The Heavenly Laws currently enforced by the Heavenly Court had been laid down by the Primordial Heavenly Venerable. As the Heavenly Sovereign, Ao Yue considered the provisions forbidding immortals from mortal longing quite reasonable.
Demanding that immortals completely sever their seven emotions and six desires was naturally excessive, but they had to keep them under control. Moreover, immortals governed the Primordial World, which naturally included mortals. If an immortal became involved with a mortal, they would inevitably use their divine power to favor that mortal, making things unfair for everyone else.
Immortals had to act impartially within the scope of their duties. Otherwise, how could they maintain the proper workings of the Primordial World?
Ever since the Heavenly Laws had been issued, there had always been immortals who broke them. Still, it had to be said that, apart from Weak Water and the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, the only ones guilty of the mortal longing offense were members of Yang Jian's family.
His mother, his older cousin, his younger cousin, and now even his own younger sister had done it. Had these Heavenly Laws not been laid down by the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, all living beings would probably have suspected that Ao Yue and the Heavenly Emperor had deliberately devised them to persecute his family.
*Come to think of it, this really is strange. When Yao Ji and the Seven Fairies succumbed to mortal longing, someone was pulling the strings behind the scenes, making them fall uncontrollably in love with mortals. But they could all have chosen to relinquish their divine positions before marrying those mortals. Instead, they chose to walk a dangerous path, keeping their divine positions while secretly enjoying mortal lovers. Could it be that, however deeply they loved those mortals, that love still carried less weight in their