In the rigid, tradition-bound world of Murim, martial artists live and die strictly by ancient sectarian doctrines, honor duels, and esoteric meridian manuals passed down through generations. When an unconventional modern pragmatic thinker awakens inside the body of a discarded branch family disciple, he finds the orthodox martial community utterly absurd. Rejecting formal posturing and poetic sword stances, he approaches combat through cold anatomical efficiency, kinetic leverage, and tactical deception. Whenever proud disciples of the Nine Great Sects or haughty demonic envoys challenge him to grand duel protocols, the pragmatic outcast responds with smoke pellets, hidden crossbows, and merciless joint breaks that violate every unspoken rule of Murim etiquette. Branded a shameless misfit by sanctimonious grandmasters who cannot comprehend his combat logic, he bulldozes his way through hypocritical sects to carve his own sovereign path of survival and supremacy....more