Although the gods who had descended were also working for the Chief God of Darkness, the gods had their own factions. They shared the same goal, but it was still unclear who would lead them.
He had few subordinates to begin with, and his influence had gradually been supplanted by that of the newly arrived Midgod. Now he had also lost a fairly capable subordinate, which only made him more irritable.
Matthews buried Mia in the small village where she had been born, laying her to rest beside Winter. He had read the original story and knew that souls who died before reaching godhood would go to the Netherworld to be reincarnated. Saint Realm experts had a chance to be reincarnated as undead and come back to life, but that required appealing to the Sovereign of Death.
When Matthews returned to the capital, Freeman, the Midgod of the Divine Beast Sect, asked him for some details. After Matthews told him what had happened, Freeman said nothing more, only telling him not to be so reckless next time.
After returning to his residence, Matthews summoned Pal, the Blood-Eyed Mane Lion.
"Pal, I have a Death Lowgod Spark. If you refine it, you can become a god, but after that, you'll only be able to refine divine sparks again. And even then, you'll be the weakest kind of god. Do you want to refine it?"
The Blood-Eyed Mane Lion Pal thought for a moment, then said, "Master, I want to refine it. Becoming a god is too difficult, and I still haven't comprehended the Destruction Law!"
"Fine, as long as you've made up your mind."
Seeing that Pal had decided, Matthews handed him the Death Lowgod Spark and had him refine it here to become a god.
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