Houtu personally saw off one of her most important and capable subordinates, watching helplessly as he "took his final curtain call."
When Great Emperor Fengdu died, there were no celestial omens or earthly anomalies. It happened peacefully and naturally, as though matching the image he had presented in the eyes of all living beings when he arrived: coming quietly and leaving quietly.
Only a scant few knew the truth. They mourned in their hearts and respectfully offered a stick of incense from afar.
Aside from that, there were no unnecessary proceedings. There were no guests coming to pay their respects, and they were not even given a chance to attend a funeral feast.
This had also been Qing Jia's own idea.
—Keep the death secret.
As the supreme spiritual leader of the reincarnation underworld system, it was impossible for the death or life of someone like him not to cause enormous ripples. That would be highly detrimental to the Human Race's current upward momentum, adding gloom and setbacks while diminishing their drive and courage.
After all, Qing Jia himself was quite legendary... He had started as an ordinary nobody, relying on his tremendous contributions to the Human Race to be posthumously honored as Emperor Yan Dating Shi!
Even though he later rejected the title himself under pressure from circumstances... that had been an "irresistible force." Every Human Race hero who knew the truth could understand and accept it.
As long as he remained alive, he was equivalent to telling every ambitious member of the Human Race: Strive! Contribute! The organization will not let you down!
He was a role model!
Now, the role model was dead... Though many people knew that day would come sooner or later, and that Fengdu's death had been inevitable, his fall on the eve of