Chapter 97 The King Burns Using a magic rope Nu Wa bound the three sprites and delivered them to Yang Bliss. Thus the three sprites were conveyed to the executional grounds. Ziya scolded them for eating the servants of the palace and for creating the plots to execute virtuous officials. Daji pleaded to Ziya saying that she was only an ordinary girl from the Su house, so she could not to have persuaded King Zhou to perpetrate any evil acts. But Ziya, facing the feudal lords, described to them that she was not Su's daughter but a fox sprite. The without delaying, the executioners cut off the heads of the Zither sprite and the Pearl Chicken Sprite. However Daji employed her bewitching and charming seduction at the executioner. He became so infatuated that he could not raise the sword. Two more other executioners came to the task but also failed. Thunder-quaker went to report the situation to Ziya who then cast his flying blade to behead Daji. From the palace King Zhou witnessed when the execution fell upon them and felt sadness. Still on his way to the Star-plucking Tower, many ghosts came there to haunt Zhou but he just opened his eyes wide to terrify them instead, who ran away. When he reached at the Tower, he was dressed with the royal robe with pearls and jade covering it. Then King Zhou ordered the soldier Zhu Sheng to put on fire the Tower. When King Zhou was burnt to death, Zhu joined the king jumping into the fire to commit suicide. As King Wu and the other feudal lords entered into the palace, Ziya promptly ordered to extinguish the fire.
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