Master of the Divine Beasts

Master of the Divine Beasts (신수의 주인, Sinsuui Juin, lit.: "The owner of the divine beast") is a South Korean novel series written by Taesun.

This series takes place in the same universe as the novel series The Dragon Master (신룡의 주인, Sillyongui Juin, lit.: "The owner of the divine dragon", 11 volumes, print novel – 2011–2015) and the novel series The Phantom Master (환수의 주인, Hwansuui Juin, lit.: "The owner of the illusionary beast", 7 volumes, print novel – 2010–2011). The Dragon Master takes place about 3200 years after the ending of the Master of the Divine Beasts, while The Phantom Master takes place about 8000 years after the ending of The Dragon Master. Shine "Shan" Altelion, the male protagonist of The Dragon Master, and Innix Altelion, the male protagonist of The Phantom Master, are the distant descendants of Kai Altelion, the female protagonist of Master of the Divine Beasts.

The author began writing the Master of the Divine Beasts series in 2013, but in 2013, the Samyang Chulpansa publishing company (which published Taesun's novels and webtoons from 2009 to 2020) refused to publish it, however, when a webtoon adaptation of this series (2014–2017) became one of the most popular webtoons on the KakaoPage online platform, this led to the Master of the Divine Beasts series being released by Samyang Chulpansa as a web novel on KakaoPage from November 21, 2016 to July 26, 2017, and as a 10-volume print novel from February 6, 2017 to October 23, 2017.

In 2013, a South Korean video game development company Climax (클라이맥스) developed a mobile collectible tactical RPG for Android called Master of the Divine Beasts: The Summon Masters (신수의 주인: The Summon Masters, Sinsuui Juin: The Summon Masters), based on Taesun's novel series The Phantom Master, The Dragon Master and Master of the Divine Beasts, and promised to release this game in February 2014, but the release of this game was canceled due to an accusation of copying the art style from the Japanese game Bravely Default: Flying Fairy for Nintendo 3DS (2012). In 2014, Climax changed the story and art of Master of the Divine Beasts: The Summon Masters game, but the company's morale was damaged due to public condemnation, so they were unable to release this game. (Article (Korean), Video 1 (Korean), Video 2 (Korean).)

Plot
Kai, the daughter of Count Kanas Altelion, dreams of becoming a blacksmith and does not want to get married. Her parents engaged her to Grand Duke Akanel Arnok, the best swordsman in the empire, but Akanel promised her that he would break off their engagement if she made a magical sword capable of slaying an immortal dragon. And in order to create such a sword, Kai went in search of a divine beast who would agree to conclude a contract with her and share magical power with her.

Other Sources

 * MAL (Manhwa, English)

Other Wikis

 * Namuwiki (Novel, Korean)