Without Me, This Sect Will Fall Apart Sooner or Later

Just after finishing her college entrance exams, Yun Yuan transmigrates into the body of the legitimate daughter of an official's family in ancient times, whose mother has passed away. At first, she thinks it's a story of inner-family strife, perhaps leading to palace intrigue, where she'll become empress, rise to become an emperor, and reach the pinnacle of life.

Then an immortal descends from the sky and brings out a spirit-root testing stone.

Oh, so it's a cultivation story.

Tested as having a supreme-grade Water Spirit Root, Yun Yuan is immediately taken in as the youngest junior sister by the cultivation world's top sect. She thinks she's following the beloved-by-everyone script.

Confused, she spends a few days at the foot of the imposing sect's mountain, until someone comes along and chases them off with a pitchfork. Her master skillfully packs up their belongings, and the two sneak over to the edge of another major sect's territory to furtively mooch off its spiritual energy. Her dream is shattered.

The number one sect in the cultivation world really was number one... once. It's now so destitute that the whole sect has only five cats and kittens between them. Its three pitiful senior disciples have also been sent out by their old geezer of a master to fend for themselves at other sects, where they mooch off the Wi-Fi.

The eldest senior brother was born with a sword bone and gets resources by caring for sword cultivators' swords. The second senior sister has a top-grade furnace physique, so she obsessively works out to avoid being taken advantage of. The third senior brother is a panda spirit who eats a lot, so he works part-time as a guardian beast for a small sect to keep himself fed.

It's so tragic that anyone who hears about it will be heartbroken and anyone who sees it will weep. This lousy sect is going to fall apart sooner or later.

Living on steamed buns while the delicious smell from the neighboring cafeteria wafts over, Yun Yuan feels that her future as an immortal is bleak. Her senior brothers and sisters have sold everything they own to support her, so her conscience would hurt if she betrayed the sect. She plans to wait until the sect disbands, then find a better place to transfer to. A supreme-grade spirit root is welcome anywhere.

When Yun Yuan goes down the mountain to buy steamed buns, she spots a line giving away meat buns for free. Only when it's her turn does she find out she has to take an exam. As the current provincial top scorer on the college entrance exam, what's an exam to her? She's unbelievably powerful now!

She gets her meat bun and leaves, only to find out afterward that she'd passed the civil service exam and become the youngest member of the law enforcement team in history.

▼ The female lead is underage. No CP, and no romantic interest from anyone.

Theme: After the storm comes the rainbow