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The live stream footage of Kui Mulang being stripped naked and beaten was like a bombshell, instantly detonating throughout the entire prehistoric world.

Jin'ao Island, Biyou Palace.

The Tongtian Sect Leader was holding a wine jar, watching with great amusement. He slapped his thigh and laughed until tears almost came out.

"Hahaha! Well done! This little rascal is a real talent! He stripped me clean, and hung me up perfectly! Now, that brat Haotian's face is completely humiliated!"

Dashang, Chaoge City.

Countless teahouses and taverns were bustling with noise, and every water mirror connected to the broadcast network was crowded with onlookers.

"Look! Look! The gods in heaven have been stripped naked!"

"Tsk tsk, a dignified star lord of the Heavenly Court, wearing this kind of thing? It's not even as nice as my t-shirt."

"I heard he got arrested for withholding wages? This Heavenly Court is so unreliable! He'd be better off as a city management officer in our Great Shang Dynasty; at least they provide meals!"

Meanwhile, in the Heavenly Court, inside the Lingxiao Palace, the atmosphere had become incredibly oppressive.

All the surviving heavenly soldiers and generals wished they could bury their heads in the cracks between the floor tiles, not daring to even breathe.

Haotian stared blankly at the live broadcast in the Haotian Mirror. His face, which had originally wanted to argue, had now turned ashen.

He felt a burning sensation on his face, as if he had been slapped countless times.

This isn't just a slap in the face of Kui Mulang; it's a slap in the face of the Jade Emperor of Heaven, and the face of the entire Heavenly Court!

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Please think of a solution!"

Venus scrambled to his knees before the dragon throne, his old face filled with terror and anxiety, his voice trembling with tears, "If this continues, the Heavenly Court will be utterly disgraced! Who will respect us then?!"

Haotian shuddered and suddenly came to his senses.

He knew that Venus was right.

He may not care about Kui Mulang's life or death, but he cannot disregard the majesty of the Heavenly Court!

"Redeem him! We must redeem him!"

Haotian gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words, his eyes flashing with humiliation and madness.

He looked around at the desolate Lingxiao Palace, and a sense of powerless despair welled up in his heart.

Money? Where would he get any money?

To raise the money he owed the Shang Dynasty for the previous fine, he even dismantled the legs of his own bed.

"Guards! Pry off the luminous pearl from the East Sea that's inlaid on my dragon throne! And... and those pieces of star iron that's used to prop up the table legs! Take them all!"

Haotian pointed to his last possessions, his voice trembling.

Soon, several heavenly soldiers hurriedly packed up the last few valuable items in the Heavenly Court and put them into a tattered storage bag.

Haotian handed the storage bag to Taibai Jinxing, saying in an almost pleading tone, "Taibai, my dear minister, this journey... no matter what, you must bring the person back to me! Even if... even if it means signing a contract, I will spare no effort!"

Venus took the light-looking storage bag, but it felt incredibly heavy.

He knew that this mission was even more difficult than going to the eighteen levels of hell in the underworld.

With a heavy heart, Venus crushed the jade talisman, transforming into a streak of light and flying tragically toward the Great Shang Westward Journey Comprehensive Service Center.

At the entrance of the service center, Lin Ze and Lin Xi, who were prepared in advance, had already set up a table and two chairs and were leisurely drinking spiritual juice.

Seeing the trembling streak of Venus descend, Lin Ze adjusted his crystal glasses, his face expressionless.

Lin Xi excitedly put down her juice glass, her big eyes sparkling with the light of seeing a fat sheep coming to her door.

"Special envoy of the Heavenly Court, Venus, pays respects to the two young... young masters." After landing, Venus lowered his posture to an extremely low position, unable to even straighten his back.

"Enough with the nonsense."

Lin Ze didn't give him a chance to get close to him at all, and directly slammed a newly printed jade slip on the table.

"Kui Mulang's bail is set at a fixed price of five million top-grade immortal stones. This includes the principal amount of the fine, late fees, venue occupancy fees during the public nude exhibition, bandwidth and data fees, and compensation for the mental pollution caused to the vast majority of people in the prehistoric world."

Five...five million?!

Upon hearing this number, Venus felt dizzy and nearly fainted on the spot.

His hands trembled as he placed the tattered storage bag on the table, his voice barely audible, "Young Master, this... this is all the Heavenly Court's possessions. Could you... perhaps make an exception?"

Lin Xi curiously peeked over and emptied the contents of the storage bag all at once.

"Wow, how shabby!" she exclaimed with undisguised disgust.

She picked up the so-called East Sea Luminous Pearl, and curled her lip: "The pearl's luster is dull, and its spiritual energy is mixed. It's obviously a substandard product, worth at most three hundred spirit stones."

She picked up the pieces of star iron again and tapped them with her fingers: "Too many impurities, it'll be a hassle to remelt them. I'll just give you fifty yuan."

Lin Xi quickly and ruthlessly valued Haotian's last possessions at "a total of 1,200 top-grade immortal stones".

Venus was instantly drenched in cold sweat, his official robes soaking through his back.

"What...what...what should we do?"

"No money?" Lin Ze said coldly, pushing over another contract that he had prepared beforehand, exuding a strong aura of cause and effect. "Then sign it."

"The difference is 4,998,800 top-grade immortal stones, with interest calculated according to the 'Nine Out, Thirteen Back' rule, secured by the Heavenly Court's future fortune for the next ten thousand years. Once you sign, you can take the person with you."

Looking at that outrageously high-interest loan note, Venus knew he had no other choice.

He closed his eyes, shed two lines of humiliating tears, bit his fingertip, and pressed his bloody mark heavily against it.

The contract instantly shone with golden light, transforming into a stream of light that disappeared into the Heavenly Dao.

"Bang!"

A wolf demon, whose magical power was sealed and who was wearing only his underwear and had already fainted, was taken down from the flagpole by Lin Dasheng like trash and thrown at the feet of Taibai Jinxing.

Looking at the unconscious Kui Mulang and then at the live broadcast still playing on a loop in the distance, Taibai Jinxing felt that the future of the Heavenly Court was bleak.

He hoisted Kui Mulang onto his shoulder, his back to the glaring live stream screen, his body hunched over, and slowly and laboriously moved towards the direction beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.