Starting with SSS-rank talent, I contracted the Forbidden Ferocity.

"Then you'll pay with your life."

Shen Ye pointed his sword at the seventh seat's chest, revealing a heart-shaped object.

The golden heart-shaped gift beat slightly.

thump.

On the naming platform, 392 temporary names for the disabled lit up simultaneously.

They trembled within the Night King's Codex, like lamps about to go out.

The seventh seatman raised his hand.

Golden threads of debt extended from the broken name, wrapping around Shen Ye's wrist, sword edge, and Night King's Name Classic.

The three words "Repaying the debt of name" slowly appeared above the naming platform.

A system warning sounded.

[The determination of debt repayment is underway.]

[Target: Host.]

[Temporarily protected disabled names: 392 pieces. 】

[Determination: The host is the current name holder.]

[Risk: The seventh seat should not be eliminated before all outstanding debts are cleared.]

[Risk: If the kill is forced, the Seventh Seat can transfer the damage to the Temporarily Protected Remnant.]

Zhou Xuan's face turned ashen as he watched from the Demon-Suppressing Pass.

"It turned Shen Ye into a guarantor."

Qin Wuji frowned.

"guarantor?"

Zhou Xuan gritted his teeth and said:

"Those remaining names were taken by the Seventh Seat for too long, and the Source Master cannot find them for the time being."

"Shen Ye temporarily kept them in the Night King's Register, and the seventh seat said that Shen Ye had taken over the debt."

"If he were to kill the seventh seat now, the 392 remaining names would be the first to be destroyed."

Han Pojun said coldly:

"Saving someone has turned into incurring a debt?"

Wei Cang stared at the naming platform, his voice growing even colder.

"This is the etiquette of the porch."

The name was bestowed upon the platform.

The golden bond line is getting tighter and tighter.

The Night King's Classics are turning on at a slower pace.

The voice of the seventh seat softened again.

Those who protect a name bear the burden of that name's debt.

"You can't bear to kill them."

"Then you cannot kill me."

Shen Ye looked at the 392 fragmented names.

Some only have one stroke left.

Some only have half a syllable left.

Some couldn't even tell whether the source owner was human or beast.

But every fragment of a name is trembling.

They weren't afraid of Shen Ye.

It is the seventh seat.

Shen Ye suddenly said:

"Who owes it?"

The seventh seat:

"If you protect it, then you owe it."

Shen Ye looked up.

"I'm asking you, who owes it?"

The golden book in the seventh seat paused slightly.

Shen Ye opened the Night King's Classic.

[The bestower must leave his name] (This message is displayed.)

[Returning the Name After Receiving the Gift] lights up.

【Returning to the Name Without Stealing】lights up.

The light from the three black and gold pages simultaneously shone on the three hundred and ninety-two debt lines.

On the surface of the bond line, tiny gold marks suddenly appeared.

[The naming ceremony is temporarily suspended.]

[The naming platform has been renamed.]

[The name was bestowed upon Taifengyuan.]

[The bestowed name on the platform has been broken.]

Each debt line did not originate from the source of the broken name.

It grew out of the heart of the seventh seat.

Zhou Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up.

"The debt lies with them!"

Qin Wuji sneered.

"So it was something it owed."

The seventh seat's voice suddenly turned cold.

"Temporary caregiver compensation".

Shen Ye said:

"On your behalf?"

He took a step forward.

"You stole the title."

"Change your name."

"You seal the source."

"You've broken off your life."

"You want me to pay it back now?"

He gripped the sword.

"Your face may be empty, but your abacus is quite nimble."

The seventh person raised their pen and immediately wrote on the golden scroll:

Those who save a name bear the burden of debt.

With the appearance of the gold standard, the 392 bond lines tightened again.

Shen Ye's wrist was bleeding from the tight binding.

But he did not back down.

"Night Feather".

The black sun and ghostly fire fell, precisely burning the golden light of compensation on the outer layer of the debt line.

"Candle Nine".

The Nine Nether Hook pierces the shadow of the bond line, dragging it back one by one.

"Longyuan".

Long Yuan braced himself with his arms to prevent the pages of the Night King's Classic from being pulled toward the seventh seat by the debt thread.

"Dust of Calamity".

The Heavenly Punishment Eyes opened.

The gray-gold lightning struck the causal seal at the root of the debt line.

"Return to the Ruins".

Gui Xu stared at the word "bear" in the phrase "the savior of fame bears the debt".

"This is annoying."

It pounced and took a bite.

Click.

The character “担” is missing half.

The seventh person needs to add something.

Shen Ye had already drawn his sword.

The sword light landed on the line of golden characters.

[Those who save a name bear the burden of debt] shattered.

The new page of the Night King's Dictionary is automatically generated.

Shen Ye wrote the first line.

[Those who steal fame owe a name.]

second line.

Those who protect a name do not bear debts.

Third line.

The debt originates from its source.

boom!

As the three lines of text fell, all 392 bond lines vibrated simultaneously.

They no longer entangled with Shen Ye.

Instead, it was reflected by the Night King's name, turned around, and stabbed at the seventh seat's chest.

The seventh seat took a half step back for the first time.

Golden Heart pounded violently.

thump.

thump.

Boom!

With each heartbeat, a temporary caregiver's name lights up.

The pain of being left with a bad reputation is gone.

Instead, it is about withdrawing the little bit of original light that belongs to oneself from the heart of propriety.

A system notification sounded.

[The counter-trial of the debt was successful.]

[New certificate established: Debts returned to those who usurped the title.]

[Night King's Codex adds a new effect: Anti-Debt.]

[Effect: When the enemy constructs a name debt under the pretext of saving, protecting, or temporarily storing a fragment of a name, the source of the name theft can be traced.]

[Debts of temporary care recipients are being released...]

The seventh seatman raised his hand and pressed it against Li Xin, his voice turning completely cold.

"These names."

"It's already out of power."

Shen Ye said:

"That's what you got rid of."

He raised his sword.

"return."

The black-gold sword light did not strike the head of the seventh seat.

Instead, it cuts towards the debt ring outside of the heart of propriety.

Click!

The first debt ring shattered.

The thirteen fragmented names have been restored to a faint light.

The second sword strike.

The second debt chain shattered.

Sixty-seven fragments of names have been removed from the debt line.

The third sword strike.

The third debt ring shattered.

All 392 temporary names were freed from the debt line.

They did not fly away.

Instead, it hangs quietly within the Night King's Book of Names.

An extra line of annotation appeared on the page.

Temporary care, no debt.

Zhou Xuan breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

"It's solved."

Qin Wuji clenched his fist.

"Can we kill him?"

Zhou Xuan looked at the cracks on the seventh seat of the ritual heart on the array plate.

"One more sword strike needed."

On the platform where names were bestowed.

The golden heart on the seventh seat's chest has cracked open with three seams.

The platform behind it began to shake.

Countless blank nameplates that were originally hanging on the stage fell down as if they had lost their support.

The seventh seat looked at Shen Ye.

"You shall return your name."

"You're in debt."

"You execute Li."

"But you are still on my naming platform."

Shen Ye said:

"so?"

The seventh seatman slowly raised his hand.

It did not revisit the Golden Classics.

Instead, he simply plucked the cracked heart of the gift from his chest.

The system warning went off instantly.

The seventh seat is burning with passion.

[Objective: Final ceremony at the naming ceremony.]

[Once the offering of the name is exhausted, the seventh seat holder will lose their status as the name bestower.]

[Warning: Before the identity is completely destroyed, the seventh seat can activate one name bestowal without any cost.]

Shen Ye's eyes darkened.

The seventh seat held the gift heart, and the crack on his face slowly opened.

"Night King Shen Ye".

"You're forcing me to give up my name."

"Then I'll give you a gift too."

Golden hearts burn.

Behind the main gate of the naming platform, all the fallen blank nameplates lit up simultaneously.

The voice of the seventh seat was no longer gentle.

All that remained was a tearing, icy coldness.

"I grant you last place."

"The rite-killer".

The system prompts an error.

[Final name bestowed: The Ritual Killer.]

[Note: This name has no initial granting right or the right to accept it.]

[Note: This person is fueled by the seventh seat's reputation and cannot be refused in a conventional manner.]

[Risk: Once established, the host will be permanently marked as a chastity by all porch laws.]

[Risk: The three seats on the porch will be aware of the host in advance.]

The seventh seatman raised his hand.

The burning heart of the gift transformed into a golden-red name seal, which smashed down towards Shen Ye's brow.

Shen Ye gripped his sword, his eyes chillingly cold.

"Killing a bride?"

He took a step forward.

All the pages of the Night King's Classic were turned at the same time.

You're wrong.

On the black and gold short sword, three certificates simultaneously lit up: the debtor who stole the name, the one who stripped the gift of the name, and the one who bestowed the name.

Shen Ye slashed at the burning heart of the gift with his sword.

"I killed him."

"It's you."