medical skills are very close to pressure point based martial arts). Ja Hye () She was a servant/assassin to Mo-Yong Bi in his younger days. Now Ja Hye is Mo-Yong Bi's wife. During the fight between Yhun Oh-Rhang, Ghyur Mah-Ro, and Mo-Yong Bi, Ja Hye has lost two of her younger sister who were also Mo-Yong Bi's servant/assassin. Mo-Yong Rin () The adopted daughter of Mo-Yong Bi. Mo-Yong Hyun () The adopted son of Mo-Yong Bi. Sho-Rhim-Sa (Shaolin Temple) Head Cheon Jong () The former friend of Asura. He and Asura wanted to prevent the battle of Myung Gyo and Mu- Rhim (World of Martial Artists). Elders They are the elder monks of Sho-Rhim Temple. Their name are Cheon Kwang, Cheon Gak, Cheon Seung, Cheon Woon. Cheon Seung (천승) Though he is not Sho-Rhim's head, he is the most powerful monk. Others Im Chol-Sim () An old man who was an expert martial artist, but retired. He saved Bi-Ryu and Ah-Rin after their fight against Dharma. Notes NOW is a sequel to an earlier Sung-woo Park manhwa, Cheollang Yeoljeon (Legend of the Sirius), which featured Yhun Oh-Rhang and Whur Ha-Rhang, the parents of Yhun Ah-Rin and Ah-Ran. Thus the significance of some characters and story might be lost without reading the prequel. This manhwa was formerly distributed in the United States in English by ComicsOne. It was later acquired by Infinity Studios. The Sa-Shin-Mu Martial Art is divided to five ways: Cheong-Ryong, Baek-Ho, Hyeon-Mu, Ju-Jak and Hwang-Ryong. In these ways, the Hwang-Ryong is the most powerful. The five ways are based on the Ssu Ling Gods of Chinese mythology: Qing Long, Bai Hu, Xuan Wu, Zhu Que and Huang Long. A disciple only learns it when he can remove his killing aura. The ultimate skills are "Pa-Yeol-Jin" and "Mu-Jin", "Pa-Yeol-Jin" is the most powerful skill of killing sashinmu, and "Mu-Jin" is the most powerful skill in the complete sashinmu. The faction "Myung Wong Shin Gyo" or shortcut to "Myung Gyo" is the cult "Ming Jiao" (明教), a Persian Cult which is called "Mo Jiao" (魔教, Demonic Cult) by the Chinese martial artists. The story of this faction is told in Jin Yong's novel Yi Tian Tu Long Ji (the tale about Yitian-jian, the heavenly sword, and Tulong-dao, the dragon saber). If you read the manhwa carefully, you will notice the names of Myung Gyo's members are based on the names