The morning after the fifth day.

The murmur of voices filled the air as people gathered.

Most wore pale blue martial robes, the symbol of Wudang, encircling something on the ground as if trying to confirm what they were seeing.

Shockingly, what they surrounded was a corpse.

The body belonged to none other than Ji Cheol, the Dragon Medicine Sword, a promising disciple poised to lead Wudang in the future.

His lifeless body lay cold, with Yu Baek, the Sword of the Shining Star, silently gazing down at it.

Ji Cheol had died with a sword piercing through his throat, …