[Tycoon + Delusions of Grandeur + Subverting Expectations + Lighthearted Comedy + Fun Daily Life]
Also known as I Am the Immortal Emperor Who Throws Money Around!
"What? Spend a trillion top-grade spirit stones and ascend straight to become an Immortal Emperor?! That's easy, I just have to..."
"Oh no! Why do my spirit stones keep multiplying the more I spend?!"
Pei Xiandi, the down-on-its-luck young sect master of a Central Continent sect, is suddenly told that if he spends all the trillion top-grade spirit stones accumulated over his first eight lifetimes, he'll ascend on the spot and become an Immortal Emperor!
Pei Xiandi makes his decision right away.
"What are we waiting for? Throw money around as fast as you can!"
He renovates the sect grounds and dramatically improves the disciples' benefits. They drink spirit spring water and eat pills like food. In no time, he turns the sect from a ruin into a "paradise of benefits" for the cultivation world.
The disciples throughout the sect are moved to tears with gratitude, shouting, "We swear to follow the young sect master to the death!"
To spend his money faster, he buys abandoned spirit veins that nobody else wants. Then his subordinates return with joyful news.
"Good news, young sect master! We found a dragon vein beneath the spirit vein!"
He casually promotes two down-on-their-luck cultivators, assigning one to alchemy and the other to artifact refining. They're the sect's hidden talents, he figures.
Then he hears that the sect's pills and spirit artifacts are selling like crazy across the continent, with orders booked a hundred years in advance.
Pei Xiandi watches the top-grade spirit stones in his storage ring surge like a rising tide and nearly weeps.
"Something's wrong! A thousand things are wrong! Why do my spirit stones keep multiplying the more I spend?!"
Even worse, just as he's worrying about being unable to spend all his money, his subordinates rush in again in a panic.
"Young sect master, we're in trouble! Eight immortal maidens are outside the sect gates, demanding to see you. They say... they were all your lovers in past lives! They want an explanation!"
"No! Please, no! I just want to throw money around in peace!"