The Seven Princesses' Journey Across Time

With that, Ying Zheng slowly leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on Ziyou's jade-like forehead. The kiss was as light as a feather, yet filled with deep attachment and reluctance. Then, he straightened his body, resolutely turned around, and walked away with steady steps. Ziyou was left standing alone, her heart awash with a turbulent sea, a swirling cascade of emotions, leaving her momentarily bewildered.

Ziyou stared silently at Ying Zheng's receding figure, memories of their acquaintance flashing through her mind. She was particularly curious about the Yue Lao, whose appearance was strikingly similar to that of the Heavenly Palace. So, she resolved to visit the Marriage Pavilion to investigate, hoping to unravel the mystery.

When Ziyou entered the Marriage Pavilion, Yue Lao had already been waiting. Seeing her arrive, Yue Lao's face lit up with joy. He hurried forward, bowing and saying, "This old man greets the Heavenly Sovereign! Please come in quickly, Heavenly Sovereign." With that, he led Ziyou into the pavilion. After they were seated, Yue Lao stood up again and bowed respectfully to Ziyou, saying, "This old man greets the Seventh Princess."

This sudden scene shocked Ziyou. She stared at the kind-looking old man in front of her with wide eyes in disbelief, and asked in a lost voice, "Yue Lao, why are you here?"

Yue Lao looked at the princess whom she had watched grow up with pity, and said slowly: "At the beginning, the Queen told us about your mission. Since this is the first world, the Queen was afraid that you could not cope with it, so she wanted to send someone to help you. However, there is only one Kunlun Mirror, so it can only contact the Heavenly Dao of the small world, and it cannot take someone else's place. Many people wanted to come at that time, but only Sanshengshi was unwilling to stay in heaven to be Yue Lao, because she hated Emperor Donghua so much, so she was willing to let someone borrow her body to be born as Yue Lao, so in the end, I, this old man, won." As he said this, he laughed very happily.

We have all been staying in one place for hundreds of thousands of years. Now we finally have the opportunity to move to another place. Who wouldn’t want to go?

Ziyou also knew what they were thinking. After all, they were also very bored staying in Heaven and were all planning when to visit the mortal world. However, before they had the chance to go, they were sent on a mission by their mother. However, completing the mission allowed them to go to various worlds, which was much more interesting than going to the mortal world.

Yue Lao thought that Ziyou definitely didn't come to him to reminisce about the past, because judging from her appearance today, she didn't know that I was myself, so she must have come for something.

Yue Lao: "Seventh Princess came to me to find out who your destined match is. I will find one for you." As he said that, he took out the marriage book and waited for Ziyou to tell him to find one.

Ziyou: "Ying Zheng came to me today and told me that he, Donghua, and I weren't on the marriage register. Do you know why?"

Yue Lao: "Your body was originally supposed to be called Su Jin. She existed back then, but when she gave up her body, she disappeared from the marriage book. As for you, you are not from this world, so naturally there is no name for you, even if your current name is different from your original name."

Ziyou: "What about Ying Zheng?"

Yue Lao: "Emperor Fengdu, if it weren't for you, he wouldn't have been born in this world, so his name wouldn't exist in this world. Otherwise, wouldn't he be wasting others' time in vain?"

Ziyou: "So the fact that we both don't have it is a natural phenomenon, while Donghua's is a man-made phenomenon."

Yue Lao: "In fact, Emperor Donghua has not disappeared from the marriage book."

Ziyou was a little surprised. Wasn't this something everyone in the world knew? How could it still be there?

Yue Lao: "That sword strike damaged the Three Lives Stone's essence. To survive, the Three Lives Stone had to temporarily block it out. Otherwise, given Donghua's temper at the time, if one strike hadn't worked, he would have definitely struck again. This one strike already damaged its essence. If it had been hit several more times, how could it have survived?"

Ziyou: "So that's how it is."

Yue Lao: "This marriage is predestined by heaven. Even if he destroyed the Three Lives Stone, he would only destroy the book of marriage, but the marriage itself would not change."

Ziyou: "Then Donghua's destined marriage is Bai Fengjiu?" Thinking that Donghua was originally with Bai Fengjiu.

Yue Lao was flipping through the marriage book and came to a page with the words "Emperor Wenchang/Milan" written on it.

Ziyou: "Who is this Emperor Wenchang?"

Yue Lao: "Nowadays, besides Donghua, who else in the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands can be called the Emperor? Only the Fox Emperor who once ruled Qingqiu and the Five Wastelands can be called the Fox Emperor."

Ziyou: "Then why did Donghua become Emperor Wenchang?"

Yue Lao: "It's probably because he consumed too much merit when the Three Lives Stone transformed last time. Now he is earning merit in the mortal world. The word Wenchang must be the name given to him by the mortal world."

Ziyou: "I see."

Yue Lao: "He was originally called Emperor Donghua because his merits and virtues came from pacifying the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands. So, it is natural that this is his original name when he was in the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands."

Zi You: "In my previous life, I remember that Bai Fengjiu was next to Emperor Wenchang? Why is it different in this life?"

Yue Lao: "That's because the Three Lives Stone is possessed by a demon, or it's a bad fate. Even if it's a destined marriage, it will cause them to go through all kinds of hardships and suffer all kinds of pain before they can be together. And in the previous life, Qingqiu had strong luck, so she was with Donghua. Now, they should have met. When Bai Fengjiu was born, she was struck by heavenly punishment, causing her soul to be unstable. So her father had to send her to the mortal world for her to survive. She will still meet Donghua in the mortal world, but with their luck now, they can't bear the identity of Donghua's empress."

Ziyou: "So in the end, it's all just a cycle of cause and effect."

Yue Lao: "That's right. Now that the marriage is no longer influenced by the demonized Three Lives Stone, it will continue on its normal course."

Ziyou: "Now that you are staying in Heaven, the Three Lives Stone is intact, both its spirit and body are left in the underworld."

Yue Lao: "That's the logic. The spirit should have already started working in the underworld."

Ziyou: "Is this spirit male or female?" Ziyou was a little curious.

Yue Lao: "She was originally a peerless beauty, but because of Donghua's sword, she turned into an old woman. She should have been the matchmaker who helped people tie up love, but now she should be Meng Po who helps people break away from the worldly affairs." She only stayed beside her original body and made Meng Po soup for people crossing the Naihe Bridge.

Ziyou: "These are two extremes. Okay, Yue Lao, now that things are clear, I'll go back."