Reborn as a Sword Spirit

Dou Qi Continent.

The Misty Cloud Sect's forbidden grounds, the Misty Cloud Sword Cave.

Countless swords stood planted here, waiting quietly for someone destined to claim them.

Among them, one sword stood planted at the very top of the sword mountain, the most conspicuous of all.

But this sword wasn't particularly keen on being planted here...

"Damn, everyone else gets transmigrated, and I get transmigrated too."

"Fine, I can accept not being human. But the least you could've done was make me some kind of magical beast, right?"

"What's the point of making me transmigrate into a sword?!"

Wu Changqing shouted.

As a transmigrator, he had read all kinds of transmigration stories in his previous life.

Now, after finally transmigrating himself, he discovered that he had actually become a sword.

And he couldn't even move freely!

Was he really going to spend his whole life standing here?

"Where's the system? Did it get a signal yet?"

"Come out and save me!"

At last, Wu Changqing's words brought the system online.

[Ding! Host detected in the Dou Qi Continent. System activating...]

[Host detected as having transmigrated into a sword spirit!]

[Name: Wu Changqing]

[Race: Sword]

[ cultivation: One-Star Dou Ling]

[Innate Talent ①: Sword Furnace—The sword body serves as a furnace for all things under heaven. By absorbing and refining various energies, the host can charge their sword intent.]

[The host can absorb more energy to strengthen their sword intent and thereby unlock even greater power.]

[Innate Talent ②: Sword Heart Clarity—With neither desire nor dust, reach the summit of the sword path. Grants an exceptionally deep understanding of all kinds of sword moves, sword techniques, and sword intent.]

[The host can observe others' sword moves to gain deeper insights and create sword techniques suited to themselves.]

...

"Looks pretty good."

Wu Changqing carefully examined these two innate talents.

Sword Furnace: using his sword body as a furnace to refine all kinds of energy and turn it into his own power. This was practically a cultivation cheat!

And Sword Heart Clarity would let him easily learn all kinds of sword-based Dou Techniques—assuming there were any.

But...

"System, when will I be able to move freely?"

"And I can't spend my whole life as a sword, can I?"

Wu Changqing tried, but found that he couldn't move at all.

Was he supposed to stay planted here forever, and enjoy these dark, miserable days?

No!

He didn't want to spend his whole life as a sword!

What meaning could a life like that have? No, not a life—what meaning could a sword's life have?!

[When the host's cultivation reaches Dou Wang, they can move freely.]

[When the host's cultivation reaches Dou Zong, they can transform into a sword spirit body.]

[The host can also wait for someone to discover them and take them away.]

"Damn, those conditions are harsh!"

"I'm only a One-Star Dou Ling right now. I can't move, and I can't cultivate either. How am I supposed to reach Dou Wang?"

"And who would come to a gloomy place like this?"

"Why don't you do me a favor, system, and just boost my cultivation straight to Dou Wang?"

Wu Changqing tried to negotiate with the system.

But the system didn't give him the time of day.

"Hey, great system, could you please not be so heartless?"

"If I can't reach Dou Wang, doesn't that mean I'll be stuck here forever, a lonely ghost?"

The system still didn't respond.

"Damn it!"

Just as Wu Changqing was getting bored out of his mind, a muffled sound rang through the quiet forbidden grounds.

It was the sound of a stone door slowly opening.

Wu Changqing immediately looked over and saw a young woman walk in.

The woman was beautiful, with bright eyes and pearly teeth. She was as lovely as a celestial maiden, as if she had stepped right out of a painting.

"My teacher told me to choose a sword here. I wonder which one I should pick."

The woman's gaze quickly swept across the swords around her, then finally settled on Wu Changqing, planted atop the sword mountain.

In this sword cave, the swords standing at the highest points were all fine swords.

The woman hurried over and studied the sword before her.

Wu Changqing studied her, too.

Mm, she was a beauty.

Pretty face, great figure.

A full chest and a slender waist, with a graceful figure.

Out of ten, he'd give her 9.9. He was withholding the last 0.1 because he was afraid she'd get conceited.

"This sword looks pretty good."

The woman soon noticed Wu Changqing, planted at the very top of the sword mountain.

She hurried over, carefully examined him from top to bottom, then grasped the hilt and pulled hard.

Wu Changqing could feel the warmth and softness of her palm. It was quite a pleasant sensation.

There was just one thing he wasn't very happy about.

"Hey, hey, hey! I haven't agreed to let you pull me out yet. Ever heard of manners?"

"Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're pretty!"

Wu Changqing voiced his strong protest.

He had thought Yun Yun wouldn't hear his complaints.

He never expected Yun Yun to be so startled the next second that she dropped him.

"Y-you can talk?!"

"What the—You can hear me?" Wu Changqing was even more surprised than she was.

But she seemed not to hear that last sentence; she didn't react at all.

She simply stood to one side, cautiously watching Wu Changqing.

[The person holding the sword can hear the host, but must keep the sword with them. Once the sword wielder and the host are separated, they can no longer communicate.]

So that was how it worked...

After the woman dropped Wu Changqing, she couldn't hear the voice anymore.

She even thought she might have imagined it, so she cautiously walked over again and picked up the sword.

"Woman, if you drop me on the ground again, I'll eat you! Believe it or not?!"

As soon as Yun Yun picked up the sword, a voice immediately rang out in her mind.

She was so startled that she dropped it again.

What the hell?!

She'd already dropped him once, and now she was doing it a second time?!

Did she really think he was some piece of scrap metal she could push around?!

This was going too far!

If Wu Changqing could move freely right now, he'd have given her a taste of his blade.

Only then did the woman realize what she'd done. She quickly picked up the sword again and hurriedly apologized.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..."

The woman knew that the swords in the sword cave were all quite spiritual.

But she hadn't expected one to actually have a sword spirit!

"Who are you?" Wu Changqing asked.

If this woman weren't the first person he'd encountered so far, he wouldn't have been nearly so patient.

"Senior Sword Spirit, I'm a disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect. My name is Yun Yun."

???

Yun Yun?!

This was the Misty Cloud Sect?!

Wu Changqing was dumbfounded.

He'd never expected that the first person he'd meet after transmigrating to the Dou Qi Continent would be Yun Yun!

But Yun Yun looked quite young, and she didn't have the dignified air of a sect leader.

"What have you come here for?" Wu Changqing asked, affecting a profound tone.

"This junior came here on my teacher's orders to find a treasured sword," Yun Yun answered truthfully.

The Misty Cloud Sect's Dou Techniques were especially suited to swordsmanship.

And swordsmanship required a good sword to unleash its true power.

That was why she had come here.

"I hope Senior will become my sword and help me in my cultivation!" Yun Yun said earnestly.

A treasured sword with a sword spirit had to be powerful!

"Ahem. The fact that you found this sword proves that we were destined to meet."

"And your aptitude seems decent, so I'll reluctantly agree to be your sword and offer you some guidance."