Xiao Si spent a century surviving tribulations to break through to the Deity Transformation realm. On the day she returned, a rainbow phoenix carried a feather in its beak, purple light bathed the land, and every Kunlun disciple bowed before her.
Only one person wore a face as dark as the bottom of a pot.
He was her sworn enemy during her tribulation. For decades, they had clashed over magic treasures and competed for opportunities. Whenever they met, they would trade barbs at best and draw their swords at worst.
Before entering seclusion, Xiao Si was renowned for holding a grudge. After dealing with everyone who had bullied her during her tribulation, she looked at the sword cultivator with his striking brows, bright eyes, and otherworldly bearing. She happened to need a plaything to wait on her hand and foot. What perfect timing.
From then on, Mu Hanxing, the Kunlun Mountain genius sword cultivator who had once been untouchable, was forced by her Deity Transformation might to kneel and become the newly elevated ancestor's conspicuous "plaything."
He guarded her door while she meditated, scouted ahead when she searched for treasures, cleared the field when she fought, and got rid of the loot after they robbed people.
Even when Xiao Si was trapped by a love tribulation, it was his robe she clutched as she struggled.
Xiao Si: This sworn enemy is actually... pretty handy.
Until one day, she fell to the demonic path and betrayed her sect. Badly wounded and surrounded by enemies, she saw her sworn enemy approaching, his sword aura fierce.
She thought he had come to kill her, but instead he turned his blade and resolutely cut through a thousand layers of danger to save her...
Mu Hanxing wiped the blood from his face without expression, his voice full of resentment and unwillingness.
"You don't get to abandon me again..."
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Mu Hanxing had loved someone for a long time, but he was never good with words. He only knew how to wield the sword in his hand, so every time he met her, they ended up sparring.
They belonged to the same sect. After decades, she was about to leave the mountain to travel, so he used a sparring match as an excuse to invite her to the back mountain. He wanted to tell her the feelings he had kept hidden for years.
But he never expected to wait for years. When he saw her again, the girl was covered in wounds, her eyes bloodshot. She had clearly fallen to the demonic path.
Mu Hanxing was just about to help her up when she grabbed him by the collar and asked, "Do you like me?"
He paused, then silently nodded.
"Then... wait for me." The girl smiled brightly at him, gently pressed a kiss to the corner of his mouth, then closed her eyes and plunged straight into the mountain ravine. Her life and cultivation ended...
(The male lead's perspective is basically: His crush died before he could confess.)
--Little Extra--
Watching her sworn enemy in the distance, scowling as he reluctantly cleaned her cave abode, Xiao Si asked her spirit beast, "How did he bully me back then?"
The spirit beast crunched on sunflower seeds. "He kept challenging you to duels, and when he lost, he tried to sneak-attack you!"
Xiao Si [angry]: "He tried to sneak-attack me?"
Spirit beast: "He secretly nibbled your face!"
Xiao Si: "Why does that sound a little off?"
Note: Strong female lead and strong male lead. The female lead is unruly and ruthless. Basically, this is a pure unrequited-love story dressed up as a cultivation novel.
Theme: Persevering through adversity.
