The Archmage Returns After 4000 Years

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Lucas Traumen was the greatest archmage in history until he was condemned by Demigod to spend eternity losing his mind. But 4,000 years later, he's thrust back into this world, into the body of Frei Blake, the weakest, most un-talented student at the prestigious Westroad Academy for mages. After all this time, the world of magic has barely progressed. Could this be the work of Demigod? Determined to find out, Lucas seeks to reach the highest levels of power once again and get his revenge.

Original Novel:
KakaoPage, Naver Series, BookCube, Ridi, Onestory, MrBlue

Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum

Official Translation:
English, T.Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, Russian
S.Chinese: AC.QQ, BiliBili

Type

Manhwa

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Associated Names

4000 Nyeon Mane Gwihwanhan Daemadosa

4000年后重生异世界的大魔导师

4000年後重生的大魔導士

4000년 만에 귀환한 대마도사

Die Rückkehr des grossen Magiers

El flipante mago regresa después de 4 milenios

El gran mago regresa después de 4000 años

Kembalinya Sang Archmage Setelah 4000 Tahun

Le retour du grand Mage

The Great Mage Returns After 4000 Years

Архимаг, который вернулся 4000 лет спустя

Архимаг, который вернулся спустя четыре тысячи лет

มหาจอมเวทผู้กลับมาอีกครั้งหลัง 4000 ปี

四千年后重生异世界的大魔导师

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Latest Release(s)

c.213 by Asura 2 days ago

c.212 by Asura 1 week ago

c.211 by Asura 2 weeks ago

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Status in Country of Origin

200 Main Story Chapters (Complete)

S1: 91 Chapters (1~91)
S2: 56 Chapters (92~147)
S3 (Part 1): 42 Chapters (148~189)
S3 (Part 2): 11 Chapters (190~200)

12 Side Story Chapters (Ongoing)

S4 (Side Stories): 12 Chapters (201~Present)

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Average: 7.4 / 10.0 (333 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.31 / 10.0

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Last Updated

July 10th, 2025 2:11am PDT - 5 days ago

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Action Adventure Fantasy Historical Shounen
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Serialized In (magazine)

Kakaopage (Kakao)

Kakao Webtoon (Daum)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tapas

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #447

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Monthly Pos #130

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3 Month Pos #450

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6 Month Pos #517

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Year Pos #505

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Average across all boards and doesn't pretend to be AAA quality manhwa

by deathcoy
6 months ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

In all honesty this is just an average quality work. However it shines in a way as it does not pretend be an outstanding manhwa. Plenty of manhwa/manga that are highly rated ended up being complete trash as their authors are trying to punch above their weight class. When you create such a good set up & anticipation only to fall flat on the delivery, that is much worse than just being an average manga. All too common example being authors creating complicated narrative only to use plot armor to burn it all down. It shows the clear deficiencies in the author's writing skills.

This manhwa avoids all that by just focusing on its strength of being an mediocre manhwa. That's the beauty of it.

The setting is of the generic reincarnation theme in a fantasy world. An overpowered mage discovers more powerful beings, dies and reincarnates to start a resistance. The plot itself is cliche with a linear storyline. Writing is middling at best and very straightforward plus author does not try for any complex narrative. The pacing is very fast, as events escalate quickly so this might turn into a short series that feels it got axed or an extremely long and tiring one. I guess my only complain in the narrative is the overly used prideful villain syndrome as plot armor to carry the main characters, where the antagonist has a lot of chances to kill the heroes but refuse to do it due to various stupid reasons; underestimating them, arrogance, ego etc.

Characters are run of the mill heroes and villains of the genre. Can't go wrong but also means there's nothing exceptional about them which is not a bad thing. Some manhwas have characters with good traits but end up being poorly written that they're unlikeable. Character development is somewhat lacking in this manhwa due to quick pacing of the narrative. It feels like the author is rushing through the arcs and neglecting character growth.

I personally like the art style and design. Its different from the typical korean manhwa and japanese anime/manga vibes, feels like its leaning towards western comics art style.

The battles and combat look good, maybe just a bit above average. Again, nothing impressive in terms of choreograph and eye candy but good enough.

As per the title, average across all boards and doesn't pretend to be triple A quality manhwa which is the beauty of it. Makes it an entertaining read at least.

... Last updated 6 months ago

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Not bad

by Y_Sasuke
8 months ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Not very creative, but not horrible as well. Just above average. Actually has a somewhat interesting world and villain. Not amazing, but not bad.

Art is good. Characters are not bad. Very middling overall. To read if you are pretty bored and want something from this genre.

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Generic as cann get

by Joese
1 year ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

This review has been deleted a couple of times, so I'll keep it brief:
-plotholes everywhere. Why is the MC any different from others who failed? It would've been more interesting if, before coming back, he had known about those others.

Lazy, unoriginal plot; extremely generic in theme and the MC's approach.
-Too much comic relief.
-Too much comic relief.
-And lastly, too much comic relief.
I mean, it starts with his family, then half his subordinates, and all his ex-subordinates; it kills the mood at times (I'd go for specifics, but it's not the first time I write this).

... Last updated 1 year ago

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Shit

by tiankioo
3 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

The fight scenes suck pretty bad. The manhwa relies on not feeding the reader information constantly. Antagonists are strictly male, so the MC conveniently never has to confront a woman. This is a harem manhwa in disguise, with every woman the MC encounters (except for a single one) becoming interested in the MC. Of course, the way the manhwa leaves that shit unresolved is by making the MC the densest person on the planet, and the women, of course, never once take any actual initiative, as if bluntly telling the MC about their interest is taboo. They just bemoan how dense he is. Don't be deceived by his initial actions with the professor in the beginning. It's just meant for a laugh. That's the first and last time you will see him interested in a woman, so it's basically just bait. He's entirely asexual.

Average in all senses. It's pretty obvious that this manhwa is trying to make something decent from complete trash source material. You'll never turn shit into gold, though. At best, it'll be slightly less stinky shit.

... Last updated 3 years ago

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There's Sakura Reincarnation in this Manhwa

by PotatoHunter
3 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

and it's annoying af

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Generic

by Sburator
4 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

And kinda cringe

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uhh

by aaarghstopp
4 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

i dont like the art much (although it is much better than some other things ive read. i think my main issue is the weird proportions) and there are a lot of aspects of the story that annoy me, but i still like it overall and i continue to read it. i guess its just that i have a hard time finding a story like this that I actually like, so despite the things that annoy me its still pretty enjoyable??

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could be worse

by godfrey
4 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

this reminds me of juvenile fantasy like the Wizard's First Rule books: I remember liking the series when I read them at first but now that I have some actual life experience and can recognize literally any other person than myself and my little group of pals as actual humans it's obviously utter garbage.

as of chapter 78 this is derivative escapist fantasy but at least it's not clearly the product of repeatedly consuming then regurgitating ayn rand's ordure.

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CRINGE...

by Helbrassen
4 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

Its like pokemon, the characters over explain situations and can't stop sucking off the main character... i would not mind this if it was a comedy and it did not take itself seriously but its not... it's cringe AF

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Male lead/MC is cool but

by hoBRO
5 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I find the red head that keeps clinging to him a bit.. eh. I mean, I guess I just don't like her much. But I'll try to tolerate her.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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