This is a novel full of tropes. As a proper fantasy cultivation novel, our protagonist has to get all the things other protagonists have! A good-for-nothing getting face-slapped and making a comeback? Coming right up! A golden finger? Coming right up! Cultivation progress a thousand miles a day? Coming right up! Connections to a higher realm? Coming right up! Finding hidden gems at auctions and roadside stalls? Coming right up! A divine beast for a pet? Coming right up! Underlings coming to cling to his coattails? Coming right up! A harem? It's not that I haven't arranged one, but the protagonist doesn't want it!
Is the harem only for men?