The Divine Layoff Office

Li Zhi, 28, an HR manager at a major tech company, drops dead at his desk.

In the Cloud, he receives a job offer: Deputy Director of Personnel at the Three Realms Livelihood Development Group, with a 300-year probationary period.

Even immortals have KPIs.

Incense revenue has been declining for 300 years, and 30 percent of the 38,000 immortals are drawing pay for doing no work. Guan Yu gets so many prayers to help students pass their exams that his incense conversion rate is just 0.3 percent. The Kitchen God has helped elderly people living alone repair their gas stoves 30 times, yet the data shows that only 12 percent of them cook at home. The Thunder God and Lightning Goddess applied to transfer to artificial rain control, but their request has been kicked around for 300 years. The Matchmaker Department's warehouse is piled high with unarranged matches. A goddess named Su Shan lies among the red strings, waiting for someone who has kept her waiting for over 300 years.

The person she is waiting for is called Yuan Zhen. He was