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Daji Executed by the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife After Enchanting the Executioners

🐉 Chinese MythologyZhaoge, Henan, ChinaDaji • King Zhou of Shang • Jiang Ziya

Daji, the fox-spirit consort of the last Shang king, brought the empire to ruin through her cruelty and enchantments. When the Zhou forces finally conquered the capital of Zhaoge, Daji was sentenced to death. However, her supernatural beauty and charms were so potent that no executioner could bring themselves to strike her until Jiang Ziya intervened with a divine artifact.