Yao Ji Wonderland was being rebuilt.
"Yao Ji certainly had good luck. Lady Nuwa actually promulgated a complete mortal longing law, allowing her to escape punishment," the Queen Mother of the West said coolly from the main seat.
Below the steps, Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal stood obediently and said respectfully, "Empress, sooner or later, the eldest princess will learn that you were the one who reported her to the Judicial Heavenly God for descending to the mortal realm out of mortal longing. With her temperament, she will certainly bear a grudge against you. We must be on our guard."
"What is there to guard against? Let her find out. In fact, she ought to thank me. If not for me, she would still be playing the loving wife to that mortal."
As she spoke, the Queen Mother of the West suddenly remembered something and instructed Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal, "Human Emperor Shennong has fulfilled his merit and will soon depart for Fire Cloud Cave. Take a basket of flat peaches there on my behalf as a congratulatory gift."
"Yes, Empress," Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal answered with a cupped-hand bow.
Elsewhere, in the Netherworld's Earth Emperor Hall.
Houtu had also learned what had happened in the Heavenly Court. Lowering her eyes slightly, she thought, Interfering in the Heavenly Court's affairs and promulgating a complete heavenly law prohibiting mortal longing... Nuwa, did you do this because of Soaring Serpent, or had you planned it all along, with his affair merely providing a convenient excuse?
Houtu could not say which of those two possibilities was correct.
Still, whatever Nuwa had in mind, at least half the Heavenly Court's authority was now in the paws of the bear she... raised. Whatever schemes Nuwa harbored, she could forget about bringing them to fruition!
With that thought, Houtu