As everyone knew, the Eastern Pantheon and the Western Pantheon were as different as heaven and earth.
Eastern mythology had operated like an orderly workforce from the very beginning. It did not matter who you were—there had to be work in your sight. China did not support idle gods.
Even Yinglong, who lived in the Heavenly World high above and did not enjoy human offerings, still had to go down and work when the time came. It did not matter how much stronger he was than the ants below. If it was time to deliver packages, he delivered packages. If it was time for someone to ride him, someone rode him. Otherwise, a bolt from the Heavenly Dao would strike him dead.
As far as Schiller knew, Marvel had a Heavenly Court. According to Marvel's explanation, though, they all lived in a pocket universe and normally did not interact with the human world.
From the Director of the Divine Spear Bureau, Schiller learned that the Heavenly Court was more or less what ordinary Chinese people imagined it to be: a civil service system responsible for managing the workings of this region of heaven and earth, led by the Jade Emperor.
Schiller had also learned that the story of the Investiture of the Gods had truly happened. In other words, no matter how much of a troublemaker you had once been, once you entered the Heavenly Court and took a job, you had to clock in and keep attendance properly.
The story of Journey to the West had also really happened, or there would not have been a monkey. Traditional mythological figures such as Yang Jian and Nezha truly existed, and barring surprises, they should all be working in the Heavenly Court now.
The only unusual part was that the modern