Xie Zhengliu, once the foremost of the Ten Thousand Demons who ruled the Demon Realm, thought she'd died beneath the heavenly tribulation. But when she opened her eyes again, she had become a pitiful soul with no parents, whose sword bone had been stolen.
To fulfill the three last wishes of the poor girl, Xie Zhengliu obediently joined a righteous sect.
Her righteous sect master and senior uncles were generous, kind, and easy to fool;
Her senior brothers and sisters were gentle, kindhearted, and easy to fool;
Her junior brothers and sisters were innocent, adorable, and easy to fool...
Xie Zhengliu absolutely loved it here!
But the one who had stolen her sword bone now sat among the Upper Three Thousand Realms, showing off the talent they'd stolen from her and even plotting to take everything from Xie Zhengliu once more.
The demon who'd been declared incapable of cultivating the sword silently drew her blade and smiled at the thief. "Bet you didn't see that coming. I can cultivate the blade too!"
And so, the former ruler of the Demon Realm carried her perfectly ordinary blade and snapped the sword of the heaven's favored genius in a single move, carving out a path to ascension for herself. From that day on, blade cultivators, long relegated to the bottom, finally returned to the world.
