Cheon Inji is the former 22nd Lord of the Great Heavenly Demon Divine Cult and grandfather to Cheon Yeo Woon. He was also the last person of his generation to have passed the sixth test of the Demonic Academy over 70 years ago.
Appearance[]
Cheon Inji has the face of an old man with long gray hair that was once dark brow with white eyebrows and a long white beard.
After the Dragon Turtle subjugation, he was cleaned and revealed his face full of wrinkles. The lightning seemed to have burned away everything from his hair, eyebrows, and beard, but the majestic appearance of the Former Lord of the Demonic Cult didn’t disappear.
Personality[]
Cheon Inji took pride in being a member of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, so much so that he was willing to risk his life to protect it from the Blade God Six Martial Clan. He also respected the strong, as he formed a friendly rivalry with Saint Gu-Jung of the righteous Shaolin Temple, because he was the only man to defeat him in combat. He had disdained the politics of the Six Clans and wanted to get rid of it. Cheon Inji was strict towards his own children, but he is proud of his grandchild, Cheon Yeo Woon.
History[]
The son of 21st Lord, Cheon Ma-Jong, Cheon Inji was considered the most powerful warrior of the cult in the past 500 years and had enlarged the territory of the Demonic Cult larger than anyone else before, claiming victory against the Forces of Evil and Justice. Even one of the five strongest warriors, King Han Yen, who was called a ferocious monarch, was unable to beat him and the Force of Evil got pushed back to the West during the war. He was the previous holder of the title, Southern Demon Lord but disappeared for over 20 years prior to the beginning of the story. Cheon Inji was able to learn the incomplete Sword Force of the Heavenly Demon and taught it to Marakyum. He ordered Marakyum that if he did not return within 10 years, Marakyum should teach Twent Four Demon Sword Art to the true descendants of the Sword Demon's former pupils in the sect leaders of Sword Clan, Dark Clan, and Hazy Demon Sword Clan
It is revealed that Cheon Inji was friends with Saint Gu-Jung of the Shaolin Temple. It started when Cheon Inji, who was full of spirit and energy, tried to move to the north, the place of the Yulin, just as the previous Lords of the Demonic Cult had done. At the time, Sain Gu-jung, who brought ten disciples and one hundred and eight Hanjin, was able to stop him. After he lost, Inji - because of his pride - made an oath with Gu-jung to meet once every 5 years to fight. Saint Gu-jung suggest to just fight 1 on 1 to prevent casualties between the armies. For the first 20 years, Inji lost every time, but manage to beat him on the 5th time they competed. Due to their long relationship, Chun Inji respected Gu-jung too much to move north for invade so turned his attention to the west. They became friends. Whenever Inji suffered from political affairs or had concerns, he would meet up with Gu-jung and talk about the deep dissatisfactions he had.
One day, Chun Inji headed to the promised place to meet with Saint Gu-jung and waited for a fortnight but was unable to meet him. He found out that Saint Gu-hung went to Anhui Fortress to search for missing leaders. Chun Inji head to find Saint Gu-jung and found traces of the Extreme Art of the Blade God and Shaolin Temple technique from the missing leader (technique used was a lot lower than Gu-jung's level) fighting each other. Eventually, Inji was able to find Saint Gu-jung struggling to fight with an unknown master in the west of Zhejiang province. Chun Inji joined the fight and, although it took a while, they were able to defeat the enemy. Inji then learnt of the existent of Eun Jarim, a secret organization dedicated to tracking the Blade God Six Martial Clan. They found out that the Yijin Jing, created by Bodhi Dharma, could resist the worm technique the Blade God Six Martial Clan use to control minds and explode when its member leak info. When Inji use it, a secondary energy began to grow and Cheon Inji decided to leave the Demonic Cult to his son Cheon Yu-Jong, and the six clans before they noticed the changes in his body, and left the cult earlier than planned.
Eventually, the former lord and Gu-jung decided to let themselves captured by the Blade God Six Martial Clan and learn their secrets. Unfortunately, they had to endure torture for ten years. Cheon Inji was so fatigued that he couldn't resist the mind controlling worm of the Clan and became a slave. However, there were moments when he had lucidity.
Plot[]
25 years after Cheon Inji's disappearance, he is discovered at the North Sea Ice Palace by the Demonic Cult which rescues him and extracts the worm from him. Few days later, Cheon Inji wakes up and meets his grandson, Cheon Yeo Woon and his old subordinate Marakyum who learn of the old man's ordeals. The former Lord is awed to learn of Cheon Yeo Woon's unprecedented achievements as the new Lord of the Demonic Cult even bows before his grandson, recognizing him as the 2nd generation Cheon Ma. Later, Cheon Inji learns the breathing skill and other formations of the Sword Force of the Heavenly Demon from his grandson.