Chapter 204

**Season 2, Chapter 118:** The chapter starts off with a flashback of Okcheonbi's battle with Goo Hwi and Yongbi during the Asura Blood Sect's war with the Murim and then the scene transitions to the present, paralleling the past fight to the current one. Okcheonbi expresses nostalgia about that moment and Yongbi exclaims that he won't go easy on his opponent even if he dig up old memories and present them as a treasure of time. Okcheonbi retorts by saying that he would have been disappointed if his foes went easy on him and compliments Yongbi on his effort of trying not to show the weight of the Thousand Circle Formation on him but then the latter interrupts, saying that his body did feel heavier all of a sudden earlier. Yongbi acknowledges that the weight is due to Okcheonbi's technique before rapidly attacking with a staff strike, which Okcheonbi evades. Yongbi says that his body feels so heavy that his aim seems to be off, and then unleashes a series of onslaughts. In the ensuing clash, Okcheonbi notes that Yongbi is unable to use techniques that consume too much ki and eventually comes out on top, sending his opponent crashing into a wall with a powerful palm-strike. Goo Hwi nonchalantly turn to look at his comrade, telling him that Okcheonbi's grip power is stronger than expected, most likely because of the Dan, and Yongbi (still lying on the ground), annoyingly thanks Goo Hwi for just telling him that now.

Okcheonbi stare at his two opponents in surprise, noting that normally in the Thousand Circle Formation, it becomes more difficult to maintain oneself as time passes due to sustained loss of ki. He then thinks that Yongbi and Goo Hwi weren't affected by it in the first place. At that, Yongbi says they got found out and that he was thinking of letting Okcheonbi fall into a false sense of security before ending it easy. However, Goo Hwi interrupts Yongbi and tells him to stop lying before revealing that he did have trouble acclimating to the technique initially and that it truly did get in his way. The Asura Demon Lord then questions if they really no longer feel any resistance from the great pressure of the enormous amount of ki and Yongbi confirms it, noting that it is tricky to maintain a state of elevated internal power to compensate for the pressure. Okcheonbi muses about how the destructive power Goo Hwi showed in his fight with his clones (in the Crouching Devil Palace) was only a part of his power and then proceed to form a sword in his hand using ki with both Goo Hwi and Yongbi recognizing it as the Incorporeal Demonic Technique, Blade of Waterfalls! Smirking, Okcheonbi acknowledges the level of power his foes have reached and that they can finally see a proper conclusion to their fight.

Meanwhile, Gang Ryong smashes the chair Hwan Sa was sitting in, breaking through the wall behind it as well but the Spirit Lord is nowhere to be seen. Then Hwan Sa tells Gang to enter through the hole in the wall if he wishes to take his life and the young man does so. Gang takes a walk through the illusion domain, which is a vast grassy field with an endless sea of fog, and muses about how the wall and hallway he just took vanished so the place must be an illusion. Hwan Sa then sneakily declares that it may be an illusion or not and Gang Ryong claims that illusions won't work anymore and that he should come out. In response, the Spirit Lord says they will find out if that's true.

## Appearing Characters

* Gang Ryong
* Goo Hwi
* Okcheonbi
* Yongbi