The Marriage Fixing Card

The queen was a monster?

But before they could react, a long saber swung toward the Jade Pipa Spirit.

Slice!

The Heavenly Origin Divine Blade pierced her body in an instant, killing her in the blink of an eye and revealing her true form.

Slice!

At the same time, the Destruction Divine Blade pierced the Pheasant Spirit's body.

In a matter of moments, two monsters had been slain.

"You're asking for death!"

Seeing her two younger sisters slain by Deng Jiugong in an instant, the Fox Spirit Daji realized that he was no ordinary man.

Furious, she raised her hand and struck at Deng Jiugong.

But the three monsters were only at the Golden Immortal Realm. The Fox Spirit was the strongest, yet she had only reached the Golden Immortal Realm at its peak. How could she possibly be a match for Deng Jiugong?

Buzz!

After her attack failed, the Fox Spirit realized things had gone badly. She moved to flee.

"Immortal Binding Rope!"

A flash of golden light, and the Fox Spirit, who had just escaped, was bound by the Immortal Binding Rope and fell to the ground.

"Save me, Great King!"

Sensing that her end was near, the Fox Spirit could only call to Emperor Xin for help.

But Emperor Xin stared at the scene as if dumbstruck. Before he could speak,

Deng Jiugong's two divine blades came crashing down, and the Fox Spirit Daji died instantly, reverting to a dead nine-tailed fox!

"Ding-dong! The host has slain three monsters and received one mystery box!"

At that moment, Deng Jiugong received his reward.

"This!!!"

Everyone was stunned by what they had just witnessed.

So three monsters had been wreaking havoc at the Great King's side all along.

Buzz!

At that very moment, the demonic power in Emperor Xin's mind dissipated, and his expression gradually cleared. He understood everything perfectly!

Wa Palace!

The instant Deng Jiugong slew the three monsters, Nuwa, who had been in seclusion, abruptly opened her eyes.

"Are the three monsters dead?"

Ever since Nuwa had sent the three monsters to bewitch Emperor Xin, she had gone into seclusion.

But she had only called it seclusion to distance herself from the affair.

Thus, Nuwa had never interfered with the three monsters. She didn't even care when they eventually helped Emperor Xin!

The will of Heaven dictated that Great Zhou would replace Great Shang and usher in a change of dynasty.

To Nuwa, it made no difference who ruled the human world.

She had sent the three monsters to bewitch Emperor Xin only because he had composed a lewd poem in her temple in the human world.

In truth, Nuwa knew very well how that lewd poem had come about.

The Western Teachings had intended to draw her into the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.

Nuwa was unwilling to offend the Two Sages of the West, so she could only send out the three monsters to foil the Western Sages' scheme!

As a Heavenly Dao Sage, Nuwa also had to follow Heaven's will. So she could only have the three monsters bewitch Emperor Xin and set the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation in motion.

She had sent them to throw Great Shang's court into chaos, but Nuwa herself didn't care how the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation unfolded.

Although Emperor Xin had been caught in the Western Teachings' scheme, Nuwa had ostensibly sent the three monsters to disrupt Great Shang's court. In truth, she didn't care what became of the dynasty.

If Great Shang eventually destroyed Western Zhou, Nuwa could punish the three monsters on the grounds that they had aided Emperor Xin.

If Western Zhou destroyed Great Shang, then the fate of the three monsters went without saying: they would perish alongside Great Shang.

Thus, from the moment they were sent out, the three monsters were destined to be expendable pawns.

Meanwhile, Nuwa could keep herself entirely out of it.

And when she first realized the three monsters had disobeyed her and helped Emperor Xin, she had reincarnated Lingzhu Zi, her attendant, as a disciple of the Chan Sect, just so no one could accuse her of meddling.

Nuwa had kept herself completely blameless!

So when she sensed that the three monsters were dead, she actually felt relieved.

This worked out nicely!

The three monsters had thrown Great Shang's court into chaos, bringing the dynasty to the brink of collapse, and Nuwa had lost them in the process!

The sooner the three monsters who had aided Emperor Xin died, the more completely Nuwa could distance herself from the affair.

As for obeying Heaven's will, she had reincarnated Lingzhu Zi, her attendant, into the Chan Sect.

That way, she had followed Heaven's will while also foiling the Western Sages' scheme!

However, Nuwa had no fondness for the Two Sages of the West.

They had schemed against Emperor Xin and against her as well. Their scheme against her had been what set the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation in motion!

Thinking of this, Nuwa felt displeased.

Still, Nuwa was unwilling to truly fall out with the Two Sages of the West. She had no choice but to sacrifice the three monsters to preserve her own reputation!

In the royal palace of Chaoge!

After Deng Jiugong slew the three monsters, he received a mystery box.

Mystery boxes often brought people pleasant surprises.

So as soon as Deng Jiugong received it, he opened it.

"Ding-dong! Congratulations, host! You opened a mystery box and received one Sign-in Card and one Marriage Correction Card!"

This time, the mystery box contained two items.

Deng Jiugong already had one Sign-in Card. Now that he had received another, he had two, though he had never used one before.

He had no idea what benefits the Sign-in Card might bring him.

As for the Marriage Correction Card, it left Deng Jiugong rather baffled!

He had killed someone else's wife, and the reward was a Marriage Correction Card?

It felt rather strange!

Still, he could more or less understand. The Marriage Correction Card was meant to correct a marriage.

After Queen Jiang died, Emperor Xin had made the Fox Spirit Daji his queen.

Now that he had slain the Fox Spirit, it wasn't as if he could correct Emperor Xin's marriage. Deng Jiugong didn't want to waste a valuable card that invited all sorts of speculation.

Perhaps he could keep it. It might come in handy for him one day!

Coming back to himself, he saw Emperor Xin staring blankly at him, so Deng Jiugong walked into Nine Chambers Hall.

Without realizing it, he had cleared a wide path through the gathered ministers. Their faces were full of awe.

Deng Jiugong had done what Grand Tutor Wen hadn't dared to do. That alone was enough to inspire awe.

"Minister Deng!"

Emperor Xin spoke cautiously.

"Please, Great King!"

Deng Jiugong replied.

"Ahem!" Emperor Xin straightened himself, unable to help feeling that his authority as a king had somehow diminished in front of his minister.

After a moment's hesitation, Emperor Xin still asked,

"Are those three monsters really dead?"

"They're certainly dead," Deng Jiugong replied.

Phew!

Emperor Xin couldn't help letting out a long breath.

Because of those three monsters, his Great Shang realm had already fallen into such decline.

Now that his mind was clear again, Emperor Xin thought of the three monsters, his expression complicated.