When the spy received the order, he knew the moment had come.
"Destroy the stars, evaporate the oceans, blacken the heavens..." he murmured the ultimate conspiracy devised by Pangu's ancient enemy and creditor, dark divine power gathering at his fingertips. With intelligence and resources accumulated through millennia of infiltration, the plan was near flawless.
Yet as the divine power surged to erupt, his fingers froze mid-air. A flood of absurd thoughts washed over him: he must archive a millennium of espionage records—every surveillance device, every confidential report, even every conversation with his master—
The urge was so overwhelming he turned and began organizing the evidence of his crimes.
"What am I doing?" he wondered in confusion, yet continued decrypting the deepest archives. Only when he approached the temple gates, jade box brimming with evidence in hand, did he abruptly realize the sheer absurdity of his actions.
Outside, the God of Order stood waiting, as if this moment had been foreseen. The spy finally grasped that the deity he'd always dismissed as "lazy" wielded terrifying power.
The God of Order didn't even need to lift a finger. He merely exercised the most fundamental authority of the "God of the Three Powers"—temporarily and forcibly appointing subordinates.
The instant the spy embarked on his mission, he had already been silently "appointed" by the God of Order as a "special envoy" tasked with eradicating the Creditors' faction. This provisional divine commission as a police officer carried the absolute authority of Order, compelling him to instinctively obey his new mission—"gather evidence and protect the Three Realms"—without ever questioning the inherent contradiction within it.
"You..." The spy choked, struggling to break free.
The God of Order took the jade box and said in a deep voice:
"Do you think my father would dare push such bold reforms without certainty?"
"Because he knew well—as long as I exist, no one can truly disrupt the order of this world."
On the distant shore of causality, the creditor's heart jolted. He sensed the link to that spy had snapped completely—and more terrifyingly, the fate awaiting him now was one he could never escape.