https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-legend-of-the-northern-blade/ I just wanted to start an LCD for now. I haven't started reading this yet, but the manhwa is really good.
I was really surprised to learn this one had a novel. The manhwa is excellent and gives the impression it was carefully planned out for that media format. Novel->Manhwa transitions don't usually have such consistently good pacing, for example. I do wonder how the novel is but will likely just stick with the manhwa. (The pacing is slower in the first arc but that's clearly an intentional choice to lend more emotional weight to the MC's beginnings)