Monochrome Sovereign [EN]: Chapter 1310

“How wonderful.”

The endless expanse of the world lay there.

The man’s face was filled with admiration and awe.

“How long has it been since I last saw such a magnificent view?”

Who could understand this feeling of looking down upon the world from the summit of Mount Tai?

“It’s as beautiful as ever. No, it’s even better. Behind me, fire and blood are rampant, and before me, there is an endless expanse of green. If this is also yin and yang, would that be too mundane of an analogy?”

He seemed genuinely pleased.

The Evil Gu Master couldn’t say anything. He, too, was overwhelmed by the scenery unfolding below Mount Tai.

In truth, the landscape was filled with a sea of clouds, and the ground was not visible.

Rather, that made it even more awe-inspiring. He thought it was a sight only those who lived in heaven could witness.

“Evil Gu.”

“Yes, Master.”

“Do you see? Once everything is settled, I will hold a ceremony here.”

“It is the most divine place, Master.”

“Hahahaha!”

His booming laughter seemed to draw the very essence of the mountain into his embrace.

But a moment later.

“……?!”

As if a lie, he stopped laughing and turned his head sharply.

His eyes, staring far to the south, instantly turned red. His bloodshot eyes were not those of a human.

“Evil Gu.”

“Yes, Master.”

“Check the Evil Jade.”

His voice was ominous. The Evil Gu Master hurriedly took out a bead from his pocket.

“Master, the Evil Jade is eighty percent full. There is no problem.”

“Not that Evil Jade, the one in the south.”

The Evil Gu Master’s expression changed drastically.

His hand, searching his pocket again, held three red talismans.

The Evil Gu Master closed his eyes and muttered something.

Woo woo woo woong!

The three talismans that left his hand floated into the air on their own and trembled.

After a moment.

Paah!

The first talisman burned and disappeared, and the second talisman was torn to shreds and scattered.

The Evil Gu Master’s body was instantly drenched in cold sweat. The act of chanting a curse itself consumed an extreme amount of energy.

After a moment.

Pshhh.

The last, third talisman also scattered into dust.

At that moment, the Evil Gu Master’s eyes flashed open.

“This can’t be!”

“Is what I saw truly correct?”

Fear washed over the Evil Gu Master’s face.

“The Evil Jade held by the Yin Emperor… it’s broken.”

Hwaaaah!

An enormous evil energy erupted from the man’s body.

It was as if darkness descended over the entire Mount Tai area, which was filled with spiritual energy. His evil energy was so intense that it suppressed even the mountain’s spiritual energy, which had accumulated for tens of thousands of years.

“Keuh!”

It wasn’t just the mountain that was affected by the transcendent evil energy.

The Evil Gu Master, as well as the guardian priests, the Evil Kings, and even the guardian chief behind him, trembled.

It was not a power that could be contained within a human body. The fact that he had been storing such power and then unleashed it all at once made it seem as if the entire world was being dyed in blood.

Amidst all this, there was one person who remained calm: the young man named Jeok Heum. Only this young man, who had reacted like a doll in both Yeong-eum Mountain and here, could remain unaffected by this storm of evil energy.

“The energy spreading from the broken Evil Jade is wandering aimlessly.”

Murdurous intent flickered in the man’s eyes.

“Even if the Evil Jade is broken, if it has the nature of a yin spirit, it should sink and gradually engulf the area, yet it continues to move. It’s like the energy of the circulating nature.”

“……!”

“Is it being purified?”

The Evil Gu Master wanted to say that it was absolutely impossible.

The Light Jade and the Fire Jade, and the two Evil Jades, were divine objects that were difficult to obtain again. To create the bodies of those beads, they needed the inner core of a Jiaolong [a mythical dragon-like creature], the silk of a ten-thousand-year-old spider, the scales of a ten-thousand-year-old fire carp, and four pieces of Heavenly Crystal Snow Jade.

It took three hundred years just to gather those materials. And those beads were activated a year ago.

The beads were treasures of the world, containing the totality of worldly energy, magic, evil arts, and demonic martial arts. They were the first objects made by humans to possess the power to defy the laws of heaven.

How moved and amazed the Evil Gu Master was when he learned that the Four Jades Against Heaven were completed in his generation, after so much time had passed.

However, the Four Jades Against Heaven were only completed, and they did not absorb any energy.

No matter what they tried, it was useless. Later, they even began to doubt whether the manufacturing had failed.

But about a year ago.

Far to the west, in the lands of Qinghai and Gansu, a red demonic energy soared into the sky. It was a sight that only practitioners of evil arts and demonic martial arts could see and feel.

From that moment, the Four Jades Against Heaven began to fulfill their role. It was as if the Blood Jade, which had been stolen by a color-obsessed madman in the distant past, had finally reached the end of its lifespan, and they began to act as its replacement.

The Four Jades Against Heaven, having absorbed energy, reversed the laws of heaven and changed fate. They were objects made by humans, but they had left the hands of humans. Just injecting energy into such objects was a miracle beyond human capability.

But now, the bead was broken.

It was unbelievable that such an amazing bead had broken, but it was also incomprehensible that the energy the bead had absorbed had left its place.

The Four Jades Against Heaven were also a purification of yin. Unlike yang, yin has the property of accumulating. Once energy is drawn into the Four Jades Against Heaven, it can never leave its place.

In other words, if the Master’s words were true, something that should never happen, something that could not happen, had occurred.

“I will take the guardian priests and go check it out.”

The guardian chief stepped forward to speak, but the man did not answer. He simply stared south with terrifying eyes.

How much time had passed?

“I see.”

A small smile appeared on his face, which had become as frightening as a ghost.

“Heaven has intervened.”

Even while trembling with fear, the people were puzzled. Heaven had intervened?

“The Four Jades Against Heaven, as their name suggests, are objects that should not exist in this world. The existence of the first Blood Jade, which was released into the world due to a single mistake over countless ages, must have remained a deep regret for heaven.”

“……?”

“Does that mean they will not make any more mistakes?”

The Evil Gu Master could not understand his words.

“Heaven or whatever, if there was no one qualified, it would never have been broken. Indeed… it was because that person who reached the realm of a half-immortal with only spiritual power existed that the Evil Jade could be broken.”

The Evil Gu Master asked without realizing it.

“Master, what is that…?”

“It’s nothing.”

Whooo woong.

The energy that had dyed Mount Tai in darkness began to be contained again.

The man sighed and looked up at the sky.

“Even after reaching this realm, I could not grasp all the enlightenment in the world. I only realized that there were still many things to obtain. Therefore, I wanted to become a god while alive. I wanted to become a transcendent being that could not exist in this world.”

“…….”

“And my goal is within sight. Three hundred years. It’s been three hundred years. If you include the life I lived in my ‘original’ form, it will soon be four hundred years. To think that the things I have prepared for so long are being ruined, I can only think that it is the jealousy of that sky.”

It was still incomprehensible.

“And one more thing.”

The man’s eyes turned to the west.

Not the distant west, but right in front of him. His eyes, looking down at the foot of Mount Tai, were filled with interest and anger.

“It seems that the one who carries the karma of the Blood God is approaching as an adversary. Should this also be seen as the jealousy of heaven?”

“…….”

“And that adversary’s soul is very similar to the spiritual power of the divine being in the south.”

The man suddenly burst into laughter.

“Are parents and children blocking my path? Truly, it is a difficult fate to bear.”

Flap!

The wind that blew fluttered the hem of his dragon robe splendidly.

“Good. If I have to face an adversary anyway, it wouldn’t be bad as the last battle before this worn-out body crumbles. The new vessel that will usher in a new era will only see good things, hear good things, and hold the world in its hands.”

The man shouted.

“Only Jeok Heum and the guardian chief shall follow me! I will go meet the adversary that the ridiculous heaven has given me!”

“M-Master?!”

“Evil Gu, prepare the Combined Bead Technique here.”

The Evil Gu Master’s eyes flashed.

The Combined Bead Technique. The act of combining the Four Jades Against Heaven into one to create a new Blood Jade.

It would be no exaggeration to say that it was the greatest undertaking in the history of the Evil Sound Sect.

“With one broken?”

“It is because one is broken that we start now. Draw the spiritual energy of Mount Tai and build a foundation to replace what was broken.”

The Evil Gu Master’s eyes wavered.

“With the Essence-Plundering Demonic Array?”

“That’s right.”

The man looked at the guardian priests.

“One hundred and eight sacrifices will be enough.”

The guardian chief shouted.

“It will be the fertilizer for the birth of a god! Step forward gladly!”

Then, all the guardian priests stepped forward. They had never spread the martial arts and fighting spirit they had built up throughout their lives across the continent, yet they had volunteered to die.

The man smiled contentedly and turned his body.

“The rest, fill the remaining Evil Jades.”

With that, the man descended Mount Tai.

It was a step to meet the lifelong nemesis he had been chasing across time and space.

* * *

Chiriring! Bang! Bang!

The battle between the Righteous Army and the Mountain and River Clan was extremely fierce.

“Damn it! It feels like I’m hitting a fortress wall!”

The Mountain and River Clan’s defense was impressive.

Even with the Righteous Army’s attacks, which had even engaged in siege warfare despite being a cavalry unit, they did not collapse. Not only did they not collapse, but there were also hardly any casualties.

It was truly overwhelming defense. If their defense was this strong, their attack power must also be enormous. If there wasn’t an order to defend this place, they would have pushed into the Righteous Army and jumped into the battlefield to change the tide of the war.

However, Muk Bi had no time to admire the Mountain and River Clan’s abilities.

‘This is?!’

Hwaaaah!

A strange energy that soared from the hill was spreading in all directions.

Sama Hyeon’s face turned pale.

“What is that?!”

Sama Hyeon, who had particularly sensitive senses, was feeling it more acutely than Muk Bi.

Something big had happened. Even though the battle was over and Yeon-wi’s energy remained, meaning he had clearly killed the enemy commander, the storm of evil energy that had exploded afterward was so enormous that it seemed to swallow the entire area.

Muk Bi gritted her teeth.

“Righteous Army! Sama Hyeon! Retreat to the front lines!”

“Sister! What about you!”

“I will go with Lord Yeon! Retreat now!”

“Damn it! Don’t say such nonsense! Are you crazy and want to die?!”

It was then.

Kwarururung!!

A section of the hill collapsed with a loud explosion.

Everyone was surprised by the sudden explosion and looked at the place.

Wheeeeee!

A man was walking in the air with a gust of wind.

It was Yeon-wi. He was holding the Imperial Sword in his right hand and the severed head of Dan Gong in his left. His appearance was majestic itself.

“I have killed the enemy commander. Let everyone know.”

Muk Bi’s eyes were filled with excitement.

“Father!”

Yeon-wi said with a cold face.

“We have won this war.”