Beyond Righteousness and Evil

The righteous path devours people while hiding behind rules; the demonic path fights to the death for the thrill of it. He wears the righteous path's guise and wields the demonic path's blade. He won't save someone doomed to die, and he won't spare an enemy who has already struck. In martial arts, there is no righteous or demonic path, only winners and the dead.

[No heroine | Pure martial arts | Decisive and ruthless | Growth story | Subverting the righteous-demonic path]

Rules are weapons, not shackles. Pain is a staircase, not a price to pay.