Lending Money from the Shadows: All My Debtors Are Forbidden Beings

I was struck by a strange poison and had little time left to live. To save myself, I "lent" my only chance of survival to my childhood friend, who was bullied by everyone around her.

[Ding! Investment successful. Trait: Fallen Sacred Physique (Succubus Heart)!]

[Interest received: Host's cultivation increases by thirty years!]

From that day on, I understood.

If I wanted to live, I had to hand out the harshest loans and collect the most vicious interest!

Enemies come knocking? Sorry, your sect, your fortune, even your ancestral graves will all count as "interest" in my ledger, and I'll make sure the debts are collected!

Years later, the taboo Empress ruled over all, yet beneath the moon she shyly whispered, "My creditor, is today's interest... enough?"