My Dao Companion Is Everyone's White Moonlight

Shen Ji was the number one sword cultivator in the cultivation world: cold, ruthless, and free of desire. But during his final tribulation before ascending, he failed and was pierced through the heart by ten thousand swords. He never expected to be reborn, much less as a small Foundation Establishment cultivator. This cultivator was also called Shen Ji. He was the only son of a deceased elder of Cangxuan Sect, the greatest sect in another cultivation world. Though naturally gifted, he lacked ambition and usually used his status to bully his fellow disciples. Most importantly, he had fallen for the sect's young master. He repeatedly framed the young master's beloved, and was eventually killed by the young master during a cultivation tournament. Shen Ji figured that since this man had no prospects, he might as well take the opportunity to cultivate again and ascend as soon as possible. So he returned to hard training and sword cultivation. At the tournament for the rising stars of the various immortal sects, Shen Ji dazzled everyone and won first place with one astonishing sword strike. The other sects' favored prodigies: Weren't we told that Shen Ji of Cangxuan Sect was a notorious good-for-nothing?! On their way to a secret realm, Shen Ji cut down a ferocious beast whose strength rivaled a Deity Transformation cultivator, right in front of everyone. The favored prodigies of all realms: Wait, fellow Daoist, aren't you only at Foundation Establishment? It was said that the aloof and radiant Immortal Lord Shi Heng, the object of everyone's admiration, had once switched to sword cultivation for Shen Ji. Shen Ji: I cultivate the merciless sword path. The cultivators: Oh, that's good, then. Until one day, news spread that Shen Ji, the cultivation world's new top prodigy, was to form a cultivation bond with his fellow disciple, Immortal Lord Shi Heng. The cultivators were outraged: Shen Ji, you old liar! Didn't you say you cultivated the path of mercilessness? Shen Ji: The merciless sword path is not the same as being heartless. Pairing: A detached, desireless, aloof sword cultivator who devotes himself to the Dao, the shou X an outwardly warm, inwardly cold, aloof and clingy big shot, the gong. 0. Traditional cultivation story. The main cast's power levels are all over the place, so bear with me. 1. The cultivation ranks in this story are fairly simple, mostly referencing Stellar Transformation: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Realm, Tribulation Transcendence, and Mahayana. [The shou never forms a Golden Core, so he remains at Foundation Establishment, even though his cultivation is already astonishing.] 2. Slow burn [important]. They're over 500,000 words in and still holding hands (laughs). [Upcoming story blurb] - The Greatest Artifact Refiner Xie Lan was the greatest artifact refiner in the Spirit God Realm. But on the very day he forged a supreme divine artifact, his enemies surrounded and attacked him, forcing him to self-destruct. The artifact's whereabouts were unknown. When Xie Lan awoke again, he had become a cultivation failure in a family of cultivators in the Lower Spirit Realm. Although this failure's constitution made him useless at every cultivation path he tried, it turned out to be strangely suited to the cultivation technique he had practiced in his previous life. He happened to hear that ever since the artifact-refining grandmaster of the Spirit God Realm had died unexpectedly several hundred years ago, no one had been able to forge a divine artifact, and the art of artifact refining had fallen into decline. Xie Lan: Good. Once I restore the glory of artifact refining, none of those old bastards will get away alive! Later, a mysterious person calling himself "Grandmaster Xie" began appearing frequently at cultivation tournaments and in major secret realms throughout the Lower Spirit Realm. He was outrageously arrogant, spent money like water, and even carried a divine artifact! At last, someone recognized him. Wasn't this the useless failure who brought shame to the Wang family?! When everyone tried to kill him and steal his divine artifact, thinking he was weak, the cold-faced sword cultivator once hailed as the greatest genius in the realm appeared at Xie Lan's side. He killed everyone who came near. * Later, Xie Lan heard that after his death, a famous sword cultivator had appeared out of nowhere, killed with a single sword strike the cultivators who had tried to steal the divine artifact, and then vanished without a trace. But no matter how hard Xie Lan thought, he couldn't remember having any kind-hearted sword cultivator friends. Gradually, he realized that the kind-hearted sword cultivator described by others bore a striking resemblance to the taciturn, fearsome man at his side... Xie Lan: Wait, fellow Daoist, who are you again? [Reader's guide] 0. An apparently useless artifact-refiner shou X a blue-clad genius sword cultivator gong. 1. Cultivation ranks to be decided later. 2. Nothing happens by chance! 3. Hope you enjoy the story. Muah, love you. Theme: Study hard and improve every day