"Di Jun, you've gone too far!"
Nuwa's voice suddenly turned cold, chilling to the bone. "I'm issuing you a final ultimatum, not letting you bargain with me!"
"Although I am decisive in killing, I also value merit and demerit, rewards and punishments."
"Dayi has been utterly loyal to me, repeatedly risking his life, and rendering outstanding service."
"How could I humiliate and execute him over a single word from you?"
"If I did that, what face would I have left to stand in this world?"
Empress Wa's words rang out with force. Without the slightest hesitation, she gave her answer.
"Your Majesty!"
Dayi choked out upon hearing this.
His heart had been in his throat—not because he feared death, but because he had shot down the suns and killed his brothers-in-law in a fit of rage for the sake of Human Dao justice and to protect the Myriad Spirits, resolutely cutting off his path of living off his wife... If Nuwa sold him out for victory, wouldn't everything he had done before become a joke?
Now, Nuwa's words moved him beyond measure—the organization would not abandon him!
With that, Dayi's heart settled, and in an instant, he made his decision.
"Empress... Compared with the living beings of the world, with the eternal future of Human Dao, how insignificant is my life?" he transmitted to Nuwa, calmly facing life and death. "If the Heavenly Emperor insists, I am willing to die, thereby preserving the Witch Clan's righteous path and sparing the world from war."
Dayi spoke frankly. For the sake of all the living beings under Heaven, he could willingly sacrifice himself.
This was half public spirit and half private intent—Dayi was somewhat unwilling to go on living.
He had nearly killed his wife's brothers. There was no way he could