Transmigrated into a Master, but Held a Group Meeting

Ning Mingmei finds himself transmigrated into a dark-themed cultivation novel, taking on the role of the unfortunate ‘cold and aloof master’ destined to be killed by his disciple, the male protagonist, who will use his death as a stepping stone to achieve immortality. The death? Tragic. Very, very tragic. Even worse, he’s bound to a system that insists he must play the role of the cold master to perfection, redeeming the disciple and saving the world—or eliminating the disciple and escaping with his life. The blackened male protagonist is still 20 years away from arriving at the sect. Unbothered, Ning Mingmei ignores the system’s nagging and spends a long moment staring at the peak’s roster… before deciding to hold a group meeting. Then, he enters the sect’s library. …And assigns every disciple the task of categorizing and studying the library’s contents over five years, submitting weekly reports, and monthly reviews. Performance evaluations would determine their scholarships and failing to meet expectations would delay their graduation. With 20 years before the male protagonist’s arrival, Ning Mingmei decides to speculate on real estate around the peak, build houses, and promote the benefits of home ownership, to ensure the male protagonist will enter the peak saddled with a mortgage. Then the male protagonist can work off his debt as a research assistant. In 3 years, Ning Mingmei finishes reading everything in the entire sect library. In 5 years, he establishes the sect’s academic journal. In 10 years, he encourages sects across the cultivation world to create their own journals. In 15 years, he founds the first journal in the cultivation world, ‘Science’. In 18 years, with academic conferences and journals flourishing, he launches the first patent office in the cultivation world. When the male protagonist finally enters the sect, Ning Mingmei orchestrates a massive inflation wave and introduces future markets. 200 years later, the cultivation world collectively realizes that practicing cultivation and using registered techniques requires paying intellectual property taxes to the patent office. Even demonic cultivators aren’t exempt, as cross-border enforcement tracks them down. No matter their nature, genius or lunatic, everyone now focuses on academic research, paying taxes, pursuing higher education, and trading stocks. No one bothers forming evil organizations alongside the male protagonist anymore, as originally written. Dating? Forget that. Becoming a research advisor is far more rewarding. Using knowledge to dominate and save the cultivation world? That’s precisely what Ning Mingmei was born to do. Now, his only dilemma is figuring out how to delay the male protagonist’s graduation by another 20 years, just before the male protagonist finds ways to escape and starts causing trouble again. After all, the male protagonist is undeniably a productive researcher. ___________ Main pairing: Original novel’s reborn villain male protagonist × Evil mastermind mentor MC In this world, the male protagonist is reborn. After creating havoc under a false identity, he fakes his death and returns to his original identity. Main identity – Lian Chengyue, the seemingly dutiful disciple working hard on academic projects for Ning Mingmei. Disguised identity – Qi Miancheng, a hypocritical sect master secretly funding research under Ning Mingmei’s manipulation.