Forging My Way to Ascension

[Slow-on-the-uptake, naturally dark-hearted but incredibly strong heroine X fiercely protective, dark and unhinged male lead]

Feng Xin never understood why her master could ignore all his disciples for the sake of his master's wife, even sacrificing their lives.

She also couldn't understand why her junior sister would ruin her cultivation for someone's love, even going so far as to have her soul scattered.

Even less could she understand why she, who only wanted to forge swords and attain the Dao, had to lose her life when she had nothing to do with any of it.

Later, she stopped trying to understand.

And so, she came to terms with it.

Later still, Feng Xin became a legend throughout the cultivation world.

Important:

The heroine is slow to recognize her feelings, and the male lead rises to the top after many others.

The male lead appears very late and only takes human form later on.

Theme: Even a rugged skeleton can be given flesh and blood by love