The Spirit Realm's Hidden Main Gods
The Dimensional Lord had decided not to carry around any dangerous documents that could cause major trouble if the Spirit Realm War were discovered, so he moved to the office for now. As the Dimensional Lord entered the Spirit Realm Waiting Area, sighs of relief could be heard from all around. It seemed not only the main gods here but even the newly arrived spirit gods were doing the same.
After passing through the shabby main gate, a single-story temple resembling a prefabricated shrine came into view. Upon entering, a sigh escaped involuntarily. “Whew—! They’ve completely given up on maintenance.” It looked clean at a glance, but the signs of a rushed deep cleaning were obvious. Though he hadn’t come here for an inspection, the lingering moisture and the musty, decayed smell couldn’t be erased. ‘I can tell exactly how they’ve been living.’ Honestly, they only cleaned enough to avoid discomfort.
“It’s the kind of place that makes you tired just by staying still, sir.” The fat god, as if having completely forgotten the earlier beating, wore his usual ingratiating smile and guided him to the old office. From the deepest part of the room, he carefully retrieved the documents.
“My apologies. As you know, the gods sent out from the Spirit Realm must be excellent and capable. However, there are too many difficult-to-manage gods, so from an operational standpoint, we selected and showed you the ability-focused data.”
“So? You put the special management targets at the very top? Is most of the list organized this way?” The highest-grade spirit gods listed at the beginning of the ability-excellent spirit god roster the fat god had provided were precisely the female spirit gods he had contracted with. ‘Their abilities are undoubtedly excellent, but their temperaments are extremely problematic. If every list is written like this, it’ll ruin the Divine Realm.’
The documents handed back clearly listed his contracted spirit gods under the special management target highest-grade spirit gods. Though caught in the embarrassing situation of having presented false data mixing top excellence with special management, the fat god continued speaking with a natural expression.
“It’s difficult for capable beings to also have good personalities. Compared to the Divine Realm’s process of creating and nurturing gods, this is practically free, so we must accept this level of risk. You can choose and filter them during interviews, and I intended to mention it at the end.”
“As expected, there are no main gods or higher on the list.”
“Main gods and above are only sent when a draw occurs or a planet is destroyed. In the early days of the Main God War, they fought fiercely enough to blow away stars. Now, with the atmosphere that the Main God of the Divine Realm or demon gods acknowledge defeat when they lose, there are almost none. If they lose to the Substitute Gods, the planet is immediately frozen, so they don’t come here either. The highest gods are all invited to other divine realms after training here, and only those below the highest grade remain.”
“…There really aren’t any?”
Crack—! Crack—! At the Dimensional Lord’s low question accompanied by the sound of loosening his body, the fat god answered with a serious expression. “Of course there aren’t any—Gack—!”
“As expected, these ones don’t listen to nice words.” He bound the fat god’s body again with divine power and lifted him up. Watching the flesh bulge out as if about to burst between the strands of divine power, he shouted, “My authority is ‘Dimension,’ and my divine rank is the highest! I am the supreme god of all space and time, and only Creator Gods or above can evade my search, while only main gods can resist. Yet there are beings in this Spirit Realm Waiting Area resisting my search, and you claim there are no main gods? There will be no more confirmation—only punishment for false reports. Every time you lie, I’ll kill you and demote you to a lower god. I’ll ask again: how many Spirit Realm Main Gods are there?”
“Kuh—! There are 2. No—! There are 5.” As the divine power gripping his neck vibrated with a roar and another clump of divine power formed in the Dimensional Lord’s hand, approaching his face, the fat god hurriedly changed his answer.
“The reason?”
“Rebellion! Without reporting to the Main Divine Realm, we barely suppressed the rebellion, held our own disciplinary committee, sealed their divine ranks, and placed them in detention.”
Having decided to kill and summon another management god the moment he lied again, the answer came immediately. ‘Whether human or god, self-preservation comes first.’ ‘How could they even stage a rebellion here?’
With the Yugyeok Volcano’s authority draining excess vitality and divine power, there was no way to defeat the Spirit Realm management gods who possessed marks unaffected by the authority.
“What was the method of rebellion?”
“Three Spirit Realm Main Gods recovered their divine power through parallel divine power connections, then with a small elite force, they raided the management divine realm, stole the marks, and seized divine power. They tried to occupy the Divine Realm core as well, but were all repelled by the intermediate main god you saw earlier.”
“Why didn’t you report it officially?”
“The rebellion originated from our excessive management during the initial Divine Realm formation, and during the suppression, countless management gods died and their divine ranks declined. If we reported it as is, their divine ranks wouldn’t recover and they’d face punishment instead. We were detaining them and using the vitality and divine power coming from them for recovery.”
“You called three of them a rebellion—what about the other two?”
“That… I don’t know the details either… Only the Main Gods of the Divine Realm know that.”
“Those ones hiding outside and eavesdropping? I commend your courage for daring to challenge a highest-grade main god to hide your own denial. And attempting to eliminate evidence and witnesses is pointless. Ordinary main gods can be restored and revived, and that’s the end of it. If you knew how much the external main gods’ authorities have developed during the time you’ve been here, you wouldn’t even think of it—but ignorance is a sin.”
Killing intent and fighting spirit rose like steam from the Dimensional Lord’s entire body. ‘Even after being rolled around that much, they only looked for ways to slack off, and before I knew it, they’d recovered and gathered in droves.’ He could feel the war gods gathering outside the shabby office. ‘First, I’ll smash their limbs and break their necks to subdue them, then analyze the situation slowly.’
As the Dimensional Lord thought this and prepared to move, the fat god hurriedly shouted outside. “Stand down—! He’s not an opponent we can handle. His divine rank is that of a highest-grade main god, but his power is beyond the highest Creator God of past universes.”
“But if this is revealed, it’ll be a huge problem, won’t it?”
“I’ll handle it somehow. Even an intermediate Main God of the Divine Realm is no match for him, so release your divine artifacts and beg for forgiveness.”
“……”
The fat god’s words had an unexpectedly great effect. The war gods who had been raising fighting spirit all withdrew their divine artifacts. Then two Main Gods of the Divine Realm entered the office, knelt before him, and awaited their punishment. ‘Originally, Main Gods of the Divine Realm never listen to lower gods to this extent, but there must be some circumstances.’
The external war gods also all withdrew their divine artifacts and bowed their heads.
“Why did you illegally detain the other two main gods?”
“They caused an unforgivable disturbance in the Spirit Realm Waiting Area.”
“Disturbance? What kind of disturbance? In this place where wealth, vitality, and divine power are all restricted, how?”
“That is…” The Main God of the Divine Realm hesitated, unable to answer, then finally spoke. “They used marriage contracts with main gods as bait to extort divine power from management gods.”
“……”
“Marriage fraud? Gold diggers?”
“Th-that’s correct.”
The Dimensional Lord felt a headache coming on. ‘I roughly understand what he means.’ A marriage contract with a main god was the fastest shortcut for lower gods to reach the highest rank through divine power exchange. Moreover, if they developed only the highest-grade authority, they would immediately become main gods and escape this place. So they all fell for the words, poured out their divine power and vitality, and got scammed by the management gods. But it was strange that they hadn’t reported such an important fact and tried to handle it secretly.
“How many people were defrauded with fake marriage promises that you couldn’t even report it?”
“The thing is, those main gods specialize in seduction and have exceptional beauty, so most…”
“They’re female main gods? You people, don’t tell me…”
The intermediate Main God of the Divine Realm, who had been struggling to make excuses, bowed his head in shame, and the main god beside him also lowered his face. ‘Despite being management main gods of the Divine Realm, these bastards got caught too.’ Since both the defense main god and management main god of the Spirit Realm defense divine realm had been scammed by female spirit gods and had their divine power extorted, they couldn’t bring themselves to report it. The fact that even an intermediate main god was caught meant these were definitely female main gods specialized in seduction and divine power absorption authorities.
“You got caught too? You idiots—! Aren’t you proud Main Gods of the Divine Realm? Even if only for a short period, you can take leave and go to the Main Divine Realm or Divine Realm anytime. What was so lacking that you fell for fake marriage promises from female spirit gods?”
“……”
The kneeling main gods looked at him with faces filled with regret and spoke. “What female main god would form a contract with a main god of such a remote Spirit Realm Waiting Area? Even the female main gods who were previously our partners left immediately when they were assigned here, and as a result, the divine realm became a mess, eventually leading to the main gods who had delegated management directly to the Main Divine Realm.”
“They really left right away?”
“The day after the order arrived, they left unilaterally. They said they absolutely wouldn’t form contracts just to suffer, and they even drove a nail into our hearts by saying they hated incompetent and failed main gods. While we were in shock and neglecting the divine realm’s affairs for a while, the concubines, the Divine Realm management main gods, and even the highest gods all proposed to the Main Divine Realm as marriage partners, had their contracts terminated, and were taken to their own divine realms under the pretext of alimony. They had prepared the documents and supporting forces so thoroughly that before we could say anything, the divine realm was completely ruined. In the end, the only one left by my side was this child, my direct descendant and former successor.”
At the sincere words filled with emotion, the Dimensional Lord pointed to the sofa in the corner and said, “Sit down and talk.”
As a male main god, it was an absurd situation. ‘I heard that contract terminations between main gods have become frequent lately, but there are all kinds of circumstances.’ It meant that while male gods were enduring difficult main god lives and facing hardships, female gods took the opportunity to siphon off all their foundations. Judging by appearances, they seemed like typical war god types who couldn’t respond and were helplessly taken advantage of. But to shake someone down so thoroughly and leave them penniless, thorough preparation would have been necessary, meaning they had prepared in advance. ‘Female main gods these days are truly terrifying.’ At this point, one had to wonder why they even formed contracts in the first place. ‘Ah—! Because of alimony? If there’s no major problem, half must unconditionally go to the other female main god upon separation. If you get terminated once, you’ll ruin your divine realm like this main god. I should never even attempt it.’
“Thank you.”
The Spirit Realm management Main God of the Divine Realm struggled to his feet, settled onto the sofa, and continued speaking. “After being dispatched to this Spirit Realm, of course I couldn’t even see female main gods, and I was also shunned by the Main Divine Realm. Absurdly, the rumor spread that the reason I was punished by the Creator God wasn’t because of etiquette issues, but because I was violent and lewd toward female main gods. After that, I couldn’t even dream of finding another partner, and this child suffered the same fate.”
“Heh—!”
The Dimensional Lord could guess what had happened without even looking. ‘Obviously, his former partner female main god must have spread such rumors to protect her own position.’ Since she had ruined the divine realm and feared repercussions, she had thoroughly buried him to block any chance of return. ‘Female main gods who go this far are truly rare—I wonder what their hidden motives are.’ Even the fat god beside him seemed to understand something, his eyes reddening as he listened.
“Then two female spirit main gods whose divine ranks had fallen to main god level after dying came and tempted us, saying they would become our partners once we recovered our divine power as main gods. Even though I knew I shouldn’t deal with female spirit main gods given my management main god’s circumstances, I couldn’t refuse. Those two each seduced me and this child separately, so we didn’t know, but later, when we tried to formally form marriage contracts and talk, we realized something was wrong. Upon thorough investigation, we discovered that most of the highest-grade gods had been caught and had gradually handed over their divine power.”
“All of the highest-grade gods and above? Just how powerful is their seduction authority that even an intermediate main god fell for it? And after being scammed like that by female main gods, you still thought about forming another contract?”
It was an utterly absurd situation. Because it meant that over two hundred highest-grade gods, even in this remote area, had fallen for the female spirit main gods’ seduction and handed over their divine power. The fat god, hearing this story for the first time, had his mouth agape. The management main god covered his face with his hand, looking ashamed, and spoke.
“Now there are more female gods because their direct lineages have grown, but in the early days, it was so remote that you couldn’t even see female gods. Moreover, these female main gods’ seduction-type authorities were so strong that everyone fell for them.”
“You could have recovered the divine power and reported it to the Main Divine Realm! So why did you illegally detain them and go through the trouble of recovering the divine power and vitality yourselves?”
“They weren’t detained by us—they placed seals on themselves to protect the extorted divine power and absorb it into their innate divine power. They also have marks exempting them from authority, and since they’ve absorbed even part of the extorted divine power, they’re nearly intermediate main gods. It took too much time for me to forcibly release the seals, so I missed the reporting deadline. During the seal release process, two of them recovered to intermediate main god level, and since I couldn’t handle them with my abilities, I eventually blocked them with a barrier and only activated their absorption authority. As I tried to resolve it somehow, time dragged on until now.”
Only the sound of repeated sighs kept coming. ‘It means they tried to resolve it somehow because it was related to their own disgrace, but faced stubborn resistance from the other side, missed the reporting deadline, and as the opponents grew stronger, they blocked them with a barrier and let time pass.’ ‘After being marked by the Creator God and betrayed by their partner, having their entire divine realm robbed, and failing to completely suppress the female spirit main god rebellion, they even got scammed with fake marriage contracts by female main gods? Then they might as well charge in saying they’d rather die and escape from here. What kind of divine realm, even while standing still, sucks away divine power and vitality, driving them to their limits, has main gods charging at an opponent they can’t possibly defeat even if it means death?’ It was truly bleak. ‘Given the situation, instead of normal operations, they operate with loopholes like this, thinking to live comfortably in reality within a harmonious atmosphere like family, right?’
They deceive novice Main Gods of the Divine Realm by sending problematic spirit gods who cause trouble in the Spirit Realm, claiming they’re excellent, and when those gods cause trouble in the divine realm, their reputation suffers. Moreover, because the divine realm is in chaos, those who lose certification battles are sent to the Spirit Realm, and even decent gods turn into troublemakers who only cause problems, creating a vicious cycle. ‘Even the management gods are completely rotten. No wonder the Spirit Realm became a mess.’
A naive highest-grade main god who wanted to take a large number of spirit gods after a long time had come, so they fabricated a list starting with special management targets and brought it. ‘How do they plan to handle the repercussions later?’ Like the female main gods, they had been careful at first while building power, and being vicious and capable made them hard to eliminate. And the fraudulent main god had been completely taken in. But there was another question.
“Why does only this management god not know about this fact?”
At this, the fat god also made a face asking why they hadn’t told him. The Main God of the Divine Realm let out a deep sigh and spoke. “At that time, only the male gods who had their divine power extorted participated in the barrier work. The fewer people who knew, the better, so we kept it secret.”
“Just how many people were caught, and how much divine power did they offer up?”
“All highest-grade gods and above except this management god—2 billion each.”
“2 billion—! The limit for divine power transmission by a highest-grade god is 10 million, so that’s over 200 people? How could it go on that long without anyone noticing? No matter how blinded everyone was by female main gods, how is it possible they didn’t catch on at all?”
“Their seduction authority was incredibly strong. Moreover, everyone had been in a state of weakened resistance after not seeing female gods for a long time, so they were caught before they could come to their senses. I have nothing to say.”
In the end, it turned out that only the fat god had been excluded from the divine power scam, though he wasn’t sure whether to be happy about it. ‘Judging by how his face is flushing and trembling, it doesn’t seem like that’s the case.’