Zeus was in his study, gazing out the window, yet he could actually see the bustling gathering of gods outside.
Logically, his study was nowhere near where everyone had assembled, and it should have been impossible to see it from this window. I knew he must have used some kind of method.
Seeing the surprise on my face, he smiled. "Just a little trick. Think of it as a surveillance monitor. As long as I want to see something, it can show me any scene I wish to see. Of course, only within my Mustard Seed Space. In truth, it's simply a form of internal observation within a Mustard Seed Space. You can do it too. You can see everything inside your own Mustard Seed Space at any time, but only if you are inside it. Within your Mustard Seed Space, you are the master of everything. You can even command a flower to bloom, make it rain, raise a gust of wind. Everything within that space is under your control!"
I really had never tried that before. I believed I needed to give it a try sometime.
I was finding Mustard Seed Spaces more and more interesting.
But this did not seem like the time to be talking about that.
"Do you know how dire the situation outside is?" I asked him.
He nodded. "I do. I also know that everyone who came has their own agenda. Some of them want to stop this ritual from proceeding smoothly. Ultimately, some people don't want me to survive the Calamity of Nine Tribulations. They want me dead."
"Do you know about the 'Silkworm'?" I felt it was necessary to tell him some of the truth now, including the fact that Hera was being controlled by the Silkworm.
Zeus narrowed his eyes.