Participating in the independence movement for Chosun, Ju Ki-chul hides out in the maiden Ahn Gab-su's house when the Japanese police pursue him. When Japan forces all the people of Chosun to pay reverence at the Japanese shrine, the Protestant Church suffers a big shock. Ki-chul gets remarried to a fellow parishioner named Oh Jum-do. He is assigned to the Sanjung-hyun Church in Pyongyang. He builds a new chapel. With the opening ceremony before him, Ki-chul is arrested and the law forcing the Chosun people to worship the Japanese shrine is passed. Ultimately, Minister Ju Ki-chul is discharged and his church is closed down. On the night of April 20, 1944, Minister Ju is martyred in a prison.