Great Emperor Fengdu raised a hand as if to strike.
"You sly brat, you truly know no law or order! You falsely assumed a divine rank and trespassed into the Netherworld. Sparing your life was already an act of mercy beyond the law.
"You wished to bring the Matchmaker God and Meng Po together. Considering that you had been entrusted by another and loyally carried out their request, I had no desire to stir up needless anger or fault you.
"Yet you pushed your luck, even setting your sights on me.
"You cannot even summon a mere Yama, yet you dream of asking me to do your bidding?"
Before his words had faded, the void above Lu Chen's head suddenly split open. A colossal ghostly hand, tens of thousands of feet tall, reached out from within. Its five fingers were like mountains, its savage might towering to the heavens and shaking the universe!
Seeing this, Lu Chen hurriedly forced out a fawning smile. "Please quell your anger, Supreme One! This minor god merely knew of Your Supremacy's compassionate heart and thus dared to make this request. I would never dare harbor even the slightest excessive hope. I beg Your Supremacy to be magnanimous and forgive this minor god!"
Great Emperor Fengdu snorted coldly. The colossal ghostly hand hovered motionlessly above Lu Chen's head, its shadow swallowing his entire body.
"Speak. Tell me every detail of what exactly you are planning, and let me hear just how bold you truly are."
Lu Chen's smile vanished. After pondering solemnly for a moment, he clasped his hands and said, "In reply to Your Supremacy, what this minor god seeks is precisely as Your Supremacy said: I was entrusted by another to grant the Matchmaker God and Meng Po a meeting. Beyond that... this