Harvesting the Heavenly Dao's Leeks! Xuanzheng Mortgages Future Merit to Loan Ten Billion to Build the Netherworld!

On the way back to Pangu Hall, Xuanzheng shielded himself from everything outside.

His mind was completely immersed in the scarlet warning panel in his mind.

[Epic Major BUG!!!]

[Six Paths of Reincarnation Missing!]

[Heavenly Dao Merit! Pangu's Legacy! Primordial Destiny! And... Manual Ultimate Authority!!!]

[Hehehe! I'm rich! This is truly a windfall! This isn't a BUG, it's a backdoor opened by the Heavenly Dao, a super dungeon they're begging me to run! Hongjun, that old geezer, is still talking about Severing Three Corpses, his vision is too small! I'm going to directly install a foundational system for the Primordial World!]

The moment he stepped into the magnificent Pangu Hall, a dense aura of malevolence and blood qi rushed towards him.

"Brother Xuanzheng! You're finally back!"

Zhurong's booming voice caused stone fragments to fall from the hall's ceiling.

Xuanzheng raised his hand and tossed a condensed origin of Solar True Fire over.

"Brother Zhurong, catch this. It's your share of the profits from the Solar Star project."

Zhurong caught it, and the ferocious fire seed was incredibly docile in his palm. He opened his mouth and swallowed it, and the Law of Fire around him surged, his aura instantly climbing to a new level!

"Refreshing! So refreshing!" Zhurong felt the surging power within him and looked at Xuanzheng with fervent admiration. "Brother, from now on, if you say go east, I'll never go west!"

The other Great Witches involved in the project also received precious materials like Mysterious Yellow Mother Qi and Geng Metal Divine Iron, their faces beaming with joy. The atmosphere in Pangu Hall was filled with happiness.

Xuanzheng smiled and exchanged pleasantries with everyone, but his gaze passed through the crowd and landed on the quiet woman in the corner.

Houtu.

She was looking outside the hall, a hint of unresolvable compassion lingering between her brows.

Xuanzheng walked over slowly.

"Sister Houtu, are you troubled by the helpless wandering souls on the Primordial World's land?"

Houtu trembled slightly and turned her head, a trace of surprise on her face.

"Thirteenth Brother, how did you..."

"Father God... appeared to me in a dream." Xuanzheng's expression instantly became extremely grave and solemn, as if he carried the sorrow of the entire world.

He didn't mention the Manual, only saying it was Pangu's premonition.

"Father God said that while he transformed into all things, he forgot to leave a path for the afterlife for all beings. Now, beneath the Primordial World, billions of dead souls have nowhere to go. Resentment, malevolence, and death are gathering, eroding the world he left behind."

Xuanzheng's voice was low, each word striking Houtu's heart.

"Father God... he is in great pain."

BOOM!

The words "Father God" struck Houtu's Dao Heart like the heaviest of hammers!

She was already compassionate, often sensing the endless cries and despair from deep within the earth, yet she could never find the source or a solution.

Xuanzheng's words were like a lightning strike of creation, shattering all the confusion in her heart!

"Father God... a dream..." Houtu murmured, a light of understanding gradually igniting in her eyes. "Dead souls... reincarnation... so that's it, so that's it!"

A sense of mission unlike any before erupted from the depths of her bloodline.

This was her innate destiny as the Ancestral Witch of Earth!

[Very good! First step, establish emotional connection and sense of mission, complete!]

Seeing this, Xuanzheng immediately struck while the iron was hot.

"Sister's compassion is renowned, you must already have a method to save all beings?"

Houtu's eyes became incredibly firm, an aura of determination emanating from her.

"My body is one with the Law of Earth. If I use my body to transform into a land of reincarnation, I can open a path for all beings and quell Father God's lingering regret!"

[Here it comes! The standard answer! Unfortunately, it's the wrong answer!]

Xuanzheng's face immediately showed a complex expression of "shock, grief, and unwillingness."

He suddenly raised his hand and placed it on Houtu's shoulder.

"Impossible! Sister, absolutely impossible!"

"Why impossible?" Houtu frowned. "To complete the world for Father God and gain immeasurable merit for the Witch Clan, this is great goodness!"

"Goodness it is, but not the greatest goodness!" Xuanzheng's expression turned serious, and the illusion of the [Script Mirror] flashed in his right hand.

A screen unfolded before them.

In the image, Houtu resolutely transformed into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and immeasurable merit descended. However, her figure was forever imprisoned in that netherworld, never able to return to Pangu Hall, never able to see her brothers and sisters again.

The Witch Clan gained merit but forever lost an Ancestral Witch!

More importantly, as the scene shifted, the Heavenly Dao operated, and the land of reincarnation gradually slipped out of the Witch Clan's control, eventually becoming another's dojo. The Witch Clan only received a "one-time buyout" of merit.

"Sister, please look!" Xuanzheng pointed at the screen, his voice filled with pain. "This isn't completing the world; this is 'donating personal assets'!

You sacrificed yourself, but the Heavenly Dao took the lion's share of the merit, leaving only scraps for the Witch Clan! If Father God has a spirit in heaven, he would be even more pained to see you 'cheaply selling' his bloodline like this!"

"This..."

Houtu was completely stunned.

Donating personal assets? Selling off her bloodline at a discount?

These unprecedented terms struck her pure Dao Heart with an impact it had never known.

"Then... according to your thirteenth brother's opinion, what should be done?"

Xuanzheng retracted the light screen, a "professional" smile appearing on his face.

"Sister, you need to broaden your horizons! For such a massive project, how can you bear it all alone? What we need to do is establish a 'project team,' attract investment, and undertake construction. We'll turn the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation' into a self-operated, inheritable 'core industry' for our Witch Clan that can continuously generate revenue!"

He persuaded her earnestly.

"You are not a sacrifice. You are the 'legal representative' and 'image spokesperson' for this project! You'll be responsible for managing the scene, while the technical work, the dirty jobs, and the strenuous labor will be handled by our entire Witch Clan!"

Houtu's mind had already turned into a complete mess.

Legal representative? Core industry?

Xuanzheng didn't give her any more time to think. He raised his left hand abruptly!

The ancient and simple [Karma Scale] appeared!

"Sister, I'll borrow the karma of your 'incarnation as reincarnation' for a moment!"

Xuanzheng declared loudly to the void, his voice seeming to converse with an unseen presence.

"I, Xuanzheng of the Witch Clan, a descendant of Pangu! Now wish to act on behalf of Heaven, to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation for the Primordial World and perfect the order of Heaven and Earth!"

"Now, using the 'future fifty percent profit rights of the Six Paths of Reincarnation' as collateral, I will 'loan' from the Heavenly Dao!"

"Loan-- one million points of Innate Heavenly Dao Merit! Ten thousand units of Mysterious Yellow Mother Qi! One thousand dan of Nine Heavens Breathing Soil! Countless units of Netherworld Divine Iron!"

"Establish-- the Primordial Netherworld Construction Group!"

"Rumble--!"

The entire Primordial World seemed to come to a standstill at this moment!

High above the nine heavens, the will of the Heavenly Dao fluctuated violently as never before!

Houtu looked at Xuanzheng in horror. This thirteenth brother, he... he could actually make a deal with the Heavenly Dao? And he was taking out a loan from it?!

The next moment!

Endless Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi gathered into a golden waterfall more vast than the Heavenly River, tearing through the firmament. It ignored the obstruction of Pangu Hall and poured with unparalleled precision before Xuanzheng!

Mountains of innate materials appeared out of thin air, almost filling the immense Pangu Hall!

The Heavenly Dao... had agreed!

[Heh heh heh! It's done! A wolf in sheep's clothing, a grand vision for fundraising, and the startup capital is in hand! Hongjun, you're still playing your Saint script, while I've already started playing the capital game!]

Xuanzheng, bathed in the Merit Golden Light, turned around and gave Houtu, who was petrified, a brilliant smile.

"Director Houtu, the first board meeting of our group begins now."

He pointed towards the Sea of Blood outside the hall.

"First agenda item: Discussion on the 'Preliminary Purification Project of the Netherworld Sea of Blood' as a pilot project for the 'Foundation of the Six Paths of Reincarnation'!"