[⬆️ to 20 eps] I’m not sure why I don’t like this one. A little bit of art being too sleek or flat (even if it is pretty at the first glance), a little bit of underwhelming adaptation. Like the scenes should have a bigger impact than they have currently. Man, I dunno. It’s a murim popcorn story and all the elements are there - mc is a blacksmith, so there is something unique about him; some fights have irregular weapons, like threads or wips; his past is heavily weighting on him, and he already has a demonic qi, despite coming back to his orthodox sect; there is something more about Demon Lord that we are not told about. But all of this elements are kinda wasted on this webtoon. The dialogue is mid, the mc personality is boring and the story have no emotional impact. That’s it. I just don’t care about any of the characters, and the pacing is too quick for me to get interested in all the techniques. I feel like it could be an adaptation failure. I’m dropping this, it’s boring. Although there is no big flaw in this one, so if you’re looking to pass time with popcorn murim there’s a chance it will be to your liking.