At ch 1000 there is a total of 3 women, not even harem, virtually 0 romance, and only 1 of the 3 can even be kind of considered random... there really isn't any randomness at all...
As for now Ch.78 in manhwa are Ch.98-99 in the novel. this novel only has 250 chapter but if you want to read further (its completed) you can search in google Absolute sword sense RAW, there will be a website with built in translation (MTL) its better than nothing
