[completed - 120 eps] When I've started reading this I was pleasantly surprised - enjoyable popcorn murim story that is not too long (120 eps is short taking into account other titles from this genre). Opmc was kinda fun to watch, the fights were decently portrayed, the artstyle was simple but conveyed action well and there even were elements from better stories woven through second arc (Dark Coalition) - mc def making mistakes and then regretting them or pretty likeable villains. The backstories still were poorly written, but they added a layer of depth to the popcorn entertainment. But that ended at ep47, from what I remember. I was pretty hyped for more opmc fights, but what we mostly got was... murim war. With ppl that I didn't really care about and that didn't have a personality aside from being designed to be an ally background characters. Yes, the mc got to eliminating Demon Sect (I don't even consider it a spoiler, it's just how these stories go), but mostly we see some uninteresting war maneuvering and some chatter of background characters making filler, and author trying to hype villains. As much as this webtoon had a really good pacing through the first 50 eps, here it dragged so much. So so much that if I didn't know how short it will be I would prob abandon it. It gets better when our mc is back (naturally) around ep87 - the fights are epic, we see some changes in mc and it even didn't bore me when other characters were onscreen. But the second problem... there was a perfect way to end this webtoon - after defeating a big bad (again, not really a spoiler) we could get episode or two about ppl setting into the routine of peaceful life. But I don't know if this webtoon was axed or something, cause after the final fight we see some future enemies making re-entrance and then - the end. Like whaaaaaaat, authors, you could end it at a very clean plot point of eliminating the big bad, why are you hyping future enemies that we will never see in a comic? And it was such an enjoyable action story, even with dips in pacing.