From Mortal to Myriad Worlds: Repaying Karma

In the mundane world of mortals, he was truly ordinary. After finally managing to trade for a single bottle of pills, he caught the greedy eye of a cultivator. Fortunately, he had his cheat—a golden finger that let him overdraw ten million karma points in exchange for passage to myriad worlds. But something about this system felt off. A cybernetic wooden fish? A digital merit counter? This was not what he expected. In the mortal realm: Father Xin asks, "I must trouble you, Fellow Daoist Li, to look after my daughter." Li Changsheng replies, "Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Xin—I will give it my all." Years later, Xin Ruyin snaps, "So this is your idea of 'looking after'?" Li Changsheng says nothing. In the world of Zhu Xian: Li Changsheng grins, "Hand over your cultivation manual, and both you and your mother will live." Bi Yao warns, "If you're lying, I'll hunt you to the ends of the earth—I swear it!" … Li Changsheng: "Done. Just a tiny, tiny hiccup, but I'm sure you won't mind." Bi Yao: "Get back here!"