[Xi Ye] Blunted Edge

After the battle at the Forbidden City's summit, Ye Gucheng is carried home by Ximen Chuixue. While Ximen is away from Ten Thousand Plum Manor, Ye Gucheng chips his sword, and Ximen returns to find him like that.

After the climactic duel at the Forbidden City, the badly wounded city lord is online and cutting people down. -_-||

This story shares a plot with "The Swordsman's Resolve." "Chipped Blade" is told more from Ximen's perspective, while "The Swordsman's Resolve" focuses more on the city lord's perspective.

Theme: The mutual admiration between peerless swordsmen, and how a sword destined to kill can become a sword that lets them live together.