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“Abused son masters father's sword art, escapes, joins outlaws, faces growing enemies as his power increases.”
The Nine Heavens Swordmaster
구천구검
6.85
12,122 rank · 9,666 readers · 25 favorites
Martial Arts
Action
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Abused son masters father's sword art, escapes, joins outlaws, faces growing enemies as his power increases.
Yeon Jeokha had to suffer years of abuse from his father's first wife for being the favored second wife's son. His fortunes change upon finding a mirror with a spirit who teaches him the Nine Heavens Sword Art, a powerful technique his father created. After an arduous decade of training, he successfully escapes and heads to the mountains, where he joins the Obong Outlaws as their strongest member. But he soon learns that the stronger he gets, the more enemies and rivals are bound to follow... (Source: Tapas Media)
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Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 7
σ 1.63
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.63 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.5 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 3.0
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No
Score over time
↑ 3.00
Running avg · Jul 2023 → May 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “So, let's talk about "The Nine Heavens Swordmaster" (NHS) manhwa as it kicks off its second season. Like any good murim manhwa, it's got its fair share of genre tropes, including the classic...”
- 7 “7.2/10 To keep it a buck, my first impressions were not that good. The art was average considering the standards manwhas have set so far and the storyline wasn’t anything new. However, one of the...”
- 8 “I get that some people don't like some of the elements in this story and that it uses classic tropes of many stories in this genre but I think the story still has value and should be read. The...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 153 ch ch × vol
- Total read 20h 24m approx
- Published Oct 2022 – Jan 2026
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M66468 catalog