@DracoInduperator the way it was explained in the books is that whenever a deity receives lethal levels of damage their divine powers automatically activate to save them. That's why only Gods can kill Gods, they can counter each other's powers, everyone else can only bring them to the edge of death and then they revive. Unfortunately for the Gods who have that happen the rules of the game they're playing in the mortal world say that with a few exceptions, like giving Status, any use of divine power will result in the deity being DQed and forcefully sent back to Heaven, permanently.