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Chapter 1483 Even the Queen Mother Has a Fight

"If we really have to find someone responsible for the birth of the 'marriage curse,' it would never be my turn."

"I am the victim, on the contrary. I obeyed orders and was punished instead. How innocent am I?" Fu Yuanxian's tone became indignant.

All the gods and immortals cast curious glances at the Jade Emperor.

Taibai Xingjun went to Fuyuan Xianweng to arrange a love tribulation for Yu Fengxian. Even a fool could figure out what that meant.

—Has the Jade Emperor lost his mind? After Yu Fengxian led the Ancestral Dragon to conquer the heavens, He made it clear that the celestial beings of Heaven were no longer allowed to interfere in the normal succession of dynasties in the land. Even mortal emperors who break their promises lose their prestige; how could the Jade Emperor, whose words are law and whose pronouncements are binding, possibly break his promise?

The Jade Emperor spoke again calmly, saying slowly, "We are discussing your preordained marriage, not investigating who is responsible for the calamity of your marriage. The topic of the calamity of marriage is now over."

However, since you have mentioned Venus, as the person involved, you should summon him here to speak in court.

"His Majesty has decreed that Venus, the Star Lord, be summoned."

Outside the palace, there were jade maidens who conveyed the Jade Emperor's decrees with their melodious and pleasant voices.

Li Changgeng immediately strode into the hall, bowed to the Queen Mother and the Jade Emperor, and went straight to the point: "What Immortal Fu Yuan said is correct."

Grand Tutor Yu Fengxian of the Qin Dynasty had no romantic entanglements; it was I who asked Immortal Fu Yuan for help, who insisted on arranging a marriage for her.

Fu Yuanxian was taken aback for a moment, but instead of relaxing, he became more vigilant.

As expected, Li Changgeng did not finish his "confession" and continued, "I was retaliating against Grand Tutor Yu, which is an indisputable fact."

The reason I chose to murder Grand Tutor Yu in this way is because using love to abduct a virtuous and intelligent female immortal with profound cultivation is a 'common practice' that no one in the Heavenly Realm talks about, but all the immortals understand and often do.

Of course, a love tribulation is still a tribulation, and any tribulation can harm people.

Not only can it harm virtuous and elegant female immortals, but even pure and upright gentlemen who do not indulge in lust will be harmed by the tribulations of love.

However, love tribulations are often used to harm female immortals.

Since it has become a well-known routine, I naturally assumed that this time, arranging a love tribulation for Grand Tutor Yu would be as smooth and easy as it had been countless times in the past, without arousing the other party's suspicion, but arranging a destiny that could not be defied.

Who would have thought that the countless times he had harmed people with his affections in the past had accumulated a great deal of karmic debt, and the resulting calamity was about to trigger a major catastrophe.

Fu Yuanxian was completely unaware of this, and all the immortals in the Three Realms thought that the Great Dao of Marriage was operating normally.

As the one destined to face this great calamity, Grand Tutor Yu is bound by a great destiny and cannot be harmed by conspiracies!

If you harm her, you will immediately suffer a backlash, unleashing the accumulated calamity energy that will become an aid to your grand ambition.

Fu Yuanxian was dumbfounded, inwardly screaming: Are you all crazy? Arranging love tribulations and marriages is a secret that everyone knows and uses, but no one can openly reveal it.

Now, in the Lingxiao Palace, in front of all the gods, this matter is being made public. The news will surely spread throughout the Three Realms. Are you shameless and disregarding the overall situation?
Seeing his shocked and terrified expression, the Jade Emperor felt a surge of satisfaction, but also sneered repeatedly: "This fool still doesn't understand the meaning of the grand vow, and is still thinking of making a big deal out of a small deal in private."

Once Heaven senses this, all living beings will know that the matter of arranging the love tribulation is destined to be revealed to the world and discussed by the Dao Ancestor and all the immortals.

It wouldn't be surprising if several Great Luo Dharma Assemblies were held in succession.

After all, the purpose of the Great Luo Dharma Assembly is to deal with this kind of thing.

Unable to suppress her delight and sarcasm, the Queen Mother sneered, "Immortal Fu Yuan, do you have anything to say about Taibai Xingjun's confession?"

Fu Yuanxian was in a state of turmoil. He had many things to say, but every word seemed inappropriate.

The Queen Mother continued to sneer, "I guess you're speechless. Because what he said is a fact known to all those who have heard of the Great Vow."

Heaven can no longer tolerate the behavior of certain deities who wantonly manipulate the marriages of all living beings.

It is the will of Heaven to punish deities who have committed grave sins and incurred great karmic consequences by using the tribulation of marriage.

To trace the root cause of the karmic calamity of marriage, one must naturally look to the deities who have maliciously manipulated the marriages of countless beings in the past.

"Immortal Fu Yuan, you tell me, who should bear the main responsibility? Is it Venus, or you?"

Fu Yuanxianweng angrily said, "Didn't Your Majesty hear what Taibai Xingjun said? It was he who came to me for help! It is conceivable that even if there were matters of arranging love tribulations in the past, it was not my own wish, but was actually to serve my fellow Daoists of the Xuanmen."

I am kind-hearted and sincerely offered my help without accepting any reward. Why should I bear the main responsibility?
Even if we were to pursue the case of deliberately altering the marriages of all beings, I would not be held primarily responsible.

I have been in Heaven for billions of years, and the number of couples I have personally blessed has not exceeded one thousand.

Of the mere thousand couples destined to be together, most ended up happily ever after, without resentment or hatred.

How could this provoke the wrath of Heaven, to the point that Heaven had to respond to Yu Fengxian by creating the "Marriage Calamity" to punish and restrain the gods who control the power of marriage?

You should know that I have mastered the way of destiny and have a thorough understanding of my own calamities and karma, as if I could read the lines on my palm.

Before plotting against Yu Fengxian and using love to harm her, the lightness of my karma was not even a fraction of the merits I had accumulated in the world.

After plotting against her, I fell directly into a love tribulation. The tribulation energy arose, and the love tribulation erupted.

Is this normal?

The old immortal's grief and indignation were not entirely unfounded.

Ancient immortals like him are essentially not part of the same circle as "modern people." Since they have no interaction, there is naturally no hatred or grudge between them.

Most of the "victims" whose marriages were manipulated by him had no grudge against him.

He was helping his fellow Daoist.

In the eyes of the Taoist immortals he helped, Fu Yuan Xianweng could be described as warm and friendly.

At this moment, the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother wished he would die a horrible death. This mentality was not surprising to Fu Yuanxianweng, after all, he had harmed the Jade Emperor's sister and daughter so many times.

But when Taibai Xingjun came to him for help, he still agreed.

This blatant behavior is essentially arrogance towards others. It stems from an overconfidence in controlling the path of marriage, believing one has the right to arbitrarily create romantic entanglements and the ability to bear the consequences.

He wasn't exactly arrogant. Before encountering Old Demon Yu, he seemed like a bug in the system, always having a smooth and successful life without any retribution.

The most esteemed female immortal in the Three Realms, aside from a few truly terrifying primordial sovereigns whom one dares not provoke, allows the Jade Emperor to arrange marriages for all others, including even his sister and daughter.

During the great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods, Princess Longji supported the Dragon Court in Xiqi. The Old Man of the Moon went directly to Jiang Ziya and said: "The Immortal Fu Yuan has decreed that Princess Longji and Hong Jin are destined for each other. You cannot kill Hong Jin; Princess Longji, you cannot refuse, this is fate!" (PS)

They were truly unscrupulous and extremely domineering.

Furthermore, as the head of the Marriage Bureau, Fu Yuan Xianweng is one of the most esteemed Star Gods of Fate. His daily work consists of reading newspapers and drinking afternoon tea, and he decides his own departure time. He doesn't concern himself with the matters of marriage for all beings in the Three Realms.

The one who artificially alters the marriages of all beings the most times and incurs the heaviest karmic burden is the one who does the most work—the Matchmaker!
Grand Tutor Yu simply summoned the Old Man of the Moon and asked him to find a wife for his disciple. Xi Juan was destined to die without marriage or children. If he can enjoy the happiness of a wife, children, and a warm bed in the future, it is because his master used his supernatural powers and status to secure it for him.

His wife may not have any resentment, but she should have been someone else's wife!
Essentially, Yu Taishi's act of finding a wife for Xi Juan was also a distortion of normal marriage.

The Old Man of the Moon knew this behavior was wrong and advised her not to find too many wives for Xi Juan, so as not to interfere too much with their destined marriage. Therefore, Grand Tutor Yu only took two red threads of fate.

Today, Grand Master Yu can consult the Old Man of the Moon; yesterday, tomorrow, and other deities can also consult the Old Man of the Moon.

The more times it happened, the more karmic debt accumulated, but because the God of Marriage was very restrained, it was still a long way from erupting. But this time, it just so happened to run into Old Demon Yu, who simply flipped the table!
“There are always omens before any great calamity occurs.” Fu Yuanxian became more and more indignant as he spoke. “Before offending Yu Fengxian, everything in the Marriage Bureau was working normally.”

None of the Star Gods in charge of destiny ever noticed the slightest sign of the 'Demon Tribulation of Marriage'.

As a result, once they encountered Yu Fengxian, disaster suddenly struck.

If the cause and effect that led to the outbreak of the 'Marriage Calamity' were to be contained in one stone, Yu Fengxian alone could claim eight-tenths of it.

The Star Lord Taibai, who asked me to help arrange her love tribulation, naturally has to bear 80% of the responsibility.

He actually wanted to break off relations and say directly, "Jade Emperor, you can't escape responsibility. You have to bear 80% of the blame."

Unfortunately, Taibai Xingjun (the White Star Lord) left no grounds for criticism, since everyone knows who he represents.
Everyone understands this implicitly; there's no need to say it explicitly.

He hasn't said it outright yet, hoping everyone will continue to tacitly acknowledge that Taibai Xingjun is the Jade Emperor.

Taibai Xingjun was excited and exclaimed, "Immortal Elder, we should act and speak with conscience. When I asked for your help, I inquired about the difficulty of setting up the love tribulation for Yu Fengxian."

You spoke in a relaxed and confident tone, saying that Yu Fengxian was theoretically inferior to Princess Longji.

Her status and experience were far inferior.

You only took three years to orchestrate an inescapable love triangle for Princess Longji. Yu Fengxian will only need three to five years at most, which is within the normal range.

Finally, you even used me as an example, saying that all 'immortals' are like that.

"Your own lack of professional competence led you to misjudge Grand Tutor Yu's abilities and the risks of setting up a love tribulation for her, triggering this series of calamities. I haven't even blamed you yet, and you're blaming me instead? Where's the logic in that?"

Princess Longji, standing to the side, looked grim.

The gods and immortals inside the hall were equally embarrassed and awkward.

—There are some things we do know, but it's too unpleasant to say them out loud!

Donghua Dijun winked at the Queen Mother: "Quickly end this farce. It's too embarrassing for several great immortals to be fighting in public. If word gets out, the Heavenly Court and all the gods will lose face."

Even the Queen Mother couldn't stand it anymore.

Fu Yuanxianweng's misfortune and setbacks were something she was happy to see. But now her daughter was involved, and she was made to look incompetent by Yu Fengxian: Yu Fengxian could create the Marriage Calamity and take revenge on everyone, and more importantly, she was in accordance with the will of Heaven, gaining benefits without incurring sins, while she and the Jade Emperor could only watch helplessly as their daughter was murdered one after another in the same way.

“It’s pointless to argue about these trivial details.” She said slowly, “The birth of a grand vision must be ordained by destiny.”

Previously, Immortal Fu Yuan had repeatedly used his power over the Great Dao of Marriage and the authority of the Star Lord of Fate to maliciously alter the marriages of fairies. Although he had not accumulated enough karma to trigger a great calamity, Heaven had already sensed it.

Just like the Qin Dynasty in the human world, who could have imagined that the most prosperous dynasty in human history would suddenly lose its mandate of heaven, suddenly collapse, and suddenly perish after only two generations?

Rise and fall are both inevitable; this is simply the norm in the evolution of destiny.

Fu Yuanxian could not presumptuously assume that Yu Fengxian bore 80% of the responsibility.

She is the chosen one by Heaven, and this time she has entered the game herself, obeying Heaven's will.

The conflict between Venus and her, and Venus's anger in retaliating against her with a love tribulation, were all divine will, the key to unlocking the grand vow of the 'love tribulation'.

"Heaven is using Venus to guide us through this great calamity."

Fu Yuanxian was furious and shouted, "Your Majesty's use of the Qin Dynasty as an example is too outrageous, I cannot accept it!"

The Queen Mother was also furious and said, "You are a dignified ancient immortal who has experienced countless calamities, how come you are not as wise as the decades-old Yu Fengxian?"
Even Yu Fengxian was well aware that the crux of the Qin Dynasty's problems did not lie in killing a certain rebel king.

Killing Chen Sheng, killing Xiang Liang, or even killing the true Son of Heaven would be of no use.

The root cause was that the Qin Dynasty lost the hearts of the people, and consequently lost the Mandate of Heaven.

In this 'tangle of fate and destiny,' aren't you the Great Qin? And Yu Fengxian is the master of the aura of the Southeast Emperor.

The true Son of Heaven dealt a fatal blow to the Qin Dynasty. Could it be that the Qin Dynasty perished because it offended him?

"As long as something happens, no matter how distorted or unreasonable the process is, it's all considered fate? Ridiculous!" exclaimed Immortal Fu Yuan.

"Even the grand aspiration has been born, and you still don't acknowledge that it is ordained by Heaven?" the Queen Mother said angrily.

"Of course I acknowledge the grand vision, but what I'm asking now is, who should bear the primary responsibility for the grand vision's emergence at this time!" Fu Yuanxian emphasized "at this time."

If he hadn't offended Old Demon Yu, he was confident he could have lived a carefree life for billions of years.

He is the god of fate, and has excellent control over his own destiny.

"Please listen to me, everyone!"

Seeing that the Jade Emperor remained calm and showed no intention of stopping the farce, Donghua Dijun could no longer contain himself.

"Today's meeting has three key points: First, who will be responsible for the tribulation of marriage? Second, how to deal with the tribulation of marriage? Third, can Immortal Fu Yuan sever the tribulation of love?"

He succinctly and accurately summarized the key points that the Queen Mother and Immortal Fu Yuan were most concerned about.

The Queen Mother and the Immortal Fu Yuan remained silent.

Emperor Donghua continued, "How to deal with the tribulation of marriage is something that will probably require a grand assembly of immortals to discuss. We cannot reach a conclusion today."

There's really not much to discuss about who should be responsible for the demonic calamity and who should bear the primary responsibility.

One's own sins are determined by one's own karma, and the 'guilt' discussed can only determine the punishment from the Heavenly Court.

Even with Fu Yuan Da Xian's status, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother could not convict him with a single word; they had to consult the Dao Ancestor.

Finally, the question remains whether Immortal Fu Yuan can sever his emotional entanglements.

Honestly, I still don't think there's much to discuss. It's not up to humans to decide; fate has already made its arrangements.

(End of this chapter)