I, the mortal, come from the great world of Xuanhuang

"Your Majesty, don't you understand even now that those old fogies are also up to no good? Your Majesty suspects I have ulterior motives, but are those old fogies truly so? Your Majesty thinks I'm using my brother to do what I want? But don't those old geezers think the same way? They think the same way, and they act the same way. If it weren't for my appearance, my brother would just be a puppet under their control, a puppet without even the right to control its own destiny, forced to watch helplessly as those around him disappear one by one, hardening his heart like iron and freezing it like ice, step by step becoming the kind of peak powerhouse they desire. You might think your son possesses an uncontrollable will, a will capable of changing everything, but what is the reality? In reality, does Your Majesty think your son has that ability? In reality, no, he simply cannot possess such power. This is the difference between the two, and it's a huge difference. Your Majesty thinks your son is invincible, capable of controlling everything..." She could possess everything, obtain everything, change everything, change her own destiny, become incredibly powerful, change the destiny of her family of three, and even the destiny of everyone in her family. But in reality, what is the Empress's destiny? What destiny does the Empress desire? Does the Empress even believe that what she desires is possible? No, it is utterly impossible. How could those old fogies allow such a thing to happen? How could they allow such a thing to occur? Doesn't the Empress understand even this much? Or does the Empress think she is invincible? Or does she think she can change her child's destiny? Can she change everyone's destiny? Then I can only say that the Empress is simply overthinking things. Really, the Empress is simply overthinking things; it's completely impossible. Empress, everything is not as simple as you imagine. To obtain what you desire is utterly impossible; no one can do it, no one can do it, not even me, not anyone. Just like you and me, why try to do something that is fundamentally impossible?

"Is it because you want to change yourself, change your family, change everything around you? Then I can only say that Your Majesty is simply overthinking things. It's impossible, absolutely impossible. Your Majesty is overthinking things. It's impossible, absolutely impossible. If Your Majesty thinks it's possible, then I can only say that Your Majesty is overthinking. Alas, actually, I understand why Your Majesty thinks this way, because Your Majesty knows that what you can rely on is your son. The so-called 'a mother's status depends on her son' is an age-old rule. Even Your Majesty, in this situation, has to rely on your son. There's nothing you can do about it. There's nothing anyone can do. I can't do anything either. Everything is predetermined, everything is arranged. No one can change it, and I can't change it either. Really, I really can't change all of this. I hope Your Majesty can understand. If Your Majesty can't understand, then I can only say, Your Majesty, please stop thinking nonsense. To be honest, everything Your Majesty is thinking is impossible. Your Majesty wants your son to become the most powerful being in the world. Then I can only say that Your Majesty is simply overthinking things."

"Although those old guys arranged for the Empress's son to be the most powerful being in the world, their plan may not succeed. Really, their plan may not succeed."

"After all, they can arrange everything, and those who oppose them can also arrange everything. Everyone can arrange everything, especially these old immortals. And these old immortals aren't just from this world; there are others from other worlds, even from the underworld. So there aren't just one or two of these old immortals, there are many. Doesn't Your Majesty understand this? There are many old immortals, not just us, but many more. What are their plans? Don't you understand, Your Majesty? Do you think they have any good intentions? Or rather, do they have any good intentions at all? They don't have any good intentions whatsoever. Good intentions don't exist." At least for them, it doesn't exist at all. What are they thinking? All they want is to get everything they desire, and that's all they want. If they don't want it, then it means they're truly kind. Alright, Your Majesty, I've told you everything you wanted to know. If Your Majesty feels you shouldn't know so much, then you can leave now. It's not a bad thing for me. If Your Majesty wants to leave, you can leave now to do what you need to do. Really, Your Majesty can leave now. No one will stop you, no one will hinder you. Mother, Your Majesty can do what you want to do, and no one will stop you anymore. There's no need for anyone to stop you; Your Majesty is no longer worthy of being stopped. What kind of being is Your Majesty now? Your Majesty is now capable of many things, so I hope Your Majesty can help with some matters. These matters will greatly benefit my younger brother, and only Your Majesty can accomplish them. For others, the price to pay is very high, even extremely high. Only when Your Majesty does these things does the price to be paid is relatively low. Because Your Majesty… "My strength is sufficient to accomplish these tasks safely and without incident. Your Majesty's power is more than enough to guarantee that you will face no danger, crisis, or trouble while carrying out these tasks. The price may be high, but it won't be too great. For example, Your Majesty losing your life is absolutely out of the question. I can guarantee that. Your Majesty can trust me; I can absolutely guarantee that nothing will happen to you. If any problems arise, Your Majesty can come after me without hesitation. I can assure you of that."

"To be honest, everything about my younger brother has already been arranged. Not only did I arrange it, but others did too. Really, to be honest, these are all things that should be done. So I hope Your Majesty will do as I say. If Your Majesty does not do as I say, then I can only say that I cannot guarantee my younger brother's fate. Really, I cannot guarantee my younger brother's fate. If I could guarantee it, then I would be purely deceiving Your Majesty. I don't want to deceive Your Majesty. Really, I really don't want to deceive Your Majesty. If I wanted to deceive Your Majesty, I would have already deceived you beyond repair. I haven't deceived Your Majesty. Really, I really haven't deceived Your Majesty."

"I hope Your Majesty can understand this point. If Your Majesty doesn't understand, then I have no way to help you. I'm completely helpless. I've said everything I needed to say to Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty can understand these things. If Your Majesty really doesn't understand, then please forget everything I just said, because this is not something Your Majesty should hear. If Your Majesty were to spread this around, it wouldn't be good for me either."

"Alright, you don't need to say anything more. I won't reveal a single word of what you've said. But I also expect you to do one thing: you absolutely cannot threaten my child again. You absolutely cannot use my child to do things he doesn't want to do. If that's the case, I'd rather die than let you pay such a heavy price."

"You can rest assured, I would never do that. After all, he's very useful to me; his life is of immense value to me. There's no way I could do that. You can be sure of that. I couldn't do such a thing. No matter what, he's my brother, and I would never do something like that. You can rest assured. However, there's one thing I need to make clear to you: if he's in danger, I won't try to save him. I need to make this clear to you, otherwise you might misunderstand. So I must make it clear; otherwise, you're too likely to misunderstand. Therefore, I must make this clear to you; otherwise..." This is truly something I find hard to accept, so I don't want you to misunderstand me later. If you do misunderstand me, it won't be good for me. After all, you're powerful now, and if you misunderstand me, the impact on me will be enormous; it could very well threaten my life. Under these circumstances, I have to make things clear to you. If I don't, we won't be able to explain ourselves if danger arises in the future. So I must make things clear so that we can easily resolve issues in the future, and so that we can have more trust in each other, right? Isn't that the point? Therefore, I hope you can trust me and not think that I would harm you. I would absolutely never harm you, don't worry. You can rest assured about that.”

"I can't trust your character, but I do believe what you say. As long as you don't put him in danger, I won't stop you from doing whatever you want. But remember your promise today, remember that you absolutely cannot put him in danger, otherwise you should know the consequences very well. I will never let this go. This matter is very important to me, and you should know that very well."

"I am naturally aware of the consequences. Don't worry, Your Majesty, you can rest assured. I will not use him casually. He has a lot of value to me, and I would never use him carelessly. If I were to use him casually, he wouldn't be alive now. To be honest, I can guarantee he wouldn't be alive now if I were to use him casually, so there's absolutely no possibility. If there were even the slightest possibility, I wouldn't be saying all this nonsense. To be honest, I will absolutely not do anything to him. At most, I will ask him to help with some things. As long as the matter is resolved, there will be absolutely no problem. I also want to resolve this matter as soon as possible. Resolving everything will be a great relief for us all." That's a good thing, isn't that the logic? I also want to resolve everything as quickly as possible, without any problems. Once everything is resolved, we'll all be happy, and there won't be so many troubles. Honestly, I really want to save this world. Of course, my main goal is also to do what I need to do. If I save this world, then I can save the universe later. If I save the universe, then I'll have accomplished what I should have done, and that would be a tremendous good thing for me and for the entire universe. To be honest, I really want to save this universe; this universe is truly wonderful. This universe is truly... Well, nothing is better than this universe. I have so much to do, some things I'm not even sure about myself, some things I can't change. I only want to change what I need to change, what I can change, what I want to change, and what I can change. If I can't change them, then saying more is pointless. It's precisely because I want to change all of this that I'm saying so much; if I didn't want to change it, I would never have said so much. Honestly, this is a good thing for me, a kind of training. There's no need to worry, so everything I've said is true, not false. You can believe it. As for my character, to be honest, my character is actually quite good. Although I've done bad things, those bad things were things I should have done. If I hadn't done them, someone else would have, and the consequences would have been far more dire. You could say the bad things others have done will absolutely surprise you. And haven't you done bad things? You could say you've done far more bad things than I have, I'm certain of that. The bad things you've done definitely exceed mine, exceed those of many, many people. That's for sure. Otherwise, you wouldn't doubt my character. My character is impeccable; you can rest assured. (End of Chapter)