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The wind atop Mount Sumeru seemed even colder.

The gleaming golden contract hovered in mid-air, like a death warrant.

Zhunti's hand trembled as he reached for the contract. His fingertips shook, and with every inch closer, his heart bled. This wasn't pressing a fingerprint; it was cutting his own flesh!

"Hurry up, I need to go back and change the baby's diaper." Lin Xuan's illusory figure urged impatiently from the side, cracking a sunflower seed that he had somehow gotten his hands on, the "crack crack" sound particularly jarring in the quiet mountaintop.

Zhunti took a deep breath and suddenly pressed his palm on the lower right corner of the contract.

"Buzz!"

A black light flashed across the contract; it was the Earthly Law locking onto Zhunti's true spirit. From that moment on, he was destined to bear this debt.

Seeing this, Jieyin also sighed deeply and pressed his handprint with a tragic expression.

"All done!"

Lin Xuan snapped his fingers, and the contract instantly transformed into two streams of light. One flew back to the underworld and landed in Lin Xuan's hand; the other burrowed into the space between the eyebrows of Zhunti and Jieyin, turning into a hidden black mark.

"System, transfer the money!" Lin Xuan shouted in his mind.

[Ding! Five million merit points deducted from the host's underground merit (actually public funds misappropriated from the underworld's treasury). Transfer successful.]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained a "Sage's IOU." This IOU is witnessed by the Great Dao; defaulting on it will incur divine retribution.]

next second.

The once quiet sky suddenly erupted into chaos.

Although this merit comes from the underworld, it is ultimately used to achieve sainthood, so even though Heaven is unwilling, it still has to go through the motions.

"Boom!"

Purple clouds drifted from the east for 30,000 miles, flowers rained down from the sky, and golden lotuses sprang from the earth.

An immense, indescribable golden light of merit surged forth from the void (actually from the direction of the underworld), pouring down on Zhunti and Jieyin like a waterfall.

The purity and vastness of this merit instantly stirred the primordial purple energy within the two individuals.

"cut!"

With a loud shout, Zhunti shattered the bottleneck that had been holding him at the peak of Quasi-Sainthood.

Although his good self, evil self, and ego self were not completely eradicated (this is a drawback of making a great vow to become a saint, it is not as good as the three corpses being united), they were forcibly merged together under the infusion of merit.

An aura of saintly power erupted from him, instantly sweeping across the entire prehistoric world.

Immediately afterwards, the guide also broke through.

His aura was deeper and more sorrowful than Zhunti's. His bitter expression, illuminated by the golden light, appeared even more... deeply grieved.

"It's done! It's finally done!"

As Zhunti felt the boundless power within his body and the exhilarating feeling of controlling the laws of heaven and earth, he couldn't help but roar to the sky.

"I am Cundi! Today I attain sainthood!"

"I am the Guide! Today I attain sainthood!"

The voices of the two resounded throughout the primordial world, and all living things knelt on the ground, calling out "Saints".

Even Di Jun, far away in the Heavenly Court, was pale-faced and slumped on the ground. With two more saints added, the demon race's lives were completely unbearable.

However, at the summit of Mount Sumeru.

There was little joy on the faces of these two newly appointed saints.

Zhunti stared at the faint black mark behind his golden statue—the symbol of the "Hell's Creditor." He felt as if he were wearing a magnificent dragon robe, but the robe was crawling with lice.

"Junior brother..." Jieyin looked at the sky full of golden lotuses, tears streaming down his face. "Although we have become saints, the price we paid... was too high."

"Senior brother, don't cry." Zhunti gritted his teeth, a flash of ruthlessness crossing his eyes. "Once you become a saint, everything will change. Lin Xuan... Hmph, does he think a contract can trap a saint?"

Just then, Lin Xuan's voice rang out again.

"Congratulations to the two bosses on achieving their holy positions!"

Lin Xuan's illusory figure was still there, smiling and offering his congratulations.

"Now that we've become saints, shouldn't we talk about the first installment of the loan? I think the spiritual veins at the foot of Mount Sumeru are quite good. How about we dig up two and send them to the underworld to offset the interest?"

Upon hearing this, Zhunti's newly formed saintly aura instantly crumbled.

"Lin Xuan! You've gone too far!" Zhunti roared. "We've only just become saints, and you're already coming to collect a debt?!"

"Hey, paying back debts is only right," Lin Xuan said innocently. "Besides, it's written in the contract. What? You just became a saint and you want to go back on your word?"

Looking at Lin Xuan's irritating face, Zhunti could no longer suppress his anger.

He used to be afraid of Lin Xuan because he couldn't beat him.

Now he is a saint! An immortal saint!

So what if it's a secret contract? He refuses to believe that with his saintly abilities, he can't erase this mere piece of paper!

A terrifying killing intent brewed in Zhunti's heart.

"Lin Xuan..." Zhunti narrowed his eyes, his voice turning icy cold, "Do you really think I can't do anything to you?"

Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow, and stopped holding the folding fan in his hand.

"Oh? Judging from his tone, is Saint Zhunti planning to... renege on his debt?"

"So what if I renege on my debt?" Golden light blazed from Zhunti's body, and the Seven Treasures Tree appeared in his hand, radiating seven-colored divine light. "I am a sage! I represent the will of Heaven! You, a mere ancestral witch, dare to defecate on the head of a sage?!"

Jieyin was startled and quickly grabbed Zhunti: "Junior brother! Don't be impulsive! There's something strange about that contract!"

"What's there to be afraid of!" Zhunti shoved Jieyin aside. "Today I will show him that the majesty of a sage cannot be insulted!"

Seeing Zhunti's arrogant demeanor, Lin Xuan was not angry at all; instead, he laughed even more heartily.

He turned his head and shouted into the void:

"Sister Houtu! See! I told you this old rascal wasn't honest! He tried to hit me! And he's going to cheat us out of our money!"