Nuwa Told Me to Bring Down Shang, But I Lost My Tail for King Zhou

Nuwa said: “Whoever brings down Shang will be granted a place among the gods.”

Bearing Heaven's mandate, I entered the court at Zhaoge, expecting to return and report back in three months.

But at our first meeting in the hall, the man in the dragon robe merely glanced at me, then smiled and murmured:

“Keep that fox tail hidden. My queen is afraid of fur.”

Over three years, I lost seven tails for him.

For the eighth, I offered half my demon soul to delay the armies of Xiqi by three days.

When flames engulfed the Deer Terrace, he suddenly shoved me out of the inferno.

Firelight reflected the last tenderness and resolve in his eyes:

“Go back and tell Nuwa: Shang has fallen, but I did not lose.”