My Archrival Became My Sword Spirit!?

[Coming soon: Meeting Spring Again. Please add it to your collection!] Shi Yu was an orphan adopted by Wanzong Mountain. Though her spiritual root was incomplete, she had always dreamed of becoming a sword cultivator. But all she had was a wooden sword. Lots of people mocked her for wanting to become a sword cultivator without even having a sword spirit of her own. Then one day, her wooden sword moved. Her sword spirit was perfect in every way, except that at first it was very unwilling to call her Master. Luckily, she had enough patience to win it over. - Wanzong Mountain had a famous swordsmanship prodigy. Shi Yu couldn't stand him, and had even argued with him anonymously for eight hundred rounds on the Four Directions Mirror. But he was the Sect Leader's personal disciple, too powerful to provoke and impossible to beat, so whenever Shi Yu saw him in private, she kept well away. Then, after one particularly heated argument, She kissed and stroked her own sword until she felt a little better. When she turned around, she saw her archenemy blushing bright red, staring at her with a strange expression. Shi Yu was even more annoyed. What, never seen someone get affectionate with their sword spirit before? She decided to stay even farther away from him from then on. But at the great gathering held once every three years, the swordsmanship prodigy was punished by being assigned menial work. Shi Yu was in charge of preparing the banquet, so she was forced to work with him. She took the opportunity to put on airs and order him around. To her surprise, he casually agreed in front of everyone. “Understood, Master.” Shi Yu and everyone else: ? - As a swordsmanship prodigy, Tang Xiyan was proud and arrogant, never taking anyone seriously. As a result, he was hunted down and nearly lost half his life. With nowhere else to go, he hid inside a broken wooden sword and was accidentally mistaken for a sword spirit. The person who found him was a little good-for-nothing girl without even a spiritual root, who hugged the sword every day and demanded that he call her Master. Tang Xiyan: I'm the Sword Sect's number-one prodigy. How could I become the sword spirit of a girl who hasn't even developed her intelligence? As if I'd ever... Shi Yu: My sweet little sword spirit, are you there? Tang Xiyan: ...I'm here. Later, he started asking for more. In the dead of night, he would hold her hand and whisper against her ear: “How about I help you remember how you used to kiss and touch me?” Shi Yu tried to pull away, but he leaned into her arms like he used to as a wooden sword, burying his face in the hollow of her neck, the tips of his ears red: “...Master, don't push me away.” *Originally titled She's Definitely Not the Junior Sister. The original blurb has been heavily revised. The original premise remains only as a hidden thread, and the narrative direction has changed. *One-on-one / bickering couple / enemies-to-lovers *Tsundere wisecracker × naturally clueless straight-shooter, self-deluding × slow to catch on *Plenty of original worldbuilding, my own take on cultivation *Archived on 2025.6.24 [Blurb for the upcoming contemporary romance Meeting Spring Again] In everyone's eyes, Qi Jianchun and Zhou Yiqi were childhood friends who had grown up together. Both families thought they would eventually become in-laws. At first, Qi Jianchun thought so too. But then she watched him go through girlfriend after girlfriend, never once facing the nature of their relationship. Even their mutual friends couldn't take it anymore. They asked Zhou Yiqi when he was finally going to settle down and confess to her. His answer was, “Why would I confess? She's no more than a little sister to me.” That was when she finally gave up. Zhou Yiqi had never had a place for her in his heart. * To keep Zhou Yiqi company, Qi Jianchun went to a gathering hosted by his friends. When it was over and everyone was exchanging contact information, she noticed the last guy, sitting off to the side. She'd heard of him. Jiang Gu. He was dazzling and flamboyant in everything he did, but cold and aloof by nature. Someone as well-known as him probably wouldn't like a stranger asking to add him as a friend. So she put her phone away. At the party, she felt like an extra, so she went outside by herself to catch her breath. “Hello.” Someone spoke to her from behind. She thought it was a stranger, but when she turned around, she saw Jiang Gu. This aloof, arrogant star of the crowd awkwardly opened his friend QR code and looked down at her. “It looks like you forgot me.” *The newcomer beats the childhood friend *He has a secret crush *Tsundere woman × straightforward man Theme: Love yourself