Flames flared.
From the tips of Gu Cheolwoonâs feet, heat began to spread. Gradually, the energy took shape and transformed into flames.
The fire, which started scorching the floor, soon turned into shimmering waves, burning fiercely as if reflecting its masterâs emotions.
How could he not be angry? He wanted to burn everything down right that moment.
Yet, he held it back.
To describe Gu Cheolwoonâs lifeâit was a life of endless restraint and contemplation.
It was the destiny of every bloodline born into the Gu family, the burden of their clanâs legacy.
And among them, Gu Cheolwoonâs life was especially so.
The Gu family was a lineage born to atone for their ancestors and inherit their sins.
In all of the familyâs history, there had never been anyone like Gu Cheolwoon.
Everything about him was exceptional.
It was what his father often said when he was still a father.
That there had never been anyone like him in the Gu familyâs history.
And Gu Cheolwoon proved those words true.
Even among the Gu bloodline, known for their relatively small builds, he stood out with his unusually large frame.
When he first began practicing Gu Flame Wheel Technique, he entered the realm of Intent almost immediately.
It took him less than a year to reach the Five Star level, a process that typically required five years on average.
He grew stronger simply by breathing and sleeping.
It was a phrase often said in jest, yet it applied to him.
A genius bestowed by the heavens.
A monster who could perhaps rival Yeon Ilcheon, the man who supposedly stopped the Blood Disaster.
That was Gu Cheolwoon in the Gu family.
To remain confined in Shanxiâa place where the Gu family had faded into obscurityâwas a waste.
Thus, his father, the head of the family, made a decision.
For the first time in history, a direct descendant of the Gu family was sent out into the world.
An unprecedented act.
While a head or a successor could leave upon inheriting their position, never before had someone been sent out entirely like this.
How could his father make such a choice?
Gu Cheolwoon never understood. He wanted to ask, but it was too late now.
The head of the family back then was no longer present.
Even if he called him father or the previous head, that man no longer existed.
He had taken on the familyâs burdensâthe sins that the Gu familyâs head must bear.