(No System, one female lead, no characters made stupid, no golden finger, ordinary cultivation.) A decisive, clever protagonist, and an even cleverer antagonist.
I, Gu Yi, will love only one person in this life, and make every decision for her alone. I will cast aside every human bond.
Gu Yi bore the Heavenly Dao's fortune. He and the mortal Ming Qianyu married, but in the end they both fell. Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao took pity on them and left behind a son. Born in a humble thatched hut, he watched his parents fall, carried their fortune, and survived a calamity. Raised by mortals, he had a chance encounter with an immortal and entered a sect at the age of ten. He killed for treasures, his sect was destroyed, and his benefactor died. With nowhere left to turn, he faced countless hardships alone. But the Heavenly Dao took pity on him, and after countless years he attained the throne of the Emperor, unrivaled beneath the heavens. At last, free of all constraints, he roamed the world. No System, no harem, just the real thing.
