I Cultivate the Way of Unfeeling

[The story is complete, with a happy ending] [A friendly note from the author: There are countless great stories on Jinjiang. If this one isn't for you, just pick another!] Qi Tang dreamed about a book one night. In it, a minor character with the same name as her was also the young mistress of a sect, also breathtakingly beautiful... and also willful, overbearing, and used to ordering people around. Qi Tang: (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻ She flipped the table! She wasn't that overbearing! But in the plot, she was a minor villain who barely got a mention. She lived and died for her beloved senior brother, acting practically blind as she insisted on marrying him. Come on. Could someone with the exact same name really turn out like that? Qi Tang thought of her senior brother's cold, loveless face and refused to accept that premise. Her falling for her senior brother? What a joke! In the book, a junior sister arrived at the sect one day. The new junior sister was beautiful and refined, beloved by everyone. → Literally beloved by everyone. Qi Tang then watched her beloved senior brother live and die for the new junior sister. Her parents and fellow disciples all treated the latecomer like a priceless treasure, cherishing her above all else. That year, consumed by jealousy, Qi Tang lured the junior sister to the river and pushed her in. In return, she was imprisoned until she died. In the very end, the junior sister, who had survived, stood beneath the setting sun beside Qi Tang's beloved senior brother. When Qi Tang woke up and remembered the plot, she thought it was messed up. Only an idiot would do something like that. Until the new junior sister gave her a gentle smile. She was beautiful and refined, with a glistening beauty mark beneath her eye. A thunderclap split the clear sky in Qi Tang's mind. Qi Tang: “...” #The junior sister from my dream has really appeared# There was nothing wrong with that, really. It was just that Qi Tang suddenly realized her life was following the story she'd seen in her dream. The first time she saw the junior sister, her heart skipped a beat. And then... she quietly started paying attention to her senior brother Yan Chi, the one who had forsaken all love. The word “beloved” from the book made Qi Tang's scalp prickle. Qi Tang: Oh no, this is terrifying. That year, the spoiled and willful young sect mistress began cultivating the Heartless Dao. Invincible √ Reader's guide and content warnings: 1. The senior brother is a plot device. He really never fell in love. He has a lot of screen time, so please don't read if that bothers you. 2. There are many original additions. Mountains of them! 3. This is an unconventional xianxia story and an unconventional take on the Heartless Dao. (Manual emphasis.) Extremely unconventional. 4. It might be pretty angsty? (So I've heard?) It's probably not very sweet, sigh. Theme: Learn from setbacks and difficulties, stay optimistic and cheerful, and grow into the adult you want to be.