"Does anyone know this Divine Envoy?" Deputy City Lord Zhuang Lou asked.
Everyone exchanged glances. The Divine Court stood above all others, and even the enforcement envoys of the Divine Punishment Department were beings beyond the Lower Realm. They received offerings of boundless merit and could enter and leave the Divine Court. They were celestial gods in every sense.
Such beings were simply beyond the reach of ordinary cultivators.
"I did hear something about him. Zhang Xiu only became an enforcement envoy of the Divine Punishment Department a few decades ago. Supposedly, the department once failed to carry out a cross-realm mission, and more than a dozen celestial gods were stripped of their merit and demoted to Earth Gods. Zhang Xiu may have filled one of the vacancies left by that incident," Gong Cang said. White-haired, he was the oldest of Sin City's administrators.
"A cross-realm mission... could it have been that one?" A flicker of shock appeared on Lei Ze's face.
Everyone turned to him, their gazes full of questions. Hu Tiancheng smiled faintly. "Commander Lei, it seems you were close to the water and got the moon first. Tell us what you know. This inspection carries great implications. The more we know, the better we can respond."
"Yes, City Lord."
Lei Ze cleared his throat. "I learned the inside story at a banquet where lightning cultivators shared their teachings. Someone there mentioned that the Divine Punishment Department had launched a Heaven Punishing Strike against a false god in the Lower Realm. But not only did the strike fail to kill that false god, the false god devoured the Heaven Punishing Divine Thunder instead, using it to strengthen himself. After that, the situation in that realm spiraled out of control."
"The Divine Court flew into a rage. More than