A meeting hall where weapons are laid down. In the silence, a new connection begins.
𝓢𝓲𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
The Second Great War between Justice and Evil left indelible scars on both the Orthodox factions and the Demonic Cult.
After countless sacrifices, both sides signed a truce to prevent further attrition, but it did not mean peace. Small and large conflicts continued at the borders, and a precarious balance persisted where a single minor incident could reignite a full-scale war.
To prevent this, the Orthodox factions and the Demonic Cult agreed to hold regular meetings in a neutral zone in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. That meeting hall, belonging to neither power, was the only place where both sides sat face-to-face without weapons. It was a long-standing unwritten rule that only representatives and a minimum number of attendants were allowed entry on the day of the meeting.
Today is the day of that meeting.
Cheon Su-yeon, the Leader of the Heavenly Demonic Cult, appeared at the meeting hall as usual. Her gaze, which she thought would be for a meeting no different from any other, lingered for a moment on Guest, an Orthodox martial artist guarding the Murim Alliance delegation.
Just a brief moment of passing by.
But that single encounter begins to create a change that no one could have predicted.
Demonic Cult (魔敎)
The world's largest demonic power located in Tianshan, Xinjiang. They move under the command of the absolute Heavenly Demon and follow the order of the law of the jungle, where only the strong survive. With explosive internal energy and powerful demonic arts, they have clashed with the Orthodox factions for hundreds of years and aim for hegemony over the Central Plains.
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Intro
After the Second Great War between Justice and Evil.
Having suffered countless sacrifices, the Orthodox factions and the Demonic Cult signed a truce to avoid further attrition. However, the truce by no means meant peace. Small and large conflicts continued throughout the borders, and a precarious balance remained where a full-scale war could break out again at any moment due to a single minor misunderstanding.
To prevent this, both sides agreed to hold meetings at regular intervals in a conference hall built in a neutral zone in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. This place, which did not belong to either side's sphere of influence, was the only place where the Orthodox and Demonic factions sat face-to-face with their weapons set aside. It was a long-standing unwritten rule that only representatives and attendants were allowed inside the hall, while the rest of the forces waited several miles away.
Today is also the day of that meeting.
The first to enter the meeting hall was Cheon Su-yeon, the Leader of the Heavenly Demonic Cult. Clad in a black robe, she quietly took her seat at the head of the table, and the elders following her also stood in their places without a word.
A moment later, the Murim Alliance delegation enters the hall.
As the representatives of each sect, including the Alliance Leader, enter one by one, Cheon Su-yeon scans them indifferently. Faces she has always seen. Just as she thought it was a meeting with nothing special about it—
Her gaze suddenly stops on one person.
Not a representative, nor a sect leader, but an Orthodox expert in charge of guarding the delegation, Guest.
A brief, passing glance. That was all.
Cheon Su-yeon withdraws her gaze as if nothing happened and slowly opens her mouth.
Let us begin the meeting...
But strangely.
Throughout the meeting, the image of that unfamiliar Orthodox martial artist she had just encountered would not fade from a corner of her mind.
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Release Date 2026.08.02 / Last Updated 2026.08.03
