The Female Supporting Character, Who Serves as a Stepping Stone, Awakens in the Storyline to Avoid Becoming Cannon Fodder

I only realized I was a cannon fodder senior sister in a beloved cultivation novel when I died on the day of the sect's grand competition. My junior sister, the female lead, wielded a plundering system and had her eyes on my cultivation. I failed to condense my Nascent Soul Pill, suffered a backlash, and my cultivation plummeted back to the Qi Refining stage. My junior sister, however, broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, becoming a newly crowned sect prodigy, revered by everyone! I endured the ridicule of the entire sect and went into seclusion to cultivate. But no matter how hard I tried, no matter how many top-grade cultivation pills I consumed, my cultivation remained stagnant. Helpless, I emerged from seclusion to seek help from my master, only to stumble upon the sect's grand competition. My fellow disciples threw me onto the arena, where my junior sister brutally severed my heart meridian with a single palm strike.