This page refers to the strongest and most prominent martial artists, individuals whose unparalleled skill and mastery in combat have earned them legendary status. These warriors are revered not only for their raw strength and refined techniques but also for their profound influence on the martial world.
Each of these martial artists has transcended the ordinary limits of human potential, attaining an exceptional level of power through relentless training, deep comprehension of martial arts principles, and often, unique cultivation methods. Their abilities range from peerless swordsmanship and invincible hand-to-hand combat to mastery over specialized techniques such as array formations, internal energy manipulation, and body refinement.
Some of these warriors are recognized as heroes, upholding justice and protecting the weak, while others are feared as formidable villains who carved their names into history through ruthless ambition and unmatched power. Regardless of their alignment, they all share one defining trait: their unquestionable prowess, which has made them living legends within the Jianghu.
Old Murim[]
Invincible Mumu[]
| Martial Artist | Cultivation Level |
|---|---|
| Yu Mumu | Has equel strength with Willful Realm |
| Invincible Overlord Blood Martial God | Heavenly Master |
Absolute Sword Sense[]
| Martial Artist | Cultivation Level | Annotation |
|---|---|---|
| Jin Woon-hwi | Natural Realm | He was at the straight path to the ascendent |
| Baek Muja | Natural Realm | Evil Taoist Magic + energy of the Demon (one of the 6 Demons) |
| Leader of the Eights Taoists | Natural Realm | Taoist Magic + energy of the life + most bizarre techniques in entire universe |
| Sword Immortal | Natural Realm | Taoist Magic + energy of the life + most bizarre techniques in entire universe |
| Rest of the Eight Taoists | Natural Realm | Taoist Magic + energy of the life + most bizarre techniques in entire universe |
| Ju Yang-Seon | Peak Enlightened Grandmaster/early Divine Master | Golden Eyes + semi immortal body + Evil Taoist Magic + Peerless sword technique created by himself to kill disciple of the Sword Immortal |
| Seolbaek | Peak Enlightened Grandmaster/early Divine Master | The strongest Extreme Yin Body in history + semi immortal body |
| Mount Mo sects Leader | Peak Enlightened Grandmaster/early Divine Master | Appeared at the end of the story in one chapter, during entire story he was in close training cultivation to take a revenge on Ju Yang-Seon and conquer entire Central Planes with his army of vampire like jiangshi monsters. He went outside after crossed the wall within the wall but he instantly died to Jin Woon-Hwi |
| Sima Chak | Peak Enlightened Grandmaster | |
| Jong Cheon | Peak Enlightened Grandmaster | Murim alliance leader during final battle of the second orthodox-unorthodox war |
| Abbot of the Shaolin Temple | Peak Enlightened Grandmaster | Considered as the hidden dragon of the Shaolin Temple, even Sima Chak was not fully sure if he can defeat him |
| Hyuk Cheon-Man | Peak Enlightened Grandmaster | At the end of the story, after his training journey outside of the Central Plains |
| Baek Hye-Hyang | Established Enlightened Grandmaster/ early Peak Enlightened Grandmaster | At the end of the story. She constantly trains by fights with Seolbaek for the position of the second wife |
| Baek Hyang-Muk | Established Enlightened Grandmaster | Despite not crossing the wall within the wall he was considered among top 5 supreme warriors at the start of the story |
| Cheol Su-Ryun | Established Enlightened Grandmaster | The strongest sorcery in entire universe + semi immortal body |
| Guy with bow | Established Enlightened Grandmaster | The strongest bow martial artist in history + Evil Taoist Magic + semi immortal body |
| Jin Gyun | Established Enlightened Grandmaster | Powerful and destructive yang type of qi and martial arts related to the fire |
| Jin Song-Baek | Established Enlightened Grandmaster | The strongest movements technique in history |
| Jang Mun-Ryang | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster/temporary lost his power | Semi immortal body (temporary became much weaker) |
| Dan Wei-Kang | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster/close to the Established | |
| Hae Ak-Cheon | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster | Later he probably became the strongest elder of the Blood Cult. |
| Jong Seon | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster | |
| Seobok | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster | Golden Eyes + immortal body |
| Ja Gyun | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster | The Flashing Sword, semi immortal body |
| Cheon Mu-Seong | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster | |
| Du Gong | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster | He was considered as one of the weakest of supreme warriors in terms of martial arts, but his intelligence and other aspects makes him strong |
| Mu Ak | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster | |
| Ho Jong-Dae | Peak Grandmaster | He had a potential to reach the top, for sure level of Established Enlightened Grandmaster or even Peak Enlightened Grandmaster but unfortunately he died too soon. |
| Han Jisang's master | Established Grandmaster | The best user of the Silver Thread in history + master of stealth + semi immortal body |
| Gu Jae-Yang | Established Grandmaster | The strongest poison user of his era + Illusion Poison (second the most dangerous poison in history) |
| Kwak Jikhyeong | Established Grandmaster | Despite losing one arm he overcome this and became stronger |
| Seo Kalma | Established Grandmaster | Probably it was a limit of his power |
| Greenwood Leader | Established Grandmaster | |
| Wang Cheo-il | Entry Grandmaster/Established Grandmaster | Dual Martial Forces, Neptune Order leader |
| Guyang Gyeong | Entry Grandmaster/Established Grandmaster | Dual Martial Forces, Annihilating Martial Order leader |
| Murim Alliance Elders | Entry Grandmaster/Established Grandmaster | |
| Han Jisang | Entry Grandmaster | The strongest known assassin in history |
| Ha Seong-woon | Entry Grandmaster | After regaining his heath and martial arts. Grandfather of the Jin Woon-Hwi and last lord of the Flying Crane Moon Order |
| Blood Stars | Peak Master/Entry Grandmaster | Executives of the Blood Cult |
New Murim / Era of the Heavenly Demon[]
Myst Might Mayhem[]
| Martial Artist | Cultivation Level | Annotation |
|---|---|---|
| Cheon Ma (epilogue) | Peak Willful Master | Instantly nullified techniques of the two Willful masters |
| Cheon Yeo Woon (epilogue)
Yu Mumu (epilogue) Jin Woon-Hwi (epilogue) |
Willful Master | Difference in their general power is not a significant. For sure in terms of pure martial art power Cheon Yeo Woon is dominating.
Jin Woon-Hwi's strength lays not only in martial arts but also in Taoist Magic. Yu Mumu simply have the strongest body in entire universe. |
| Cheon Ma (main story) | Willful Master | |
| Jin WoonHwi(Main Story-Mushang Castle Will) | Peak Natural Realm | |
| Seolbaek (main story) | Peak Divine Master/Heavenly Master | Taoist magic + hundreds of years of cultivating in Dohwaseon. Mok Gan avatar at level of Divine Master instantly froze to death by just of her presence/single burst of her Qi's. |
| Baek Hye-Hyang (main story) | Peak Divine Master/Heavenly Master | Taoist magic + hundreds of years of cultivating in Dohwaseon. She cut off hand of divine master Mok Gan avatar with just burst of Qi. Then instantly killed him with one simple move |
| Sima Young (main story) | Peak Divine Master/Heavenly Master | Taoist magic + hundreds of years of cultivating in Dohwaseon, but only based on Seolbaek and Baek Hye-Hyang words to Cheol Su-Ryun |
| Sima Chak (main story) | Peak Divine Master/ on a verge of the entry Heavenly Master | He started to assimilate and becoming one with nature |
| Cheol Su-Ryun (main story) | Divine Master (it's unknown exactly which level) | Strongest sorcery in history + semi immortal body + despite ''no killing'' restriction she fought on par with Cheon Ma when he was at Divine Master level, using only martial arts. |
| The strongest Avatars of Mok Gan | Divine Master | Thanks to the stealing bodies of the talented martial artists and improving them using also stolen Thought-Shattering Eight Techniques + also stolen sorcery techniques |
| Blade God | Peak Enlightened Grandmaster | His powerful martial arts + 2 divine beasts cores |
| Yu Moo-jin | Peak Enlightened Grandmaster/Divine Master | The strongest direct descendant of the Yu Mumu, he survived having a pierced heart by Cheon Ma's Plundering-killing Sword, and all he felt was a little itchy. His martial arts are not at this level, but his blessed body is |
| Yu Mumu direct descendants (7 except Yu Moo-jin) | Peak Enlightened Grandmaster | Their martial arts are not at this level, but their blessed bodies are |
| Murim Alliance Leader as Avatar of the Mok Gan | Peak Enlightened Grandmaster | |
| Third Mad Man | Established Enlightened Grandmaster/Peak Enlightened Grandmaster | After finishing his Killing Intent Martial Arts in the side story |
| Other six heavens (except Ou Cheon-Mu) | Established Enlightened Grandmaster/Peak Enlightened Grandmaster | The strongest known masters for the public opinion of Central Plains until the appearance of the seventh heaven |
| Left Guardian of the Heaven and Earth Society Leader (After absorption of the Beak Muja scale) | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster/Established Enlightened Grandmaster | He lost his humanity |
| Munno | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster/Established Enlightened Grandmaster | The best doctor of his era and also the strongest poison master in history |
| Ghost Blade | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster/Established Enlightened Grandmaster | He is not a human |
| Ghost Blade's daughter | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster/Established Enlightened Grandmaster | She is not a human |
| Ou Cheon-Mu | Entry Enlightened Grandmaster/Established Enlightened Grandmaster | Considered as the weakest among six heavens but still recognized as the best craftsman of his era. He significantly improved his martial arts thanks to the Cheon Ma's help |
| Jin Yerin | Peak Grandmaster/Entry Enlightened Grandmaster | Direct descendant of the Jin Woon-Hwi. She has a double Dentian and cultivate energy of the ancient immortals. She also mastered Blood Demon Sword Arts, Luminous Star Sword Techniques and Martial arts of the Jin Song-Baek. Jin Yerin probably reached level of the six heavens after main story of MMM. |
| Hae Yeok-won | Peak Grandmaster | Second in power and the second strongest martial arts master in Evil Alliance. Also descendant of Hae Ak-Cheon |
| Dam Baek-ha | Established Grandmaster/Peak Grandmaster | Blood Demon blessed by the blood of the Divine Beast. It's uncertain if she used Blood Demon Martial arts in form of palms or if she just used Blood Agate technique. She also used Illusionary Eye at the third stage. |
| Ma Ra-hyeon | Established Grandmaster/Peak Grandmaster | He have absorbed Demonic Qi and trained like a mad man under the eye of Cheon Ma. He have done that to be able get revenge by his own hands. He also mastered martial arts of the Heartless Wind God and Luminous Star Sword Technique. |
| First Disciple of the Heaven and Earth Society Leader (before Mok Gan) | Established Grandmaster/Peak Grandmaster | Huge talent + spiritual beast eyes + martial arts based on Moonless Void Sword |
| Earth Vein Leader | Established Grandmaster/Peak Grandmaster | Martial arts based on the Moonless Void Sword |
| Sub Leader of the Murim Alliance | Established Grandmaster/Peak Grandmaster | He was chosen as a master by the Crimson Slicing Sword. One of the three remaining Yokai swords in the mortal realm |
| Left Guardian of the Heaven and Earth Society Leader | Established Grandmaster | |
| Guyang Sa-oh | Established Grandmaster | He was the strongest among the closest confidants of Cheon Ma. That's why he was appointed as the first Great Guardian in history of the Demonic Cult. But he reached limit of his power due to his old age and being badly wounded. So probably other close subordinates of Cheon Ma became stronger than him after MMM story. |
| Baek Sa-ha | Established Grandmaster | At first he was below level of the Eight Stars, but thanks to the Cheon Ma's help, he reached grandmaster level and even the highest poison realm. |
| The first Sword Demon Ji-oe | Established Grandmaster | Considering his maniac love for swords and being next to the Cheon Ma, he probably improved even more off screen after MMM main story and became stronger than a Established Grandmaster level |
| Lee Ji-yeom | Entry Grandmaster/Established Grandmaster | He lost the 1vs1 fight with one of the Eight Stars, Leader of the Beggar Sect, but it was shortly after the severe fight with Murim Alliance Leader and after losing one of his arms. |
| Other Eight Stars | Entry Grandmaster/Established Grandmaster | |
| Three Head Monks of the Shaolin Temple (if they are fighting separate) | Entry Grandmaster/Established Grandmaster | In joint attack they probably can fight on par even with entry Enlightened Grandmaster. But that's their limit and victory is not guaranteed. That's also why after seeing Cheon Ma at this level they decided to end their conflict as peacefully as possible, avoiding the fight. |
| Wi Soyeon (as a society leader disciple) | Peak Master | Extreme Yin Body with opened meridians + martial arts based on the Moonless Void Sword |
| Other Elders of the:
-Demonic Cult -Murim Alliance -Evil Alliance |
Peak Master | Seop Chun and Mong Mu-yak are worth mentioning here because they are young so they probably reached at least level of the Grandmaster after the MMM. Especially considering that they absorbed Demonic Qi |
| Jang Neung-ak | Peak Master | |
| Mok Yoochun | Huge talent, after a few months of training he defeated successor of the Bight Blade King. Also he mastered the Reversed Acupoint Evil Technique and was able to maintain a clear mind during using it. If he does not died he probably was able to reach level of the Eight Stars after MMM story |
| Martial Artist | Cultivation Level | Annotations |
|---|---|---|
| Sword Immortal (main story and epilogue) | Heavenly Master/Willful Master | Eight Taoist in the distant past were for sure at the Heavenly Master realm. But after they cut ties with mortal realm, Ancient Immortals devoted themself in seeking Tao, cultivating and improving their martial arts. In Dohwaseon where time flows different and does not affect people inside, they trained for the hundreds and later for even thousands of years. When they started to teach Wonnhwi, Eight Taoists level were not the highest possible, but it's more likely they also improved and became stronger. Especially after practice of void manipulation (creating small pocket dimensions). Sword Immortal and teacher of Immortals are known as the strongest among them. It's possible that the Sword Immortal from the distant future that regressed Jin Woon-Hwi reached Willful Master realm, considering what he have done being bounded by oath in Dohwaseon. Even the Heavenly Master Sword Immortal from the past, that Woonhwi encountered was not fully aware how it happened. |
| Leader of the Eight Taoists (main story and epilogue) | Heavenly Master/Willful Master | He was known and considered among the Ancient Immortals as their teacher. Probably he is inspired by look and character of the Buddha |
| Other Eight Taoists (main story and epilogue) | Heavenly Master/or above | Eight Taoist in the distant past were for sure at the Heavenly Master realm. But after they cut ties with mortal realm, Ancient Immortals devoted themself in seeking Tao, cultivating and improving their martial arts. In Dohwaseon where time flows different and does not affect people inside, they trained for the hundreds and later for even thousands of years. When they started to teach Wonnhwi, Eight Taoists level were not the highest possible, but it's more likely they also improved and became stronger. Especially after practice of void manipulation (creating small pocket dimensions). |
| Cheong Ryeong (Epilogue) | Died/Willful Master/or something else | It's uncertain what happened to her after MMM. She is not mentioned in epilogue but considering Cheon Ma character and huge love for her, it's really unlikely that he simply ascended without her, letting her die. Cheong Ryeong had a potential to ascend; experience from previous life + experience from 100 years of being vengeful spirit + Extreme Yin body in second life + Insight from Sima Chak + access to Thought-Shattering Eight Techniques + possible help from her Willful Master husband. |
| Mad monk Ja Geum-Yeong | Supreme Great Ability | Because of his ability that he gained from stone marks from Bodhidharma, Ja Geum-Yeong constantly getting stronger even by doing nothing other than drinking alcohol. That's why normal cultivation realm scale does not match him. In his last years of life he probably became the third strongest warrior of his era. |
| Sima Young (epilogue) | entry Heavenly Master/above that | In epilogue Jin Woon-Hwi said she will be able to ascend soon + hundreds or even thousands of years of cultivating in Dohwaseon + practice of the Taoist Magic, but without any specifics about their exact martial realm. |
| Seolbaek (epilogue) | entry Heavenly Master/above that | In epilogue Jin Woon-Hwi said she will be able to ascend soon + hundreds or even thousands of years of cultivating in Dohwaseon + practice of the Taoist Magic, but without any specifics about their exact martial realm. |
| Baek Hye-Hyang (epilogue) | entry Heavenly Master/above that | In epilogue Jin Woon-Hwi said she will be able to ascend soon + hundreds or even thousands of years of cultivating in Dohwaseon + practice of the Taoist Magic, but without any specifics about their exact martial realm. |
| Sima Chak (epilogue) | Died or Ascended | It's uncertain what happened to him, during main story he was at verge of crossing to the Heavenly Master realm. He is a type of person that gaining insight and improving after witnessing something new even once. For example Jin Woon-Hwi's technique copied from Sword Immortal that made him improve Moonless Void Sword. It's possible that after witnessing Cheon Ma as a Willful master in action, the Wicked Moon Sword gained enlightened and improved himself even more. But he could also died in peace after Mok Gan's death. |
| Cheol Su-Ryun (epilogue) | Divine Master/ or above | She probably also improved after moving to the Dohwaseon, but for sure gap between her and Woonhwi's wives is stiff huge. Despite using two formless swords at once she was instantly defeated without any chance by Seolbaek's one simple move. |
| *in this table placement order is random* | ||