Chapter 153
Chapter 153.
'The ancestor is... surely the Heavenly Demon, right?'
The Divine Sect Secret Record passed down only to the Cheon clan, the surname of the Heavenly Demon.
The only person this author could refer to as an ancestor would be the Heavenly Demon.
Lee Ganghan continued reading the book.
[Divine Maiden Yoo Seran had martial talent and received the favor of the previous Heavenly Demon. She broke the Divine Maiden's rule of only memorizing the Heavenly Demon Divine Art and secretly learned it, yet received no punishment......]
Following this, criticism continued about how much Divine Maiden Yoo Seran overstepped her authority, backed by the previous Heavenly Demon's favor.
But as he read on.
[Divine Maiden Yoo Seran intercepted the ten-thousand-year snow ginseng that should have gone to the ancestor, but the previous generation did not consider this problem significant......]
[The previous Heavenly Demon cherished the Divine Maiden, always bringing her along when teaching disciples......]
Content about how the previous Heavenly Demon cherished Yoo Seran kept catching his eye.
'So the previous generation would be the father of the ancestor mentioned here, right? He treated Yoo Seran well.'
The previous Heavenly Demon favored Yoo Seran.
After the previous Heavenly Demon's death, it seems the relationship between his successor and the Divine Maiden wasn't good.
Of course, in the Divine Sect Secret Record.
[Divine Maiden Yoo Seran refused the ancestor's command to relocate the Divine Maiden Hall......]
[She also took an uncooperative attitude toward instructions related to the Sacred Fire.]
It only described how Yoo Seran disobeyed the Heavenly Demon's orders.
All discord between the Heavenly Demon and Divine Maiden was blamed on her.
'Well, this is from the Heavenly Demon's side, so I should consider that when reading.'
Anyway, much of the early content of the Divine Sect Secret Record was written about how wrong the Divine Maiden was.
But to Lee Ganghan's eyes.
'Is learning martial arts such a problem? It says she had martial talent. Besides, it seems the previous Heavenly Demon took her around.'
Perhaps because he owed the Divine Maiden ghost so much in the First Tower.
Reading with biased eyes, he wondered if it was really such a big problem.
'Besides, there are no detailed contents about the instructions to relocate the Divine Maiden Hall and the Sacred Fire-related instructions.'
Lee Ganghan was looking at the Divine Sect Secret Record with such a critical view when.
[The ancestor questioned her past crime of intercepting the ten-thousand-year snow ginseng, but Divine Maiden Yoo Seran rebelled against this......]
When the ten-thousand-year snow ginseng story came up again, he remembered his conversation with the Divine Maiden from before.
'Hmm. But the Divine Maiden said last time that she was forced to eat the ten-thousand-year snow ginseng with difficulty......'
When Lee Ganghan regained consciousness in Heavenly Demon Valley and entered the Mana Training Hall.
Seeing him absorbing the light in the training hall and rapidly increasing his mana.
-Wow!!! This is really unbelievable! How hard I struggled to reach the Martial Transcendence realm...... How can this Heavenly Demon absorb all this energy without even knowing anything! And the energy here is so pure it makes ten-thousand-year snow ginseng pale in comparison!
-You've eaten ten-thousand-year snow ginseng too?
-Yes! Do you know how terrible it tastes? I really ate it while crying, forcing it down with difficulty, but someone else just accepts light and completes energy cultivation...... Wow, really......
She was jealous, saying she had struggled to reach the Martial Transcendence realm by eating that terrible-tasting ten-thousand-year snow ginseng.
While Lee Ganghan was accumulating mana too easily.
Recalling that conversation.
Yoo Seran was forced to eat the ten-thousand-year snow ginseng, it didn't feel like she actively intercepted it.
'Anyway, the Heavenly Demon and Divine Maiden mentioned here don't seem to get along well.'
As Lee Ganghan continued reading the Divine Sect Secret Record.
The main content consisted of the Divine Maiden rebelling and disobeying whenever the Heavenly Demon gave instructions.
But as it went on.
'It just says instructions were given but doesn't tell what the content was.'
It just said the Divine Maiden disobeyed orders again this time.
The content was getting shorter.
What kind of orders did he give for such reactions?
As Lee Ganghan continued reading content that was essentially 'anyway, the Divine Maiden was bad'.
[Meanwhile, Ming's Yongle Emperor designated the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect as a heretical cult and mobilized the military and martial artists to destroy the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect.]
[The Divine Sect resisted fiercely with the ancestor leading, but eventually lost all strongholds in the Central Plains and retreated to the Tianshan Mountains.]
A passage appeared about the Ming Dynasty emperor beginning to suppress the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect together with martial artists.
'The state stepped in to crush them?'
In martial arts novels, they say the government and martial world don't interfere with each other and ignore each other like strangers.
Apparently not here.
They mobilized the military and martial artists to pressure the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect.
Were they driven out to their base camp by this?
[The ancestor decided to use the Sacred Fire's power in the Divine Sect's crisis, but the Divine Maiden violently resisted, saying the Sacred Fire should not be used.]
[The Divine Maiden Hall also sided with the Divine Maiden and protected the Sacred Fire, so the Divine Sect's crisis situation was not resolved.]
[The ancestor was enraged by this and designated members of the Divine Maiden Hall as traitors and burned down the Divine Maiden Hall.]
[Since the Divine Maiden Hall was obsessed with the Sacred Fire rather than the Divine Sect's safety, their end was ultimately their own doing.]
They fought over whether to use the Sacred Fire or not.
The Heavenly Demon burned down the Divine Maiden Hall.
[Divine Maiden Yoo Seran, who was outside the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect, went mad upon returning and seeing the burned Divine Maiden Hall.]
[She used the Sacred Fire arbitrarily and burned down the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect. The ancestor tried to subdue the Divine Maiden, but could not stop her using the Sacred Fire's power.]
[The ancestor hurriedly evacuated his descendants, telling them to plan for the future, and perished together with the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect......]
'What? This is how it was destroyed?'
The Heavenly Demon tried to use the Sacred Fire to break through the situation.
When that failed due to the Divine Maiden Hall's opposition, he burned them all down to enforce his will.
But when Divine Maiden Yoo Seran returned and saw this, she went mad and used the Sacred Fire herself to destroy the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect.
'But what was he doing during the time before the Divine Maiden returned without using the Sacred Fire?'
Just looking at the story's flow.
Wiping out the Divine Maiden Hall and securing the Sacred Fire came first.
What was the Heavenly Demon doing all that time to have the Sacred Fire's power taken by the Divine Maiden?
'Hmm......'
The book's content afterward described the Heavenly Demon's descendants evacuating.
And the process of establishing themselves in the Central Plains.
They changed their surname to Jin and disguised themselves as the Jin family in the Central Plains.
Eventually they were discovered by martial artists and disbanded the family to flee.
'I thought they evacuated in a hurry, but they had enough money to establish a family.'
Indeed, even when the rich fall, they last three generations.
After Lee Ganghan read the most curious part about the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect's destruction and the Divine Maiden's end.
He lost interest in the later content and just skimmed through it.
"In the end, half of this is badmouthing the Divine Maiden."
He wondered if there might be hidden martial art manuals of the Heavenly Demon.
But there was nothing like that, just that the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect was destroyed because of the Divine Maiden!
That's all it kept saying.
'But seeing Cheon Gahyeon's surprise at hearing the Heavenly Demon Divine Art manual, some manuals must have been known to the Cheon family.'
Well, would the Heavenly Demon's descendants have fled leaving only the Divine Sect Secret Record badmouthing the Divine Maiden?
They would have taken martial art manuals that helped them too.
They just didn't bother passing those to Lee Ganghan.
'Well anyway, I understand the Cheon clan's position.'
Why Cheon Gahyeon gritted her teeth whenever the Divine Maiden was mentioned.
Reading this made it understandable.
Usually the Divine Maiden was disobedient and uncooperative.
And ultimately ran amok with the Sacred Fire and burned down the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect.
'I'd like to hear the Divine Maiden's side too, but she seems unwilling to open her mouth about this matter......'
Then what remains.
Is there only the method of hearing from his mother and Yoo Doa in North Korea?
But he can't go to North Korea.
'I'll have to ask when they come home later.'
Lee Ganghan organized his thoughts and.
Closed the open Divine Sect Secret Record.
Then.
[The 'First Tower' recognizes the existence of a specific sin.]
Ding.
A message appeared before Lee Ganghan's eyes.
***
'Why is the First Tower suddenly appearing?'
I just read a book about the downfall of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect and gossip about the Divine Maiden.
When Lee Ganghan was puzzled by the message that appeared before his eyes.
[In the First Tower, you can select the sin of the Seven Deadly Sins, 'Pope of Envy' as your next opponent.]
"Pope of Envy?"
Guardian of Greed Columbus.
Jester of Pride Nero.
God of Lust Zeus - the sin and the following word connected naturally.
But Pope of Envy feels somewhat awkward.
Lee Ganghan thought this while wondering who the Pope of Envy might be.
'Could it be the ancestor Heavenly Demon mentioned in the book?'
Unlike the previous Heavenly Demon.
The next generation Heavenly Demon who had various conflicts with the Divine Maiden.
In the book it only appeared as the Divine Maiden disobeying orders.
But that was from the Heavenly Demon descendants' perspective.
'Actually...... the Heavenly Demon might have been envious of the Divine Maiden?'
There seemed no reason for the Heavenly Demon who controlled the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect to be envious of the Divine Maiden.
But one thing.
The Divine Maiden's 'martial talent' that even the Divine Sect Secret Record acknowledged.
Was worth being envious of.
The previous Heavenly Demon cherished her martial talent and let her learn martial arts too.
He didn't even make an issue of her eating the ten-thousand-year snow ginseng.
'Ah. Wasn't the ten-thousand-year snow ginseng actually given by the previous Heavenly Demon?'
The Divine Maiden had said she was forced to eat it.
Somehow it felt like the previous Heavenly Demon had fed the ten-thousand-year snow ginseng to the Divine Maiden too.
Did he develop jealousy from the previous Heavenly Demon's continued favor?
'But why did that man do such things?'
The last Heavenly Demon who constantly clashed with the Divine Maiden.
Wasn't he ultimately the previous Heavenly Demon's biological son?
Even if the Divine Maiden's martial talent was outstanding.
He would naturally raise his biological son first.
Was there a need to deliberately nurture a competitor?
Lee Ganghan wondered about the previous Heavenly Demon's actions, then.
'Hmm. But...... the Divine Maiden clearly appeared as Cheon in Ten Thousand Demon Battle, didn't she?'
He suddenly remembered the Divine Maiden's surname appearing as Cheon.
Cheon is the surname of the Heavenly Demon clan.
The Divine Maiden knew herself as Yoo Seran until death.
This was the same for Yoo Doa's side too.
So it was definitely known publicly as the Yoo clan.
But the system labeled it as 'Cheon'?
'Uh...... could it be some hidden bloodline?'
Otherwise why would it be Cheon?
And the previous Heavenly Demon too.
No matter how outstanding the Divine Maiden's talent was.
Letting her learn the Heavenly Demon Divine Art and feeding her ten-thousand-year snow ginseng.
He treated her too well, didn't he?
"......Could Cheon Seran have been the previous Heavenly Demon's hidden daughter?"
Lee Ganghan let his imagination run wild in his head, then.
Shook his head.
This is going too far.
"Right, this would be a morning drama about family relationships. Surely it wasn't like that......?"
Even so.
Lee Ganghan kept thinking about the name 'Cheon Seran' that had appeared in the system.
It wouldn't have appeared as Cheon without reason.
'Hmm...... should I choose the Pope of Envy when entering the First Tower next time?'
It would probably be easier to face than the 'God of Lust Zeus'.
But still, being the last Heavenly Demon of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect.
Wouldn't this Heavenly Demon also be quite formidable?
'I need to make full preparations before entering the First Tower.'
Even when the First Tower's seal is ready.
First I should max out my level in Silver.
And enter with full preparation after Strength, Agility, and Stamina all reach 20.
When Lee Ganghan was considering the 'Pope of Envy' as his next Seven Deadly Sins opponent.
And thinking about how to prepare.
Brrrrr.
His phone rang.
'Ah. Time's already up.'
Time passed in an instant while reading the Divine Sect Secret Record.
When Lee Ganghan answered the phone.
[Heavenly Demon! Can I come pick you up now? The CIA side says they've almost arrived at the meeting place too!]
Shin Yuri's voice was heard.
"Ah, yes. I'll come out now."
The SSS-grade accessory Mike was supposed to give through the CIA.
After receiving that equipment, it would help when fighting the First Tower's powerful enemies too.
'I wonder what kind of item the SSS-grade accessory will be.'
The SSS-grade defensive equipment 'Quiene' was quite useful.
I hope it helps at that level.
Lee Ganghan left the house with such expectations.