| 1 | [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rey_Yan_5304.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Rey Yan with the Pasa sword]] |
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| 4 | ->''"Every time I feel that I've improved, there's another opponent who's stronger than I am. Then after I defeat him, there's another, and it never ends... Am I really stronger than before?"'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Rey Yan''', summing up this, and pretty much every other, fighting manga |
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| 7 | A manhwa starring Rey Yan, a seventeen year old boy who wields the Pasa sword, which grows in power whenever it [[LifeDrain drinks demon blood]]. The story follows him as he hunts demons, [[TrainingFromHell learns sword techniques from an old master]], and creates general havoc for the demon and heavenly realms. |
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| 9 | Ultimately, Rey is part of a plot devised by the demonic Prime Minister Shiyan and Shiyan's brother to [[GambitPileup overthrow the Demon Emperor before said emperor gains control over all three realms]], but [[ItsPersonal he has some personal issues to deal with first]]. |
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| 11 | !!Tropes: |
| 12 | * ArcWords: "Is he human?" Or a variation thereof. |
| 13 | * CatGirl: Ming Ling, her sister Minxia, and their brother Mingchen |
| 14 | * CoolSword: The Pasa and Pachun swords that grow stronger from killing demons and humans/gods, respectively. |
| 15 | * DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Loads of them, with some more dangerous than others. One example: King Wansun turns his body into the Original Light, which makes him very powerful, but costs his soul if he's injured. |
| 16 | * EyeScream: Toupa, guardian of the seventh floor of Mujin tower, [[spoiler: sews Shouren's eyes shut]] |
| 17 | * ItsPersonal: White Tiger killed [[spoiler:Rey Yan's master.]] |
| 18 | * LifeDrain: Not for its wielder, but the Pasa sword gets fixed up when it drinks demon blood. |
| 19 | * LoveTriangle: [[spoiler:Rey Yan, Shyao, and Jaryoon]] form the first and main one, but add Hyacia, the Sorceror of the Dark and even Ming Chen into the mix, and it quickly becomes a LoveDodecahedron |
| 20 | * OddlyShapedSword: The Pasa sword goes through several iterations of this. [[spoiler: Rey even threatens to turn it into a broom.]] |
| 21 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Dr. Laobi is the human example. Also most of the demons, sages, and gods. |
| 22 | * SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: [[SealedEvilInASixPack A two-pack:]] [[spoiler:Rey Yan]] and [[spoiler:Jaryoon]], who each contain half of the god [[spoiler:Ban-Go, who created the world, and will destroy it when released]] |
| 23 | * ShoutOut: Mugen from ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'', along with others, who appears in the Mujun Tower. |
| 24 | * SoulCuttingBlade: One of Rey's techniques with the Pasa sword. |
| 25 | * {{Squick}}: Rey's reaction when Kuochien tells him Lady Ryuhwa is actually a man, and that [[spoiler:he and Kuochien are in love]]. Ryuhwa claims to have been a woman in a previous life, but was reincarnated into a man right before becoming a sage. He plans to become a woman again, but in the meantime... [[invoked]] |
| 26 | * SwordBeam: In spades. |
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