After a long while, someone asked, "What do we do?"
"What else can we do? We do as she says! Her ancestral land is in the Mortal District, anyway. It's no great loss to give it to her."
"Then what about the talent selection event we planned? Should we still proceed?"
"Of course, we must continue. Not only that, we need to speed things up. The emergence of Queen Mo Yan could be a blessing or a curse. Although she insists she won't compete with us for anything, you can never know what's in someone's heart. We have to be on our guard. We need to find the person who carries that item. With it, even if Queen Mo Yan turns on us, we'll have the means to oppose her!"
"Alright then. We'll return to our respective homes and urge our juniors to put this into action as soon as possible."
...
Deep beneath the Mountain and Sea Empire, at that same altar.
A mature woman in a long purple dress sat languidly atop the Crystal Coffin, her long, flawless legs crossed.
