That little junior sister stole my spiritual root and took away my chance at fortune, so I crippled her with a single strike.

Fu Xi was the eldest senior sister of the Sword-Leaning Sect—hardworking in her cultivation and respected by her peers. But everything changed when her master brought back that little junior sister.

The once-respected master began risking the entire sect multiple times just for that junior sister. The second senior brother secretly gave her slow-acting poison so she wouldn’t feel inferior. And when she was on the brink of death, the third senior brother even suggested giving her spiritual root to the little junior sister…

The system told her that all of this happened because this world was actually a dark power-leveling novel with a domineering male lead, and she was nothing more than cannon fodder in a footnote.

Fu Xi refused to accept her fate. With her broken body, she dragged herself into the depths of the sect’s forbidden grounds and threw herself into the ancient divine sword, the Hengcang Sword, becoming its sword spirit.

From there, she made her way to the future male lead.

At this point, the male lead hadn’t turned into that blood-soaked force of destruction, killing gods and demons alike on his way to the top.

So Fu Xi, now a sword spirit, chose to stay hidden by his side, waiting for him to embark on his cultivation journey—so she could return to the Sword-Leaning Sect and get her revenge.

Only… Fu Xi looked at the male lead, still just a kid, and fell into deep thought.

How exactly is a sword spirit supposed to raise a child?

Later—

Male Lead: They say a sword cultivator’s sword is like their wife, right? So hey, wifey!

Fu Xi: …………

Where did it all go wrong?