Disguised as a Man to Join the Sect: Master, You’re Doomed

When young Mu Qing's grandfather dies under mysterious circumstances, she disguises herself as a man and enters a cultivation sect to avenge him. She overcomes one obstacle after another to become the disciple of the very person who murdered her family, but unexpectedly becomes entangled with Senior Brother Song Lang, who reveres their master above all else. No System + steady progression + not a power fantasy + slow-burn storytelling + a mortal world where men outrank women + humans, immortals, demons, beasts, and ghosts all coexist