"Mortal Divine Domain... was that a divine kingdom within the mortal world?" The pageboy murmured the name of the Divine Domain, then suddenly understood. "So that was why the Night Watchmen's higher-ups valued Lin Qiye so highly—because he was the soul of this city."
"That's right. To preserve this miracle, the Night Watchmen had secretly kept watch over Lin Qiye, preventing him from leaving the bounds of Mortal Divine Domain. Because once he left, this city, deprived of its soul, would cease to exist."
"If that was the case, why did they still let Lin Qiye become a Night Watchman? Wouldn't it have been better to let him quietly remain an ordinary person and maintain this miracle?" the pageboy asked in confusion.
"I already told you: maintaining a miracle over such a vast area required an enormous amount of divine power. The divine power Michael had poured into Lin Qiye could only sustain this city for ten years. Once those ten years were up—half a month from now—this city would still disappear. And Lin Qiye, once he regained the complete Mortal Divine Domain, would become the God's Agent with the greatest potential in this world.
By then, if they told him everything about Forbidden Ruins, Mysteries, and gods, it would be too late... He might very well fall to the side of darkness, be deceived by the Ancient God Church, and become an Evil God.
So, his joining the Night Watchmen had always been part of the higher-ups' plan."
Master Chen let out a long sigh. Recalling the phone call Commander Ye had made to him, he continued, "This time, we came to Cangnan not to investigate any divine fluctuations, but to assess Lin Qiye's current mental state and determine whether he could accept the reality of the city's destruction