Senior Brother, Aren't You on the Ruthless Path?!

Jiang Huiyue knew that her senior brother cultivated the Great Dao of Supreme Detachment from Emotion. Ever since her parents passed away, he had raised her all by himself, so naturally they shared a deep bond. It was just that...

One day, after getting into a fight with some others and coming away covered in bruises, she sneaked back to their cave abode...

Cheng Xueqi: "Where have you been?"

Jiang Huiyue: "..."

Her legs trembled, and she nearly tried to run. "I had a sparring match with someone."

She was punished with copying three hundred pages of scripture, and nearly worked herself to the point of coughing up blood.

Not long afterward, she acted on impulse and made a bet with someone, then went alone into a secret realm. The guardian demon beast there broke several of her bones, and her senior brother hauled her back. She was made to kneel before the Nine Palaces steps, stripped of all dignity and left utterly humiliated.

Given how things had gone...

Her senior brother should have been the bane of her existence for the rest of her life.

Who could have guessed that one day, the bane himself would summon her to discuss something important?

Hah, he was always making decisions on his own. Since when did he need her opinion?

Jiang Huiyue grabbed a jade vase and a few sprigs of flowers, then hurried to her senior brother's chambers. Cheng Xueqi was now the master of the Nine Palaces, with no one to rival him. But his living quarters were still as cold as snow, without a hint of warmth. She couldn't bear to see it, so she often brought him little decorations.

Her senior brother was like an immortal descended to the mortal world, peerlessly elegant, his brows and lashes like frost and snow. When he saw her arrive, he said, "I have something important to discuss with you."

His gaze followed the young woman. "Your parents left a final wish. This matter concerns your future, and I dare not decide it alone."

"Would you be willing to become my Dao companion? Your parents saved my life, giving me a second chance. I am willing to spend my life looking after you and cherishing you."

Jiang Huiyue trembled all over, looking extremely moved.

He thought: She has always relied on me, and we share a deep bond. This should be a natural next step. There shouldn't be any problem.

Jiang Huiyue slammed the table and shouted, "I refuse! How can they use their kindness to force me into this?!"

[🌟: The main story takes up a large portion of the novel and involves folk customs, supernatural tales, and many Buddhist and Daoist concepts, so some parts may be somewhat obscure. There are also many side plots about the female lead spending time with her friends and growing through her own cultivation of the Dao.]

* A doting, outwardly gentle but secretly calculating immortal with a controlling streak x a bright, stubborn, beautiful sword cultivator who's a little clueless

* The male lead has many secret identities. Fundamentally 1v1, with a relationship dynamic as described in the blurb.

Theme: Following where the heart of the Dao leads.