wonders if Satan is aware that Ren was Xiao Xingchen.

It’s the most insane things he’s ever said. At least that Huaisang has heard. He’s never had a conversation with Satan before today, so there’s not a lot to go on, to be fair.

“So… Bro Wei really was messing with something he shouldn’t have…?”

This is fascinating, but also worrisome. He

“…I’m sorry, what?”

He heard right. He’s just stalling while his brain catches up.

“To be fair, the last time I saw you, you were…”

Fat and lumpy.

“Asking me to hand you peanuts that were less than an inch away from your fingers.”

probably in time out or nap time. Aiya! Where do I even start with all of this?”

“Reaper Xiaolian is assigned as personal assistant to Archangel Jeremiel. Is that the Reaper who tried to quit? Someone should have told her that Heaven is not an at will state…”

Another tossed report.

“Archangel Sariel and Archangel Michael aren’t responding to my messages. Lord Diligence is

has still not been found, and there will be a surge of Wrath powerful enough to incite wars in the mortal realm if he doesn’t return within a week. Delightful. Brother Ren must have already been corrupted. It’s not like him to run away, let alone refuse to return.”

He tosses that report as well

*than

important man he realizes…

remembers the Daozhang in black.

The truth is that Ren isn’t at his true potential, and this is what worries those who know about that tribulation. One of their own is forever trapped in a dead body, and he is walking the earth in this unnatural state with fragments of a soul that is more

“It isn’t fair, I know, but nothing about our existence is…”

He trails off, thinking of his own longing to see his elder brother and to have his soul finally at peace. The thought of fierce corpses further takes him to thoughts of Song Lan, and he glances at his Heavenly brother, wondering if he

“You,” he begins as he takes his hand to squeeze it. “Are the furthest thing from evil. It’s because you’re are so important that Heaven is so overprotective.”

He lets go to finally sip some of his tea. He then sighs and leaned back a bit, flicking open his fan and starting to work it gently.

they’re talking about, of course he recognizes that face. A sudden shudder runs through him, but he straightens his back as he vows to himself that he will protect Ren from ever encountering Bie Xi Bo…

“In your life, you upheld the virtue that you’ve been assigned to. Always kind. Always trying to do good by everyone,” he smiles, but his heartaches because he knows of the tragedy that befell Xiao Xingchen. In his opinion, it was highly undeserved.

Guilt also gnaws at his stomach. The child

a Virtue.

“Oh, you HAVE been gone for so long. Lord Azrael has married and now has an infant son.”

“Well it is a complicated situation,” Huaisang sighs. “Gluttony is his beloved brother’s son, and the second life that was restored was Lord Sariel’s grandchild. I cannot judge. After all, my heart still longs for my mortal brother…”

Another sign as he thinks of Mingjue and the reason he became