Cheonhwa Archive's Young Master

Description

Once hailed as the Murim Alliance leader, Hoo Gong suddenly awakens in the body of Beom Hang, the disgrace of the Cheonhwa Family. Broken in mind and body, Beom Hang had no future... But things are different now. With the power from his discarded life, he will teach the martial world that true strength never dies.

Original Novel

Original Webtoon:
Naver Webtoon, Naver Series

Official Translations:
English, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Japanese

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

El Gran Archivo Divino

El joven maestro del Gran Archivo Celestial

Heavenly Grand Archive's Young Master

O Jovem Mestre do Grande Arquivo Celestial

天华书库大公子

天華書庫の大公子

天華書庫大公子

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Latest Release(s)

c.155 by Asura 2 days ago

c.154 by Asura 1 week ago

c.153 by Asura 2 weeks ago

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Status in Country of Origin

144 Chapters (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 7.4 / 10.0 (143 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.21 / 10.0

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Last Updated

September 2nd, 2025 12:38pm PDT - 3 months ago

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Genre

Action Comedy Historical Martial Arts Seinen
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

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Kim Hyun-Young

Artist(s)

Midnight Studio

Year

2023

Original Publisher

C&C Revolution Co., Ltd.

Midnight Studio

Naver

Serialized In (magazine)

Naver Webtoon (Naver)

Naver Series (Naver)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tappytoon

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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Monthly Pos #447

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3 Month Pos #467

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6 Month Pos #517

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Year Pos #470

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On 8 completed lists

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interesting variant of anti hero

by holydemon
1 month ago

Rating: N/A

Mc, being the murim alliance leader in his previous life, has a very strong sense of responsibility. He keeps getting distracted with side quests of fixing loose end and issues of acquaintances from his previous life. He always give people second, even third chance at life.

And yet, he's very manipulative. He seems to enjoy toying with both minds and bodies. His favorite "finishing" move is turning his targets into a living blob of flesh, with their mind intact to fully experience the despair. His favorite "prank" is burying people alive, the "surprise" being that he will save them later. I often wonder if he truly spare people out of sympathy, or because he finds them interesting to mess with

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Gave me some good laughs

by I Am Reader
10 months ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

The comedy is pleasant. Usually, you'd expect the such body swap stories to delve into the conspiracies behind it or the psychological aspects of different minds different bodies but that doesn't happen here.

Read it for the fun. You will not regret the time spent.

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No plot progress but kinda fun to read

by zookeeper3008
1 year ago

Rating: N/A

MC's soul is swapped with a suicidal person who ends up killing himself.
MC starting to gain back the trust of his new family is handled nicely but the way he easily gains the memories of the current body is terrible and everything after that.
After he recovers, he starts leveling up and then it's just a bunch of nice side-quests to get rid of evil sects while gaining new allies.
MC's fame increases while he does every single quest.
No leads as to why MC was soul-swapped or which evil super strong organization is behind it nor are we get to shown their actions.
Sure the evil people he's getting rid of might be connected but there's nothing shown to the readers; no interrogating villains, not gaining info by talking to other characters (aside from the side-quest going on), no info from MC's knowledge itself etc.
So you got to wonder why are you still reading it (85 chapters at the time of this review).

If you can ignore the bad plot progress, you might enjoy it

MC's personality is as the other reviewer described here, it might be boring for some people.
The side-characters are dumb idiots I liked at the beginning, though I'm starting to wonder why they're still here.

... Last updated 1 year ago

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Not fun, can't quite say why

by Y_Sasuke
2 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Having read 56 chapters.

There is something lacking, be it the story or the characters. There is something fake about the MC, who has no ambition. The other characters also feel like caricatures and not "human".

Maybe it is the fact he hides the fact his soul was moved to another body from those that were close to him and doesn't seem to be affected by their grief. What reason does he have to keep this secret ?

Maybe the fact he is an old man in a young man's body that acts like an old man who is no longer deeply affected by the world and for whom there is no future.

Translation is a bit iffy as well. Not very bad, but it doesn't flow well.

Story for now is just a bunch of random events. I think there is an overall story that involves the cause of his forced body swap, but even the MC doesn't seem particularly interested in that.

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As of Ch21

by Avalon_C
3 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

So far by Chapter 21 the story seems good, nothing too new but interesting enough.
But what caught my eye was comic relief with the female shadow guard, and to a lesser extent the grandfather and other relations.

It's still early, but the humor seems to be in the same vane and quality as that in the Manhwa of "Return of the Mount Hua Sect".

And the lead has so far been quite measured in his actions, he can be ruthless (for good reason, but perhaps on the gory side of what one might expect), so he's not one to let villains go, but neither does he act like a tyrant ruining everyone's lives lest one enemy escape.

Oh yes, I like the artistic style too!

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The Novel

by Breaking_Heaven
3 years ago

Rating: N/A

Do any of you know the novel of this? Even if it is a raw one. Pls comment below if you know!

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