Cheon Hwi was the only son and heir of the Cheon Clan, a martial arts family based in Anhui Province. Since he was young, he always believed that he would succeed his father and become the next Patriarch of the Clan, so he threw himself into relentless training.
Alas, even after years of training, his martial arts skills did not develop properly. No matter how hard he trained, his inner energy simply could not flow properly.
Fate came when he was twelve years old. The Clan's Elders were worried that Hwi was too weak to succeed his father, so some of them nominated Cheon Seolhwa, a ten-year-old girl from the branch family and also Cheon Hwi's cousin, to replace him as the heir of the Clan. Some of the Elders agreed, while others disagreed, so they decided to hold a duel between Cheon Hwi and Cheon Seolhwa. The winner would become the heir of the Clan.
Cheon Seolhwa was the Clan's absolute genius in martial arts. Cheon Hwi had no chance of winning, but he still fought. At the end of the duel, in a desperate attempt to win, Cheon Hwi used the unknown energy stored in his heart and managed to launch a counterattack. However, his body fell to the ground, and blood came out of all his orifices.
While he was on the brink of death, a Western mage appeared and saved his life. Afterward, the mage told him that what he had used was mana.
So it began. Now that he knew where his talent lay, he abandoned the path of martial arts and walked down a completely new path.
Magic.
