Cough, cough!
Seeing the slightly strange look in Lie Yan's eyes, Zhou Qing stopped joking around and teasing Ji Dong. "So, Empress Lie Yan, what do you think?"
"If humans are involved..."
Though she also wanted freedom, she was still rather hesitant when it came to humans.
"Then keep it simple. Start by taking charge of these Eighteen Layers of the Underground World and become a qualified Red Lotus Empress."
That was what Zhou Qing said.
From what Zhou Qing knew of Lie Yan, she was an unqualified empress of this underground world.
Before Lie Yan took control of the Eighteen Layers of the Underground World, two monarchs had existed there. They had sought to unify the Underground World, and war had broken out. The conflict awakened Lie Yan. Having felt the cruelty of death, she chose the most violent method, killing both monarchs and becoming the ruler of the Underground World.
It was only because she was in the Underground World that the God Realm had not discovered her when she acted back then.
And after becoming the ruler, what had Lie Yan done?
Nothing at all.
At least, judging from the plot of God of Wine, though it did not describe the Underground World in much detail, Zhou Qing was certain that in order to hide herself further, Lie Yan would never interfere too much with creatures below the god level, including the Sentient Creatures of the Underground World.
But those Sentient Creatures knew that such a powerful being existed, so they could only settle for the status quo. As a result, the development of their civilization was suppressed.
From that perspective, the God Realm's prohibition against god-level power interfering with the mortal world was not wrong. After all, beings whose strength was too transcendent could easily turn