Excerpt : ATG Chapter 134

Yun Che nodded his head; he approved of Sikong Du’s words. Before, he needed to control the Sky Poison Pearl so he didn’t train with a weapon, but now, he should definitely train with a fitting weapon.

“If you really haven’t trained with any weapon before, then I’ll recommend a sword to you.” Sikong Du said: “The sword holds the respect of ten thousand soldiers; it can slash, hack, stab, cut, gouge, slice, parry, is flexible, easy to control, and has incredible power and defensive capabilities. Furthermore, it is easy to learn and easy to train. In the present Sky Profound Continent, around seventy percent of profound practitioners use a sword. Unless a specific weapon is required to operate a profound technique to its fullest power, one will usually choose a sword as a weapon. My weapon is also a sword.”

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Yun Che looked to the far distance; then his gaze became deep and profound: “There are only two ultimate goals that a man pursues; one is to conquer the world, the other is to conquer women. To conquer the world is to reach a new height in life, but to conquer women, is to embellish the scenery of life. If one isn’t able to conquer the women that he wants, even if he conquered the entire world, he would still be at a lonely summit, and experience loneliness everywhere. Yuanba, don’t you think that what I, your brother-in-law just said is right?”

“….” Xia Yuanba didn’t really understand what he had just said, but he still thought it sounded kind of amazing.

Manga Guidance:

Ubel Blatt
Id

Ubel Blat:

Plot[edit]

Beginning some twenty years prior to the start of the manga, the story narrates on how Koinzell, then named Ascheriit, was a young, prodigious swordsman whose skill granted him the fabled title of Blatt Meister (literally "Blade Master"). His deeds made him one of the fourteen chosen by the ruling emperor of the Empire of Szaalenden to venture into a dangerous quest to defeat a powerful enemy invader known as the evil nation of Wischtech, of whom the many powerful engines of destruction and dark sorcery made a dangerous foe. Each armed with a lance blessed by the Emperor himself, and thus known as the Fourteen Lances, the chosen traveled far into the enemy's wasted landscape, losing three of their ranks to the perils of the land, until they arrived into a forest where seven of the eleven remaining decided to forfeit their mission, fearing for their lives. Nevertheless, Ascheriit and three of those still bent on following the Emperor's will continued, and incredibly succeeded in their deed, returning victorious. It was then that the seven who abandoned the mission ambushed their comrades and massacred them. On returning home, they told the Emperor that the four they killed turned traitors against them, and after dispatching them the seven completed the task. Thus, they were hailed as heroes and dubbed the Seven Heroes, while the four who were killed became symbols of treachery and received the moniker of Lances of Betrayal.

Thus, the story tells of the voyage of Ascheriit, who indeed survived the slaughter and vowed to take the head of his traitorous companions, now powerful nobles and warlords hailed as saviors by the people.

Id:

Id Characters[edit]

Ye Chun Hwa (예천화)/ Id (이드)[edit]

Id is a human man with a feminine appearance who comes from a place called Middle Kingdom. Id landed in the Continent of Gressen after a dimension shift. When he became the owner of the sentient sword named Lamia he was also endowed with the Heart of the Dragon Greydrone who was the protector of the sword up to that point. He meets up with a party of travelers who initially think he is a girl, and decides to travel with them for a certain amount of time, and then temporarily leaves them and goes with Irlina to find the gold dragon . During certain scenes, Id is shown to be pretty clueless, mistaken for a girl numerous times and a bit naive about some things, yet he is incredibly strong. He performs feats that the others see as magic, but is merely martial arts using ki he learned from his home world and other times using the power of the Dragon's heart within him. The latter is dangerous for him however as it takes much time to sync his body with the power of the heart he was bestowed causing instances where he goes berserk as the heart takes him over leaving only the brutality of the dragon which is its natural instinct. At certain times a mysterious bracelet also appears on Id's arm that drains him of his energy unexpectedly. The only things that are known about it is that the reason he has it was to keep it out of the hands of someone he knew from the world he came from because of its importance, that the bracelet itself could be the reason Id was transported to the other world and that Id himself doesn't know what the bracelet is, or what it does either. Romantic interest in Irlina.

Many characters hear Id's name and express doubt or fear throughout the story. It is later shown that Id traveled back in time, and had adventures in the past that would lead to the infamy of the name Id.

Id is a natural-born martial artist in his world. He demonstrated that he can copy another person's skill just by observing. Before coming to the Continent of Gressen, he has mastered two forms of martial arts: Angelic Jade Form Perfection (선녀 옥형결)^[2] and Great Absolute Formation Technique (태극만상공).^[3] He is also skillful in both unarmed and sword fighting, although he admits that he is more skillful with the latter.

His unarmed fighting techniques include (in order of appearance):

• Water Sphere Flick (수구탄지)^[4]
• Wind Blaze Seal (풍열장)^[5]
• Twin Dragon Technique (쌍룡장)^[6]
• Furious Bird Strike (취을난지)^[7]
• Thousand Pound Smash (천근추)^[8]
• Shatter Jade Blue Harden Kill (파옥청강살)^[9]
• Buddha' Spirit Palm (여래신장)^[10]
• Piercing (관통)^[11]
• Finger Flicking Bomb (탄지신통)^[12]
• Hidden Pure Flowing Strike (천수여래장)^[13]
• Sudden Hurricane Dance (돌풍회전삭)^[14]
• Soul Stealing Demon of Death (제마탈혼)^[15]
• Spin Step (진각)^[16]
• Freezing Ice Palmstrike (한빙장)^[17]
• Flustering Wind Palmstrike (풍신일장)^[18]
• Inferno Sealing Palmstrike (열화인장)^[19]
• Buddha's Palm (여래장)^[20]
• Iron Devastation Fist (철황권)^[21]
• Twelve Great Techniques (12대식)^[22]

His sword fighting techniques include (in order of appearance):

• Gordian Knot Slash (일도양단)^[23]
• Flight of the Great White Dragon (백룡출해)^[24]
• Sword of the Fiery Phoenix (적화봉검)^[25]
• Heaven Earth Sundering Slash (천지일참)^[26]
• Torrent of Blades (군마락)^[27]
• One Blade Soul Striker (일검탈혼)^[28]
• Blood River Sword (혈하검)^[29]
• Exploding Phantom Slash (쾌섬점환)^[30]
• White Fire Dance (백화난무)^[31]
• Impossible Slice Combo (군마락)^[32]
• Asura Demon Slasher (수라참마인)^[33]
• Asura Triple Blades (수라삼도)^[34]

He also has non-fighting techniques including:

• State of Emptiness (경공)^[35]
• Law of Movement (보법)^[36]
• Restrict Sound (단음각막)^[37]
• Illusion Skill (천변미환진)^[38]

After arriving the Continent of Gressen and obtaining Lamia, he obtains further skills including:

• Protection Shield (프로텍션 실드)^[39]
• Lightning (라이트닝)^[40]
• Warp (워프)^[41]
• Sword Heart Unified Form (검심일체)^[42]
• Teleportation (텔레포테이션)^[43]

He also obtained class-13 spells from Greydron including:

• Dragon Fist (드래곤 피스트)^[44]
• Dragon Upper (드래곤 어퍼)^[45]

Later in the story, he learns spirit summoning from Irlina and manages to summon and make a contract with wind spirit queen Sildran (시르드란) in the first attempt.^[46] Sildran urges Id to make a contract with other spirit kings. Although the story does not show that Id makes contracts with other spirit kings, it can be inferred that he has done so from the fact that he can summon wind, earth, wood, and fire elemental spirits.^[47] He seems to be able to summon five elements at once and names the technique Five Phases in One Technique (오행대천공).^[48]

Lamia (라미아)[edit]

She is the ancient sword created by Greydrone, the dragon, and the Gods(before they went silent). She chose Id as her master, while Greydrone hadn't been able to use her. Her spirit takes the form of a woman. All her abilities are not known, but as the manhwa progresses, she shows them. However, the manhwa hinted at Lamia holding the power of a god. She has magical abilities and the ability to change her physical appearance. Appearance that Lamia has assumed in the manhwa include the sword-form,^[49] a hairpin,^[50] a brooch,^[51] a bracelet,^[52] a hair tie,^[53] and a belt. She frequently converses with Id in the entire manhwa and her real form is only known to Id. While Id was transported to the past, she lost her physical form and assumed a spiritual form which could be combined with Id. She is bonded to Id for eternity. While she seems to love Id, Id does not treat her as a female. Hence, she is often jealous of Irlina for being loved by Id and sulks by ignoring Id. She was guarded by Greydrone for 10,000 years before Id appeared. When Id visits Ground Zero, a dimension set in the 10,000 years in the past, she is unable to assume her sword form because it conflicts with her other self, a new sword protected by Greydrone.