So I have a lot of novel on my reading list and I kinda forgot the name of one of them and can't find it. So in novel (it's action, fantasy, martial arts, xuanhuan or xianxia), the world is ruled by sages, cultivation path is following: first realm white lotus, then blue lotus, then red lotus, then violet lotus, then golden lotus (if I remember correctly). Practitioners have lotus petals visible on their foreheads (numbering from 1 to 9). MC is smart, cunning and a bit of a trickster. He has brother and sister who got into sects at the beginning stages of the novel. If you post the novelupdates link that would be great.
serious oba-chan is cool long time no see and yes the title is soaring the heaven the mc shamelessness and his plot armor is too boring for me