Chapter 511
Everyone watching this extremely strange scene widened their eyes in disbelief.
That was all they saw.
They did not know.
They did not know that cracks had formed in the protective energy surrounding the Heaven-Law Immortal’s body.
And they did not know that, in that brief moment, Unhwi’s eyes had been waiting for this instant, as though he had already prepared something to unleash.
He had clearly moved outside the sword’s trajectory and had not even made contact.
Then why had cracks appeared in the protective energy?
Although it was immediately restored, the very fact that cracks had formed was a serious problem.
The Heaven-Law Immortal’s eyes changed.
It was not that his anger had diminished.
Something else had been added on top of it.
Caution.
“......What was that just now?”
Unhwi did not answer.
He only clicked his tongue in disappointment and adjusted his grip on his sword.
There was no need to emphasize it, but just as the Heaven-Law Immortal intended to kill Unhwi here, Unhwi also intended to kill the Heaven-Law Immortal here.
The third.
Unhwi’s sword rose toward the sky.
The One Sword of Heavenly Origin Opens Chaos, Before All Things Are Born, Light Exists First
The single sword of origin opens chaos itself; before all things were born, light existed first.
Heavenly Origin Boundless Sword
First Form, Heaven-Origin Creation.
Light erupted.
It was not the blue radiance of the Heaven-Defying Vast Azure Sword.
White light.
No.
Something beyond white light.
The sensation that the air had stopped.
The illusion that time itself had slowed.
The moment the sword rose, every being in the courtyard held their breath.
The hundred or so martial artists.
The Heaven-Law Immortal.
And then the sword descended.
CRAAACK—!
Space split apart.
It was the same sword he had shown Seop Gyeong.
But its power was different.
The sword used against Seop Gyeong had not been his full strength.
The sword used against the Heaven-Law Immortal was.
The white light shot forward in a straight line.
The stones of the courtyard cracked.
No.
They did not crack.
They vanished.
The stones, the earth, and the air touched by the light disappeared.
A force that seemed to erase existence itself.
The Heaven-Law Immortal’s eyes widened.
For the first time.
For the first time tonight, true astonishment appeared in the Heaven-Law Immortal’s eyes.
He crossed his arms.
He concentrated his full strength into both arms.
The white light struck the Heaven-Law Immortal.
KRAAAAAAASH—!!
The explosion shook Heaven-Law Cliff.
The cliff trembled.
The entire basin shook.
The roofs of several buildings were blown away.
Around fifty martial artists were thrown backward by the shockwave.
Dust rose.
Debris scattered.
The dust cleared.
𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
The Heaven-Law Immortal was standing.
He was standing, but—
His arms were trembling.
The sleeves of his robe had disappeared.
His forearms were exposed.
Frost covered his muscles.
It was not ice energy.
It was white energy.
The same kind as the light from moments ago.
The Heaven-Law Immortal lowered his arms.
He looked at Unhwi.
His eyes had completely changed.
It was not only anger.
Something else was mixed within them.
“......That just now.”
The Heaven-Law Immortal spoke.
“......What was it? How can someone like you unleash an innate martial art?”
Unhwi lowered his sword and breathed heavily.
The price of using three forms in succession.
His body felt heavy.
His internal power was rapidly draining away.
But there was something more important.
The Heaven-Law Immortal had recognized it.
The value of the Heavenly Origin Boundless Sword.
And he had used the words “innate martial art” so naturally.
“......And that form, the Heavenly Sun Sword Sect...... it seems similar to theirs. Just what are you......”
Unhwi smiled faintly.
“Interesting.”
“......What?”
“I was curious because I heard that you had upheld the great cause for hundreds of years, but it seems you know more than I expected.”
“......”
“Even when committing foolish acts, you were still rather thorough in handling matters. Senior.”
“......You dare mock me? Who do you think you are......”
“I was curious.”
Unhwi looked at him.
“What exactly is that great cause?”
“......”
“The Heavenly Lord never bothered to tell me, but looking at this now, perhaps he believed I would naturally reach the answer myself.”
“......What are you talking about?”
“The great cause. It is connected to the fact that martial artists of the Innate Three Realms cannot appear in this martial world, correct?”
The Heaven-Law Immortal immediately closed his mouth.
It was silence.
But to Unhwi, it was no different from an answer.
“So that is correct.”
“......Enough. That martial art. What is its name?”
“Heavenly Origin Boundless Sword.”
“......Heavenly Origin...... Boundless? I have never heard of it, and the name is unbearably arrogant.”
“You do not need to evaluate it, Senior. How could someone like you dare judge my martial art? You are merely at the Supreme Void Realm.”
The Heaven-Law Immortal’s eyes widened.
Not because Unhwi’s words provoked him.
Not because he was angry.
There was only one thing that bothered him.
“My martial art? Strange wording. As if you created it yourself.”
“I created it.”
The Heaven-Law Immortal stopped.
“......Created......? You?”
“Yes.”
The Heaven-Law Immortal narrowed his eyes.
He stared at Unhwi.
Deeply.
A person standing at the edge of the Supreme Void Realm could see through the depth of martial arts.
The three forms from moments ago.
Heaven-Defying Vast Azure Sword.
Heaven-Defying Wave.
Heaven-Origin Creation.
The Heaven-Law Immortal saw them.
He saw the structure of those martial arts.
And he was horrified.
Created?
This?
By someone like this?
The level of the martial arts surpassed the level of their user.
The structure of the Heaven-Defying Vast Azure Sword was a sword art that could only be completed at the Harmony realm or above. The Heaven-Defying Wave was a sword art that could only display its true value at the Supreme Void Realm.
Heaven-Origin Creation was—
The Heaven-Law Immortal was speechless for a moment.
The structure of Heaven-Origin Creation had no visible limit even at the Supreme Void Realm.
The pinnacle.
No.
Beyond that.
And it had emerged from the body of someone at Unity of Heaven and Man.
Of course, its power was limited. With the body and internal power of Unity of Heaven and Man, he could only draw out a portion of what the martial art contained.
That was why the Heaven-Law Immortal had endured it.
It was certain.
A true superior martial art.
A martial art whose power did not merely increase proportionally as the user's realm rose, but multiplied.
If this was the level it displayed at Unity of Heaven and Man, then at Manifestation of the Boundless it would be twice as powerful, at the Harmony realm four times as powerful, and at the Supreme Void Realm—
He did not even want to imagine it.
A chill ran down the Heaven-Law Immortal’s back.
“......You created it? A martial art that far surpasses your own level?”
Unhwi did not bother answering.
And at this moment, the Heaven-Law Immortal truly understood.
The reason the Heavenly Wayfarer cherished this man.
It was not his realm.
It was not talent.
This man was an existence that could not be explained by the common sense of the current world.
The unknown itself.
This man’s martial arts surpassed realms.
The very structure of his martial arts had already seized realms that had not yet been reached. He had already drawn the scenery of a place he had never visited.
This was not genius.
A genius was someone who realized things quickly.
This man was someone who already knew.
Even—
......He understands everything.
The Heaven-Law Immortal’s eyes narrowed.
This man understands every superior principle contained within martial arts. The only reason he cannot contain them is because his body and energy have limits.
Which meant—
As time passes.
The Heaven-Law Immortal clenched his teeth.
He will become a monster.
To speak honestly, Heaven-Law Cliff possessed innate martial arts.
Heaven Beyond Heaven possessed them as well.
Those who upheld the great cause.
As Unhwi had suspected, that great cause was related to the realm known as the Innate Three Realms.
Then it was only natural that they possessed martial arts.
It would have been strange if they did not.
The problem was that they could not understand them, so they could neither use nor learn them.
But this—
This reckless brat, barely past twenty, understood all of it.
He was even creating them.
This could not happen.
No.
This must not happen.
He had to kill him now.
There would be no other chance.
If this man grew, then it would not matter whether it was the Heaven-Law Platform or anything else.
The entirety of Heaven Beyond Heaven would be in danger.
The Heaven-Law Immortal’s energy changed.
Killing intent.
The killing intent born from the certainty that he had to kill.
The Heaven-Law Immortal moved.
Fast.
Faster than before.
At first, he had intended to toy with him.
He had intended to knock him down with two strikes and trample him.
Now it was different.
He intended to kill him.
Truly.
The Heaven-Law Immortal’s fist shot toward Unhwi.
The full force of the Supreme Void Realm.
Energy condensed at the tip of his fist.
If it struck, he would die.
If he blocked, he would die.
A strike on an entirely different level from before.
Unhwi raised his sword.
He was not trying to block.
He was trying to clash with it head-on.
Heavenly Origin Unlimited Spreads Heaven and Earth, Within an Inch Lies the Great Thousand World
The origin of heaven expands heaven and earth without limit, and within a single inch, the great thousand worlds are contained.
Heavenly Origin Boundless Sword.
Second Form, Heavenly Origin Unlimited.
The sword swept horizontally.
Space expanded.
The distance between Unhwi and the Heaven-Law Immortal increased.
One foot became ten yards.
The Heaven-Law Immortal’s fist came forward, but it did not reach.
Because space had expanded.
The Heaven-Law Immortal’s eyes widened.
“......You expanded space?”
This was a martial art that could only be unleashed at the Harmony realm.
He immediately withdrew his fist and thrust again.
Faster.
Stronger.
He poured in even more energy to match the expanded space.
The internal power of the Supreme Void Realm wrapped around his fist.
It broke through the expanded space.
It reached.
Unhwi’s sword.
BOOM—!!
Unhwi was pushed back.
Five steps.
Ten steps.
His feet dug into the ground as he was forced backward.
The arm holding his sword trembled.
The sensation that his internal power was flowing backward.
His ice energy scattered.
He spat out blood.
“Cough.”
His knees nearly gave way.
He endured.
Barely.
The Heaven-Law Immortal approached.
Walking.
This time, he did not run.
He simply walked over.
That was confidence.
“I acknowledge it. Your martial art is extraordinary. And you are already a monster now, and you will become a monster in the future as well.”
Unhwi spat out blood.
He raised his head.
“But.”
The Heaven-Law Immortal stood before him.
“Having an extraordinary martial art and winning are different things.”
“......”
“Your body cannot keep up with your martial art.”
It was true.
Unhwi knew.
The creator of the Heavenly Origin Boundless Sword was Unhwi.
The one who fully understood the principles contained within it was also Unhwi.
But understanding something and bringing it into reality were different.
The body of Unity of Heaven and Man.
The internal power of Unity of Heaven and Man.
The vessel was too small.
There was a limit to how much water it could contain.
The true power of Heaven-Origin Creation was more than ten times greater than what it had displayed.
The true power of Heavenly Origin Unlimited was not expanding space.
It was creating space.
But with the body of Unity of Heaven and Man, he could only imitate it.
The Heaven-Law Immortal had seen through it.
“It is a shame.”
The Heaven-Law Immortal spoke.
“I will tell you honestly. If you had been at the Supreme Void Realm, I would already have been dead.”
“......”
“But you will never reach the Supreme Void Realm.”
The Heaven-Law Immortal raised his hand.
“Because you will die here.”
Unhwi looked up at the Heaven-Law Immortal.
Blood ran down his face.
Perhaps because his recovery ability was exceptional, the swollen cheekbone had returned to normal, but the inside was certainly not the same.
A battered body.
Yet he was smiling.
“What is so amusing?”
Unhwi opened his mouth.
“There is one thing I will tell you.”
“......”
“You are right, Senior. With my current body, I cannot fully contain my martial art.”
“Then?”
“Then.”
Unhwi’s eyes changed.
They became deeper.
Darker.
“I intend to borrow something for a moment.”
“......What?”
“Something from long ago.”
The energy within Unhwi’s body changed.
It was not ice energy.
It was something else.
A red aura.
It rose from his heart.
Blood Demon Sect Heaven-Soaring Art.
First Gate.
Blood Gate Breath.
Thump.
His heart beat heavily.
His inner core opened.
The source of blood energy.
From the inner core to the blood pathways.
From the blood pathways to the energy channels.
The red energy began carving a path through his body.
His veins rose.
The veins on his forearms.
The veins on his neck.
Unhwi’s body trembled slightly.