"The Heavenly Edicts were first drafted after the Heavenly Dao Saints consulted the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and many Primordial Great Powers."
"The Distinction Between Immortals and Mortals cannot be defied."
"As Heavenly Emperor, your uncle must uphold the laws of the Primordial Wilderness. With a world so vast and countless living beings, how could he maintain order or govern anyone without rules?"
"And I broke the law forbidding unions between immortals and mortals. By law, I should have been executed!"
"The matter caused an uproar. Venerable Yuanshi even sent White Crane Boy to the Heavenly Court to pressure your uncle into dealing with it quickly. He said the Saints were watching, and if the Heavenly Emperor failed to handle it, they would!"
"Imagine the pressure your uncle was under."
"If he hadn't been clever enough to find another way to keep me alive, I would have died long ago."
"Don't hate your uncle for tearing our family apart. Without his help, I'd be dead, and none of you would have survived. He never sent anyone to hunt you down. That was someone else..."
Amid the ruins of Peach Mountain.
Yaoji recounted what had happened back then, her face full of guilt.
In truth, she had wronged her brother. If only she hadn't acted so recklessly. If only she had gone to heaven sooner and told him.
Then he would never have been trapped in such an impossible position.
As the Heavenly Court's eldest princess, she had enjoyed a lofty status and every privilege and resource that came with it.
That meant she had responsibilities to bear, too.
Yet she had done this in secret without even telling Haotian.
In the end, a Saint had discovered it and, in his fury, ordered Haotian to deal with it. The trouble