During the brief moment when the broadcast was forcibly cut off due to a blind warning,
the viewers who were unexpectedly ejected into outer space were furious.

Open the door!!!
Why are you playing the game alone!!!
Show us too!!
Seriously, why does a woman have to strip down like that? You should’ve scolded her and quickly put her clothes back on, tsk tsk.
No way, can that even happen during a fight?
The physical streamer who had been showcasing incredible combat prowess and extraordinary action during every Boss Battle,
the rising star of the physical streaming world, Silent Sword Master,
had been robbed of the most exciting scene of this battle right before their eyes.
Even the most patient viewers could not avoid being enraged.

-(Open the door emoji)
-(Open the door emoji)(Open the door emoji)(Open the door emoji)

Open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door!
<Current Psychiatrist donates 10,000 won!>
This is a severe case of “open the door” addiction, requiring treatment.

<Open the Door donates 10,000 won!>
Hmph, sounds like a quack doctor. I won’t pay your consultation fee, so open the door and get out of here!

It really is an addiction.
You open the door when you leave, haha.
“Open the door” is what the club president’s wives say.
Lmao, for real.
Like a doorknob, if someone else doesn’t open it, you’ll never get it open yourself, haha.
So that’s why the teacher never leaves the room, huh?
No, damn.
Here we go again with the “Ghost Killer” syndrome.
<Master of Locked Room Tricks donates 10,000 won!>
What happens if you get trapped in a room where you die after an hour?

Open the door!!!
What the hell, you’d actually die from that!!
What’s the variation?
If the door doesn’t open, you’ll die, so please open it, haha.
I feel like I’m going to die from suffocating too.
<Master of Locked Room Tricks donates 10,000 won!>
How come not one person said they’re going to open the door themselves? It’s really dizzying…

What’s this psychological trick, damn?
Since he’s the Master of Locked Room Tricks, I assumed it was locked.
Even donations have gotten toxic now, you jerks.
The anger, lost and aimed at one another,
slowly turned viewers into Ghost Killer Syndrome patients,
as they began spiraling into chaos in the cosmic atmosphere.

10 minutes later
I’ll escape from here!!
See you on the main broadcast, you jerks.
After the hellish 10 minutes passed,
the viewers returned with different numbers in hand, guessing how many pieces Baekmokgui had been torn into.

?
?
What is this?
Upon seeing a scene completely different from what they expected,
the chat was flooded with hooks.

Where’s Baekmokgui?
Why is the host sitting there meditating?
Why the hell is the Boogeyman not cleaning but picking up random stuff, damn?
<Supervillain donates 10,000 won!>
The boss battle you were expecting was replaced by Silent Sword Master meditating and the automatic vacuum Boogeyman.

What the hell, give it back!
Your spine?
I don’t need a spine, just bring back the boss battle!!
This is madness, damn.
I’m completely confused.
What happened to the boss battle?
What occurred here?
And why is Silent Sword Master meditating?
The questions just piled up,
and the only witness and the person involved, Silent Sword Master,
had yet to rise from her meditation, even after over 5 minutes.

Hey, what the hell is going on right now?!
Are you not broadcasting? Not broadcasting?
The new viewers are out of their minds, haha.
Five-minute meditation after a boss battle is 'common sense,' you know?
Silent Sword Master, is that you again?
You evil Silent Sword Master! Get out of our Silent Sword Master’s body!
So how much time has passed?
6 minutes.
You said 5 minutes!!!
The unprecedented 5-minute silent broadcast
had viewers on the verge of quitting.
Among them, one astute viewer noticed something odd.

But why is the sword glowing?
Huh? That’s true!
What’s happening now?
Something… something’s happening...
Can someone explain? I feel like I’m losing my mind…
<Explainer donates 10,000 won!>
I don’t know, I’m scared too. What is this?

If you don’t know, who does!!
Hurry up and try to figure it out!!
ㅠㅠ
The automatic vacuum Boogeyman
was consuming the explosive fragments of Baekmokgui’s body, drinking blood,
while Silent Sword Master sat meditating on a wide rock,
her eyes closed.
Her sword, resting beside her, was emitting a subtle glow,
in a chaotic broadcast.
No one could have imagined that the bizarre meditative broadcast would continue for an entire 15 minutes,
when only 6 minutes had passed for the viewers.

Through self-reflection, Hae Eung-eung realized
the amount of energy Baekmokgui had left behind.
In terms of internal power, it amounted to a whopping 60 years of cultivation.
A level of energy equivalent to 1 Gapja (60 years),
a familiar unit to martial artists from the Murim world.

‘Normally, I couldn’t absorb this, and I shouldn’t try to absorb it either.’

In martial arts fiction,
there are tales of miraculous encounters where
one gains 1 Gapja of cultivation from eating a single pill
or increases their cultivation by 1 Gapja just by drinking a single drop.
Such legendary elixirs are rare, but if found,
they could burst your body if consumed recklessly.

‘Such elixirs are rare, but if you find one, you’ll die if you take it carelessly.’

Internal power is the natural energy you’ve harnessed within your body.
By directing it through your meridians, you form energy channels
that circulate or expel at your will.
To control it,
your energy must circulate through your meridians.

‘During internal circulation and energy manipulation, you must never rush and always circulate a balanced amount to avoid damaging your meridian channels.’

Simply being happy with having abundant energy and recklessly pushing it into your meridians
will cause unbearable pressure.
The meridians will swell and burst under the intense force,
and if your body balloons like a pufferfish and explodes,
you’ll experience a horrific tragedy you won’t wish for.
If you don’t want to face such a fate,
you must never overexert yourself while circulating energy during meditation.
This is why martial artists who fall into the trap of martial arts energy manipulation often suffer irreversible consequences.

‘Excessive internal energy will bring side effects just like martial arts energy manipulation.’

Martial arts energy manipulation has a time buffer,
but if you take in an excessive amount of energy that is impossible to manage,
it can immediately lead you to a state where you lose control of your energy and fall into chaos.
It’s a dangerously addictive, forbidden concoction.

‘1 Gapja of energy. I can’t take it all. First, I need to get rid of the impurities.’

Although a rare opportunity had come to regain high power in an instant,
Hae Eung-eung wasn’t blinded by greed.

[The assimilation rate is rapidly recovering.]
[Current Assimilation Rate: 1%]
[The depth graph is normalizing.]

She begins to purge the excess energy,
cutting off the aggressive energy,
extracting the energy from her cells, muscles, and organs.

[Recovering self-control from mental contamination.]
[The assimilation rate explosively rises.]
[Current Assimilation Rate: 40%]

By preventing meridian ruptures,
blocking mental contamination,
and preventing bodily changes,
she lessened the side effects of energy absorption.
With this thorough preparation,
the 1 Gapja of energy had already been reduced to half—just 14 years of energy remaining.

‘This is double the normal internal energy.’

Originally, she had 5 years of energy.
After undergoing training with executioners, monster leaders, demon sages, and demon generals,
she gained an additional 2 years of internal power.
In just two months,
she gained an incredible 2 years of internal power.
If she continues gaining 1 year of power per month,
in one year, she’ll have 12 years of power,
and in 15 years, she’ll accumulate 180 years of power
and amass 3 Gapja of power.

‘Even though my growth rate is fast, I don’t know if I’ll be given 15 years of time.’

Her birth year on her official record was 2030,
but her physical age, as set during her character creation,
was that of a 15-year-old who had barely entered the stage of learning.
She wasn’t even 20 yet, which is considered a young age in Murim,
and not even close to the age where one is called a “mature beauty” of around 20 years old.

‘The average lifespan of someone with a deficiency like Gu-eumjeolmaek is less than thirty.’

Eumjeolmaek refers to the condition where one’s body cannot circulate energy past the age of 30.
So her maximum lifespan, assuming the longest possible time,
would be 15 years between the ages of 15 and 30.
That didn’t mean she would live those exact 15 years, however.

‘The more internal energy you accumulate, the faster the Gu-eumjeolmaek worsens. Many people have died trying to take elixirs and increase their energy.’

An elixir meant to cure illness
ended up accelerating the patient's death,
a tragedy born of ignorance.

‘So what I need now isn’t some impure energy that needs years to cleanse, but the purest energy I can find.’

Even amidst polluted energy,
she focuses on extracting and condensing only the purest energy.

‘14 years of energy. I will circulate it with my internal technique and transform it into power.’

Her entire focus shifted
to operating her internal energy technique,
absorbing and circulating it.

[OUT BREAK!]
[Her immense mental power breaks through the upper limit of assimilation.]
[Current Assimilation Rate: 92%]

The maximum amount of energy a martial artist can circulate is limited to their total energy.
With 7 years of internal power, she could only control 7 years,
but after reaching the level of Hua Gyeong,
she gained the expertise to handle even 14 years of energy.

‘My meridians cannot be damaged.’

Since her meridians were already weakened by Gu-eumjeolmaek,
if she tried to absorb energy without caution,
it would be the same as not absorbing any energy at all,
leading to disastrous results.
She carefully filtered the energy,
leaving only 7 years of energy.

[Her power increases by 7.]
[Power: 14]

Given that she had 7 years of energy,
this was an extraordinary breakthrough,
doubling her internal power in an instant.

‘Doubling my internal energy means the scale of my power increases exponentially.’

With 7 years of energy, she could perform feats that equaled 49 times the power.
With 14 years of energy, it would be 196 times the power.

‘It’s still a bit rushed, but I’ll take the time to refine my energy to its purest form.’

The boss battle isn’t over yet.
The arrogant demon, Baekmokgui, who tried to dominate her mind, is still out there.

[Kuhuhuh, kuhuhuhahaha!]
[I'm back. No one can stop me now!]

Now, the time has come to show that her body and mind belong to no one but herself.

3.

Remember this in the next life.
When it comes to another’s mind, entering it might be easy, but leaving it isn’t.
Baekmokgui’s mind collapsed in an instant.
The notifications of her defeat flooded in, signaling the successful clearing of the boss battle,
but her attention was not on the outside world—it shifted inward.

‘What a commendable demon.’

Not only did she gift me 7 years of energy all at once,
but now she has even brought her essence along.

‘How much energy is she trying to gift me, I wonder?’

They say that the most affectionate creatures in the world are humans,
but perhaps demons are the most affectionate after all.
Such an absurd thought crossed her mind as Baekmokgui’s spiritual essence offered an enormous gift.

‘I just cleared 1 Gapja of energy, and now I’m being given another 1 Gapja. A kindness like this is a problem in itself.’

It’s like finishing a bowl of rice only for another to be immediately stacked on top,
like the kindness of a country grandmother.

‘I’m dying to consume this, but they say excess is never good.’

Hae Eung-eung held herself back from indulging in it,
carefully releasing the energy in small portions,
ensuring that she didn’t cause any harm to herself.

‘Where is the energy disappearing to?’

As she began to focus on her internal energy again,
Hae Eung-eung was struck with confusion.

‘What is this bizarre situation?’

Every time she released energy into the world,
her sword, lying beside her, began to absorb the energy.