‘It’s coming out.
It’s coming out again.
Blood just keeps coming out.’
“Cough.”
‘Am I going to die from blood loss?’
“H, human! Choi Han, I, if the human d, dies after coughing blood like this, I’m going to destroy the world! I’m going to destroy the Central Plains!”
Raon’s voice could be heard.
“Oh, my goodness-. W, what kind of existence-”
He heard Elder Ho’s shaking voice as well.
“Cale-nim, Cale-nim!”
Just as he heard Choi Han’s anxious voice, Cale had no choice but to make another noise.
“Cough!”
Blood was coming out again.
‘This is driving me nuts.’
His body swayed and curled forward even more. His body that had been plopped down on the ground bent forward as if he was kowtowing.
He tried to extend his arms to touch the ground but his body’s reaction was not quick enough.
However, his body did not fall forward.
“Do not lose consciousness.”
Cale nodded his head as Sui Khan supported him.
“Breathe properly.”
Cale just closed his eyes instead of responding.
He was going crazy because he was bleeding.
He was wondering if it was okay to bleed like this… Whether a person would die after bleeding like this, however…
‘…It feels refreshing.’
His inside was slowly feeling better and felt cool as if he had taken a deep breath of refreshing air.
His mind cleared up as well and he felt warmth throughout his body.
– T, this is hard!
He heard the crybaby’s teary voice but Cale ignored it.
He could feel it. His body was healing quicker than ever before.
‘I feel better now.’
Boom. Boom. Blood did not come out anymore once he could feel his heart beating normally.
“Something to wipe.”
He could talk now.
Cale opened his palm. His hand was not shaking either.
“Yes, Cale-nim.”
Choi Han definitely said yes.
‘Hmm?’
However, nothing was placed in Cale’s hand. Instead, Choi Han and Raon used a large towel that came from who knows where to wipe Cale’s mouth, face, and neck. Choi Han wiped the blood on Cale’s clothes as well.
“Human, are you okay now?”
“Yeah. I’m fine.”
Cale answered honestly.
“My condition is better now than the last few days.”
“…Cale-nim!”
“Hmm?”
Cale hesitated after hearing Choi Han’s voice that sounded as if he was scolding him.
‘Why is he acting like this? He seems to have even forgotten to call me young master Kim.’
Choi Han’s face was scary.
‘!’
However, Cale then saw something even scarier.
He could see Ron quietly standing there behind Choi Han’s shoulder.
The person who would normally be the first to wipe the blood off of Cale was just standing there looking at him.
He was not smiling at all.
‘What the hell?’
He looked very scary.
Cale subconsciously looked away after seeing Ron’s cold gaze.
“Ha!”
He could hear Ron scoff in disbelief at that moment.
Cale’s shoulders flinched. Sui Khan chuckled in response but nobody noticed.
It was because of what Cale said next.
“Move over.”
He looked toward a certain spot.
“I need to see Namgung Tae Wi’s condition.”
Cale stood up.
‘Very nice.’
He could easily get up unlike when he plopped down earlier.
He pushed Sui Khan aside and headed toward Namgung Tae Wi.
“…Young master Kim.”
The Sword Saint’s pupils were shaking. Cale peeked at him before inspecting Namgung Tae Wi first.
Namgung Tae Wi was silently laying there on the floor.
Cale crouched down next to him and looked at the area around his heart.
In the spot where the grotesque black heart had been sticking out…
The black heart was no longer visible.
However, it wasn’t that new skin had appeared in the spot.
‘What is that?’
A red cover was over that area.
The red cover was the same color as Cale’s Fire of Destruction.
That was currently taking the spot of the black heart.
He subconsciously extended his hand.
The red cover…
Between skin and metal… It felt like something in the middle.
However, it was warm.
It was a bit hotter than normal human temperature.
Boom. Boom.
He could feel a heart beating underneath it.
Cale lifted his head up.
Namgung Tae Wi was calmly breathing with his eyes closed, as if he was sleeping.
He was alive.
There were no traces of black threads around his body anymore.
The only trace that was left was the red cover.
Cale turned his gaze.
The Sword Saint.
He was looking at Cale with shaking pupils.
It was at that moment.
“Oh esteemed purifier, I do not feel any traces of dead mana at all!”
Cale nodded his head at Durst’s voice that was full of admiration. He then looked toward Chief Eunuch Wi.
“Chief Eunuch Wi, will you please take a look?”
“Y, yes sir!”
Chief Eunuch Wi flinched after making eye contact but he quickly grabbed Namgung Tae Wi’s wrist. He then closed his eyes as if he was checking his pulse.
“Raon, you check him out too.”
“…Alright, human.”
Raon looked at Cale with a disgruntled look but he still inspected Namgung Tae Wi. His gaze was quite serious. Cale petted Raon’s back.
Chief Eunuch Wi opened his eyes at that moment.
“…His pulse is normal.”
However, his face did not look very good despite the positive comment.
Chief Eunuch Wi looked toward the Sword Saint.
“Tell me.”
Chief Eunuch Wi clenched his eyes shut and responded after hearing the Sword Saint’s calm voice.
“…All of his internal ki has disappeared. His dantian is completely destroyed.”
“Ho.”
Elder Ho gasped.
“I will check him out one more time.”
The Fist King came over and checked the pulse that Chief Eunuch Wi had checked.
“…It’s true.”
Internal ki.
That was something even more important than life for a martial artist.
Most martial arts required internal ki in order to be effective.
Furthermore, martial artists spent their whole lives to build up that internal ki.
That was why martial artists had no choice but to be quite shocked when the internal ki they had built up throughout their life disappeared.
“His dantian is destroyed.”
The dantian was the spot in the body where the internal ki was stored.
Basically, the fact that the dantian was broken meant that internal ki could not be gathered anymore. It meant that he could no longer live as a martial artist.
“…It seems as if the aura that Namgung Tae Wi channeled before he self-destructed earlier was from destroying his dantian.”
Cale nodded his head at Mok Hyeon’s words before peeking at the Sword Saint
A martial artist with a broken dantian whose internal ki had disappeared…
That person’s life would now be full of hardship.
‘He shouldn’t have a grudge against me since I at least saved him, right?’
As Cale thought about how he should act if the Sword Saint showed a different demeanor than before…
“…I see.”
The Sword Saint was calm.
He observed Namgung Tae Wi’s peaceful look.
“As long as he is alive, that is enough.”
He meant it.
His gaze slowly headed down.
He saw the red cover.
The warm and clear aura that was coming out of it…
That should be the power that was keeping Namgung Tae Wi alive.
Namgung Tae Wi had tried to kill him as a living jiangshi of the Blood Cult.
This child, no, he was a young man now, but…
Seeing him sleeping so peacefully like when he was a child made a lot of thoughts go through his mind.
‘…I thought that expanding the family and our strength was for the family.’
That was why he never bent his pride and always held his head up high.
It was fine for him to do that.
He was the Sword Saint, one of the Orthodox faction’s top five experts.
He was the Great Namgung Clan’s Ancestral Patriarch.
However, had his choices been the right ones?
‘…Young master Kim.’
His gaze headed toward young master Kim. Despite wiping the blood, his clothes were already a mess from the dried blood.
He ended up like this trying to save Namgung Tae Wi.
‘That black aura-’
That had truly been evil.
He even wondered how a human could possess such an aura.
But the way this young master Kim purified that evil without anybody dying or even getting hurt…
‘No, he was the only one who got hurt.’
Purification was probably so hard that even a person who has reached the noble and pure level of Nature Realm coughed up so much blood.
This Eldest senior of the Imperial Palace had done that for Namgung Tae Wi, someone who he could have just watched as he died.
‘…Oh Sword Saint, oh Sword Saint.
That name of Sword Saint is so embarrassing.
The Sword Saint was feeling embarrassed.
This was the first time he wanted to say the following to someone in his life.
‘Thank you.’
He truly was thankful.
“Young master Kim-”
He felt as if he needed to say that right now.
The Sword Saint brought forth courage that he had not had throughout his life.
The act of thanking someone…
Not just a surface level show of gratitude but one that he truly meant.
My bloodline.
My family.
No, thank you for saving me.
If something had happened to Namgung Tae Wi, the family and the Sword Saint himself would have crumbled.
You truly are our benefactor.
“Ugh!”
It was at that moment.
“!”
He could not show his gratitude.
Young master Kim suddenly clutched his stomach with both hands and his body curled forward.
“H, human! What is going on? I’ve never seen you do this before!”
“Ugggh.”
Cale was anxious.
– …Sorry.
The old man sounded teary.
– You coughed up so much blood… You’re probably very hungry, right?
‘This is not just very hungry!’
His insides were hurting. It felt as if something really bad would happen because he was so hungry.
Still, he did not feel as if he would fall over or faint.
However…
‘Food!’
This insane hunger he could not control filled his mind.
“Human!”
“Cale-nim!”
Cale managed to see Raon’s chubby cheeks through the multiple voices. He barely managed to open his mouth.
“A, apple-”
Apple pie.
‘I’ll even take some of that-’
“Hmm?”
As Raon tilted his head, he heard Ron’s voice.
“Raon-nim, do you have any apple pies?”
“Ah!”
Raon immediately opened his spatial dimension and pulled out an apple pie.
“Human! Eat this! Hurry up and eat it!”
Then as he was about to shove the whole apple pie without even cutting it…
As Choi Han gasped at that and pulled out his sword to slice up the apple pie…
“Hmm?”
“Hmm?”
“!”
The Fist King, Sui Khan, and Ron all looked toward one spot.
The ceiling of the deserted house…
Crack!
That place crumbled.
“Human! E, eat it! You need to eat to live!”
Cale took a big bite of the apple pie being shoved into his mouth.
‘What the hell?’
He then blankly looked at the part of the ceiling that was crumbling.
The ceiling had fallen and…
There was a lot of dust.
‘What happened all of a sudden?
Why did that break?’
“As I expected.”
He heard Ron’s quiet voice at that moment.
It sounded a bit vicious.
As Cale was about to get the chills from that…
“Die!”
Two people fell down from the ceiling.
‘What the hell? When did they start hiding there?’
Cale’s eyes opened wide in shock.
However, the person who shouted die appeared first through the dust.
‘The Carnage Demon?!’
The Carnage Demon was one of the Five Demons.
She was the leader of the School of Carnage.
She threw the numerous daggers in her hands into the air.
The daggers flew through the dust clouds.
Clang!
They heard the sound of a sword being pulled out.
C, c, c, c, claaaaaang, clang!
All of the daggers fell to the ground.
Cale then saw the second person who fell down from the ceiling.
“Huh?”
Cale subconsciously let out that foolish noise.
He then blankly continued.
“It’s Choi Jung Soo.”
Choi Jung Soo appeared through the dust, smiled awkwardly, and waved at Cale.
“Long time no see.”
Cale saw team leader Sui Khan scowl and push his temples with his hands for the first time in a long while.
Choi Jung Soo didn’t care and asked Cale awkwardly, almost embarrassedly… And cautiously.
“Are you okay?”
Munch munch.
Cale first chewed the apple pie in his mouth.
“Human, eat slowly!”
He felt Raon patting his back and thought to himself.
‘Unbelievable.
What the hell is going on all of a sudden?’
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You know it’s serious when Ron is not smiling. 🤣 Another trauma for Cale’s friends. At this rate everyone will need some therapy for a few years. 😅
Masih ada 4 jiangshi yang tersisa kan? Cale harus melalui ini lagi?
whattt exacctllyyy is happenninggg hereee AAAAAAAAAAAAAA????????!!!!! Choi Jung Sooo!!!!!
HE’S HERE!
THEY’VE MET!!
ITS KINDA AWKWARD!!!
CHOI JUNG SOOOOO
I’VE BEEN READING Fist King WRONG ALL THIS TIME! I THOUGHT IT WAS FIRST KING BUT IT’S ACTUALLY Fist KING 😫🤣
Ah, I love all these misunderstandings so much. Our Cale will work hard again, tsk. But this time, our benevolent grandpa Ron will watch this all. Poor Cale.
Ron is going to give Cale hell after this
Ahahaha what a timing and an entrance lol Thanks for the chapter! Can’t wait to see the next one! XD
That embarrassing moment where you get caught watching your friend risk his life to heal someone, proceed to cough out gallons of blood, then come on apple pie…. soon relatable. I feel you, Choi Jung-soo
And finally the moment of glory! CJS is here!!! And Raon it’s so sweet. Cale really is like a father to him. Also, it looks like Choi Han is on his path of becoming a madman. A silent and calm one type. Those are the most scary! And of course Cale is oblivious to all of this. 🤣 Or just pretend to not know to not take responsibility. It hurts less this way. But this is just my opinion.
And of course it’s a cliffhanger, ’cause why not?🤣 Looks like I need to re-read the series and wait for a few chapters, in the meantime, to appear, so that I’ll have more to find out!
Thank you for the chapter and all the work that goes with it! It’s 1:33 am here, so I’ll say good night to you all! Thank you again!
And when I said I laughed lol I keep saying it but the timing ahahaha I’m so excited for the next chapter XD
WAIT WHAT LMAO I guess awkwardness comes in Choi’s blood line. I wonder how Choi Han will cope.
oh I’m the first to leave a comment 😊 thanks for the good translation and speedy updates.
and what a total chaos was this chapter 😅 so many things happened and no one knew what they should do
I need more, pls oh my god CJS just casually fallign through the celling, like the madman he is, it’s just chef’s kiss rsrsrsrs. Also Choi Han fallign deeper and deeper into madness, poor boy.
Im so glad. Im so glad they met each other again.
That chapter ended as fast as my vacation
what a sight to see, seeing the entirety of an apple pie being shoved into your benefactor’s mouth and the person in question just casually/happily munching on it 🤣🤣🤣 can’t wait until the Korean version of the manga gets to the parts where apple pie is fed to Cale XDXD
Cale-nim, I see not only lemon flavored beverages, but even treats in your future, stay strong!!!!
All the Soo’s gathered lol
Murim is a darn chaotic place! No one the baby Central Plains turned out so timid and pitiful. Haha…
Cale, this guy…To him, Ron is scarier than dragons. I wonder if they would team up to hunt the God of Balance in the future for making things far more complex for Cale, even trying to stop other gods from helping Cale by pushing their limits. I mean, literally. Do Cale and his group have a choice other than travelling dimensions to hunt the hunters? The King of Roan Kingdom was still missing, and what if they turn him like Namgung Tae Wi and send him to the Roan Palace! What if it put Alberu in danger? I am sure his mother died in the hand of Hunters, and his father is looking for a way to take those cannibals down with the help of perished Orsena duchy. Anyway…the situation is worsening. I am getting goosebumps the more I think about this.
Although Cale now had found some reliable allies in CP, it would be easier to take down another hunter household with the help of the people in his side, his group and Jung Soo. Sui Khan and Jung Soo has gotten stronger, and I am sure Choi Han and Toonka would find a way to raise their limits with the assassins duo. This trip would be beneficial for these four people mainly and for Raon, too, who learn anything by seeing that for just one time. I hope the hunters didn’t cause another ruckus in Roan Kingdom as I really don’t want anyone hurt like the last time. Eruhaben can’t possibly protect everyone when Cale told him to never leave Alberu’s side.
i’m really really hoping that ron and beacrox will not have any negative reactions about kim roksoo being cale now 🥲 i can’t take it
Thank you for your efforts, it’s a wonderful scene💙😂😂
Oh yes, here we are finally. Damn jung soo, thats sooo like him to make such an intro 😂 team leader’s headache also somehow came back again after so long, lolllll
I even got a feeling that roksoo’s transmigration secret will be exposed to a certain extent here
And we also have cale who acts like nothing happened after threw a huge bomb in everyone’s heart, even ron aint smiling anymore lmaooo
Oh my cale,,,
So.. Raon is visible this whole time? And no one say anything?
Since when actually?
The guy is fighting the boss of assassins, goes into abandoned house and sees his friend all bloody, atop the pool of bloody, eating a pie like a madman.
Comedy Gold!
Is Raon still invisible?
No
He stop being invisible when he talk to choi han about destroying the CP if cale dies after loosing too much blood
And elder Ho sees him
[ “H, human! Choi Han, I, if the human d, dies after coughing blood like this, I’m going to destroy the world! I’m going to destroy the Central Plains!”
Raon’s voice could be heard.
“Oh, my goodness-. W, what kind of existence-” ]
I thought Elder Ho was referring to the purified Tae Wi still. The guy’s heart has been completely transformed and now matches Purifying Fire. Kind of wonder if he now can fight using flames now instead?
CHOI JUNG SOO ❤️❤️❤️
TRANKS FOR TRANSLATION 🥰
ahhh cale-nim can be so oblivious to his surroundings despite being perfectly finee~
ALSO WOO CHOI JUNGSOO!!
that last part was super unexpected and must be very awkward for everyone hahaa~ 😂
Jung soo and rok soo in one frame
And the tired soo hyuk will become more tired..
And what will happen when grampa ron learn about rok soo? 👀
Thank you for the chapter
Oh nooo everyone said all his names! Will that make Ron more suspicious? He already said he’d wait til later to hear about his new appearance from Cale when they arrived there, so this will add to the things he doesn’t understand about his young master. Though I feel like Ron has known something was different all along and still chose to stay.
Am so hyped to see Choi Jung Soo!! They are awkward but like, GOOD, HE SHOULD FEEL AWKWARD because he up and died on Cale when he had the chance to survive and while we can’t exactly blame him for it, some awkwardness is earned through the both of them trying to crack jokes as they died and making Cale even more traumatised by being the sole survivor… I want them to hug but know that Cale doesn’t actually like hugs so just… Getting to safely exist in each other’s company for a while would be good!
Since they have so many strong allies here, they should be allowed to have at least that much, right? Or am I going to need to fight some gods again? 💪
CJS: I waited for 20 chapters for you to come to me. This is too long! I decided to speed it ✌️
THE SOOS!!!
Wild Choi Jung Soo has appeared!!
It seems Cale would need to explain everything to Ron and Beacrox soon. Ron is the scariest when he isn’t smiling anymore. XD
I have red just mtl just chaptire 143 but read your traduction
I know everyone else is excited for Choi Jung Soo but I just can’t get over everything that’s going on with Ron right now.
Cale looking like Kim Rok Soo, Ron Point blink asking him how he knows all this stuff about this world, and Cale avoiding answering. When Cale was coughing up blood, Sui Khan called out the name Kim Rok Soo Instead of the fake name or cale’s. Ron was there to hear that. And since that point We’ve gotten these interactions.
After chapter 100, Ron’s first reaction to cale after hearing him be called Kim Rok Soo.
ch.101 – However, Cale then saw something even scarier.
He could see Ron quietly standing there behind Choi Han’s shoulder.
The person who would normally be the first to wipe the blood off of Cale was just standing there looking at him.
He was not smiling at all.
‘What the hell?’
He looked very scary.
Cale subconsciously looked away after seeing Ron’s cold gaze.
“Ha!”
He could hear Ron scoff in disbelief at that moment.
Ch.102 – Ron stood in front of Cale and easily grabbed any of the daggers that came toward Cale.
He made eye contact with Ron.
“Young master-nim, just eat the apple pies.”
Ron’s tone sounded somewhat disrespectful.
I sense a very long and scary talk In Cale’s future, And I can’t wait!!!
And Sui Khan is enjoying it!!!
I literally went on a rollercoaster ride in this chapter at one point I laughed so hard and the next point I gasped and then started giggling like an idiot.
I’m sorry but I’m just imagining cale, with blood dripping continuously nonstop with his clothes dyed red from the blood and him just saying, I feel better than ever. LOL
ALSO HII JUNG SOO. TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH!
He is here!!! CJS is here!!!!! What an unexpected entrance!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I’m dying so hard🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Are you okay????
Munch Munch….
🤣🤣🤣🤣TL’s reaction was so damn funny🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a chaotic mess! 😆
THEY MET !!!!!!!!! THE SOOS TRIO ARE BACK 😭😭😭😭😭😭 HELLO THERE CHOI JUNG SOOOOOOOOO
Finally!!
FINALLY! THE SOOS REUNITES!!! it’s awkward tho… LMAOOO
The Soos reunites!!!!!
this is not the reunion that i was expecting but tbh, this was what to be expected when it comes to cale lmao
just him munching on apple pies while sui khan face palmed and jung soo just randomly fell out of the roof, just a dose of your usual soos shenanigans
thank you for the chapter!