Du Yu hadn't quite understood.
"I'm supposed to fight to the death?"
Du Yu looked at the Queen Mother of the West in bewilderment. "Whichever of you two I fight, I can't win."
"No." The Queen Mother of the West shook her head. "Naturally, you won't be fighting either of us. Don't forget, you have an identity of your own."
"My identity...?" Du Yu raised his eyebrows at her. "You mean... Operator?"
"Exactly." The Queen Mother of the West nodded. "All of Houtu's suffering began in that distant age. If you want to sever it all, you can only return to that age and help her change her past with your own hands."
"Huh?" Du Yu jumped in alarm. "But isn't that a little outside the proper 'workflow'?"
"How so?"
"Well..." Du Yu hardly knew where to begin. "If I'm going to help Lady Houtu 'sever her past,' presumably I'd have to enter the legend of 'Xingtian,' right?"
"Of course." The Queen Mother of the West nodded.
"But there's nothing wrong with the legend of 'Xingtian.'" Du Yu spoke helplessly. "This sounds like you're sending me in to deliberately cause a problem. Do the laws of the Immortal Realm allow that?"
"You brat, are you stupid?" the Queen Mother of the West snapped. "I have the final say over the laws of the Immortal Realm. If This Dowager tells you to go, then go. No one will hold you accountable."
"Well..." Du Yu thought it over carefully, but still felt uneasy. "Big Cat, even if you don't hold me responsible, there's still a problem. 'Xingtian' is a legend from the Elder Era, after all. It involves the war between the gods under the Yellow Emperor and the Flame Emperor. It's at least Grade A. If something goes wrong with a