[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-myst-might-mayhem":3,"chapter-myst-might-mayhem-myst-might-mayhem-chapter-379":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Myst, Might, Mayhem",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},555518,804,"Chapter 379","myst-might-mayhem-chapter-379",379,"\u003Cp>Chapter 379 – Joining (1)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout her story, Cheong-ryeong was filled with anger and sorrow as she recalled the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mok Gyeong-un listened intently to Cheong-ryeong’s tale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she recounted everything up to the moment she breathed her last, Cheong-ryeong seemed overwhelmed with emotion and shed tears of blood once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How deep must her resentment be to shed tears of blood despite being a bodiless spirit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mok Gyeong-un silently grasped her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt it was the right thing to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Grasp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheong-ryeong, who was sobbing, held Mok Gyeong-un’s hand tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a child clinging to a parent’s hand for support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although a vengeful spirit’s body should feel cold as it’s pure yin energy, Mok Gyeong-un found her hand strangely warm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as she recounted her final moments, the strength in her hand weakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was when she spoke of wanting to become “his” bride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she tearfully told the story, she looked at Mok Gyeong-un sheepishly, feeling somewhat embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I got carried away while speaking.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt she shouldn’t have mentioned that last part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She worried that the mortal might be disappointed after learning about her feelings for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s how much she loved him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the point of thinking only of him even in her dying moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-……,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mok Gyeong-un stared at her as she remained silent out of embarrassment, then spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But hearing it all, one thing seems strange.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Strange? What do you mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cheong-ryeong… no, So-wol…… At the end, you clearly lost your father and clan, but it seems you saw ‘that man’ and the junior head of Heaven Vein or whoever die. How did you become a vengeful spirit? Of course, you could remain due to deep resentment from losing your family, but……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fundamental resentment was towards that Bi Yong-heon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say everything stemmed from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But according to her story, it seemed this Bi Yong-heon had likely been dealt with by “him” whom she liked so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-No, he didn’t die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t die?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I too thought he had died because of his scream I heard at the end. But he was alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How do you know that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…… I sensed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You sensed it? That he was alive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…… I may not know now after a hundred years have passed, but at that time, he was certainly alive. He lived on to humiliate me to the very end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much time had passed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep resentment becomes yin spiritual energy that holds the soul in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A newly formed vengeful spirit doesn’t immediately form self-awareness due to the adaptation period to the spiritual body change and its low rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took quite some time for her to gain self-awareness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she finally formed her own consciousness, the first thing she saw was none other than a book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘A… book?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She instinctively knew that she was strongly bound to this book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This book was a medium that allowed her to remain more firmly attached to the mortal world even as a spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how could this unfamiliar book be related to her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puzzled, she examined the book closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the process,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘!!!!!!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The book was made from none other than her own heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having become a spirit, she could now see the world differently, so she instinctively knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What on earth had they done with her heart?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened the book made by drying and pressing her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, like any other book, words were inscribed one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words were the verses of the Moon Sword Technique, which combined the Eight Thought-Shattering Techniques with her Moonless Void Sword[1].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What is this……’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if having a headache, she felt pain in her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was strange to feel pain when spirits shouldn’t experience headaches, so why did it hurt so much?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she wondered, a faint memory flowed into her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The heart is the source of life and also symbolizes a person’s feelings. You and I will be together forever.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘!?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t hide her bewilderment at his image appearing in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How…… How was this man still alive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, by his hand…… Ugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, another memory flashed in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was inscribing words on her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…… So-wol. I’ll leave all traces of you here.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Clench!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She bit her lip hard and raged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he looking at this constantly after inscribing it on her heart as if doing it for her sake?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Rumble rumble rumble!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her enraged spiritual energy spread out, the surroundings shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was so angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already miserable enough to become a vengeful spirit due to unresolved resentment, but was he humiliating her even after death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Unable to endure the humiliation from him even after death, I went berserk. Although I hadn’t yet properly gained power as a vengeful spirit, I was consumed by the thought of killing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Were you sealed by him then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he first met Cheong-ryeong, or rather Ryu So-wol, the secret manual made from her heart, which was her medium, was clearly sealed by some magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to her story, it was highly likely that she had been sealed to stop her rampage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…… I don’t know. To be honest, I don’t remember anything from this point on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t remember?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Yes. I have no memory of how I was sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had tried to recall that moment many times, but couldn’t remember no matter how hard she tried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this, Mok Gyeong-un said with a tone of regret,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then you don’t know how that secret manual made from your heart ended up in Yeon Mok Sword Manor either?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I don’t remember. When I was sealed, I was essentially cut off from the outside world. That period was close to a hundred years. However……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had endured solely with the thought of revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of him, she lost her family and caused pain to the man she loved by making him lose someone precious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That remained as deep resentment and pain even as she was dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Only this resentment sustained me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enduring for such a long time while harboring deep resentment was a battle against loneliness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had persevered steadfastly through the long loneliness. However, no matter how strong a vengeful spirit, that terrible loneliness inevitably ate away at one’s own heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why she had crumbled in front of Mok Gyeong-un, who shook her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing the whole story, Mok Gyeong-un, though unskilled in emotions, could understand in his heart how difficult and lonely a battle she had fought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Grasp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held her hand and spoke as if making a vow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I promise you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll erase everything related to him from this world. Even if he’s already dead and gone, it doesn’t matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression became strange at Mok Gyeong-un’s pledge, which carried a sense of murderous intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until now, she had been a spirit interested in nothing but her own revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t help but feel strange that such a person was now vowing revenge for her sake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, she spoke with tearful eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I’m sorry, mortal…… My heart is rotten and decayed, as good as dead long ago. There might be no place for you to settle in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That doesn’t matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-You…… You say such things even after hearing this……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t help that I’ve already come to like you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Ha……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred years had passed since her death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite that, “he” still remained in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why it was even more difficult for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both in life and death, she had considered only him as her man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, she found herself wavering at every word of this mortal whose fate wasn’t even that long, and she felt utterly resentful of herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it just because of loneliness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is that why she wants to lean on him whenever he shakes her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t understand why her heart, which had been like an old tree that would break rather than bend, was now swaying like a reed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I…… I……’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shouldn’t be like this, but every time she looks at him, “he” strangely comes to mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his manner of speech to his appearance, nothing resembled him at all, yet she couldn’t understand why this was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…… I can’t.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shook her head repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared intently at Mok Gyeong-un, who was holding her hand tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite being a spirit, her chest ached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Should I have kept it to myself?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, she had told this story to someone, and it made her feel somewhat relieved to have shared it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she couldn’t help but feel bitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like she had dampened his spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he said it was okay, he would have realized that “he” still remained in her heart, so even this mortal wouldn’t feel too good about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Mortal. I……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s alright.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cheong-ryeong…… Ah. I guess I’ve gotten too used to it. Anyway, So-wol has feelings too, and it’s not wrong that she liked someone and kept him in her heart.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…… Mortal\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy is unexpectedly good at touching others’ hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A person who doesn’t even properly understand his own emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For someone so bleak and cold to try to comfort her instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps that’s why her chest feels even more tingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s strange.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-What do you mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, if I followed my heart, I’d want to steal even So-wol’s feelings for someone else.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But after hearing the story, I realize that doing so would just repeat another pain for So-wol. I don’t want that for her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So for now, I want to focus on my revenge and resolving So-wol’s resentment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words from Mok Gyeong-un, her eyes welled up with tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your words like this shake me even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to say those words, but she quickly composed herself and somehow calmed her emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the first time her heart had gone to someone other than him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she had to suppress this feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The fate between you and me must end with revenge.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a predetermined end when a vengeful spirit resolves its resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there was a set ending, she couldn’t waver anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this anew, she firmly grasped her wavering heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Yes. You’re right, mortal. Let’s focus on your revenge and resolving my resentment for now. And……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-You don’t have to force yourself to call me Ryu So-wol when it doesn’t even feel natural to you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll get used to it soo……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Just call me Cheong-ryeong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I want you to keep calling me Cheong-ryeong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a dark night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two carriages appeared at the foot of a mountain not far from Spiritual Sword Sanctuary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones driving these two carriages were none other than Seop Chun and Mong Mu-yak, subordinates of Mok Gyeong-un.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had barely managed to catch up to their lord, who had flown ahead using the Shadow Sword Flying Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they came this far, thinking they only needed to find the treasure bead and wouldn’t have to enter Spiritual Sword Sanctuary’s territory, they had somehow reached a place not too far from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual Sword Sanctuary was the domain of Ou Cheon-mu, one of the Six Heavens, so even their lord wouldn’t have approached this place carelessly, but why was there still no news?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Screech!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoa!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seop Chun, who was driving the horse behind, was startled and stopped when the carriage in front suddenly halted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seop Chun then shouted towards the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mu-yak. You should signal when you’re stopping……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Seop Chun could see why the carriage in front had stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were people in front of the carriage who appeared to be sword disciples from Spiritual Sword Sanctuary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seop Chun quickly launched himself towards the front of the carriage to support them, but,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Swoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What’s this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw that Mong Mu-yak had a strange expression on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Shing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although puzzled, he tried to draw his unique weapon, the Gwangmudo, to prepare for a fight, when,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mong Mu-yak held him back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop? Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, something caught Seop Chun’s eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the Spiritual Sword Sanctuary sword disciples was a middle-aged man at the Transcendent Realm, who was respectfully cupping his hands in salute to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why on earth were they doing this? As he wondered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His Lordship is waiting. From here on, it will be difficult to move by carriage, so please follow on foot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His Lordship? You mean the master of Spiritual Sword Sanctuary?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did they notice our entry and send someone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he was thinking this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. Lord Heavenly Demon sent us to escort you all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘!?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Seop Chun doubted his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Heavenly Demon?\u003C\u002Fp>",2134,"2026-05-30T14:58:18.410Z","2026-06-01T04:31:31.827Z",1,"novelbin.me","43896baacaf0fd6cbb470e72c076734967ac432fdc476e79e123dfe84adb76eb","myst-might-mayhem-chapter-380","myst-might-mayhem-chapter-378",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmyst-might-mayhem-cover.jpg"]