A Sword Without Light

Arrogant, tsundere young master × obsessive, sharp-tongued swordsman

When Xuan Ji first met Qing Ya, he was fleeing for his life, bare-chested and in a panic.

At the most dangerous moment, a streak of sword light descended from the sky. The newcomer was not only extraordinarily skilled, but remarkably handsome as well.

His peach-blossom eyes flicked coolly over Xuan Ji. "Have you no shame?"

Xuan Ji was just about to thank him shamelessly when he recognized the immortal-looking man as the enemy kingdom's retainer, famed for his mastery of schemes and deceit, and one of the people he most wanted to kill on this trip.

Pointing his sword at the man's nose, he cursed without holding back: "Enemy dogsbody!"

They fought until heaven and earth seemed to darken, nearly killing each other in the process. In the end, they agreed to each take a step back, hoping never to meet again.

Unfortunately, fate had other plans, and turmoil once more swept through the jianghu.

On the roof of an inn in the dead of night, they were surrounded by a storm of open attacks and hidden arrows.

For some inexplicable reason, Xuan Ji lost his head. At the last possible moment, he rushed forward and took a blade meant for the man he had wanted to kill eight hundred times over.

When he awoke three days later, he found himself covered by the man's coat, with his head resting on the man's lap.

Xuan Ji: "Could you stop taking advantage of me?"

This time, Qing Ya said nothing. He simply carried Xuan Ji on his back out of the fog, escaping countless pursuers along the way.

Bamboo shadows swayed as Qing Ya held Xuan Ji's wrist and carefully bandaged his wound.

His hair brushed Xuan Ji's arm, bringing on a strange ticklish feeling.

"You're a good person, but I'm a jinx. The two of us entangled like this can only be an ill-fated match." Xuan Ji spoke with a perfectly serious face. "Let go. Now."

A stab of pain shot through his wrist. Qing Ya dropped to one knee and kissed the wound on its inner side.

"No."

A thousand layers of old dreams, a hundred lifetimes of cause and effect, all for this meeting in the human world, and a love that lasted a thousand years at a glance.

Reader's Guide:

1. A low-magic, high-martial-arts setting, with a touch of past lives and present lives. The author's worldbuilding is extensive.

2. Equal focus on plot and romance.

3. 1v1 happy ending, with an older male lead.

4. Only the main characters are guaranteed a happy ending.

Theme: Defying fate