The people from the Renan escort agency ended up spending the night at the Ak clan estate. Early the next morning, everyone began preparing to leave.
Meanwhile, Wuan Hai realized that Dan Hyunwoo and Jo Seolyeon had not left her mind all night. She could not understand why he paid attention to that girl while practically ignoring her. At that moment Ak Wong cleared his throat and asked Miss Wuan Hai why his nephew's partner was making such a face so early in the morning.
Wuan Hai looked confused and asked what he was talking about. Then Ak Wong asked whether she was not Dan Hyunwoo's fiancée. Wuan Hai replied by asking whether that young man really looked interested in her in that way. Ak Wong then commented that honestly the two of them seemed more like siblings, judging by the way they treated each other. She responded that in that case she would forget what happened the previous night.
But Ak Wong said he still had one more thing to discuss with Dan Hyunwoo before their departure. He explained that the patriarch wanted to speak with him, but that he would probably be found at the training grounds, since he never skipped his daily practice.
And indeed, Ak Biwan was there training, while thinking about what he had heard the night before. He directly asked whether it was true that Dan Hyunwoo had single-handedly wiped out an entire Black Viper unit. He also wanted to know which martial art he had mastered.
Even though he did not wish to disrespect the patriarch, Dan decided to answer. He explained that the technique used was the Three Energies Sword art, and that he had learned it directly from Cheon Gija. Ak Biwan was surprised, and asked whether Cheon Gija was his master. Dan Hyunwoo replied that he was not only his master, but also Ak Sei's. He explained that the master had only taught them the basics for three years, because the rest of the martial arts had been completed by the two of them themselves.
After hearing that, Wuan Hai finally understood why he was so strong.
Dan Hyunwoo then clarified that Cheon Gija was not truly their master. In reality he was the enemy responsible for imprisoning the two of them in that hell.
Hearing that, Ak Biwan fell silent for a moment. In his mind, Cheon Gija was both the man who kidnapped his son and led him to death, and also the benefactor who ended up teaching valuable martial arts to the clan. Then he commented that perhaps Cheon Gija had passed down those arts as a form of compensation. Even so, he knew very well that nothing in the world could ever compensate for the death of his own son. As he thought about that, he split a wooden training dummy in half, trying to understand what he should do from that point onward.
Ak Biwan realized that Dan Hyunwoo was there to say goodbye, and said that if that was what he wanted to do, then it was fine. Then he commented that it was probably because of the young lady, was it not?
Ak Biwan looked at him and thought that the last friend of his son was standing right before his eyes. Because of that, he now considered him like a son as well. So he warned Dan Hyunwoo that Jianghu was not a place where everything could be solved with strength alone. From that point onward, he would need to be careful. After that, he asked Jo Seolyeon to take care of his son.
As soon as they returned to the group, the agency porters rushed toward Jo Seolyeon in concern, asking where she had gone and whether she was all right. She apologized for making everyone worry, but assured them that everything was fine. Then she informed them that everyone should prepare themselves, because they would be returning to Henan. Once they arrived there, they would rebuild the escort agency. Ak Biwan said that she could count on the support of the Ak clan whenever she needed it.
But at that moment one of the porters came running over and warned them that it was an emergency. The companions of those Black Viper men were approaching the tavern, and this time there were more than a hundred of them.
Jo Seolyeon immediately thought that they were after her. Meanwhile Dan Hyunwoo asked whether it was the same group from yesterday. Then he calmly said that he would handle it alone. He walked toward the balcony, thinking that the situation was perfect for him.
Meanwhile Danwal, the leader of the Black Viper gang, ordered his men to advance. He commanded them to capture the girl and kill everyone inside the tavern. However, one of his subordinates told him to look up, because it seemed that one of the escort agency porters was standing on the balcony. Soon after, everyone realized that Dan Hyunwoo had jumped down from above.
The men began laughing, thinking he was a complete idiot. Even Danwal watched the scene with an arrogant smile on his face. But that smile vanished the instant thunderbolts started crashing down onto the Black Viper men, crushing and annihilating all of them. Danwal became desperate, asking where that power had come from, and what kind of monstrous martial art that was.
Then Dan Hyunwoo declared that the Black Viper gang would disappear from the world that very day. And that was exactly what happened. Dan Hyunwoo easily defeated every member of the organization.
Later, while the bodies were being collected, the poor agency porters ended up being responsible for gathering all the corpses scattered across the ground. Seolyeon apologized, saying she did not want to force them to do that kind of work as well, but Hyeong Pio replied that they had gone through things like this a few times already, so it was probably fine.
Even so, Seolyeon was still worried. She asked whether Dan Hyunwoo would really be all right facing the entire Black Viper sect alone. But looking around, there was practically nothing but corpses left. Hyeong Pio then answered that Dan Hyunwoo would definitely come back just fine.