The Rise of the Imperial Clan

A proper cultivation novel: genius protagonist, clan cultivation, alliances and diplomacy, no mindless decisions, nearly invincible, one heroine, ensemble cast.

The male lead is a male chauvinist and loves the heroine dearly! She is the only heroine.

Chen Zhan faces the heavenly tribulation from the start, reaches the Golden Core stage, and becomes the first patriarch of the Chen clan!

At age ninety, call me Mr. Chen, the number one cultivator to form a Golden Core.

I formed a Nascent Soul before turning a hundred and became a Nascent Soul monster. Let's see who dares to object!

This spirit stone mine looks good. It's mine now.

This magical treasure looks good too. Fellow Daoist, I'll trade you a spirit stone for it. You're lucky I'm willing to trade with you, so don't make me use force!

Two hundred years later, Chen Zhan looks back and thinks, What the heck? When did my Chen clan become the number one family in the cultivation world? Who else wants a piece of us?

Now that the clan's so powerful, isn't it time to teach the demonic path a lesson? You little demons need to start paying taxes! I'll generously let you pay a mere hundred million spirit stones in protection money.

A century later, the Chen clan has fleeced the demonic path until its members are reduced to rogue cultivators.

Time to find a new batch of suckers. Let's start a war across the Three Realms!

Heh heh heh. Follow me and prosper, oppose me and perish! The men go to the mines, and the women warm my bed.