I Refused to Cultivate the Heartless Dao, and Became Everyone's Darling

Ming Shi transmigrated into an old-school cultivation novel and became the background-character uncle-master of the male lead. The uncle-master barely appeared in the story, but had an extraordinary identity: the first person in the world to comprehend the Path of Ruthlessness. His role in the plot was to kill his "wife" to prove his Dao, then persuade the male lead to cultivate the same path. Instead, he ended up helping the male lead and his love interest get together. Ming Shi arrived at just the right moment: he had his sword pointed at his cheap Daoist partner's heart. His partner was blind, with blue gauze covering his eyes. His left arm was missing, and his frail body looked weak. He was actually a bookish scholar. Ming Shi immediately lowered his sword. He wasn't going to cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness, and he wasn't going to marry a man either. He wrote a letter of separation and ran off. The cultivation world was full of danger. Ming Shi sensibly chose to rely on his sect's protection, looking for a way back while continuing to play the part of a background character. But after a while, he realized something was wrong. His martial nephew, that bright young man, gave him the sword pendant that was supposed to go to the novel's love interest. The love interest, his cool and aloof senior brother, said they should practice their cultivation technique together, but his gaze at Ming Shi was turbulent with hidden feelings. Even the story's greatest villain dropped his mask of false benevolence and bared his bloodthirsty fangs, all to make Ming Shi his own. Ming Shi used his knowledge of the story to gather rare treasures and work hard at cultivation, terrified that before he could get back home, some weirdos would do unspeakable things to him. But who could have guessed he'd overdo it? One day, his meridians reversed because he'd advanced too quickly, and he was overcome by a burning fever. After a night of indescribable passion, he woke to find an immortal in blue standing tall before him, his white hair flowing like a waterfall. Amid the drifting immortal mist, the letter of separation lay before Ming Shi. ...It was his cheap Daoist partner. Not only had his eyesight returned, but judging by last night's performance, his stamina was extraordinary, the kind rarely seen in the world. The people who had hurried to find him froze at the cave entrance, their faces stiff with shock. Ming Shi watched his senior brother bow respectfully and grit out one word: "Master." They say the Venerable Immortal Langhuan spent three hundred years in seclusion. Turns out he had descended to the mortal realm to undergo a trial. They also say he cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness and reached the Deification Realm. #Ming Shi transmigrates in his own body. The love interest is a deceptively gentle, truly heartless beauty: immensely powerful, clear-eyed, and impossible to mistreat. #All love interests are devoted in both body and heart, with very strong feelings for the protagonist. At this point in the original story, the original male lead and love interest have no feelings for each other yet. No flirtation between the love interests. The master and the original character were never truly Daoist partners. #The true love interest is the master. Older master-and-disciple romance. The protagonist is career-minded and slow to return his feelings. Theme: Don't judge people by first impressions. Treasure sincere feelings and press forward bravely.