The Spellcaster and the Swordsman: Lovers and Rivals

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His enemies are everywhere in the cultivation world. Whether in a sect or a secret realm, everyone wants him dead.

Li Chenliang gives a wicked smile. With a sword in hand, he fears nothing.

One sword for the heart demon who likes him.

One sword for the outer demon who likes him, saved his life twice, and possessed an animal.

One sword for the divination prodigy who seems to have been possessed by the outer demon for no apparent reason.

One sword for his useless freeloader of a senior brother, who has nothing going for him but his looks. One... Hang on, what doesn't add up here?

Chen Shao narrows his eyes. "Come here. I'll let you stab me."

Li Liangchen feels his life-bound spirit sword sending him frantic hints, and tears of regret stream down his flushed face.

[The serious blurb]

The Way of Heaven is the world's foremost spellcasting sect.

Chen Shao is the sect leader's eldest disciple, and supposedly has nothing going for him except his good looks.

Chen Shao once willingly let a certain someone kill him three times.

Then he met that person for a fourth time.

That person is a sword cultivator named Li.

He's an utterly unremarkable sword cultivator.

A stunningly beautiful, ridiculously powerful spellcaster gong x a tenacious, wicked-hearted, self-destructive sword cultivator shou

1) The leads truly love each other even as they fight to the death. The writing is emotionally restrained, with few sweet moments but no angst either. It's probably an upgrade-style story [?], with a happy ending.

2) An original setting: ancient times south of the Great River and modern times to its north. This is an unconventional cultivation world where no one can become an immortal.

Theme: Utopia and dystopia, reality and illusion