Responses
so no romance at all?
All the romance is in the background, I think the only time MC has done anything even semi-romantic is one very slapstick sort of date with 'oh no, the love interest can't cook anything edible!' gag. I think there's also this one cultivator sect master lady who likes MC and is pretty overbearing, but she doesn't show up a lot where I left off (though it's been a while). But no, none of the romantic melodrama or anything.
I don't think I've read anything as unserious as this that doesn't crash straight into cringe territory. Don't judge it by the first chapter - it's the little girl who has the crush, and MC doesn't really seem to actually have a romantic arc at all.
True, most of the single female characters who are not MC's disciples have something of a crush on MC and MC has his little fantasies about them, but the story doesn't really focus on any sort of romcom shenanigans. The story is mainly about MC and his disciples being OP and cool. There's very little stakes to the whole thing, it's just a silly comedy.