The Four Household Gods and the Land God of Backed-by-the-Mountain Village responded at once!
Almost the instant the tyrannosaur appeared, all five gods manifested and blocked his path. The gods' rule had penetrated down to the lowest levels, to the very ends of society—it was chilling.
"Wretched beast, do you know your sin?"
The Land God was a bright-red peach tree crowned with the head of a kindly old grandmother. She said gently, "I know you are a good child. You have merely been led astray by demons. Turn back before it is too late."
"Think of your dead parents. If you do not accumulate yin virtue for them, how will they be reborn as humans in their next lives?"
"If your parents are reduced to livestock in their next lives, could you bear it?"
Her voice was thick with bewitchment, coaxing and guiding, urging people to do good and turn toward the gods.
Delivering devout souls to the heavens was the utmost priority in the Dao Court's evaluations. If she failed three evaluations, she would lose her position as Land God and fall into the state of a wandering ghost or a wild beast of the mountains.
"Pah!"
"What reincarnation? It is all a lie!"
The tyrannosaur roared. To the villagers, it was a chaotic bellow, but to these gods, it was perfectly clear: "The Six Paths of Reincarnation are governed by our human race. What right do demons like you have to speak of reincarnation?"
"What ability do you have to control reincarnation?"
"Hahaha!"
"What a colossal joke!"
The tyrannosaur roared with boundless mockery, as though he had heard something utterly ridiculous.
For a moment, the place fell silent.
The Well God gave a cold smile.
Lord Field and Lady Field, two gods with rat heads and human