Chapter 139: The Realm of the Sword’s Immortality

Restoring the formation at Sunghwa Palace seemed no easy task. It took time to mobilize people and rebuild the formation structures.

Even for Baek Moo-jin, it was difficult to simply make a brief appearance at the Sunghwa Palace he had visited after so long and then immediately depart for Nanju again.

Baek Moo-jin took his time, personally inspecting the restoration of the formation, and stayed at Sunghwa Palace for several days. During that time, he also had quite a long conversation with the Palace Master and drank alcohol several times without using his internal energy.

The entire Sunghwa Palace now recognized Baek Moo-jin as the Palace Master’s son-in-law, so he experienced no inconvenience whatsoever.

Amidst this, Baek Moo-jin continued refining his martial arts by sparring with Jin So-hye. Few masters within Sunghwa Palace could comfortably handle Jin So-hye when she fought at full strength.

Baek Moo-jin saw this as an opportunity and subjected Jin So-hye to truly grueling training during his stay. He wanted Jin So-hye to become far stronger than she was now.

Therefore, Baek Moo-jin acted like a strict master: he countered Jin So-hye’s Silver-Lined Blade, shattered her sword techniques, and even completely froze her Heaven-Shattering Flame Sword during their fights.

His reason was simple.

‘If Jin Sohye ever encounters the Demon King, will she be able to handle it?’

He anticipated it would be difficult.