Jong Jeongpil left the luxurious residence of the landowner with light, confident steps, as if there were no obstacles in his way. He could now see the new world he wanted to reach and the path that would lead him there.

The new era might be so distant that he wouldn’t witness it with his own eyes. But that only strengthened his resolve to devote every ounce of his life to it.

The journey ahead could be as treacherous as a narrow path on the edge of a thousand-foot cliff. But it was precisely because it was difficult that it …