"Take your pick." As Huan Yi's words boomed throughout the throne room, many on the scene felt a hint of pity for Ji Chang.
Eat your baked child or watch your loved ones and followers drown in the most brutal of Extreme Plateau seas. This wasn't a choice, but a punishment fit for ten lifetimes of corrupt deeds. In one way or another, Ji Chang would be leaving the Red Palace with insurmountable pain and regrets.
At first, the western duke of Yin wanted to believe that, since the Tribulation Court gave him this task, they would take care of his loved ones—protecting them from the Autarch's fury. But Yikao's fate was a brutal awakening—reducing those hopes into ashes.
They didn't even bother to keep his heir safe. So why would they challenge Huan Yi for the sake of his family and subjects? They wouldn't. Ji Chang and Ji Chang alone was left to bear the consequences of this expedition and keep his loved ones safe.
