Slaying Eastern King Duke (Part 1)

After learning Eastern King Duke's whereabouts, Dijun and Taiyi bade Fuxi farewell. Fuxi did not stand on ceremony with them this time. Like sending off a plague god, he "saw" the two brothers off. Fuxi felt that he was simply too "unlucky." How could he be this unlucky? Was it because he had divulged too many Heavenly Secrets? Probably not...

Who knew what Fuxi was thinking now? Could it be that he wanted Dijun and Taiyi to kill Eastern King Duke outright? That seemed far too wicked. After all, Fuxi had held neither grievance nor enmity toward Eastern King Duke. Was that really necessary? Oh, no, that was wrong. Now they had both grievances and enmity between them. Still, he could not wish for Dijun and Taiyi to kill Eastern King Duke over that, could he? No matter what, Fuxi could not do such a thing. After all, Fuxi was an "honest" man.

If Dijun and Taiyi failed to kill Eastern King Duke, then Eastern King Duke's retaliation would be waiting for Fuxi. After all, Fuxi had "helped" Dijun and Taiyi and "set up" Eastern King Duke. This truly was a difficult choice. It truly made an "honest" man feel "pained."

Now, the two people causing Fuxi such "pain" happily returned to their own Sun Palace. They immediately gathered their subordinates and prepared to head for West Kunlun with them. They intended to seize this opportunity to wipe out Eastern King Duke. If possible, they could kill Queen Mother of the West as well. Presumably, Dijun and Taiyi would have no objections to that. Given the current situation, killing Queen Mother of the West would definitely be more beneficial than sparing her. Since that was so, why not ride the momentum? They had nothing to lose.

After gathering their subordinates,