Heavenly Court, Red Luan Star Manor.
This was Matchmaker God's secluded residence, located east of the Marriage Hall.
The entire manor had soaring eaves and upturned corners, all painted a festive vermilion. The couplet upon the hall doors read: "Red threads bind wrists with a thousand autumns of longing; jade records inscribe names with a hundred years of fate."
Warmth filled the hall. Red lanterns hung between the beams and pillars, while countless red threads crisscrossed through the air, all tied to the rootless Marriage God Tree at the center of the hall.
At the center also stood the Three Realms Marriage Mirror. Its surface swirled hazily, reflecting the tangled fates of all living beings beneath the heavens.
Golden boys and jade maidens moved about the hall, each dressed in plain immortal robes trimmed in red, their steps light and brisk.
The golden boys carried marriage registers piled like mountains, bending over white-jade desks as they carefully checked the birth dates and eight characters of mortal men and women.
The jade maidens carried trays filled with jade dolls. They lightly placed the matched dolls upon the desks, then took fresh red threads and deftly wound and knotted them around the dolls' fingers.
Outside the hall, countless streams of incense and wish-power flew in from the Three Realms, all bearing hopes for good marriages.
At that moment, an auspicious cloud drifted gracefully over.
"Master has returned!"
The golden boys and jade maidens in the hall promptly set down their work and surged toward the manor gates.
The two at the front did not resemble ordinary boys and girls, but were dressed as young adults.
The female deity was radiant, while the male deity was handsome.
They were Matchmaker God's two great guardian deities: Azure Luan and Fire Phoenix.
These two deities