Lao Tzu is Ji Gong

"Take this nine-tailed fox spirit away and hand her over to Jiang Ziya. As for Shen Gongbao, he is highly skilled in magic. If we want to eliminate this threat completely, I will have to think of another way to deal with him." The Antarctic Immortal stroked his long white beard, handed the nine-tailed fox to Yang Jian, and prepared to leave with Shen Gongbao.

"Hey, old immortal, wait a minute! Look at this fox, has it gone mad? It keeps changing from human to fox!"

Knowing that disaster was imminent, the nine-tailed fox spirit grinned incessantly, almost to the point of madness. One moment she was Daji in human form, and the next she was a scarred fox with a broken tail, a sight that sent chills down the spines of onlookers.

"It's alright, it's alright. I'll stabilize her spirit, then she won't be able to cause any more trouble."

With a flick of his two fingers, the Antarctic Immortal "fixed" the nine-tailed fox, who screamed as if pricked, transformed into human form, and fainted.

"Elder, we'll be going now. Please be careful on your own."

Yang Jian and his group led the Nine-Tailed Fox back, while the Antarctic Immortal carried Shen Gongbao towards the Eye of the North Sea.

Heading north, the wind grew stronger and stronger, and gradually the world turned into a scene of pure white snow. The north wind howled, and the white robe of the Antarctic Immortal trembled violently in the cold wind. Shen Gongbao, who had fainted, was already covered with a light frost.

The Antarctic Immortal hurriedly cast a wind-avoiding spell to block the cold winds of this extremely cold place.

As Shen Gongbao warmed up, he gradually woke up and, seeing the vast emptiness around him, immediately bristled.

"Old man, why did you bring me to this frigid place? What are you going to do to me?"

"Hahaha, Shen Gongbao, look where you are! Don't you know what I'm about to do?"

As they spoke, the two arrived at a turbulent body of water. It was surrounded by icebergs, the air was chilling, and the current was rapid. Despite the absence of wind, the water surged at an extremely fast speed. It did not look like a body of water, but rather like a pot of boiling soup, bubbling and emitting cold air.

A layer of black mist rose above the water, as if it were coming from underground. Accompanied by the water flow, it resembled a gaping maw, ready to swallow people at any moment.

"Ah! Antarctic Immortal, how wicked you are! The Eye of the North Sea is an extremely dangerous and treacherous place, yet you want me to go and fill it!"

"Hehe, Shen Gongbao, the North Sea Eye is an extremely dangerous and evil place. Aren't you also an extremely evil person? It would be perfect to have you fill the North Sea Eye."

"South, Antarctic Immortal, the Eye of the North Sea is filled with demons from all sides. Entering the Eye of the North Sea means enduring daily lightning strikes and knife cuts, and having to use one's primordial spirit to suppress the demonic energy within. I... I really can't bear it anymore! I was wrong, I was really wrong, please spare my life!"

"Spare your life? You persecuted loyal officials and harmed the people in the Shang Dynasty, did you ever spare their lives? Now you know fear? You even impersonated Nuwa's messenger when I asked you to confess the truth. Your evil deeds are no less than those of the people in the North Sea!"

"Ah, no, no, don't throw me down! I'm unforgivable! Kill me! Kill me now!" Shen Gongbao cried out anxiously, his immense fear causing him to forget his dignity. He knelt on the ground repeatedly, begging the Antarctic Immortal.

"Since you have admitted your guilt, then go and repent in the North Sea!" With that, he waved his long sleeves and threw Shen Gongbao inside.

"Ah—" Shen Gongbao's shrill scream was swallowed by the seawater. The seawater was like human hands, and once touched, it was like thousands of evil ghosts desperately pulling people in, which was truly terrifying.

"Those who do many evil deeds will surely perish!" After dealing with Shen Gongbao, the Old Man of the South Pole looked at the miserable state he had become in the eyes of the North Sea and felt a pang of emotion.

Inside Zhou's camp, the nine-tailed fox, whose primordial spirit had been immobilized, seemed to have lost her mind. She neither made a sound nor caused any disturbance. Her body was covered in wounds and bloodstains, making her look pitiful. Anyone who saw her would think she was a pitiful woman who had been bullied.

Inside the tent sat the various feudal lords of the Shang Dynasty. Now that the Shang Dynasty had fallen and the Zhou Dynasty had been established, King Wu invited them to jointly deal with this vixen who had brought disaster to the country and its people.

"Fox spirit, now that you have been brought to justice, confess your crimes and let the various lords judge you together," King Wu said majestically from his seat at the head of the table.

Seeing so many people about to judge her, the fox spirit thought that she herself would die with great fanfare. She glanced at the feudal lords and a plan came to her mind. She wanted to make one last desperate attempt.

"Huh? What are you talking about? Where is this? What fox spirit? I am Su Daji! I am Su Daji, the daughter of the Marquis of Yizhou!"

"What? This isn't a vixen, it's the daughter of the Marquis of Yizhou?" A flurry of discussion erupted, and even King Wu frowned.

"Did a fox spirit possess Daji's body? Or has the fox spirit run away again? Is this Su Daji?"

"I'm not a fox spirit, I'm a human, I'm Su Daji! Why are you tying me up? Father, please come and save your daughter!" The fox spirit sobbed softly, looking so weak and helpless that it moved everyone who saw it.

"Your Majesty, if the fox spirit escapes, then this man before us was also harmed by her. Let her go; it will be easier to explain to the Marquis of Yizhou."

"Yes, yes," everyone echoed.

Seeing that she had fooled everyone, the fox spirit was secretly pleased, but she quickly concealed the joy in her eyes and made her expression even more pitiful.

"Please calm down, everyone. This fox spirit is always cunning. It's possible she's just pretending. We need to be careful. If she gets away again, all our efforts will be in vain," Ji Fa replied calmly.

"Summon Yang Jian!"

"Greetings, Your Majesty. May I ask what brings you here?"

"Yang Jian, are you sure you've captured a nine-tailed fox spirit, and not the real Su Daji?"

"What does Your Majesty mean by this? We captured this nine-tailed fox spirit together, and I escorted her back all the way. How could I be wrong?"

"But now this vixen clearly doesn't recognize the situation, it's like she's possessed by Su Daji!"

"That's impossible! This vixen is cunning and treacherous; she must be plotting something again. Your Majesty, don't trust her. It's best to deal with her as soon as possible!"

"This……"

"You vicious person, why did you harm me like this? I am Su Daji. If you kill me, my father will definitely avenge me!" Before Ji Fa could give the order, the fox spirit questioned Yang Jian, leaving the lords in the tent completely confused.

"Hmph, if you're Su Daji, then I'm your father! Your Majesty, quickly deal with her, lest she spread her bewitching rumors!"

"Wait a minute, Your Majesty, if she really is Daji, wouldn't we have wrongly killed an innocent person?" A discussion broke out again, with some advocating for her execution and others opposing it, creating a commotion that left King Wu somewhat confused.

"What's all the noise about? It's so annoying! Can't you just let me get some sleep?" A furious roar rang out as Li Xiuyuan, squinting and looking like he hadn't slept well, walked in.

The man entered and, without bowing to King Wu, went straight to sit in a chair below Ji Fa. The crowd below exchanged bewildered glances, wondering who this man was. King Wu, however, nodded to him, showing no anger or disrespect. "Do you have any way to prove it?"

"That's easy," Li Xiuyuan said, taking out an old-fashioned bronze mirror. "Just look at yourself."

Looking at the unremarkable mirror, everyone felt a surge of disdain. "Tch, they thought it had some kind of supernatural power, but it's just putting on an act."

The fox spirit panicked when she saw the mirror. "A demon-revealing mirror!" she cried. "No, what are you going to do to me? I won't look in it! I don't want to look in it!"

"Hmph, do you think you can have your way?" Li Xiuyuan showed no mercy and lifted her head to pull it against the mirror. As soon as Daji's face was reflected in the mirror, the mirror emitted a golden light. When everyone looked closely, they saw that the face in the mirror was actually a fox's face!

"Alright, alright, now you understand, don't disturb my sleep anymore." With that, he flicked his sleeve, put the demon-revealing mirror away, and stepped out of the tent.

"Alright, everyone, now that we've confirmed this person is indeed the vixen, let's carry out the execution."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" the crowd shouted in unison.

Seeing this, the nine-tailed fox was filled with resentment. "No, that's not it! He's trying to frame me! Who are you? Why are you doing this to me? I'm human! I'm human! You will be punished! My father will avenge me!"

The nine-tailed fox roared desperately, but no one listened anymore.

The fox spirit was brought to the execution ground, bound and trembling. It was unclear whether she was angry that Li Xiuyuan had exposed her clever plan or afraid of dying. A large crowd had gathered around her, including not only feudal lords from various regions but also many commoners from the Shang Dynasty who had come to see this treacherous fox spirit.

The nine-tailed fox was filled with fear, but there was nothing she could do now.

"Begin the execution—"

Chapter 1158 King Zhou's Deep Sorrow

The nine-tailed fox Daji cried out incessantly, but no one paid her any attention anymore. No matter how beautiful she was, in everyone's hearts she had long since become the embodiment of evil.

At his command, Jiang Ziya lashed the fox spirit with his God-Slaying Whip. The red copper whip drew upon heavenly lightning, striking gods and demons until the fox spirit's liver and gallbladder shattered, and her body and spirit were utterly destroyed.

The sight of this whipping motion drew cheers from the crowd, tears streaming down their faces. They were mourning the deaths of their loved ones and friends, the loyal ministers and generals who had been murdered by Daji, and the return of a sliver of clarity to the world.

A pitiful scream emanated from the fox spirit's contorted face. "Ah—" With a agonizing cry, the fox spirit was separated from the human. The fox spirit's body was forcefully ejected, and a fluffy snow fox appeared in people's sight, instantly killed.

"Oh, the vixen is dead!" A cheer erupted from the crowd. The vixen who had brought disaster to the country was dead, and many people who had suffered injustice breathed a sigh of relief.

The fox spirit's corpse was left on the road and ignored. The people were outraged. Seeing the dead fox spirit's body, they remembered the days when they were bullied and suffered, and they all came forward to trample on her corpse.

"Hmph, you even caused my wife and children to break up, you deserve to die!"

"You killed my ten-year-old child! He was only ten!"

"Damn it, you died just like that? You got off too easy!"

As the people trampled on it, they expressed their indignation, and in the blink of an eye, the corpse of a white fox turned into a pile of minced meat.

Li Xiuyuan felt a little reluctant, but this was the fate of the nine-tailed fox; destiny required her to use this to achieve her merits.

He knew that the nine-tailed fox, after her reincarnation, would no longer remember this period of time; she would completely forget everything that had happened over the years and begin her new life.

As people lamented their grievances, the sky darkened, and suddenly a downpour began. Reluctantly, they hurried home. The heavy rain washed away the fox spirit's corpse, as if cleansing the resentment in their hearts, washing away the decadent Shang Dynasty that had lasted for so many years, and heralding the beginning of a new dynasty and a new life for everyone.

Now, only King Zhou remains in the vast palace; the other ministers and palace servants had already scattered and fled when the Zhou army stormed into Chaoge.

The once magnificent palaces and extravagantly luxurious wine pools and meat forests have all changed and are no longer as extravagant as they once were.

King Zhou poured wine from the empty wine jug into his mouth, muttering something under his breath, before slumping down on the steps, his eyes filled with a deep intoxication. He gazed at the sky, his mind wandering elsewhere.

"My queen, where are you? Have you left me too?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" Only King Zhou's personal attendant remained by his side. "Your Majesty, the Queen's assassination attempt on Ji Fa at the Zhou camp was captured, and she has already been executed in the Zhou camp today!"

King Zhou was shocked upon hearing this. His alcohol-induced haze suddenly cleared, and he said incredulously, "What? This is impossible! How could Daji, a weak woman, assassinate Ji Fa?"

"It's true, Your Majesty! Today, all the people went to see it. They heard that Daji wasn't human at all, but a fox spirit who came to bewitch Your Majesty. Her body was trampled to pieces by the people!" The personal attendant beside him said with deep sorrow. Although Daji had done many bad things, she was still considered good by him, a favorite of King Zhou.

Upon hearing this, King Zhou felt a pang of anguish.

"Ah, my queen!" With a soft "pfft," King Zhou, perhaps overwhelmed with grief, coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you alright?" The personal attendant was also startled. He was an old man, almost half-buried in the ground, and had long since become indifferent to life and death. However, he was truly worried about the emperor, whom he had taken care of since childhood.

"Your Majesty need not be too sad. That queen is nothing but a vixen in disguise. In my opinion, the Shang Dynasty has fallen into this state because of her repeated mischief and attempts to bewitch Your Majesty. She is the one who has dragged Your Majesty down with her."

King Zhou's mouth was full of blood, but he still said, "Shut up! Now that no one is by my side, are you going to rebel too? Whether she is a fox spirit or not, she is still my queen."

King Zhou shouted excitedly, pounding the ground repeatedly with his hands. He choked on a mouthful of blood and coughed violently.

"Yes, yes, it's my fault, Your Majesty, please don't be angry, go and rest." He quickly helped King Zhou to his inner chamber.

King Zhou, who had been drinking heavily all day, had long lost his former majesty. He was helped up by his attendants and walked unsteadily into the room, his frail figure adding to his desolate appearance.

Night fell, and all around was quiet. Not even a bird could be heard chirping in the deep palace. The pale moonlight shone on the Star-Picking Tower, making it seem even more desolate. The Star-Picking Tower, which was usually filled with singing and dancing, was now cold and deserted. Not even a single lamp was lit. Only the cold moonlight shone through the paper window, casting a lonely shadow on a person.

King Zhou leaned against the door of the Star-Picking Tower, cautiously reaching out as if to grasp something, but then slowly pulling back, thinking that those days were gone forever.

"Alas, my wife, I deeply regret not listening to you. If we had found a quiet place and lived peacefully, wouldn't things be different today?"