Debtors Are the Masters! Heaven's "Favoritism"!

"Damn you, Heavenly Dao Credit Card! I just transmigrated, and you're already making me owe 100 billion Merit to the Heavenly Dao?"

"100 billion, 100 billion... How am I ever going to pay that back?"

Gu Xi cursed the Heavenly Dao Credit Card countless times in his heart.

After a long while, he finally calmed down and began to study the functions of the Heavenly Dao Credit Card.

Besides borrowing Merit from the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao Credit Card also had three other systems: "Mall," "Enlightenment," and "Great Dao Furnace."

"Mall": Consume Merit to redeem cultivation techniques, Spiritual Powers, bloodlines, divine items, and more from the Myriad Worlds.

"Enlightenment": Consume Merit to instantly enter an Enlightenment state. The better the level of the cultivation technique or Spiritual Power being comprehended, the more Merit consumed.

"Great Dao Furnace": Consume Merit to synthesize or deduce cultivation techniques and Spiritual Powers to higher levels, or to strengthen and upgrade Magic Treasures.

This... Heavenly Dao Credit Card.

It's this awesome?

Seeing the three functional systems on the Heavenly Dao Credit Card, Gu Xi's face, which had turned as black as charcoal due to the debt of 100 billion, managed to recover to a normal complexion.

With these functions, he could rapidly become stronger.

As long as he became strong enough, he might be able to obtain enough Merit to repay his debt sooner.

However, his expression stiffened again shortly after.

This was because all three functions mentioned above required the consumption of Merit.

And he currently owed the Heavenly Dao a full 100 billion Merit.

He was practically the "biggest debtor" in the Primordial Era. How could he possibly have any Merit left to use those three functions to get stronger?

"Merit, Merit, Merit..."

Gu Xi muttered the word "Merit" repeatedly, almost falling into a daze.

After a long time, he finally calmed down and reassessed his situation.

"Heavenly Immortal realm... Although I've gone from a mortal to a Heavenly Immortal in an instant, and my lifespan is no longer a concern. As long as I'm not killed, I can live for tens of millions of years with ease."

"But this isn't an ordinary world. This is a world with countless Great Powers and innumerable Gods and Demons, a world of constant conflict... A mere Heavenly Immortal might be swept away by the aftermath of a battle one day."

"Heavenly Immortal realm is far from enough."

He looked at the "Physique: Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Undying Body" section, and his expression finally showed satisfaction.

The "Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Undying Body" was forged by the Heavenly Dao Credit Card using 100 billion Merit combined with supreme laws. It was one of the strongest physiques.

It was no weaker than the physiques of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

In other words, apart from the Great God Pangu, who had already fallen, no one in the Primordial World could compare to him in terms of physique.

Of course, he only possessed this supreme physique for now. To unleash its full power, he still needed to continuously develop it.

There was another point that made Gu Xi extremely satisfied.

Besides a powerful physique, the "Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Undying Body" also contained a complete "Primordial Merit Great Dao Embryo."

This Great Dao Embryo was currently floating within his Primordial Spirit, rising and falling, emitting wisps of immortal light. It faintly exuded profound and mysterious innate Great Dao mysteries, and countless laws related to the Primordial Merit Great Dao were clearly presented in Gu Xi's perception.

With this Great Dao Embryo as a reference, it was thousands, even tens of thousands, of times easier for Gu Xi to comprehend the Primordial Merit Great Dao compared to other cultivators.

This was an opportunity that countless beings yearned for but could not obtain.

It was also an exclusive benefit for all Innate Divine Saints.

This was what it meant to win at the starting line.

"My accompanying Dao Embryo is the Primordial Merit Great Dao Embryo. Coincidentally, I need to acquire 100 billion Merit to repay my debt, and also acquire more Merit to redeem items in the Mall... It seems I am destined to walk the path of the Primordial Merit Great Dao."

Gu Xi muttered to himself, basically knowing how his future path should unfold.

Undoubtedly, his most important task next was to acquire Merit.

However, before acquiring Merit, he first needed to understand what period the Primordial World was currently in.

He calmed his mind and reviewed the information transmitted by the Heavenly Dao Credit Card.

He immediately discovered that the current period was shortly after the third sermon at Zixiao Palace had concluded.

At this time, the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti had not yet become Saints.

Daoist Hongyun had also not yet perished.

"Nuwa hasn't created humans and become a Saint yet... It seems there's a prospect for the first wave of Merit."

A sharp glint flashed in Gu Xi's eyes. If he could interfere when Nuwa created humans, he would definitely be able to share in a wave of Merit.

However, how could he, a mere Heavenly Immortal, interfere with Nuwa creating humans? That was a problem.

If he, a Heavenly Immortal, were to rashly approach Nuwa and tell her, "I can tell you how to attain Sainthood," she would likely either slap him to death or capture him for soul-searching to understand his intentions and whether he was a pawn used by some Great Power to scheme against her.

Of course, Nuwa might also listen to him.

However, Gu Xi had no intention of entrusting his fate to the mercy or kindness of others.

Even if he wanted to gain Merit, he had to ensure his own safety first.

"This place is very unsafe... Let's leave first and find a safe place to settle down."

Gu Xi scanned his surroundings with his divine sense, faintly feeling many malicious gazes watching his location.

He understood immediately with a slight thought that these gazes must have been attracted by his birth.

"My physique is the 'Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Undying Body', and I also have the Primordial Merit Great Dao Embryo within me... These two are a fatal temptation to the vast majority of beings in the Primordial Era. Especially since I am still weak now, I am definitely a prime target in the eyes of countless beings. I need to leave here quickly."

Through the information in his mind, Gu Xi knew how precious his physique and Dao Embryo were, and how great the temptation they posed to other beings.

It was obvious that the beings hidden in the dark all wanted to devour the Origin of his physique and seize his Dao Embryo.

Although he didn't know why the hidden beings hadn't attacked directly, Gu Xi's scalp still tingled, and he felt a great sense of crisis.

With a thought, he immediately restrained the Profound Yellow Immortal Light and Aura emanating from him, then stuck close to the ground, turning into an afterimage, and fled in a distant direction.

The process of leaving was smooth, and Gu Xi didn't know why, but he wasn't targeted.

He flew at full speed, escaping for tens of thousands of miles without any being tracking him.

"It seems my luck is pretty good..."

He sighed.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he wanted to slap himself.

A monstrous beast the size of a small mountain appeared before him, staring at him and drooling.

It was a ferocious beast shaped like a red leopard, with five tails and one horn.

"...There is a beast, shaped like a red leopard, with five tails and one horn. Its sound is like striking stone. Its name is Zheng."

The moment he saw this monstrous beast, a sentence he had read in the Classic of Mountains and Seas in his previous life surfaced in Gu Xi's mind.

"It's a Zheng!"

Gu Xi's face turned grim.

The flag had been raised too early.

Encountering a Zheng was not the most serious problem; the most serious problem was that this Zheng was clearly stronger than him.

The Zheng stared at Gu Xi, its body moved slightly, and with a booming sound, a wolf-smoke-like black and red Sha Qi rose from its body, shooting straight into the sky.

In an instant, the surrounding thousands of miles seemed to fall into a severe winter, and the cold killing intent made all the surrounding beings tremble.

Such dense Sha Qi indicated that this Zheng had killed countless beings.

Facing the surging Sha Qi that seemed to overwhelm everything, Gu Xi immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.

"This Zheng has likely reached the Golden Immortal realm. The only way now... is to escape!"

He made up his mind, immediately descended from the sky, turned into a stream of light, and fled into the distance.

"Gaga, a prey that the Old Ancestor has taken a liking to, and you still want to escape?"

A sinister laugh came from the Zheng's mouth.

It had originally come out to forage, just wanting to have a snack and casually find some beings to fill its stomach.

It never expected to encounter an Innate Deity.

Even though Gu Xi had restrained his Aura, the Zheng could still faintly sense that Gu Xi's physique was extremely mysterious, and it couldn't tell him that devouring Gu Xi would bring immense benefits.

Therefore, how could it let Gu Xi go?

Its figure moved, and its small mountain-sized body instantly flashed like light. In just a moment, it appeared in front of Gu Xi, blocking his path.

"Damn it, its speed is too fast, I can't escape."

Gu Xi looked nervously at the pursuing Zheng, feeling a sense of despair in his heart.

Could it be that he had just transmigrated to the Primordial Era and was about to meet his end?

He was unwilling!

"Become the Old Ancestor's food."

As the Zheng approached Gu Xi, it felt the mystery of Gu Xi's physique even more. Its eyes shot out with brilliance, and it eagerly opened its cavernous mouth, swallowing Gu Xi in one gulp.

Facing the Zheng's attack, Gu Xi had no power to resist.

His body and Magical Power were completely frozen by the Zheng's Spiritual Power in an instant.

Although he had a supreme physique and astonishing potential, these had not yet been converted into strength.

And the gap between a Heavenly Immortal and a Golden Immortal was simply too vast.

It could not be compensated for by physique and potential alone.

He could only watch helplessly as the Zheng's giant, cavernous mouth got closer and closer to him.

However, just as the Zheng was about to bite Gu Xi, the sky suddenly changed.

"Boom!"

A sudden lightning strike, like a heavenly sword that pierced the heavens and earth, shot down, instantly piercing the Zheng's body and slamming it heavily onto the ground.

"Who made the move?"

Gu Xi was overjoyed, thinking a Great Power had saved him. He quickly looked around and unleashed his divine sense, but found no one.

The heavily injured Zheng, who had fallen to the ground, was stunned.

Within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, this was its territory. Which Great Power had appeared on its turf and attacked it?

It also unleashed its divine sense to search.

It also found no one.

Just then, billions of lightning bolts suddenly appeared in the sky, as if the end of the world had arrived. Lightning bolts like heavenly swords rained down like an endless sword shower, continuously striking Zheng. The surrounding land and mountains were also constantly being shattered.

Gu Xi's scalp tingled, and he quickly retreated to a distance.

After Gu Xi moved away, the lightning that struck Zheng became even more terrifying. It was as if a river of lightning swords had descended from the heavens, instantly obliterating Zheng's massive body into nothingness.

Even Zheng's Primordial Spirit, just as it emerged, was sliced into countless pieces by streaks of lightning sword light.

"No----"

"This is Heavenly Punishment! How could Heavenly Punishment attack me!"

Before its Primordial Spirit was annihilated, Zheng let out a sound filled with immense frustration and confusion.

Gu Xi stared at the ruins before him, at the completely vanished Zheng, and was momentarily lost, completely unable to understand what had happened.

This is Heavenly Punishment?

Recalling Zheng's final words, he instinctively looked up.

Suddenly, he saw a giant eye of lightning woven from thunderclouds in the dark clouds.

That lightning eye was incredibly majestic, filled with an aura of supreme holiness, greatness, and might, causing one's heart to tremble.

"This... could this be the Eye of Heaven's Will?"

Gu Xi's heart trembled.

He vaguely felt that this was the eye of Heaven's Will.

Then, he noticed that the eye was actually staring at him.

However... its gaze seemed a little strange.

To Gu Xi, it felt like a creditor looking at a debtor.

For some reason, Gu Xi felt as if the Eye of Heaven's Will was telling him, "Don't you dare die, you haven't paid off your debt yet."

No way, could it be that Heaven's Will was afraid I'd die before paying off my debt, so it helped me eliminate Zheng?

Gu Xi thought with a strange expression.

And this thought grew stronger and stronger.

Then, he couldn't help but start experimenting.

He quickly acted, specifically finding several Yao Beasts near the Golden Immortal realm to "test" them. When these Yao Beasts attacked him, the Eye of Heaven's Will appeared and blasted those Yao Beasts into dust.

"I understand!"

"So, being in debt makes you the boss... This applies even in the Primordial Era!"

At this moment, Gu Xi had an epiphany.