Shiva cried inwardly when she heard Hilla’s words, but she didn’t dare to complain and stopped to face her invisible figure.
"What do you want from me?" Shiva asked with a slight frown.
Even though she was facing a Prime Eternal, Shiva was still an Eternal herself and had to maintain her composure. As long as she did nothing to offend Hilla, she had no real reason to fear her.
Meanwhile, Yuan also stopped to watch them. However, both Shiva and Hilla suddenly vanished from his perception, becoming completely invisible and undetectable even to his divine sense.
’I guess she doesn’t want me to hear whatever they are going to discuss...’ Yuan shook his head inwardly.
Still, he lingered, as he did not want to leave without Shiva.
Not far away, Hilla and Shiva began their conversation within a concealment barrier.
"Why are you with this mortal? Last I heard, you were sealed after losing a fight." Hilla questioned.
"He was the one who freed me from my seal," Shiva answered truthfully. "And he promised to help me regain my true body, so I am just following him around until then."
"So, you have no intention of acquiring the power that resides within his world?"
"The Absolute Power? Hah!" Shiva sneered. "I am not stupid enough to chase after some imaginary power that nobody has been able to prove truly exists."
"Even though there is evidence that it exists?"
"If you mean how our powers get weaker the closer we get to that world, I wouldn’t consider it real evidence. Who knows? It could be a special trait of the world and has nothing to do with the Absolute Power."
"..."
Hilla fell silent, as if pondering something.
"Did you stop me just to ask me a few questions?" Shiva then asked.
"That mortal..." Hilla spoke, but paused midway and did not continue.
"No... forget it. There are still a few things I need to confirm."
"What do you mean?" Shilva raised her eyebrows, looking puzzled.
However, Hilla refused to elaborate and vanished into the void.
At the same time, the barrier around Shiva disappeared, allowing Yuan to see her again.
Shiva turned to look at him and remarked, "You’re still here?"
"Why would I leave without you? Unlike a certain someone, I am not the type to abandon others," Yuan replied, taking a jab at her for abandoning him before.
Shiva sucked her teeth in annoyance but did not say anything else and returned control of the body to Mu Xuelian.
Shortly later, Yuan and Mu Xuelian continued leaving the Primordial Chaos, quickly returning to the Nine Heavens.
"I’m surprised that she actually let us go so quickly," Yuan muttered.
"Lord Shiva said it’s unexpected but not shocking, considering that Prime Eternal Hilla is the most mysterious amongst the five Prime Eternals," Mu Xuelian said.
"The most mysterious?" Yuan asked.

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