Unintended Immortality

In the quiet hours of the night, a deity visited his dreams. It wasn’t about anything trivial but rather concerning the matter of Duke of Thunder Fu.

In the Heavenly Palace, the Thunder Division held a high status. Although Duke of Thunder Fu had long lost his followers and his position as chief officer had become more nominal than substantial, he was still technically in charge of the Thunder Division and wasn’t considered a minor deity.

Now that he had been slain, the Heavenly Palace naturally had to send someone to investigate, to clarify the reasons behind his demise.

However, the Heavenly Palace and its deities were not quite as imperious and untouchable as common folk believed. The relationship between the human and celestial realms was unique; the relationship between deities and humans, and between the Heavenly Palace and the mortal world, was equally intricate.

Simply equating it to the relationship between a royal court and its subjects would be imprecise. If a deity was slain by a mortal, it was one thing if the deity was without fault. But if the deity was unworthy or actively causing harm, the Heavenly Palace had no grounds to pursue the mortal responsible.

In fact, if there was blame to be placed, it should rest on the Heavenly Palace itself.

Deities were born from the will of the people, and it had never been the case that, upon losing a god due to misconduct, the Heavenly Palace would blame the mortals involved rather than reflecting on its own failings.

After all, occurrences like this were not new to Hidden Dragon Temple. Considering Duke of Thunder Fu’s misdeeds, Song You didn’t believe the Heavenly Palace could have been unaware. The issues among the current gods ran deeper than he had anticipated.

After a brief conversation, he sent the divine official off. The dream dissipated, and slowly, reality returned.