(Though it does make you wonder if some stubborn curmudgeonly god stayed behind, and ended up running the place by default, LOL.)

Maybe that’s Shennong trudging through the desert or whatever with his enormous burden?

but on the other, that suspicion itself says a lot about how little he knows and understands Xiao-Wei at this point, which sucks. Poor SW!

And it’s so at odds with their earlier accord on the mountain. :-(((