For centuries, the martial world of Murim has been rigidly split along irreconcilable sectarian lines, divided between the righteous orthodox factions of the Heavenly Dao and the brutal demonic clans of the Dark Realm. Caught in the violent crosshairs of this generational war is Yeon Kang-hyuk, an orphan who miraculously possesses a dual spiritual vessel capable of circulating both polar opposites of internal energy. Rather than choosing a single faction, he masters the forbidden union of light and shadow. When grand conspiracy groups from both sides orchestrate a bloody war that threatens to incinerate the Central Plains, Kang-hyuk unsheathes his twin blades. Harmonizing blinding righteous sun qi in his right hand with abyssal lunar chill in his left, he moves across the battlefield with god-like speed and devastating dual martial authority. Defying every established dogma of the martial arts world, Kang-hyuk carves an unprecedented path toward supreme imperial dominion as the Dark and Light Martial Emperor....more