"Lady Zhemei, I am He Xiangu, a member of the Six Realms Security Committee of Heaven. When you attacked Heaven, I had not yet become an immortal. By the time I arrived in Heaven, you were already a legendary figure. There is something I don't understand, and I would appreciate your guidance, Madam." Xiangu suddenly interjected.
"No problem, no problem. This old woman is currently suppressed and has nothing, but I have plenty of time and my speech is still fluent. Ask me whatever you want," Madam Zhemei said with a smile.
"After I came to the Heavenly Court, I worked in the Heavenly Court Archives for a period of time. As far as I know, before you attacked the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Court did not treat your demon realm unfairly. All the output of your demon realm was self-sufficient, and the Heavenly Court did not take a single penny."
"Back then, when the various races of your demon realm were at war, the Heavenly Court often acted as a peacemaker, even paying money to quell the conflicts in your demon realm. I remember one time when your Qingqiu clan and the Golden-Winged Roc clan fought each other for a hundred years over the black gold mine at the border of the Near West and the Western Desert."
"In the end, the Heavenly Court intervened and spent a lot of money to build a black gold mine refining plant on Wuni Mountain. The Qingqiu Clan and the Golden-Winged Roc Clan each took half of the factory's output. The Heavenly Court spent a lot of money but didn't get any benefit. All the profits stayed in the Demon Realm."
"Today, the Heavenly Court is extremely friendly to the Demon Realm. Although there is a permanent institution in the Demon Realm, the Heavenly Court bears the expenses of the permanent institution and does not allow the Demon Realm to provide them. The Heavenly Court also promises that it will not interfere in any affairs of the Demon Realm as long as they do not endanger the stability of the Six Realms."
"In my opinion, the demon realm has always taken advantage of the heavenly court. What are you fighting for when you attacked the heavenly court? As one of the six realms, the demon realm shares the same language and culture with the other six realms. The heavenly court has demon immortals, the underworld has demon ghosts, and the divine realm and demon realm have demon gods and demons."
"In fact, your true ancestors must be in the Six Realms. Your Demon Realm is inseparable from the Six Realms. Although the Demon Realm is nominally under the rule of the Heavenly Court, you actually have full autonomy. Yet you still want to be enemies of the Heavenly Court and are single-mindedly thinking about becoming independent."
“What this young lady Qinghe said is actually quite right. Under the rule of the Heavenly Court, you could have lived and worked in peace in the Demon Realm, but instead you kept causing trouble, colluding with foreign gods, betraying your ancestors, and spending countless costs and lives. Have you ever considered whether it was worth it?” the fairy asked loudly.
After hearing what the fairy said, Wang Yao couldn't help but feel the same way. From what he had seen and heard since becoming an immortal, he felt that the Heavenly Court did not deliberately favor the demon realm, but rather treated all six realms similarly. Except for the immortal realm, the basic principle for the other realms was not to affect their normal operation.
The Heavenly Court only focuses on one direction and only intervenes when major events occur, which is quite normal. Isn't Taoism all about "governing by non-action"? Under the principle of "governing by non-action," the human realm, the underworld, the divine realm, and the demon realm have no objections. So why is the demon realm so restless?
Moreover, according to the fairy, the Heavenly Court may have been more meticulous in its management of the Six Realms in the past, but after Lady Zhemei and the others caused trouble, the Heavenly Court's governance of the Six Realms became much more lenient. To put it bluntly, there was only one rule: as long as you lived peacefully and considered yourself a member of the Six Realms, the Heavenly Court would not make any further demands.
"He Xiangu, is it? You keep talking about the demon realm, it sounds really grating to this old woman." Madam Zhemei chuckled.
"Shouldn't it be called the Holy Realm? I'm sorry, but I feel that your actions don't deserve the title of 'Holy.' It's more appropriate to call it the Demon Realm," the fairy replied coldly.
"Sure, sure, it's just a name. Don't we call the immortals 'seductive woman' too? What does it matter if it's called the Holy Realm or the Demon Realm?" Lady Zhemei smiled again.
"You only saw the refinery on Black Mud Mountain, but didn't you see the vast territory of the Immortal Realm? Is it really necessary for the Heavenly Court to bother with us over a mere Black Gold Mine? Isn't all of this just the Heavenly Court trying to curry favor and fool us? They think they can buy us off with just a refinery? How laughable!"
"This old woman thinks that since we stormed the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Court has stopped engaging in those underhanded tricks of sowing discord, which can be considered one of our achievements back then. You say that our Demon Realm shares the same language and culture as the Six Realms, and this old woman does not deny that."
"We're not rebelling against the Six Realms, we're only rebelling against the Heavenly Court. If you ask me, the Six Realms should just break up and merge into one, that would be the best, just like the various races in my Holy Domain. Those of us who are on good terms can form an alliance, and those who aren't can simply stay away from each other forever."
"Who should be the leader is up to each community. Why should those immortals set up a Heavenly Court and act arrogantly over us?" Lady Zhemei asked with a smile.
"Rebel against the Heavenly Court but not against the Six Realms? The Six Realms will be broken up and each become its own? Your words are truly absurd. How can the Heavenly Court and the Six Realms be separated?" The fairy maiden was startled by Lady Zhemei's words.
“You think it’s absurd, but this old woman doesn’t think so at all. You say we’re colluding with the foreign world, that’s true, but look at the foreign world, does it have anything like the Six Realms? Foreign devils, foreigners, foreign gods, we’re all on the same plane, we’re all allies, there’s never a Heavenly Emperor looking down on us!”
Lady Zhemei said proudly.
"This...this is probably your real purpose, isn't it? To break the six realms and unify them into one, so that there will be no more distinction between the six realms, with humans and ghosts living together, and gods and demons coexisting?" The fairy maiden's eyes widened in horror.
Wang Yao had never been to the Western Realm. He had only heard in the human realm that everything in the Western Realm seemed to be better than in the human realm, even the dogs were much more advanced. He originally just took it as a joke and did not have much of a liking or dislike for the Western Realm. But now, after hearing what the fairy said, he immediately realized that there was a problem.
Based on the eight characters "humans and ghosts mingling, gods and demons coexisting," Wang Yao could imagine how chaotic the Yangjie must be. It must be a world where the strong prey on the weak, a paradise for the strong and a hell for the weak.
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