When a martial arts instructor's qi center shatters at the hands of the Blood Demon Cult, he's forced into a grim assignment: study and master the techniques of four imprisoned murim masters. Betrayed and condemned to death by his own organization, he fights with everything he has—only to perish alongside them all. Against impossible odds, he awakens within Baek Suryong, a struggling martial arts instructor in a remote village cursed with a terminal illness that grants him mere years to live. The secret to his salvation lies hidden within the very martial arts he once studied, yet salvation demands an enormous price: money beyond measure. Determined to survive, Baek Suryong pursues a singular ambition—becoming the Star Instructor at the Azure Dragon Martial Arts Academy, accumulating wealth to cure his affliction while shaping the next generation of warriors. What begins as a desperate race against death transforms into something far more meaningful.