond imagination.

‘This is difficult!’

The Murim Alliance forces were constantly retreating.

It wasn’t a tactical retreat. They were literally being pushed back by force.

It was only natural. Not only were there high-level masters, but there were also over ten thousand mounted troops equipped with all sorts of firearms, and they were even firing arrows. There was no way they wouldn’t retreat.

A look of sadness crossed Gi Woo-Hee’s face.

‘What should I do? Am I just going to have to retreat?’

Although she was the head of the Medical Immortal Pavilion, she was just a healer. Her job was to heal people’s bodies, not to engage in war, and she wasn’t even an expert in martial arts.

‘There are so many energies. I can read them all, but at the same time, I don’t understand any of them. They are too mixed up and chaotic.’

In any case, they had no choice but to retreat. If worrying wouldn’t solve anything, then it was right to focus on what she had to do now.

It was at that moment, as she turned her body.

Whoosh!

Gi Woo-Hee felt a chill run down her spine.

Why hadn’t she noticed? A flame that had been racing in a curve in the distance at an incredible speed was now turning sharply and flying towards them.

The battlefield was filled with energy, and even madness beyond killing intent, so her sensitive senses had failed to read the danger.

‘Heavenly Fire Realm!!’

Whoosh!

Her face flushed from the hot wind that was rushing in.

Thud!

A heavy footstep shook the earth.

“I felt an unusual spiritual power and came all the way here, only to find this kind of encounter waiting for me.”

A booming voice.

There was a huge, elderly man with a thick, yellowing beard under his nose. His deep eyes and sharp nose, typical of a Westerner, and his hair that spread like a lion’s mane, made him look like a true beast.

Gi Woo-Hee’s eyes wavered.

“Golden Lion, Ya Heon!”

“How dare a lowly half-breed call this elder’s name so carelessly.”

He appeared to be an elderly man, but he was already nearing eighty years old, a former master of the Divine Flame Church.

Ya Heon was one of the old masters who had supported the previous generation of the Divine Flame Church along with the previous leader, who had stepped down from the front lines after Gi Cheon-Woong became the leader.

Ya Heon smiled slyly.

“I came to have a proper rampage, but I’ve caught an unexpected big fish. Even if it’s a lowly body, it has grown quite beautifully, so I won’t have to worry about women for a while.”

His words were so vulgar that it was hard to believe they came from an old man nearing eighty.

Gi Woo-Hee was greatly shocked, but she did not despair. She had been prepared to die since she had decided to come along.

Thinking that way, a kind of ferocity she had never had before rose up.

A cold smile spread across Gi Woo-Hee’s face.

“I knew it even when I was young. That you are the most petty and trashy person in the Divine Flame Church.”

“What did you say?”

“To wag your tail at the young church leader after your master died, I knew you were a dog who couldn’t live properly without a master to raise you, but I didn’t know you were such a disgusting person.”