Vengeance of The Crimson Bandit
Kang Jinhyuk was meant for a simple life, rooted in love. Six years ago, he cherished his wife and child, having already sacrificed his first, destined love—a mysterious girl from the powerful Namgung Clan who was forced to return to her elite family.
Tragically, his chosen happiness was brutally ripped away. His wife and child were murdered by forces bearing the Namgung Clan's emblem. Driven by a grief that curdled into unforgiving fury, Jinhyuk abandoned his humanity and became "The Crimson Bandit" of Mount Liang, a relentless force seeking survival and vengeance in the dark corners of the Murim world.
His path to blood is irrevocably altered when he discovers the Heavenly Martial Legacy Crystal, gaining forbidden power to hunt his targets. But as he rises in infamy, fate or cruelty forces him to cross paths with his past.
The Price of Vengeance: The woman he loved in his youth, now an essential figure in the very clan he hunts, and married to a genius of the Murong Clan re-enters his life. Jinhyuk is torn between the memory of his deceased wife and the agonizing spark of a love he never truly extinguished.
The deeper Jinhyuk digs, the darker the truth: the murder of his family was a cold-blooded political conspiracy orchestrated by the Namgung and Murong clans. He must now wage war against the most powerful forces in Murim, battling not just for justice, but against his own heart.
Can Jinhyuk reconcile the fierce love he felt for the woman he lost with the haunting presence of the woman who represents his enemy? His journey is a tightrope walk between bloody retribution, political intrigue, and the chance for a love that may yet redeem or utterly destroy him.