The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

Emperor Yao thought to himself that human cultivators have short lifespans, and it was fortunate that the female cultivator was at least a sensible person.

I just hope she doesn't trick the emperor into signing the contract.

Anyway, after a thousand or ten thousand years, the emperor will probably have long forgotten the name of that person.

Emperor Yao believed that he was genuinely considering his son's best interests.

The emperor, who was over three hundred years old and still treated like a "child," was furious.

Emperor Zhao glared at the helpless Emperor Yao and said, "I'm not young anymore. Humans can get married and have children at the age of twenty."

"Who I choose to marry is my own business."

If it were someone else, Di Yao definitely wouldn't have had such a good attitude.

Are humans and mythical beasts the same thing?

Ordinary humans live for at most a hundred years, so twenty years old is equivalent to living one-fifth of their lifespan.

If we compare it to the current age of the Emperor, then regardless of the divine race, living only 1,500 years is considered premature death.

Di Yao's eyes dimmed, and he said, "Logically, I have never raised you for a single day, so I have no right to speak to you."

“But, Zhao’er, you are too young now.”

"When you have no other choice, you feel that what you have in front of you is the best option."

"But what if you regret your choice after you've made it?"

"You may be blinded by love, but by the time that person grows old and gray, your life will have just begun."

"You'll be tied to an old woman for the rest of your life. Over the long years, can you guarantee you'll always love her?"

"You said yourself that the female cultivator doesn't like you, so why not take this opportunity to end this relationship?"

The emperor gritted his teeth, his cheeks puffing out.

He stood up and faced Di Yao directly, saying defiantly, "I know what I want, and I won't regret it."

"Love is not about finding the best choice among a group of people, but about knowing that you can't live without that person when you see them."

“You said it took you two thousand years to become my mother’s partner. I can do that too. Two thousand years, twenty thousand years, I can wait.”

"If she grows old one day, I will grow old with her."

The emperor was now extremely grateful that they hadn't learned Yun Yici's true identity.

Emperor Yao was stunned by the Emperor's determination and stood there speechless, not knowing how to refute him.

Fengyin chuckled softly, "Diyao, you've been the clan leader for so long that I've forgotten what you looked like back then. But today, I see your former self reflected in Zhao'er."

Back then, the men who pursued her stretched from within her clan to outside of it. Besides the men of the Phoenix Clan, there were other powerful men of the Feathered Clan who were drawn to her.

Fengyin dislikes men who are weaker than herself.

Emperor Yao and she grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and their proximity gave him the advantage to win her heart.

They should have been a perfect couple.

The spirited young Emperor Yao would have stood with her against the unjust verdict, but the Emperor Yao Clan Chief would not.

Looking at the imperial edict, Di Yao slumped down in a daze, the child seemingly inheriting her stubbornness.

The most revered couple in the divine realm found each other's unique traces and lost love in their child whom they had finally found.

Feng Yin's profile was bathed in a clear, warm light, yet her expression towards Shang Yao was icy: "I know what you're thinking."

"You have too high expectations for Zhao'er."

“You must remember that no matter what he is like today, we owe him.”

Emperor Yao rose and hurriedly explained, it was unclear whether he was doing so for himself or to persuade the Emperor.

"It was precisely because I knew we owed him that I told him not to be foolish enough to consider humans as companions."

"I only ask you this: your lifespan is long, and it has only just begun."

"Although the Heavenly Pillar is damaged, it may be repaired in your lifetime."

"When that time comes, you will ascend to reunite with us, and I will not object to any woman you desire."

"If that woman changes her mind and bewitches you into signing a contract, are you not planning to ascend to nirvana?"

Emperor Yao was certain that the human race could not ascend to the realm of gods.

Once the Heavenly Pillar was repaired, the Emperor ascended to the Upper Realm, and his marriage to someone in the Lower Realm naturally ended.

Without a second thought, the emperor decreed, "If she's willing to coax me, then I won't ascend to heaven!"

Di Yao was so angry he almost fell over. He looked at Feng Yin and said, "He said such things, and you still indulge him?"

Fengyin sat to the side, focused on her lively son, too lazy to even glance at her partner: "You said it yourself, we haven't raised him for a single day."

"Once the land favored by the gods closes, who knows when we'll see him again."

"All we have is this moment, why do you keep nagging and saying these annoying things that make Zhao'er unhappy?"

This statement deflated even the emperor's defiant edict.

Every encounter and gathering has its end; why waste precious time together hurting each other?

However, this argument inadvertently brought the family of three closer together, easing the previous distance between them.

The emperor whispered to Fengyin, "Mother, if you meet her, you will definitely like her."

Fengyin smiled gently and held her son's hand, saying, "Okay."

Ignored by the mother and son, Di Yao suddenly laughed: "It seems that the word 'love' in this world is indeed unfathomable."

"Look, even your mother doesn't like me."

Fengyin looked at him with disdain: "Why are you pulling me like that again?"

The emperor was speechless: "I am not the same as you."

“My mother has already laid eggs with you, and you still made her so sad. It’s clear that you didn’t cherish what you had and treated her badly, which is why she’s so upset.”

"I would never do what you did."

Di Yao, feeling guilty, stared wide-eyed at Di Zhao, who looked similar to him: "You are quite deeply in love with that human woman."

"At least your mother and I have you. What do you have?"

The emperor was so angry he gritted his teeth: "You spent two thousand years pursuing my mother, I certainly won't need two thousand!"

Fengyin covered her mouth and laughed as she watched the father and son bickering.

As she watched, tears inexplicably began to flow again.

Fengyin turned her head away in a panic, Di Yao quickly stepped forward, and Di Zhao skillfully took out a soft handkerchief to coax her again.

While wiping away her tears, the emperor said, "I have always felt that I have few family ties."

“I was once so timid that I didn’t dare to look back where I came from, for fear that you had lost me.”

Feng Yin exclaimed excitedly, "How is that possible!"

"I think about you all the time. I... I want to be there for you as you grow up more than anyone else."

The emperor gently hugged her back: "I know, Mother, I'm sorry, I'm late."

"That's enough, that's all."

"When I was in the lower realm, I met a mother and daughter. The mother was a human cultivator, and the daughter was a half-demon born from her and the Nine Phoenixes."

"For the sake of her child, she went to great lengths to stay with the man she didn't love, seeking the bloodline of the divine bird to prolong her daughter's life."

"But Xiao Ci said that a woman is herself first, and only then is she someone else's mother or wife."

"Mother, don't worry about me. Don't let me cause you to fall into resentment and lose your true self. Be Fengyin, not Dizhao's mother."