The Sword Lord's Late Wife Faked Her Death Again

[A quirky, sharp-tongued Demon Clan saintess and her devoted, possessive, genuinely stoic young Sword Lord. Please add my upcoming story, "The Sword Immortal as Her Cultivation Furnace", to your reading list 🥺]

During an internal conflict in the Demon Clan, the saintess Xue Wantan’s meridians were unexpectedly destroyed. Forced to live as a mortal under the name Xue Tang, she had to approach a person of great destiny and cultivate with him, using an ancient secret art to repair her meridians.

Fortunately, the man fated to be hers, Jiang Yuan, was neither aloof as snow nor vicious and scheming. He was simply a kind, gentle boy from the neighborhood.

With only a little coaxing, Xue Wantan married him. The young couple were deeply in love, inseparable as glue. Before long, Xue Wantan’s meridians had fully recovered, and her cultivation had even advanced further.

But their happiness didn’t last. A flash flood struck without warning, and Xue Tang died in the disaster.

Ten years later, the Demon Clan’s saintess, Xue Wantan, awoke.

The first thing she learned was that Tianyue Sect had produced an astonishing young Sword Lord named Qing Li. He had entered the Dao as a mortal and, in just ten years, cultivated the supreme sword intent, uniting mind and sword. He was nearly impossible to defeat.

The Demon Clan, already weak, stood no chance against him.

On the Demon Emperor’s orders, Xue Wantan went to approach the young Sword Lord and seize Tianyue Sect’s secret treasure.

She tried every trick she knew, and her efforts paid off: she discovered that Qing Li, famed for having severed all ties of affection, was actually Jiang Yuan, now known as Jiang Qiyuan.

Overjoyed, Xue Wantan discarded her mortal identity as Xue Tang and once again tricked Jiang Qiyuan into marrying her.

On their wedding day, Xue Wantan made off with Tianyue Sect’s secret treasure and faked her death. To her surprise, just a few days later Jiang Qiyuan caught her and promptly slapped a set of chains and a blindfold on her.

Xue Wantan: O.O? Nobody told me my gentle husband could turn into this!

This time, Xue Wantan had learned her lesson. Before escaping, she made sure to give Jiang Qiyuan a Forgetting Love Pill.

But on the day of the great battle, Xue Wantan closed her eyes, then opened them, only to find herself yet again in Jiang Qiyuan’s arms.

Xue Wantan: Wait, I can still come up with another story! I mean, I can still try to salvage this!

The people of Tianyue Sect and the Demon Clan: ...

The next moment, Xue Wantan realized the Forgetting Love Pill had failed.

Xue Wantan: Seriously? Even that couldn’t stop Jiang Qiyuan? How am I supposed to salvage this now? I might as well lie here and play dead!

To her surprise, Jiang Qiyuan calmly stroked the back of her neck and spoke with a smile, as if he were still whispering sweet nothings like he used to: “Tang Tang, what kind of death are you going to play this time? How about I die with you?”

#The male lead has “lost” his wife countless times: “Compared to being a widower, how is dying together not a happy ending?”

#The female lead has faked her death again and again, but is actually terrified of dying: “Stay away from me! Give me back my gentle husband! Waaaah o(╥﹏╥)o”

Reader’s Guide:

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins. The story is mainly about the couple falling in love.

2. My own take on cultivation, with lots of original worldbuilding. Cultivation levels: Qi Induction, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification, Tribulation, Ascension, then Heavenly Glory Sword or Demon Beast Bloodline. Each stage is divided into early, middle, and great completion/late stages.

3. Comments are open to everyone. 30% anti-piracy delay, 240 hours.

4. Please add my upcoming story "The Sword Immortal as Her Cultivation Furnace" to your reading list: Everyone thinks she’s the Sword Immortal’s cultivation furnace, but it turns out the Sword Immortal is hers. The male lead goes from a jerk to a real puppy dog.

Full blurb:

Feng Yin was chosen by the leader of Myriad Swords Sect to serve as the Sword Immortal Xu Lin’s cultivation furnace.

When they first met,

Xu Lin was gravely wounded and could barely hold his sword, yet he still shoved her hand away with forced resolve. “Leave.”

Feng Yin could only lower her gaze and obediently go.

A few months later, on another night when they were lost in passion,

Feng Yin sat on Xu Lin’s lap as he buried his face against her neck, his breath burning hot.

They clung to each other, both knowing full well that

when the poison in Xu Lin’s body was purged, Feng Yin would die from the poison.

Half a month later, Feng Yin died, body and soul.

Xu Lin erected a tombstone for her at Moon Embracing Cliff. It read: “Tomb of My Beloved Wife, Feng Yin.”

But he didn’t know that Feng Yin was alive and well, snacking while she complained about him and counted on her fingers how long it would take for him to lose all his spiritual power and forfeit his title as the Sword Immortal.

Later,

just as Feng Yin expected, the legendary Gu poison inside her transferred to Xu Lin, leaving him unable to fight demons and monsters ever again.

The once-favored genius tasted the bitterness of ruin, and the leader of Myriad Swords Sect went searching for help on his behalf, eventually pleading with the long-reclusive leader of the Joyful Union Sect.

Soon afterward, at the selection ceremony for male consorts,

Xu Lin looked coldly at the group of candidates striking suggestive poses, then lowered his head, humiliated.

In the next instant, the leader of the Joyful Union Sect playfully lifted his chin, forcing him to face the scene. With a teasing lilt, she said, “Isn’t this the Sword Immortal Xu Lin of Myriad Swords Sect? What, do you want to become my consort too?”

Xu Lin instinctively gripped his sword hilt, about to look up and glare at her. But when his eyes met hers, he lost his focus.

After a long pause, he lowered his eyes, released his sword, and gave a small nod. “Xu Lin of Myriad Swords Sect begs for the Sect Leader’s favor.”

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