Starting Today, I'm the Sect Leader

[The author's previous pen name was Li Mu. I couldn't be bothered to change the cover.]

Blurb:

Shen Luanyu transmigrates into a melodramatic cultivation romance novel where the male and female leads follow a romantic storyline.

And the System tells her, "Host, your mission in this world is to found a sect and become its first sect leader! Here's a free ten-pull for signing up. Draw your cards as soon as possible and make sure you have your items."

Shen Luanyu: "?"

Then her ten-pull gives her a hammer.

From then on, she's got a hammer to work with.

She figures that since she already knows the plot, completing the instance missions shouldn't be difficult.

But the System says from the start, "Host, please take on a personal disciple."

Shen Luanyu wants to smash the System's skull in, but since it lives inside her head, that's not very convenient.

So she asks, "What happens if I don't complete an instance mission?"

The System says, "Well, it's not a huge deal. Each failed mission comes with a specific punishment. If you can't take on a disciple, you'll merely bleed from all seven orifices and die on the spot."

Shen Luanyu smiles faintly. "...System, you win."

The System smiles back. "Oh, not at all."

Later, after she finally completes the mission, she earns points that let her draw a single card!

Shen Luanyu: "Come forth, Pikachu!"

Seeing the microphone in her hand, Shen Luanyu falls silent.

Wait, whose transmigration heroine uses a microphone as a weapon?

Only later does she learn that the microphone amplifies the power of her Word Spirit. So she often yells at a crowd of villains, "Die, die! You bunch of idiots! All of you, die!"

Then one day, the current number-one sect leader in the cultivation world tells her, "Miss Shen, the cultivation world is in grave danger, and you are the chosen one. You must resolve these crises."

Shen Luanyu suddenly laughs. "The world's about to end? What wonderful news!"

Her inner monologue: Come on, wipe us all out! I can't spend another day in this miserable life. Damn the boss, damn the System, kill them all!

She's really tired!

The First Sect Leader says coolly, "I'll pay you!"

Shen Luanyu bows and immediately says, "Sect Leader, save me!"

Later, while clearing instances, she takes on three disciples and a guest elder for her sect.

Her eldest disciple is cold by nature and has a world-weary air.

Her second disciple is a loli who can also be a muscular woman, with a fragile, broken vibe.

Her third disciple is a dark-skinned shota with a homemaker vibe.

Most importantly, all three are not only incredibly handsome, but absurdly powerful too.

Ren Xiaoxiao, a guest elder of the sect, asks in shock, "How did you manage this as a cultivator who's only just reached Foundation Establishment?"

Shen Luanyu gives a wicked smile. "Taking on disciples doesn't require any fancy tricks! Sincerity is the only sure-fire move!"

Then the System speaks up. "But you're so broke. How are you going to support your sect?"

Shen Luanyu thinks it over. "I'll have them all debut as a group! I'll be their manager!"

The System pauses. "Host, have you forgotten your eldest disciple's identity? He'll beat you to death if you do that!"

Shen Luanyu says coolly, "Fine. I'll let him keep the center position in the group forever."

The System says, "...Have you forgotten he's the original story's biggest villain? More accurately, none of your three disciples are easy to handle!"

Shen Luanyu says, "Didn't I already stop them from going dark? All three are upstanding young cultivators now, and they've even earned little red flowers."

The System falls silent.

Shen Luanyu raises an eyebrow. "Don't believe me?"

The System remains silent.

So Shen Luanyu pulls out the cultivation world's latest educational pamphlet and asks her three disciples, "Have you memorized it?"

The second and third disciples nod obediently and start reciting it from beginning to end: "Take pride in loving the cultivation world, and feel shame in betraying it. Take pride in serving low-ranking cultivators, and feel shame in abandoning them..."

Shen Luanyu says with satisfaction, "Exactly. We must always remember the cultivation world's Eight Honors and Eight Shames."

She looks at her eldest disciple. "What about you?"

Zhuang Xuanyi doesn't even raise an eyebrow and says flatly, "Get lost."

Shen Luanyu says, "Looks like you didn't get enough out of your eighteen years of compulsory education."

She immediately pulls out a stack of exam papers a full three meters high. "Finish them all within three days."

Zhuang Xuanyi: "..."

1. Plot-focused, with a romance storyline.

2. Lots of original worldbuilding, not orthodox cultivation.

3. The whole story aims for a lighthearted, healing, silly tone, with satisfying power progression.

4. One-on-one romance, chuunibyou silly heroine x black-lotus male lead

Theme: Youthful passion never fades