Zhang Wenjing broke both her legs, but fortunately, with today's advanced medical technology, she won't be paralyzed. She'll have difficulty walking in the future, and severe pain on rainy days. Tsk, thinking about these lasting after-effects, only those who experience it truly know.
Su Wensheng was already drunk and a habitual heavy drinker. This time, he was so enraged that he had a cerebral hemorrhage. He was rushed to the hospital just in time and didn't die, but walking out of bed in the future? That's unlikely!
Su Tianfeng didn't know that her destiny was protecting her by dealing with those who harbored ill intentions towards her. Therefore, Su Tianfeng, like Su Wenbin, Lin Hua, and Su Kaihe, believed this was retribution.
Meanwhile, Su Daji, Chang'e, and the Queen of the Western Liang, watching the live broadcast, saw clearly that it was the Phoenix Destiny that acted.
Only a select few knew that Su Tianfeng's Phoenix Destiny was an Evil Phoenix Destiny. Naturally, this information wasn't shared with the public, and others couldn't calculate it.
Even if the Three Pure Ones intervened to prevent others from calculating the essence of the Evil Phoenix Destiny, its self-preservation instincts were at their peak. If anyone in the entire Primordial Era could calculate the essence of the Evil Phoenix Destiny, it would only be Venerable Lianhua.
But Venerable Lianhua wouldn't bother with such trivial matters.
Su Daji felt something was amiss. She recalled she was once a concubine to Di Xin.
She was taking advantage of the shell of the real Su Daji; otherwise, the Human Race Luck/Qi, already weakened by the schemes of various factions, would have taken her life, the malevolent nine-tailed fox.
Having been a concubine to Di Xin, she had naturally witnessed Di Xin's Human Emperor Destiny.
In the old era of the Primordial Era, even demons like Su Daji knew that Di Xin was the last Human Emperor of the human race. Not just anyone could become a Human Emperor; one had to possess the destiny to do so.
It was just that Di Xin was unlucky. As the human race was the weakest amid the struggle for Luck/Qi among the major powers, they became like fish on a chopping block.
Su Daji had the authority to speak about the power of destinies. Each time she tempted Di Xin, her true spirit suffered damage.
If the Human Race Luck/Qi hadn't been so depleted back then, who knows if Su Daji would have survived to recuperate in the Xuanyuan Tomb after the backlash from the Human Race Luck/Qi?
Everyone thought she was punished and suppressed in the Xuanyuan Tomb after the Investiture of the Gods calamity. In reality, she was born in the Xuanyuan Tomb; this was her origin. If Nüwa Niangniang hadn't intervened, would the Human Emperor Xuanyuan have spared her?
Chang'e's understanding of destinies was based on observation, not personal experience. The Queen of the Western Liang herself possessed an Empress Destiny, a lineage of Empress Destinies passed down through generations in the Daughter Kingdom.
The Empress Destiny, coupled with the Mother-Child River, was the true foundation of the Daughter Kingdom.
"I possess the Empress Destiny, and the Empress Destiny of my Daughter Kingdom has been empowered by successive empresses, granting it such formidable fortune. Compared to the Phoenix Destiny Young Master Tianfeng possesses, it's somewhat lacking," she said, her tone tinged with envy. The foundations and origins in the Primordial Era were truly laid bare.
This also led to the helplessness and hardship of the common folk in the Primordial Era.
Helplessness because one couldn't choose their origins; hardship because breaking free from one's origins required extraordinary effort beyond imagination.
"Your Empress Destiny is even slightly inferior to the Human Emperor Destiny, and Young Master Tianfeng's destiny is stronger than the Human Emperor Destiny. I can confirm this, though I'm uncertain by how much," Su Daji said, and Chang'e sighed.
"No wonder the Grand Pure Sage sent Venerable Green Ox to deliver a message, asking us not to gossip and interfere with Young Master Tianfeng's reincarnation. It turns out they have such a powerful destiny protecting them. So, all we can do is play the role of nannies, ensuring Young Master Tianfeng lives comfortably during his reincarnation?" Chang'e felt this role was an underutilization of her talents. After receiving the mission, she had created thirty thousand plans to assist Young Master Tianfeng in soaring to the heavens.
But with the destiny's power, her efforts were no longer needed, were they?
Su Daji felt Chang'e was mistaken, but she didn't want to argue. Some things were best kept to oneself; she would simply play a more significant role when Young Master Tianfeng needed her.
This matter still needed to be reported to Nüwa Niangniang, but it didn't prevent her from using Chang'e at this moment to probe the Grand Pure Sage's attitude?
"Zhang Wenjing saw the phantom of the Phoenix Destiny. Chang'e, you are an immortal, governed by the Heavenly Dao. Having you make Zhang Wenjing forget about this is better than me doing it. The Heavenly Dao of this small world has a higher affinity for immortals governed by the Heavenly Dao like you." After dispatching Chang'e, Su Daji's true spirit left for the Palace of Nuwa.
Chang'e not only erased Zhang Wenjing's memories related to the destiny but also erased Su Wensheng's memories about it, as he was drunk and disoriented and might not have seen clearly.
Later, she asked the Queen of the Western Liang, "I always feel that Young Master Tianfeng's destiny is being suppressed. You also have a destiny; do you feel it?"
"Naturally, it's being suppressed. Young Master Tianfeng is currently in a small world. This world doesn't follow the path of fantasy; it's driven by technological development. Mystical elements are not prominent here. The small world naturally suppresses destinies. However, as a world under the Primordial Era's jurisdiction, the Three Paths of the Primordial Era will not allow Young Master Tianfeng's destiny to destabilize the small world." Who would unnecessarily cause trouble?
The Queen of the Western Liang analyzed it all quite thoroughly.
Her analysis was correct, but the Three Paths of the Primordial Era were unaware of the true essence of the Evil Phoenix Destiny. What was actually suppressing the Evil Phoenix Destiny was the Three Pure Ones.
It wasn't until evening that Su Tianfeng's family of four returned home.
Shortly after returning, Su Wenbin made an international call to Grandpa Sū.
Su Wenbin felt guilty towards his father. In his early years, his father had doted on him and favored him, but he had been like an ungrateful wretch, insisting on protecting Song Ying, only to face retribution himself.
His own retribution had caused harm to his biological daughter, deepening Su Wenbin's guilt. These two burdens weighed on him, often making him feel suffocated. Was living like this truly comfortable?
It wasn't comfortable. Su Wenbin, not yet fifty, had completely white hair.
After discussing Zhang Wenjing and Su Wensheng with his father, Grandpa Sū remained silent for a full five minutes before sighing, "Retribution."
What Song Ying had done, she could only get away with now because it was a legal society. If it were a different era?
She wouldn't have been safe until she was dealt with.
But with Zhang Wenjing and Su Wensheng now hospitalized, and their future health compromised, this was retribution for Song Ying.
Is suffering alive more satisfying, or is killing someone more satisfying? Everyone had different opinions.
Grandpa Sū himself felt that suffering alive was more satisfying.
"You two should just manage the two children properly from now on. I'll be back at the end of the year, and we'll discuss some matters then. With those two hospitalized now, their future mobility issues might calm them down. As for Song Ying? If she comes looking for you, just send her away; you don't need to show anyone any face. Tell me, if you had listened to me back then, would you and Tianfeng have been separated for sixteen years?" Grandpa Sū's last sentence caused Su Wenbin to lose sleep for at least a month.
Su Wenbin: ...
He needed to find some sleeping pills. Not sleeping for a month would kill him. He still wanted to live and earn more money for his daughter.
After the father and son hung up, Grandpa Sū called Song Ying.