Synopsis

The chapter details how the General Strategist was behind attempts to assassinate the Young Leader, using the Lesser Ming Palace and framing the Orthodox Faction. Jae Gal Tong, the Hao Clan leader, reveals this plot to Cult Leader Ma Taepyung and joins the Ming Cult. Meanwhile, Ma Chunso, the Young Leader, is crippled but uses his condition to send a provocation to the Slaughter Palace, requesting they send an assassin to kill him. Finally, a terrifying assassin called Formless Murder is introduced, hinting at his connection to the current events.