A legendary mage's corpse lay on the ground.
The Shadow Sovereign—or rather, "Namo Akashagarbha Dharma Buddha"—turned the Godslaying Dagger over in his hand and smiled faintly. "Where should I go next...?"
As the ruler of the Shadow Plane, combining Shadow Leap with Shadow's own teleportation ability, he now possessed the greatest mobility among the [Powerful Divine Powers]!
He could appear in the Material Plane, the Astral Plane, the Abyss, or even the Battlefield of the Gods in an instant!
He looked toward the Far Northern Wasteland. "A new God of War? You'll do..."
Yet the next moment, he seemed to hear something.
"The Abyss... the Lord of the Nine Hells!"
"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is nearly beaten to death?"
"Sure enough, that Lord of Hell had been hiding much of his strength!"
When Aaron went to the Pantheon, he had deliberately concealed his appearance.
Thus, the "Shadow Sovereign" only knew that he was the "God of the Kimo People and Stories," still plotting to ascend as the God of War.
He did not know what, exactly, the other party had concealed.
That, too, was thanks to "Silent Secret Master Buddha"!
But "Namo Akashagarbha Dharma Buddha" was still hesitating.
Shadow could also divine the future, representing the authority of "Small Miracles"!
With a single teleportation, he could sabotage the godhood ascension ritual and make Aaron's scheme fail completely!
That instinct was also making him hesitate, leaving him unable to make a decision.
If [Great Sun Tathagata] were still here, he would surely have seen through the fog and made the correct choice.
Unfortunately, he had already been held back by Ao.
Just then, a sudden change occurred on the Battlefield of the Gods!
Among the Esoteric Sect deities, "Vipassi Buddha," who had been entangled with the Sovereign of the Earth, instantly vanished and