Chapter 510

The Arhat monk was shocked when he realized where the Bright Demon God was trying to go.

“Th-this place!”

A mysterious sacred Buddhist site where the mountain peak is always shrouded in mist throughout the year.

Mount Emei.

No matter how mad he was, who would have thought he’d think to visit the Emei Sect alone? Who would have thought he’d bring danger upon himself before even reaching the Tang Family Great Estate?

The Arhat monk was troubled, unable to stop the Bright Demon God or forcibly prevent him. The Bright Demon God nodded his head as if proud of himself for thinking of the Emei Sect.

“If it’s a place with only women, isn’t the Emei Sect perfectly suitable? I won’t have to accidentally kill men.”

The Bright Demon God who had been muttering to himself suddenly turned his head and looked at the Arhat monk.

“You’re a man too.”

“Well of course that’s…”

The Arhat monk stopped answering mid-way and felt chilled.

The Bright Demon God stared down at the Arhat monk, and his eyes were ominous. Killing intent showed and his eyeballs flickered like a beast’s.

The Bright Demon God just spoke as if accidentally killing men was very inconvenient.

Clearly that gaze was contemplating whether to kill him in advance to avoid accidental killing!

“I-I mean… that’s right! If I die, there’ll be no one to testify to the main temple whether the mission was completed!”

“Hmm.”

When the Bright Demon God seemed convinced, the Arhat monk swallowed dry saliva and nodded.

“Then I’ll stay here.”

“No. You’re annoying, but if you run away, I’ll be in trouble like you said. So…”

The Bright Demon God reached out. Fingers as thick as the Great Buddha’s grabbed the Arhat monk’s head.

“Don’t lay hands on me!”

Even as the Arhat monk desperately resisted, the Bright Demon God ignored it and grabbed the Arhat monk’s head. Then he threw the Arhat monk into the middle of a tall old tree. The Arhat monk’s shoulder pierced through a branch and his body caught.

“Ugh!”

When the Arhat monk struggled to get out, the Bright Demon God warned while emitting extreme killing intent.

“If you come down from there before I return, I’ll punish you.”

The Arhat monk froze in place. He said punish, not kill. Goosebumps rose as he couldn’t even imagine what horrible state he’d be made into.

The Arhat monk closed his mouth while enduring pain, unable to even pull out his shoulder.

The Bright Demon God turned his body toward the mountain gate.

Step.

Whoosh!

White shadows jumped down from the air and blocked the Bright Demon God’s path. Female monks of the Emei Sect.

The Emei Sect’s female monks were surprised seeing the Bright Demon God’s massive build, and even more surprised seeing a Shaolin Temple Arhat monk dangling caught on a tree behind him.

The female monks gripped their sword handles and shouted.

“Who is the benefactor to spread such killing intent where practitioners reside!”

The Bright Demon God looked at the female monks and puffed out his chest.

“I am the false king.”

“What?”

The female monks were flustered. How should they accept someone who appeared wearing monk robes and called himself the false king? They looked at the Arhat monk caught on the tree, but the Arhat monk said nothing and only closed his mouth with his head even turned away.

The Bright Demon God pointed at the female monks with his finger and said.

“I am the false king. Bring me to your true king.”

An elderly female monk quickly stepped forward.

“This is a place where only nuns reside, and we absolutely do not admit men. We humbly ask for your understanding.”

The Bright Demon God wasn’t swayed at all. Rather, he lectured the female monk in a commanding tone.

“I am the false king. A king can go anywhere and command anyone. Therefore, you must not try to stop a king with common sense. Hurry and guide me to your true king.”

Young female monks took stances with displeased expressions as if about to attack the Bright Demon God any moment.

“This crazy bastard…!”

The elderly female monk already knew the Bright Demon God’s martial arts were no ordinary matter. The elderly female monk restrained the young female monks and asked the Bright Demon God.

“Do you know the Ten Major Precepts?”

“I do.”

The Ten Major Precepts are the ten most strict commandments seekers must observe.

“Do not kill, do not steal, do not commit adultery. Do not lie and do not slander. If you promise to keep the Ten Major Precepts, I can guide you to the main temple.”

“I am the false king. A king’s words are absolute, so I can do anything. The majesty of the true king can command anyone’s death. Even the Ten Major Precepts cannot stop a king.”

The female monk asked.

“Did you come to kill someone?”

“That’s right. I came to learn how to kill women.”

The female monks’ eyes opened wide.

“This is too much!”

The female monks exchanged glances. Then they simultaneously extended their swords.

“Killing demons cannot set foot here!”

Whoosh. Five swords spewed sword energy in streams and stabbed the Bright Demon God’s entire body at once.

Sword energy pierced his neck, chest, abdomen, and both shoulders.

Clang!

However, the sword energy couldn’t penetrate the Bright Demon God’s clothes and bare skin. The sword blades bent.

“Hrrrgh!”

The Bright Demon God applied force. Veins bulged on his neck. The Bright Demon God took a step forward. The swords stabbing the Bright Demon God’s body bent as if about to break. When the Bright Demon God took one more large step, the female monks couldn’t handle the force of the bending swords and were flung away.

The rebounding swords shook and wounded each other.

“Ahhh!”

The Bright Demon God simply pushed with his body and ascended to the Emei Sect’s main temple.

“Stop him!”

From all directions, female monks in white robes flew in holding swords.

They stabbed swords into the Bright Demon God’s body. The Bright Demon God made no response whatsoever and just walked. However, it was the female monks who were flung away.

Countless female monks flew at the Bright Demon God and were flung away. Viewed from afar, it was like a swarm of butterflies clinging to and falling from a flower.

No matter how many there were, they couldn’t stop the Bright Demon God.

An elder-level female monk of the Emei Sect ran over and spewed sword energy from the Bright Demon God’s front. Brilliant light shimmered at the sword tip.

“Stop right there! If you come even one step closer…!”

The Bright Demon God was already walking up the stairs. The female monk hastily stabbed the Bright Demon God’s chest with the first move of White Crane Sword.

Thud! The Bright Demon God’s faded monk robes burned away like melting, creating a hole. The Bright Demon God slightly twisted his body and raised his arm to let the sword energy pass between his armpit. The sword scraped the Bright Demon God’s side and shook. A long laceration remained on his side.

The Bright Demon God tucked the sword glowing with sword energy under his side and pulled. The female monk was dragged over. The Bright Demon God struck the female monk’s head with his own forehead.

Crack!

The female monk’s head caved in. Even as the female monk collapsed, she struck the Bright Demon God’s abdomen with one palm.

Boom!

A heavy sound rang out like a giant temple bell.

“G-Golden Bell Shield…!”

The female monk’s eyes flickered. The Bright Demon God put force in his eyes.

“Why are you so weak? I haven’t met your king yet. You can’t die already.”

The Bright Demon God grabbed the female monk’s waist, lifted her up, and injected internal energy into her Mingmen point. Barely keeping her alive, he ascended the mountain even faster than before.

Having ambiguously taken a hostage, the female monks found it even harder to attack the Bright Demon God. Dozens of female monks ended up moving together while surrounding the Bright Demon God.

Finally, the Bright Demon God ascended to Tiewa Palace at the peak of Mount Emei.

Abbess In-eun frowned and looked at the Bright Demon God.

“Bright Demon God Beom-ga!”

The Bright Demon God looked at Abbess In-eun and asked.

“Are you these people’s true king?”

Abbess In-eun didn’t answer and instead narrowed her eyes and asked back.

“Why are you here when you should be in Shaolin Temple’s Repentance Hall?”

“I am the false king. I seek your true king.”

Abbess In-eun knew the Bright Demon God had gone mad through deviation. Words don’t work with madmen, so she had no choice but to use force. However, most of the Emei Sect’s female monks hadn’t fully recovered from poisoning and injuries yet, so she needed to avoid fighting as much as possible.

Abbess In-eun tried to divert the Bright Demon God’s attention.

“Don’t you remember this poor nun? We met long ago.”

The Bright Demon God was someone who almost became sect leader, so Abbess In-eun was acquainted with him.

“Did you come after hearing the Great Buddha went missing? Is it true he was defeated by Poison Dragon and passed away?”

Suddenly the Bright Demon God flinched and abruptly muttered strange words.

“Great compassion great mercy Tao transformed universal! Assimilate rules assimilate goodness assimilate sentient beings, Namo Buddha Amitabha Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara!”

The Great Buddha Beom-bon promised the Bright Demon God freedom. Without the Great Buddha, his freedom disappears too. The Bright Demon God wasn’t accepting the Great Buddha’s disappearance at all.

“You are not real. You are speaking falsehood. Judging by the wisdom of Shariputra, one of Buddha’s ten great disciples, your eyes are wicked and confused. You are not the Emei Sect’s king.”

“I am a nun, not a king.”

“Then there’s no reason to talk with you. The king…”

The Bright Demon God ignored Abbess In-eun’s words as if he couldn’t hear them and scanned the courtyard of Tiewa Palace. Then he stopped his eyes at one place. It was the prison attached to Tiewa Palace.

The Bright Demon God sniffed.

“I smell blood. Shariputra knows the false king is trying to deceive me.”

Then the Bright Demon God ran toward the prison building while carrying the dying female monk.

“Ah!”

He pushed through the female monks blocking him with his body and rammed the prison building with his head.

Crash!

The prison wall collapsed and iron bars bent. The disheveled female monks inside squinted at the bright sunlight and looked at the Bright Demon God.

These were those who had participated in the rebellion and been imprisoned.

The Bright Demon God’s eyes looked at the female monks in prison.

“Who are they?”

The female monks in prison had heard the commotion outside. One shouted quickly.

“False king! The king you seek is here!”

The Bright Demon God’s eyes flashed open.

The quick-witted female monk pointed at an elderly female monk beside her and shouted.

“The true king is here!”

She was Nang Ryeong who had her tongue cut by Abbess In-eun after starting the rebellion.

“Ohhh!”

A smile formed on the Bright Demon God’s face. It was a bright expression like a seeker finding a child playing hide-and-seek.

“Ask your king! How many women may I kill! Since a king can sentence anyone to death, ask her to permit me!”

Nang Ryeong nodded with burning eyes.

The Bright Demon God demanded again.

“Does your king permit me to kill! Why don’t you answer me!”

Instead of Nang Ryeong who couldn’t speak, someone else beside her shouted.

“Our king suffered hardship from traitors and cannot speak, but she just consented! Kill as many as you want! Especially that fake must…!”

The Bright Demon God shouted.

“I am not fake. I am the false king!”

“We know you’re the false king! Not you, but that…”

The Bright Demon God flew into a rage and swung the female monk he was carrying like a club. The heads of the female monk who just said “fake” and the female monk he was carrying collided.

With a terrible sound, blood and flesh burst out.

All the Emei Sect female monks were shocked by the absurd killing.

But even the Bright Demon God himself was startled.

“Uh, um.”

The Bright Demon God seemed troubled, then suddenly his eyes flashed.

“The king consented just now. Since I killed a woman after receiving consent, there’s nothing wrong!”

The Bright Demon God looked elsewhere and shouted to himself. Like someone guilty, not even properly looking at Nang Ryeong while speaking, the sight was extremely bizarre.

As if afraid of what Nang Ryeong might say, the Bright Demon God suddenly started rampaging.