I Became the Beloved Junior Sister in a Den of Villainous Senior Broth

On the same night Xu Nian rejected Shen Wang's confession, a terrifying phenomenon tore across the sky above the sect.

One after another, rifts split the heavens. From within these cracks, gray mist began to leak—thick and suffocating—blanketing the entire Heart-Seeking Peak.

The system shrieked immediately:

[Warning! Unknown force invasion detected!]

[Script-external data stream interfering with the core world's functioning]

[Keyword Identified — "Whiteblank Residual Authority"]

Xu Nian's expression shifted sharply.

She remembered that name—Whiteblank—mentioned only once, deep within the Death Trial.

"Whiteblank"—the original script's Supreme Authority Unit,sealed and forgotten over a hundred years ago.

And now—It was waking up.

Across the cultivation world, the phenomenon escalated.

Spiritual veins fluctuated across sects.Teleportation arrays malfunctioned.Even spirit beasts began to grow restless.

Some claimed it was the dawn of a Heavenly Tribulation.Others whispered of a System Punishment.

But only Xu Nian knew—

This was the price of rewriting the script.

[Xuanqing Sect · Xu Nian's Cottage]

"You rejected me," Shen Wang's voice was low, eyes shadowed—he hadn't returned all night.

Meanwhile—

Bai Qi smiled more tenderly than ever:

"So... we're still in the running. I'm thrilled."

Xie Linyuan sliced an approaching cultivator in half with his sword:

"Good. The script hasn't settled. None of you better get near her."

Lu Jin passed by with his mobile cauldron:

"Does that mean I can finally schedule the 'Love Elixir' test run?"

Curling up in Xu Nian's arms, Rolling Snowball whined:

[Wuuuu so sweet so fragrant I wanna lick her faceeeee]

Xu Nian snapped, frustrated:

"Can you all shut up?! I'm trying to research 'Whiteblank'!!"

The system drifted past like a deadpan ghost:

[Since you failed to choose a love interest, all affection routes have entered "Open Competition Mode." You must make a selection within 60 days—Otherwise, the system will forcibly launch the "Jealousy War" side quest.]

Xu Nian growled:

"Do you even need to trigger that? I feel like I'm already living in a jealousy war every day."

[Elsewhere · Deep within the Yunlan Continent]

On the other side—The original protagonist team watched events spiral from a distance.

Shen Qingyan stared into the image conjured in her scrying mirror—There sat Xu Nian, surrounded by "villainous senior brothers".A flower crown rested on her head. A snowball beast lay at her feet.Even when she drank water, someone held the cup for her.

Her voice dropped to a whisper:

"...She's completely severed from the original script."

"She is now the center of the world."

Xiao Yunchen sat in silence, eyes closed, fists clenched.

"But this… was supposed to be my story."

Back at the Xuanqing Sect, deep within the system interface—

Xu Nian accessed a hidden feed buried in the code:

[Main Narrative Authority Selection Protocol Activated]

[Three "Script Interveners" will be chosen to compete for the role of 'World Core Controller']

[You are the first candidate]

The other two contenders?

● Whiteblank — Residual core of the original script administrator

● Xiao Yunchen — Child of Fate born from the original protagonist framework

But Xu Nian—

She wasn't a protagonist built by the system.She wasn't a puppet.She was the one who survived.

She was—

The Chosen.