A Timeless Tale

"Senior Brother, Haotian is the Jade Emperor, after all, and he has Destiny on his side."

"We Sages cannot act against him directly."

Jieyin nodded. Though Sages were powerful, they were not entirely without scruples.

"But..."

"The fact that we cannot act against him directly does not mean we cannot target the people around him."

"Oh?"

Jieyin's spirits lifted.

"You mean..."

A deeper smile spread across Zhunti's face as he looked at Jieyin and slowly said,

"I plan to start with Haotian's younger sister."

Sage Jieyin's expression shifted.

"Haotian's younger sister?"

"Yao Ji?"

"Exactly."

"Yao Ji?"

"Exactly. That Fairy Yaoji."

Zhunti's smile did not fade.

"This Fairy Yunhua is the Heavenly Emperor's younger sister, yet she harbors compassion and often descends to the mortal realm to slay demons and eliminate evil."

"That is our opportunity."

"Senior Brother, are you saying..."

"If, during one of her demon-slaying missions, this Fairy Yaoji, whom Haotian dotes on..."

"were to suffer severe injuries by accident, lose all her Magic Power, and fall into the mortal world..."

"And just then, a mortal man happened to pass by."

"Moved by pity, he saved her, brought her home, and cared for her attentively..."

"One would be a fairy fallen into hardship, and the other, a kind mortal."

"Spending every day together, they would gradually fall in love..."

With every sentence Zhunti spoke, Jieyin's eyes grew brighter.

He seemed already to see the scene before him.

A lone man and woman spending their days and nights together.

One was an innocent fairy who had never experienced the ways of the world; the other was a gentle and considerate mortal man.

A debt of gratitude for saving her life, added to their constant companionship...

"In the end, the two would defy the Heavenly Rules, privately pledge themselves to each