Chapter 2625

Zhu Yanyi raised an eyebrow slightly and tossed out ten boxes of Meng Po's soup. "Has the Fairy Empress not had enough of our Underworld’s Meng Po's soup yet?"

"She never gets tired of it." The Immortal Emperor accepted the boxes without hesitation. "If I weren’t here in the Cultivation World, she would have come with me."

The Fairy Empress disliked visiting the Cultivation World, showing her disappointment with it. Yet, the cultivators here remained unaware, still proud of their status.

Zhu Yanyi replied, "Even if the Cultivation World is flawed, it belongs to the Immortal Realm. You cannot ignore it or let it perish on its own. That is not your style."

"That is why we guide them," the Immortal Emperor countered. "If we were too responsible for the Cultivation World, how would you pass your current emotional tribulation?"

Zhu Yanyi paused, realizing she was right. If she hadn’t come here, she wouldn’t have known she had such a unique tribulation. Others’ tribulations were personal; hers involved the entire Cultivation World.

She picked up a handful of peanuts and began shelling them. "The people here are okay, I suppose. To be honest, I admit I say this with little confidence."

Yan Aohan laughed. "It’s fine. Things are developing well. Those who don’t understand love can go to the mortal realm to experience it."

Zhu Yanyi smiled, recalling some mythological stories she had heard as a child. Her smile deepened.

"When I was little, I was confused by stories of love between immortals and mortals. The Immortal Realm supposedly forbids love, so couples like the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, or Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy, were always separated. But now I realize, the so-called 'loveless Immortal Realm' might actually refer to the Cultivation World."

She added, "I wonder which real couples inspired these stories."

The Immortal Emperor said, "You remind me of those tales. They are nonsense. Who says the Immortal Realm is loveless? Those stories simply teach that marriages should be between equals. Otherwise, difficulties arise. Take Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy. Even if the Heavenly Emperor hadn’t separated them, they likely wouldn’t have ended well. She is an immortal with a long life; she is a mortal with only decades. In the end, they would have suffered greatly."

Zhu Yanyi agreed. "I think the Heavenly Emperor faced psychological pressure too. If Dong Yong could cultivate, the Emperor might not have separated them. Since she did, it suggests Dong Yong couldn’t cultivate or had no future life. Don’t mention her filial piety. She had no wealth, selling herself to bury her father. Usually, souls we handle who live such lives did no good in their past life, or were rich but unkind. That’s why they suffer poverty now. Without the Seventh Fairy, her efforts would have been useless. Her interference gave happiness to someone who shouldn’t have had it. That’s why the Emperor intervened."

She laughed again. "I’m just speaking casually. If anyone heard me interpreting classic myths this way, the authors might jump out and hit me."

"They wouldn’t dare," Yan Aohan said slowly. "You are the Yan Queen. They wouldn’t dare."

Even if the myths had authors, they were long reincarnated. Yan Aohan knew they couldn’t possibly object to Zhu Yanyi.

Zhu Yanyi smiled sweetly at her. "I’m benefiting from your status."

"It’s fine. Feel free to benefit from my light," Yan Aohan said softly.

"You two are showing off your love again," the Immortal Emperor remarked with a sigh. "But I must admit, you are right. The Heavenly Emperor has a wife. How could she be loveless? How could she not love her daughter? Even if she didn’t want her to marry, she cared about her happiness. But she stopped the Seventh Fairy and Dong Yong. This only proves Dong Yong could not ascend. For whatever reason, they were not a match."

Zhu Yanyi nodded. "When I was young, I thought the Heavenly Emperor was bad for separating lovers. But now that I am an immortal, looking back, I see that separation isn’t always about love. There are often other reasons."

"That’s why only we understand the deeper meaning of these myths," the Immortal Emperor sighed.

Only immortals and gods could see things from this perspective.

Zhu Yanyi looked at her and nodded. "So, the Fairy Empress doesn’t need to worry too much about the people and events in the Cultivation World. It’s unnecessary."

"That’s what you wanted to say," the Immortal Emperor laughed. "Actually, Yezi doesn’t think too much. She prefers not to see what she doesn’t like. She cultivates the Path of Deep Emotion. Seeing too much hurts her heart, so she chooses not to look."

Everyone’s path was different. Although the Fairy Empress was strong enough that the Cultivation World’s affairs couldn’t shake her emotions, she simply didn’t want to see them. It was truly a case of "out of sight, out of mind."

Zhu Yanyi hummed. As long as the Fairy Empress was fine, she wouldn’t worry too much about the Cultivation World either.

"The Fairy Empress has it easy. She doesn’t have to manage anything. I can’t ignore it, because if I do, I won’t pass my emotional tribulation," Zhu Yanyi sighed.

The Immortal Emperor smiled. "When you become the Peerless Yan Queen, you won’t need to worry about this."

Zhu Yanyi glanced at her. "Easy for you to say. I am only an Immortal Emperor now. I don’t know when I’ll become a True God, let alone the Peerless Yan Queen."

"No rush. We’ll take it slowly," Yan Aohan said. She wasn’t anxious. With Zhu Yanyi’s talent, breaking through to True God and becoming the Peerless Yan Queen was only a matter of time.

At that moment, Ding Yupe, who was sleeping nearby, began to cry. Zhu Yanyi prepared formula and fed the baby.

Although Ding Yupe was a baby from the Cultivation World, she was not the descendant of a cultivator, so she had no innate talent for cultivation.