The Goddess of Wisdom descended on a scroll of burning logic, her eyes glinting with the weight of infinite calculations—and the faintest tremor of something personal.
"Let us negotiate," she intoned, unfurling a contract that rewrote the air itself.
Terms:
Luo Feng becomes God-Emperor of the New Pantheon
The Divine Check-In System is permanently erased
All current companions "retired" (see: deleted)
Li Qing's frost crept up the parchment before the last syllable faded.
"Counteroffer."
She flash-froze the scroll and snapped it off at the hilt—now a divine popsicle of 'no.'
THE REVELATION
Wisdom's composure cracked. "You don't understand! That system is her legacy—"
"Her?"
A pause. A sigh. A hologram of the Wife of Ashes flickered between them.
"My mother," Wisdom admitted, "built the system to kill gods. Including me."
The Death Queen snorted. "Family reunions must be awkward."
THE AFTERMATH
Three truths became clear:
Wisdom wanted the system gone to spite her mother's memory
The Wife of Ashes expected this betrayal (a hidden message pulsed in Luo Feng's Eclipse Core: "Tell my daughter she still owes me 50 cosmic credits.")
Li Qing was still licking the frozen contract with detached curiosity
[Quest Updated: "Family Therapy For Deities"]
[Reward: Mom Issues (Already Unlocked)]
The plush demons started a betting pool on who would cry first.
END OF CHAPTER 75