Touken Ranbu: I Said I’m a Sword Cultivator, Not a Blade Cultivator!

[Updates are irregular, so think carefully before starting. The entire story is being revised.] [No romance, just family bonds. OOC and rough writing ahead.]

Ling Han was of mixed immortal and demonic blood, but had grown up cherished in an immortal sect, pursuing fate and the Dao, and had become exceptionally upright. One day, his despicable, immortal old master Ye Yin stabbed him in the back, nearly turning him into a cultivation cauldron and handing him over to someone else.

With his bonded sword shattered, his heart meridians severely damaged, and his enemy closing in, he fell into an unknown magnetic field and landed in the world of Touken Ranbu.

After crashing into the wilderness with several debuffs stacked on him, Ling Han had to relearn the language and basic common sense. Ling Han: ...

(The author receives a fierce glare from a cat-eyed reader [menacing (`⌒´メ)])

And so began his tumultuous journey as a Saniwa. (Cue celebratory flowers ∠※)

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Ling Han, whose Saniwa codename was “Wen Yuan,” made a first impression on his swords as a gloomy, fragile soul who didn’t like talking or spending time with people, and who was especially tsundere.

Ling Han: I don’t like you. (Cold and melancholy.)

Sword boys: You keep handing out sword equipment and protection charms, and you make sure we go into battle fully prepared and come back unharmed. Master, you say you don’t love us?!

Ling Han: You’re just subordinates and tools. (Dark and gloomy.)

Sword boys: ...Then could you stop taking revenge on people who pick fights with us, Master?

Ling Han: ... (Deadpan stare.)

By the time all that closeness had become second nature,

Ling Han: (Confused and questioning himself.) Wait, I never meant to become a sword cultivator, did I? My “true love” is clearly Zhen Liu!

A soul bound by hatred and regret to keep on living was, in the end, reborn through love.

The swords protect history, and they protect their master too. That’s something beautiful.