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Although Jakyeong resists and threatens it with the sealing art, in the end she decides to keep this encounter hidden from the landowner in order to test the truth.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In Chapter 20 of A Tree Beyond the Years, Jakyeong is revealed to be a woman, and the secret concealing her identity is in danger of being exposed. The being cornering her claims to need her energy, saying it can pollute people but cannot purify them, and suggests that through the union of their bodies it can find peace and be sealed. Although Jakyeong resists and threatens it with the sealing art, in the end she decides to keep this encounter hidden from the landowner in order to test the truth.","key_events":["The being promises to keep Jakyeong's womanhood secret between them, hidden from the landowner.","Jakyeong threatens to recite sealing art even inside its belly and fall into abyss together if eaten.","It is revealed that Jakyeong is a woman disguised as a man, noticed by the being facing her.","Jakyeong agrees to intimacy, not caring about chastity, on condition it stays hidden from the landowner.","The being says it needs Jakyeong's energy and that intertwining bodies will let her put it to rest and seal it."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"YOU'RE A WOMAN, AREN'T YOU?\nHUMANS MIGHT BE TOO DULL TO NOTICE,\nBUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ME.\nHOW ON EARTH DID YOU...?\n\nTHEN DOES THE LANDOWNER KNOW, TOO...?\nDID YOU THINK I TOLD HIM?\nDON'T WORRY.\nTHIS IS A SECRET JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME.\n\n...!\nSO, JAKYEONG,\nI NEED YOUR ENERGY.\n\nI AM A CREATURE SO WICKED AND DECEITFUL\nTHAT I CAN DEFILE HUMANS,\nBUT I CANNOT PURIFY THEM.\nYOU HAVE TO PULL ME OUT.\n\nNGH...!\nG-GET OFF ME...!\nGET OFF?\n\nYOUR BODY SEEMS TO SAY OTHERWISE.\nAREN'T YOU GLAD THAT I'M A MAN?\nWH-WHAT UTTER NONSENSE...!\nIF YOU PLAN TO DEVOUR ME RIGHT NOW,\nEVEN IF I'M INSIDE YOUR BELLY, I'LL CHANT THE SEALING ART TO SEAL YOU, AND WE'LL FALL INTO THE ABYSS TOGETHER!\n\nIS THAT SO?\nSOMEONE WILLING TO FALL INTO THE ABYSS WITH ME...\nWHO HAS EVER OFFERED TO FALL INTO THE ABYSS WITH ME.\n\n!\nAH.\nOH, MY.\n\nIS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME?\n\n20\nYOU MUST BE PAST THE AGE OF TWENTY, SO THAT'S STRANGE.\nIS THIS NEW TO YOU, TOO?\n\nWHY, YOU...!\nARE YOU PLEASED THAT IT'S YANG GI-SEOK?\nPUT AN END TO YOUR MOCKERY!\nI HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A YOKAI JOINING TOGETHER WITH A HUMAN!\n\nTOYING WITH A HUMAN LIKE THIS,\nYOU JUST INTEND TO DEVOUR ME IN THE END!\nNO, THAT'S NOT IT AT ALL.\n\nCAN'T YOU REALLY FEEL IT?\nLOOK AT THAT.\nMY ENERGY RIGHT NOW.\n\nYOU ARE DEVOURING IT\nTHE MORE OUR BODIES INTERTWINE AND OUR ENERGIES MEET,\nTHE MORE YOU CAN PUT ME TO REST.\n\nTHEN YOU CAN SEAL ME.\nISN'T THAT WHAT YOU WANT,\nAS WELL AS WHAT I-\nHOW CAN I...\n...EVER TRUST YOUR WORDS?\n\nBECAUSE JUST AS YOU DESPISE YOKAI, I DESPISE HUMANS.\nTRAPPED IN THIS BODY,\nNEITHER HUMAN NOR YOKAI,\nCOULD YOU EVER UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM?\n\nAS EASILY AS YOU PITY YANG GI-SEOK?\nI WISH YOU'D UNDERSTAND MY HEART TOO.\nYOU EXPECT ME TO PITY YOU?\nYEAH.\nTAKE PITY ON ME,\n\nAND PUT ME TO REST.\nYOU PROMISED TO PULL ME OUT OF THIS ABYSS.\nHOW MUCH OF THIS SHOULD I BELIEVE?\n\nI HAD NEVER ACTUALLY\nSEEN THE FORM OF A GOD WITH MY OWN EYES...\nSINCE 1 AM THE ONLY ONE\nWHO TRULY KNOWS THAT FORM,\nMIMICKING IT EXACTLY SHOULD BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.\n\nIT MUST BE TRUE THAT MY ENERGY\nABSORBS THE ENERGY OF A YOKAI.\nBESIDES, STRADDLING AN EXORCIST HE FINDS SO REPULSIVE\nA YOKAI BEGGING FOR SYMPATHY...\n\nIF HE TRULY CRAVES REPOSE THAT DESPERATELY...\nSLEEPING TOGETHER, CHASTITY...\nNONE OF THAT ACTUALLY MATTERS TO ME.\n\nIF I HAD CARED TO PROTECT IT,\nI WOULDN'T HAVE CHOSEN THIS PATH IN THE FIRST PLACE.\nHOWEVER...\nKEEP THIS FROM THE LANDOWNER.\n\nONLY YOU AND I ARE TO KNOW.\nSOUNDS ALMOST LIKE WE'RE COMMITTING ADULTERY BEHIND YANG GI-SEOK'S BACK.\nCUT THE NONSENSE AND LISTEN CLOSELY.\nIF ANY OF THIS TURNS OUT TO BE A LIE,\n\nI'LL SHOW YOU WHAT A WOMAN'S GRUDGE CAN DO-\nI WILL SHOW YOU THE GRUDGE OF A WOMAN.\nHAHA...\nAS YOU COMMAND.","bubble_count":87,"pages_count":24,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In Chapter 20 of A Tree Beyond the Years, Jakyeong is revealed to be a woman, and the secret concealing her identity is in danger of being exposed.","spoiler_summary":"In Chapter 20 of A Tree Beyond the Years, Jakyeong is revealed to be a woman, and the secret concealing her identity is in danger of being exposed. The being cornering her claims to need her energy, saying it can pollute people but cannot purify them, and suggests that through the union of their bodies it can find peace and be sealed. Although Jakyeong resists and threatens it with the sealing art, in the end she decides to keep this encounter hidden from the landowner in order to test the truth."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y/chapter-20-swrffq","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — A Tree Beyond the Years #20","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-06T21:52:16.804Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y"}}