Talk of Tribulation at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Speaking of Hardship at the Water God Temple

"...If there were Heavenly Court traitors secretly throwing wrenches into Chan Teaching's affairs, why would Jie Teaching refuse Wood Duke?

Chang Geng, weren't you on good terms with Fairy Yunxiao and sworn friends with Jie Teaching disciples like Zhao Gongming?"

Hall of Exalted Peace, on the steps before the high platform.

The Jade Emperor reclined on his side, casually plucked a purple crystal grape offered in tribute by the Dragon Palace, and put it into his mouth as he asked in puzzlement.

Li Changshou: ...

Why did this grape look so familiar?

Ahem, no, that was not it.

His Majesty Jade Emperor had calmed down so quickly?

If he was not gnashing his teeth and cursing up a storm right now, it was somewhat unlike the Jade Emperor's temperament.

Li Changshou sighed. "I sent Senior Brother Duobao a letter beforehand."

"Oh?"

The Jade Emperor was full of confusion. "Why did Chang Geng take the initiative to have Jie Teaching enter the Tribulation? You should have been trying your utmost to keep Jie Teaching out of it."

"Perhaps Your Majesty does not know," Li Changshou said softly, "but ever since I plotted against the Dragon Clan, I had already affected the tribulation fate of this Great Cataclysm. Once that tribulation fate emerged, I immediately suffered backlash.

Although I forcibly killed Daoist Lu Ya in the Northern Continent to avenge my master, this also caused the Heavenly Dao to fix its gaze upon me. A will manifested through the tribulation fate and kept a close watch on my Primordial Spirit.

If I dared do anything that hindered the Great Cataclysm, my Primordial Spirit would suffer grave damage. I would likely need a hundred and eighty years before awakening again.

The Great Cataclysm had long been a fixed certainty. I could not obstruct