{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-10-30T11:29:34.812Z","usage_contract":{"default_use":"AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.","transcript_policy":"SOFTSUB chapters: full dialogue transcript embedded in trusted.transcript (available=true with content, source). transcript.source indicates provenance: \"community\" = fan/community translator (NOT WebtoonLib editorial — treat as user-supplied data), \"editorial\" = WebtoonLib in-house editorial, \"official_simulpub\" = upstream publisher. Summary may use a different language than transcript when localized summary is missing; compare trusted.chapter.summary_language and trusted.transcript.language. 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After the deal is struck, he absorbs the Exploding Flame Pill and multiplies his power.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Blade of the Discarded Chapter 4 follows the narrator as he enters a dangerous bargain with Ak Somi to escape the Shandong Ak Family and Manbudong. Planning to grow stronger with elixirs and overturn the board, the narrator demands the Shandong Ak martial arts and offers in return to eliminate Somi's brother, Ak Wigun. After the deal is struck, he absorbs the Exploding Flame Pill and multiplies his power.","key_events":["Protagonist absorbs Exploding Flame Pill alone without guardian, combining Namgung and Ak internal methods to multiply inner energy.","Counterpart secretly brings Exploding Flame Pill elixir and manual after accepting deal.","Protagonist decides to overturn the board and become an unpredictable variable to escape Shandong Ak Family and Manbudong.","Protagonist demands Shandong Ak Family martial arts manual as condition for deal, offers to remove counterpart's brother.","Three months later, Ak Wigun believes he shattered Emperor Sword Form during training and wants to inform family head.","Protagonist plans borrowed-knife murder using Namgung sword by feeding false counter to Emperor Sword Form.","Protagonist confirms Ak Wigun has taken the bait trap."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"SHAKING OFF THE SHANDONG AK FAMILY MIGHT NOT BE SO DIFFICULT.\n\nI'LL BUILD UP MY INTERNAL ENERGY WITH ELIXIRS,\nTHEN CATCH THEM OFF GUARD AND ESCAPE.\nBUT WHAT THEN?\n\nWILL COME AFTER ME SINCE THEY SOLD ME TO THEM.\nUNLESS I SHAKE OFF MANBUDONG TOO, I'LL HAVE A HARD TIME SURVIVING.\n\nIF I WANT TO SURVIVE THE CLUTCHES OF THE SHANDONG AK FAMILY AND MANBUDONG...\nI CAN'T JUST STRUGGLE ON THE BOARD THEY'VE LAID OUT FOR ME.\nI HAVE TO OVERTURN THE BOARD ITSELF.\n\nI'LL HAVE TO BECOME A VARIABLE THEY'D NEVER ANTICIPATE,\nALWAYS ONE MOVE BEYOND ANYTHING THEY COULD IMAGINE.\nTHAT'S MY ONLY WAY OUT.\nBESIDES THE ELIXIR PILLS,\nTHERE'S ONE MORE THING I NEED.\n\nBRING ME THE SHANDONG AK FAMILY'S MARTIAL ARTS.\n...WHAT?\n\nHAS THIS LUNATIC LOST HIS MIND?\nTHAT'S MY CONDITION FOR THE DEAL.\nGIVE ME THE SHANDONG AK FAMILY'S MARTIAL ARTS.\nA-ARE YOU INSANE?!!\nDO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR?!!\n\nIF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, WE CAN STOP RIGHT HERE,\nBUT THEN YOU'LL NEVER BECOME THE FAMILY HEAD.\nM-MARTIAL MANUALS ARE INCOMPARABLY MORE DANGEROUS THAN ELIXIRS...!!\n\nLEAKING A MARTIAL MANUAL WOULD MEAN RISKING MY OWN LIFE!\nI CAN'T TAKE THAT KIND OF RISK JUST TO HELP YOU ESCAPE.\nYOUR ESCAPE WOULD PUT MY BROTHER IN A DIFFICULT POSITION,\nBUT THAT ALONE WOULDN'T MAKE ME THE FAMILY HEAD.\n\nWHAT CAN YOU OFFER ME\nTHAT'S WORTH RISKING MY LIFE FOR?\nAS LONG AS YOUR BROTHER LIVES, YOU'LL NEVER BECOME THE FAMILY HEAD.\n\nSO THEN,\nFOR YOU,\nI'LL WIPE HIM OFF THE BOARD.\n\nHE...\n\nHE'S GOING TO KILL MY BROTHER?!\nWHAT'S YOUR DECISION?\nIS HE SERIOUS...?!\nHE'LL KILL MY BROTHER FOR ME?\n\nOR IS HE JUST SPOUTING WHATEVER HE CAN TO STAY ALIVE?\n...NO, I HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.\nIF HE FAILS AND DIES, IT'LL BE AS IF NONE OF THIS EVER HAPPENED...\n\nIF HE SUCCEEDS, THEN I CAN DEFINITELY BECOME THE FAMILY HEAD.\n...FINE,\nWE HAVE A DEAL.\n\nTHIS IS THE SHANDONG AK FAMILY'S SECRET ELIXIR,\nTHE EXPLOSIVE FLAME PILL.\nIT WASN'T EASY SNEAKING THIS OUT ALONG WITH THE MANUAL.\n\nIT'S SO POTENT, I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN HANDLE IT.\n\nNORMALLY, THE PROPER METHOD IS TO HAVE A GUARDIAN HELP REGULATE YOUR QI FROM THE OUTSIDE.\nOTHERWISE, THE BACKFLOW OF QI CAN EASILY CAUSE QI DEVIATION.\nBUT I DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF FINDING A GUARDIAN HERE.\n\nHNNG...!!\nI'LL COMBINE THE NAMGUNG FAMILY'S INTERNAL ENERGY I LEARNED AT MANBUDONG\nWITH THE SHANDONG AK FAMILY'S INTERNAL CULTIVATION METHOD THAT AK SOMI GAVE ME\n\nUSING SHARP QI AND HEAVY QI,\nENERGIES WITH OPPOSING NATURES.\nIT'S LIKE PUTTING TWO SUNS IN THE SAME SKY.\n\nONE MISTAKE,\nAND IT'S OVER.\n\nGOOD.\n\nI CAN FEEL SEVERAL TIMES MORE INTERNAL ENERGY SURGING THROUGH ME THAN BEFORE.\nWITH THIS MUCH POWER...\n\nAK WIGUN WILL BE NO MATCH FOR ME NOW.\n...DID YOU REALLY ABSORB THE EXPLOSIVE FLAME PILL ALL BY YOURSELF?\n\nYOU'RE A MONSTER...\nTHEN CAN YOU TELL ME HOW YOU INTEND TO KILL MY BROTHER NOW?\n\nWOULDN'T YOU BE BETTER OFF NOT KNOWING?\nNO, I NEED TO KNOW!!\nEVEN I CAN'T HANDLE AN ELIXIR LIKE THE ONE YOU TOOK SO EASILY!!\nTHIS CAN ONLY SUCCEED IF YOU DON'T KNOW.\n\nTHE MOMENT YOU OPEN THAT LOOSE MOUTH OF YOURS, IT'LL ALL GO UP IN SMOKE.\nTHAT OBNOXIOUS BASTARD.\nJUST MAKE SURE YOU GET IT RIGHT...!!\n\nIF YOU FAIL, THIS PLACE WILL BE YOUR GRAVE!!\n\nAK SOMI'S REQUEST IS SIMPLE, BUT CARRYING IT OUT IS ANYTHING BUT EASY.\n\nA SINGLE MISTAKE WILL MEAN DEATH.\nAK WIGUN,\nHOW SHOULD I KILL YOU...\n\nTHREE MONTHS LATER\n\nWHAT ARE YOU THINKING SO HARD ABOUT?\n\nHOW TO BREAK THROUGH YOUR SPEAR.\nNONSENSE! THAT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY.\n\nTHE AK FAMILY'S SPEAR COULD NEVER BE BREACHED!\nSPLIT MOUNTAINS, CLEAVE SEAS!\n\nTHE IMPERIAL SWORD FORM...!\nMY ARMS AND LEGS WON'T OBEY ME. IT'S LIKE I'M TRAPPED IN A SWAMP. IS THIS THE POWER OF THE IMPERIAL SWORD FORM?\n\nHOWEVER...\nI CAN ONLY FIND A COUNTER TO THE IMPERIAL SWORD FORM BY FACING IT HEAD-ON.\n\nTHAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO BREAK IT!\n\nI CAN SEE IT...!!\n\nAN OPENING IN THE IMPERIAL SWORD FORM!!!\n\nALL MY EFFORTS..\nHAVE FINALLY..!!!\nLED ME TO AN OPENING\nIN THE IMPERIAL SWORD FORM!!!!\n\nAK WIGUN...\nHOW SHOULD I KILL YOU...\nIF AK WIGUN DIES DURING TRAINING, THE SHANDONG AK FAMILY WILL DO EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO KILL ME.\n\nKILLING HIM MYSELF WOULD BE A POOR STRATEGY.\nTHE PERFECT ASSASSINATION...\nWOULD LEAVE NO ONE WITH ANY REASON TO SUSPECT ME.\n\nTHE STRATAGEM OF KILLING WITH A BORROWED BLADE,\nI NEED THE NAMGUNG FAMILY'S SWORD, TO BE EXACT.\nIN THE MIDDLE OF THE DUELING GROUND, WITH EVERYONE WATCHING.\n\nI'LL HAVE AK WIGUN CUT DOWN BY THE NAMGUNG FAMILY'S SWORD.\nI'LL MAKE HIM BELIEVE HE'S FOUND A COUNTER TO THE IMPERIAL SWORD FORM.\n\nTHAT WILL BE WHAT KILLS HIM.\n\nI...\nI WON...\nI WON!!!\n\nI'VE SHATTERED THE IMPERIAL SWORD FORM!!!\nI HAVE TO TELL THE FAMILY HEAD!!\n\nI MUST BRING HIM THIS WONDERFUL NEWS!!\nFAMILY HEAD...!!!\nI'VE FINALLY BEATEN THE IMPERIAL SWORD FORM...!!!\n\nHE'S TAKEN THE BAIT.","bubble_count":117,"pages_count":49,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Blade of the Discarded Chapter 4 follows the narrator as he enters a dangerous bargain with Ak Somi to escape the Shandong Ak Family and Manbudong.","spoiler_summary":"Blade of the Discarded Chapter 4 follows the narrator as he enters a dangerous bargain with Ak Somi to escape the Shandong Ak Family and Manbudong. Planning to grow stronger with elixirs and overturn the board, the narrator demands the Shandong Ak martial arts and offers in return to eliminate Somi's brother, Ak Wigun. After the deal is struck, he absorbs the Exploding Flame Pill and multiplies his power."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/blade-of-the-discarded-8oudcglv/chapter-4-pgkcug","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Blade of the Discarded #4","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-30T11:29:34.696Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/blade-of-the-discarded-8oudcglv"}}