"Why don't you put away the Celestial River and let Cowherd and Weaver Girl be together?" Shen Bing said casually.
"Very well," the Queen Mother said.
Shen Bing froze. That easy? She had agreed just like that?
He had thought he would have to talk himself hoarse to "persuade" the Queen Mother to agree. He had never expected it to be this easy.
Looking at the Queen Mother's face, Shen Bing suddenly said, "Swear it on the Heavenly Dao!"
The Queen Mother's expression remained unchanged. "There's no point. The Heavenly Dao hasn't manifested itself in years. What good would an oath do?"
Shen Bing sneered inwardly. The Queen Mother was quite an actress. If he could take her to the Mortal Realm, winning an Oscar would be a breeze.
"Whether it does any good doesn't matter. I just wanted to hear it. Besides, who can say for certain whether the Heavenly Dao still exists?" Shen Bing said with a smile.
The Queen Mother seethed inwardly. This was the first damn time she had heard of someone demanding an oath just to hear it.
But Shen Bing's last remark had struck a nerve. Although the Heavenly Dao had not manifested itself all these years, no God dared question its existence.
The Heavenly Dao was the fundamental truth behind the existence of the myriad worlds, their very foundation. If it truly disappeared, those worlds would cease to exist as well.
All this talk of the Heavenly Dao no longer manifesting itself merely meant that it had not appeared. Who knew what corner it was hiding in now, doodling circles...
To this day, no God had dared break an oath sworn on the Heavenly Dao, not even the likes of the Three Pure Dao Ancestors.
The Queen Mother glanced at Shen Bing's resolute