Suggest original cultivation novels outside of the usual and unoriginal ones. (MC gets into sect, gets underestimated, enters a competition and wins effectively shocking everyone, gets underestimated again, repeat. Or those novels that start with an mc reincarnating, or transmigrating and going through that same disgusting plot.) Please don't suggest modern era cultivation novels PS: Don't suggest novels that are exclusively on Webnovel.
Renegade Immortal (mc does get into a sect and gets underestimated then destroys the competition but it gets really good, try the mortal arcs and you will like it)
Not too encouraging since it's plot is exactly what I outlined in my original post, but I'll try it sometime later. I'll try the first one, for the second one though I dislike female mcs for the most part. (They often have too much drama/romance, though I'm not exactly sure how to describe it, the romance in a lot of them unfolds in a way I detest.) I'll still add it to my reading list so thanks for the suggestion.
Otherwordly Evil Monarch Peerless Martial God Coiling Dragon Reverend Insanity I Shall Seal the Heavens Transcending the Nine Heavens Realms In The Firmament Cheers, mate