During the time that Shao Cheng, Jiayi, and Lin Renshu were having the last desperate fight with the spell caster of the curse, in another place, the present High Priestess respectfully bowed to the Emperor who had suddenly visited the Sacred Mountain in secret.
Although on the outside she still had the familiar respectful attitude, the greed, selfishness, and ambition in her heart to remain as the High Priestess for as long as she could have already been determined.
And she knew how the Emperor favored and how close he was to the next High Priestess.
Even when she had been training as the next High Priestess halfway through the previous Emperor's reign, one could say that she had shown better goodwill towards the dead older brother of the present Emperor.