Chapter 405

Heavenly Court.

The Jade Emperor and Wang Mu looked at each other, watching Gu Qing, Yang Jian, and Sun Wukong rush in, along with that sharp Pangu Axe. They were clearly Golden Immortals, yet they felt very aggrieved at this moment.

They hadn't even exerted any effort, and it was already about to end.

The Jade Emperor looked at Gu Qing, looked at the Pangu Axe in Gu Qing's hand, moved his lips, and his expression became clearly affectionate, addressing him, "Worthy son-in-law!"

The Pangu Axe could not only open heaven and earth but could also eliminate this pathetic thick barrier.

Yao Ji stood behind Gu Qing and looked at the Jade Emperor sitting in the Jade Pool. The sibling bond between them had already been severed when Yang Tianyou died. Now, Yao Ji prevented Gu Qing from tearing down the roof just because overthrowing the Jade Emperor would involve huge changes to the heavenly rules, and many Golden Immortals would join forces to snatch the dominance of the Three Realms, which was not a good thing for all living beings.

"Qi'er married you, and Yang Chan also married you; we are all one family now."

Wang Mu's face also squeezed out a smile.

Golden Immortals could master heavenly rules and laws, but the Pangu Axe could destroy heavenly rules and laws.

The current Gu Qing possessed the ability to perish together with the Heavenly Court. Both the Jade Emperor and Wang Mu had to show restraint and have a good talk with Gu Qing.

"But our marriage is not allowed by the heavenly rules."

Gu Qing's words held a measure of laughter.

The Jade Emperor's face held a measure of ingratiating smiles as he said, "Worthy son-in-law, we established the heavenly rules to make immortals and gods heartless precisely for the sake of fairness in the Three Realms. Because if immortals and gods have emotions and desires, and have selfish motives, they will trample on order. The Heavenly Court will also be like human dynasties, after a certain period of expansion of immortals and gods, eventually brewing a reshuffle that endangers the Three Realms, only then being able to obtain peace once again."

Immortals and gods being heartless and desireless and executing the heavenly rules, on the contrary, protected the fairness of the Three Realms.

"Just like Yang Jiao and Yang Jian, in order to find their father, they broke into the Eighteen Layers of Hell and even wanted to attack the Heavenly Court, which is rebellious."

Wang Mu pointed at Yang Jiao and Yang Jian, gave an example, and said, "In these emotions and desires, emotion is giving, and desire is taking. If immortals and gods cannot grasp the limit, and fall into emotions and desires, they will instead have endless torment, just like Yang Jian."

Yang Jian frowned, feeling that things were not simple.

"Second Brother Yang."

Nezha, among the immortals and gods, took out a small booklet, handed it to Yang Jian, and said, "I originally wanted to hand it to you for review, but there were too many things..."

Yang Jian took the booklet and saw that it was written by the Kitchen God, detailing the quarrels in Yang Jian's home, and submitted it to the Heavenly Court. Wang Mu had printed many copies of this booklet and handed them to the various gods of the Heavenly Court, using it as a negative example to warn the immortals and gods.

Yao Ji and Yang Jiao both leaned forward, took a slight glance, and after seeing the content, turned their faces to the side to preserve Yang Jian's dignity.

Yang Jian exerted force in his hand, blowing up the booklet, and said coldly, "If this Kitchen God dares to talk nonsense again in the future, don't blame me for digging out his eyes, pulling out his tongue, and plugging his ears!"

Having his own family affairs watched as entertainment by immortals and gods was a great humiliation for Yang Jian.

Hearing this, the Kitchen God among the gods immediately shrank his head and hid himself.

"Perhaps you think the heavenly rules are unreasonable, but they do have reasons for existing."

The Jade Emperor said.

"These unreasonableness also include you using the Ten Golden Crows to scorch the mortal world, including you wanting to use Weak Water to strike Yang Jiao and Yang Jian, regardless of how much disaster this Weak Water will bring to the human world."

Gu Qing said.

These two things were black spots that the Jade Emperor could not get around.

The immortals and gods in the Heavenly Court whispered and kept looking at the Jade Emperor above.

The Jade Emperor lowered his eyes slightly; on this matter, he could not easily admit his mistake.

At this very moment, in the Heavenly Court, various immortals and gods were coming here one after another. Among these immortals and gods, there was Tai Shang Lao Jun from the Thirty-Three Heavens, Yuan Shi Yuanshi Tianzun who had just left Kunlun, Ling Bao Yuanshi Tianzun who had previously lost the Investiture of the Gods battle, and the Buddha Elder who had rushed from the West, and so on.

These immortals and gods saw Gu Qing threatening the Jade Emperor, and most of them were watching the changes quietly.

"Are you really not going to say a word?"

Gu Qing looked at the surrounding immortals and gods and said, "Preparing to stand on the side, whoever wins, you help?"

Except for the various Golden Immortals, the immortals and gods here lowered their eyes and turned their heads, not saying a word.

"Alright."

Gu Qing suddenly changed the subject and said, "Since that's the case, the Jade Emperor is also my father-in-law. We can discuss making peace, and this way we will both win."

You want to make peace?

At this moment, the immortals and gods here at the Jade Pool, on the contrary, became restless. Gu Qing held the Pangu Axe and had already become the strongest combat force in the Three Realms on the surface. If Gu Qing really wanted to unite with the Jade Emperor, then the Jade Emperor's previous decline would be reversed immediately, and this leaky Heavenly Court would also become a solid piece.

Hearing this, the Jade Emperor's face was full of joy, and he clapped his hands repeatedly, saying, "Win-win is good, win-win is good!"

The gods looked at Gu Qing one after another. If the Jade Emperor and Gu Qing won, they would become the biggest losers.

"Of course!"

Gu Qing nodded and said, "These immortals and gods are not pursuing your mistakes, so why should I make things difficult for my father-in-law? As long as my father-in-law agrees to my conditions, I will stop immediately, return to the human world to continue living my little life, and from now on, I will never care about the disputes of the Heavenly Court again!"

Gu Qing also stated his conditions.

"Good!"

Wang Mu immediately agreed and added, "But this matter cannot go against the heavenly rules."

At least not on the surface!

"Of course!"

Gu Qing agreed immediately, prepared to state the conditions, and said, "I only ask Wang Mu to..."

"Cough cough!!"

In the Jade Pool, two coughs were heard. The sound was very small, but it immediately suppressed Gu Qing's voice. Everyone looked over and saw that the one who spoke was Grand Master Wen Zhong. He had once assisted King Zhou in the mortal world, and after he died, the sky of Shang-Zhou collapsed. Now, Wen Zhong held the Thunder Department in the Heavenly Court and was also in a high position with great power. At this moment, he spoke boldly, "Gu Qing, under the rule of the Heavenly Emperor, ten suns crossed the sky, and more than half of the common people in the mortal world died or were injured. In the City of Wronged Souls, the screams of the people were endless. Such behavior is even worse than King Zhou in the human world. In my opinion, this Jade Emperor is not suitable to continue governing the Three Realms."

As soon as this was said, the expressions of many immortals and gods in the Heavenly Court changed slightly.

During the Investiture of the Gods, the immortals and gods had scolded him one by one for assisting the tyrant. Now that King Zhou was gone, this title was placed on the Jade Emperor, making the immortals and gods feel that Wen Zhong's words were a bit too sharp.

"Then according to Grand Master Wen's opinion, who is suitable to be the Lord of the Three Realms?"

The Little Golden Crow asked with a cold tone and full of murderous intent.

"In my opinion, the one suitable to be the Heavenly Emperor in this world is none other than the leader of my Jie Sect."

Grand Master Wen Zhong said loudly.

The immortals looked at Ling Bao Yuanshi Tianzun. They could hear the Jie Sect's calculations clearly. After the Investiture of the Gods, the Jie Sect was leaderless, each looking after their own. Now that it was said they were to rule the Three Realms, many immortals and gods cheered.

After all, in this Heavenly Court, most of the immortals and gods' power was filled by the Jie Sect.

"This Ling Bao Yuanshi Tianzun lost the Investiture of the Gods battle after all."

Jiang Ziya hurriedly said at this moment, "This is too unsuitable for the position of Jade Emperor."

In the Heavenly Court, various gods had been pardoned, and Jiang Ziya was the one who had screened them out. Now, Jiang Ziya also wanted to make an effort.

With expectations and disputes, in the Three Realms, the immortals and gods began to line up, and all kinds of gossip spread. Gu Qing listened to all the noise in the Heavenly Court, reached out and patted the Pangu Axe, feeling satisfied. Having obtained the Pangu Axe, Gu Qing should have been a listener to others' conditions. Seeing everything getting better at this moment, Wang Mu became increasingly unable to sit still.

"Gu Qing."

Master Yuding suddenly shouted, "Gu Qing, we have known each other for a long time. I have many scriptures that I can recite for you to listen to." While speaking, Master Yuding's words were continuous, not caring at all whether Gu Qing heard them or not, just teaching the secret methods boldly.

Gu Qing immediately applied his merit to record everything Master Yuding said.

"Gu Qing."

The Golden Jin Jin Ling Shengmu had arrived in the Heavenly Court at some unknown time and said to Gu Qing, "Back then, on the East Sea, our moves collided, and you were a step better. After that, you fell into the East Sea..." After appropriate reminiscing, the Golden Jin Jin Ling Shengmu said, "The sword array you used to defeat me back then had quite an origin, but in the end, it couldn't compare to my Jie Sect's Immortal-Slaying Sword Array..."

The Golden Jin Jin Ling Shengmu brought out the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array.

Yao Ji had always been by Gu Qing's side. Hearing the conditions proposed by the Jie Sect, she grabbed Gu Qing's arm tightly, fearing that Gu Qing would give an answer, hold the Pangu Axe, and become the number one warrior of the Jie Sect.

The immortals and gods were all arguing.

At this moment, Gu Qing did not take the initiative, did not refuse, and did not take responsibility, only receiving benefits, which also made the gods of the Heavenly Court stop tacitly and look at Gu Qing together.

"The Chan Sect's techniques, the Jie Sect's sword array."

The Jade Emperor's voice held a measure of hoarseness as he said, "Gu Qing, what is your final decision?"

Just taking benefits without doing anything, that wouldn't work either.

Gu Qing took the initiative to step forward, looked at the Jade Emperor and Wang Mu, pondered repeatedly, and said, "I don't really like the Chan Sect's techniques or the Jie Sect's sword array... Jade Emperor, Wang Mu, can you bestow Chang'e upon me?"

The Jade Emperor and Wang Mu were shocked. The gods in the Heavenly Court looked at Gu Qing with different expressions. Things like "lighting the beacon to tease the feudal lords" had not yet happened in the human world, but everything Gu Qing did seemed like a huge joke to them. After all the trouble, Gu Qing was still making trouble over a woman?

The gazes of the immortals and gods focused on the Guanghan Caiyun Xianzi.

At this moment, the cold Guanghan Caiyun Xianzi's jade body glowed, and against the backdrop of her white clothes, she was peerlessly beautiful.

This kind of thing Gu Qing caused seemed extremely absurd, but for the parties involved, such thoughts were too precious.

"Caiyun Xianzi Chang'e is a female immortal of Guanghan, how can she be bestowed upon someone?"

Wang Mu pulled a long face, her gaze turning away from Chang'e, shouting that she had miscalculated. If she had known Gu Qing and Chang'e were like this, she should have directly used Chang'e to threaten Gu Qing, just like when she made Gu Qing take the Soul-Breaking Pill back then...

Gu Qing gripped the Pangu Axe tightly in his hand.

"Worthy son-in-law, don't be anxious."

The Jade Emperor hurriedly pacified him and said, "We can revoke the Guanghan Caiyun Xianzi's divine position and take out her immortality medicine. After that, where Chang'e goes, our Heavenly Court will not care."

In this way, the Jade Emperor and Wang Mu would not be considered to have gone against the heavenly rules. As for Chang'e, after removing the immortality medicine, she still had the divine power of the Flat Peach and the divine power of the Ginseng Fruit in her body, still being an ageless female immortal.

These years of shackles were removed in one day. Chang'e's eyes rippled, and when she covered her mouth to stop the sound, tears fell uncontrollably. She came to Gu Qing's side, held Gu Qing's hand, and their ten fingers were locked together.

"Oh my!"

Marshal Tianpeng was so angry that he threw away the rake in his hand, feeling that staying in the Heavenly Court was boring.

The Jade Emperor was originally feeling angry, and seeing Marshal Tianpeng's actions, he immediately marked Marshal Tianpeng, intending to deal with him after the matter was over.

"Gu Qing!"

Yao Ji sighed helplessly and said, "You really have a way, making such a fuss for her sake."

Gu Qing reached out and grabbed Yao Ji, transmitting his thoughts, "Back then, when the ten suns crossed the sky, the commotion I made for your sake was not small at all."

Yao Ji shook her hand, not believing such words. Although the commotion was big back then, it was all for Yang Chan's sake.

"Then we are leaving."

Gu Qing feigned farewell to the gods of the Heavenly Court and said, "I am too young to handle big things, so I am preparing to retire after success."

The Three Pure Ones and the Buddha all glared at Gu Qing. After this commotion, Gu Qing's basic purpose for coming to the Heavenly Court had been achieved. Now, the goals of the Three Pure Ones and the Buddha had not been achieved at all.

"For the sake of all living beings under heaven, let's talk about the ten suns crossing the sky, the Weak Water descending to the mortal world..."

Yuan Shi Yuanshi Tianzun took the initiative to speak.

The Three Pure Ones united, the Buddha was on the side, and many Golden Immortals joined forces to force the Jade Emperor to make concessions.

Seeing this, Gu Qing smiled, watching the Golden Immortals join forces and negotiate conditions with the Jade Emperor. The West belonged to the Buddha, the East belonged to the Immortal Saints, the North belonged to Zhenwu... Thus, the Three Pure Ones and Four Emperors performed their respective duties. The Jade Emperor's power was greatly reduced, and he could no longer give an order that would cause ten suns to cross the sky, give an order that would open the floodgates, or even destroy a city because the human world was not respectful.

Mount Hua.

Gu Qing hung the Pangu Axe and retired here with Yang Chan, the Seventh Princess, and Chang'e. The Three Realms seemed to have returned to normal, but after living here for more than twenty years, Yao Ji left the Yang family in Guanjiangkou, and while strolling, she also landed on Mount Hua.

"You say a person is perfectly fine before marriage, so how can they change after marriage?"

Yao Ji complained helplessly while drinking tea.

Cun Xin was by Yang Jian's side, driving away Yang Jian's brothers and the Howling Celestial Dog. Yao Ji couldn't bear to see her son in a dilemma, and only after coming to Gu Qing's side did she feel a normal family atmosphere.

"Slowly endure it."

Gu Qing was unable to help Yang Jian.

"Are you also enduring it?"

Yao Ji suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Gu Qing.

Gu Qing reached out and took Yao Ji to the depths of Mount Hua. The two continued downward. Yao Ji suddenly stiffened, looked at the colorful, misty place in front of her, and exclaimed in surprise, "The new heavenly rules are actually here!"

Gu Qing nodded.

Once these new heavenly rules were born, the rules of the Three Realms would be rewritten.

"Do you want to be the Jade Emperor?"

Yao Ji stroked the heavenly rules in front of her and asked in a low voice.

The Jade Emperor wrote the heavenly rules and order, becoming the master of the Three Realms. Although he had retreated repeatedly to the Three Pure Ones and Four Emperors, the fundamental heavenly rules of the Three Realms were still grasped in the hands of the Jade Emperor.

"I'll show you this."

Gu Qing led Yao Ji to look at an inscription of the heavenly rules. Among the dense heavenly rules, under Gu Qing's guidance, Yao Ji saw pictures within pictures and words within words. Among the many cloud seals, Gu Qing wrote in a foreign script: Yao Ji's son-in-law can marry his mother-in-law...

"Are you looking for death?!"

Yao Ji felt her head boom, and it went blank.

(End of chapter)