familiarity as I felt back then for Wei Wuxian.”

And all of the unrequited feelings that he will keep locked away in his heart.

mortal, so it seems to make sense to pair him with Satan, but to limit him, it seems it makes sense to also split him into Belphegor.”

This is what he made of it, anyway. Hell loved its power players, but never wanted them to be too powerful.

“Funny, even though you are Satan, I feel the same

“Aiya,” he clicks his tongue and shakes his head while fanning himself. What a fate! “Heaven and Hell operate in a more similar fashion than they’d like to admit, wouldn’t you say, Wei-Xiong? It’s never solely about pity or punishment, but what benefits them. Wei Wuxian was formidable as a

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