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He awakens a hundred years later in the body of a young beggar boy, beaten by another beggar, and is stunned to learn Mount Hua is no longer among the Ten Great Sects.","summary_source":"graph_aggregator","summary_status":"generated","summary_verification":"unverified"},"summary":"On a blood-soaked battlefield, Mount Hua swordsman Cheongmyeong strikes down Cheonma, leader of the Demon Cult, at the cost of total annihilation. Dying, he mourns his fallen sect and regrets his wasted life. He awakens a hundred years later in the body of a young beggar boy, beaten by another beggar, and is stunned to learn Mount Hua is no longer among the Ten Great Sects.","key_events":["Cheongmyeong dies atop mountains after killing Cheonma and regrets Mount Hua's fall","Sect alliance and Cheonma annihilate each other in final battle, leaving only death","Child learns a hundred years passed and Mount Hua is no longer among Ten Great Sects","Cheongmyeong reincarnates as beggar child a hundred years after death","Dying Cheonma acknowledges Mount Hua disciple's blade as greatest before dying","Reincarnated child is beaten then fights back against another beggar"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"Episode 1\n\nEVERYTHING IS RED.\nEVERYTHING IN SIGHT IS COVERED IN RED.\n\nALL THAT REMAINS HERE NOW IS DEATH.\n\nAND FOR WHAT? WHY WAS SO MUCH BLOODSHED NECESSARY?\n\nBROTHER JANGMUN...\n...MY FRIENDS...\n...THE JUNIOR DISCIPLES...\n\n...THEY ARE ALL DEAD.\n\nAN ALLIANCE OF SECTS WAS FORMED, COMPRISED OF THE BEST OF THE BEST, FOR A FINAL STAND AGAINST CHEONMA.\nMORE THAN TWENTY SECTS CAME TOGETHER, INCLUDING THE TEN GREAT SECTS.\nIN THE END, THE CLASH BETWEEN THE ALLIANCE AND CHEONMA RESULTED IN TOTAL ANNIHILATION ON BOTH SIDES.\n\nWHY DID THIS COME TO BE...?\nIT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF HIM.\nA DEMON WHO DESCENDED FROM THE HEAVENS...\n\n...THE LEADER OF THE FIENDS WHO DRENCHED THE EARTH IN BLOOD...\n...THE LEADER OR THE DEMON CULT.\n...MOUNT HUA SECT.\n\nHOW UNFORTUNATE, DISCIPLE OF MOUNT HUA.\n\nWERE YOU TO SURVIVE THIS BATTLE, YOU WOULD ENJOY A LIFE OF FAME AND GLORY FOR BEING THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY DEATH...\n...IT SEEMS, HOWEVER, THAT OUR TIME ON THIS EARTH HAS REACHED ITS END.\n\n...SHUT YOUR MOUTH...\nTAKE PRIDE IN WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, WARRIOR.\n\nTHOUGH MANY HAVE AIDED YOU DURING THE BATTLE, IT WAS ULTIMATELY YOUR BLADE THAT STRUCK THE FINAL BLOW.\nIN THE NAME OF CHEONMA, THE LEADER OF THE DEMON CULT...\n\n...I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR BLADE, THE BLADE OF MOUNT HUA, AS THE GREATEST ON THIS EARTH.\nI SAID, SHUT UP!\n\nHOW UNFORTUNATE, INDEED...\n...HAD I BUT LIVED TO SEE ONE MORE DAY,\n\nI WOULD HAVE BECOME TRULY WORTHY OF THE NAME CHEONMA.\nBUT IT DOES NOT MATTER. THIS, TOO, IS MY DESTINY.\n\nREMEMBER THIS, DISCIPLE OF MOUNT HUA.\nTHIS IS NOT THE END.\n\nTHE DEMONIC FORCES SHALL ONE DAY RETURN.\nAND ON THAT DAY, THE WORLD WILL FALL UNDER THE RULE OF THE DEMON CULT.\n\nAND WE WILL BE...\n...UNSTOPPABLE...\n\n...THE WAR IS OVER.\n\nI KNEW MY LIFE, TOO, WAS NEAR ITS CLOSE.\n...BUT WHAT WILL NOW BECOME OF MOUNT HUA?\n\nEVERY MEMBER OF THE CHEONG LINE OF MOUNT HUA'S DISCIPLES LIES HERE, DEAD.\nEVERY MEMBER OF THE BAEK LINE, WHO FOLLOWED THE SENIOR DISCIPLES INTO BATTLE, HAS ALSO PERISHED.\nTHE ONLY SURVIVORS ARE CHILDREN, BARELY ABLE TO WIELD A SWORD...\n\n...DID ALL THE BLOOD MOUNT HUA SHED HERE MEAN ANYTHING, IN THE END...?\nIF I HAD BEEN MORE DEDICATED TO MY TRAINING...\n...COULD I HAVE SAVED AT LEAST ONE OF THEM...?\n\nIT IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE.\nALL HAS BEEN IN VAIN.\n\nEVEN THE MOST RADIANT BLOSSOMS WITHER IN THE END...\n...MOUNT HUA...\n\nTHE 13TH DISCIPLINE OF THE GREAT MOUNT HUA SECT, ONE OF THE THREE GREATEST SWORDSMEN ON EARTH\nMASTER OF THE BLOSSOMING BLADE\nCHEONGMYEONG\nAFTER CLAIMING THE LIFE OF CHEONMA, THE GREAT EVIL WHO BROUGHT CATASTROPHE UPON THESE LANDS...\n\n...CHEONGMYEONG DIED AT THE TOP OF THE HUNDRED THOUSAND MOUNTAIN RANGE.\nTHIS SHORT ACCOUNT WAS THE LEGACY I WOULD LEAVE BEHIND ON THIS EARTH.\n\nHEY, CHEONGMYEONG!\n\n...WHAT ARE THESE VISIONS?\nYOU'RE MORE THAN JUST A MARTIAL ARTS TRAINEE-- YOU'RE A STUDENT OF THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS!\nCAN YOU NOT SEE THAT STRENGTH WITHOUT VIRTUE IS NOTHING BUT VIOLENCE?!\nTHE SAME OLD NAGGING...\n\nIT WAS ALL SO TEDIOUS.\nALTHOUGH I WAS A DISCIPLE OF MOUNT HUA, I DID NOT FOLLOW ITS TEACHINGS BY HEART.\nWHILE I WAS GRANTED A TITLE I DID NOT DESERVE DUE TO MY SKILL WITH THE BLADE, I WAS THE PARIAH OF THE MOUNT HUA SECT.\nI WAS\n\nHOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN...\n...THAT I OWED EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE TO MOUNT HUA?\nDO YOU HAVE REGRETS, CHEONGMYEONG?\nYES, BROTHER JANGMUN...\n...I HAVE SO MANY REGRETS...\n\nIF ONLY I HAD MORE FAITH IN THE SECT'S TEACHINGS...\n...AND THAT FAITH COULD HAVE MADE ME A STRONGER WARRIOR...\n...I COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO CHANGE THIS HORRIFIC OUTCOME.\n\nTHERE IS NO NEED FOR REGRETS.\nTHIS IS ALL PART OF MOUNT HUA'S DESTINY.\nAND YET...\n\n...MOUNT HUA WILL LIVE ON.\n\nCHEON...\n...CHEONMA?!\nI THOUGHT I KILLED THAT BASTARD!\nCHEONMA, HUH?\nI DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHO THAT IS!\n\nQUIT DAYDREAMING, YOU FILTHY STREET RAT!\nEVERYONE ELSE IS OUT PANHANDLING, YET YOU'RE IN HERE AND TAKING A NAP LIKE YOU OWN THE PLACE?!\nWHAT...? WHAT'S GOING ON?\nWHAT IS THIS LITTLE BEGGAR DOING?\nWHAT ARE YOU SMILING AT?!\n\nIS HE THREATENING ME?\nLOOK HERE, CHILD.\nI WILL EXCUSE YOUR IGNORANCE, JUST THIS ONCE. SO PUT DOWN THE STICK.\nLOOK HERE?\n...HAH!\n\nHAHA!\nHAHAHAHA!\nI'M STARTING TO LOSE MY PATIENCE.\nI'M CHEONGMYEONG, THE MASTER OF THE BLOSSOMING BLADE.\nNOT EVEN THE LEADER OF THE GAIBANG BEGGARS' SECT CAN TREAT ME LIKE THIS...\n\n...LET ALONE THIS CHURLISH FOOL!\nTHAT'S IT, YOU'RE SCREWED NOW.\nI SHOULD TEACH THIS KID A LESSON.\nI'LL START BUY BLOCKING THAT FLIMSY LITTLE SWING!\n\n...HUH?\nWHAT?\n\nWHY IS MY ARM... SO SHORT?\nIT CAN'T BE THAT SHORT, CAN IT?\nI CAN'T BLOCK THAT WITH ARMS THIS SHORT.\n\nYOU LITTLE PRICK!\nIGNORANCE? IGNORANCE?!\nSURE! I'LL TEACH YOU A THING OR TWO ABOUT IGNORANCE!\n\nYOU DARE SPOUT SUCH NONSENSE?!\nTHIS'LL TEACH YOU SOME MANNERS, YOU BRAT!\nAAAGH!\nTHWACK\nACK!\nUGH!\nAAUGH!\nH-HEEEEELP!\n\nI'LL COME BACK LATER...\nHMPH!\nOW, ARGH...\nTHAT DAMN STREET RAT...\n\nI'VE NEVER BEEN BEATEN LIKE THAT, EVEN IN ALL MY YEARS AT MOUNT HUA...\nI SWEAR I'LL MAKE THE ENTIRE GAIBANG SECT PAY FOR WHAT THAT BRAT DID TO ME!\n\nBUT ANYWAY...\n...WHO IS THIS LITTLE KID REFLECTED IN THE WATER?\n\nWHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW?\nIS THIS THAT REINCARNATION BUSINESS THOSE BUDDHISTS BELIEVE IN?\nIF I KNEW THAT WERE THE CASE, I WOULD'VE ENROLLED AT SHAOLIN INSTEAD OF MOUNT HUA...\n...HEY.\n\nOH... I SAW YOU WHEN I WAS GETTING BEAT UP EARLIER...\nARE YOU OKAY?\nWANGCHO'S ALWAYS LIKE THAT, BUT HE WENT A LITTLE FAR WITH YOU TODAY...\nONE QUESTION.\n\n?\nNO.\nI HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.\n\nAM I...\nBEGGAR?\n\n...ISN'T THAT OBVIOUS FROM THE WAY YOU'RE DRESSED?\nARGH! DAMMIT! WHY AM I A BEGGAR?!\nFINE, GOT IT. NOW, MY SECOND QUESTION...\n\nCHEONMA!\nDO YOU KNOW OF CHEONMA?!\nI WAS SURPRISED TO SEE YOU WERE DOING ALRIGHT, FOR SOMEONE WHO GOT SUCH A WALLOPING...\nBUT YOU MUST STILL BE DAZED.\nJUST ANSWER MY QUESTION, YOU STREET URCHIN!\nHAA... FINE, YOU STREET URCHIN.\n\nHMM...\n...I HAVE HEARD OF CHEONMA.\nHE'S THE GREAT DEMONIC LEADER WHO DIED A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, RIGHT?\n\nWHAT...?\nA HUNDRED...\n\nA HUNDRED YEARS?!\nDID YOU SAY IT'S BEEN A HUNDRED YEARS SINCE CHEONMA DIED?!\nA HUNDRED?!\nH-HEY, WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU?!\n\nIS THAT THE TRUTH?! YOU AREN'T LYING TO ME?!\nWHY WOULD I BE LYING TO YOU?!\n...HAH...\n\nNO WAY...\n...A HUNDRED YEARS?\nWHY COULDN’T I HAVE BEEN REBORN RIGHT AFTER MY DEATH?!\n\nHOW COULD THIS BE?\nIT’S AS IF...\n...I’VE BEEN LEFT ALL ALONE IN THIS WORLD.\nHOW COULD FATE PLAY SUCH A CRUEL TRICK ON ME?\nYOU ALRIGHT THERE?\n\nSO THAT MEANS MOUNT HUA MIGHT...\n...HUH?\nTHAT’S RIGHT, MOUNT HUA!\nMOUNT HUA!\nWHAT’S BECOME OF MOUNT HUA?!\n...MOUNT HUA?\n\nWHAT'S MOUNT HUA?\nYOU'RE... A BEGGAR, AREN'T YOU?\n\nSURE I AM.\nJUST LIKE YOU.\nSO THAT MEANS YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE GAIBANG SECT, WHICH OVERSEES ALL BEGGARS.\nAND YET YOU DON'T KNOW THE MOUNT HUA SECT, ONE OF THE TEN GREAT SECTS?\nTHAT MAKES NO SENSE!\nWHAT ARE YOU BABBLING ON ABOUT?\n\nTHE TEN GREAT SECTS ARE...\nGAIBANG KONGTONG SHAOLIN ZHONGNAN QINGCHENG WUDANG EMEI\nKUNLUN\nDIANCANG\nHAINAN\nSHAOLIN, WUDANG, DIANCANG, KONGTONG, QINGCHENG, EMEI, HAINAN, KUNLUN, GAIBANG, AND ZHONGNAN!\nTHERE'S NO MOUNT HUA SECT IN THE TEN GREAT SECTS!\n\nMOUNT HUA ISN'T ONE OF THE TEN GREAT SECTS...?!\nWHY NOT?!","bubble_count":190,"pages_count":63,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"On a blood-soaked battlefield, Mount Hua swordsman Cheongmyeong strikes down Cheonma, leader of the Demon Cult, at the cost of total annihilation.","spoiler_summary":"On a blood-soaked battlefield, Mount Hua swordsman Cheongmyeong strikes down Cheonma, leader of the Demon Cult, at the cost of total annihilation. Dying, he mourns his fallen sect and regrets his wasted life. He awakens a hundred years later in the body of a young beggar boy, beaten by another beggar, and is stunned to learn Mount Hua is no longer among the Ten Great Sects."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/return-of-the-blossoming-blade-5s2k6f2w/chapter-1-dg25bt","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Return of the Blossoming Blade #1: Episode 1","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-09-20T07:30:03.015Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/return-of-the-blossoming-blade-5s2k6f2w"}}