"My lord, the Shiva Goddess requests an audience."
Inside Tathagata Hall, which Chu Kuangren had renamed Ghost Emperor Palace, Vayasi came to report.
Chu Kuangren was studying how to leave the Sea of Blood. He had intended to have Vayasi send her away, but something suddenly stirred in his mind. "The Shiva Goddess, the High Priest of the Asura Clan?"
"Yes."
"They say she is widely learned, and the divine eye on her forehead can survey the entire Sea of Blood, even glimpse fate and foresee the future?"
"Yes."
"Interesting. Let her in."
Perhaps this Shiva Goddess might be able to help him.
A short while later.
Dressed in magnificent robes, the Shiva Goddess walked into the Emperor Palace, her stunning beauty every bit the equal of the Ghost Mother's.
When she saw Chu Kuangren, a divine eye seemed to open on her forehead. It only flickered briefly before closing on its own the next instant, but that instant was enough to shock the Goddess.
"Greetings, Lord of the Sea of Blood!"
The Shiva Goddess bowed, neither servile nor overbearing.
"Kneel!"
Chu Kuangren, however, gave an indifferent shout, his tone icy.
At his words, the Shiva Goddess could not help frowning slightly. She was the High Priest of the Asura Clan, after all, and her status was incomparably noble. Even before an Asura King, she could stand as an equal.
She even stood somewhat above them.
Yet this new Lord of the Sea of Blood demanded that she kneel at their very first meeting, which displeased her somewhat.
"I told you to kneel. Are you deaf?"
Chu Kuangren repeated his demand as a surging pressure spread out, enveloping the entire Ghost Emperor Palace.
On his forehead, the Green Lotus Mark flickered with a faint, intermittent glow.
A power of transcendence