Chapter 189

**Season 2, Chapter 103:** As the Sage Forest elders enter the room, Okcheonbi says that Goo Hwi doesn't seem surprised and inquired if he already had suspicions of his fate. Goo Hwi responds by claiming that Okcheonbi's Dark Blood Demonic Techniques would not be so weak no matter how long he had been rotting in this place, prompting the Grand Prelate to state that he hoped to fool his opponent somewhat as he put in a fair amount of working making his puppet.

After Okcheonbi reveals that he neither dead nor alive, Ilgak wonders if it is due to the power of the **Dan** (단 (丹) ). Yongbi says that he is aware that the Dan is the medicine the Okcheonbi used to heal himself when he was dying during his invasion on the Middle Kingdom but the Grand Prelate corrects him and reveals that the Dan was no ordinary medicine but the **Stone of Life (생명의돌)**, given to him by a blue-eyed sorcerer from the edge of the earth to the West. With the power of the Dan, Okcheonbi's body which was rotting away like a corpse, was given new life, allowing him to achieve his dream of invading the Middle Kingdom. Goo Hwi replies that they are not here to talk about how he rotted away in this cave all this time and the Grand Prelate says that they wanted to check if he was dead or alive and to confirm his death. He then rambles on about how the true power of the Dan is opening the gates to the "Other-realms" and bringing from it power, with Yongbi comparing those principles to the Demonic Techniques which the Asura Blood Sect is infamous for using. Okcheonbi then considers Yongbi's claim a shallow interpretation of the Blood Sect's dogma from the people of the Middle Kingdom in regards to his cult that worships the Blood God Asura. He then notes that their faith's techniques are indeed different from the ones of the Middle Kingdom but their Sect cannot pull power from the "Other-realms".

When Yongbi claims that the techniques of the powerful Okcheonbi all came from one little pill from some sorcerer, the latter refutes it, saying that he only borrowed the power of the Dan to heal his sickness and that he had enough power to conquer the Middle Kingdom on his own. Okcheonbi then mentions that ironically, the only reason he was unable to finish his conquest of the Middle Kingdom is because of the Dan as well. He calls it a paranormal item and compares it to the Lightning God's Blue Dragon Sword. When the master of such an item is able to control the item, he will have no trouble but once he loses control, the user will be consumed by the very object. Okcheonbi then reveals that the Dan is unlike other paranormal items as its powers amplified as time goes on and at one point, he was worried that the Dan would exceed his power. It was around the time that he met Goo Hwi and Yongbi that the worry was starting to materialize. Therefore, the Grand Prelate claims that was not using his full power against the two since he needed to reserve power to maintain control over the exploding power of the Dan.

Yongbi is irritated by Okcheonbi's claims of holding back and doesn't buy it. But Okcheonbi argues he was truly afraid of the Dan going wild, and that if did not stop the power of the "Other-realms", this world would have become hell. With Goo Hwi calling his allegations bullshit and noting that the Demonists of the Blood Sect always said they will make the world a living hell, Okcheonbi declares that a symbolic and true hell are two different things. In a true hell, nobody survives and that he wanted to be a conquering king, not a king of ruins. Yongbi then tells the Grand Prelate that they will only believe him if he restores his old form using the power of the Dan however, the latter reveals that he no longer has the Dan.

In a flashback, it is revealed that while in hibernation, Okcheonbi was found by Hwan Sa who introduced himself as the disciple of the blue-eyes sorcerer. Hwan Sa said that he would take back the Stone of Life and destroy it but after extracting the Dan, Okcheonbi realized he had been tricked and that Hwan Sa intended to use it to open the doors of the "Other-realms". The Spirit Lord then told his two subordinates to finish off Okcheonbi but the Grand Prelate easily killed them, prompting Hwan Sa to bind him to a chair with enchanted chains. In the present, Okcheonbi reveals that since he spent all of his ki sealing the Dan away, his body now free of the Dan rapidly decayed making it impossible for him to escape his chains. However, although his body weakened over time, his mind became stronger perhaps due to a portion of the Dan dissolving into his body from holding it for such an extended amount of time. He further reveals that in the past, he was able to muster enough power to perform the **Great Phantasmal Soul Techniques** and create two **Phantasmal Demonic Forms.** The clones served him well but Okcheonbi realized that they cannot step out of the barrier Hwan Sa set up after losing one of the clones to it. He then comes to terms with his fate and that he will never meet his captor again unless the man comes to him. Okcheonbi tells the elderly trio that he doesn't need them to kill him and tasks them with destroying the Stone of Life before it explodes with the power of the "Other-realms". He then causes a tremor in the room, breaking off rocks from the ceiling to crush his decaying body, ending the life of the once mighty Asura Demon Lord.

## Appearing Characters

* Goo Hwi
* Hwan Sa (flashback)
* Ilgak
* Infinite Divine Archdemon (flashback)
* Okcheonbi
* Yongbi