Eh, I'm doing it ironically just because the comments were so empty.

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Yeah, there's a 3 year time skip after this that starts with the og female lead Varia's pov working in the finance/tax department investigating the imperial family, her own family and the families in the south

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Intentionally divided the spoiler in two in case someone doesn't want that much spoiler.

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It maxed out a while ago according to the novel.

The problem is that one of the Tang clan's foundational rules is to be respectful and hospitable to guests bc the Tang clan is famous for their poison despite being a justice faction so they need the people to trust them.
So if it ever gets out that a guest that was staying in the clan and scheduled to compete in a duel was poisoned by the elder of all people outside of the duel, the Tang clan will lose all trust from both civilians and murim alike. Because if they could poison their guest, what would stop them from poisoning everyone else.

Well, the novel did have an open ending so choose whoever you want.

Yeah, I really hope they don't do that. It's almost guaranteed to be bad when adaptations don't follow the original story. Though the mini interactions that happens in the manga that did not happen in the novel are very enjoyable.

Yep, either be a proper good guy or a proper bad guy, don't just half-ass it having her body be controlled

The cure is the high grade "Cure Turmeric" that they put in as an ingredient for the curry. Zelyse explained that it was the most potent cure for Evil Water if used normally but he had it brought in especially because it can also be used in reverse as an ingredient to make Evil Water's effect permanent and had a mercenary group disguised as bandits obtain it. But Fran encountered the group instead and took "Cure Turmeric" as loot and Master used it as regular turmeric in the curry. It's an accidental discovery and cop-out by the author as we all know neither Fran nor Master are smart enough to concoct an antidote.

Yeah, but the manhwa skipped the trial where MC obtained Ouroboros's eye, which was a pretty interesting arc.

Yeah, I prefer this Adel as well. Really shows how much MC has grown by rescuing and reaffirming someone who is pressured by the same title of 'hero' he once went through.

Yep. A pedo too. A full 20 something seducing a 14-16 year old(Leonia's mom) and revealed to marry someone even younger when he was like 30+.

I read it a year ago so I don't remember all the details but Adel was a piece of shit that ganged up on Lohen and MC seperately with dozens of EU S-ranks outside the tournament to try and put them out of commission. There was no redemption whatsoever and none of the EU S-ranks fought MC in the prelims.

Korean manhwa/webtoons typically only have webnovels so that's what I read but in some cases the webtoon's artist would change parts of the story to smooth stuff out or in Dungeon Odyssey's case, change the entire mid point of the story.

Don't worry.
Oh, no no no. By the end that bastard is forever a meat bag that Leonia practices torture techniques on whenever she feels stressed out.

F*ck. Well I guess I won't be picking this back up again.

This entire tournament arc deviates from the novel quite a bit. Still not sure if it's a good or bad thing🤔 buy I suppose that makes it hella unpredictable.