In the upper realms.
Particularly, in one of Hou Yi's immediate subordinate realms. This is one of the realms he can visit directly. But still, there are some restrictions placed on his body by the natural laws which suppress his strength by a lot.
But he is not here to fight, so this is okay. He is here to meet somebody and he waited for them to come. Soon a lady in the black arrived and sat opposite to him calmly.
"I didn't expect I would get an invitation from Hel, what do you want to meet me for?"
"I want Sam dead."
"I want him dead too. But don't you know that we cannot just interfere."
"I know, but this time I cannot tolerate it anymore. That bastard not only destroyed one of bigger soldier supplies for me, he also merged them with his own force. I cannot even retaliate against them for the time being because now they are considered part of the player's forces which is completely against the rules."
"So, what do you want to do?"