After Becoming the Male Lead's Sword Spirit, the Whole Sect Regretted Everything - Reviews

Overall, this opening sets up a strong revenge/guidance dual plot. The pacing after the cliff slowed but that may just be setting the stage. I’m definitely continuing to read because I want to see how Fu Xi helps (or doesn’t) Xi Xuan Shang become the ruthless divine venerable while dealing with her own unfinished business.

The side characters in the village (village chief, Lu Er, Chun Ying) add some life to the story, but they feel like placeholders. I hope they get more depth if they survive into the later arcs. Right now they just seem like extras to make Xuan Shang look kind.

Some might say the story is too trope-heavy: the one who gave everything gets backstabbed, the useless junior sister, the hypocritical master. But the execution here feels fresh because of the heroine’s proactive anger. She doesn’t wallow—she acts.

I wonder if the author plans to develop a romance between Fu Xi and Xi Xuan Shang, or keep it purely master-student/ally. The age gap (spirit vs mortal) and the future slaughter might make it complicated. I’m curious where that goes.

The description of the spiritual root being dug out and given to junior sister—ugh, that’s painful. It’s the ultimate violation. The heroine using her natal sword to blow up her own root inside the junior sister’s body is poetic revenge. The sword chose her till the end.

I need to mention how satisfying it was when the heroine says “the karma is over.” She doesn’t forgive, she doesn’t forget, she just cuts ties cleanly. That’s a rare treat in novels where protagonists often hesitate or try to understand the villains.

The concept of “fortune exhausted” is interesting. It’s like a luck mechanic at play. The heroine was originally talented but the world’s luck favored the junior sister. That sort of setting explanation feels organic and doesn’t need a lore dump.

The banter between Fu Xi and the inner demon is gold. For example, when it says “the reincarnation of the divine venerable can be a naive simpleton” and she retorts “how could he be such a naive simpleton?” The deadpan humor cuts the tension nicely.

I wish we got more immediate plot after the sword spirit bonding. The story slows down a lot in the mountain village chapters. I get that it’s building the relationship between Fu Xi and Xuan Shang, but it felt a bit too slice-of-life after such a dramatic start.

The village scenes with Lu Er and Chun Ying are cute, but part of me feels like they’re just setting up future casualties. Given the dark tone of the prologue, I’m worried those kids might not survive the tribulation. The innocence makes me nervous.

I appreciate that the heroine doesn’t get a pity party. She makes her choices, takes her revenge, and accepts the consequences. Even when she’s lying on Si Guo Cliff, she doesn’t whine. She’s calculating, waiting for the moment. That level of resilience makes her a compelling protagonist.

The little hints about the divine venerable’s tribulation—“kill immortals who block him, slay demons who obstruct him”—sound epic. If that’s the future, then the current Xi Xuan Shang is a total deception. I’m excited to see his fall or rise into cruelty.