The Heavenly Demon Can’t Live A Normal Life [EN]: Chapter 534

China decided to act. The reason was something that happened recently.

The world was still struggling after the terrible Sixth Great Disaster. During this time, China was in a good position when it received a proposal from President Kim Jung-tae of South Korea.

South Korea offered China a deal: “Help us control North Korea, and we will help you stop rebels in your country.”

It looked like a simple agreement, but both knew this meant South Korea would become like a servant to China.

China happily agreed.

Chairman Wang Weilong ordered the Sword Demon Xiaolong to lead forces to South Korea.

“Your Imperial Majesty, we have finally achieved what our great nation wanted. North and South Korea were close neighbors that China had always watched carefully, like thorns in our side. If we get involved in South Korean affairs now, they will soon call themselves ‘subjects of the great nation,'” a subordinate said.

Wang Weilong smiled. “Foolish fellows. They can’t handle a small problem, so they sell out their whole country.”

North and South Korea. As his subordinate said, they were thorns in their side.

China had problems every year with monsters coming from North Korea, but China couldn’t send a lot of soldiers to take over North Korea.

Many countries were trying to weaken China. China couldn’t risk losing too many soldiers without thinking, and South Korea, being next to North Korea, was annoying, like something stuck in their throat.

If China could control everything from North Korea to South Korea, they could start to take over the whole continent. But the world government kept stopping them from acting openly until now.

However, now things were different.

From the moment President Kim Jung-tae asked for help, China now had a reason to get involved in South Korean affairs.

“South Korea is just the first step to taking over the continent. As the one and only emperor in the world, I will conquer the entire world and make China the greatest nation in history. This was what their ancestors had always wanted, something even famous heroes in history couldn’t do, but I will achieve it,” Wang Weilong said.

“Ah!”

“Your Imperial Majesty! Rule the world!” His subordinates were very happy.

Wang Weilong showed how powerful he was and enjoyed his people looking at him with admiration.

The day he became emperor, he dreamed of taking over the continent.

Everything was destiny.

He believed he was the great hero who would save the world.

“Yes, I will rule the world,” he said, looking down at the world.

The time had come.

Soon, he would be in charge, ruling the whole world. Xiaolong, who was sent to South Korea, would bring news of victory and start the takeover of the continent.

He was sure he would win. Even though Roman Dmitry had defeated an S-rank monster, the Sword Demon was even stronger than people knew.

However…

“Your Imperial Majesty, Xiaolong… he’s back,” a nervous voice said.

Wang Weilong frowned, his eyes sharp. “What? What are you saying? Xiaolong? Already? That’s impossible!”

Something was wrong.

Xiaolong had returned to China too early to have finished everything he was told to do.

Xiaolong knelt, his head bowed low, his voice barely a whisper. He looked ashamed as he explained the situation.

“I am sorry. If Roman Dmitry was just strong, I would have showed how strong China is, even if he died doing it. But I couldn’t. Roman Dmitry, who defeated the Royal Guard with one hit, used ‘true martial arts,’ not a fake created by the system. I thought I had to tell Your Imperial Majesty this, so I accepted what was really happening and came back home.”

Wang Weilong’s face became hard. He couldn’t believe it.

True martial arts were the foundation of China, and foreigners like Roman Dmitry shouldn’t have them.

That wasn’t the only problem. Xiaolong knew he might be killed for this, but he still told Wang Weilong everything he had seen and heard.

“Roman Dmitry’s martial arts were incredibly powerful. Even I couldn’t guess how strong it was, and the captain of South Korea’s Royal Guard couldn’t even withstand one hit, even though he was S-rank. Your Imperial Majesty, Roman Dmitry has clearly gotten ‘something’ from our great nation.”

“Can you swear your life on what you’re saying?” Wang Weilong asked.

“Yes, I swear my life. Roman Dmitry is someone who understood the real power of old martial arts that had been forgotten.”

This was shocking.

If it wasn’t Xiaolong, Wang Weilong would never have believed it.

Xiaolong wasn’t someone who would lie or exaggerate.

He had helped Wang Weilong become emperor, followed him sincerely, and shared his dream of taking over the continent.

Because it was Xiaolong, Wang Weilong could believe it. If everything he had seen and heard was true, then China needed to find out more about Roman Dmitry, even more than worrying about South Korea.

Wang Weilong shouted, “Bring me all the information about Roman Dmitry right now. His past, his actions, and everything he has done in battle. I will check it myself and decide about Roman Dmitry.”

“I will obey your command.”

Everyone moved quickly.

The world was in chaos because of the Great Disaster.

China focused on Roman Dmitry.

The entire intelligence department worked to get data, including videos of Roman Dmitry fighting.

Wang Weilong checked the videos.

He watched Roman Dmitry and the captain of the Royal Guard fight. When Wang Weilong saw them fighting, he was shocked and worried.

[Wham!]

[Crack! Crunch!]

The Royal Guard was defeated with one hit.

Ordinary people would just be amazed by how destructive it was, but Wang Weilong saw martial arts so powerful he couldn’t even guess how strong it was. It was a shocking truth.

Even Wang Weilong, who thought of himself as the hope of the martial arts world, felt scared by the deep power of the martial arts Roman Dmitry used.

He watched the video for a long time.

He couldn’t say anything.

Wang Weilong stared at the video, not saying anything. Finally, he looked away from the screen and spoke to his men who were waiting for his orders. “Everyone, step back.”

He couldn’t say anything else.

His men stepped back.

Wang Weilong stood up unsteadily and walked slowly to another room.

Secret space.

There was a mural there.

The huge mural showed a man with a sword, which was the foundation of the martial arts that had created Wang Weilong.

“How on earth did this happen?” he wondered.

10 years ago.

It seemed as if Wang Wiryong had materialized from thin air, suddenly uniting the fractured lands of China. People whispered that his rise to power was swift, almost magical. But behind this sudden appearance lay years of struggle, battles fought in shadows, and countless obstacles overcome on his path to the throne.

Long, long ago, before the hum of modern cities and the glare of electric lights, China was a land where martial arts flourished. Secret societies, hidden in mountains and bustling cities alike, trained warriors in ancient techniques, their skills whispered to be almost superhuman.

The martial arts world grew so strong that the Emperor’s family felt threatened. Uneasy about the martial artists’ power, the Emperor planned to destroy them.

And so, the martial arts world was destroyed.

Long ago, a powerful figure called the Heavenly Demon ruled the martial arts world. The Emperor tried many times to stop him, but failed. Only when the Heavenly Demon mysteriously vanished did the Emperor finally manage to break apart the martial arts world.

Martial arts were torn to shreds.

The very foundation was destroyed to prevent anyone from wielding dangerous power again.

The descendants of the martial arts world were scattered all over the world, and as time passed, the fact that the martial arts world had ever existed was forgotten.

Wang Wiryong and Xiaolong were both descendants of this lost world.

They had kept the lineage of the martial arts world alive, but modern people didn’t know about martial arts because they couldn’t use the powerful force recorded in the past.

The martial arts world lost its foundation when it was destroyed. Years of training and knowledge evaporated in an instant. As modern society developed, the natural energy became polluted.

It was no longer possible to build inner strength in the old way. The ancestors of the martial arts world, who had already lost so much, couldn’t solve the problem of martial arts gradually weakening.

Martial arts became useless.

But Wang Wiryong never forgot that he was a descendant of the martial arts world.

His ancestor was from the Heavenly Demon Sect.

He left the image of the Heavenly Demon in a mural, and Wang Wiryong tried to revive the Heavenly Demon Sword Art based on it.

The Heavenly Demon had once conquered the martial arts world.

Whenever he thought about these great achievements, he believed that he alone was the hope to restore the glory of the martial arts world.

But he repeatedly failed to revive martial arts.

A bleak reality lay before him.

He could no longer ignore the truth. Wang Wiryong felt that he was no different from his ancestors, who had also faced failure.

Then, a great disaster broke out.

In that time when the world was covered in chaos, Wang Wiryong received the memory of someone named Volkan.

Volkan was a member of Dmitri.

He wasn’t just an ordinary soldier, but he wasn’t as famous as Dmitri’s Flash or Ogre either. But this changed Wang Wiryong’s life.

Volkan’s memory included the ‘Asura Heart Method,’ a new technique that the ancestors of the martial arts world had never discovered.

Martial arts could be used even with the polluted energy of modern times. From then on, Wang Wiryong devoted himself to martial arts for ten years.

Wang Wiryong was a successor.

Normally, when someone receives memories from the past, that’s the end of the story. But for Wang Wiryong, these memories of the old martial arts world opened up a whole new path.

Ten years later, he completed the new Heavenly Demon Sword Art.

It wasn’t exactly the same as the Heavenly Demon Sword Art of the past, but he interpreted it in his own way, staying as close as possible to the mural.

Of course, it was undeniably a completely different martial art.

He named it the Heavenly Demon Sword Art because he wanted to continue the achievements of the Heavenly Demon, who had once conquered the martial arts world.

He unified China.

Wang Wiryong, who ascended to the throne himself and accepted the descendants of the martial arts world, said to them:

“The martial arts world, the Heavenly Demon Sect, will be reborn through me.”

That day, China was ecstatic.

It was the moment when the destroyed martial arts world was reborn thanks to Wang Wiryong.

And now, Wang Wiryong knew instinctively that Roman Dmitri’s martial arts were unusual.

It was similar to the image recorded in the mural, yet different. But its destructive power was comparable to the Heavenly Demon Sword Art.

He felt complicated emotions.

Even just by looking at it, it seemed more complete than his own Heavenly Demon Sword Art.

‘It is not certain whether Roman Dmitri is a descendant of the martial arts world. But the martial arts he uses show a similar context to that of the Heavenly Demon Sect. If Roman Dmitri is a descendant of the Heavenly Demon Sect, or someone who has obtained something from the Heavenly Demon Sect, I cannot easily antagonize him. If he has the same conditions as me, he may also have the purpose of rebuilding the martial arts world like me.’

Thinking about it, his actions were similar to his own.

The fact that he was going to ascend to the throne himself… Wang Wiryong, who had been angry just a few days ago, saying, ‘How dare the Republic of Korea mention the Emperor?’, now felt that it was natural if he was a descendant of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

He took a step back.

He chose to observe.

He couldn’t rashly approach and reveal his true intentions.

Even if the opponent was really a member of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Wang Wiryong had no intention of giving up his position willingly.

‘The Heavenly Demon Sect is a world of the survival of the fittest. The strong take everything. If Roman Dmitri is a member of the Heavenly Demon Sect, I will defeat him and take the position of the absolute. But if not, I will take his martial arts and make the Heavenly Demon Sword Art even more perfect. And if I lose to Roman Dmitri… Like the people who follow me, I will gladly kneel for the sake of a great achievement.’

Therefore, he changed his attitude.

As other countries expected, the change of the Republic of Korea’s national title would normally be something to be angry about. But Wang Wiryong judged that it was necessary to establish a friendly relationship until he found out the truth about Roman Dmitri.

Perhaps they were from the same Heavenly Demon Sect. Wang Wiryong ordered his subordinates not to antagonize the Republic of Korea.

International conference.

The situation had become a mess.

The President of France harshly criticized China’s change of heart.

“Punishing the Republic of Korea is a harsh measure! Is that what Chairman Wang has to say? In the meantime, countries that have violated international law have suffered severe punishment because of the public opinion led by Chairman Wang Wiryong. But making an exception only for the Republic of Korea is a clear contradiction. Please explain it in a way that I can understand.”

As he said, China had been showing a belligerent attitude.

They always led the punishment, and there are more than one or two countries that have suffered because of them.

But suddenly talking about harshness…

Wang Wiryong knew very well that he was contradicting himself in the face of the hostile eyes of the heads of various countries, including the President of France.

But what could he do?

Even if he looked ridiculous, something else was more important to him.

“It’s a simple matter. The reason why we don’t punish the Republic of Korea is for the sake of humanity. In this chaotic time when the Great Disaster has just ended, I don’t think it’s necessary to cause conflict for the sake of world peace.”

Instantly, people’s expressions crumpled.

In particular, the President of France spat out his true feelings without filtering.

“No, shouldn’t the Chairman, who has been talking about conquering the continent and stuff, not say that?”

People really looked at Wang Wiryong with eyes that asked if he was crazy.