[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-childhood-friend-of-the-zenith":3,"chapter-childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-317":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Childhood Friend of the Zenith",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1240293,1667,"Chapter 317: Ironclad (1)","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-317",317,"\u003Cp>Slam…! Slam…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the early morning, with the scent of midnight still lingering, a monstrous sound echoed repeatedly through a training room large enough to hold dozens of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the students watching in the back all wore horrified expressions on their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pe Woo Cheol’s massive body hit the floor with a series of heavy thuds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time he fell, dust rose from the ground, kicked up by the sheer weight of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And It wasn’t just dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students were left speechless, overwhelmed by the dense Qi that filled the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pe Woocheol quickly tried to get back on his feet, but before he could, a hand appeared in his field of vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hand then pushed onto Pe Woocheol’s forehead, forcing him to lose his stance once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a simple movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without using much force, his opponent easily sent Pe WooCheol crashing back to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re just going to keep falling, you might as well stay down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At those words, Pe Woocheol lay flat down on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like his stamina reached its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huff… Huff…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You started off calculating your moves, but halfway through, you got reckless. It’s like you were begging me to hit you. Your body may be as big as a mountain, but it feels like I’m hitting tofu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was as cruel as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the bystanders flinched at his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was there anyone who could outdo Pe Woo Cheol verbally, considering his notoriously bad attitude?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if there was, they wouldn’t be nearly as terrifying as the one who was currently dismantling him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pe Woocheol… was being thrown everywhere like a toy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He ripped Pe Woocheol’s Qi with his hands… how is such a thing even possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students watched in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made sense—Pe Woo Cheol’s opponent was barely half his size and younger than many of the other students at Heavenly Dragon Academy, yet he was toying with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, his talents and martial strength were so well-known that no one was truly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the students watching, whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…The True Dragon rips people apart.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as everyone was about to nod in agreement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t, you crazy bastards!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eek!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Dragon shouted back upon hearing the whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, he had sharp hearing too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the students hurried away from his roar, the True Dragon sighed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…This is why I don’t come here often.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially on days without morning drills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martial artists were bound to train by themselves if there weren’t group training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Days like this always brought everyone to the training room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t sure why I was bothering with this big bastard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I scratched my head, staring down at Pe Woocheol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he’s better?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least Pe Woocheol had the perseverance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was better than that bastard passed out in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That bastard being none other than Gu Jeolyub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of him stood someone smiling awkwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students might have been here because of me, but it was more likely because of that handsome bastard over there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one standing over Gu Jeolyub was Mount Hua’s greatest prodigy, the genius who earned the title Sword Dragon, surpassing even the Namgung Clan and Wudang Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Dragon, Yung Pung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at Gu Jeolyub, Yung Pung asked awkwardly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What should we do about Young Expert Gu?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean, ‘What should we do?’ Just leave him there. Ugh, I can’t show my face anywhere because of how embarrassing he is.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt ashamed to share the same surname as him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He begged so hard, yet it only took a single strike…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason why Gu Jeolyub fainted effortlessly was because he was knocked out in a single blow from Yung Pung in a spar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, just a single strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t even endure that much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just staring at his embarrassing body made me want to hide my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yung Pung was undoubtedly one of the greatest geniuses of our generation, but Gu Jeolyub wasn’t weak enough to lose in such a pathetic way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I made him work so much, yet he went down with just a single blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha… He uh… must’ve been nervous.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You still want to sugarcoat him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There had to be a reason, you know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The reason is simple. He lost because he’s weak.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Try making excuses like that in a real-life battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’d be saying it with your head already sliced off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than anything, I felt a little guilty toward Yung Pung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He came to me for training, but I left him with Gu Jeolyub instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry, Master Yung Pung.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem at all. I’m fine with it as it was an experience.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yung Pung didn’t have his arrogance like last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite his pride and competitive nature, he managed to keep his ego in check.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…What a great mind he has.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had endured Mount Hua’s brutal training while sharpening his mental discipline, elevating his strength far beyond what I’d imagined since last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was now at the pinnacle of the Peak Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s way different from my past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, I didn’t know much about him, but I had heard he struggled in the Peak Realm for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought left a bitter taste in my mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I only showed him one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave him some beating since I wasn’t fond of his arrogance, but he used that as a starting point to becoming who he is now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, some people have struggled endlessly just to reach this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this rate, it felt like Yung Pung would become the next Sword King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sword King of Mount Hua? He would be called something like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I do also have some hope for Muyeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t very famous in the Central Plains yet, but I knew once he stopped being my escort and started fighting on his own, his name would spread like wildfire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He is also one of the few people who is on my side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t fully trust him yet, but after the friends from my past life, Muyeon was the person I trusted the most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jeolyub was in that circle too… but maybe I should rethink that after today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…My back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hadn’t given him much attention lately, being busy with the Academy, and now here he was in such a pathetic state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Woocheol.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Y-Yes, brother…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pe Woocheol responded as he groaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still struggling to catch his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take care of that guy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Uh… Do I just have to throw him somewhere?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Throw him in his room if possible. Leaving him on a random floor is a bit much, you know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pe Woocheol seemed disappointed for some reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did this bastard feel so competitive when it came to him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had no idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since my training time was nearly up, I stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you leaving now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…How unfortunate. I was hoping we’d have some joyful training together for the first time in a while.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I frowned a little after hearing Yung Pung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, I never once found it joyful myself though…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought the same thing last time in Mount Hua. None of the guys obsessed with plum flowers seemed normal at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We shall save it for next time. I will remember this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh… Really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only said it out of respect, but Yung Pung’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…That was a mistake on my part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh… actually,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will remember it for sure as well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Ah, I see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too late to take back what I’d said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yung Pung smiled happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is he so happy about it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hasn’t he had enough training at Mount Hua?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, his relationship with his seniors and juniors didn’t seem that bad the last time I checked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I was thinking that, Yung Pung smiled and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have to assume my seniors and juniors must hate training. I always feel lonely when they disappear halfway through.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slightly nodded my head at Yung Pung’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Basically, they all ran away from him because they couldn’t endure him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that the people of Mount Hua were weird, maybe Yung Pung was the odd one after all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My opinion about Mount Hua just changed a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yung Pung suddenly tilted his head, his gaze on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze fixated on my arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at my left arm as if something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked, noticing his curious gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yung Pung quickly took a step back, realizing he was being disrespectful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A-Ah, it was nothing. I’m sorry. I just felt a familiar sensation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fine. I’ll be leaving now; I have some business to attend to.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, I left Yung Pung and the training room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pe Woocheol will clean up the mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I walked out, I could hear the students inside sighing in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, they were treating me like a demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that I cared—it wasn’t like I wasn’t used to this in my past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real problem, though, was Yung Pung at the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Did he notice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was definitely staring at my left arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quietly rolled up my sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Ugh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pink bandage came into my view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yung Pung must have sensed something from my arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had been trying my best to hide it, but it seemed that wasn’t enough to fool a martial artist from Mount Hua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What do I do about this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought back to that day, letting out a frustrated sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like I was able to survive thanks to the power of this treasure, when Elder Shin took this item in the secret vault using my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the way Elder Shin used it and the reactions of both the Sword Queen and Yung Pung, it was clear this was a treasure from Mount Hua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything about that was fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It proved that the vault wasn’t an illusion, and it had saved my life, which was great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why can’t I take it off?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just couldn’t get the thing off my arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m going to go insane…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had tried unwrapping it since it was shaped like a bandage, but it wouldn’t come off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried removing it gently at first, then I even used my Qi to force it off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At one point, I hit my arm out of frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I probably got a bad bruise from that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I struggled to get out of bed this morning from how hard I’d hit it, but I had to try something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end though, I couldn’t get it off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why won’t this thing let go of me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a hassle whenever I tried to wash, and showing it to others was just embarrassing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I showed it to the Sword Queen, she thought for a moment before saying she needed to ask the Celestial Plum Blossom about it, since it was a Mount Hua treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, she didn’t even get the Stone of Mount Hua she wanted so badly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked the Sword Queen if the thing on my arm was the stone, but how could this be a stone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though, when I first grabbed it, it didfeellike a stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, it felt like a large marble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why had it taken this form?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sword Queen said she’d ask the Celestial Plum Blossom about it, but I didn’t know when that would be, and there was someone else who could give me answers much sooner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So please explain it to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how many times I asked, I got no response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hero of Mount Hua, the old man living rent-free in my body, Elder Shin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He showed up for a moment that day, then vanished again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I’m going insane, seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had no idea what he wanted from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He definitely knew what this thing was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he playing with me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him to appear and disappear again, just what was he doing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing is going well for me, ugh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Murim Alliance came to me to interrogate me about the secret vault in the Heavenly Dragon Academy, I wanted to take care of all my business here, but because nothing went according to my plans, I started to become angrier as time went by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This isn’t even the only thing on my plate right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…What was coming up again? A hand-on-training?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought about the Academy’s upcoming schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d heard it was going to be hands-on training on everything we’d learned so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what I heard, but by this point of time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bastard should start making his move soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was pretty sure Jang Seonyeon would make his move soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I were him, I’d use the hands-on training as an opportunity to stir something up behind the scenes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it also meant I could turn the tables on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would he not know that though?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course he knows, considering what I said to him last time in his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kindly told him that he’d die here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way Jang Seonyeon didn’t understand that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why he chose Cheol Jiseon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did the bastard find out, I wonder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thing that puzzled me was how Jang Seonyeon had information on Cheol Jiseon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing his real surname, Zhuge, was one thing, but if he approached him, then he likely knew about that ‘power’ too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I wondered how he knew about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he gain that information from the Alliance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Beggar’s Sect was part of the Alliance, sure, but this kind of information wasn’t easy to come by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It just means he has some support behind his back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I don’t think it’s anyone ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like those bastards I dealt with when I was Wi Seol-Ah that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s probably related to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that’s true, then Jang Seonyeon is far from being part of the Orthodox Faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does the Harmonic Sword know about this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to know if the Alliance Leader also knew about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he knew, I’d know if the whole Murim Alliance was backing Jang Seonyeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they weren’t on his side though,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alliance couldn’t be trusted. I never had much faith in them anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, I quietly whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t give him another chance this time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was my most important target here, and since I was determined to kill him no matter what, I had to make sure I finished the job this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d made this my goal from the moment I decided to attend the Heavenly Dragon Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the heavens didn’t stop me from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hoped nothing like that would happen, but that evening, I faced an unexpected twist—though it wasn’t as bad as the heavens collapsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What did you say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right as I was about to put my spoon in my mouth, a bastard eating with me said something strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Repeat it again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After I asked him again, Cheol Jiseon repeated his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…The Meteor Sword asked me to help kill you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was such a random confession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t help but be dumbfounded after hearing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I already knew…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I already knew that he was trying to do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just didn’t expect Cheol Jiseon to tell me outright.\u003C\u002Fp>",2578,"2026-06-05T15:09:39.031Z",1,"novelbin.me","8568bcd441f47b7e7a97c08cf06011a3d9b4eb3917597196790b438a947a4460","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-318","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-316",974,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fchildhood-friend-of-the-zenith-cover.jpg"]