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This is one of the best action and murim-themed manhwa I've read aside from Legend of the Northern Blade and Nano Machine.

Story: 10/10
The story is your classic 'overpowered character dies and is reborn as a child' type story, but is done really well. Here our MC wants to resurrect his old sect and make it the best in the world. A simple goal for the story to lead towards. Even though the story is easy to predict, there are times when it surprises you.

Art: 9/10
The art is exceptional; the colors amazing. I really like the use of pink in this manhwa. The character designs are ... unique enough for characters to be differentiated.

Character: 9/10
Characters are satisfactorily written, be it the MC, side characters, or antagonists. Even though they follow cliches, it is very satisfying to read and predict.

Enjoyment: 10/10
Perhaps one of the most fun manhwa I've ever read. A huge chunk of the story is still left, so I expect greatness in the future.

Excellent first season, full of cliques and troupes of the typical "give no fucks" reincarnated anime protagonist, but told with strong comedy, nuance and character consideration.

IF it was based purely on the first season alone, it would be an easy 9/10.

HOWEVER there is a significant quality drop off in the 2nd season, with the story becoming much more stagnant with each chapters constantly harping back to the MC having to look flashy and cool at the expense of the pacing and story. It was fun at first, but seeing it happen for the 50th time gets old and it seems to be purposely overplayed ... now, while the world of this manwha feels so poorly built for something that is closer to 100 chapters.

Feels like the storyboarders or writers were changed or they are busy engaged in other projects to condense their ideas this season because chapters are feeling much more aimless while padding out chapters using copied and pasted facial expressions.

Generally for manwha titles, they always start out strong using well worn formulaic methologies borrowed from decades of manga publications, like solo leveling's cool loner+assassin+necromancer troupes with slight variations and hope the meshed product is a success but most of those tend to drop off by the 100 chapter mark.

I am seeing the similar problems plaguing this series now.

I'll be back to see if this title can return to form at the 100 chapter mark.

Knowing completely nothing about it I thought it would be the perfect jumping off point for this whole manhwa escapade. Rather than starting off with one of the heavy hitter kike Solo levelling, sink myself entirely into the depths with a series that somehow gripped me from the cover. I thought it'd be a high eight out of ten.

The first chapter came and in all honesty it appeared quite interesting, following a re-incarnation plotline where the main character Cheongmyeong a great warrior dubbed the Blossoming Blade (ooh ooh he said it!) was reborn in a beggars body with the sect which power he consolidated now ... being reduced to a lowly financial and social position.Now Cheongmyeong must learn from the mistakes from his past and guide the new generation of his sect back into its previously wealthy and well respected position. Honestly an intriguing premise, there is a lot to explore especially with Cheongmyeong and perhaps his struggles with being a teacher or misunderstanding his students.

But herein lies the problem. Cheongmyeong is always right in a roundabout way. Everything just works out most of the time due to pure luck (However in certain cases he does show a large amount of strategy) and a majority of the tie his successes don't feel earned. The story shows him working hard to become stronger, highlighting experience as the main factor which places him above his opponents, however this doesn't feel earned as he is never truly tested. Whenever Cheongmyeong encounters some difficulty he simply brute forces his way through the fight as easily as the last. I can't even call this aura farming bait because he doesn't have any. He would if he actually struggled but he never does.
In all honesty i he ever lost a fight this would've ranked much higher but oh Kero Kami-Sama reading this made me feel like I was getting blue balled out of a good fight each chapter but there's never anyone strong enough to defeat the great and mighty Cheongmyeong.

Despite this a way how the author could've woven a real fear of defeat into the narrative whilst still keeping Cheongmyeong as some overpowered glazed (harder than Shinobu's Mister donut donut glazed) paragon of epicness and coolness is via the side-cast.

However I barely them past their base character quirks. You have guy who looks like Suguru Geto, Bargain bin Stark, prideful tsundere dude and woman who acts like Osaragi without any actual defining role other than being the only woman of importance in this series. I apologise for the references if you don't get them but thats the easiest way I can define them. It's currently 2:13 in the morning cut me some slack and I want to finish this and go to sleep.
Also they're also overpowered compared to 95% of characters in the story.
Maybe it would've got better if I didn't drop it, but really reading this when I could move on to better things made me kind of depressed.

Sorry for the informality of the review but I really am not a fan of this one. If you want something like this just watch Scissor seven. Shits peak.