When a Boy Without Talent Humiliates Everyone at the Assassin Sect - Manhwa Recap

Our story begins in a forest, where several people are holding torches in their hands, likely searching for someone.

The main character (MC) is saying to himself that he suffered in the mountains for half a month, but he finally got his hands on it. He is holding a strange scroll full of odd letters, but it is truly what he wanted: the legendary secret technique left behind by the Sword Sage approximately 600 years ago—the secret records of the Sword Sage.

The MC would love to keep it for himself, but it is useless to someone with a broken Danton like him. Other martial artists would try to steal it from him if they knew he had it, so he has to hide it before anyone arrives. The MC swallows the scroll, protected by a bamboo casing, to hide it. He thinks he should have brought some water to help it go down easier but manages to swallow the whole thing.

Suddenly, someone arrives behind him, saying, "So he was there," which startles the MC. The man accuses the MC of being a spy for the Blood Cult and asks if he found the records of the Sword Sage. His name is Yong Su. The MC looks at him and says that he found them and hid them in a safe place. He would hand the scroll over to the man if he kept his promise.

The old man accompanying Yong Su says he heard the promise on the way there. The boy wanted the blood worm removed from his chest, drawing his sword and confirming that was the promise. Yong Su says there's no need to fulfill it, which leaves the boy completely confused. Even if the worm were removed from his chest, he would have nowhere to return.

The MC's name is Soi from the Radiant Earth Clan. He had been exiled from his clan after his Danton was destroyed due to an episode of key fury 10 years ago. He was kidnapped by the Blood Cult and had a blood worm implanted in his chest. Since then, he had been forced to become a puppet of the cult. So even if he gained his freedom, where would he go?

The boy feels confused and nervous. Did that man know everything about him? Then he asks if that was all he had to say, placing the sword at the protagonist's neck. He orders the boy to hand over the Sword Sage's scrolls. If he handed them over, then Yong Su might consider removing the blood worm from the MC.

The boy's reflection appears on the blade of the sword. He then starts to say that the secret records were hidden in a place only he could find. Yong Su understood the MC's situation. He wasn't asking for special privileges or to be accepted into the Orthodox faction; all he wanted was to leave the Blood Cult and live as a normal human being. If the worm was removed, he could hand over the scrolls.

The old man lets out a light laugh and says the MC was indeed clever. The sword pierces the MC's shoulder, leaving him completely bewildered. With a sinister smile, Yong Su says it was too obvious how he would hide the scroll; it was probably inside his body. The MC realizes that the intent of the two was to end his life from the start of the mission.

The man pulls the sword out and asks him not to hate them too much. As the protagonist falls backward, Yong Su continues, saying that from the moment he became a spy, he was destined for this end. The protagonist falls to the ground, realizing he wouldn't survive the blow, and wonders how his life became so miserable.

The man starts striking the MC repeatedly, clearly enjoying it, but he notices that he cuts the scroll in half. This confuses him; something strange was happening. Blue flames begin to emanate from the protagonist's body. Yong Su feels it too, but it wasn't hot. Was it false fire? Did it even matter? At that moment, if there was such a thing as a second life, he only hoped it wouldn't be as miserable as the one he was leaving behind.

A strange sound of glass shattering begins to echo, and suddenly the MC wakes up. Someone had splashed water on his face. He gets up and yells that the water was too cold while two teenagers laugh at him. He starts touching his body, finding it strange that there were no cuts or burn marks. But before he could dedicate more time to thinking about what had happened, someone catches his attention, calling him a pathetic meal.

One of the boys says that they, the Dual Quick D of Hunan, were the ghost twins of the Blood Cult. The MC wonders why they seem so young and remembers they were close when they were younger, but he had just died, burned by that fire. The MC looks in the mirror and is deeply shocked. The boys ask why he looks so startled. He says that it was him when he was younger, but one of the boys kicks him in the back and asks if he's still drunk or something.

The MC, on the ground, gets kicked down by the boy who tells him to snap out of it and get up. When he complains of pain, he soon realizes he's feeling too much pain for someone who is merely dreaming. He quickly sits up and, grabbing the clothes of one of the twins, asks what day it is. The boy is scared and confused, asking what he's talking about, but the MC doesn't care and asks again what day it is. It's not a hard question.

The other responds that it's August 9th of the 11th year of the Sex Sager cycle. The MC calms down, thinking that if it was really August 9th of year 11, he was exactly 10 years before the day of his complete defeat. One of the twins asks what year the MC thought they were in. Had he gotten stupid from all the drinking?

The MC starts laughing and hugs one of the twins. He was so happy because he had managed to return to the past. Still hugging one of the boys, the MC says it's great to see him, and the boy desperately asks him to let go, saying the protagonist was too cold.

Right after that, the MC realizes that if it was 10 years before, then two men are approaching a building. One man dozing off wakes up and tells someone to greet the guests, but before he can even finish his sentence, the man's head is separated from his body with a single sword strike. Another person is coming out of the building, yawning and saying he would greet the guests, but screams desperately upon seeing his friend headless.

The protagonist is rummaging through his belongings, thinking he should have organized everything earlier. One of the twins asks if he's going to say he's out of money, but the MC shouts that if they don't want to die, they need to leave that place immediately. The blue twin finds the MC's attitude strange; he'd been acting like this all day. Was he asking the boy to teach him a lesson?

The protagonist finds what he was looking for: the only keepsake his mother had left him, a sodam sword. He is filled with regret for losing that item in his previous life, but he is happy to have it now, even if escaping was the priority. But as soon as he lays his hands on the sword, a strange sound begins to hurt the MC's ear. It was a desperate scream. He wonders what it was, even thinking he might go deaf after hearing it.

Then he hears cries of fear, people pleading to be saved, and the three boys are together. The blue twin asks if they heard that, and the red twin says yes; it seemed to be coming from outside the building. But the MC realizes it was too loud of a scream to have come from outside. Yet this was not the time to debate that; that scream meant everything had started.

The twins look out the window of the building and ask who those guys are. The MC steps between the two boys and asks them to move aside so he can see what's happening. Peeking through the window crack discreetly, the boy sees that the Blood Cultists are already in his village. August 9th of the 11th year—that was the day the MC was kidnapped by the cult.

The blue twin asks if those men are bandits, but the MC says they're actually Blood Cultists. He turns around and says they don't have time; they need to escape as quickly as possible if they want to stay alive. But the twins are still confused. The MC says that if they don't believe those were Blood Cultists, they can stay because he's going to escape from this mess.

The blue twin asks the red twin if they should escape too, to which the other boy agrees; it's the best option. The MC doesn't worry much about them because in his previous life, they became great martial artists after being kidnapped by the cult. It would be fine as long as he could escape. But something was still missing; there was a third person with them on the day of the kidnapping.

The boy's name was Aong. He was with them that day; he was the only one who stood by the MC in the Radiant Earth Clan. So the MC runs off to find him. He couldn't abandon someone who was like a brother to him.

Aong was sleeping like a baby when the MC arrived, shouting his name, startling the boy to the point that his soul nearly jumps out before him. He yells, swearing he wasn't asleep. The boy sees it's his master and breathes a sigh of relief, but the MC doesn't waste time with explanations and orders him to get up immediately. They needed to flee as soon as possible.

The boy doesn't understand what's happening and asks the protagonist, but he's already pulling Aong by the arm, saying he can't talk now. Even in a rush, he still explains they were being attacked by the Blood Cult and they'd invade the building at any moment. The boy tries to argue, saying the Blood Cult had been wiped out, but the MC orders him to shut up and follow him.

The boy asks if they shouldn't head toward the exit, but the MC says they can't go that way; the entire city was surrounded. If they left now, they'd be caught. Aong asks if they could hide in one of the building's closets, but the MC says that's too obvious. They weren't there to steal their money; they wanted to capture people like them. They'd search everywhere possible to find people to abduct, whether it was closets or large vases. If they hid in those places, they'd be found easily.

Aong asks if they're doomed to be captured and killed, but the MC tells him to stop talking nonsense as they keep running. They needed to hide in an unexpected place where no one would think to look—a place they wouldn't go even if they thought someone might be hiding there.

Outside the house, they arrive at a location, and the MC says no one would expect someone to be hiding there. It was an outdoor toilet. Aong screams in desperation, asking who in their right mind would hide inside a pit toilet. The MC says now isn't the time to argue, pushing the boy inside.

Aong protests as much as he can, but he falls into the pit, and the MC closes the door, reasoning that not even the cultists would have the nerve to look for someone there. He'd hide there himself, but he had no choice; he needed to find another place before the cult found him.

Arriving at a stable, the MC feels relieved, knowing he could hide there. He wasn't destined for that cruel fate after all. The horse bolts out of the stable, and the protagonist hides inside the hay. It wasn't a bad place to hide; it'd be easier for them to chase the runaway horse than to check inside the hay. But if there were any martial artists among the abductors, they'd find him through key sense. So he grabs a weapon just in case.

Someone yells, saying it's f-y. They say the MC's hands are too wet, and this yell leaves the boy extremely confused. The sword starts talking to the MC, telling him to dry his hands and asking if he was ignoring it just because it was a sword. The boy wonders if the sword is possessed by a ghost, and hearing his thoughts, it incredulously asks what he's talking about.

It explains that there's no ghost possessing it; it's just the sword his mother gave him that he stuck in his bag. Immediately, the sword realizes the protagonist had responded to it and is impressed that a human can hear a sword. Suddenly, a little girl with white hair and clothes appears right in front of the MC, like an albino Tinkerbell, asking if he can see her.

The MC is shocked, not understanding what this was. Was he hallucinating? While he's still mulling over whether this was a figment of his imagination, all this idle chatter is irritating the little girl. She yells at him, saying she knows he can hear and see her. Swords can hear human thoughts when touched, and this scares the MC; she was real.

A sound catches both of their attention. He tells the sword to be quiet, but it asks why—whether it's because of the man approaching. She then says he's the only one who can hear her, and he says he understands that, but he needs her to be quiet so he can think better.

The man arrives at the location where the MC is hiding and looks around, trying to find someone. Something catches his attention, and he looks to the side. Kneeling down, he sees some footprints on the ground leading toward the stable. The MC slowly draws his sword from its sheath as the man approaches the hay where he's hidden.

The girl then asks if he's going to stab the guy if he gets found. Putting aside whether he has enough strength for this or not, what she wants to know is if he has the guts to take this action. The boy's heart is beating fast and loud, and he remembers his past when Yong Su told him he was afraid.

The man raises his hand to move the straw aside, and the MC's heart pounds even harder out of sheer nervousness. Memories of the end of his past life start flooding his mind as his heart beats faster and faster. The straw is moved, and the MC's pupils widen. With a single leap and thrusting his sword forward, the MC lands a perfect strike on the napper's neck, knocking him to the ground.

The man doesn't make a loud noise, only a quick groan, and is finally sent to the lobby of life. Answering the sword in his thoughts, the MC says he doesn't feel fear but rather excitement. She could witness everything while being with him because he would survive in this life no matter what.

The little girl is very impressed and says he's really skilled. Did he retain his abilities from his past life? Probably, yes. She thought he was just a drunken fool, but it seems she'll have to reevaluate her opinion of him after this move. The little girl, who is the MC's sword, asks where he learned that, but the MC tells her to shut up because she's stressing him out.

If you pay attention, she's just like Pon from Genshin Impact—constantly annoying you and never shutting up. For now, the MC decides to simply ignore her, and the girl hears this thought, getting irritated with him as well.

The situation was now much worse than he had imagined. The Blood Cult warriors aren't known for moving in groups of three during missions. The companions of the one the MC had just defeated would likely arrive at the location soon. Even though he had managed to hide the body, it was only a matter of time before they found it. He had to escape quickly.

For now, he would just finish hiding the body and leave. The girl calls his name, and he asks what she wants. He just wanted to be left alone, but she keeps distracting him. She replies that she'd like to ignore him too, but there's a cultist right behind him, so she thought he might want to know that.

The MC turns around, startled. The cultist asks if he was interrupting something but tells him he can continue and not worry about him. He even says he's enjoying watching his work. The MC wonders how long that guy had been there, but what mattered most was the belt he was wearing—a brown belt that was a mid-ranked warrior.

The MC prepares himself with his sword, but he knows he stands no chance against this cultist. He should have been quicker in fleeing. The sword asks if he wants her help in this fight, but the MC keeps telling her not to distract him.

The man approaches, saying that the MC is overestimating himself. It didn't seem like he knew much about martial arts. Even if it was a surprise attack, it was already impressive that he had defeated a cultist. Did the boy have average quality skills?

The cultist then decides to make an offer to the MC: if he surrendered right now, he would let him live. The MC decides to provoke him, replying that if he wanted to kill him, he wouldn't have said those things about average quality. Was the guy afraid of ending up like the other man?

This seems to have offended the man, who asks what the MC just said. The MC thinks he has gone crazy. What did he expect to achieve by provoking the cultist like that? But the MC achieved what he wanted; he wanted to appear overly confident in the man's eyes so he could be underestimated by him.

The cultist starts laughing, saying the MC has quite the audacity. He was very clever and skilled in the art of deception too. It would be a waste to end his life here. He was sharper than the MC expected. Drawing his sword, the cultist says it seems the boy wants to avoid the fight at all costs, so he wanted to see if the MC's skill was as sharp as his tongue.

The sword is almost at the protagonist's neck. He manages to dodge by ducking. Even though he's a third-rate boy with a broken Danton, this speed the man was using was still visible to his eyes. The sword speeds toward the cultist's neck, but he grabs the MC's arm, telling him he's far too slow.

The MC's eyes might be sharp, but his hands were still sluggish. Still, his counterattack was sharp. He grabs the MC's wrist, forcing him to drop the sword, and says he will overlook the fact that the MC defeated a low-ranked warrior, so it would be best if the MC followed him.

But the sword was already falling into his other hand. With a backward swing, the MC strikes the cultist's face with the sword and shouts that he won't do that. He thought he had managed to defeat the mid-ranked cultist, but he notices something: the man had dodged a slash and was furious about it, cursing the protagonist.

His eye was cut vertically and turned red; essentially, he looked like a Kakashi wannabe. The man's kick lands squarely on his stomach, sending him flying backward. He had been overly optimistic and underestimated the abductor. He really thought he could defeat him at such close range.

Standing up, the MC realizes he has no choice but to face the cultist head-on. The sword tells him she can help; he has no chance against a man without her assistance. The MC sarcastically asks what she could possibly do. She complains that he's stubborn and asks what he plans to do since he doesn't want her help.

He says he'll attack the man from the side with the injured eye. The man, closing his injured eye, says he tried to be nice to him, but it seems he's really wishing for hell. He draws his sword. He had planned to apply a light punishment to the MC and then send him to the cult, but now he's changed his mind. The MC would be sent to hell that night.

The abductor charges at the MC with full force, and the boy realizes he's going to use a specific technique. Several slashes are aimed at the MC. This was the basic technique of the Blood Cult Sword Art—the bloodthirsty slashing blade. It was too fast to discern the attack pattern, and he was deliberately avoiding lethal cuts. He wanted to make the MC suffer as much as possible before sending him to the afterlife.

The man yells, asking if the MC now realizes what he's done. He would keep messing with the protagonist until he couldn't take it anymore and went to his grave. It was too late to regret anything; his life was already lost.

The abductor prepares a strike with his sword to finish the boy off. Several strikes are aimed at the boy, and he realizes most of them are feints meant to deceive him. But he doesn't know what to do. Should he try to attack and hope for a lucky hit?

The sword whispers in his ear that the next strike will come directly from his front, so the MC uses the blade to parry the attack. This confuses the man, and the MC is sent flying backward. He rolls and lands on his knees, impressed that he managed to block the attack.

The sword then tells him that was well done. If she hadn't warned him about the dire strike, he would have been defeated right then and there. The MC asks if she can see his attacks, and she responds that she can. Anyone could have seen those attacks.

The sword starts taunting him, asking what he plans to do and whether she should remain silent while he gets beaten up by the abductor. Embarrassed, he looks at her and apologizes for ignoring her. Then he asks if she can help him. Stretching, she says she can help him. Yes, she wouldn't let an exotic creature like him, who can hear her, be defeated so easily.

The fake Paimon asks if he has a plan. Assuming she can read the man's attacks, he replies that he's thinking of something, but it's hard at the moment. He had already been counterattacked once, so he won't enter the man's sword range a second time. He'll do his best to maintain distance from the abductor.

The sword says that if he can make the man lose his patience, an opportunity will appear. The man is still confused that the protagonist blocked his finishing blow. How did he manage to do that? Could he have analyzed and understood his techniques? No, it was probably just luck. An idiot like him couldn't do that.

Charging once more, the man yells that this time he'll kill him for good. The sword says he should first block the cultist's attacks and make him waste time, and the MC agrees, asking her to tell him where the strikes are coming from.

The man starts using the Blood Cult standard Sword Art against the MC again, but this time the MC is receiving help from his sword, which tells him which strikes are real and which are feints. The cultist is incredulous at the boy's ability to block all his strikes. Blood is dripping from his injured eye, causing him to lose vision.

The sword warns the boy that if he attacks the man's blind spot, it will make him more impatient. His counterattack won't be precise, but it will be fast. She advises him that the man will use a horizontal strike, so he should wait a moment before advancing on the opponent.

The boy ducks under the cultist's strike, and the man shouts, cursing at the MC. By then, the MC is already at his side, and the Paimon-like sword tells him to attack now. The cultist is skeptical; it is impossible for a third-rate boy to dodge his counterattack and find an opening to strike. But he smiles and asks if the boy really thought he'd be surprised by this.

With a sidekick, the cultist hits the MC's arm, who tries to block the attack but is thrown back once again. The boy's arm is broken. The man calls the MC stupid for injuring himself like that. He had been impressive using his blind spot, but he was still third-rate.

The cultist leaps and shouts at the boy to go to hell while he's still on the ground trembling. The MC clenches his fist and says now he dodges the overhead strike. The cultist is surprised by the evasion, and with just one spin, his neck is slashed, spraying ketchup all over the area.

The MC celebrates, managing to deliver a direct strike to the assassin. The cultist falls to the ground, utterly defeated. The sword asks if the MC is okay and if he can get up, and he replies that he can. His performance was impressive; the man truly believed his arm was broken.

But the MC admits it only worked because the man wasn't fully alert. The sword says his final strike was really cool, and he thanks her for her help, calling her a short sword. She gets annoyed at being called that, and the MC asks why she suddenly got upset. She responds that she was just a little surprised, but if he was truly grateful for her help, he should clean the blood off her blade properly.

The MC asks if she's angry, but she says no; she just wants the sword to remain clean because it's a relic from his mother. Immediately, the girl screams at the MC to move his head, but it's already too late. A hand smashes into the MC's head, knocking him out instantly with just one hit.

It was the third cultist, the one on the mission with the other two who had been defeated by the boy. The man comments that the situation is very unsettling. He had only come because the other two hadn't returned, and now he finds this scene. They were defeated by a mere child.

The MC is unconscious on the ground, bleeding heavily. What's impressive is that he knew there were always groups of three and still acted like he had defeated them all. Someone picks up an identification tag and reads the MC's name. It also states that he's from the Radiant Earth Clan. He was a well-known player in the Honan Province, the Lan mule marginalized by his own family ever since his Danton was destroyed during a key outburst.

One of the men suggests it might be a good idea to turn him into a spy since he's the son of an orthodox clan. The other kidnapper responds no; there's no reason to raise a bastard who doesn't even have a Danton. He wouldn't be able to endure even basic training, and his current condition was already pitiful. The boy was trembling and had completely wet himself.

Even being from a famous clan, he was too useless for them. It would be better to eliminate him right there, as he wasn't even fit for low-quality use. The boy, already trembling and crying, screams not to be killed. He says he'll do anything they want, even espionage, clasping his hands together and begging to be spared.

In his thoughts, he laments that he fought to avoid this situation but ended up captured and kidnapped just like in his previous life. Perhaps it wasn't exactly like it had been in his past life. This time, he was tied with his arms behind his back. He asks the sword how long he's been unconscious. He calls for the sword again and wonders why she isn't responding to him.

Probably because she isn't in his hands; he can only communicate with the sword when he's holding her. A man remarks how amazing it is that a playboy without a Danton could defeat two of their men using such an old and small sword. After all, he was a martial artist.

The MC thinks that the opinion of that man about him was much better than the first time. The cult was quite pragmatic, so at this rate, he would probably be caught by them. But he couldn't let that happen, or it would be another wasted life.

The MC starts to think more calmly about it. First of all, he still needed to survive before thinking about escaping their grasp. One of the assassins says he will eliminate the MC right there, but someone interrupts him, saying that he was still a low-quality product. If raised properly, he could still be useful as a spy.

The captain agrees but points out that many others with destroyed Danton could also be used as spies. Why pick someone defective? He orders them to eliminate the MC, and they obey the command. The MC, tied up, begins thinking about what to do next. He would have no choice but to beg for his life, just as he did in his previous life.

The MC then screams and pleads with them to spare him. The captain sneers at the boy before he tried to assess him, and now he was begging for his life. It would be better to stop trying to escape and pay the price for defeating his men. One of the assassins is already raising his sword to end the MC's life.

This was worse than what had happened in his previous life. Was there really no way out? He had to think of something, and fast. Even if only to buy time, he couldn't die earlier than in his past life, especially after managing to return.

Someone begins laughing maniacally, and this grabs the MC's attention. The captain comments that seeing him trying to find a way out of that situation was a spectacle. Why didn't he start begging again like a dog?

The MC notices a sword with someone standing behind the captain and recognizes it as the captain continues speaking, saying he might even decide to make the boy his pet dog—a white decorative piece on the sword's hilt. It had to be that person.

The MC immediately bows, placing his head on the ground and begins praising the bloody demon, wishing for the Blood Cult's longevity. He continues shouting that he is unworthy of his presence and calls the man the Fourth Blood Star, which leaves everyone there very confused.

The Fourth Star was there. The captain asks why he was making such a commotion. There was no way someone like the Fourth Blood Star could be among them, but when he looks back and sees the red aura emanating from the man, he is startled, kneeling immediately along with the other men, offering his greetings to the Fourth Blood Star.

The MC thinks about the 11 executives leading the Blood Cult—the four venerables and the seven blood stars. He had never met any of them in his past life, but he had heard rumors that the blood stars sometimes disguise themselves as low-ranking warriors to inspect the squads.

The man orders the MC to raise his head, and he obeys. He finds it fascinating because he had never been caught during his inspections before. The man's name is Django. Django then asks the MC how he recognized him despite not being part of the Blood Cult.

The MC replies that it was because of his sword, and the man looks puzzled. The sword's decoration and leather wrapping—he had heard it was made in memory of his former trusted steed, the white stallion. The man is impressed by this information and kneels to the protagonist's eye level, saying he has very sharp eyes.

But he wants to know one thing: how does someone not part of the cult know such information? The MC realizes that Django is suspecting him but understands it would be strange if he didn't. In his past life, he hid within the Orthodox faction of the cult for seven years and had been in situations like that many times. He was extremely confident in lying, so he tells Django that cultist blood runs through his veins.

The captain looks at the MC in disbelief, and the subordinates question if he was saying there were descendants of the Blood Cult within the Radiant Earth Clan. Everyone is shocked by this, but Django shows no emotion regarding the information the MC had given him.

The MC explains that his maternal grandfather participated in the war between the Orthodox and heretical factions as a low-ranking warrior of the Blood Wolf Squad. After being gravely injured in battle, he sought a place to rest with his only family, the MC's mother. That's how his grandfather ended up living in the city of Lam.

It was very difficult for him to get a house after escaping the war, but his internal wounds weren't healing. His mother had tried to cover his grandfather's medical expenses by working as a servant for the Radiant Earth Clan, and that's how she met his father, and he was born.

Django pats the part where the MC's grandfather was a member of the Blood Wolf Squad and falls silent for a moment. But in the next moment, he says the story is interesting and that the MC should continue, though he places his hand on his sword.

The MC is annoyed that it seemed insufficient, but he continues. When he was young, he underwent intense training under his grandfather's guidance. Whenever he complained about the training, his grandfather would threaten to bring the captain of the Blood Wolves, No Jman, and his son, No Suu, to teach him a lesson. He said the captain's son had completed the Blood Wolves training at the MC's age.

The cultists are impressed by the amount of information the MC had about the cult, even the names of the squad's former leaders. The MC also said his grandfather used to warn him that the cult would one day come for them. Even five years ago, his grandfather's last words were nostalgic for the cult.

Django says he understands the situation and remarks that it makes sense as the MC managed to defeat two cultists even with a broken Danton. He was about to continue speaking when the captain interrupted, shouting not to make him laugh.

The captain told the Blood Star not to listen to the boy. He couldn't understand how the MC had so much information about the Blood Wolf Squad, but Django interrupts the captain's speech, asking who gave him permission to interrupt and casting a terrifying gaze at him.

He continues, saying he didn't know being a captain granted him the courage to challenge one of the cult's Blood Stars. The man panics, immediately kneeling and begging for Django's forgiveness. The MC realizes the Blood Star's power was terrifying enough to make a captain soil himself in fear with just a few words and a glare.

Django apologizes to the MC, but he says there's still something he finds very strange. Killing the cultists was clearly an act of self-defense, but why hadn't he revealed his identity to Captain O and instead begged for his life?

The MC stammers, but regaining his composure, says he was afraid of being punished for killing the cultists. Even if he identified himself and apologized, that man was sharp. Even though the MC had mixed lies with truths, he wasn't easily deceived and pointed out inconsistencies in the story.

The man then stands in front of the MC and starts laughing heartily. He says his joke might have been too harsh, but he could understand the MC's reasoning. If the boy's grandfather was a cultist, that made the two of them practically brothers.

The MC feels relieved for having deceived the Blood Star. Django says they almost lost an important descendant of the cult that night and would like to accept him as a cultist to continue his grandfather's legacy. The boy responds that he would be greatly honored to accept the invitation and that his grandfather would have been very happy if he were still alive.

The MC had managed to survive the situation, but in the end, he ended up volunteering to join the cult. The MC is untied and immediately bows before Django, who is already leaving, thanking him and wishing the cult long life. Django welcomes him.

The MC thinks that if he had known he'd end up joining the cult after everything, he wouldn't have resisted being captured. Django stops some distance away, seeming to remember something. It was fate that brought them together so the MC could return to the cult, so he could grant the boy one wish.

The boy is confused by this—a Blood Star wanting to grant a mere boy a wish. This felt much more like a test. He couldn't discern the man's intentions. He asked for something reasonable: for his sword to be returned, as it was a keepsake from his mother.

Django thinks for a moment and orders the captain to return the sword to him. But the captain protests, saying it was the weapon the boy used to defeat two of his men. Django tells the captain not to make him repeat himself and extends his hand to receive the sword. Quickly, the man obeys and places the sword in the Blood Star's hand.

He draws it from the scabbard and examines it. It was an old sword, but an excellent short blade. However, he places his hand on the blade and snaps it in half, saying it was necessary for the MC to pay the price for shedding the cultist's blood. He also says he hopes that next time the MC uses a sword, he'll be more careful and throws the sword toward the MC with just his fingers.

The MC looks at the blade humming through the air. With just a flick of fingers, the key strength of that man was terrifying—a clear warning to him. He might still be suspecting the MC, but at least he was alive for now.

One of the kidnappers approaches him and orders the boy to stand up, but he asks if he can pick up the sword first. He was happy to retrieve the sword and asks Sodam if she was okay, but she was screaming desperately because her hair had been cut and demanded to know how he planned to fix it.

He responds that he will find a blacksmith. Still irritated, Sodam says that if she could, she would shave Django's head, and the MC says he would love to see that too. The sword calms down and asks if he really was from the Blood Cult because she didn't know that story about him.

He replies that it wasn't a completely fabricated story, but it wasn't entirely true either, and says he can tell her the truth. She seems confused and asks what was so important for him to speak to her with such intensity.

He asks if she would believe him if he said he came from 10 years in the future. I have to admit, Sodam's face when she heard this talk from the MC made me laugh a lot. She didn't believe the boy at all.

Looking at the MC, Django tells the captain to send someone to investigate the maternal side of the boy's family, which puts the captain on alert. He asks if the Blood Star was suspecting something. Django confirms, saying it didn't matter anymore if the story was true or false. The way the boy watched all his movements, trying to decipher his intentions, was like the actions of a seasoned spy.

Regardless of the case, he knows too much about the cult, so they should keep an eye on the MC, and the subordinates comply. The MC was inside a carriage, and Sodam says she will try to summarize everything she understood so far.

One, we had lived as a spy for the Blood Cult for the past 10 years but was betrayed and murdered. When he woke up, he was there in the past. Is that right? The MC says that after going back 10 years in the past, he gained the ability to speak with the sword.

The girl then says that it's no wonder he doesn't seem as stupid as the one we she knew. He really was from the Blood Cult. That offends the MC. Anyway, he was really unlucky to go through all that. He went back 10 years in time only to be kidnapped by the cult again.

Things would have been much better if he had just abandoned Aong, but the MC disagrees. The only person who treated him like a real human being was Aong. In his past life, the boy was killed while trying to protect him. It was a debt he owed the boy, and now he had been able to repay it.

All that was in the past. Now he needed to worry about how he was going to survive. Sodam asks the MC if he's going to be a fool again after being used for 10 years. The boy looks confused.

Sodam says he has the most powerful weapon in the world: information. He should know that better than anyone because he was once a spy. He already knows the next bad events that will happen, which means he can avoid them or even turn them to his advantage.

The MC then realizes that Sodam was right. Why was he worried about surviving when he had 10 years of knowledge to use? This was really a good opportunity. As Sodam had said, he should make good use of it, and she agrees. He couldn't live like this forever, but first, he should stop talking out loud. It looked like he was talking to himself.

The MC realizes she's right. He had several opportunities; he might even have the chance to learn martial arts again. So, Sodam asks how he's going to do that with a broken Danton. He says that's not entirely reliable information, and even if it is true, that's something for the future, so it's better to set it aside for now.

Sodam says that's pathetic. She then asks if he regains his key, would he want her to teach him martial arts? The MC is skeptical of this proposal. She says it's a short sword technique that her previous owner used. She's probably the only one who still knows it.

The MC scoffs at the idea of learning martial arts from a sword; that wasn't possible. Sodam asks if he's ever heard the saying that even a dog in a school can learn poetry in three years. She bets she knows more than he does.

She asks him to listen as she recites the principles of martial arts, and the boy, nervous, says he will pay attention. Suddenly, his hand begins to glow blue. The protagonist is startled. What was that blue fire emanating from his hand?

In the next instant, the MC finds himself in another dimension—the dimension of the universe, alone and naked. He starts screaming, asking where he is and what is happening, but a voice says the universe must open with the possession of the sword heart. That wasn't Sodam's voice.

A light begins to emanate from a galaxy, leaving the MC even more confused. Then he wakes up back in the carriage where he was, his hands still wrapped in blue flames. The protagonist asks what had just happened.

Sodam yells at him, asking if he was distracted while she was working hard explaining the technique to him. But he asks her if she could see something. She asks what he wants her to see, and he asks her to look closer at his hand. There were marks on his hand resembling a large shell, but she's irritated and only looks at the back of his hand, asking if her explanation was that boring.

Resolute but still angry, she decides to leave, telling him to talk to her only when they reach their destination. He asks her if she'll be okay, pointing out that this trip will take at least 15 days to complete. She replies that she's just tired.

The MC lies down, staring at his hand still emanating the blue flame, trying to understand what is happening. It looked like the same fire as before. Could this have something to do with the secret records of the Sword Sage?

The marks and blue flames disappear from his hand, and he wonders what he must do to make them reappear. The carriage stops, and someone opens the door for them. A cultist yells at them to get out, asking how long they plan on lying there. It's time to get out, and anyone who tries anything funny will be eliminated on the spot.

The sun hits the MC's face, temporarily blinding him as the cultists order everyone to move faster and gather at the front. Sodam, having just woken up, asks what is happening, and the MC replies that they're in the Valley of Six Bloods. This was one of the cult's bases and also an educational facility where kidnapped children were trained to become cult warriors.

The man on the podium was the commander of this place—the tyrannical Blood Commander, Guo Sanguin. Someone calls out to the MC from Wyang City, and the MC looks back. Before he can ask who it is, the twins, Jaab and Wuhan, already say that even though he acts like he knows everything, he still got captured.

W says he hadn't seen them anywhere, so he thought they had managed to escape, but the boy says it's good to see a familiar face. The blue twin nervously asks why he isn't tied up. The MC says it's a long story, but the blue twin insists he tell it.

Before the protagonist can say anything, they're interrupted by a voice shouting at them to stop chatting. It seems to be Captain O, and he points to the podium behind him, saying he'll count to five, and everyone must start running.

The blue twin asks to be untied before they're told to run, but he sees the MC already moving forward. He asks if W is really going to run, and W says if they don't want to die, they should do everything he does. This confuses the two boys, but the protagonist is already running ahead of everyone else.

One of the twins tries to ask for an explanation, but someone behind them is already drawing a sword. The boys reluctantly agree to start running. In the next instant, someone takes a blow to the back, spilling blood everywhere and scaring a nearby girl.

The cultists are killing everyone who isn't running toward the podium. Once again, things are happening exactly as the MC predicted, and the twins are right behind him. The blue twin tells the red twin they should do everything the protagonist says, even if they don't understand, and the boy agrees.

Everyone there kneels before two men, and one of them says he's never seen this happen before—a child already kneeling without even being instructed. The other, who looks more like a woman, says it must be the child the captain mentioned earlier. There was information that he claimed to be a descendant of a cultist.

Sodam comments that he really is a cultist, and he says he needs to avoid any suspicion that he's not a cultist descendant. Moreover, if he didn't do it soon, they would use him as an example for the others. Sodam says that sounds quite exhausting.

Guo Sanguin yells for everyone to stay alert. They should feel honored to have been chosen as the will of the great bloody demon, who led them to the Glorious Blood Cult. The children there grow desperate upon hearing the name of the cult until one of them stands up and tells him to stop talking nonsense. How was kidnapping and killing people the same as choosing them?

Sodam says the boy was right but wonders if it was wise to say that. The MC says he's going to be used as an example because of that attitude. The girl asks what he means by being used as an example, and the MC says it's exactly what she's thinking. She might not have noticed because they were running at the time, but the weak could die at any moment inside the cult.

The sword finds the cult incredibly ruthless, going through all that only to end up killing those they kidnapped. But that's how they enforce loyalty. The cultist who had just severed the boy's head from his body says they can keep talking if they want to end up like him, making everyone tremble in fear.

Sodam asks how he survived in his past life after going through all that, and the MC says he survived by obeying like a dog. Guo Sanguin declares it's now time to begin the baptism ceremony. He needs to start with someone, so he calls the one standing at the front of the children and asks if he knows what's inside the box the other man is holding.

The MC replies that they are blood worms, which excites the man. He knows how things work here. Then he asks the boy to explain to the others what a blood worm is. They are parasites planted in the cultist's chest so they never forget their loyalty. They need to consume the cult's antidote every 24 hours; otherwise, the parasite will stir violently inside the host's chest.

The blue twin is startled by how much information the MC has. How does he know all that? Guo Sanguin says he is absolutely correct, as expected from a loyal descendant of the cult. The blue twin asks if he has been a spy for the cult all this time, and Sodam says he's been caught, as he really was a spy in his past life.

The MC asks her to stop joking because it would be hard to get out of this. Dismissing the commander, he places his hand on the box and says he will make an offer. This is the chance for him to prove his heritage and loyalty to the cult by earning the honor of being the first to receive the worm.

Before everyone else, there was no way to avoid swallowing that parasite, but he had no other choice. The MC had already decided he would survive, even if it meant eating the blood worm. He clasps his hands together and thanks the commander for the honor of being the first to receive the worm.

On the other side of the arena, Captain O is watching this scene from a distance. It seems Commander Guo likes the boy, even though it hasn't been proven whether his story is true or not. In any case, the truth will soon reveal itself. The preparations are complete, and they can eagerly await what's to come.

After swallowing the worm, the boy praises the bloody demon and wishes long life to the cult, which greatly satisfies the commander. The man asks if everyone saw how it should be done. Now it's each of their turns to take a worm and do the same.

Sodam is shocked and asks how he managed to live 10 years with that worm inside his chest. He begins feeling something very strange. A massive pain makes the MC scream, and Sodam is frightened, asking what's happening to him. His chest feels extremely hot, as if it's burning from the inside out. His eye starts turning red, and he can't understand what's happening.

The pain feels different, but the location is where the worm is. The worm shouldn't react without a reason, so why was this happening? He looks into the distance and sees Captain O on the other side of the arena. Did he do something?

The protagonist falls to the ground, and Commander Guo asks what the problem is. Someone approaches and asks the MC if the blood worm is agitating inside his chest. When he looks up, it's Captain O, who remarks that for someone claiming to be a descendant of the Blood Cult, it's strange to struggle so much with this ritual, and he laughs.

The MC is still confused and can't understand what the captain did to the worm inside his body as he coughs up blood. The only explanation was that Captain O had done something to the worm to mess with him. That was completely unfair.

The commander calls for the captain and asks if the cadet is okay, and the captain replies that yes, he is fine. He must have triggered the worm when he swallowed it, but the MC thinks he wouldn't make such a mistake, as it wasn't his first time doing this.

O orders the boy to turn his back so he can put the worm to sleep with a key technique. The MC grows suspicious of this, but the captain asks if he really thinks he wants to harm him. Other cadets are waiting because of him, so he should just handle it himself.

The boy is confused. Could it be that the captain didn't do anything? The pain is moving to his stomach, as if something is about to happen. Before the captain uses the technique, the boy shouts for him to wait, saying he's fine now and asking him to step back.

But the captain scolds him, saying he could get hurt. He orders the boy to tense his stomach, but the boy still senses that this pain is different. He feels the need to stop the captain and asks once more for him to step back.

And then it happens. The MC farts in front of the captain. It was almost like that scene from Keba versus Naruto in the classic series. The foul smell begins to reach the captain's nose, and the boy says he tried to warn him to step back. He was fine now.

Sodam bursts into laughter because of the fart, and the boy asks her how long she plans to keep laughing at him. She replies that it gets funnier the more she thinks about it and thanks him for the laugh. But the MC says he feels terrible about it.

Still laughing, she asks if he feels terrible because of the fart, but he says it's because of the blood worm. The pain was completely gone, and so was the feeling of blockage. This refreshing sensation was like something amazing.

The blue twin calls out to the MC, calling him a Blood Cult pawn, and asks where they're going now. But the boy replies that he doesn't know everything. Sodam asks if he forgot that the MC also had to swallow the worm to survive.

The boy shouts at Wui, asking if he's really going to treat his childhood friends this way just to stand out in that place. The MC asks what he would gain by standing out in the Blood Cult. Their conversation is interrupted when someone shouts to get everyone's attention.

Captain O announces that they will begin the rank evaluation tests, so they should stop drawing attention to themselves or stepping out of line. It's better to listen. In the MC's past life, it was another captain who led this test, so he's confused by O's return.

Pointing to the caves behind him, O explains that each cave contains a cult examiner inside, and they just need to have their talents evaluated by them. When the test is finished, they will receive a ranking—high, medium, or low—depending on their results.

The Blood Cult is entirely focused on the abilities of its followers. The captain orders the children to look at him and asks if they see the band he's wearing. It's blue and signifies that he is a high-ranking warrior within the cult. Warriors with high-ranking skills and recognized achievements will have the blood worm extracted from their bodies, so they should give it their all.

The children are impressed by this, including the twins, who realize they just need to be recognized to have the worm removed from their bodies. The MC observes this scene and tells himself that they can't even see their slowly becoming cultists.

The captain pulls out a whistle and begins putting it in his mouth. The MC notices this movement, realizing what's about to happen. The cultist blows the whistle, and the MC quickly ducks, covering his ears.

The blue twin notices and asks what's wrong. He asks the protagonist why he's covering his ears. The whistle was loud, sure, but there was no need to overreact like that. In the next instant, the twin panics, and everyone there begins screaming in pain.

Sodam is alarmed and asks what's happening to everyone, and the MC explains that the whistle makes the blood worm go berserk inside the body. When it sounded, the boy places his hand on his chest, confused because even with the whistle, he didn't feel the worm reacting inside his body.

Everyone else is still trying to recover from the worm's fury, and the captain explains that he told them about the warrior ranks as a custom, but how many of them actually reach the top ranks? At most, two or three of them, while the rest would have to continue living with the insect inside their bodies for the rest of their lives.

The captain shouts at them, asking how long they plan to keep lying on the ground. It was time to get up. The boys kneel, awaiting orders, while the MC grows pensive, thinking that the worm might no longer be in his chest. Though he wasn't sure, Sodam says that might have happened because he covered his ears.

But even doing that doesn't completely stop the worm's fury; it only reduces it. If he still had his Danton, he could check with his key. The blue twin then speaks up, saying he's made his decision. Now that they've swallowed the blood worm, there's no alternative for escape.

No matter how skilled the MC was in martial arts, he was far superior to a bastard like him without a Danton. He would reach a high warrior rank, remove the worm from his body, and take his revenge. The MC is confused by this whole speech from the blue twin.

The captain was about to start calling names for the tests when someone raised their hand. He gives them the opportunity to speak, and it was the blue twin who asks to be the first to take the test. The sword asks the MC if this entire scene was happening because he hadn't told the boy what to do, and the MC makes an awkward face.

The captain grants the blue twin's request and calls him forward. He eagerly obeys and runs toward the caves. He looks back, telling the MC to watch and see that he doesn't need his help and will become far better than him. But before he could finish the sentence, a critical blow lands squarely on his face, knocking him down instantly.

The captain asks if he's deaf, reminding him he had just said not to act out of line. He was only to move when ordered and behave. The boy lies unconscious on the ground, and the captain shouts that he should respond when a superior speaks to him. Everyone nods in agreement.

The captain approaches the MC and declares that he will be the first to take the evaluation test. The MC asks if it's really him and thinks that he already suspected the captain would pull something like this. But this man was becoming a thorn in his side.

The captain asks if there's a problem. Does the proud descendant of the cult not want to take the test? The boy replies that on the contrary, he feels grateful and honored by the captain's consideration. Life wouldn't be easy for the MC, but he wouldn't give up.

As the MC enters the cave, the captain orders everyone else to line up. They will go in order. The MC senses something different about this test. The captain who supervised the test in his previous life was named Hean.

Sodam asks what rank he achieved in his past life, considering his Danton was broken, and he replies that it was obviously low. Low-ranking warriors are used as disposable pieces in various missions. This impresses Sodam; it sounds heavy.

Someone approaches the MC inside the cave and asks if he's WWI from the city of Luang. The boy recognizes the voice and realizes this must have been what was prepared for him. Despite being younger than in his past life, it was certainly him.

Sodam asks if he knows who it is, and the protagonist confirms that he does. He knows him very well; that was his direct superior in his past life, which amazes the girl. She asks which squad he was from, and he replies that it was the Blood Wolf Squad.

She asks if that man was the current captain of the squad he belonged to, and the MC confirms that was the man he mentioned to Django—No Suu, captain of the Blood Wolves. The man asks why the boy isn't responding to his question and asks again if he's Soi from the city of Wyang.

The boy admits that Captain O's move was clever, but it was a shame he had already managed to fool even a Blood Star, so deceiving someone he knew from his past life was nothing difficult. The MC responds that yes, he is Soi and says he has heard about him from his grandfather.

The captain says that's a very obvious lie and begins drawing his sword. The MC is confused, and the captain remarks that the MC claimed his grandfather was a warrior from the Blood Wolf Squad. There wasn't any man among the warriors in his squad who matched the description of his grandfather, so the captain demands to know who he really is.

The boy panics and tries to step back, but the captain quickly grabs his neck. He tells the boy that he's courting death. Did he say his grandfather was a subordinate of his father? The captain adds that he had trained in the Blood Wolf Squad since the beginning of his life and remembered every warrior under his father.

Sodam is desperate, realizing the MC has been exposed and begs him to summon her so she can help, but he refuses, not wanting to worsen the situation. The sword screams that an attack is coming from below. He manages to dodge it and blocks a direct strike with his blade.

The force is so overwhelming that the MC feels like his hips are about to break. He can't fathom how a human could be so fast. Unable to keep up with the conversation, he takes a kick to the stomach. This makes him realize his body won't withstand much more of this torture session.

The kick sends the MC flying until he crashes into a rock, blood spurting from his mouth. Sodam screams for him to hold on. The captain's personality is as relentless as it was in his previous life. The sword asks if he's okay, and he struggles to stay on his feet.

The boy says he's fine; that attack wasn't a technique. If it had been a direct hit, he'd already be in a coffin. Sodam frantically screams for him to pay attention; the captain is coming at him with full force. He suddenly feels dizzy; it's hard to focus.

Sodam notices he hit his back hard against the rock. She tells him to move. The moment she gives the signal, there's a horizontal slash aimed at his neck from the right. The strike is closing in, and Sodam shouts for him to block now.

He raises his blade, but the impact still throws him far. Even though he managed to defend himself, the boy crashes to the ground, his sword landing far away from him. He tries to get up but is still weak. He thanks the sword for warning him about the attack; it saved his life.

Then he notices how far it landed from him. He looks behind him, and the captain is already stepping on his chest, pinning him to the ground. The captain demands the boy answer where he heard about him. The boy feels a flicker of relief at the question; it's an opportunity since the captain seems to want to interrogate him.

So the boy asks if he wants to find his sister. Unfazed, the captain replies that the boy has done thorough research into his life, but he seems to have forgotten the fact that his only sister is no longer in the land of the living.

He says this as he brings his blade closer to the MC's neck. The MC shouts that Miss No Sewa is still alive. She was kidnapped the day his father was assassinated. He continues questioning the captain, asking why the only body burned in the fire was his sister's. It was far too suspicious; that body was fake.

The captain's younger sister is alive, and if he wants to know more about this, they can make a deal. The man, still standing, keeps pressing his foot on the boy's chest while the sword lies far away. To even know her name, it seems the boy isn't bluffing.

The captain drives his sword into the ground beside the MC's face. He accepts the MC's word and says he'll let himself be deceived for now, wanting to hear his story. He'll decide whether to strike a deal after hearing everything the MC has to say.

Then he asks where Sewa is right now. The MC replies that she's with the Moonflower Merchant's company. The man repeats the name of the group and says that this group is owned by the First Blood Star, so the mastermind behind his father's assassination would be the MC.

The MC confirms that yes, it's exactly who he's thinking of and that person did it to incite his rage and control the Blood Wolves—the First Star, Jangang. It was all his plan. The captain says that doesn't make sense; the wound reported on his father was...

Before he can finish his sentence, the boy asks if he saw the wound with his own eyes. The recovery and verification of his father's body were entrusted to the Moonflower Merchant's company and the Clear Moon Commander, weren't they?

The man is silent for a moment, and the MC thinks he's wavering. It's the right time to drive the final nail in the coffin. His sister is at the Gumi branch of the merchants in Juan. There will be many eyes there, so he should send someone he truly trusts.

The captain begins to ask who the MC is, but the MC replies that if the captain wants to know, he could understand that the captain was willing to make a deal with him. The man asks for the MC's help, as he needs his strength, but warns that if any part of his story turns out to be false, no matter how, he will directly go after the MC to cut his throat.

The boy says he has already consumed the blood worm and asks if that would be a problem, promising to find the captain's sister. As he stands up, the captain says he still doesn't fully trust the boy, but if everything he said is true, he would treat him as his savior for the rest of his life.

The MC remarks that the captain is magnanimous, as the rumors suggest, and thanks him. He thinks that this is exactly why he followed him in his past life. One, we looks at his hand and sees he has received a mid-rank plaque.

The captain explains that he has the necessary qualifications since he managed to block two of his attacks. It wasn't because of the deal. The man asks the MC if he heard about his personality from his grandfather, and the boy asks if he would believe him if that were the answer.

He says he might fall for that lie as he sheaths his sword. The captain says he still doesn't know if the boy is smart or foolish and points out that he never revealed his grandfather's name to him. After being pressured, the MC had started giving away too much information on his own.

The MC realizes he was caught and admits he was deceived. He says he still doesn't know what the MC is thinking, but he will trust him just this once. Sodam feels relieved; they barely escaped. She thought something bad would happen after she was thrown aside, and the MC knows he was lucky.

As they leave, the captain notices that the boy is peculiar, remaining calm even in that situation. It's as if he were 10 years older than he seems. His previous movement—even if the captain credits the first two blocks to luck—when he blocked both the attacks, his eyes were closed.

It was a bit too slow to say the boy had sensed his key; that was impossible. But it felt like someone was helping him. He realized he was overthinking. For some reason, he didn't dislike him. Could it be he already knew him without realizing it?

Captain O yells at the others to move faster. They had to organize themselves based on the ranks of their plaques. He calls the mid-ranks to join him. The blue twin sees the MC approaching and is shocked. He starts saying it's impossible that Wang's meal could have achieved mid-rank status.

The boy shows him the plaque, laughing, and the twin shouts for him to stop laughing. The boys are following Captain O through the terrain, and the two talk along the way. The blue twin cannot understand; no matter how much he thinks about it, it simply doesn't make sense how the MC could be in the same mid-rank as him when he doesn't even have a Danton.

Did he receive special treatment for being from the Blood Cult? The boy declares that he will definitely beat the MC in the next test. Sodam remarks that he is very competitive, and the MC finds all of it very annoying.

It wasn't just the blue twin who disliked the MC; the captain was also irritated by the situation, although he managed to handle the situation with Captain Suu. This seemed to irritate Captain O even more, as he kept glaring at him whenever he could.

It was understandable that he was angry. Captain Suu confirmed his background, even if he didn't believe it. Sodam laughs and says he swallowed that story by force, just like he swallowed the MC's worm. The boy asks her to stop saying things like that.

She then changes the subject and asks what he plans to do next. He replies that now it's time to look for an opportunity to fix his Danton. She comments that he had mentioned this before and asks if it's easy to fix. The MC replies that there is a way.

Had she heard of the Divine Doctor? She asks what on Earth that is. The boy explains that it's a doctor known for being able to cure any disease as long as you can pay his price. From what he had heard, the doctor had managed to fix a damaged Danton before in 10 months.

The Divine Doctor will be in the Six Bloods Valley. Sodam asks if he will pay the price to be healed, but she points out that he left all his money in the house where he was on the day of the kidnapping. So he doesn't have any money now. Does he intend to sell her to get the money for the consultation?

She feels furious at the thought and starts hitting him. The blue twin watches him, wondering what he's doing. Should he copy him? The MC says the doctor's price is to find an herb. She asks if that's all, and he says yes. In 10 months, he will ask for a specific herb, and since he is a regressor, he knows the location of the herb.

The sword is impressed by how ahead of his time he is and praises him. Even so, he will have to find a way to climb the cult's ranks despite being from an orthodox family. Humans were humans after all.

They reach a location, and the captain orders them to stop. Several bodies lay on the ground, already in their eternal sleep. The captain, desperate, asks what had happened there. He looks ahead and sees a giant man wearing tiger skin as clothes, holding a man by the neck with just one hand.

Will this cause a lot of trouble for Captain O? The man calls the soldiers he had just defeated trash and is visibly disappointed by them. But Captain O shouts, asking who he was. He looks back and smiles, saying new prey had arrived for him to destroy.

In the next instant, he was already in front of Captain O. His speed was astonishing, but the captain's reaction time was also remarkable. Immediately, he orders the cadets to stay behind him and prepares for combat. But before he could raise his sword, the man had already grabbed his wrist.

He calls the captain a hindrance and tells him to get out of the way, striking him with such force that Captain O instantly loses consciousness. The captain falls to the ground on top of a cadet, and his sword lands far from where he collapsed.

The protagonist is shocked. Captain O was like a mosquito before that man. Not even a commander could defeat someone like Captain O with a single blow. It was insane. He had never seen anyone like that, not even in his previous life. He was overwhelmingly powerful, and the protagonist couldn't even begin to imagine who this man was.

The blue twin yells at him that the man had ended the captain's life, but he simply shrugs and says he isn't dead, ordering him to step back. With a single movement of his palms, the stranger generates an incredibly strong wind, so powerful it pushes the boys backward.

The air pressure had grown unbearably heavy, and the worst was yet to come. The sound wave caused by his palms nearly burst the boy's eardrums. Some even fainted from the sheer force of the blow, but to the man, it was nothing. They were far too weak for having fainted from just that. He was visibly disappointed in the cadets. Were they all trash?

Sodam asks the protagonist if he is okay and if he can hear her. He feels like his ears are about to split in half, and he can't hear anything around him. The protagonist is beginning to feel nauseated, as though he might vomit at any moment, and his ears are bleeding.

But suddenly, that blue flame starts to emanate from within his chest again. The sensation was as if his chest was heating up, leaving the protagonist confused. Sodam asks if his chest was heating up because of the worm, but he says the feeling was different.

He felt suddenly healed. The twin yells at the mysterious man, and the MC looks at the situation. He was standing before the giant, challenging him to take his life right there, declaring he would protect his brother's life with his own.

This excites the man. The brothers were near the brink of death, and the fact that they had resisted the sonic blow impressed the protagonist. The man begins to laugh and says he will let this opportunity pass.

The blue twin is confused, and then with just one blow to the boy's head, he is knocked down and immediately loses consciousness. His brother looks at the scene, completely stunned.

Sodam yells at the protagonist, asking if he can move, and he says yes, adding that he doesn't know what might happen if they stay, so it's better to run. Unfortunately, the protagonist was noticed by the gigantic man. He says there's still one left.

Immediately, Sodam screams for him to run, and he obeys, but it was too late. The man was already behind him at an incredible speed. He raises his leg as high as Sanji when preparing for a kick, and there wasn't even time for the protagonist to feel pain before he lost consciousness.

Someone in the distance begins to shout Captain O's name, the voice growing closer and closer until the shout finally wakes the captain. It was Commander Sangu, who asks if the captain was okay, explaining that he came because the captain was late for their meeting.

Most of the cadets were severely injured, and the commander asks what happened there. The captain replies that someone extremely savage appeared and Sangu asks if it was the work of an outsider. The captain confirms and says, embarrassed, that he was defeated with a single blow.

Then he starts to describe the man to the commander. He was a very large man with disheveled long hair, wearing a tiger's pelt instead of a shirt. This description catches Sangu's attention. He confirms if it was a giant wearing tiger pelt's clothes, and the captain says yes, that was the description.

The commander stands up, looking contemplative, and Captain O asks what's going on. Sangu says that apparently, the man who crushed the captain and captured the cadets was that man. The captain asks about that man, and the commander asks the captain if he knows the Malicious Heaven Elder, one of the four venerables.

The captain is shocked by this information. Sangu explains that exactly; the captain wouldn't know because he's just a dispatcher. But the Elder now resides near the Six Bloods Valley. That man is one of the most powerful in the Blood Cult, belonging to the four venerables, and has the strangest personality of them all—the abominable Malicious Heaven.

The man smiles as he rests his head on his fists and says that this is very unexpected. Holding Sodam, he asks the MC if this is what he was looking for. He had heard that all cadets were as weak as sacks of garbage, yet for him to have a sword like that, the boy was very different.

Simply by not having a Danton and still managing to withstand his power and wake up before the others, that boy would be very interesting. The scene shifts back to Commander Sangu, who is running alongside Captain O. The captain apologizes to the commander for being useless in the fight against the Malicious Heaven, but Sangu says he wasn't someone the captain could handle.

O asks what the chances are of the Elder eliminating the boys he took. They were mid-rank cadets, not as easy to find as low ranks. He doesn't know about the MC, but the twins are very strong and show high rank potential.

Sangu replies that he doesn't know either. The commander explains that the Elder occasionally appears in the area, but taking cadets—that's unusual. They're nearing where the Elder lives, so they must be extremely cautious in his presence. Even the other three venerables avoid facing him directly.

He is a freak among freaks. Sangu kneels in front of the cave where the Elder resides and shouts that he praises the Blood Demon and wishes long life to the cult, introducing himself to the venerable. The commander orders the captain to kneel as well, as he hadn't realized he should do so immediately.

O kneels without hesitation. A strange sound comes from the cave. The captain asks if they should go in and check, but Sangu tells him to wait there. Disturbing the Elder could only worsen his temper.

Something speeds toward Sangu, and he draws his sword to defend himself. The blow lands squarely in the center of the blade. A seed had been thrown from inside the cave. The Elder emerges, saying that was quite decent for a commander.

The commander begins flattering the Elder, saying he couldn't compare to him, bowing and humbly greeting him again. The Elder asks if they'd come to the area because of the three brats, and Sangu confirms, saying they need to train them for the cult.

Immediately, the Elder asks if he's afraid he'll harm the boys, and Sangu quickly denies it. The Elder laughs and says the talents of those three are quite useful. He then declares that while he's there, he plans to train them personally. He orders the commander to stop worrying and leave the area immediately.

The commander is shocked. Would a venerable personally train the cadets? The Elder hadn't taken any disciples until now, but Sangu nods, saying he didn't know he had this intention and congratulates him for it.

The Elder clarifies that the commander shouldn't misunderstand, leaving Sangu confused. He's only doing this to alleviate his boredom while he's there. He's not the type to take disciples for himself.

Sangu apologizes, and Captain O is extremely confused. He wouldn't take the boys as disciples. Even so, this opportunity to be taught by a supreme master was incredible, especially one of the four vener

**Find Food in 4 Hours**

In that place, this was completely impossible. How would he manage to find food in a place like that? Sodam looks ahead and tells him to look to his side. He asks, "What's there?" The old man was jumping between mountain peaks, leaving them both astonished. She asks if he really thinks he'll be able to escape from that man, and this question makes him lose the motivation to run away. But this wasn't the time to think about such things; he needed to focus on his mission. He couldn't give up now.

The boy begins descending the mountain carefully, but it was very steep. If getting down was already difficult, escaping would be unimaginable. He was still thinking about what he should do next when a rock loosens from where he was holding, and he starts to fall. A tree breaks his fall, and he realizes he almost fell to his death. This second life was much harder than the first; he had narrowly survived.

Sodam starts joking about how quickly he managed to descend with that near-fall, and he gets extremely annoyed with her. He asks how far down he's managed to get so far, and she asks if he really wants to know. At that point, he gives up and continues his descent. Nearly four hours had passed since he began the mission, but so far he'd only wasted time trying to descend the mountain.

The old man suddenly appears where he is, in the middle of the mountain, and says it seems he didn't take the warning seriously, asking if he was ready. The boy could no longer even feel his fingers, but he says he was actually hoping to see the old man. The old man threateningly asks him what he just said.

The scene shifts to the forest floor. A rabbit is distracted while someone aims an arrow at it, hitting it squarely in the middle, causing it to squeal before being taken down. Sodam celebrates, saying it seems he had gotten very good at archery. By this point, it had been two months of doing this, so he should have improved. The old man used to beat him just because it took him about two hours to descend the mountain, and Sodam says she thought he was going to die during those times. She also mentions that he used to get beaten for trying to escape too, but now that was in the past.

The hunt seems to have gone well, and Sodam says they probably have enough for the day, but the MC still wants to hunt one or two more. At that moment, the Elder appears with a leap, landing on the MC's back. The MC starts stammering, saying that the venerable had arrived earlier than expected; he was just about to climb the mountain. The Elder asks the boy if he managed to get food because his stomach felt as thin as paper. The boy shows him two rabbits, saying they'll be cooked that evening, and hands them over to the Elder.

The Elder takes them and asks if those are the only two rabbits, noting that there are four mouths to feed. It seems he'll have to reduce the number of mouths tonight. The boy is about to ask what he means by that, but the man's hand is already near his face, and so begins another old-school educational session. The MC is tied upside down and shows no surprise at being in this position anymore. He thinks he's getting tired of it because he doesn't even know what the Elder is thinking. There must be a reason for him to keep doing this.

For the past two months, he's been living like a slave, climbing up and down a mountain that could kill him with the slightest mistake. He searched the entire forest for food during this time, and the Elder hit him when he found food and hit him even more when he didn't. There was simply no pleasing the Elder. After losing consciousness from the beatings, he'd wake up tied to a tree.

Sodam asks the MC if he didn't make a scene the first time he was tied up, but the MC says he's gotten used to being beaten and tied up. Someone approaches where he's hanging and calls out to him; it's the blue twin asking if he's still unable to bring back enough food. They were beaten too because of him. Sodam comments that the blue twin's face is completely wrecked from the beatings, and the MC says he would have been beaten even if he weren't there.

The Elder is calling for the MC, so the twin came to fetch him. He's being summoned two hours earlier than usual. What could the Elder want this time? The Elder tells the boy to take off his shirt. The boy is confused and asks if it's the shirt he means, just to confirm, and the Elder says yes. He doesn't understand what's happening, why this so suddenly, but he obeys and begins taking off his shirt.

The Elder examines the MC's body. He asks if it's already been two months. The protagonist's body is completely transformed, and the Elder says he's almost ready. The boy wonders what he means by that, and Sodam remarks that his body has become impressive from all the climbing and hunting every day. The Elder looks at the blue twin and says that starting tomorrow, he'll be responsible for getting food. The boy protests, saying it's the MC's job, but the Elder kicks him in the face, sending him flying with the force of the blow, and says he should do what he's told. Why is he talking so much?

The Elder tells the red twin that he'll be leaving for a while, so the twin should cook properly. The boy immediately agrees. Sodam notices that the red twin's hairline is getting worse with each passing day, but the MC thinks he probably doesn't care about it. The Elder places a hand on the MC's shoulder, and he looks to the side before he realizes what's happening. The Elder is already dragging him off, and the boy yells, confused about what he's going to do. He shouts, asking if they can't just walk there, but the Elder says he's great at talking nonsense.

He throws the boy into a waterfall and shouts that he's making this effort because the boy can't even use light steps yet. The boy sinks quickly to the bottom of the lake where the waterfall crashes. He manages to resurface and shouts, asking why the Elder keeps torturing him like this. The Elder laughs and says they're going to meet the person who will become his master. He couldn't show up dirty, so he brought him for a bath. The boy calms down and asks, "Master?"

Sodam makes a joke, saying the Elder is much dirtier than the MC, and he agrees. The MC barely gets what before the Elder says he's clean enough; it's time to leave. Sodam is outraged by this. They enter a cave hidden behind the waterfall. The sword wonders what kind of person lives in such a secluded place, and the MC guesses it's probably someone very reclusive.

Sodam says it might be a super handsome master who doesn't like seeing people, but the MC says that's impossible. However, for someone to accept the old man as a friend and even take him as a disciple, they were probably just as abnormal as the old man. The man stops and tells the MC that they've arrived, then casually greets the man in front of them. He looks back and asks the MC what he's doing; he needs to show respect to the man from now on.

He would become the boy's master, one who he kneels and pays his respects to, introducing himself as a mid-rank member of the Blood Cult. Sodam says she doesn't think they're in a position to earn the MC's respect at the moment, and the boy asks what the hell she's talking about. The boy looks ahead and sees that his master had been dead for a long time; all that was left was a skeleton holding a sword.

Could it be a talking skeleton? Sodam asks, and the boy asks the old man if he's joking with him. The old man laughs and says he doesn't have time for such things. Doesn't he know the changes that have happened to him in the past two months? The strength he gained from climbing and descending rocks while chasing game, strengthening his legs and building endurance. He also gained a lot of resilience from getting beaten by the old man every day, along with significant mental toughness.

Even being hung upside down from a tree was training to strengthen his core and balance. All of that was to give him the basic physique necessary to learn martial arts. The boy apologizes for what he's about to say but explains that he lost his Danton during a key outburst. But his master laughs and asks if he really thought he had been training him without knowing about the condition of his body.

He then asks what the MC would do if he told him there's a way to manipulate internal energy even without a Danton. The boy looks at his master, confused but intrigued at the same time. The master asks if he knows what Jinkin is. It's the first thing you learn when you start studying martial arts. Jing is a metaphor for a fine, delicate grain of rice and in martial arts represents the Danton cultivation. Training allows one to accumulate, refine, and purify energy in the Danton.

Of course, since the MC's Danton is destroyed, he cannot use this essence. The MC confirms this but feels frustrated hearing what he already knew. The old man continues, saying that without Jing, there are still key and shin, and he asks if the boy

The gauntlets. The MC couldn't complain about them while he was using a sword. Even though it was old, it was made of Cold Steel—a handcrafted sword better than most common swords. The celestial said he was right, at least this time.

The old man continued, saying that even so, the fight was unfair and orchestrated for him to win. The boys were nothing more than mere chess pieces to him. But the boy tried to trick him and almost won the fight, so the fight wouldn't count, and their agreement was canceled.

The MC then said he was just a disposable pawn, and the old man replied that he would take that disposable pawn as his disciple. One was shocked to hear this. An action said it would be a great waste to discard so much potential.

There are a few exceptional individuals in martial arts called geniuses. When these geniuses are taught something, they can learn other things independently through their initial training, and this was a talent the MC had. In any case, because of this, he decided to take the boy as his disciple. One said he was honored. He thought it was just something he had learned, but the southern celestials said that was truly his talent.

Sodam added, asking if he thought anyone else could hear them. He thanked the two swords for their help, but it was still too early to relax. He still had one last matter to settle with action. He looked at the old man and asked if, even if he became his disciple, he wouldn't be able to learn his special arts. He had said that the technique could only be learned by people with faster blood circulation, like the twins.

But the old man said he wouldn't teach him fist techniques but would help him master his sword techniques, which were from his only rival. The protagonist feigned surprise and asked if the skeleton at the waterfall was the former Southern Celestial swordsman and if that was his sword. The celestial said she had already told him that, but Sodam explained that he was just acting. It was the first time he had heard this information from action, so he had to pretend he didn't know it. She would have to get used to it.

The old man explained that he was the only one who knew the Stellar Sword Art after the former master passed away, so he would help the MC master it. The MC even thought he didn't need the old man's help since he had the sword's spirit teaching him. But the old man also said he wanted to fix his Danton and asked if he would accept. The two swords said it was a good idea, and the MC greeted the old man as his master, thanking him for accepting him as a disciple.

The twins approached action and asked what would happen to them. The old man said he thought they were in ENT, but he couldn't just discard them after they had learned his martial arts techniques, so he decided to accept them as disciples too. The blue twin was moved by this and grabbed his brother by the head, telling him to repeat the words to greet action as his master as well. The bald twin repeated the exact words, even including the blue twin's name, and he told the bald one to use his own name instead of repeating everything literally. Apparently, a big head isn't a sign of intelligence.

The MC then called the two of them newbies and, with a mocking expression, said he was happy to welcome two newbies at once. It was good to be a veteran. Jwab protested, saying they were the ones who had learned the old man's techniques. It wasn't fair for the MC to be their senior.

The old man began laughing loudly and shouted, asking if JN Day was watching this. His predecessor was now his disciple. He kept shouting and laughing, saying he was the victor here, but the MC was more confused. It seemed like he was doing everything to come out as the winner of anything.

The celestial said she wouldn't help him anymore if he became the old man's disciple. Back at Jong D's waterfall, the old man approached the skeleton of the former master, asking how he was doing and said that he would finally surpass him after accepting the MC as his disciple. Except for one last thing, he asked the body to speak to him—who had killed him.

Interesting to ask a dead man who his murderer was. I called that schizophrenia. He had received a challenge letter different from normal letters. The location, time, and a flower were included in the letter. Although he had received many challenge letters before, this particular one made him quite nervous.

During his journey to the location, he still didn't know who the opponent was, but the man had a golden eye. Even though he didn't appear to be much older than someone in their 20s, the fight ended in just 40 moves. Someone considered a rival to the eight martial masters of the entire world—the ruler of Yan Province, the southern Celestial swordsman—had lost. That was all the celestial knew about the man who defeated her former master and ultimately led to his death.

Sodam was impressed by the story. Defeating someone like him in just 40 moves? The MC found this a bit strange, so Sodam told W We to watch his words, saying the former master didn't lose because he was weak, but because the opponent was strong.

The MC responded that wasn't what he meant. He was about to say something but noticed the sadness on the southern celestial's face, so he decided to say nothing. It was getting late; it was time for everyone to sleep. Do swords sleep too? The MC placed the swords on the ground and wished them good night.

Sodam asked what he was talking about. Did he really think swords could sleep? The MC reflected that he tried to comfort her by asking more about her former master, but the conversation ended up touching a sensitive topic. Judging by the sword's reaction, she might be hiding something.

From what she said, nothing explained why the ruler of Yunan Province was in Guangong Province. They were talking about the former Southern Celestial swordsman. He was defeated in 40 moves. If the power difference was so great, why did it take 40 moves? The southern celestial said he was the man who led her master to his death, meaning something else must have been what truly killed him.

After losing the duel, he was probably still alive. He likely went to the waterfall to recover, and someone appeared before him. The person who truly killed the southern Celestial swordsman—was it the same man he had faced, coming back to finish the job, or someone else seeking a fight? There was no way to know.

And then there was what the celestial had told the MC about her master's wish. He wanted a successor but wasn't good with people. So if someone stole the martial arts of the Southern Celestial swordsman and defeated him, that person would be the only one to know the Stellar Sword Art. Whoever it was broke his jaw so he couldn't speak, broke his arms so he couldn't write, and broke his legs so he couldn't flee.

There was only one reason to go to such lengths against Jande. That person needed to become the sole user of the art. It was even possible that what he found written wasn't incomplete but intentionally erased. That person wanted to be the only one capable of using innate key.

The protagonist clenched his teeth in rage. Even though he inherited his techniques and swore without being his direct disciple, he was furious. He couldn't even imagine how angry the sword must have been for being unable to help her master while everything happened before her eyes. Even on the day he met her, she avoided talking about it, probably because it was such a traumatic event for her.

Until the southern celestial decides to tell him what happened that day, he has to tread carefully and avoid talking about it. It was the least he could do.

Sodam and the celestial were talking, and Sodam asked who was responsible for all of this. The celestial replied that she would speak about it later and thanked her for understanding. Sodam said there's no need to let the atmosphere between them grow uncomfortable and added that the celestial could confide in her since they were both swords.

Sodam then said not to worry because she'll change the subject whenever the idiot W We tries to talk about the celestial's former master. But the celestial said she didn't think he'd bring it up anymore. He must have realized she didn't want to talk about it after seeing her face.

Sodam asked how she knew that. With a confident expression, the celestial responded that words aren't always necessary to understand each other. It's something about the bond between a master and a sword.

Sodam grew jealous and called the celestial ridiculous. She accused her of acting like she knew everything about the MC, even though she arrived months after her. She said she'll have to make the hierarchy between them clear.

The MC was still listening to everything they were saying and thought he could only hear them when touching the swords. The old man arrived, and the MC greeted him, but the old man punched him on the head, calling him an idiot. He couldn't believe it—they dared to sleep on the day they were accepted as his disciples just because they had fought a little.

The blue twin apologized while being hit. The old man put his hand into a large jar and said it was the first time he had ever accepted disciples, and when he did, the boys decided to do nothing. He scooped some of the liquid inside the jar with a bowl and said they wouldn't sleep until they finished it. Who would take the first cup?

The boys were drooling, marveling at the sight of it. Could it be alcohol? Don't drink before you're of age, kids. This isn't a good example. The boys started shouting, wanting to be the first, and the old man laughed, saying it would be one at a time.

The MC woke up the next morning, yawning, and left the cave. It was snowing even more than the day before. Jwab approached him and asked why he was awake so early. The MC asked how his wounds were. The boy asked what his eyes were saying; he had been beaten the previous night because the old man had gotten drunk.

The MC said he was dumb for laughing at the wrong time. The old man had thrown the twin against the wall for laughing at him being rejected by a woman, but he thought it was a joke. WWE then asked why he was talking so casually with him when he was his junior, but the boy said W We owed him his life.

He remembered the moment when the blue twins saved him during the fight against Captain O, but he also reminded the twin of the bet they made after the fight was arranged. The loser would become the servant of the winner. The MC then gave Jwab three choices: call him senior, address him as Lord because of the bet, or fight him again.

The boy stammered a little but said he preferred to call him senior. The MC said he didn't hear that clearly, and the blue twin knelt, shouting senior, but still protested, saying he was stronger in terms of internal energy. Sodam called him an idiot. The MC had only matched their energy levels so the twin wouldn't get hurt, but the MC said he knew that. He was just proud.

The old man approached the two and called the MC lucky. When W We looked back at action, he said they needed to go, grabbing the boy by the collar of his shirt. The boy asked what he meant, but the old man didn't answer and just pulled him along, leaving the boy shouting as the old man flew with him.

The boy asked how much longer he would be carried like that. Even though he had already learned body enhancement techniques, the old man said the boy would take too long to reach the Valley of Six Bloods at his speed. The boy was surprised to hear they were returning to the valley.

At the main building of the Valley of Six Bloods, the commander spoke to a doctor, saying the pulse reading had taken less time than expected and asking if it was as prescribed. The doctor confirmed it. The roof of the building exploded behind the doctor. It was action, asking if the Divine doctor was there.

He lifted the MC, who was almost vomiting from the overly fast journey, and asked the doctor to heal him. Someone shouted behind the old man to stop. It was his cousin, saying it had been a while since they last saw each other. Her name was Hanika, the sixth Blood Star of the cult.

She looked at the protagonist and asked the old man who this child was; she had never seen him before. The boy was about to bow and greet the Blood Star when the old man placed his foot on his face and told him to stop immediately. How could a disciple of his stand at his side kneel?

The boy looked to the side and said it was fine, but he needed to see the Divine doctor, so he shouted for him. Another man entered the building, calling the old man cousin, saying he was still big and strong and asking if he would like some tea. The old man said no; the doctor was the noble one here, so he should drink more instead of him.

The old man didn't care about such things. The middle-aged man who had arrived was the Divine doctor. The MC thought he was quite different from what he had imagined. He was younger. The old man got straight to the point and asked the doctor to treat his disciple, saying the boy had a problem with his Danton, and in exchange, he would give him his seal.

The doctor refused, and the old man didn't understand. Then the doctor explained that he would refuse because he already had several seals from treating many people around the Central District. The MC saw it and was impressed. The doctor had multiple seals, including those from prominent figures within the cult, far more distinguished than action's.

His name carried no weight against the seals of the four evils or the eight masters of the Central District who had already reached transcendence. The doctor added that an issue with the energy center isn't a matter of life or death; there are people with higher priority than his pupil.

Someone spoke from behind a veil, saying that if he understood, he should return later. The MC wondered if that person was the important patient the doctor mentioned. The old man grabbed the boy by the head and said it is a matter of life or death. If the doctor doesn't treat him, he'll have no choice but to eliminate the boy. Would he heal the MC or let the old man destroy him?

As a doctor, he wouldn't let someone be buried early, would he? The MC noticed the cunning in his words. Since the doctor is the one in charge, he could even heal the boy's broken bones. Should he break his bones? Then the MC is horrified.

The doctor says it's unfortunate he'd heard the boy was the old man's first pupil, but if he's going to kill him, he should do it outside the building because he's busy. The old man is left speechless as the door closes. He then throws the MC aside toward the commander. He's impressed by the doctor's audacity in rejecting him and says that if the person inside is no longer alive, the doctor won't be too busy to care for the MC.

But just as he's about to charge in, the six star steps in front of him, asking him to leave the place. The old man is impressed by her courage and says it only makes him more curious about who the patient is. But something completely surprises him.

The MC notices the atmosphere has changed. The six star's neck is vibrating. He can't hear it, but based on the vibration, the two are communicating through it. The old man says they can wait outside, leaving the MC confused. He yells that everyone except the woman should leave, and everyone rushes out.

The MC wonders who that person is to make him act like this but obeys. The old man then asked the six star if what she said was true, warning her that if she's lying just to avoid danger for herself, she'll face the consequences. The woman responds that he need not worry; there's only truth in her words.

The MC isn't feeling well. Perhaps he drank too much the night before, so he places his hand on his stomach. He sits outside the building waiting. The patient inside must be important for him to act that way. Sodam asks if he has any idea who it could be, but he isn't sure. The cult leader is no longer alive, so he doesn't know.

The celestial comments that Sodam's question was a bit strange. She thinks this is the first time the MC has dealt with this type of situation, but Sodam talks as if he already knows the future. The MC and Sodam explained at the same time that he had already died in the future and returned to the past.

Finally, the southern celestial understands what he said earlier about dying and coming back to life wasn't a metaphor. Sodam adds that he didn't lie, but she didn't believe him at first either. She tells him to shut up and not interrupt her conversation, and he just apologizes and walks away.

Sodam asks where he's going, and he says to the warehouse to look for some water. The alcohol from last night is upsetting his stomach. He enters a place, thinking it must be the food storage, and when he looks ahead, someone is inside. He wonders who it is.

A girl is eating so graciously that she doesn't even notice the protagonist's presence. She's incredibly gluttonous, and just as he thinks that, she notices him. He's embarrassed to see her like that and lets out an awkward laugh. Then he runs outside, excusing himself and leaving the girl blushing with shame.

She runs after him, asking him to wait and whether he's a disciple of one of the four Supreme Venerables. She pleads with him to forget what he saw, saying she's on a diet. He then asks what that dried meat she was eating was. She yells that she was just eating a bit because she couldn't bear her hunger anymore, insisting she doesn't eat like that all the time.

But the MC isn't entirely convinced. She calms down and asks him to keep this a secret, and in exchange, she gives him two silver coins. The MC thinks she is a very strange girl. She could have simply left; why did she decide to give him coins?

The old man shouts, calling for the MC to return to where he was. He runs off, even as the girl shouts for him to wait. When he arrives where his master is, the old man knocks him down with a punch, saying he should have waited for him in front of the temple.

The old man asks what he was doing there, and he says he went to the storage to look for some water. He hears someone calling him and realizes it's the same whispering technique from before. It's the gluttonous girl, saying she'll delete him from existence if he mentions her. He finishes his sentence by saying he couldn't find the water he was looking for.

The old man asks if he's an idiot. The storage is right behind him. The six star looks at the girl, who seems to be her servant. She says she didn't eat much, and the six star approaches, saying that the old man and the MC seemed to be quite close. It was a blessing for one of the four venerables to have taken someone as a disciple.

She casts a strange look at the MC that sends chills down his spine and makes him feel dizzy. Immediately, the old man places his hand over the MC's eyes and uses the whispering technique to tell him not to look into her eyes, as he wouldn't withstand her deception.

The MC realizes that the moment he became dizzy from the woman's ability, his Danton activated on its own. The old man tells her not to try anything against them. The woman smiles and says she would never do that. How could she do such a thing in front of one of the four venerables?

Then she excuses herself and says they will see each other again. The old man just sniffs through his nose. The old man tells the MC they need to find an herb called Clear Summer to treat the boy, and the MC remembers that this was exactly the name of the herb the Divine doctor was seeking in his past life.

The old man says he will offer a seal granting privileged treatment to anyone who can find the herb first. The MC already knows where it is. The old man says it would be much easier if that woman weren't involved. The MC asks who he is talking about, and the old man uses the whispering technique to tell him to keep it a secret.

If he tells anyone, the old man himself will take care of deleting the MC from existence. He asks if the boy remembers someone following the Divine doctor and reveals that person is the granddaughter of the cult's great patriarch.

The MC is shocked to learn that the bloodline of the ancient Bloody Demon Lord still exists. He didn't know this in his past life. Much of martial arts history managed to unite all the unorthodox sects and evil martial artists to create the Bloody Cult in the past. The orthodox sects formed an alliance to defeat the Bloody Cult.

The Lone Star, supposedly the greatest power of that time, joined the political battle, and all of this happened because of one person: the Blood Demon. After an intense battle, the Bloody Demon was finally defeated, and the martial alliance ensured that his lineage completely disappeared. At least that's what the MC had known until now.

He never thought he'd see a descendant of the Bloody Demon so close as he had today. Sodam understands and says that's why the old man accepted the Divine doctor's offer, adding that he was the same in his past life with his disciples.

The MC thinks this might be a chance to become the savior of someone who could become the next leader of the cult. But would that be enough? If the MC doesn't become stronger, he could end up under the control of someone more powerful. Even if the opportunity is excellent, Sodam asks if he will search for the herb.

The MC says yes; there's no reason to miss this opportunity. Sodam agrees, saying connections are important, and the celestial agrees with Sodam. She starts kicking him, asking why he isn't already searching for it. What if someone finds it before him?

But he explains that he can't do it just yet. At the moment, the herb is buried, and it took four entire days and all the Divine doctors to find it in his past life because they didn't know this. When the sun sets and everyone else has left, that will be the time to move in the correct direction where the herb is located.

By nightfall, the MC was feeling great. In his past life, he had always envied those who could use Ching Gong. The celestial calls for the boy, and he says he already knows. He thought everyone had already left, but someone was following him.

The MC asked the celestial if she can see who it is, and she is surprised it was the chubby woman they had seen earlier in the warehouse. She was almost as fast as the MC. He's impressed by this; even though she's overweight, she can keep up with him. Normally, with that body, she shouldn't be able to.

He figures he can lose her if he stops for a moment, so he decides to throw snow in her face to block her vision. While her sight is obstructed, he climbs up a tree. He loses her for now. Even if she finds him later, there will be some distance between them.

The southern celestial yells for the MC to look up, and when he notices, the woman is above him, her hand emanating a dangerous red aura. She orders him to stay still, then descends with her hand extended.

The MC uses his sword to block the strike. He yells for her to stop. Why is she attacking him? This woman is strong—much stronger than the MC. She lands on the ground standing and says this is strange. She was informed that his Danton was broken, yet he can still use martial arts.

She charges at him again, and the MC dodges like Neo dodging bullets in The Matrix, trying to figure out what's going on. Her movements resemble an eagle soaring through the air, and the martial arts she uses turn the tips of her fingers red.

She's a martial artist from the same group as the woman from earlier. The longer this fight drags on, the worse it gets for the MC. He tries his best to defend, but she's incredibly difficult to handle. There's no way the MC can beat her at this moment, so he'll have to resolve this with words.

He strikes powerfully with his sword, causing an explosion of dust in front of him. The woman pauses and says the strength behind that strike is impressive. He missed on purpose, and he yells, asking why she's chasing him.

She apologizes and says she saw him sneaking off somewhere in the middle of the night, so she decided to follow him. The MC gets irritated and asks why it matters where he was going. She says it matters because he knows where the herb is.

The MC is shocked, unable to understand how she knows that he knows. He asks what she's talking about. Why would he be searching for the herb at night if he already knew where it was? She says he doesn't need to be on guard with her and introduces herself as Hayan, a pupil of the sixth star and a friend of the person who needs the herb.

The MC says he has a hunch where the herb is but can't reach it yet, and the woman asks him to take her with him. She offers to give him all the Divine doctor's tablets in exchange. The MC crosses his arms and asks about these tablets.

Sodam says it's a good deal and wonders why he's hesitating, but he asks her to wait, considering she's offering something so significant right at the start of negotiations. She doesn't know how to bargain; she has a very impatient personality, judging by the earlier silver coin incident, so it would be more advantageous to play hard to get.

The woman then warns him just in case, saying he shouldn't even think about running away because she's faster than he is. The MC decides to make a deal with her and says he wants another reward to solidify the trust between them.

The woman asks what he wants. He says he wants to learn the wing-like movement she used against him in the earlier fight. She asks if he knows how rude it is to ask to learn someone else's martial technique, and he says yes but bluffs, saying he'll leave if she doesn't agree.

She agrees to the deal under one condition: the technique can only be used against people he is absolutely sure he wants to send to the grave. Sodam finds her attitude of teaching the technique reluctantly exhausting, and the celestial thinks it's because friendship is important to her.

But the MC says it's not about friendship. After the deal is struck, the two set off to look for the herb. During their conversation, the woman says he's right; using martial arts with innate key could lead to his death. She advises him not to use innate key all the time unless he wants to be erased from life early.

But the MC says it's the only way he has. He asks how she knew that he knew where the herb was. She says, first of all, because of his whereabouts. All six members of the Valley of Six Blood searched for the herb for six hours. She ran into the Supreme several times but didn't see the MC anywhere.

And second of all, that made her certain. She sensed it while following him. He seemed to be running like someone with a clear destination. He didn't look around, only straight ahead. She was clever.

She asks if his name is Wii, and he says she can address him casually since she seems older than him. The girl glares at him, looking like she's ready to hit him, and asks how he could say that about a disciple of a Blood Star. She wasn't that old.

They arrive at a cliff, and the MC says the herb is at the bottom. She changes the subject, asking if he told anyone what he saw earlier, and he jokes that he thought about it since he didn't get the coins. She calls him mean, and he says he had better things to do, so he erased that memory from his mind.

She asks if he's serious, and he says yes and promises not to tell anyone. But she wasn't following him just because of that. The girl gets annoyed, saying it wasn't just a question; it was an important matter for her.

Finally, they reached the bottom of the cliff, and the MC places his hands on the herb. He shows it to her, saying that this was the herb they needed. She's relieved to see the herb and says they should grab it and leave.

The MC notices she seems happy, just as he expected, and as he's placing the herb into her hands, one of the swords shouts for him to jump forward. He's confused, and two masked men descend, snatching the flower from the MC's hand.

The boy hadn't noticed their presence at all, and despite being stronger than him, the girl hadn't noticed the two men either. These guys were truly strong. One of them says they made a good choice following the MC. Now that they have the herb, they order the others to eliminate the two of them.

The girl starts asking who these men are, but she's kicked and falls. The MC wonders how long he's been followed and draws his sword. The other masked man politely addresses him as a disciple of the four Supremes and places his hand on the MC's arm.

With a swift movement, using his fingers, he strikes the pressure points on the MC's back. The girl screams for the MC, but he's already fallen to the ground. She looks up, and the men are already climbing the cliff quickly. She wouldn't be able to follow them at that pace.

She looks back; the MC is lying on the ground, and she shouts that she'll return soon, deciding to pursue the men and retrieve the herb. She runs off, yelling for the men to stop. The MC thinks she managed to avoid the attacks because she's better than him, but she could at least have released his pressure points before leaving.

The MC starts moving; his pressure points are being released on their own. The celestial explains that his innate key is doing this for him and asks if he's okay. He says yes and thinks the innate key has many unknown benefits.

Sodam is furious with the girl. That stupid pig abandons someone who was helping her but prioritized the herb instead. Sodam yells at the MC to chase them, but he asks if he really needs to. In fact, this is a good thing for him. That wasn't a fully matured Clear Summer herb.

The small beads that grow inside the herb change as it matures and become seven green beads when fully grown. The swords then understand and say the herb they stole only had five yellow beads. There were still several immature herbs in that location, but they were completely useless.

The true Clear Summer herb discovered in his past life was behind a frozen waterfall. They would have taken that too if they had been ambushed. Later, the place was very dark because the moonlight didn't reach inside the cave, but Sodam says she can see something there.

The MC thanks her for finding the herb he wanted. There were only two, but they were the real fully matured herbs—a sacred herb that only blooms on winter nights. The boy's palms were freezing, even though he hadn't even touched it yet. He had to be careful removing it to avoid damaging the root.

A different sword was right behind the MC. The MC was still distracted, trying to pull the herb from the ground when Sodam heard something. The broken sword behind him was saying something, but the MC asked her to wait because he was almost done removing the herb.

She said he couldn't hear, so she would check what the sword was saying. The sword's words were fragmented, and Sodam couldn't fully understand because its core was broken, but one word came through clearly, and Sodam heard it loud and clear: run.

Sodam yelled for the MC to start running, telling him not to ask or say anything—just to run. But it was already too late. A gigantic snake appeared behind them. It was incredibly fast. He would need to use the celestial sword now.

The snake attacked, and the MC managed to leap back to escape the strike, but the herb was probably crushed in the attack. The MC was desperate, asking what it was, but the celestial said she didn't know either. She'd never seen anything like it before.

Sodam called it disgusting. The boy couldn't do much against the snake because he couldn't see well in that area. He had managed to grab the herb, so he just needed to get out of there. He lunged out of the waterfall and started running, but the snake saw him trying to escape and made an insane leap.

The celestial warned the MC that the monster was coming. It was too late to flee. The sword suggested he dodge the strike and use the sword to land a direct hit. What on earth? This snake had arms? Was it a mutant?

The MC spun around. He didn't know if this would work against a monster, but he was going to use the move anyway. The boy used the second technique of the Stellar Sword: the Hidden Frog Slash. Yes, the terrible technique names are back.

The monster's body was tough, but it definitely had weak points. The MC landed the hit, and the monster fell to the ground, but it wasn't fully defeated yet. Rising again and staring at the MC, he couldn't figure out what kind of monster it was, but one thing was clear: it wasn't impossible to defeat.

The snake stuck out its tongue and slowly advanced toward the boy. Sodam asked if the monster was scared. It seemed more cautious as it approached the MC. The celestial urged him not to miss this chance, and the MC raised his sword, saying he knew.

The monster charged at the MC, but he was determined to take it down no matter what. The monster's hands were almost reaching the MC, and he was preparing his strike, showing no fear. He was about to unleash his strongest move: the Stellar Sword Technique, Tiger Force Blade.

The boy celebrated as the attack proved effective, and the celestial was impressed as the monster fell. But the MC celebrated too soon. Sodam was shouting that the monster wasn't even that strong when the MC put his hand to his mouth and collapsed to the ground, dropping the sword.

He struggled to get up, and Sodam asked if he was okay. He said he felt hot; he had spat blood onto his hand, alarming Sodam, who asked what was happening. He explained that the venom was spreading. He could feel the burning energy of the venom spreading through his ankle.

His innate key was resisting, but the pain wasn't subsiding. The venom was so potent that he felt as if his body was combusting. Even his throat burned as the pain spread. He couldn't think straight due to the heat, but there was a way to cool his body's overheating—using the Bright Summer Herb.

That might help since it was a sacred herb with icy properties. He began to eat the herb immediately. He felt some relief from the burning inside him. This was like heartburn, but they hadn't invented antacids yet. The coldness traveled down his throat, unbelievably freezing.

The cold and heat collided within the protagonist's body. Sodam yelled at him to control the energy inside him quickly. Was he really going to return to life only to die in such a pathetic way? At that moment, the MC snapped back to awareness.

He began meditating to control his body's energy. He had been given a second chance after dying. If he couldn't survive a pain like this, then he was no better than in his previous life. The MC managed to stabilize his mind and thanked Sodam, saying that because of her help, he would survive.

When W We looked at his right hand, he saw the blue points glowing again, and a voice said that now that he can hear swords, the Mirac will open. Fun fact: Mirac is the name of a star in the Big Dipper constellation.

The MC thinks he has heard this voice before, but he couldn't dwell on it because he was losing focus. Small explosions occur inside the MC's body, causing him significant pain. The two energies were battling each other, turning his body into a kind of battlefield.

The celestial tells him not to stop circulating his energy. He must keep doing so. He shouldn't be swept away or thrown around by the two energies. He shouldn't try to suppress them, but instead, use the flow of his core to guide them through his body.

The MC refocuses, and his body feels extremely strange, with parts frozen and burned at the same time. The celestial tells him to think of his innate Danton as a still lake. Even if lightning and thunder strike it, the lake remains calm, no matter how rampant the currents become.

After losing their flow, if they find their way through the lake, they will become small ripples until they vanish within it. Slowly and steadily, the MC's lake calms again. The two forces have finally settled inside the MC. It was as if he had drunk a very strong liquor, leaving his insides feeling comfortable.

Sodam asks if the MC is awake and if the poisonous energy has calmed down. He says yes and that thanks to her and the celestial, he regained his balance. Sodam finds it strange that the celestial helped and asks if he's sure the energies have calmed.

He asks what she means, and she points out that the celestial was too far away for him to hear her voice—at least 10 meters away. After the MC picks up the sword, the celestial says it wasn't her and asks if he's sure the voice he heard was hers. He says yes.

Thinking back, he says he heard the celestial's voice after hearing the voice inside the blue flower. Sodam remembers him mentioning this before and asks about it. He picks up the sword and says this ability becomes stronger whenever the color of the spots on his hand changes. This time they were white.

Sodam and the celestial find this amazing, and the MC says that if he gets a chance to leave the Valley of Six Bloods, he will look for the Immortal Scroll again. Returning to the snake, he wonders what kind of horrifying monster it was. The celestial doubts it's any kind of mystical creature.

The MC prepares to run out of the cave. He didn't want to stay near it another minute, or he might vomit. But as he pushes off, his body flies at incredible speed, slamming into the cave walls multiple times. Sodam asks if he's okay and why he threw himself off the cliff.

He says it wasn't on purpose; he used just a little strength, but his body flew. The celestial suggests that the MC use his innate key to scan his body. Is the boy a walking x-ray now? Will he turn radioactive too? One nods and begins scanning his body, noticing something.

His internal core is now twice as large as it was before. If he were to quantify it, it was as if he had trained his core for 30 years. The celestial says she was right; his innate core is directly tied to his life force and expands as the MC faces extreme situations.

The Yang energy from the monster's poison and the cold energy from the sacred herb likely stimulated this growth in the MC's core. Whatever it was, he had gained enough energy to subdue a first-class master. Sodam is impressed by this and says she just got an idea.

She asks if he still has another Immortal Snow Herb. The translator changed the herb's name, and now it's this. Her idea was that since he knows how to make his internal core grow by controlling the poison and the cold from the herb, he could do it again. If he succeeds, this time his innate core will double in size again, and with 60 years of core training, he would become much stronger.

The MC abandons Sodam, and she shouts that she was just joking. He couldn't leave her behind because she was a gift from his mother and apologizes to the MC. The two masked men are still fleeing from the chubby girl, but one of them says he thinks she's starting to slow down. He doesn't see her anymore, and the other says her stamina is low because she's fat.

The man looks at the herb and says they were lucky to follow the MC, but he still has a question: how can someone with a destroyed Danton use Ching Gong? Another man replies that their only concern is to get the herb and leave the Valley of Six Bloods.

But as he turns to the side, his companion had already lost his head to the technique of the chubby woman who had been chasing them. The woman looks at the masked man who is still alive for now and politely asks him to return the Immortal Snow Herb because it belongs to her.

The masked man compliments her impressive fighting techniques and Ching Gong, even though she's overweight, saying it's because she's a pupil of the sixth star of the Bloody Cult. But in hand-to-hand combat, things are different, so he attacks the girl.

In the next instant, she's already sliced the man into five pieces. Even then, he manages to utter the name of the sixth star, who had arrived at the scene. The chubby woman now holds the herb in her hands. She looks at the dead men and asks if they knew who they had ambushed.

The six star remarks that they were probably there just for the reward and questions why the girl left the district without saying anything. The girl apologizes, but the six star simply says she's happy to know the girl is safe. However, the herb she's holding—the girl confirms that it's the Immortal Snow Herb they had stolen—leaving the woman shocked that she managed to find it.

Now that they've safely retrieved the herb, they can return to deliver it to the Divine doctor. But the girl asks her master to go ahead without her. She has to return to where she came from. Her master is confused.

Back to the MC's point of view, he emerges from the pit where the immature herbs were located. He realizes he can now climb great heights without losing his breath. The celestial explains that the growth of his innate key is strengthening his entire body.

When W We senses Miss Hayan approaching, Sodam asks if it's the glutton. The celestial only notes that his senses have become even sharper. The MC wonders if she's returning after capturing the two thieves. If so, it's incredible; her mental fortitude must be far greater than others.

The celestial says this is a good sign. If he accumulates more internal energy, he'll be able to sense even those who try to hide. The MC feels satisfied. When they meet, he greets the girl, and she, out of breath, asks if he's okay.

She regrets not unlocking her pressure points before chasing the thieves. The MC says it's fine; the situation was urgent, and he managed to free himself on his own. The girl seems relieved but looks at his feet. She asks if he's hurt, noticing some injuries.

The MC says it's just a scratch and he's fine, then asks if she recovered the herb. She says she managed to retrieve it thanks to her master and first wants to apologize to the MC. As a precaution, she asked her master to take the Immortal Snow Herb to the doctor first.

She tells him not to misunderstand; she will still deliver all the tablets to him. But the MC asks if her master will really do that just because she asked. She assures him not to worry, saying her master will definitely do it, but she will hand them over to action.

She adds that her master might want something in return for the tablets. The MC is incredulous. Would they really hand over the tablets so easily? Back at the district, the six star says, as she mentioned, if the MC helps her with her requests, she will hand over the tablets to him.

The old man says he's already told her he doesn't want to be involved in this matter. How dare she use the tablets to negotiate with him? The woman retorts that he already knows he has only two options, regardless of his desires.

She asks him to work with her group, or else a red-haired woman wearing a hat arrives at the district. The old man still isn't thinking about the other option. The woman says that eventually, the old man will have to make a decision, but he says he doesn't care. He won't do what she wants just to heal the inner core of a disciple.

She insists that it's important. Action says he just needs to give up on the boy. The woman replies that in that case, she doesn't think she can hand over the tablets to him, but wonders if he's bluffing about this.

The boy returns and announces his arrival to his master. He's with the chubby woman. The old man shouts that he's late; he won't be able to fix his energy core forever. The doctor enters the room and tells the sixth star that it's unfortunate she will need to find another Immortal Snow Herb.

The woman asks what he's talking about, and he explains that first of all, it wasn't a fully matured herb, so it had no healing properties. A fully developed Immortal Snow Herb has seven green beads inside, while the one she brought only had five. It was a young herb.

The woman is surprised, and the old man starts laughing, saying it's truly unfortunate. It seems she'll have to search for the herb again. But the boy interrupts his master and says there's no need for that. He had brought a fully matured herb for the Divine doctor.

The doctor says it's quite the coincidence that two people could find these herbs in such a short time, and this one was indeed what he needed. The old man keeps laughing and says it's exactly what he'd expect from his disciple.

The chubby girl uses the whispering technique and asks the MC what happened. Why didn't he tell her about this detail regarding the herb? Had he deceived her? The boy wants to say she was the first to break the agreement between them, but he doesn't know how to use the whispering technique to communicate.

The boy then steps forward and asks if he can ask action something. Was the six star going to hand over the tablet to him? He replies that she threatened him, saying he couldn't have the tablets unless he did what she asked, and asks what this is about.

The woman becomes nervous and asks when she ever threatened him. He asks why she didn't give him the tablets then. She has no response and glances at her pupil, who also remains silent.

The MC breaks the silence, saying he was right; that matter was settled. Then the girl didn't look too pleased, but nothing could be done. A bet was a bet.

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