The Blood Of Cheonji

To save a kingdom, first let the monster in. Then teach it what terror truly costs. In the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo, a silent, invisible threat is hollowing out the minds of the people. It is not a disease, nor a conventional enemy, but the Cheonji Parasite - a celestial entity that feeds on human fear. As the Tang dynasty's armies march across the borders, their brilliant but compromised general burns villages to the ground, unwittingly performing massive sacrifice rituals to feed the parasite and break the ancient Blood Seal that keeps a god of fear imprisoned beneath Mount Baekdu.
Sora is the last of the Curse Breakers, a secret lineage of shamans trained to neutralize royal hexes. When she discovers the true nature of the parasite, she realizes that the only way to defeat it is to understand it from the inside. In a desperate gamble, she deliberately infects herself, becoming a host and a spy within the hive mind. Guided by Dokgo, a renegade swordsman guarding forbidden texts, Sora must navigate a court of hollowed-out puppets and confront the god of fear itself.
But the parasite cannot consume chosen fear - the deliberate, ritualistic terror born of love and sacrifice. To stop the Grand Emergence and save her world, Sora must weaponize her own terror and lead a counter-hive in a haunting chorus of defiance. The Blood of Cheonji is a gripping fantasy/historical hybrid that explores the devastating cost of survival, the power of memory, and the true nature of fear. "All story content, characters, and plot are the original work of the author.
AI tools assisted with cover design and early draft brainstorming. As is the Korean text. "