This Live-In Son-in-Law Is Buried in Debt

Three hundred years ago, I was the unrivaled War God who dominated my era, but the person I loved most and the brother I trusted most joined forces to betray me. I died without even leaving a corpse.

Three hundred years later, I was reborn as a good-for-nothing live-in son-in-law in the family behind the Imperial Capital’s foremost merchant guild. I endured contempt and was bullied by everyone.

I thought I’d had a dream start, but who could have guessed the System I got bound to would be a life-threatening King of Hell: the [Karma Reversal System].

“Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve borrowed an ‘One-Hour Sword Saint Experience Card.’ The price: enter the Blackwind Mountains alone within three days and retrieve the Purple Cloud Herb guarded by the Demon King. Failure penalty: all cultivation destroyed.”

“Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve borrowed ‘God-Tier Alchemy.’ The price: slap the Grand Preceptor three times in front of the entire court within seven days. Failure penalty: your soul will split apart.”

“Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve borrowed ‘One Million Spirit Stones.’ The price: …kiss your ice-cold wife. Failure penalty: instant death.”

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So, in the eyes of the world, I became the good-for-nothing who was eating noodles on the street one moment and could slay a grandmaster with one sword strike the next, a mysterious expert. In public, I was a meek kept man; behind the scenes, I was the mastermind stirring up turmoil across the land.

Everyone thought an unparalleled powerhouse stood behind me.

Only I knew that the ones standing behind me were countless creditors who wanted my life, and the biggest creditor of all was myself.

In this life, I’ll be drowning in debt, but I’ll still climb over mountains of karma and drag the Empress from her throne high in the heavens!