A Background Sword Spirit, Yet Everyone's Favorite

Wen Xu transmigrated into a danmei cultivation novel. The book packed in a whole host of elements, including noncon, melodrama, a groveling chase after the love interest, and substitutes for the beloved first love, stretching on for millions of words to describe the protagonist's romantic entanglements and grudges on his path to immortality. But none of it had anything to do with Wen Xu. He had become the protagonist's sword spirit, a character who didn't even exist in the original book. Wherever the universally adored protagonist went, bloodshed followed. Wen Xu thought no one could see him, so he spent every day following the protagonist around, watching the plot unfold and enjoying the drama. The protagonist cultivated while he read storybooks. The protagonist got hounded by a scumbag lover while he gossiped behind his back. The protagonist interacted with his group of love interests while he munched on melon seeds and made snide remarks. When he met the aloof master, who had a beloved first love and treated the protagonist as a substitute, Wen Xu thought, "A scumbag who acts like a beast and plays at having a substitute romance!" When he encountered the refined but despicable senior brother, who wanted to use the protagonist's immortal bones to revive his beloved, Wen Xu thought, "A two-faced villain who says one thing in public and another behind people's backs!" When he came across the brutal Demon Lord, who meant to take the protagonist by force, Wen Xu thought, "Stay away from the overbearing type for a peaceful life. Ow, can you stop hitting me with that?" Aside from often having to help the protagonist fend off enemies, Wen Xu's life was wonderfully leisurely. But he never noticed that the way his master, senior brother, Demon Lord, and even the protagonist looked at his actual sword body was getting stranger and stranger. The master tried to trade an ancient divine sword to take Wen Xu away, but the protagonist flatly refused. The senior brother schemed time and again to separate Wen Xu from the protagonist, but the protagonist saw through his plans. The Demon Lord tried to snatch Wen Xu outright and was chased down and beaten by the other three. Wen Xu looked at his plain, unremarkable sword and fell into deep thought: I'm just an ordinary sword? Am I really that popular? #The universally adored protagonist's aura transfers to the sword spirit# A gradually darkening, scheming top x a slow-witted, carefree sword spirit bottom Blurb dated January 20, 2025 1. The bottom is universally adored, with more than one person secretly in love with him. He only returns the top's affections. 2. One-on-one happy ending. 3. No romantic tension between the tops. Theme: Live well