The Sword Spirit Decides to Stop Raising the Villain

Cheng Ning transmigrated into the villain's bonded sword. His mission was to protect him until the protagonist appeared.

An accident separated him from the villain.

When Cheng Ning finally climbed out of the lightless ravine alone, the protagonist had appeared from who knew where. Everyone crowded around, calling him a once-in-a-generation genius with the rare Sword-Bone physique. Yet Cheng Ning could think only of the villain, whose whereabouts were unknown.

In his memories, the villain had been pitifully weak. Without Cheng Ning, he wouldn't survive another moment.

But when Cheng Ning found him, the pitiful boy who used to cling to him and say he only needed Cheng Ning, his sword, was now standing center stage, the darling of everyone around him. A new sword hung at his waist, too.

Cheng Ning's presence turned cold in an instant. He asked, "Who is that?"

"Who? Oh, that's Ling Yu. He's a genius." The protagonist saw Cheng Ning's tense expression and his eyes darted around. "But if you join my master's sect, you'll definitely surpass him one day!"

[Ding! New mission loading. Please help the villain become the greatest sword cultivator and make him fall into demonic cultivation.]

A genius?

Fine.

Cheng Ning lowered his eyes without a word, then turned and left.

The next day, a new disciple appeared under the tutelage of the Myriad Sword Sect's founding patriarch.

And the genius Ling Yu had acquired an even more talented martial uncle.

*

The instant Ling Yu saw the bright, lively young man before him, he recognized him.

He rushed forward excitedly, but Cheng Ning walked straight past him without even a glance.

All the blood in Ling Yu's body turned ice-cold. One thought filled his mind:

His sword spirit had taken human form and didn't want him anymore.

He refused to accept it. He tried to ingratiate himself and win Cheng Ning over, but nothing worked.

One day, he heard the young man chatting with someone. Asked what sort of person he liked, Cheng Ning said casually, "The person I like? Of course, the strongest sword cultivator."

Ling Yu's eyes lit up. The strongest sword cultivator?

He braved secret realms, picked rare spiritual herbs, mastered cultivation techniques, and fought his way through the tournament arena. By the time he was a hundred, he'd reached the Deity Transformation realm and defeated every sword cultivator under heaven.

But no matter how hard he tried, the young man's gaze never settled on him. Instead, he chatted happily with a sword cultivator who was inferior to him in every way.

...So it just won't do if it's me. Right?

*

Later, Ling Yu watched Cheng Ning standing beside the protagonist as his corruption level climbed higher and higher.

"So in the end, you chose him?"

[Ding! Host, please pay attention. The villain's corruption level is rising sharply... Current reading: 95.]

The protagonist, completely unaware of what was going on, heard him and said, "Of course my junior brother will choose me! Who else would he choose, the big demon like you?"

[Ding! Host, please pay attention. The villain's corruption level is 100.]

[An excessively high corruption level may lead to the destruction of the world. Host, take action immediately. Take action immediately!]

Cheng Ning: "..."

Protagonist, stop making things worse!

Also, where did this whole corruption level thing come from...

A taciturn, jealous man x a sunshine boy with a hidden dark side

Theme: Love takes compromise