After making a huge fuss, she tricked Zhiyang, who was handling government affairs at Chaos Hall, into coming over.
Then she tearfully complained to him, recounting in full everything that had happened to her at Long Abyss Hall yesterday, hoping to win Zhiyang's sympathy and have Bai Jue demoted to the Lower Realm to vent her anger.
When Zhiyang heard that Shanggu had summoned him over this matter, he said awkwardly, "Shanggu, it's not that I don't want to help you. Although I exercise the Chief God's authority on your behalf, I am not the Chaos Chief God in the end. Bai Jue is also a True God. If he doesn't want to leave, I have no authority to drive him out of the God Realm."
"Zhiyang, are you taking his side instead of mine?" Seeing that Zhiyang would not speak up for her, Shanggu cried aggrievedly.
Seeing Shanggu so upset, Zhiyang wanted to help, but he truly lacked the power to do so.
Besides, even if he had the power to drive Bai Jue away, he could not do it. They had gone to great lengths to invite Bai Jue back precisely so he could help Shanggu open her divine veins.
He could not drive Bai Jue down to the Lower Realm just to help Shanggu vent her anger after finally persuading him to return.
Soon after, Zhiyang and Yue Mi set up a scheme to persuade Shanggu to take Bai Jue as her master.
One played the good cop, while the other played the bad cop.
They told Shanggu that if she truly did not want to stay in the same place as Bai Jue, she could go down to the Lower Realm, become a wandering immortal, and live out her days peacefully.
Once she went to the