
by SO NYUN HANG
The gate did not open.Youngwoo realized they were going to die outside the wall. Abandoned outside the southern gate, a disposable soldier survives when everyone expects him to die. Wounded, poisoned, and cast aside by his own comrades, he begins a brutal climb through the harsh life of a frontier garrison. In the collapsing battlefields of Goryeo, survival demands more than loyalty.It demands strength, strategy, and the blade. War and intrigue will shape the fate of a forgotten soldier. The soldier no one expected to live will become a master.
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| 0 | 1. The Tuntian Garrison | 0 |
| 1 | Chapter 2 – Before the Gate That Would Not Open | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 3 – The Enemy Charge Begins | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 4 – Desperate Stand | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 5 – and Alive | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 6 – Imprisoned | 0 |
| 6 | Chapter 7 – The War Council | 0 |
| 7 | Chapter 8 – The General Comes to the Prison | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 9. Prison | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 10 – The Assassination Attempt | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 11 – The Fall of Park Cheol-gu | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 12 – Release | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 13 – Park Geun-su’s Defense | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 14 – The Assassination Attempt | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 15 – Hunting Him Down | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 16 – The Protest | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 17 – Stepping Back, But Not Giving Up | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 18 – Daejeong Lee Yeong-woo | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 19 – The Cunning of Lee Hui-song | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 19 – Comrades at the Sickbed | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 21 – Recovery II | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 22 – Return | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 23 – Reports | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 24 – Trouble Breaks Out | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 25 – Voice Sent in Secret | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 26 – Let’s Talk | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 27 – Once Again at the Edge of Life and Death | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 28 – Once Again at the Edge of Life and Death (2) | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 29 – Returning from Death | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 30 – The General Reviews | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 31 – The Visit of Master Baek In-gyeom | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 32 – The Visit of Master Baek In-gyeom The Small Heavenly Cycle – Part I | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 33 – The Visit of Master Baek In-gyeom | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 34 – The Visit of Master Baek In-gyeom The Small Heavenly Cycle – Part III | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 35 – The Formula of the Small Heavenly Cycle | 0 |
| 35 | hapter 36 – Practicing the Sword: Joseon Se Beop | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 37 – The Subtle Intention (妙意) | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 38 – Return Report | 0 |
| 38 | hapter 39 — In These Busy Times, When Will I Ever Work for Myself? | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 40 — War Again | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 41 – Focus on the Battle | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 42 – Return Fire | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 43. Summoned Again | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 44. Seo Uitaek’s Proposal | 0 |
| 44 | Chapter 45. Riding Out Alone (單騎出陣) | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 46. Counsel and Preparation | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 47 — My Disciple | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 48 — Left Alone | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 49 – Fighting Alone Against Many | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 50 – Who Is Your Master | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 51 – An Expression of Interest | 0 |
| 51 | Chapter 52 – Negotiation and Promise | 0 |
| 52 | Chapter 53. A Letter from the Master | 0 |
| 53 | Chapter 54. The Goryeo Camp | 0 |
| 54 | Chapter 55. Turned Away at the Gate | 0 |
| 55 | Chapter 56. The Judgment of Baek In-gyeom | 0 |
| 56 | Chapter 57. The Heavenly Nobleman (天乙貴人) 1. | 0 |
| 57 | Chapter 58. The Heavenly Nobleman (天乙貴人) 2 | 0 |
| 58 | Chapter 59. Master and Disciple — No Grudges Left Behind | 0 |
| 59 | Chapter 60. Lee Youngwoo, Rangjang of Seonchunryeong Fortress, Northern Expeditionary Army | 0 |
| 60 | Chapter 61. The Return of the Nine Fortresses — A Change in the Situation | 0 |
| 61 | Chapter 62. Lee Youngwoo in the Guest Camp | 0 |
| 62 | Chapter 63. Ahn Huise | 0 |
| 63 | Chapter 64 – Audience with the Great Khan | 0 |
| 64 | Chapter 65 – Armor, Shields, and Horses | 0 |
| 65 | Chapter 66 – They Did Not Persuade the Tribes; They Changed the Structure and Made an Army | 0 |
| 66 | Chapter 67 – The Prelude to War | 0 |
| 67 | Chapter 68 – Battle of Ningjiang (寧江州) – We Can Win | 0 |
| 68 | Chapter 69 – Battle of Ningjiang | 0 |
| 69 | Chapter 70 – Taking Ningjiang | 0 |
| 70 | Chapter 71. – Battle of Ningjiang – They Flood Into the City | 0 |
| 71 | Chapter 73 – War Council | 0 |
| 72 | Chapter 74 – The Integration of the Tribes | 0 |
| 73 | Chapter 75 – Intelligence and Reconnaissance | 0 |
| 74 | Chapter 76 – Strike First – The March | 0 |
| 75 | Chapter 77 – Attaining Mastery in the War Camp | 0 |
| 76 | Chapter 78 — Youngwoo’s Training I: Gathering Qi 氣 | 0 |
| 77 | Chapter 79. Youngwoo’s Training (2) – Refining Essence into Qi | 0 |
| 78 | Chapter 80. Youngwoo’s Training (3) – Refining Qi into Spirit | 0 |
| 79 | Chapter 81. Youngwoo’s Training – Attainment | 0 |
| 80 | Chapter 82 – The Beginning of the Operation | 0 |
| 81 | Chapter 83 – Operation Begins 2 | 0 |
| 82 | Chapter 84 – The Offensive Unleashed | 0 |
| 83 | Chapter 85 – Rout | 0 |
| 84 | Chapter 86 – Xiao Sixian Struggles to Hold | 0 |
| 85 | Chapter 87 — The End of the Battlefield | 0 |
| 86 | Chapter 88 – Turning Merit Over | 0 |
| 87 | Chapter 89. Distributing Merit — The Bear Performs, Another Takes the Reward | 0 |
| 88 | Chapter 90 – Liao’s Request for Aid – The Envoy’s Appeal | 0 |
| 89 | 91.We resolved never to betray Goryeo. | 0 |
| 90 | Chapter 92 Long ago, a monk of Pyeongju named Geumjun entered the Jurchen lands | 0 |
| 91 | Chapter 92 – Yeongu’s Proposal | 0 |
| 92 | Chapter 93 – “So, you are the noble one who came from Goryeo.” | 0 |
| 93 | Chapter 94 – Diplomacy upon Diplomacy upon Diplomacy | 0 |
| 94 | Chapter 95 – Wanyan Zonghan | 0 |
| 95 | Chapter 96 – Dispersal | 0 |
| 96 | Chapter 97 – Questions and Answers | 0 |
| 97 | Chapter 98. Toward Jeojeon(pig market) | 0 |
| 98 | Chapter 99. To the Yongho Army | 0 |
| 99 | Chapter 100. Then where are we supposed to report? | 0 |
| 100 | Chapter 101. Even a Dog in Its Own Yard… | 0 |
| 101 | Chapter 102. Back to the Yongho Army — Park Geunsu | 0 |
| 102 | Chapter 103. The Council of Generals (Jungbang) — 1 | 0 |
| 103 | Chapter 104. The Council of Generals (Jungbang) — 2 | 0 |
| 104 | Chapter 105. The Council of Generals (Jungbang) — 3 | 0 |
| 105 | Chapter 106. You Should’ve Stayed the Night | 0 |
| 106 | Chapter 107. The Road Back | 0 |
| 107 | Chapter 108. Reporting to the Geumowi | 0 |
| 108 | Chapter 109. Imprisonment | 0 |
| 109 | Chapter 110. Taking a Contract | 0 |
| 110 | Chapter 111 — At Hoegyeong Hall (會慶殿) | 0 |
| 111 | Chapter 112 — Yeong-u Speaks of the Current State of the Goryeo Army | 0 |
| 112 | Chapter 113 — Recess (休廷) | 0 |
| 113 | Chapter 114 — Nowhere to Go | 0 |
| 114 | Chapter 115 — Meeting the Master | 0 |
| 115 | Chapter 116. O-ryang of O-ryang Mountain | 0 |
| 116 | Chapter 117 — Descending the Mountain | 0 |
| 117 | Chapter 118 – Continuing Discord Discord I | 0 |
| 118 | Chapter 119 — The Envoy Lodge | 0 |
| 119 | Chapter 120 – Rejecting the Proposal | 0 |
| 120 | Chapter 121 — So This Is My Grave | 0 |
| 121 | Chapter 122 — When Dragons and Tigers Collide | 0 |
| 122 | Chapter 123 — He Lies in the Royal Chamber and Is Cut Down | 0 |
| 123 | Chapter 124 — Snatched Back from Death | 0 |
| 124 | Chapter 125 — Dreams | 0 |
| 125 | Chapter 126 — Crossing the River of Death | 0 |
| 126 | Chapter 127 — Rebirth | 0 |
| 127 | Chapter 128 — Transformation of Flesh and Bone | 0 |
| 128 | Chapter 129 — Return | 0 |
| 129 | Chapter 130 — Back to Liaodong: Supreme Capital Huining Prefecture | 0 |
| 130 | Chapter 131 — Reception | 0 |
| 131 | Chapter 132 — Sending Tribute with the Reply | 0 |
| 132 | Chapter 133 — The Jin State Was Founded by the Jurchens, Yet Around It Lingered the Shadow of Goryeo | 0 |
| 133 | Chapter 134 — The Beginning of Empire Building | 0 |
| 134 | Chapter 135 — Delegation Brings Space; Study Continues in Daily Life | 0 |
| 135 | Chapter 136 — Training the Iron Pagoda Cavalry: Structure | 0 |
| 136 | Chapter 137 — Standing Stake Training (站桩功) | 0 |
| 137 | Chapter 138 — Cultural Differences (1) | 0 |
| 138 | Chapter 139 — Cultural Differences (2) | 0 |
| 139 | Chapter 140 — The Army Changed | 0 |
| 140 | Chapter 141 — The Master’s Visit | 0 |