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Sword God

Founder of Cheonghwado, one of the Tower's Nine Kings, and the Martial King's ex-discipleCheonghwado

Sword God is the mute martial artist Seon, whose rise from the Martial King's disciple to Cheonghwado's ruler ends in a composite existence driven by Cannibal and an attempt to seize his former master's achievements.

Biography

A mute disciple builds Cheonghwado

Born mute and bullied for that vulnerability, Seon survives by pursuing strength until the Martial King recognizes and trains him. Mastering Open Speaking gives him a voice, while his swordsmanship makes him the first disciple to clear the Martial King's test and a fighter acknowledged even by Allforone. He later declares independence with Flanc, builds Cheonghwado from repeated victories, and imposes a numerical logic on its members, turning personal discipline into the authority of a founder and Nine King. (Chapters 97, 103–104, 126, 143)

Ruin turns discipline into Cannibal

The Sword God's pursuit of the Philosopher's Stone places Cheonghwado between Leonte, Hanryeong, Red Dragon, and the Summer Queen. He protects Leonte and defeats Hanryeong's faction, but the planned prize is absent and the Summer Queen destroys his retreating clan. When Flanc and the remaining followers die protecting him, Seon abandons his former rejection of shortcuts: he eats their hearts with Cannibal to absorb their power, seeking fast recovery and revenge even though mixed souls and curses can permanently damage him. (Chapters 120–143)

Faceless prepares a fatal revenge

Seon survives inside the composite body called Faceless, alongside Flanc and other Cheonghwado souls, then constructs an Illusory World to assassinate the Martial King. Gungnir connects the territory to Asgard, and stored spirits become vessels for descending gods, but the arrangement depends on Seon's Consciousness as its foundation. Yeon-woo identifies that core, severs Thor's Pairing with Sword Thunder, and dismantles Seon's Consciousness; the Sword God's death collapses the Illusory World and ends the repeated revivals supporting the attack. (Chapters 347, 608–619)

Appearance and personality

The Sword God initially conceals his face behind a lion mask and speaks through Open Speaking because he is physically mute. After Cheonghwado's fall, his injured self is folded into Faceless, a thin bandage-wrapped body containing numerous souls and shifting dominant personalities. Four swords floating around him remain the clearest visual sign of Seon's control. (Chapters 97, 131, 143, 347, 608–609)

He begins as a disciplined martial artist who distrusts unearned power, but ambition and loss corrupt that standard. Seon calculates people by usefulness, refuses to accept defeat, and converts loyalty into fuel through Cannibal. His final confidence rests on endless revival and accumulated achievements, leaving him unable to recognize how dependent his supposed invincibility is on a single vulnerable core. (Chapters 126–143, 347, 608–618)

Abilities and powers

Swordsmanship, Aura, and Open Speaking

The Sword God is an advanced Eight Extreme Fists practitioner whose sword precision surpasses Yeon-woo's early simulations and whose partial command of Soul Power places him among the Tower's strongest martial artists. He directs four swords simultaneously and can reinforce their attacks with Aura and a descended god's lightning. Open Speaking substitutes magic communication for his missing natural voice, but damage to his Magic Circuit can make even that speech difficult. (Chapters 103, 131, 143, 150, 179, 609)

Cannibal and the composite body

Cannibal drains a victim's power through the heart, carrying their soul and curse into the user. Absorbing Flanc and Cheonghwado's dead gives Seon many skills and minds, but the crowd makes the composite body creak and causes the controlling personality to change. The technique supplies rapid growth and more stored combatants, yet it cannot make incompatible consciousnesses free of strain, and it turns every increase in strength into a further dependence on consumed lives. (Chapters 143, 347, 608, 618)

Illusory World and its core

With otherworld power and Gungnir, the Sword God establishes an Illusory World, imports Asgard's laws, and lets stored spirits host gods who revive while the territory holds. The field can isolate and exhaust even the Martial King, but it requires preparation, vessels, causality, a divine connection, and Seon's continuing Consciousness. Yeon-woo's Eye of the Heavens locates the Pairing, and Sword Thunder destroys the core; Seon cannot regenerate after that conceptual foundation is dismantled. (Chapters 608–619)

Relationships

  • Martial King: The Martial King gives Seon training and a voice, then excommunicates him when ambition overtakes the path intended for a disciple. Seon's final plan is built around killing and consuming his former master. (Chapters 103–104, 143, 608–618)
  • Hanryeong: Hanryeong opposes Seon's use of Cheonghwado and the Philosopher's Stone struggle; Seon destroys his nine swords and helps drive him to his fatal last stand. (Chapters 129–141)
  • Leonte: Seon protects Leonte and lends him Gungnir because he expects the Philosopher's Stone, but the alliance leads Cheonghwado into the trap that destroys it. (Chapters 120–143)
  • Summer Queen: The Summer Queen defeats Cheonghwado and leaves Seon critically injured, causing the loss that pushes him toward Cannibal. (Chapters 131–143)
  • Yeon-woo: Yeon-woo surpasses the path represented by Seon and finally dismantles his Consciousness, collapsing the Illusory World. (Chapters 179, 608–619)
  • Nocturne: Seon gives Nocturne information about his origin and draws another former disciple into the assault on their master. (Chapters 616–617)

Items

None. Gungnir is central to the Sword God's later plans, but it is not included in the finalized notable-item roster.