[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world":3,"chapter-i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-chapter-122":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Became the Hidden Ruler of the Martial World",{"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},1379320,1826,"Chapter 122","i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-chapter-122",122,"\u003Cp>When Tang Yuhwa was just suppressed by Seo Heoyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Yuhwa!!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun tried to rush towards that place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn't take a step from where he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What can I do in my current state?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A negative thought that rose from the depths of his heart held him back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sense of powerlessness, as if he could do nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a very familiar feeling for Baek Yoonjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starting from his past life until before he learned martial arts, he had always suffered from a sense of powerlessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference from his previous life was that although he was cooped up somewhere, this time he had learned martial arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Baek Yoonjun thought it was a trivial realm, thanks to that trivial realm, he was able to muster a very small courage, and he had made many connections that were hard for him to imagine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But now, I don't have that martial art.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun tried to move forward somehow, but his feet were as heavy as if they were made of lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a faint wind blew around Baek Yoonjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Of all times, my mental illness has to act up now!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun thought it was a whisper like before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, something was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenery around Baek Yoonjun changed like a hallucination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What is this now?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of his eyes, a man was lying down, and a child was nursing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I don't know that man. But that child is...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child nursing the man was a child familiar to Baek Yoonjun as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It looks like Yuhwa when she was young.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yuhwa, who looked younger than when Baek Yoonjun had first met her, was anxiously taking care of the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yuhwa, who looked more immature and had a more diverse expression of emotions than now, desperately nursed the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yuhwa's gaze did not leave the man, and Baek Yoonjun also naturally turned his gaze to the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I don't know why, but it feels like I can hear that man's inner thoughts.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun, who was in the position of watching them as a complete third party, listened to the sound he was hearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I thought I was happy for a while, but in the end, my karma has come back to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was lamenting, crying inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, Baek Yoonjun could feel all of the man's feelings and the voice of his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Deep regret... what did this man do to be regretting so deeply.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he couldn't know his thoughts, he didn't know what the man was regretting, but he felt the depth of that regret keenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A feeling as if endlessly sinking into a mudflat and drowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It hurts...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That feeling, which he could never get used to, swept over Baek Yoonjun once, and the scene in front of his eyes changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, their positions were reversed, and Tang Yuhwa, who looked to be in a very bad condition, was lying down, and the man was nursing her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time too, Baek Yoonjun could feel the man's thoughts and senses keenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The heavens are so heartless. Why do you make Yuhwa bear the karma that should have ended with me!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was crying inwardly again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, he was shedding tears of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep sense of despair added to the regret he had felt before was pulling the man down endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun also felt as if his heart would be torn apart by the man's emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he also had a memory of tasting the same feeling, though not the same experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a time that felt like an eternity, as if his heart would be torn apart, the scene changed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the man was dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His whole body was torn and melting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that unbearable pain, the man was, for some reason, relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So this is how I receive my karma.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the man's relieved heart, a single thread of worry was seeping in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I will take all the karma with me, so please, just Yuhwa...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I just hope Yuhwa lives happily...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just the wish of a father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very common wish, if you will, of wanting a child to be safe and happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a deep, deep wish that could not be compared to anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That deep wish resonated in Baek Yoonjun's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he also had the same feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the subject was Tang Yuhwa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the illusion in front of Baek Yoonjun's eyes had disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was on the stage without realizing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had drawn his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His legs were still heavy, and the hand holding the sword was trembling, but he had blocked the sword flying towards Tang Yuhwa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry I'm late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swallowing his trembling heart, Baek Yoonjun spat out his honest feelings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I am a trash-like human.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun was still afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I'm not good at anything, and I'm a subhuman being who was just cooped up in a corner of my room, afraid of everything.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hand holding the sword was still trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Even such trash has a moment when it has to move.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressing his fearful heart, Baek Yoonjun gritted his teeth, raised his head, and glared at the opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'And that's now.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword struggled to parry the opponent's sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seo Heoyun looked at the parried sword with a confused gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I didn't even see when he came up here. But.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't seen when or where Baek Yoonjun had rushed onto the stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What on earth is this sword now? It was a sword like that of an ordinary person.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sword from which no energy or presence could be felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a sword that he couldn't even figure out how it had parried his own sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The previous sword was definitely a sword that could not be rashly approached, but now.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seo Heoyun's eyes glinted as he scanned the man in white in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A somewhat anxious look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as if he couldn't control his body properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is his body not in good condition? Then this is a chance!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having finished his judgment, Seo Heoyun's sword glinted and flew towards Baek Yoonjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having confirmed that Baek Yoonjun was belatedly and clumsily raising his sword, Seo Heoyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It worked!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not doubt that his sword would cut down the opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was a slow and clumsy sword, his sword was blocked by that sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What on earth is this?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Seo Heoyun was flustered by the blocked sword again, he soon recovered and launched another sword strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seo Heoyun's sword strikes were blocked in succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An incomprehensible phenomenon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword of the man in white in front of him was being swung slowly and clumsily, but it continued to block his own sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is impossible! What on earth is this harmony!!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling a sensation as if sinking into a deep swamp, Seo Heoyun continued to swing his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because that was the only struggle he could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun desperately swung his sword and blocked the opponent's sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having blocked the first sword strike, Baek Yoonjun was inwardly relieved, but.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I managed to block it somehow, but what about the next one?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mind of Baek Yoonjun, an extreme homebody introvert, began to lean towards the negative side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It's coming!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another sword strike flying in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun swung his sword with a desperate resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't even dare to think of attacking, and he swung with the intention of continuously focusing on the opponent's sword and blocking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he was just desperate, but as time passed, Baek Yoonjun became confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How am I continuing to block this?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opponent was below the third-rate by Baek Yoonjun's standards, but he was a martial artist who used internal energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, Baek Yoonjun was in a state where he couldn't even use the Heart Sword, the power he had obtained instead of internal energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By logic, it should have been impossible to block, but for some reason, Baek Yoonjun was continuing to block the opponent's sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Why? No matter how I think about it, it's normal that I should have been cut down long ago.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heart Sword, which he had used with a similar feeling to internal energy because he had gotten the hang of it, was a situation where he couldn't use it now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn't that his internal energy had returned either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a body that was like the state before he had learned martial arts, Baek Yoonjun was continuing to block the opponent's sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Something... I think I know something.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Baek Yoonjun continued to block the sword, his mind became tingly, and he felt as if he knew something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the opponent suddenly stopped his sword fight and stepped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muttering words that didn't suit the current situation, Seo Heoyun turned his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun also turned his gaze in that direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap. Tap. Taptap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a man in a monk's robe, tapping a wooden fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'A monk? For now, his attire is that of a monk, but something feels strange.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man tapping the wooden fish was definitely wearing a monk's robe, and his head was also shaved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Why is the wooden fish white? Like a human bone.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun continued to feel a sense of incongruity from the man in the monk's attire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in the monk's attire approached the stage, tapping the wooden fish, and Seo Heoyun looked at the man and opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was late because I was saving a sentient being who could not become a Buddha. I hope the benefactor will understand. Namu Shinmitabul.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Baek Yoonjun saw the face of the monk-like man who was looking up at Seo Heoyun on the stage, he gasped at the strange form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What's with a person's eyes?! And he's not blinking at all?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whitish, cloudy eyes had no movement of the eyelids at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flustered, Baek Yoonjun wrapped his arms around Tang Yuhwa, who was still unconscious by his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh... Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Tang Yuhwa, who was groaning and calling him, Baek Yoonjun somehow composed himself despite his trembling heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'For now, since the opponent has also retreated, let's retreat.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, just as Baek Yoonjun was about to retreat from the stage with Tang Yuhwa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will begin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in the monk's attire took out a white bell from his bosom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tinkle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bell that came out of the man's bosom rang with a clear but eerie sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keuk!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"M-my body!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the martial artists from the Zhongnan military faction began to groan and twist their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, after a very brief moment, the groaning martial artists gradually lost their vitality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grrrrrrr.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They began to twist their bodies bizarrely, letting out beast-like sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Baek! This is!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having sensed the abnormality, Zhang Sanfeng drew his sword and quickly approached Baek Yoonjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun nodded at Zhang Sanfeng's words and glared at the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beings he had seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the difference from before was that beings who had clearly been human had changed just by the monk ringing a bell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those changed things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"H-help me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's wrong with you?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They attacked the unchanged people indiscriminately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And of course, Baek Yoonjun's party was no exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Baek! For now, it's better to retreat! Oh no!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Sanfeng, who was by Baek Yoonjun's side, was also no exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, as the party was frantically dealing with the Jiangshi, Baek Yoonjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was dealing with Seo Heoyun, who had rushed at him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blocking his sword, Baek Yoonjun shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is not the time for this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the usual Baek Yoonjun, he was not even raising his voice loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's how urgent Baek Yoonjun's heart was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beings that were difficult to deal with because they didn't die easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since such beings were continuously increasing, and yet Baek Yoonjun could not use his own power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Baek Yoonjun desperately appealed to Seo Heoyun, who seemed to be an unchanged being, but.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's wrong with now? Isn't it a golden opportunity to take the head of the famous White Robed Sword Immortal!! Kuhahahat!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seo Heoyun laughed madly and continued to push Baek Yoonjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is he not unchanged? He seems to have gotten stronger than before.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun struggled to parry Seo Heoyun's sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seo Heoyun's sword, which was much faster and stronger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't that the martial art itself had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fundamental power itself had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to that, Baek Yoonjun was blocking Seo Heoyun's sword with much more difficulty than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, while the surroundings were becoming a pandemonium, Baek Yoonjun continued to narrowly block Seo Heoyun's sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time gradually passed, Baek Yoonjun fell into puzzlement again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How am I blocking this again?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opponent had definitely become stronger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, Baek Yoonjun was narrowly but continuously blocking the opponent's sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, even the word 'narrowly' was ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Baek Yoonjun had not allowed a single attack, he had no minor injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, the opponent was also feeling that in real time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The face of Seo Heoyun, who had been laughing madly and pushing Baek Yoonjun at first, began to distort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why! Why?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spitting out his resentment, Seo Heoyun continued to rush at Baek Yoonjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his sword was blocked by Baek Yoonjun's sword as if it were natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun's sword was still a sword with no power or presence, no different from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But strangely, it was blocking all of Seo Heoyun's sword strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why!! Why isn't my sword working at all?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Seo Heoyun's face, a faint fear began to appear beyond astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun, who was receiving such a gaze, was also no different from his feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How did I block this?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because even Baek Yoonjun still didn't know how he was blocking Seo Heoyun's swirling sword strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as time gradually passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is...? I see. So that's what happened.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling a tingly sensation in his head as before, Baek Yoonjun began to get a sense of why the current phenomenon was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2388,"2026-06-05T22:16:29.378Z",1,"novelbin.me","8558eafcddb65234d7c8700a558ce8eea5c839e110d4ebe7254ae23f3765b08a","i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-chapter-123","i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-chapter-121",152,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-cover.jpg"]