People in Conferred Gods: Rising from humble beginnings, I am the God of Wealth

The Chaotic Jade Palace.

"Both Nanji and Guangchengzi have become saints, which is not bad."

Yuanshi Tianzun nodded slightly, seemingly satisfied with the outcome.

Although he was inferior to the Jie Sect, it wasn't too shameful, which made him feel more grateful to Yang Xuan.

To be honest, given the circumstances of Antarctic Immortal and Guang Chengzi, even if they could borrow money to become saints, they would still need to pay a much higher price.

After all, neither of them made significant contributions to the prehistoric world like the Three Sovereigns, and they couldn't even compare to the Styx Daoist.

Insufficient contributions to heaven and earth are like having poor credit; to borrow more merit, one either needs higher interest rates or sufficient assets.

The contributions of the Antarctic Immortal and Guang Chengzi to the world are incomparable to those of Styx, the Three Sovereigns, and others.

Under normal circumstances, if the two of them wanted to take out a loan to become saints, they would need to sign an even more unequal contract, and the Heavenly Dao and the Earthly Dao might even refuse.

The reason they were able to become saints was entirely due to the back door opened by Yang Xuan.

Yang Xuan is a master of commerce, and he can influence even matters involving merit loans that offer the chance to become a saint.

If the Antarctic Immortal and Guang Chengzi fail to become saints, the Primordial Heavenly Lord will not be able to bear the shame.

Of course, there was another important reason why Yang Xuan did this: to silence any gossip.

If everyone does it, then it's the same as not doing it at all.

Yang Xuan opened a back door for the Chan Sect, allowing Guang Chengzi and the Antarctic Immortal to become saints.

They helped the Jie Sect open a back door, allowing Jinling Shengmu and Yunxiao to become saints.

To open a back door for Western religions and enable Buddha to become a saint.

He helped people open back doors, enabling Xuandu to become a saint.

Therefore, when Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu saw Yang Xuan giving Bixiao, Shieryue, Jiutian Xuannv, Dizang, Dayu, and others preferential treatment, they naturally wouldn't say anything.

As for the other powerful beings in the primordial world, even if they saw something, they dared not have any opinions, and they didn't even dare to complain in private.

After all, merit loans aren't only for achieving sainthood; you can borrow a small amount as well.

In this primordial world, if you don't have any merit or virtue to your name, you can't even call yourself a great being.

If you don't even dare to borrow money for merit, what kind of heart do you have for cultivating the Tao? You might as well just loaf around and wait to die!
Although this merit loan was borrowed from the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man, from a certain perspective, Yang Xuan is also their creditor.

The loan agreement for merit-based loans contains this clause—

All interpretation rights belong to the principles of business ethics and the three principles of heaven, earth, and humanity.

From this perspective, part of the contract they signed was related to business ethics, specifically concerning Yang Xuan.

Therefore, it is not wrong to say that Yang Xuan is the creditor of these borrowers.

More importantly, since Bixiao and others were able to achieve sainthood through borrowing merit, they would no longer need to borrow merit in the future.

But these great beings who failed to become saints are different. After experiencing the benefits of borrowing merit, they are likely to borrow a second or third time in the future.

It is true that there is a limit to the number of holy positions in the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man, but there is no such limit to the number of Primordial Golden Immortals.

Given enough merit, these powerful beings might still have a chance to break through to the Hunyuan realm.

Given this, even if someone guessed that Yang Xuan had used connections, they wouldn't dare to express the slightest dissatisfaction and would have to sincerely say thank you.

Unbeknownst to many, Yang Xuan's influence in the prehistoric world had already surpassed that of the three representatives, Hongjun, Houtu, and Nuwa.

The status of the business path has also become higher, showing signs of surpassing other major paths.

Judging from the current situation, given enough time, Yang Xuan's cultivation can definitely advance further. Not to mention surpassing Houtu and Hongjun, reaching their level should not be a problem.

The problem is, does this timeframe even exist?

Another 30,000 years later.

A calm voice echoed in the ears of all the sages.

"Fellow Daoists, my avatar has already explored the truth of the God and Demon Realm. I would like to invite you all to Zixiao Palace for a chat."

The voice came from the Sage Taiqing. Upon hearing this, Yang Xuan was overjoyed. He took a step and arrived outside the Primordial Heaven, rushing towards the Zixiao Palace.

Although the Sage of Taiqing may not be able to bring back good news, as long as he brings back news that can increase our understanding of the Chaos Gods and Demons, that would be good news.

After suppressing Rahu and learning about the God-Demon Realm from him, Yang Xuan went to find the Seven Emotions God-Demon to verify the truth of the matter.

To his surprise, the Seven Emotions Demon only knew that the Realm of Gods and Demons existed, but did not know how to get there, nor had he ever been there.

Later, Houtu, Nuwa, and others purged the chaotic gods and demons hiding in the primordial world, and they also interrogated these gods and demons.
Like the Seven Emotions God and Demon, they only knew about the God and Demon Realm, but had never been there or knew how to get there.

Clearly, Yang Mei had intended to use these people as pawns from the very beginning.
To avoid exposing matters concerning the realm of gods and demons when these people are abandoned in the future, that's why the matter of the realm of gods and demons has never been disclosed.

Upon learning of this, Yang Xuan knew that Luo Hou was most likely not lying to him about transcending the origin, which made him feel even more urgent.

Since Yang Mei had already planned to use these people as pawns, he must have had a backup plan.

Even though Rahu has been suppressed, it has only disrupted their original plans, but it will not affect their attack on the prehistoric world.

After Yang Mei returns to the realm of gods and demons, he will likely begin to employ second-hand strategies and could launch an attack on the prehistoric world at any time.

Yang Xuan had been worried about this matter for years, and now that he learned that the Sage of Taiqing had returned from his investigation, he was immediately relieved.

Regardless of whether the message brought back by the Sage of Taiqing is good or bad, as long as the message is brought back, Yang Xuan can start the next step of his plan based on it.

When Yang Xuan arrived at Zixiao Palace, there were only four people inside: Hongjun, Houtu, Nuwa, and Taiqing.

They were all slightly taken aback when they saw Yang Xuan arrive, not expecting him to be so fast, arriving at Zixiao Palace before Yuanshi Tianzun and the others.

It was clear that Yang Xuan's cultivation had improved significantly over the years, which they found incredible.

Reaching the Hunyuan realm, even a slight improvement is extremely difficult, and it is common for there to be no progress for several eons.

But they didn't ask any further questions; it was clearly Yang Xuan's secret.

Moreover, once you reach the Hunyuan realm, everyone has their own path, so asking won't help.

A moment later, various colored lights pierced through the chaos and fell into the inner hall of Zixiao Palace.

These people were either established sages like Tongtian and Yuanshi, or newly emerging sages like Styx and the Three Sovereigns.

Including Yang Xuan, Houtu, and others, there were a total of thirty people in Zixiao Palace, all of whom were at the Hunyuan cultivation level.

Compared to before the implementation of the Merit Loan system, the top combat power of the Primordial World has increased several times over. After everyone was seated, Taiqing stood up, cupped his hands in a respectful bow to the assembled saints, and said in a deep voice:

"Over the years, following Fellow Daoist Yang's deductive methods, I have located the realm of gods and demons within the chaos."
After years of observation and preparation, the old Taoist's three avatars successfully infiltrated the realm of gods and demons. After years of exploration, they finally lived up to expectations and made some gains..."

At this point, the Sage of Taiqing paused slightly, and his expression became even more serious.

"The old Taoist's three avatars' gains from this trip can be divided into three points."

"Firstly, the flow of time in the realm of gods and demons is different from that in the primordial world; it is about three times faster."

"Secondly, it concerns the overall strength of the realm of gods and demons."
According to the old Taoist's investigation, all three thousand gods and demons from back then have been revived. Except for those who perished in the primordial world, the rest are all recuperating in the realm of gods and demons.

Among them, there are sixty-three Chaos Gods and Demons at the Primordial Chaos cultivation level, and four hundred and seventy-five at the Half-Step Primordial Chaos level.

As he spoke, the Sage of Taiqing gently waved his sleeve.

A world model appeared before everyone, and in various locations within this world, there were phantom images of gods and demons with different appearances and auras.

It was the sheer number of Chaos Gods and Demons at the Primordial Chaos Realm and the Half-Step Primordial Chaos Realm that caused everyone present to gasp in shock, terrified by the power of the Chaos Gods and Demons.

The Sage Taiqing secretly went to the realm of gods and demons to investigate. No matter how profound his cultivation was or how cautious he was, it was impossible for him to find out all the details of the chaotic gods and demons.

This means that the actual situation of the Chaos Gods and Demons is definitely stronger than what the Taiqing Sage discovered.

Even if the Supreme Saint Taiqing were to perform exceptionally well and truly uncover the secrets of the God and Demon Realm, his apparent combat power would still be unmatched by the Primordial World.

There are 63 Primordial Chaos cultivators, nearly twice as many as in the Primordial Era. There are also 475 Half-Step Primordial Chaos cultivators, who are also Quasi-Saints, and these numbers are several times greater.

If these chaotic gods and demons attack, even if the primordial saints have the advantage of terrain and can draw upon the power of heaven and earth to empower themselves and unleash even greater strength,

However, such a large difference in numbers is unlikely to be beneficial.

Even Yang Xuan frowned, taken aback by the sheer number.

But he quickly calmed down; the amount was within his acceptable range, just a bit more than he had expected.

After a moment of silence, Yang Xuan broke the silence and asked:
"How is the recovery of these chaotic gods and demons progressing? Have you made any gains, fellow Daoist?"

Compared to the number of chaotic gods and demons, Yang Xuan was more concerned about their recovery.

If the enemy has fully recovered to their peak condition, then don't try to defeat them one by one; it's more practical to hold your ground and wait for them to attack.

"There have indeed been gains." The Sage Taiqing nodded.
"In the original battle at the beginning of time, the Great God Pangu severely injured them. Even though Hunyuan was not dead, their strength was still greatly diminished after they were resurrected."
Even for a Primordial Golden Immortal, it would take tens or hundreds of Yuanhui to recover to their peak condition.

Currently, apart from Yang Mei and a few others, most of the other Chaos Gods and Demons have just recovered to the Primordial Chaos cultivation level.

"If we were in the primordial world, with the blessing of a saint's status, we could easily take on two opponents at once..."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a mixture of joy and worry.

The good news is that most of the chaotic gods and demons have not yet recovered to their peak, so they are not without the power to fight.

The worrying thing is that these chaotic gods and demons will probably not be able to descend upon the primordial world until they recover to their peak.
Furthermore, time flows faster in the realm of gods and demons, so their recovery speed is definitely faster than that of the primordial saints.

However, if the saints were to go to the Demon God Realm and defeat them one by one, without the advantage of home ground, they might not be a match for these chaotic gods and demons.

Before anyone could think further, Yang Xuan spoke again and asked:
"Fellow Daoist once said that there are three gains from this trip to the realm of gods and demons. May I ask what these three are?"

The Sage of Taiqing glanced at Yang Xuan with some surprise. In his opinion, of the three pieces of information gathered during this investigation, the information about the strength of the Chaos Gods and Demons was the worst and should be the focus of discussion.

Unexpectedly, Yang Xuan skipped over this topic and asked about the results of the third investigation.

"Does he already have a plan?"

The thought flashed through the mind of the Supreme Saint. If it were Yang Xuan, he would have expected it, so it seemed not impossible.

He thought this to himself, but did not ask. Instead, he suppressed his curiosity and answered Yang Xuan's question.

"Thirdly, the God and Demon Realm is a complete world, its level of perfection equivalent to the Primordial Three Realms, and it is only a hair's breadth away from the Eternal True Realm."
The creator of this world was none other than the Daoist Yangmei, the strongest among the chaotic gods and demons!

"I didn't expect Yang Mei to be so strong..."

Zhunti Daoist rubbed his chest. If he hadn't been suppressed by Yangmei's Great Dao of Space, he wouldn't have lost so completely. At least he could have withstood Luo Hou's attack.

The other saints were also secretly shocked, never expecting that Yang Mei could create a world and even evolve it into the Three Realms.

Yang Xuan, like everyone else, was surprised, but his focus was more on the God and Demon Realm itself.

Rahu was probably not lying about transcending the origin, but Yangmei's desire to destroy the primordial world was likely not just for the purpose of transcending the origin.

There is only one Eternal True Realm. If Yangmei wants the God and Demon Realm to evolve into the Eternal True Realm, he must destroy the Primordial World.

Moreover, if we can plunder the origin of the primordial world after destroying it, we might be able to directly transform the realm of gods and demons into the eternal true realm.

As the creator of the God and Demon Realm, Yang Mei might find an opportunity to transcend once the God and Demon Realm evolves into the Eternal True Realm.

In addition, the wisp of transcendent origin left behind by Pangu might allow him to transcend directly and become the strongest being in the entire chaos.

We must not let him succeed!

Yang Xuan's eyes flashed, as if a murderous intent was emerging.

His gaze swept over the crowd, and he said in a deep voice:

"Everyone knows the situation in the God and Demon Realm. If we can't deliver a heavy blow to them before they recover,..."

When they recover to their peak and descend upon the primordial world, we will be at a disadvantage, and it may even lead to the destruction of the primordial world!

"We are aware of what you mean, fellow Daoist," Zhunti Daoist said with a wry smile.
"But if we leave the Primordial World and lose the blessing of our Sainthood, we Saints with Primordial Chaos cultivation are still okay; we can still put up a fight."
But these newly ascended saints, like Tathagata, haven't yet reached the Primordial Chaos realm. Without the blessing of their saintly status, how could they possibly be a match for the chaotic gods and demons?

Everyone present nodded secretly, their faces showing distress.

They all have huge loans to pay off, so if a chaotic god or demon were to attack, they would naturally not give up such an opportunity.

They won't even need to be mobilized; they'll volunteer to fight...

To be precise, they were scrambling to get a turn, as if afraid they wouldn't get one.

This is a rare opportunity to repay the loan; how could they possibly miss it?
But to send them away from the Primordial World to infiltrate the Realm of Gods and Demons and assassinate the Chaos Gods and Demons would be sending them to their deaths.

Looking at the worried expressions on everyone's faces, Yang Xuan's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile.

"It's quite a coincidence. Years ago, to be on the safe side, I made a backup plan, and it seems it has come in handy now."

He paused slightly, his gaze sweeping over the crowd, before continuing:

"The fundamental problem is that after leaving the primordial world, saints cannot obtain the blessing of sainthood. But what if I could solve this problem?" (End of Chapter)