As a Sword Spirit, I Must Help the Villain

Blurb from the gong's perspective:

Li Duan thought he was just a sword spirit who was a little stronger, more handsome, and smarter than the average sword spirit. But after he was picked up by a master who seemed incredibly stubborn, something called the Villain Life Reversal System told him that this world was actually just a story. And his stubborn master was the villain in that story, an evildoer whose ending was utterly tragic. None of it made any sense to him.

Li Duan looked at that stubborn man. Whatever. He had nothing better to do anyway. "So what am I supposed to do?"

Villain Life Reversal System: "Help your master, Chu Jiangchen, escape his original fate."

Sure. In the end, Chu Jiangchen did escape his fate as a villain.

And he gained a cultivation partner who was always expressionless and extremely stubborn.

Li Duan was satisfied.

Blurb from the shou's perspective:

Chu Jiangchen never imagined that the sword he'd picked at random on a whim would turn out to be the so-called Li Duan Sword. But he didn't care. A sword was a sword. Ordinary or top-grade, as long as it worked, it was good enough. As for sword spirits? He'd never seen one and had no idea what they were.

One day, he woke up.

A man in silver robes, with a refined and elegant air, was lying beside him. He sat up in disbelief. The man frowned, rolled over, and spoke in a lazy, impatient voice. "Stop moving around. You're disturbing me."

Chu Jiangchen: "..."

This is a gong-focused story with a happy ending. Neither lead gets hurt, and they dote on each other. It's not exactly a conventional cultivation novel. The gong still loves to make snarky comments. ()

A gong who looks refined and elegant but is actually nasty x a shou who seems cold and is indeed cold, but is stubborn and holds a double standard.

Theme: Believe! Perseverance can create miracles!