After Becoming the Stand-In for a Mad Sword Lord's Late Wife

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[The one who thinks she’s a tragic substitute x the widower who goes mad after losing his wife.]

A tragic substitute from the heroine’s perspective.

His beloved wife returned from the dead from the hero’s perspective.

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Everyone knew that Sword Lord Zhaoze had one great love: his wife, who had been dead for ten years.

Everyone also knew that Guanning was a substitute for his late wife.

People imagined Guanning’s life would involve someone grabbing her by the throat and shouting, "You’re just a substitute. Don’t even think about replacing her. You’re not fit to hold a candle to her!"

Some schemers even believed that Guanning was a vessel the Sword Lord had prepared to bring his dead wife’s soul back.

In short, this substitute was bound to meet a miserable end.

Guanning: ...

But then, the man everyone called the greatest swordsman of his age knelt before her with a basin of warm water. He carefully slipped off her shoes and socks, then used the warm water to wash every inch of her skin. "The weather’s turning cold. Make sure you stay warm."

Looking at him, Guanning suddenly felt competitive and asked, "Wu Suxue, who do you like more, me or your late wife?"

The man froze. His hand tightened around her ankle, and his voice turned frighteningly cold. "Don’t ask me that again."

Guanning suddenly felt a pang of sadness. She thought the others were right.

He treated her well only because she resembled his late wife.

How could a mere substitute compare to the real thing?

Besides, she was only half-demon.

If he found out, he would surely kill her.

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Later, when the waters of the Ying Sea flooded back into the mortal world, she transformed into a great demon before Wu Suxue’s eyes and used the life-sword he had given her to pierce his chest.

Guanning thought he would kill her.

Instead, the Sword Lord of his age knelt before her, drenched in blood.

"A Ning, thank goodness you’re a demon."

Haunted night after night, at last I have found the cure.

A Ning, I’ve spent my life hunting demons, yet now I can only be grateful you’re one.

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Ten years earlier, Wu Suxue was injured while exorcising a demon and was rescued by a mortal woman.

He spent his days and nights with her.

On the day he left, the woman propped her chin in her hand and asked, "Immortal, are you really not going to marry me?"

He was not good with words and had not anticipated how fickle fate could be. He made no promises and turned to leave.

After returning to the mountain, he defied all opposition and prepared a generous betrothal gift for her.

But when he returned, her former home had become a charred ruin.

The woman he had intended to marry had already perished in the fire, her soul scattered.

Though they had been strangers who met by chance, for more than ten years afterward he guarded a burial mound bearing only her clothes and belongings, imprisoning himself in grief.

Later, she came back.

She said she wasn’t his A Ning.

Theme: When all seems lost, a new path appears