The Devil's Cursed Witch

In the heavenly realm, Goddess Isis remained in the garden after Petra and the other angels left to search for the purple-eyed child.

The child birthed by the Deity of Earth, that vessel containing that loathsome power that should have long disappeared from existence...

'Once I find that purple-eyed child, then that woman can't do anything even if she is reborn. Without her complete power, she is nothing but an ant. She cannot fight her way back to the heavens. I will make sure even if she is to be reincarnated again and again, she will forever be damned to stay as a pitiful ant in the mortal world'

Her gaze landed at the violet waterlilies in the pond.

'That purple-eyed child is the key to my plans. She has to land on my palm at all costs.'

After strolling leisurely for a while longer, Isis thought of visiting another deity to pass the time; however, she changed her mind.

Due to the time difference between the mortal world and the heavenly realm, a year for an ordinary human being would merely be days for the divine beings living in the upper realm. Her loyal Petra would probably be back in a matter of minutes. She could not miss her good news upon return.

With thoughts of her plan becoming successful, Isis hummed a lovely song but all of a sudden, she felt something, making her freeze in place with her beautiful eyes wide in disbelief. The pleasant atmosphere around her changed.

A sea of fire.

Divine beings were immortals, and they would neither dream nor fall into a daze for no reason at all.

For someone of her status to suddenly see a vision of raging flames...

Her hands tightened into the fists, the divine power around her brewing as if enraged, but her eyes looked terrified.

"No...this can't be..."

She got back to her senses and that dangerous power fluctuation surrounding her disappeared. However, the initially harmonious garden had long gone silent. The trees and wind became deathly still, and even the birds had been frightened into escaping.

Although the expression on the goddess' face remained the same, unfazed and calm, one could see from her eyes she was utterly shocked and terrified.

"That seal on her powers is broken... The Deity of Fire has awakened...?"

"I need to find her."

In panic, she closed her eyes right there and there, not even bothering to return inside the palace, and began to deduce that human reincarnation's whereabouts. She tried to search for the Deity of Fire, but the more she looked, the more her face grew frosty cold.

'With the seal gone, it seems I still won't be able to reach her, but I should be able to find her through the essence of her powers as they are no longer suppressed.'

She continued to focus but...

'Why can't I reach her power? I should be able to sense either Sierra's child or that woman's reincarnation. But I cannot find both. What is happening?'

Her expression soon changed when she extended her vision.

'Darkness? Darkness is hiding the essence of her powers? Could it be that some lowly Black Witch is trying to interfere?'

Arrogantly, Isis decided to unleash her divinity at least half of her strength into her gaze. One sweep, and she could easily see all living beings under the heavenly realm, be they human beings or supernatural beings.

However, there were some places obscured by light, others by shadows, some places even blurry, Isis could only get a general idea of the place but could not pinpoint the exact location or see the current situation.

Regarding that loathsome green-eyed woman, the Darkness covering her was so absolute even a divine being like Isis could not penetrate it with her gaze.

'I can't even find the source of darkness, but all it's doing is stopping me from reaching that damned woman.'

Isis opened her eyes and a dangerous glint flashed in them.

'Darkness, huh? Such powerful Darkness should belong to only Him. Is He meddling in the affairs of the heavens now? Hasn't He vowed to never partake in the matters of the pantheon? Is He going to break that vow he made in front of the Absolute? How dare He?'

She turned to go back inside her residence, her beautiful face marred with anger.

'I can't just stand here and not do anything, or else what I had planned for so long will be ruined. You, Primordials, should forget about returning to the heavens! Your arrogance sure knows no bounds. Your glory has long passed, yet you wish to crawl back up here? The heavenly realm had prospered in your absence!

'That purple-eyed child is the last opportunity you have, and I will snatch away your last hope. I have to ensure you will never come back.

'Primordial Fire, Earth and Water, stay in the mortal world for eternity! Never think of stepping into my kingdom again!'

She sat in her white marbled throne, and with a gesture of her hand, a mystical bronze mirror appeared in front of her, floating in the air as if it was supported by wisps of clouds. Myriads of colors flashed on the edges, but there were no images being reflected on its smooth surface.

'Sierra, you better not break another rule by letting Evanthe know of her past--that she used to be the daughter of the Heavenly Emperor, banished from the heavens and stripped away of her divinity. If you did so, you will be punished even more severely and I will take it out on your daughter.

'You are already suffering for stealing what belongs to the pantheon and hiding it inside your daughter. The King may be lenient to you for old times' sake, but I am not as merciful. Don't make me be cruel to you."

Her hands gripped the hand rest of the throne and she focused on the divine treasure in front of her.