After Becoming the Villain's Sword Spirit

Wen Ruqiu read a cultivation novel before bed.

After staying up all night reading, he died suddenly and transmigrated into a book.

He transmigrated as a sword, and not just any sword: the sword of the story’s biggest villain!

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The villain, Chu Ji, had a miserable childhood and would do anything to survive.

He seemed kind and innocent on the surface, but was two-faced, hypocritical, and vicious behind the scenes.

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Thinking about how, for the next decade or so, he would have to accompany the villain through secret realms of all sizes, ending up covered in wounds...

And in the end, he would be snapped in half during the villain’s decisive battle with the protagonist!

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Wen Ruqiu: ...Isn’t it better to be alive? Isn’t it nice to lie flat?

A treasured sword should choose a worthy master!

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He decided to make a quick getaway from the villain.

So every day, he lazed around and held back in fights.

He just waited for the villain to sell him off.

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But day after day, he stayed by the man’s side, falling asleep to the sound of his daily sword practice...

When the villain was covered in wounds but still clutched the hilt and refused to let go,

Wen Ruqiu couldn’t help but make his blade hum before shooting through the air.

“Get up. I’ll take you to get revenge!”

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From then on, Chu Ji gripped the sword in his hand.

They explored secret realms together, were hunted together, and made a name for themselves in the sect competition.

Wen Ruqiu watched that young boy grow up bit by bit, until he became a towering figure in the cultivation world.

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The finale still came.

Chu Ji’s demonic bloodline was discovered, and the six great sects joined forces to put him on trial.

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At the last moment, Wen Ruqiu couldn’t bring himself to stand by.

He flew out on his own and took the fatal blow meant for the villain.

But his blade shattered with a crash.

The last thing he saw was the villain clutching the fragments of his blade, a tear of blood rolling from the corner of his eye.

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Goodbye, he thought.

It wasn’t a bad ending.

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But two hundred years later, Wen Ruqiu woke up again.

In the chaos, he learned that the villain had already unified the demon realm and become its ruler.

And he was preparing to start a war between the two realms.

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Wen Ruqiu: !!

How did the young man I worked so hard to set straight go crooked again?!

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Resentful spirits in the chaos chattered in his ear.

“I hear that guy’s gone mad. He went to all this trouble just to repair a sword that’s been smashed to bits!”

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Wen Ruqiu: ?

What does that have to do with me?

[Bonus Scene]

Chu Ji never considered himself a good person.

But... no matter how bad a person is, there can still be a pure place in their heart, where they keep someone completely innocent.

Like many years ago, when he was being hunted and, battered and exhausted, finally made it to a riverbank.

His sword slipped from his grasp and cleaved through a tree, making him a place to sit.

Fallen blossoms from the branches landed in his battered palm.

“A gift for you. Do you like it?”

(Synopsis written on July 5, 2024)

I’m planning to start this historical danmei next.

“Give the Villain His Body Back, Then I Died”

Yun Shu had wanted to die for many years.

When he closed his eyes, he thought he had finally died.

[Beep! The Villain Redemption System has been bound. Host, work hard to earn the protagonist team’s favor and reach the peak of life!]

He transmigrated into a book.

He became the young villain who was destined to die a tragic death.

The System said he needed to work hard to earn the protagonist’s favor and trust.

Yun Shu could only laugh.

He didn’t even care about his own life, so why would he try to please anyone else?

Electric shocks as punishment? Whatever.

Pain from serious injuries? No problem.

He watched as this body became covered in wounds from his mistreatment, as if it would break down completely at any moment.

A cold voice rang in his mind.

“You’re using my body to try to get yourself killed?”

Who would’ve thought that the original owner of this villain’s body was still there?

The original owner was his complete opposite. Yun Shu wanted to die, while the other man wanted to survive by any means necessary.

Yun Shu began to find the situation more interesting.

He had lost all desire to live long ago, but for some reason, he didn’t want to watch this man fall into reincarnation again...

So he showed off his talent for healing and traveled with the protagonist.

Along the way, he helped the common people and earned their praise.

As for the protagonist... he gave him a good beating.

When they came across a pregnant corpse, Yun Shu “kindly” rolled up his sleeves and offered to help deliver the baby. The first thing the corpse-baby did after being born was bite the protagonist’s arm.

System: ?

Protagonist: ?

Yun Shu wiped away nonexistent tears. “Sigh, I’m just too kind.”

Villain: ...

In all these years, he was the first person to take over his body without trying to curry favor with the protagonist.

Not only did he complete the mission, he also made the protagonist suffer a crushing defeat.

Gradually, their relationship began to change.

When Yun Shu was injured, the villain would take over the body, scolding him for not taking better care of himself while tending his wounds with great care.

Afterward, sometimes he would refuse to hand the body back, acting fierce. In truth, it was because the wounds still hurt, and he didn’t want Yun Shu to feel that pain, too.

“I’m not afraid of pain,” Yun Shu once said.

I... got used to it a long time ago.

“Shut up!”

Yun Shu began traveling far and wide in this body, making friends.

He helped the villain fulfill the wishes he had never spoken aloud, and completely cleared his name, finally redressing the injustices of the past.

Until the world’s will issued a warning.

Only one soul could remain in this body.

The villain decided to give the body to Yun Shu.

After all, no one in this world had ever cared about him. His heart was full of killing, and there was no point in staying.

Just before he disappeared, Yun Shu reached out, folded his hands together, and slowly hugged himself.

It was a silly gesture, hugging himself, but the villain felt as if something had seized his heart.

“Who says no one cares about you?”

“...I care.”

He smiled, his expression gentle.

“Live well, Lu Zhiyuan.”

Yun Shu slowly vanished, returning the body to its owner.

After his parents died horribly and his sect betrayed him, Lu Zhiyuan believed no one in the world would ever truly care about him.

Until that person appeared.

But just as he finally began to believe that perhaps someone could hold him dear,

that person died right in front of him.

From that day on, Lu Zhiyuan went mad.

He spared no expense and stopped at nothing. Even if he had to defy fate, he would find that person again.

[Weak, sickly Host who wants to die x violent villain original owner with a strong will to live]

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Theme: Through thousands of miles of wind and snow, the young men travel together