ladyjlb's manga / #revenge(3)

Ch 117 as of 23/01/23 * End of Season 1, Ch 103 * ugh there’s romance … - ML is Jagang Jin who as a child survived the massacre of his family and sect, the White Flower Valley / 100 Flower Valley of Sorrow Clan of the medicine school, by the poison sects in the Yunnan region. - ML was held captive and used for extensive poison experimentation. He became immune to all poisons and he has deadly poison in his body. He also has the ability to absorb poisons into his body. His healing and recovery rate from injury is faster than normal. - ML was trapped in a mine by the poison sects who wanted to remove any evidence of what they’d done to the medicine school sects. From the other survivors in the mine, ML is taught the martial arts and other secrets of various medical clans. ML spends 8yrs digging his way out while training himself for his revenge. He sustains himself with poisoned water and grass. - In his journey for vengeance, ML realises he must fight a new world order that justifies any evil acts for self gain. - ML grows up to be known as the Venom Dragon, the legend of Asura, the greatest assassin in the martial arts world. - Lee Joong Baek / Baekli Joong (Indestructible Godly / Celestial Sword): a general in the Martial Arts / Murim Alliance that ML is targeting. The Alliance is corrupt for supporting the repression of the medicine school clans by the poison sects. He became the lord of the Blue Dragon Blade sect. - Mang Ryo, Poisons Advisor of the Murim Alliance and elder of the Jidok (venom) poison sect. He was involved in the murder of ML’s family and sect. He was the one who experimented on ML and is ML’s arch enemy. His personal vendetta against ML for the loss of his leg and eye has grown into a very deep obsession. - 20yo ML first targets the Jidok (venom) clan, who have continued to eradicate medical clans while stealing their martial art secrets. He uses poison from cinnabar which was found in the mine. - The 3 great poison sects: Darkness sect, Iron Umbrella sect, and Poison Valley sect. Teams from each of these sects and Mang Ryo go to the Jidok sect to investigate who wiped them out. ML takes out Iron Umbrella and Darkness, while Mang Ryo kills Poison Valley as a favour to ML. Mang Ryo also kills the civilians nearby and he frames ML for their deaths. - ML goes to the Darkness sect HQ next. He uses morning glory seeds to poison the flour used to make their rice cakes to kill them all. He drinks divine snake venom from their storage. He discovers someone has killed the nearby civilians … again it was Mang Ryo. - Mang Ryo also frames ML for the death of the young master of the Ripening Millet sect. - On the way to the poison sects meeting, ML targets the Iron Umbrella sect. He poisons the tableware they use at the inn they’re staying at. Before he dies, the sect leader says ML doesn’t know the full story and the medical clans weren’t blameless. - Poison Valley sect HQ is the site of the meeting. ML has poisoned the roof tiles with lethal snake venom and waits for the rain. Mang Ryo set up ML to be discovered by the Poison Valley Sect, and for the Justice / Righteous sects to rally behind the Ripening Millet sect to challenge the Poison Valley sect. As it starts to rain, ML screams out who he is and his purpose. The roof leaks and ML fights the sect leaders until they succumb to the poison. - Wi Jong the leader of the Poison Valley sect is stopped by Mang Ryo from killing an unconscious ML. Mang Ryo reveals to all that he’s the mastermind behind everything. He then kills everyone. An assassin from the Sichuan region is observing as Mang Ryo’s ally and leaves to report back to her superiors. - Mang Ryo uses his power and the forbidden Blood Berserk Heavenly Art to unblock the meridians in ML so he’ll grow stronger. The higher ML climbs and his hope grows, the further Mang Ryo wants to make ML fall into despair. - Discussion between Mang Ryo and Baekli Joong: they decide to spread a rumour blaming the Lesser sects for what happened between the poison sects and the justice sects. - The “3 Dragons and 4 Phoenixes”: the 7 strongest Murim families at present. Baekli Joong suggests to sacrifice 1 of these. - ML is treated by Mr Jang, a friend he made while doing construction for the poison sects meeting. Mr Jang becomes very sick due to the poisons from Wi Jong that remained on ML’s clothes. While gathering ingredients to treat Mr Jang, ML meets the head of the Lesser sects, Dan Ryungkyung, Yoohwa of Shandong, the Maiden of Unfaltering Righteousness. - The Maiden and Baekli Joong were once married. She believed that this chivalrous man loved her but he was only after her family’s secret arts book. Once he obtained this book, he abandoned her and accused her family of being part of the demon sect which led to their annihilation. He was considered a righteous man for throwing away his wife in the name of justice. - The Maiden forms a contract with ML where she offers 3 favours and he agrees to a promise. The favours are: - 1. The antidote of extracting powder for Mr Jang, - 2. A special Qi technique called “Splitting Arrow Bullet”, - 3. A warning to beware the Valiant Phoenix called Jaegal Yeon who is looking for him. - The promise is that he’ll spare the life of one person when she asks, even if that person is someone he desperately needs to kill. - Jaegal Yoon takes Mr Jang hostage and ML comes to save him. ML fights against her and he injures her bodyguard Yoong Shin with a poison gale as part of the splitting arrow bullet. Jaegal Yoon takes a poison resistance pill but it’s actually a deadly poison pill that was distributed among the Alliance by Mang Ryo. - ML helps them to a cave then he takes Mr Jang home and treats him. An assassin comes to kill Jaegal Yoon but is stopped by ML. The assassin manages to free his arm and shoot a poison needle into Jaegal Yoon and she dies. - Baekli Joong got rid of Jaegal Yoon who had a close relationship with his disciple and adoptive son, Baekli Kwon the Silent Dragon. He wants the Sword Queen’s disciple, the Frost Phoenix, to marry Baekli Kwon and bring the Sword Queen to his side. - Sage Haewul Jinin, current leader of the Martial Arts Alliance. - Under his leadership, the ideology changed from chivalry and justice to gains and losses. Once righteous warriors and nobles clans became corrupt, acting only for their own self interests. - ML enters Nanjie Village after receiving a death sentence from the Jaegal clan, who surround the village. Jaegal Yeon’s uncle, Jaegal Meong leads the clan. After a month of waiting to see if the Lesser clans would take action, he orders the clan’s special military strategic formation to trap ML in the village. - ML uses explosions to create an escape route for the villagers who were being slaughtered. Thanks to Yoong Shin’s hints about the circulation of the fish, ML figures out the formation and manages to escape it with the help of a few traps. - Suddenly Baekli Kwon appears, overcome with grief and anger over the death of Jaegal Yeon. Mang Ryo had slipped a note to Baekli Kwon, telling him where ML was. Mang Ryo introduces himself to the Maiden and tells her that he got Baekli Kwon to come, as he knows she wants someone from the Baekli bloodline. Baekli Kwon and ML have a fierce and intense battle. - The Maiden stops Baekli Kwon from dealing a potentially fatal blow to ML and she fights him instead. Baekli Kwon is overcome by the effects of the poison resistance pill. Jaegal Meong arrives to challenge the Maiden and they fight. Mang Ryo intervenes and decides to take Baekli Kwon away to heal him. - ML is shocked that Mang Ryo is still alive and realises he was behind everything. Before leaving, Mang Ryo tells the Maiden to look after ML for him and he’ll do a swap with her when Baekli Kwon is well. - The Maiden swiftly defeats Jaegal Meong and has her people take ML away. ML wakes up at the Secret Society Lesser sect’s base. - ML learns about how the medicine sects attacked the poison sects first in the central region. There had always been hostilities between them and the poison sects were accused of making forbidden poisons. The Tang family of Sichuan supported the poison sects, and the medicine sects eventually were all defeated. - Mang Ryo takes Baekli Kwon to the Tang family in Sichuan to be treated. It was the Tangs who made the poisonous pill (disguised as a poison resistance pill). The assassin observing the Poison Valley sect with Mang Ryo was Miss Tang HaRan. - ML decides to go his own way and travel around, to experience the world and confirm for himself what is true and what isn’t. He bids farewell to the Maiden and the Secret Society. He’s given a pouch of rejuvenating circulation pills. The Maiden warns him that he’ll be under surveillance by those in control of Sichuan … - The 3 Greats / Kings of Sichuan: - Tang family, the best of the poison sects; - Emei sect, 1 of 2 great Buddhist clans along with Shaolin; - QingCheng sect, a Taoist clan that hasn’t joined the Alliance. - The Maiden agrees to meet Mang Ryo to get Baekli Kwon, despite knowing it’s a trap. Mang Ryo tells Baekli Joong of this meeting after he’s beaten up, to prove he’s still useful. - At the meeting, the Maiden is attacked by Baekli Kwon and Mang Ryo while the Jaegal clan surround the area. One of her bodyguards helps her to escape after she loses an arm and is poisoned. - A young QingCheng ascetic called Unjeong joins ML after initially following his trail. Unjeong tells ML that the Secret Society base will cease to exist as the Murim Alliance will attack them soon, with the Emei sect observing. Unjeong stops ML from going back with his sound arts. ML is helped by the Tangs who test him with a venomous snake. Unjeong decides to help ML get back quickly to the Secret Society. - ML arrives in time to save the Maiden from Myo Wol, the Gentle Touch Buddha of the Emei sect. Unjeong sees the senseless killing and steps in to stop Myo Wol who is intent on killing everyone. - ML takes a circulation pill and uses a toad art technique transferred from the Maiden. He throws a poison needle through the sword and into the eye of Myo Wol. - Reinforcements arrive to help the Secret Society. - Myo Wol escapes. The next day, the survivors of the Secret Society pack up and leave. ML and Unjeong go with them. - Taoist Bokcheon, vice leader of the QingCheng sect. - He stops Buddhist nuns of the Emei sect from attacking the Secret Society carriages. - ML gets the Secret Society to disguise themselves as merchants and go back to Sichuan. None of their enemies will think they’d risk returning. They go to Mt QingCheng and are met by Bokcheon. - Bokcheon allows them to stay and recover in an empty temple. ML makes a bet with Bokcheon that ML can remain in position for 3 rounds. ML manages to withstand Bokcheon’s attacks and gains his acknowledgement. - Mang Ryo is summoned by “Hades”, Tang Chung who is the true decision maker in the Tang clan. Mang Ryo is given the Hades plaque which means he’ll receive full support from the Tang clan to carry out his plans. - Tang HaRan is ordered by Mang Ryo to deliver the antidote to the Maiden. In exchange she must bring ML back to the Tang estate as her fiancé. HaRan arrives at Mt QingCheng and challenges ML to a duel. If he wins, she’ll give him the antidote. - Eventually HaRan admits defeat to ML’s sheer willpower. She gives him the antidote, not knowing it’s actually a weak poison. - Mang Ryo used HaRan as bait. Now she’s been abandoned by her family. She tells ML that Mang Ryo has worked for the Tangs for a long time and he has the Hades plaque. - Mang Ryo with the Tangs developed an ultimate poison that works on everyone. They’re studying how to mass produce it. This is possibly related to the annihilation of the medical sects 10yrs ago. - ML thinks the Tangs have the transaction books of the medical sects. These books detail the types of herbs used by each local sect for their internal energy cultivation. The Tangs can work out from these herbs what would harm each sect. - ML decides to accept HaRan’s marriage proposal so he can infiltrate the Tang family and investigate their plans. - ML and HaRan travel to the Tang estate. - Mang Ryo and Myo Wol “greet” ML. - Mu Am the Supreme Taoist, the blind QingCheng sect leader. - Abbess In Eun, Emei sect leader. - Mang Ryo and the Tangs ally with the Emei sect to destroy the QingCheng sect. - ML meets Hades and In Eun. Hades confirms he ordered the annihilation of the medical sects. ML tries to attack Hades but is stopped by Hades’ immense poison energy. In Eun knocks out ML. - ML wakes up in the Tang archival pavilion with his hands chained together. He has 10 days to find and learn the ultimate martial arts. - ML finds a book that teaches him a martial arts technique for starting a fire with his internal energy. After 9 days ML starts a fire in the pavilion. He defeats the Tang men who come after him and escapes the pavilion. ML is attacked by Myo Wol. - Mang Ryo goes to HaRan to see if she’ll help ML and betray her clan. He gives her the real antidote for the Maiden and a tiger energy potion. He also gives her the Soul Reaper Threads: one of the Tang clan’s greatest weapons. Then Mang Ryo quietly leaves the Tang estate. - HaRan finds ML and fights against Myo Wol with him. She gives him the items from Mang Ryo and helps him to flee while she distracts Myo Wol. In Eun stops Myo Wol from killing HaRan. - Tang Gwi-Ok, head of the Tang clan. - As punishment, HaRan is imprisoned. ML comes to rescue her. - He was disguised as a guard then killed all of the prison guards. ML and HaRan exit the prison. Hades and Gwi-Ok are waiting for them. ML released all of the people who were wrongfully imprisoned and used by the Tang clan. These people agreed to put their lives in ML’s hands in exchange for the death of Hades. - ML offers a deal to Hades: ML will let the Tang prisoners live if Hades lets ML and HaRan leave. Hades makes it clear that he values ML far more than he values the prisoners. - ML has no choice but to kill the prisoners. He calls out their names and titles to never forget their resentment. - ML and HaRan are allowed to leave but they know they’ll always be pursued by the Tang clan. (kiss, sex implied. Ch 99-100) - They return to Mt QingCheng and give the antidote to the Maiden. - Mu Am makes a surprise visit to the Maiden. They had feelings for each other in the past but she chose Baekli Joong. - Mang Ryo spread false rumours that the Maiden was being held prisoner by the QingCheng sect. Her followers arrive at Mt QingCheng and demand to see her. She is in seclusion for 2wks after taking the antidote and needs time to expel the poison. - Jade Cavern’s 9-Illuminations 5-Thunder Toad Art - Mu Am teaches ML about the Toad Art that is a unique martial art of the QingCheng sect by using a Go board game. - Mu Am was collaborating with someone from the demonic sect to complete the Toad Art. That person is currently imprisoned by the Guizhou branch of Uma. He is the demonic faction’s strongest warrior, Yulhwan Ya from the Mystic order. - Grand Uma Elders (?) - 3 factions: orthodox, unorthodox, demonic - Mang Ryo visits the Murim Alliance HQ to meet Haewul Jinin. Mang Ryo tries to kill Haewul using a deadly poison provided by the Tang clan, but Haewul is unharmed. If the Tang clan had a poison strong enough to kill him, Haewul would’ve wiped them out. - Haewul lets Mang Ryo go. Haewul vanishes after collapsing his pavilion to make it look like he was attacked. The Murim world is shocked to hear about the “attack” and is thrown into chaos. - The Tang clan frame Mang Ryo and ML for the attack on Haewul. The Murim Alliance demand the QingCheng sect handover ML and the Maiden. The QingCheng sect will not comply with the Alliance’s orders. After a general meeting, QingCheng sect decide to abandon Mt QingCheng and disappear to ensure the survival of the sect. Mu Am stays behind to protect the Maiden who remains in seclusion. - Yeo Jinkyung the Lightning Sword and the White Tiger troops ** vs ** - Gale the Rogue, Gulyun (1 of the 8 Enchanted Demons), & Hwasa Goddess - Mu Am tells ML to find Yulhwan Ya in Guizhou. - HaRan will wait for ML. She’s pregnant and will go into hiding. - ML infiltrates the prison in Guizhou where Yulhwan Ya is held. - ML challenges Yulhwan Ya to a go match. ML begs his life in exchange for learning martial arts from Yulhwan Ya. - During the match, Yulhwan Ya realises Mu Am is sending a message that his life is nearing its end and they won’t be able to play go together anymore. Yulhwan Ya transfers his Qi to ML. - Baekli Joong attacks Mt QingCheng while ML is in Guizhou. - Mu Am and Baekli Joong have a fierce battle. The Maiden comes out of seclusion and interrupts them. Mu Am sacrifices himself and dies to protect the Maiden. - Mang Ryo and Myo Wol arrive … the Maiden is forced to accept their help against Baekli Joong … - HaRan is kidnapped by Baekli Kwon and Yang Jeon the Pleasure Dragon.