HEUKYEON: THE CHOSEN ONE

When twenty-five-year-old Kang Min Jae gave his last piece of bread to a starving old woman in a rain-soaked alley, he expected nothing in return. Instead, she gave him a kiss. That single moment marked him as a Seontaekja—one of the chosen. From that day forward, Min Jae's voice began to change the people around him. Words carried unnatural weight. Commands became difficult to resist. Lives shifted in directions he never intended. At first, it felt like a miracle. Then came the consequences. Strange whispers echoed in empty rooms. Unfamiliar symbols appeared in forgotten places. A mysterious book found its way into his hands. And every time he used his power, something inside him seemed to change in return. Because every Seontaekja eventually learns the same truth: No power is free. Beyond the world of the living exists Heukyeon, the World of Death—a place where failed Seontaekja pay the price for the gifts they once embraced. As ancient forces begin moving in the shadows and the boundary between worlds slowly weakens, Min Jae finds himself drawn into a conflict that has existed for centuries. A conflict watched over by six immortal guardians known only as the Yunkee. Now he must decide what kind of Seontaekja he will become. Before the voice consumes him completely.