
WitheredLeaf
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Novels by WitheredLeaf

Return of the Moyong Clan's Prodigal Master
Moyong Ha-jun was the "Shield of the Moyong," a warrior who conquered the Northern Wastes and silenced the Ghost King to elevate his clan to glory.
But a dog that grows too strong makes its master tremble. Under the guise of a mission in the Death Forest, Ha-jun is poisoned by his disciple and ambushed by the very Shadow Guard he once trained.
He fights like a demon, but ultimately falls to his cousin’s blade, his body dismembered and burned to ash to erase his existence.
However, Ha-jun’s rage is too potent for death to contain. As his bones turn to dust, the "Great Swordmaster System" answers his call, rewinding the fabric of time.
Ha-jun wakes up in his fifteen-year-old body, decades before his execution. He retains the memories of every technique, every traitor, and the searing pain of the fire.
Armed with a System that rewards ruthless "Blood-Debts," Ha-jun begins a new path. He will not be the shield this time. He will be the sword at their throats, and he will burn the Moyong Clan down, its root and stem.
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Chapter: New Breakthrough
He possessed the Eye of the Mirror Mind, a photographic memory so absolute it felt almost like a curse.In his previous life, he had hidden this. In the Moyong Clan, a "runt" who remembered everything was a threat.If the Elders knew he had memorized their ledgers just by glancing at them, or that he knew the flaws in their sword forms just by watching them spar once, they would have gouged his eyes out before he turned ten.So, he had played the fool. He had pretended to be slow. He had let them call him stupid while he silently archived their every sin, every technique, every weakness in the vault of his brain.Now, the vault was open.[System Observation: Host brain activity elevated to 400%.] [Query: You are manually archiving the target 'Yeon-joo's' movement patterns. Why? The System can scan and store this data instantly. You are duplicating effort.]Ha-jun didn't react externally. Inside his mind, his voice was cold steel.“You are a tool, System. A useful tool, but a tool non
Last Updated: 2026-02-10
Chapter: His Secret
[System Status Update.] [Time elapsed: 14 Days.] [Cultivation Base: Chaos Secret Art - Stage 1 (Peak).] [Physical Status: Monsters grade toughness.] [Acquired Resistance: Blunt Force (High), Neurotoxin (Medium), Pain (Max).]One evening, around a fire made of green, crackling spirit-wood, the trio sat eating the roasted thigh of a Saber-Toothed Tiger.Ha-jun tore into the meat with his bare hands, grease coating his chin. He ate like a starving wolf, ignoring the heat."Slow down, Little Monster," Ma chuckled, poking the fire with a stick. "The tiger is dead. It won't run away.""I need calories," Ha-jun grunted, swallowing a chunk of meat whole. "The Furnace is hungry.""This damned brat is always so hungry," Yeon-joo sighed, resting her head on Giant’s shoulder. "We’re going to run out of food before we reach the Main Domain."Ha-jun paused mid-chew. "Main Domain?"Ma nodded, his expression turning strangely serious beneath the flickering shadows of his hat."The Heavenly Demon
Last Updated: 2026-02-10
Chapter: Brutal Training
He grabbed Ha-jun’s shoulder. His grip was like a vice made of ice."You don't want to talk? Fine. Then you work. If that body of yours is a mystery, let’s see what happens when we push it until the gears strip."Ma’s eyes gleamed with sadistic delight."Welcome to the Grinder, Little Monster. Class is in session."The training of the Violet Mist Sect was not "cultivation." It was structured torture.In the Orthodox sects, disciples sat under waterfalls or practised forms in neat rows. They meditated on the beauty of nature.Here, they meditated on the inevitability of pain.Day 1: The Press of the MountainGiant took Ha-jun to the "Playground." It was a gorge filled with boulders ranging from the size of watermelons to the size of houses."Strong bones," Giant grunted, looking at Ha-jun. "Show me."Giant picked up a boulder the size of a carriage. He didn't toss it. He walked over to Ha-jun, who was lying flat on his back in the mud, and simply dropped it.BOOM.The rock slammed into
Last Updated: 2026-02-09
Chapter: Violet Mist Sect
"That's quality, my friend!" Ma called back. "Heavy bones mean a sturdy house! We’re going to build a monster!"***Ha-jun floated in the void of his subconscious. The blue screen was the only light.[Alert: Host has been compromised.] [Status: Kidnapped.] [Captors identified: The Violet Mist Sect (Unorthodox Faction).] [Threat Level: Extreme... but oddly non-hostile.][System Calculation...] [Route Recalculation...][Conclusion: This is hilarious.][The Host wanted to escape the Orthodox restrictions to cultivate Demonic Arts. Now, he is being hand-delivered to the capital of Demonic Arts by a lunatic who thinks he is a collector's item.][Task: Rest. Let the brute carry you. You just saved yourself a two-week walk.][System Note: Try not to kill them immediately when you wake up. These crazies might actually be the best teachers you could ask for.]Ha-jun slept on, drooling slightly on the Giant's shoulder, unaware that he had just been promoted from "Clan Reject" to "Demonic Se
Last Updated: 2026-02-09
Chapter: Orthodox Puppy
But before the first crow could land, the shadows at the base of the cliff rippled.They didn't just move; they peeled away from the rock face like wet stickers.Three figures stepped out of the darkness.They didn't walk like bandits, nor did they walk like soldiers.They moved with a loose, disjointed fluidity that suggested their bones were made of water, or perhaps that they simply didn't care about gravity.The leader was a tall, lanky man wearing a robe that seemed to be stitched together from a dozen different expensive silks, red, purple, black, and gold.He wore a wide-brimmed hat that shadowed his face, revealing only a mouth that was stitched into a permanent, unnerving grin.To his left was a brute of a man, or a creature. He was nearly seven feet tall, shirtless, his skin the color of old copper and covered in tattoos of weeping demons. He wore a necklace of finger bones.To his right was a woman. She was petite, holding a paper parasol despite the lack of sun. She wore b
Last Updated: 2026-02-07
Chapter: Eliminated
The Bandit Chief, a massive man wielding a greataxe, stepped forward. "Is this the runt? He looks soft.""He is soft," Gwak laughed. "Break his legs first. Let him scream a bit. The Clan Head wants to know that he suffered a gruesome pain before he dies."Ha-jun sat on his horse. He looked at the fifty men surrounding him. He looked at the steel in their hands.He slowly dismounted. His boots hit the dust with a heavy, solid thud.He untied the wooden sword from his waist."Soft," Ha-jun repeated, testing the word.He looked up. The Eye of the Sword Sovereign activated. His pupils snapped into vertical slits. A grey, suffocating mist began to seep from his skin, the Chaos Qi leaking out, unable to be contained by his excitement."You brought me fifty teachers," Ha-jun said, his voice echoing unnaturally in the canyon. "And fifty steel blades."He gripped the wooden hilt. The wood groaned as he poured the heavy, violent energy of the Void into it. The "stick" turned black, vibrating w
Last Updated: 2026-02-07
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