The Immortal Path Repaid: I Became an Emperor by Giving Away Money

(System novel + not a power fantasy + highly intelligent villain + unsaintly protagonist + ensemble cast + no heroine + takes on female disciples)

The frustrated young Lu Li unexpectedly awakens a Tenfold Return System: for every resource he gives, he receives ten times as much in return.

While others toil in cultivation for a century without breaking through, he rockets ahead with the System. While others treasure their spirit stones, he casually throws out opportunities worth a hundred times more.

Starting out as an obscure outer-sect disciple, he gains an endless supply of pills, cultivation techniques, spirit pets, and magical treasures, and his cultivation advances by leaps and bounds.

Those who once looked down on him will eventually gaze up at his retreating figure. He repays every slight and scheme with overwhelming strength.

Watch as Lu Li uses his heaven-defying System to conquer the path to immortality, sweep across the heavens, and ascend step by step to the supreme throne of all realms!