There are many female immortals in the celestial palace, but even more male immortals. However, the male immortals are all celestial lords, while the people who come to serve them are female immortals.
She was in a hurry to fetch water from the sacred pool and hadn't thought much about it. Now it dawned on her: women in the mortal world are highly respected, and this is even more true in the immortal realm—just look at those simpletons in the Fourth Heaven. Furthermore, the Seventh Heaven is the place in the immortal realm that values female immortals the most; how could they possibly allow all male immortals to have a higher status than female immortals, while only assigning them various menial tasks?
Moreover, the words and actions of these female immortals in the Seventh Heaven exuded a sense of repression, as if they were bound by something. Now it seems that it must be that poisonous curse. They are not acting willingly, but rather as if they are being suppressed—submitting?
"Thanks to your spell, my curse has been lifted." The female immortal looked at her with gratitude and said, "However, I've been pretending, so they don't know about this yet. You helped me, so naturally I'll help you. Take your things and leave now!"
Youyou glanced at her genuinely worried and anxious expression, thought for a moment, and handed the things back to her. "Sorry, I can't leave yet!"
"What?" The female immortal was stunned, her eyes widening. Then, as if remembering something, she quickly explained, "Believe me, I'm not lying to you, everything I said is true!"
"I believe you, and thank you!" You You squeezed her hand and said, "But I can't just leave like this. Putting aside whether doing so will implicate you, my purpose in going to the upper realm this time is for the Huanze Sacred Pool. No matter what the situation is in the Seventh Heaven, I must bring the sacred pool water back to the lower realm, otherwise countless celestial maidens will perish." Even Wu Yue might be in danger.
"The lower realm?" The female immortal paused, seemingly not quite understanding, but didn't ask further. Her face contorted in confusion as she asked in a deep voice, "Do you absolutely have to obtain the water from the sacred pool?"
"Yes!" You nodded; that was why she had come.
"Alright!" The female immortal took a deep breath, gritted her teeth as if she had made a decision, "Then I'll go and get you the water from the sacred pool! You wait here for me to come back, I'll be here to find you before dawn at the latest." After saying that, she turned around and was about to walk outside.
"Wait!" You You hadn't expected her to be so loyal, so she quickly grabbed her and sighed, "If we're going, of course we'll go together."
“But…” she instinctively wanted to object.
"Don't worry!" You You gave her a reassuring smile, patted her shoulder, and said firmly, "I'm very capable, I will definitely protect your safety. Even if we have to leave this Seven Heavens, I will take you with me!"
"..." The female fairy was stunned. Her heart, which had been in a state of panic just moments before, inexplicably calmed down. A strange thought popped into her head, as if the other party could really take her away from here. After realizing what was happening, she found herself being pulled out of the artificial hill by You You.
"Oh, right, my name is You You! I haven't asked you your name yet."
"My name is... Xiao Man!"
"Xiao Man, don't be afraid, I'll protect you from now on!"
"……good."
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Xiao Man said that female immortals who reach the seventh level of the celestial realm are usually led to "Fuqiu Valley" in the north of the celestial palace three days later. Ostensibly, this is to test their strength and determine their celestial rank. However, "Fuqiu Valley" was originally a forbidden area, extremely dangerous. No one knows what's inside. Even if a female immortal sent there manages to come out alive, she will lose all her memories of being there.
In other words, someone would come to inform Youyou to come over first thing tomorrow morning, so they had to leave immediately tonight. Xiao Man was very familiar with the layout of the Immortal Palace, so she led her away from the crowd and out of the side hall, heading towards the Huanze Sacred Pool.
However, the location of Huanze Sacred Pool is in an even more troublesome place—Ye Ming Palace, which happens to be the palace of the human god Ming Ye.
Mingye has already cultivated a divine body, reaching an extremely high level in the Seventh Heaven, even showing a tendency to surpass the Seventh Heaven Emperor. However, because the Emperor was born a Heavenly Maiden, Mingye's status is somewhat lower.
Xiao Man recounted the entire story of the Seventh Heaven to You You in detail. The more You You listened, the more alarmed she became. The situation in the Seventh Heaven was several times worse than she had imagined. It was nothing like a celestial palace; it was more like a demonic cave, and one specifically targeting female immortals!
In short, the Seven Heavens fabricated a colossal lie in the Immortal Realm. They gathered all the ascended female immortals here, making them accustomed to the fact that female immortals must ascend to the Seven Heavens.
There are three human-gods in the Seven Heavens who have cultivated divine bodies, all of whom are male. Apart from Mingye, who claims to have come from the lower realm of the gods, the other two divine lords cultivated their divine bodies within the Immortal Palace. For some reason, they did not choose to ascend to the divine realm but remained in the Seven Heavens.
Therefore, in the three heavens of the Upper Realm, the status of the Seventh Heaven is no lower than that of the Eighth and Ninth Heavens. Originally, having three Divine Venerables presiding over it should have been a good thing for the Seventh Heaven, but the reality is quite the opposite.
Perhaps it was due to their inflated egos, but the three deities increasingly looked down on the female immortals with lower cultivation levels. They showed no kindness whatsoever, frequently beating, scolding, and punishing them, even employing extremely harsh and specific tortures specifically designed for them. Because of the difference in their cultivation levels, the female immortals dared not resist, and were thus gradually oppressed.
If it were just the three of them, it would be fine. But as they went further and further astray, even the male immortals in the celestial palace began to act arrogantly. In the end, it became even more serious, with the male immortals far surpassing the female immortals in their power, while the female immortals were basically reduced to palace servants, at the mercy of others.
There was resistance, of course, but it was repeatedly suppressed, and slowly it became what it is now, with every female fairy cursed.
"What about the Seventh Heavenly Emperor? She was also born a celestial maiden, doesn't she care?" You You was a little confused.
Xiao Man shook her head, her face growing even paler. "I don't know why the Emperor has always indulged Mingye's behavior and turned a blind eye to it. Even when he asked to cast a curse on every female immortal, the Emperor never objected and even... strongly supported it! He even said... women are inherently weak and should be subservient to men."
"Damn it!" Youyou couldn't help but curse. What kind of ridiculous thinking is this!
“I heard that the Emperor used to be fair and just, and would protect all the female immortals. But ever since the Divine Lord Mingye descended to the mortal realm, she has changed!” Xiao Man sighed and shook her head. “Perhaps the Divine Lord really has some kind of bewitching power that made the Emperor so devoted to him, even at the cost of turning the Seven Heavens into what it is today.”
"The Seventh Emperor acquiesced to what the Mingye Divine Lord did because he liked him."
"Yes, the Emperor has always wanted to become Daoist partners with Divine Lord Mingye. It's just that for some reason, the Divine Lord has not agreed."
"..." Damn, so that emperor is actually a love-struck fool!
The more You You heard, the angrier she became. If she had known that the Seventh Heaven would be like this, she shouldn't have thought that she could go through the normal procedures to get the holy pool water in the first place.
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