The Ruthless Daoist Heroine Holds the Script for a Tragic Romance

Cool-faced, adorable overachiever × lovesick green-tea schemer

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Yun Jingyue is a notorious overachiever in the cultivation world, a top-tier practitioner of the Heartless Dao and the very model of someone who doesn't understand romance.

A fox spirit disguises himself as a beautiful young man, then lies injured by the roadside to tempt her. She doesn't so much as look his way, instead asking in puzzlement, "Didn't you hurt your leg? Why are you pulling open your shirt?"

A disciple from another sect admires her and pretends to falter during a sparring match, falling toward her. She holds her blade across his path, stopping him, and earnestly advises him, "That feint isn't convincing enough. Your movements are too slow. Try again."

Yet even after mastering the Heartless Dao, she still can't break through the final stage. Then one day, the System appears and reveals the truth.

[It's not that your cultivation is lacking. But you're the heroine of a novel, and you can only see through worldly attachments and fully master the Great Dao after going through imprisonment, faking your death, coercive romance, and a love-hate tragedy with the male lead.]

Yun Jingyue considers this for a moment. "So who's my tragic-love interest?"

[Your sworn enemy, Jiang Wanbai.]

He is the eldest son of the Tangtai Jiang Clan, with an impeccable reputation and everyone's admiration. The only person he doesn't get along with is her. He often acts one way to her face and another behind her back, his words soft yet barbed.

In short, he's a green-tea schemer.

But the System insists, [Actually, he's had a secret crush on you for years. He only keeps opposing you because he wants to get your attention. If you take the initiative and follow the plot, he'll definitely play along.]

Yun Jingyue is a woman of action, so she immediately agrees. "All right."

Then she turns around and imprisons Jiang Wanbai.

But while she's good at taking action, she has no idea how to follow a tragic-romance script, so she can only follow the System's guide step by step.

When Jiang Wanbai wakes and demands an explanation without changing his expression, she coolly leans in and kisses him. Without even blinking, she recites her line: "I know you've liked me for a long time. Now you've successfully caught my attention. Let's be together."

Jiang Wanbai laughs in fury and protests by refusing to eat. She flips through the System's instruction manual, grabs his chin, and feeds him herself. "Stop struggling. Isn't this what you wanted?"

Three months later, Jiang Wanbai's expression when he looks at her has changed from bewilderment to a knowing smile. He even seems to take the initiative to entice her.

Yun Jingyue has everything ready. All that's left is the final step: faking her death.

As thunder rumbles through the tribulation, she's ready to welcome a new life. But just as the lightning is about to strike her, someone forcibly cleaves it in two.

The lightning filling the sky abruptly fades, and the heavens and earth change color. Only one person walks toward her.

That day, she discovers that the System got two things wrong.

First, Jiang Wanbai never had a secret crush on her.

Second, now he really has begun to suffer a love-hate tragedy. :)

Blurb dated 2026.03.08

The start has been pushed back a little. Probably opening in September or October.

Theme: Nobody can master the Heartless Dao on Jinjiang (just kidding).