A Master-Disciple Cultivation Novel with a Leveling-Up Arc

In short: a fast-paced cultivation novel about leveling up, with an overpowered golden finger. The recipient is in charge of smashing his way through the cultivation world, while seven love interests compete for him and pull each other's hair. It has plenty of face-slapping and a universally adored protagonist! Yu Yuan died an unjust death in his previous life. He was a once-in-ten-thousand-years cultivation genius. After being taken in as a personal disciple by an inner sect elder, he reached the Nascent Soul stage in less than a century. His future looked bright. But after he claimed a supreme treasure in a secret realm, he was betrayed by his junior brother, whom he'd regarded as his intended Dao companion, but who had since fallen for someone else. Yu Yuan's body was destroyed, and his soul perished. Only after his death did Yu Yuan learn that he was living in a book. The book's protagonist, Lu Yuanbai, was the one his junior brother had fallen for, while Yu Yuan was destined to be nothing more than a stepping stone on the protagonist's path to ascension. Yu Yuan refused to accept this. Reborn, Yu Yuan cut himself off from love and devoted himself to cultivation, intent only on returning to his sect to avenge his previous life. Then, by chance, he rescued the book's great villain at an auction. The young villain was obedient and adorable. And once he grew up, he could make life difficult for the protagonist. Yu Yuan decided that keeping him by his side might not be a bad idea. It wasn't as if he couldn't afford to feed him. Who knew the great villain would be a black-hearted sweetheart, casually taking lives while chatting and laughing? And why was he looking at Yu Yuan more and more strangely?! Love interest's perspective: Sixteen-year-old Luo Yunhuai didn't know he was the biggest villain in a cultivation novel. Nor did he know that one day he would become a heaven-grade alchemist, revered by everyone and standing at the peak of the cultivation world. Born with a furnace physique, he watched his entire family get wiped out overnight. Now he was about to become merchandise at an auction. Looking at the greedy, leering faces of the martial artists below the stage, Luo Yunhuai decided they would all die together. He would rather die than become someone's plaything. But the person who bought him didn't seem to have that in mind. Yu Yuan simply tossed him a cultivation manual and threatened him in a cold voice: "If you can't learn it in three days, wash up and come to my bed." Luo Yunhuai: "..." Years later, Luo Yunhuai would look back and regret everything. He hurriedly clung to Yu Yuan, now an expert at acting obedient and pitiful. Tears spilled from his eyes on cue. "Master, you're my one and only master. How could your disciple go on without you? Do you think your disciple still has a chance?" A ruthless recipient who'd rather act than talk × a love interest who smiles warmly to your face but is scheming as can be behind your back General cultivation stages: Qi Gathering, Houtian, Xiantian, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Out-of-Body, Spirit Division, Body Integration, Void Insight, Tribulation Transcendence, Mahayana, Ascension. Alchemists, artifact refiners, and treasures are ranked: Mortal, Yellow, Earth, Heaven, Saint, Immortal. Theme: Heaven rewards diligence.