After Disguising Myself as a Man, I Claimed the Sword Venerable

[Woman Disguised as a Man] [Psycho Male Lead] [A Little Love at First Sight (Male)] [Pure 1v1 Romance] [Female Awakening] [Also Known as "The Heart-Locking Hairpin"]

Lu Xinhua takes the alias "Lu Shen" and infiltrates the Supreme Sword Sect as a man, all to clear her family of the slur that they are descendants of the demon race.

She conceals the supple nature of her Water Spirit Root and imitates the fierce sword techniques of men, but atop Sword Peak, the ruthless Sword Venerable of the Path of Unfeeling, Jun Wuya, sees through her at a glance.

"Let's see how long you can keep up the act." He knocks off her hairpiece, then binds her ankle with an Immortal-Binding Lock. By day, he forces her to practice the most ferocious sword techniques. By night, he uses the chains to measure her every breath.

In the secret realm of Green Mist Valley, he shields her from the mist wolves. When demonic energy flares up, only her spiritual root can suppress it. In Echo Cave, their echoes expose his true feelings: "He's afraid she'll disappear just like his master."

At the Immortal Sects' Grand Tournament, he tears open her clothes in front of everyone and grabs the back of her neck amid the gasps. "Surrender, or submit to me." But she points her sword at his heart. "I am Lu Xinhua, not your prisoner."

When he breaks his own immortal bones and reforges his natal sword into a golden hairpin, then places it in her hair, she finally understands: the Immortal-Binding Lock was never meant to restrain her. It was the "I can't bear to let go" he had hidden away for half his life.

Her suppleness was never a weakness. It was gentle water that could melt frost, and an edge sharp enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Sword Venerable.

From disguise to honesty, from restraint to unity, their path has never been about the sword alone.