Synopsis
Young love|Happy ending|Airheaded girl wins over tsundere
[Airheaded girl from the Hehuan Sect × aloof, peerless cultivator of the Heartless Dao]
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Ji Yunxian is the good-for-nothing junior sister of the Hehuan Sect.
She has the sweet, delicate looks of a helpless little flower, the very type best suited to luring inexperienced young cultivators.
Unfortunately, she is stubbornly clueless and knows nothing about romance.
Her master and senior brothers and sisters tried everything they could, explaining every trick until they were hoarse.
Master: Go! Just grab someone and bring him back! Cry, throw a fit, act cute, then pounce on him. It'll definitely work!
She nodded, then came back down the mountain with an armful of pastries.
Ji Yunxian: It won't work, Master. I still want to find a furnace cauldron who's more handsome, taller, and fairer...
Master: ...Foolish apprentice! Then go pick someone from another sect. Don't ruin my reputation as an educator.
Who could have guessed that this dull little disciple of the Hehuan Sect would read the line in the handbook, [A Heartless Dao disciple who has yet to lose his primal yang is the finest of the finest], and set her sights on Shen Xunzhou, one of the most outstanding disciples in the Heartless Dao?
Ji Yunxian: "Cultivator friend, cultivator friend, could you help me with one more thing?"
The icy cultivator of the Heartless Dao lowered his eyes. "What is it?"
Ji Yunxian's mind raced. What had Master taught her again? Cry, throw a fit, act cute, then grab him and pounce?
Fine. She really pounced.
Ji Yunxian: "Cultivate with me!"
Shen Xunzhou: "...?"
"How brazen." The cool, otherworldly man looked at her and advised in an even voice, "If you wish to join the Tianling Sect, you should focus more on your cultivation."
"Don't say such outrageous things to others again. It goes against the sect's rules."
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Shen Xunzhou was proud and untouchable. In other people's eyes, he was an eternal iceberg, an utterly heartless cultivator of the Heartless Dao.
Until the day he casually saved a female disciple being chased by a demonic beast, and everything changed.
At the foot of the mountain, a woman with clear eyes and tear-streaked cheeks clung to him and wouldn't let go.
The sect members couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
Senior Brother Shen hated being pestered more than anything. He was about to crush this flower with his ruthless hand.
But...
Shen Xunzhou: "The Tianling Sect has strict requirements for its disciples. Are you sure you won't regret it?"
Ji Yunxian hurriedly shook her head, tears welling as she clutched his sleeve. "I won't regret it!"
Everyone: Huh?
Was this really their stern, impartial, cold-blooded, keep-away-from-me senior brother?!
Then they saw the girl tear the hem of her skirt and look up at Senior Brother Shen with a pitiful, whiny pout. "Waaah, I'm so clumsy. I tripped and twisted my ankle."
Everyone: Oh, right, right. Senior Brother Shen can see through these little tricks. She's definitely going to get what's coming to her today.
Shen Xunzhou frowned almost imperceptibly, but in the end he let her wrap an arm around his waist as they rode his sword together.
"...Then get on. Hold tight."
He was starting to regret it. He seemed to have rescued a little troublemaker.
Everyone: What?! They're just casually cuddling right in front of us?!
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Shen Xunzhou had thought it wouldn't matter if he let Ji Yunxian pester him.
His Dao heart was rock solid. He would only make her realize she was wasting her time.
But Ji Yunxian really did give up.
Not only that, she turned around and immediately started pestering several other Heartless Dao disciples one after another.
Shen Xunzhou forced down the complicated feelings in his heart, put on a cold expression, and strode into the disciples' quarters. He dragged Ji Yunxian right out from among the disciples she was charming with her beaming smile.
Shen Xunzhou frowned, unsure how to put it. "...Don't go looking for anyone else."
Ji Yunxian: "Huh?"
"My spiritual power is stronger than theirs. Whatever cultivation you want to practice... I can do it better."
Ji Yunxian looked up at him in confusion. "But, Senior Brother, didn't you say this went against the rules?"
Shen Xunzhou lowered his head in resignation, the tips of his ears turning red. "...From now on, if you only come to me, then it won't break the rules."
Ji Yunxian: You could've said so earlier! So the rules are dead, but people are alive. (^v^)
#HeartlessDaoFriend,You'veFallenForHer#
[Bonus Scene]
At the once-every-three-years Hairpin Flower Tournament, Ji Yunxian had finally gotten her wish after training herself to exhaustion in swordsmanship. She stood on the arena with her sword in hand.
With a radiant smile, bright eyes, and pearly teeth, she called out, "Ji Yunxian of the Tianling Sect, please go easy on me!"
Down below, an elder from the Hehuan Sect, secretly competing with his rival, froze.
Hehuan Sect Elder: "What did she just say her name was?! And whose disciple did she say she was?!"
The Heartless Dao elder scoffed. "Obviously she's a sword cultivator from our Tianling Sect, talented and brilliant. What, are you jealous?"
The Hehuan Sect elder swallowed a mouthful of blood.
Foolish apprentice! I told you to pick a furnace cauldron and ruin his cultivation, not to abandon the light and join the darkness!
The senior sister accompanying them hid her smile behind her hand, tugged on her furious master's sleeve, and gestured for her to turn around.
"I won this prize. You can have it!"
Down below, the ice-cold Shen Xunzhou caught the prize Ji Yunxian tossed to him, and in an instant the ice and snow melted away.
Hehuan Sect Elder: My head doesn't hurt anymore, and my chest feels fine. The sky is so blue, the mountains are so beautiful, and my rival's face is so green.
Reading Guide:
1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced + happy ending + boy-girl romance
2. The heroine has no feelings for any of the potential furnace cauldrons she considers, and nothing intimate happens. Her reputation as a hopelessly clueless student is firmly established.
3. Some ensemble cast elements
Blurb written on March 16, 2026, screenshot saved.
Theme: Love that helps you break through your own limits
