After Failing to Reform the Male Lead

1,

Jiang Yu transmigrated into a novel with a universally adored heroine, becoming the dark and vicious supporting female character.

Her junior fellow disciple, Xie Zhiyu, was as bright as the moon: upright and kind, seemingly cold as frost, but compassionate at heart.

Not only was he the unattainable white moonlight the heroine loved, he was also the most popular character in the story, and the one readers most wanted to see paired up.

Unfortunately, he cultivated the Heartless Dao and was fated to miss his chance with the heroine.

After a dramatic turn in which he broke his heart for love, changed his path, and left his sect, he fell to darkness and demonic cultivation, eventually slain by the united forces of the cultivators.

The System tasked Jiang Yu with helping him escape the troubles of love, avoid a dark ending, cultivate the Great Dao as soon as possible, and fulfill his mission to save the world.

Jiang Yu did everything she was supposed to.

She kept him away from the heroine, steered clear of the plot's blood-soaked confrontations, gave him warmth, helped ease his troubles, and encouraged him to focus on cultivation.

But it barely made a difference.

Then one day, Jiang Yu came upon him sitting high on a rooftop, coldly watching demonic creatures attack the villagers below without lifting a finger.

Across the empty space, her gaze met his, full of amusement as if he were watching a show. Jiang Yu finally understood:

...The original story really does more harm than good.

2,

With the mission straying further and further down the road to failure, Jiang Yu had no choice but to reload and start over.

Unexpectedly, Xie Zhiyu interrupted her spell on the spot, taking control of her mind and dragging her back.

Xie Zhiyu sighed softly.

"Since Senior Sister wants to help me cultivate, you should stay by my side. You can't just leave me behind."

His eyes lowered, his cool fingertips brushing affectionately over her cheek. His tone was gentle, yet helpless.

"Don't let it happen again."

3,

Xie Zhiyu was a once-in-ten-thousand-years genius in the cultivation world.

Born with a sword bone, he severed worldly ties and extinguished desire to cultivate the Dao. He understood neither love nor compassion, knew neither love nor hate, and felt no sympathy for the common people.

His heart was sculpted from ice, and all things within it lay desolate, until someone planted it full of flowers in every color.

"I'm giving your seven emotions and six desires back to you. You have to love this world, and love yourself."

☆Reader's Guide☆

1. This is a romance-focused story. The emotional development comes first; everything else serves the romance.

2. The junior fellow disciple is a mischievous thrill-seeker. He was never in love with the original heroine. In the previous timeline, his "breaking his heart, changing his path, and leaving his sect" had nothing to do with her.

3. The original heroine will be portrayed negatively.

4. Please think carefully before buying the whole book at once. If you like it, you can subscribe one chapter at a time. All positive and negative reviews are welcome, except insults and disruptive comments.

The original blurb was dated March 22, 2023 (a screenshot has been saved).

The final version was dated August 9, 2023.

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Cover character design authorized by: Fuzei

Theme: The Great Dao is heartless, but people have hearts.