Summary
A brief description of the manhwa 21st Century Retrogression:
Ha pung gae, old Taoist monk, who has lived since the end of joseon Dynasty, unexpectedly succeeds in the counter-retrogression movement. However, even if successful, he has only about ten years left in his remaining lifespan. In order to avoid death, he must become immortal!
- Chapter 43 08.10.2024
- Chapter 42 01.10.2024
- Chapter 41 24.09.2024
- Chapter 40 28.06.2024
- Chapter 39 10.06.2024
- Chapter 38 10.06.2024
- Chapter 37 31.05.2024
- Chapter 36 22.05.2024
- Chapter 35 20.05.2024
- Chapter 34 08.05.2024
- Chapter 33 30.04.2024
- Chapter 32 23.04.2024
- Chapter 31 16.04.2024
- Chapter 30 09.04.2024
- Chapter 29 03.04.2024
- Chapter 28 27.03.2024
- Chapter 27 19.03.2024
- Chapter 26 11.03.2024
- Chapter 25 05.03.2024
- Chapter 24 05.03.2024
- Chapter 23 27.02.2024
- Chapter 22 27.02.2024
- Chapter 21 20.02.2024
- Chapter 20 20.02.2024
- Chapter 19 14.02.2024
- Chapter 18 14.02.2024
- Chapter 17 08.02.2024
- Chapter 16 08.02.2024
- Chapter 15 05.02.2024
- Chapter 14 03.02.2024
- Chapter 13 03.02.2024
- Chapter 12 03.02.2024
- Chapter 11 03.02.2024
- Chapter 10 03.02.2024
- Chapter 9 03.02.2024
- Chapter 8 03.02.2024
- Chapter 7 03.02.2024
- Chapter 6 03.02.2024
- Chapter 5 03.02.2024
- Chapter 4 03.02.2024
- Chapter 3 03.02.2024
- Chapter 2 03.02.2024
- Chapter 1 03.02.2024
- Chapter 0 03.02.2024
It’s good

This is way better than some 4.5’s out there, to rate it as a 3.2 is a disgrace. Even martial peak is somehow rated higher than this… While I won’t be calling this a hidden gem or anything along those lines, this is certainly better than most Murim manhwa’s currently out. It takes a unique approach in story, apart from the whole modern Murim setting.
I agree with Kiestrel, the execution isn’t the best, the beginning moves immensely fast and there’s hardly any pause in between everything. With that being said, it’s still pretty good. It does a lot of things current Murim manhwas are afraid of doing, taking the fundamentals of Murim itself and playing around with it, whether it be the power system or the hierarchical system, and the factions that lie within Murim.
I especially love the MC’s resolution and how he’s forced to use his power, being a Taoist, he’s bound to doing good deeds if he wants to reach his end goal, being immortal. Although the MC isn’t an outright righteous guy, he’s conflicted with doing things that could be considered bad to achieve a greater goal and vise versa. The MC is also strong but is still conflicted if he’s doing things wrong as he tries to reach immortality. (This is an extremely simplified version of how he becomes stronger, as elixirs are very important in cultivating in this series but that’s another conversation entirely.)
Overall, this series does a lot of things wrong but the things it does right, it does RIGHT. At least to me, some readers probably won’t like it, I know I didn’t, especially during the earlier chapters but as I got accustomed to it, my enjoyment from reading this series increased tenfold.
As for the art, it isn’t exactly the best but it’s not bad. The real issue I could see readers having is the translation being inconsistent here and there.
TLDR: Good series, it lacks in some areas but it’s better than most Murim manhwas out now while still being relatively entertaining.

Darn, the cover looks nice at least
The story is not that good àn the translate ruining this mănhwa further

it’s a modern murim manhwa. the premise is interesting but i feel like the execution isn’t very good. the story is moving at a fast pace and doesn’t really give any “breathing room” between each event that happens.
It good, but seriouly he just halting his progress at this point. 8/10