A Guide to Leaving the Heartless Path

Yu Chan came to the cultivation world after dying.

He had the identity of a heaven-blessed genius, an heir to the Heartless Dao, and the sole personal disciple of Sword Venerable Chang Jue.

But the moment he opened his eyes, his master, whom he had never met, had already been swept away by the Holy Son of the neighboring Medicine King Valley. In front of everyone, his master had even destroyed his own Heartless Dao heart.

Worse still, the original owner's Dao heart was damaged as a result, his life-bound sword was broken, and his cultivation had nearly fallen to zero.

Because there were too few people in his field, the sect's funding application was delayed indefinitely. As a sword cultivator, he had no money to buy a sword and could only live in a dilapidated cave.

Yu Chan: A workaholic never gives up!

Forced to leave the mountain in search of a way forward, Yu Chan's Dao heart grew ever more resolute as he took up the mantle of the Heartless Dao.

Expanding the ranks was a key part of building the discipline, so Yu Chan recruited people as he cultivated.

On the road, he encountered Long Aotian, who was about to leap into the Demonic Abyss to escape his pursuers.

Yu Chan swung his sword and filled in the abyss. "Join the Heartless Dao, and we'll all have a bright future."

Long Aotian had never seen anyone more heaven-defying than himself. He willingly switched to cultivating the Heartless Dao.

In a ruined temple, he found his junior brother, a golden canary, covered in wounds.

As he bandaged him, Yu Chan fanned the flames: "He doesn't love you. You're just a substitute. Come up the mountain with me, and let the whole world become his crematorium."

The canary junior brother picked up his sword, excitement flashing in his eyes.

At the bottom of Blood Moon Cliff, Yu Chan rescued his senior sister, whose spiritual roots had been excavated.

He handed her a cultivation manual for workaholics. "If you're a sword cultivator, you should push yourself. Stay away from bloodsuckers. Isn't it better to shine on your own?"

From then on, his senior sister cut off all romantic attachments and swung her sword tens of thousands of times every day.

Yu Chan later discovered that the world he lived in was actually a reborn novel about a protagonist adored by everyone.

The disciples he had brought back to the sect were all stepping stones for the protagonist to 'save the world.'

They were truly an unparalleled, top-tier cannon fodder group,

including him and his master.

As calamity struck, he watched the prodigies, rubbing their hands together with gleaming eyes, looking ready to flatten the entire cultivation world.

Yu Chan: Why does this feel a little off?

Reading Guide:

1. No supporting character has romantic feelings for the protagonist, and the protagonist has romantic feelings for no one.

2. The male lead is a cold-faced workaholic who speaks little and strikes mercilessly.

3. Cultivation levels: Qi Refining -> Foundation Establishment -> Golden Core -> Nascent Soul -> Spirit Transformation -> Void Refinement -> Body Integration -> Mahayana. The story includes many original settings, so please don't overthink them.

Blurb date: 2026-08-06

Theme: Life is beautiful, and the future is bright.