Time flew by, and another half year passed in the blink of an eye.
Under the leaden-gray sky, dark clouds blanketed the heavens as goose-feather snowflakes drifted down. Snow settled on the houses, making them resemble exquisitely frosted cakes in a fragrant pastry shop. Snow fell upon the trees, making them seem to sprout jade branches and bloom with silver flowers. Snow covered the ground like a sheet of drawing paper; when chicks stepped across it, they left behind a picture of bamboo leaves.
The wind continued to blow, and the snow continued to fall. Gradually, the earth donned a white felt blanket. As far as the eye could see, Heaven Dou City was a vast expanse of white. There were few people on the streets; most were unwilling to venture outside in such bitter weather, choosing instead to stay home and log into Abyss World Online.
Inside an ice-crystal-like residence, a circle of solemn figures sat by the windowsill. There were as many as fifteen of them, led by two people.
These fifteen were the original members of the Sin God System under the God of Destruction. Two of them were the God of Sloth and the God of Envy, figures on equal footing with the God of Voracity. The other thirteen were their subordinate gods and God Officials.
The God of Envy was a woman with tightly furrowed brows, her eyes seemingly filled with endless resentment and envy. Her appearance was exceptionally ugly: one eye large and the other small, a flattened nose, a wide mouth, and a short stature. Her shoulders were even crooked. Deep pink light radiated from her body, and seven layers of halos shone within the deep pink aura. As one of the Seven Original Sin Gods, her aura carried, to some extent, a