The First Sect Master in History

The story begins with a transmigration: a modern young man, Ye Wen, wakes up to find himself the head of a sect—except this sect is utterly destitute. Shushan Sect has long since fallen into decline: its territory has been seized, its signboard is gone, and only he and a junior sister, Ning Ruxue—sharper in swordsmanship and fiercer in temper than he is—remain at the mountain gate. On his deathbed, his master entrusted him with the task of reviving the sect, and his junior sister made it bluntly clear: if he fails, he steps down.

Ye Wen's ace is a ring of unknown origin on his left index finger. It absorbs the energy within his body and condenses it into cloth fragments that appear to be martial arts manuals, allowing him to "summon" techniques and moves. Combined with his familiarity with the wuxia world from his past life, Shushan Sect is rebuilt from nothing: renamed Shushan, its gates reestablished, disciples recruited, money earned, land acquired, and training tailored to individual aptitudes—steadily gaining a foothold in the crevices between jianghu and the imperial court.

The book unfolds in three volumes—The Martial World, The Mortal World, and The Immortal World—expanding its stage from a low-martial-arts jianghu to the cultivation realm, and then to an immortal world where the Heavenly Court, the Buddhist realm, and the Western pantheon coexist, culminating in the entire sect's ascension. Fast-paced, packed with witty banter and frequent payoffs, and balancing sect management with personal cultivation, it is a nostalgic favorite for many readers who cut their teeth on xianxia "farming" fiction.