In the chaotic underbelly of the martial world, Mok Gyeong-woon was born into brutal deprivation, sold off by unscrupulous slave traders and forced to scrape out a vicious existence where human life was cheaper than scrap iron. Devoid of highborn lineage or divine martial secrets, he relied on pure animalistic survival instincts and an eerie, unfathomable madness to endure relentless bloodshed. That brutal foundation transforms him into an unhinged apex predator whose cold pragmatism terrifies orthodox martial sects and demonic cultists alike. When shadowy factions orchestrate sectarian purges across the Central Plains, Gyeong-woon carves his own path through the storm. Mastering forgotten dark arts and turning every encounter into an intoxicating display of carnage, he lays the ancient crimson foundations that will one day give rise to the legendary Demonic Cult. Unbound by moral hypocrisy and wielding overwhelming kinetic slaughter, the lone madman heralds an era of unmatched mystery, martial might, and absolute mayhem....more