Sword Saint

Noboru Miyamoto, known as the Sword Saint, is the elderly leader of the Noboru Clan, a Transcendent swordsman, and one of Earth’s most formidable system initiates. His rivalry with Jake Thayne helps him separate inherited duty from his personal Path, after which he becomes Jake’s long-term ally and a member of his Nevermore party.

Biography

A second life in the Tutorial

At 107, Miyamoto is bedridden and expecting to die after a life spent at the head of the Noboru family and its business empire. He remembers military service, the family he raised, and the inherited Japanese sword that expresses the one private passion he preserved through decades of public duty. The system’s arrival interrupts his death and restores enough physical agency for him to stand, giving him a second life just as his first has reached its natural end. (Chapter 156; Intermission 2 — Noboru Miyamoto)

Miyamoto enters the Tutorial with his relatives and turns lifelong kendo practice into a system-backed Path. He defeats a level-99 Terracotta Army Commander in single combat by following the movement of the rain rather than meeting the stronger foe head-on, earns the True Standout of the 93rd Universe title, and returns to Earth intending to reunite and elevate his clan. That victory establishes both his title and the central tension of his new life: he frames personal power as service to his family even while his swordsmanship is the source of his deepest fulfillment. (Chapter 156; Intermission 2 — Noboru Miyamoto)

World Congress and the Treasure Hunt

As Earth’s factions consolidate, Miyamoto becomes the Noboru Clan’s patriarch, military centerpiece, and diplomatic authority. At the first World Congress he immediately recognizes Jake as stronger, but that recognition excites rather than discourages him, and their handshake becomes a promise of a future contest. He simultaneously trains Reika, uses the clan’s cities and votes pragmatically, and keeps his family’s survival at the center of his choices, even as the prospect of a worthy rival begins exposing how much he has denied his own desires. (Chapters 218–275)

Their promised duel closes the Treasure Hunt. Miyamoto initially mixes refined swordsmanship with water magic he has adopted because he believes advancement requires it; Jake challenges that borrowed assumption and urges him to pursue the blade he genuinely cares about. Forced to confront his envy of Jake’s freedom, Miyamoto chooses one battle without clan or consequence and awakens Springtime Advent. The Transcendence restores a younger form and overturns the fight, but its winter-like backlash strips away levels and leaves him severely weakened; afterward he treats that cost as both a warning and a guide toward a more honest Path. (Chapters 341–350 and 375)

A false death and a stronger clan

When Ell’Hakan’s allies target Earth’s leadership, two prepared attackers ambush Miyamoto with ice and melee techniques intended to counter his rain. He deliberately works with Iskar, the former Monarch of Blood, to make the assassins believe they have killed him, then captures one for intelligence and asks Miranda to preserve the deception. His purpose is not only strategic: he wants to learn whether the Noboru Clan is a durable community or merely a crowd held together by his personal strength, accepting that the test may expose painful fractures. (Chapters 535–537)

Remaining hidden lets Miyamoto join Jake and the Fallen King’s counterplan without Ell’Hakan understanding the full opposition. He intercepts the enemy Chosen while Jake’s group attacks the Ashen Phantom Devourer, then returns to find that his apparent death has indeed fractured the clan. Miyamoto removes compromised elements, restores enough unity for the third World Congress, and attempts to step down as patriarch in favor of being a protector. The clan continues to regard him as its patriarch, but his decision makes its institutions less dependent on his daily rule and frees more of his attention for his sword. (Chapters 549–570)

Nevermore and the long party

Miyamoto joins Jake, Sylphie, and the Fallen King for Nevermore, where outsiders initially regard the plain human swordsman as the party’s replaceable member. He answers that judgment by defeating successive C-grade challengers, including groups, through technical control rather than extravagant skill use. Once Dina joins, his patience and grandfatherly manner help her integrate into the otherwise intimidating party. Across the labyrinth and floor climb he becomes both frontline duelist and calm tactical voice, directing efficient engagements while remaining willing to test stronger opponents himself. (Chapters 637–715)

The Challenge Dungeons expose limits that talent alone cannot erase. In the Colosseum of Mortals, faster or conceptually unfavorable opponents force Miyamoto to spend multiple lives, and defeating the Mistress of Shadows requires a full Springtime Advent whose backlash persists even after system revival. He later turns a lifetime of leadership into a Legendary Medallion in the Endless Journey, then rejoins the party for the final floors. His Rain of Time and Glimpses of Spring become crucial against massed armies and the Twinhead Emperor, but their cost leaves him dependent on the team’s protection and Dina’s healing after his strongest attacks. (Chapters 738–870)

Nevermore changes his relationships as much as his power. Decades beside Jake turn a respectful rivalry into genuine friendship, while he becomes especially close to Dina and helps her develop confidence and political judgment. The Sword Saint finishes eighth on the Nevermore individual leaderboard and shares in the party’s exceptional result. When the group separates, he treats the end as a temporary farewell rather than a conclusion, preserving bonds that began as a practical dungeon arrangement but matured into mutual loyalty. (Chapters 875–894)

Return to Earth and the threshold of B-grade

Back on Earth, Miyamoto discovers that he cannot entirely abandon his family role. He resumes work as a World Council member and accepts that the Noboru Clan still calls him patriarch, while taking responsibility for the vampires created through Sanguine’s Blood Legacy. His visit to the Nalkar family establishes outside support for those vampires, but he firmly rejects becoming one himself: the advantages of vampirism, including greater combat endurance, do not justify reshaping a Path he has finally learned to follow on his own terms. (Chapters 905–916 and 1084–1085)

As other Earth talents race toward B-grade, Miyamoto feels the pressure of comparison and questions whether he deserves the title he chose. Aeon answers by directing him away from hurried evolution and toward fuller mastery of the seasonal Transcendence he already possesses, promising to consider him as a Chosen if he succeeds. Miyamoto therefore spends years observing complete seasonal cycles in contemplation rather than forcing immediate advancement. By the latest supplied chapters, he remains C-grade and is attempting the far rarer task of upgrading Springtime Advent before evolving. (Chapters 1228 and 1268)

Appearance and personality

Miyamoto normally appears as a very old Japanese man with white hair, a wrinkled face, and a lean body that still carries more strength than its age suggests. He habitually wears an immaculate dark-blue robe and carries his ancestral sword. His eyes are repeatedly described as deep blue, and his presence can feel sharp and intimidating. Springtime Advent temporarily restores a much younger body with long black hair, smooth skin, and powerful musculature; Glimpse of Spring produces the same change only for the instant of an attack. (Intermission 2; Chapters 216, 221, 345, and 553)

He is proud, formal, patient, and extraordinarily disciplined. That pride does not make him demand submission: he distinguishes earned respect from obedience and rejects gods or relatives who treat authority as entitlement. He readily teaches opponents after defeating them, speaks in old-fashioned aphorisms, and can calm people whom the rest of Jake’s circle intimidates. His central flaw is an ingrained habit of making every personal desire answer to family duty, though his relationship with Jake gradually teaches him to claim time for his own Path. (Chapters 243, 343, 560, 650, and 894)

Path, class, and abilities

Miyamoto is a C-grade human swordsman with a painting profession, a Divine Blessing from Aeon Clok, and a Path built around swordsmanship, rain, time, and the cycle of seasons. His strongest effects come from conceptual skill rather than raw statistics. He is particularly dangerous against humanoid opponents, whose balance, weapon patterns, and openings resemble the martial disciplines he practiced long before the system, while very large monsters, opponents who deny a direct exchange, and extreme cold can make his water-based methods less favorable. (Chapters 536, 650, 784, 906, and 1085)

Swordsmanship and rain

His foundation is a lifetime of kendo refined by system skills and direct combat. Miyamoto redirects stronger blows rather than meeting them squarely, manipulates an opponent’s balance, and uses minute blade placement to turn attacks aside. Rain and water extend that technique: he can create cutting droplets, crescent waves, reflecting planes, pressure attacks, and defensive flows. These effects are strongest when they support his blade; his early attempt to operate as a conventional water mage is comparatively weak and conceptually hollow, a limitation he consciously abandons after his duel with Jake. (Chapters 209, 266, 275, and 342–344)

The style is precise rather than universally dominant. Ice can freeze the flow of his water and was specifically chosen by Ell’Hakan’s agents as a counter, while highly mobile opponents can avoid the exchanges in which Miyamoto’s technical advantage matters most. He also acknowledges that his raw statistics and percentage-based titles lag behind some peer talents, forcing him to rely on skill, concepts, and careful timing. This produces exceptional performance against other weapon users but leaves him working to improve freeform energy control and detection of elusive opponents. (Chapters 536, 650, and 784)

Springtime Advent and Glimpses of Spring

Springtime Advent is Miyamoto’s self-created Transcendent Skill, awakened when he stops treating duty as the only legitimate purpose of his power. It brings an impossible seasonal environment into being, restores him to a youthful prime, increases his physical and conceptual power, and lets the rain continue even when the surrounding world is breaking apart. Summer Rain sustains and rejuvenates that form, while damage and continued use hasten its aging. The first complete invocation lets him push Jake to a near-mutual kill, but afterward his effective level falls from 135 to 112 until he rebuilds through a long personal winter. (Chapters 344–350)

He later learns to call only a Glimpse of Spring, briefly assuming the young form for one Transcendence-empowered technique without accepting the full aftermath. Stormcut releases an immense cutting stroke, while Erosion focuses that force into a penetrating stab capable of breaking spatial or magical defenses. A single Glimpse has limited lasting backlash, but repeated uses accumulate damage that ordinary rest, death, or dungeon revival does not erase; immediately after activation, he also has difficulty moving. These constraints make each Glimpse a decisive commitment rather than an attack he can repeat freely. (Chapters 553, 685, 706, 709, 784, and 869)

Rain of Time

Rain of Time spreads a vast rainfall infused with time magic, turning the environment itself into the setup for a finishing sequence. In Reversal, Miyamoto sends every fallen droplet back toward the clouds as a blade, allowing millions of individually modest attacks to tear apart terrain and everything caught within the area. After restoring the skill to mythical rarity, he adds Thousand Blades Descent, coalescing the returned rain into guided blades that seek surviving targets. The technique is powerful enough to erase armies and maim the Twinhead Emperor, but it strikes indiscriminately and consumes enough energy that the party must plan around his recovery. (Chapters 669–670, 866, and 870)

Rain of Time works best through preparation and team coordination. Sylphie can confine enemies inside its area with wind, Jake can draw attention until the field is ready, and Dina can restore Miyamoto after the release. Conversely, allies who remain inside are also endangered, so the party must clear the zone before Reversal. By the late Nevermore floors, the Sword Saint can chain Reversal into the descending-blade follow-up, but a full use after Glimpse of Spring still leaves him breathing heavily and vulnerable to a surviving boss. (Chapters 866 and 870)

Mental discipline and latest development

Miyamoto’s mental fortitude is cultivated rather than innate. A century of leadership, daily practice, and deliberate meditation lets him resist hostile presences, maintain composure before gods, and study conceptual changes over spans that would exhaust most people. His Meditate skill also grants experience, though the supplied corpus does not give its full mechanics. This patience supports both his sword and his unusual affinity with time, but it does not erase doubt; comparison with faster-growing peers remains a pressure he must consciously resist. (Chapters 1084, 1212, and 1219)

Aeon’s latest training asks him to experience the seasons deeply enough to upgrade Springtime Advent itself before B-grade. Miyamoto is placed on a quiet world where he observes cycle after cycle for years without moving, using neither immediate battle nor forced evolution to hurry the result. The corpus ends before confirming success, so his new form, B-grade evolution, and promised elevation to Aeon’s Chosen remain prospective rather than attained. (Chapters 1228 and 1268)

Power progression

Relationships

• Jake Thayne: Miyamoto first sees Jake as the rare human capable of surpassing him. Their Treasure Hunt duel becomes the catalyst for Springtime Advent, and decades together in Nevermore turn rivalry into friendship without removing their desire for a rematch.
• Reika: Reika is his great-granddaughter, student, and one of the relatives to whom he is closest. He trains her swordsmanship, supports her alchemical Path, and gradually gives her generation more responsibility within the clan.
• Dina: His patience allows Dina to speak comfortably when she first joins the Nevermore party. He becomes a grandfatherly mentor and close friend, helping her integrate with the group and sharing leadership lessons she later uses in her Challenge Dungeon.
• Sylphie: Sylphie is his Nevermore teammate and a companion he treats with protective affection. Their wind and rain abilities also combine effectively when the party needs to trap large groups inside his area attacks.
• Fallen King: The two serve together on Earth’s World Council and in the Nevermore party. Their different temperaments produce blunt exchanges, but Miyamoto respects the King’s power and judgment, and they repeatedly protect one another in difficult fights.
• Miranda Wells: Miranda becomes a trusted political and operational ally. Miyamoto shares the truth of his false death with her, joins her counterplan against Ell’Hakan, and later supports the governing structure she builds around Jake.
• Aeon Clok: Miyamoto’s Patron values patience, time, and the seasonal structure of his Transcendence. Aeon offers direct guidance and promises to consider him as a Chosen if he masters Springtime Advent before evolving.

Items

• Sword Saint’s Ancestral Sword: A Japanese sword inherited through the Noboru family from the era of the shoguns. Miyamoto uses a powerful awakening item to bring out its Records, and it remains the weapon around which his sword Path, rain techniques, and identity are organized.