120 years ago... "Red Night" stepped into the world. As the world was caught in the maelstrom of war, countless deaths occurred. As life became more brutal, people began to lose hope. As death and destruction were unstoppable, the artists of the Murim world came together. ..and formed a group called the "Union of Hope". The "Union of Hope" decided to create a sect and keep the "Red Night" behind the gates. And so they chose Baek Mu-Jin as a pioneering martial artist and put him in the leader's seat of the "Hope Sky Sect". With the formation of the new sect, the "Union of Hope" promised to provide them with their support... They found countless martial arts and spiritual elixirs... In order to put an end to the progress of the "Red Night", the "Sky of Hope Sect" was allowed to grow in power. Time continued to pass, and the second generation leader of the sect became "Nam Kwang-Yeon", followed by the third generation leader of the sect, "Yoo Moon-San"...And as the "Sky of Hope Sect" became highly respected, hundreds of elite martial artists gathered in this place... Among these artists, there were even pillars...
The fourth generation sect leader "Joe Hwan", Devil Fist "Paek Woo", Swift Storm "Kung Sae", Cursed Sword "Cheon Waa", and finally the Iron Monarch "Jae Shim". Together, they were the "Big Five of the Sky of Hope Sect".
These figures played a crucial role in protecting this land from the "Red Night"...And one day...the "Red Night", which had reached the border opposite the "Sky of Hope Sect"...disappeared.
But after a while...these walls were broken down.
"Father..."
Joe Hwan was kneeling on the ground with a bloody sword in his hand, and in front of him was the whole people.
"It seems only the strongest have gathered."
In front of the people stood the Eight Heavens. The Eight Heavens were powerful men who ruled the Murim world.
"Sect leader Joe! Why did our protector betray us against the Red Night? How long do you plan to deny the truth?" "Hyung Hwa," said the Information Monarch.
"Ha! I, Joe Hwan, have lived an honest life all my life! Are you saying that Red Night and I betrayed you? Keep such nonsense to yourself." Joe replied with a laugh.
"Other pillars of the Sect have testified against you. Why are you so persistent in your lie?"
Joe immediately looked at the other pillars in the crowd.
"I'm really alone. Hahaha...!"
He turned his head towards his son and smiled. And then he turned back towards the crowd.
"I'VE FOUND OUT WHAT HAPPENED, HOPE UNION! I WILL OBEY YOU AND FULFILL YOUR WISH!" As he said this, a great inner power surged through him.
"His inner strength is unbelievably strong!!!"
"Promise me that you will not touch my son...who lost his mother at an early age and had to grow up alone in the wasteland of the north."
"I promise."
"Jin, my son...Forgive me." Saying that, he stabbed himself with the big sword in his hand.
Jin immediately ran to his father crying and fainted on the spot. However, the Sky of Hope Sect had fulfilled its mission for hundreds of years...But the fourth generation sect leader Joe Hwan ended up betraying them.
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4 years later...
"Ugh...HA?!"
"You finally woke up."
"Y-You...?"
Jin was tied up in a small room, surrounded by 9 people.
"Urgh...What do you think you're doing...?!" He said with a stern look.
"Look at that bastard's eyes, I thought he was a loser, but he turned out to be pretty wild! I don't know how the other bands treat you, but I'm not a nice guy. Four years of looking at a stinking brat like you made me lose my head, you know? Now...tell me where you keep your martial arts techniques."
"PFFT! HAHAHA...Come closer."
He approaches him. Jin gets close to his ear.
"Fuck you."
"Hey kid... I don't think you realise the situation you're in, we can kill you if we want to."
"Can you really do that?"
The man grabs a knife and slashes Jin's finger, Jin can't stand the pain and starts screaming.
"URGH...have you forgotten the promise to my father?!" He looks at them with a cold look.
....
The Red Night has completely erased its existence from the world...And the world has finally begun to believe that they have disappeared...Since the "Sky of Hope Sect", which was the defence wall against the Red Night, was disbanded...The Red Night used this justification to reappear...The Union of Hope wanted to use mercenaries like us to monitor the area and keep it in order...But all of this is just an excuse...Its real purpose was to keep a certain person in control...Just in case... To prevent him from taking revenge on the Hope League...and...from learning the martial arts of the Sky of Hope Sect...It's our main duty to stand guard...Because the person we're supervising...is the heir...to the Sky of Hope Sect...and... and the last living blood relative of the former sect leader. The former sect leader, Joe Hwan, made this boy do nothing but read books. That's why he has no knowledge of martial arts. After a year of doing nothing, this boy was able to regain his senses...
He declared that he had to learn some kind of skill to survive, so he was allowed to become a blacksmith.
Jin looked at the guards standing in the distance:
"I think those were the new guards...things seem to be getting troublesome again."
Saying this, he walked towards the place where he lived, "The House of a Hundred Thousand Souls." This place housed martial scrolls, and even the pillars that guarded it learnt the arts from here.
"Ahh, I'm tired. I'm downright lonely. No, abandoned is more like it..."
"Jin, my son..."
"D-Dad?! D-DAD!!!"
"Now...you are the leader of this sect..."
"DAD!!!"
After eating, he went to the blacksmith shop, forged iron all day long, and before it got dark, he went to the top of the tower and watched the sunset.
"This is who I am. This is who I am now. What a pitiful state you are in, Jin Hwan. I have not progressed to reduce my weakness, but to build and consolidate my foundation on my will. If I hesitate now, everything my father has done and sacrificed will be wasted." He said these words watching the sunset and set off for home.
"It's true that everything has been taken away from the Sect of Hope Sky...But the heart of the Sect of Hope Sky is still alive...The scroll of the Ultimate Martial Arts of the Sect of Hope Sky...This is the Sect itself."