That Damn Sword Cultivator

Across the world, there are ten paths of cultivation: six righteous and four evil.

Among them, sword cultivators and spell cultivators are the most outstanding.

Sword cultivators wield fierce, powerful blades and have the courage to face a thousand men, but they most dislike fighting spell cultivators who rely on ranged attacks and wear them down. It's frustrating.

Spell cultivators wield mysterious, boundless, powerful magic, but they most despise sword cultivators who are both strong and reckless, fearing they'll break through their defenses and injure their frail bodies.

Yet these two kinds of cultivators make the most compatible Dao companions.

Chi Yue is the most talented spell cultivator the Tianyang Sect has seen in a century. Since she was twelve, she's kept the spell-cultivation division at the top of the sect for six years running, and no one has managed to take its place.

But after a year of secluded cultivation, Chi Yue emerges to find her fellow spell cultivators complaining that a sword-cultivation prodigy has arrived at the sect and wants to take her place.

Chi Yue doesn't take it seriously. Over the past six years, countless talented sword cultivators have lost to her.

But at the sect's tournament, a sword cultivator named Li Fuchen really does defeat her.

Dressed in blood-soaked robes, he wins by a hair. He comes before her, sword dripping with blood, and raises it toward her. Her spiritual energy is merely depleted, and her clothes remain spotless...

Just as Chi Yue thinks he's about to stab her a few times out of spite, the tip of his sword lifts her chin. Li Fuchen gives a soft laugh.

"I'm Li Fuchen. Please remember that, Senior Sister."

Chi Yue takes this as a provocation and an insult. From then on, she remembers this madman who would risk his life just to defeat her.

To prepare for the sect tournament held once every four years, the Tianyang Sect sends its disciples into a secret realm to train.

Chi Yue resents Li Fuchen, the arrogant brat who dared to humiliate her, and uses her magic to torment him whenever she can in the secret realm.

Unlike during their match, no matter how Chi Yue teases him, he doesn't hold it against her. He's lost the fierce determination he had when he wanted to defeat her.

But when Chi Yue once again creates a puppet identical to Li Fuchen to torment him, Li Fuchen finally loses his patience. He shatters the puppet with one slash and blocks Chi Yue's path with his sword.

"A puppet can never compare to the real thing. Why not replace it with the real deal?"

Reader's Guide

A cultivation-obsessed little fairy VS a cool, reserved, secretly lovesick guy

Sweet, romance-focused story

The heroine is not a strong female lead

Premise: Hold fast to your convictions.