The Death God Lying in Wait
Seeing the planet regain its vitality, both the Life Goddess and Wuma Xiu couldn't help but smile.
Then, the Life Goddess led Wuma Xiu through one planet after another that had been affected by the battles of the Gods or abandoned for other reasons, using her Divine Power to repair every wound, restoring lushness to barrenness and life to death.
Nowadays, even among the Evil Gods, these two Gods are rarely targeted by any god.
Of course, the Evil Gods weren't acting out of any "admiration" or "awe"; it was purely because of the existence of the Asura God. Although the Asura God never said it, all the Evil Gods knew the truth after that That Matter:
--The Spring God, you must not touch him.
Because the Spring God and the God of Life often appeared together, over time, in the eyes of these Evil Gods, the God of Life was also untouchable.
To be honest, even if these Evil Gods wanted to harm the God of Life, they couldn't.
The Authority over life is far more terrifying than they imagined.
But that Life God isn't as easy to talk to as his sister, the Life Goddess. Although he is equally compassionate towards all things, he seems to be a little mentally unstable.
In short
If the Life Goddess favors gentle "transformation," touching living beings with compassion and kindness.
So the Life God prefers "physical persuasion," using fists, Divine Punishment, and all direct and effective means to move living beings.
Life Goddess: Are you moved?
The creatures bathed in her gentle Divine Power were moved to tears of gratitude.
Life God: Dare to move?
The creatures trembled in fear: they dared not move.
The Life God frowned: What, not moved? Then I haven't done enough.
So, the Life God came again, and the creatures were physically exorcised and made obedient, repeatedly shouting:
--So touching, so very touching.
The Life God frowned even more deeply:
What? You still dare to move? That means I haven't done enough.
And so, the Life God came again.
The creatures wailed and cried.
They simply didn't know how to answer in a way that would satisfy this somewhat mentally unstable Gods.
It was utterly tragic.
Wuma Xiu and the Life Goddess arrived at the last planet.
The Life Goddess frowned first, not because her Divine Power was about to run out.
Rather, it was because she ran into a familiar face here.
Not far ahead, a white figure was walking slowly across the land, followed by a long line of dazed souls floating in the air.
Death God seems to have just arrived, and is methodically reaping the remaining souls on this land.
The Life Goddess pursed her lips. Here we go again. Why are you here again? You're still waiting here, as expected.
Her relationship with Death God, well, describing it as "ideologically incompatible" would be an understatement.
The Life Goddess unilaterally rejects the Death God.
Death God, however, didn't care about the other party's opinion at all.
On the ground, Death God's skin was very pale, because the place where he resided year-round was dark and without daylight.
His physique is rather slender and tall.
She has a slender waist and exquisite bone structure.
His pupils were dark purplish-red, his eyelashes were long and thick, and there was a layer of light gray-blue under his eyes.
Her lips were a dark wine red, with a naturally upturned corner.
Death God walked barefoot on the ground, his ankles wrapped in thin silver chains, and Black Mandalas would briefly bloom wherever he stepped.
The moment Wuma Xiu and the Life Goddess descended, Death God noticed them and turned his head to see the two familiar gods.
Death God swiftly swept past the Life Goddess and landed on a figure nearby.
The other person had long, soft hair that gradually turned mint green, loosely braided into a soft, gentle plait, which fell to her chest. Silver threads were wrapped around the plait, interspersed with clusters of snow-white flowers.
A few strands of pale blue floral patterns spread across the corners of her eyes.
Her skin was porcelain white, with a beauty mark at the corner of her left eye, and her lips were moist and light red, with a delicate and gentle color.
His face was gentle and clear, without a trace of worldly malice.
--She woke up as expected.
Death God flashed and instantly appeared before the Life Goddess and Wuma Xiu, a smile blooming on his pale face.
The Life Goddess looked at that smile, which held no warmth in its eyes, but only a chilling and sinister feeling.
She suddenly felt a cold wind brush against the back of her neck.
"Death God, you'd better stop laughing."
"Really? I still prefer chatting with your brother, it's a pity he's not here right now."
The Death God's tone carried a hint of regret.
Unlike his attitude towards the Life Goddess, the Death God and the Life God have a surprisingly good relationship.
One governs death, the other life; they should be irreconcilable enemies. But perhaps it's the "physical salvation" style of the Life God that makes him seem quite compatible to the God of Death God.
"My brother doesn't want to come out lately," the Life Goddess replied, her tone tinged with helplessness.
Death God smiled but said nothing.
When those emotionless eyes turned to the Spring God, a hint of something that could be called "warmth" appeared. The curve of his lips was more genuine than when he had faced the Life Goddess, and even his tone became more alluring:
"Spring, don't forget the huge look you owe me before~"
"But you seem to owe me quite a lot, and I can't possibly pay it all back in one go. Next time, I'd like a Green Crabapple, is that alright?"
Death God's tone remained sinister, but it inexplicably carried a hint of seriousness.
Wuma Xiu nodded, his moist, light red lips curving into a gentle smile. He nodded in response:
"Of course, you are always welcome to visit my Spring God Temple."
Death God widened this time, and combined with his overall aura, it looked rather eerie.
Seeing this, the Life Goddess stepped forward and stood in front of Wuma Xiu.
"If anyone owes you something, it's half of it. Don't keep bullying Chun just because she's good-natured."
The Life Goddess doesn't particularly like the Death God, for two reasons.
The first reason is that when Death God is with her brother, she always tends to lead him astray.
Another reason is that Death God harbors ill intentions towards Spring.
Even though she also owed the other party, Death God just liked to target Haru, putting all the debts she and her brother owed onto the other party, and always using this as an excuse to get close to Haru.
Also, don't think she didn't see through the other person's little scheme.
Death God snorted and said nothing more.
He didn't care what the Life Goddess thought of him.
Death God raised his hand and waved, and the long line of dazed souls behind him drifted toward the Spring God of spring and the Life Goddess.
"Well, since you're here, you can have these. But even with these, Chun, you owe me one more time."
Death God always spoke of this with a hint of inexplicable pleasure in his voice.
The Life Goddess looked at this all-too-familiar scene and remained silent, pursing her lips.
After all, I've dealt with Death God for so many years.
She was certain that Death God had deliberately waited for them here.
Why was she so sure?
Because she had seen this scene before her countless times.
Every time she and Spring God went out to repair the planet, they would "coincidentally" run into this Grim Death God on one of them. Then he would hand over the harvested souls to them and "incidentally" make Spring God owe him an extra favor.
But the two gods still owe this debt.