After some more time passed, the gods keeping watch outside the divine kingdom of the Underground Dragon Nest finally could not hold back any longer. Risking the wrath of the Justice God, they cautiously entered the divine kingdom.
What they saw was the marvelous sight of "white vastness—the earth scrubbed clean."
Throughout the entire divine kingdom, every resource that could be carried away, every plant that could be transplanted, even every building that could be dismantled, had been taken away completely. Not even a single brick remained.
Unwilling to accept this, the gods searched left and right, inside and out, several times over. At last, they confirmed that this divine kingdom had suffered the sort of grand looting that came with moving house, leaving them practically nothing to plunder.
"Could it be... we came here for nothing?" one god said blankly.
Several gods beside him sighed in frustration, agreeing that this trip had indeed been for nothing, and all condemned the Justice God and Void Mask for their lack of decency.
After condemning them for a while, the gods who had found no profit to be had went their separate ways, leaving only the empty divine kingdom behind.
But after a little while, those same gods who had indignantly condemned them sneaked back. They exchanged glances and saw in each other's eyes both old fox-like cunning and excited delight.
"How could those rookies possibly understand? They actually left us a huge benefit!"
"Yes, yes! Those two gods are actually quite decent!"
"We said some bad things about them just now. We ought to apologize and make amends afterward."
"Don't waste time. Get to work! Be careful—the longer the night, the more dreams it brings!"
So they set to work, dismantling the intact divine kingdom bit by bit, breaking the whole