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No Money to Cultivate Immortality?How Can You Cultivate Immortality Without Money?

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Enlightenment used to mean seclusion in a mist-wreathed cave. In Kunxu City, it means taking out a... Read more
Enlightenment used to mean seclusion in a mist-wreathed cave. In Kunxu City, it means taking out a Mana Loan with 29.9 % karmic interest.

Spirit-root transplants come with payment plans, breathing techniques are locked behind paywalls, and your first meridian won’t open unless you swipe a “QiCard.”

That’s the brutal marketplace Zhang Yu wakes up to after his soul is shoved into the body of a penniless high-schooler—one already drowning in soul-devouring debt.

With only thirty days before the collectors start carving repayments from his flesh, Zhang Yu must monetize every heartbeat just to stay alive.

He livestreams back-alley ­sparring matches, peddles black-market talismans between classes, and negotiates mid-fight sponsorship deals to afford tomorrow’s cultivation pills.

Yet the higher he claws—from broke freshman to headline-making “High-School Saint”—the more he uncovers the engines grinding his classmates into golden dust: predatory fintech sects, exam-hall death matches, and an influencer economy that feeds on shattered dreams.

If you’ve ever felt the squeeze of tuition bills or the rush of a last-second power-up, Zhang Yu’s frantic hustle through monetized immortality will feel all too hilariously—and terrifyingly—familiar.

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Elder: “Do you seek revenge?”

Young Man: “I've been repeatedly humiliated by powerful cultivators, treated as trash by my Master. How could I not want revenge?”

The Elder patted the Young Man's head and sighed, “Good child, I shall impart cultivation to you."

The Young Man gasped, “Senior! How can this be?”

The Elder extended his hand: “Give me your phone.”

The Young Man watched the changes on his phone, shocked: “Senior! Where did this hundred years of cultivation come from?”

The Elder smiled faintly: “Good child, this is your reserve cultivation from the Heavenly Court. You can draw upon it instantly whenever needed, so you'll never be insulted again.”

The Young Man frowned: “Isn't this... a Mana Loan? I'm afraid”

Elder: “The Heavenly Court is a major platform. New users borrowing 100 years of cultivation get 30 days interest-free, and the daily interest is as low as half a day's cultivation—less than a full cycle of your meditation!”

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    The author is straight up COOKING. This is a genuinely amazing novel, I really really really hope this quality keeps up until the end, because this is the type of quality you don't see alot kf
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    Not that bad of a read indeed actually. On another note though, probably better off reading the MTL version from the start. The person translating this...does not care about accuracy. Such as changing Qi into Mana...
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    I can comment here as a person reading the original source material all the way to chapter 474

    This is a fantastic novel. If you like the idea of a wacky world where the logic and rationale invert our normal way of thinking, where people associate everything with the idea of everything focused on profit and growth and never ending debt is a sign of prosperity (because only winners can borrow that much money), then you're in the right place. Dystopian mass production cultivation where the stakes are higher than ever and everything can be bought for the right price.

    I had a blast reading this story and barring one arc that always felt super weird and out of character and forced plot imo, the rest of the story has been very on point and entertaining, funny, yet surprising

    9/10, recommend to keep reading
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      Was that arc around chapter ~250?
      Because I'm finding it really hard to read.
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    This is what I found in chapter 129 of the MTL. I'll let you decide for yourselves. Honestly, the novel is very good, and I don’t mind dark humor, but if you’re going to make a racist joke, it should at least be funny, which isn’t the case here. Moreover, this isn’t the first instance of racism against Black people I’ve noticed in this novel. I tried to ignore it before, since I’m not Black, but it’s starting to bother me. On the other hand, I’ve never seen any nationalism or propaganda for the CCP in this novel. I’ll let you form your own opinions. Here’s the link to the exact chapter: https://ranobes.top/mtl-reader/1206856/133/
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      Real, no propaganda whatsoever. But the ultra-capitalistic society and mindset that others had somehow makes me grateful of real life.
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    surprisingly really good
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    Hows the novel u ask? Good enough that i lost sleep reading the mtl.

    the world building is top tier

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    Welcome to the ultimate capitalist fantasy: Can’t cultivate? Just sell a kidney—or heck, make it a two-for-one deal! No spiritual root? No stress! For the low, low price of everything you own, you too can lease enlightenment
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    #panic# for chapter 100 & 101 in MTL have paragraphs are mixed and not in proper order which causes it not able to read it properly
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      RAW source has been changed, just in case I translated again using Gemini, check.

      P.S. For those who liked the translation of DeepSeek, you can download the epub file, and compare the translations.
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    #panic# The chapters are not appearing in the mtl
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      I have the same issue. After reaching chapter 198, everything just disappeared cry
      Edit: Never mind, fellow Daoist. It seems that bossman fixed it.
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    #panic# some of the mtl chapters r not translated. they r still in Chinese
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      I just checked the files, and found that I had used DeepSeek Prover V2 to translate this novel. I probably forgot about it when I was testing the models. swim

      Now the MTL has been updated using DeepSeek R1 0528.
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