The two of them exchanged a glance and decided to let the Earth Goddess handle it.
Earth Goddess remained calm as the bad aura circulated within her body
Suddenly, her eyes snapped open!
Clank!
The iron chain was still attached to her.
Two well-behaved children sat before her, sitting upright with their hands neatly placed on their knees.
They seemed a little guilty and embarrassed.
The two kids were none other than Lilly and Ivan.
"What's with this?" Earth Goddess picked up the iron chain and shook it as she quirked her brow at them.
Lilly said sheepishly, "Sorry, Earth Goddess. We couldn't open the Nether Door. So… We have to keep you tied up—I mean, allow you to continue cultivating here for a while!"
Earth Goddess was rendered speechless as she stared at the two children before her.
Didn't Emperor Greenbow promise to open the Nether Door?
"You haven't recovered any memories either, have you?" Earth Goddess propped her chin on her hand and stared at Ivan.
Ivan nodded calmly as he replied, "No, I am just Ivan right now."
Earth Goddess pursed her lips as she considered her options.
Oh, fine.
She raised her hand and gently turned her fingers, feeling the power swirling in her palm.
Earth Goddess was secretly amazed by her discovery. She didn't expect that the new Order she chose to cultivate would be just as powerful as the old one.
She even felt that once the new Order was perfected, it would surpass her old Order.
In that case, it seemed that she would be relying on the Little Ruler of Hell if she wanted to continue to cultivate.
As long as the Little Ruler of Hell was fine, her Order could continue to progress. However, if she weren’t, her Order wouldn’t be able to advance even a smidgen.
Lilly looked at Earth Goddess staring at her hand and said earnestly, "Wow, Earth Goddess! You’ve managed to cultivate to the realm of ghost lords in just a few days. You're amazing!"
Earth Goddess stared at her unblinkingly.
For a moment, she truly couldn't tell if Lilly was praising her or mocking her.
Nonetheless, she could see that the sincerity in the eyes of the Little Ruler of Hell was genuine. It seemed that her praise was genuine.
Regardless, her current ghost lords cultivation was nothing compared to the power she possessed as a former Earth Goddess.
"Forget it. Look for your father!" Earth Goddess pursed her lips and remarked, "I can feel that he’s about to unearth the entirety of Mount Everest out of worry."
Earth Goddess wasn't mistaken.
Blake had been searching for Lilly’s whereabouts all this time. Alas, he lost all trace of her the moment Lilly kept the small ghost beast away in the jar of souls. Once that happened, Blake and Crawford Ancestor had no idea where to begin looking for her.
They had an inkling about her approximate location earlier. Still, it didn’t exactly assuage their worries when that feeling disappeared completely. As a result, both Blake's and the Crawford Ancestor’s expressions darkened.
"Mount Everest is far too strange for comfort." Blake frowned. "I’m fairly certain we’ve circled it several times. Do you think Lilly has also been circling Mount Everest?"
He was right on the money. She had taken the time to teach Ivan about his spirit consciousness and how to use it while following the Nether Chain. Hence, she had indeed circled Mount Everest before finally departing.
If she hadn’t, Blake wouldn’t have been misled into thinking that she was still at Mount Everest.
At that moment, he suddenly felt an extremely unsettling crisis!
Crawford Ancestor seemed to have sensed it as well. So, his back stiffened as he whispered urgently, "It's probably that black-robed man!"
Blake had never bumped into the black-robed man. Nonetheless, he was extremely alarmed upon hearing Crawford Ancestor’s guess.
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