He did good deeds for nine lifetimes, yet was the biggest sucker in all nine.
He rescued a woman from drowning, only to be accused of "ruining her innocence." A powerful official's son broke his back and tossed him into a ruined temple to die.
As he lay dying, the Ledger of Merit appeared: nine lifetimes of good deeds, totaling 900 billion merit points, all frozen. Want to unfreeze them? Go back and personally collect every debt he was owed in each life.
In his tenth life, Mu Tianliang finally said what he thought: "Let someone else be a good person. I'm done."
This time, he collects debts on behalf of the Heavenly Dao. Save someone, earn a merit point. If a tyrant has taken several lives, he collects for every one of them. He opens corrupt officials' granaries, steals evil cultivators' treasures, and once he has amassed ten trillion merit points across ten lifetimes, he will attain supreme enlightenment.
But who should he collect the debt from in his first life?