Those Years I Tried to Kill My Master, and They Tried to Kill Me

As the foremost swordsman, Xie Qiyun was aloof and otherworldly, his Cloudpiercer Sword unrivaled across the lands. He should have been revered by all, yet after years of secluded cultivation, he fell into demonic ways and nearly brought the Xuantian Sect to ruin.

The one who exposed everything was his only direct disciple, Qin Yu.

Rumor had it that Xie Qiyun, believing ascension was beyond his reach, had taken Qin Yu as his direct disciple so he could seize his innate sword body.

Some condemned Qin Yu as a traitor who had turned against his master, while others praised him for saving countless lives. Qin Yu himself scoffed at it all.

He had clawed his way to the position of the strongest person on the Immortal Spirit Continent and no longer cared what anyone thought. The only thing he wanted was to tear that self-righteous hypocrite limb from limb.

After pursuing Xie Qiyun for years, Qin Yu accidentally fell with him into an ancient secret realm. During their struggle, they knocked over a vial of poison and both lost consciousness.

When he woke again, Qin Yu discovered he had been reborn in his three-year-old body.

The first thing he did after being reborn... was look at his tiny, lotus-root-like hands and temporarily abandon the idea of crippling that hypocrite all over again. He would wait until his cultivation was strong enough, then settle the score for his past life.

But as the truth of his previous life gradually came to light, he realized that he might have been terribly wrong.

A cold-outside, warm-inside, aloof master who is the shou x a proud, ambitious gong who only wants revenge

Reading guide:

1. This novel has two volumes. The first half focuses on the gong, and the second half on the shou.

2. The gong is a real jerk early on, but he's too weak to do anything truly consequential.

3. The shou may have little screen time in Volume One. This is not a conventional groveling-and-winning-back-your-lover story.

4. Readers with strong gong- or shou-preferences may want to proceed with caution.

Theme: Love yourself