Chapter 167: You Can’t Live by Causing Your Own Misfortune
Lingxiao Treasure Hall was the place of supreme authority in the Three Realms. The deities who participated in the court meetings here were either powerful, of notable heritage, or both.
With their knowledge, they certainly understood what the records of the Three-Life Stone implied.
It was a divine treasure personally established by Lady Nuwa beside the Naihe Bridge of the underworld, which recorded the past, present, and future lives of all spirits and beings.
And with Houtu presiding justly over the underworld, it could be said that unless she approved, absolutely no one dared to tamper with the Three-Life Stone.
After all, who in the Three Realms could rival Lady Houtu in the underworld?
Moreover, this saint of earthly ways was renowned for her compassion and fairness since the Primordial Era, and her reputation continued to this day; no one believed she would act out of bias.
Thus, the moment Taibai Jinxing mentioned that Lady Houtu could testify, it amounted to saying that what Sun Wukong stated was true.
But the immortals understood that this evidence was not sufficient.
Indeed, they heard His Majesty the Jade Emperor say, "These only prove that your marriage fate was altered, but they do not confirm who altered it."
Sun Wukong clasped his hands and replied, "Your Majesty makes a reasonable point, so Old Sun also checked the marriage fates of Princess Yaoji, Princess Weaver Girl, and Princess Long Ji in the Three-Life Stone, and found that according to destiny, none of them were to have husbands."