The comet remained silent, only relentlessly unleashing heavenly tribulations.

Chapter 112 Thunder Department

This is not a deliberate suppression of the Qi Kingdom by the Heavenly Court; on the contrary, it is a form of protection.

If the fate of the State of Qi is allowed to continue its uncontrolled ascent, when the fortunes turn against them, war, famine, and turmoil will erupt simultaneously, and the number of deaths will far exceed that of the current plague.

The fate of the State of Qi will also suffer greatly.

This principle may not be understood by emperors and generals in the mortal world, but it is clear to all departments in the Heavenly Court.

The Plague Department's actions may seem cruel, but in reality, they are maintaining the balance of Heaven's will.

When Song Yi descended to the mortal realm, he used the power of the Broom Star to wipe out a city of plague.

That was a special case. The plague in Qufu at that time was not the result of divine intervention, but rather the work of the plague department itself.

But the plague in this town is different. It is the Plague Department of the Heavenly Court acting on orders. If I were to wipe out the entire town like last time, it would be an open act of defiance against the Plague Department and a violation of the Great Heavenly Venerable's decree.

After a moment of contemplation, Song Yi made up his mind.

You can't scan everyone, but you can choose which people to scan.

Good people, kind people, and virtuous people should not have suffered this calamity.

To dispel the plague from their bodies and save their lives in this epidemic is neither going against the plague nor going against the laws of nature.

Even if the Plague Emperor Changyue caused trouble at the Tongming Palace, we would not be afraid.

Song Yi stood on the cloud, his gaze sweeping over the city below. He spread out his divine sense, taking in the aura of every household and every person in the city.

He didn't see the difference between rich and poor, noble and lowly, or between officials and commoners, but rather the karma and merits that entangled each person.

Then Song Yi made a hand seal with his right hand, and strands of clear light flew out from between his fingers, silently passing through the clouds and landing in various parts of the city.

These pure lights are not meant to drive away all the plague, but rather to fall precisely on those who have accumulated merit and have kind hearts.

Some were old doctors who spent their lives treating the sick and saving lives, distributing medicine and helping the poor; some were kind-hearted people who repaired bridges and roads and helped their neighbors all year round; and some were ordinary women who, despite their poverty, never hesitated to give a bowl of porridge to a beggar.

The light of merit emanating from these people may not be dazzling, but it is gentle and pure.

As the pure light entered their bodies, the plague that had been clinging to these virtuous people seemed to have met its nemesis and slowly dissipated.

Not only that, the plague insects dared not even approach their families, and their homes became a small haven of peace. While the plague raged elsewhere, it would detour around these people's homes.

"Unfortunately, the authority of the Pure Turbid Prefecture is currently too weak; it is still far from being able to contend with the Plague Tribe!"

After rescuing over a hundred people, Song Yi sighed softly.

This number is still too small compared to the total number of deaths from the entire plague.

The Plague Department is one of the main departments of the Heavenly Court, in charge of plagues and diseases throughout the world. Its authority comes from the operation of the Heavenly Way, and its duty is to regulate the rise and fall of human fortune.

Although the Cleansing and Turbidity Bureau has the ability to dispel misfortune and calamity, it is ultimately just a newly established government office. In terms of both its foundation and the laws of the divine way, it is far inferior to the Plague Department.

Although Song Yi has now been promoted to the sixth rank of the True Lord of Tribulation and Calamity, he still retains his position as the seventh rank of the Broom Star Lord.

Strictly speaking, the True Lord of Calamity and Calamity is a later divine position, while the Broom Star Lord is his original form.

Whether it's bringing down bad luck or sweeping away karmic obstacles, the source of its supernatural power comes from the authority of the Broom Star Lord.

This is also a divine law personally bestowed by the sage.

Thinking of this, Song Yi couldn't help but feel a little helpless. Over the years, his true self had been surveying the vast starry sky, but he hadn't even found a decent fragment of a broom star.

In ancient times, the comet shattered between heaven and earth, its origins scattered across the endless sea of ​​stars.

If he could retrieve part of his original essence and complete the broom star position, then his divine authority would naturally increase accordingly.

At that time, the power of the Pure and Turbid Palace will be greatly enhanced.

Unfortunately, the vastness of the starry sky is simply too great.

The human realm is vast and boundless, and the celestial realm is expansive and limitless, yet compared to the true void and starry sea, they still appear insignificant.

In that endless starry sky, there are billions of stars, and countless fragments, like immeasurable sand.

Even if one spends tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years, searching painstakingly, it is not certain that a truly valuable fragment of the origin will be found.

This matter cannot be rushed.

Song Yi gathered his thoughts and rode the clouds again.

Over the next ten years, he traveled to almost every part of Jambudvipa.

Wherever demons undergo tribulation, their figures can often be seen.

Wherever a virtuous person suffers misfortune, there is often a way to dispel bad luck and bad fortune.

To dispel misfortune and bring relief from calamity.

Reward the good and punish the evil.

As time went by, the name of the True Lord of Calamity Relief gradually spread among the people.

Many people began to worship his statue.

Some set up incense altars at home, while others built temples.

Although the incense offerings are far less than those of deeply rooted deities like the City God and the Earth God, it is still a significant improvement for the newly established Jingzhuo Palace.

As incense offerings continued to accumulate, Song Yi could clearly feel that the authority of his divine position was slowly increasing.

As for matters such as praying for blessings and warding off disasters, burning incense and making petitions, these were mostly handled by the Disaster Relief Office headed by Song Yu.

The Department of Disaster Relief is responsible for sensing the power of incense offerings and prayers in the mortal world, investigating the causes of disasters, and then deciding whether to offer assistance.

After years of operation, it has gradually formed a system, and Song Yi no longer needs to personally intervene in everything.

On this day, Song Yi descended from the clouds and landed on a desolate and treacherous place.

A fierce wind was blowing in the valley below, and a thousand-foot-long serpent was coiled on the mountaintop, raising its head to meet the thunder from the sky.

It is undergoing the tribulation of transforming into a dragon. Once it succeeds, it will have the body of a demonic dragon and thus ascend to heaven in one step.

However, when Song Yi looked at it with his divine eye, he saw that the snake was filled with resentment and had very deep karma in this life. It was clear that it had devoured many innocent human people in its previous life.

To prevent it from causing havoc after its successful transformation, Song Yi skillfully unleashed a strong aura of misfortune.

That ominous energy, formless and intangible, instantly merged into the serpent's soul, making the already terrifying lightning tribulation even more violent and turbulent.

As expected, several bolts of lightning, imbued with an aura of destruction, crashed down one after another, shattering its massive body into pieces, without even a sound of lamentation.

In the end, only a faint remnant of his soul escaped into the netherworld and was reborn in the six realms of reincarnation.

At that moment, the thunderclouds in the sky had not yet dissipated.

Suddenly, a loud voice came from the heavens: "You broom star lord, how dare you strip the Thunder Department of its authority! Do you know your crime?!"

The sound was like rolling thunder, shaking heaven and earth.

Song Yi's heart skipped a beat. He had just used bad luck to trigger the lightning tribulation, which could indeed be considered as infringing on the authority of the Thunder Department.

The Thunder Department is responsible for administering tribulations on behalf of Heaven. For beings undergoing tribulation with excessive karma, the Thunder Department has the authority to directly unleash the Five Thunderbolts upon them.

However, countless beings undergo tribulations in the celestial and mortal realms every day. The Thunder Department has many complex responsibilities, and naturally, many escape its grasp. This gave Song Yi the opportunity to intervene and gradually expand the scope of the Pure and Turbid Palace's authority.

If Lei Bu catches them red-handed, they will ultimately be in the wrong.