Not the One I Long For

Sheng Huan had spent a carefree hundred years cultivating in his sect before learning that everything he had was owed to the previous life of his body.

Ji Yiyun, the second disciple under the Sword Ancestor, was a once-in-a-generation talent. Seven hundred years ago, during the demonic upheaval, he gave his life to destroy the demon and lost his soul, preserving peace in the world. He became the object of everyone's longing.

So Sheng Huan, reincarnated after a wisp of Ji Yiyun's remnant soul had nurtured him for years, became everyone's source of comfort and hope.

They cherished and indulged him, while hoping he would be just like Ji Yiyun: practice the same sword techniques, do the same things, and be as free-spirited, bright, and unrestrained as he had been.

Even when it came to the person he loved, Xie Chen, the cold and aloof Venerable Swordmaster of Hengyun, who never gave others the time of day, they said he was so close to Sheng Huan because he longed for his beloved junior brother. Every kindness he showed Sheng Huan was because Ji Yiyun was the one in Xie Chen's heart. He had willingly guarded against demons for seven hundred years for Ji Yiyun.

But Sheng Huan was Sheng Huan, not Ji Yiyun.

He couldn't use Ji Yiyun's sword techniques. He had none of his memories, and he didn't behave or speak like him.

Whoever he had been in a past life, in this life he was only Sheng Huan.

He left the sect without looking back.

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Aloof Swordmaster gong x gentle on the outside, strong on the inside, ever-growing shou

Reader's guide:

1. One-on-one romance, happy ending.

2. Slow burn. He won't learn his true identity right away.

3. The beloved junior brother isn't vilified. The gong and his junior brother shared a purely platonic bond as fellow cultivators. The gong and shou are absolutely devoted to each other, with their feelings fully mutual. They have eyes for no one else.

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Theme: Only a person can decide who they are, and who they are not.