"I understand."
The voice of the Queen Mother of the West emitted from the giant toad, revealing no emotion.
The choice of the Great Sage, in a certain sense, was also her own choice.
She couldn't remember when her resolve began to waver.
She was no longer the decisive Queen Mother of the West who would unhesitatingly slaughter all beings in the Fruit World just to preserve the "truth."
Perhaps it was within this endless cycle of time.
Watching those familiar faces die before her eyes in the same way, time and again.
Perhaps she harbored a glimmer of hope.
She assumed that after such a long time, that gaze might have departed, and she could live again as a Saint.
Perhaps it was... the entry of Han Zhan and his companions that gave her an inexplicable sense of destiny.
In any case, she did not stop the Great Sage, allowing him to assist Han Zhan and the others, letting him leave the Fruit World on his own accord.
