Why Hasn't My Heretical Disciple Fallen to Darkness Yet?

He Xu has taken over a dead body, and this "corpse" is no ordinary one. It belongs to the aloof, peerless Sword Sovereign of the age.

There is no such thing as a free lunch. He Xu inherits the Sword Sovereign's identity, along with his melodramatic fate. Complete it, and he'll be reincarnated. Fail, and he'll be reduced to ashes.

His beloved dies young, leaving him utterly devastated. He takes in a disciple as a replacement?

He both loves and resents his disciple, tormenting him day and night until the disciple turns to darkness and demonic cultivation, only to die by his disciple's sword in the end?

He Xu timidly raises his hand. "Can I go back to being a wandering ghost?"

The road ahead is dangerous, and the mission is daunting. Fortunately, he has a guide to help him along.

The guide lives in He Xu's sea of consciousness, answering his questions, keeping him company with idle chatter and helping him raise a kid, all while assisting him in fulfilling his melodramatic fate.

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He Xu spends his days drinking tea and raising the kid. Life is more pleasant than he ever expected.

Until one day, he realizes that the disciple who was supposed to fall to darkness is becoming more and more obedient, his clear eyes full of affection and admiration.

And his all-purpose guide has taken on a new role: making love to him and helping him change and warm his bed.

Thinking of the melodramatic fate he has to fulfill, He Xu looks up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle one drizzly morning. "Our friendship was never meant to come to this."

The next second, the guide reveals his true form. He's none other than the Sword Sovereign himself, who was supposed to die for his beloved!

As He Xu stares in shock, the Sword Sovereign holds him tightly in his arms and coaxes him softly. "Then don't fulfill it. Stay by my side."

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The Sword Sovereign's perspective:

People say that Sword Sovereign Xie Zhiya went mad during cultivation and sealed himself away for ten years. The once-gifted sword prodigy fell from grace, and everyone mourned his fate.

But only Xie Zhiya knows that he was simply waiting for an old friend to return.

Ten years, he waited. A hundred years, he would wait still.

It's just that the way his friend returned was rather unusual. He had no memories at all, and had imagined all sorts of absurd scenarios. Who knows which storybook he got them from?

But no matter what, now that he has returned, he is not allowed to leave again.

#The aloof widower who spent ten years alone, and his amnesiac sweetheart whose mind is full of master-disciple romance

#Xie Zhiya x He Xu

Disciple: Sob, so I was only one part of Master's and Master's wife's role-play.

Upcoming story: I'm Not the Sword God. Add it to your collection!

A cultivation-type street punk (crossed out) Sword God x a naturally flirtatious divine sword

In the seventh year of Jing'an, one person finally ended more than a century of demonic calamities.

With a single sword strike, Sword God Yan Jinhan slew every demon amid the bitter, whistling winds, sacrificing his primordial spirit to protect peace beneath the heavens.

When the frost and wind passed, the sword remained, but its wielder was gone. The tale became a legend.

Wu Xue was that sword.

He watched helplessly as the Sword God's soul dissipated. A smile rippled through his usually cold eyes, and blood trickled from his raised lips.

"Wu Xue, I'm going back to the modern world."

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After the Sword God's death, Wu Xue searched for a hundred years before finally finding a way to break through time and space and follow Yan Jinhan.

In the unfamiliar "modern world," Wu Xue searched among a forest of steel and concrete, until at last he saw his master again.

The former leader of the cultivation world and Sword God of the Ruthless Path was now wearing a sleeveless shirt and slippers, straddling a motorcycle as he whistled at him. "Hey, junior, want to exchange contact info?"

Wu Xue: ...

Theme: Love your country, obey the law, do your job well, care for students, teach and nurture others, be a role model, and keep learning throughout your life