Mutated Tao

This... This is impossible!! Li Huowang looked at Zhuge Yuan before him and retreated in utter shock.

The spine sword from before had now completely transformed. Chaotic flesh and deformed organs intertwined from the spine, growing out like plants.

It hadn’t fully grown into a person. It had become a hazy amalgamation of flesh and blood with interspersed organs. It had stopped growing and had become something that seemed more like a monster than a human.

Although this appearance was terrifying, Li Huowang was absolutely certain that this thing was alive! Zhuge Yuan was still alive!

“How come you're still alive? You were clearly dead! I strangled you with my own hands! Your soul was already trapped in my illusions!”

The half-formed Zhuge Yuan that had grown from the spine sword decisively dug out his skeleton left hand from the flesh and used his bony fingers to flick the bloody hair sticking to his temple.

“Brother Li, what are you saying? I am a Twisted One. Even if I have died, the three souls, ten emotions, and eight sufferings should belong to my old self. How could you take them away?”

Li Huowang staggered at that remark, and his face turned extremely pale. He found it difficult to stand steadily. “So... so they were nothing at all?”

As these words came out of Li Huowang’s mouth, memories of past events began to flash in his mind.

Li Huowang looked through his memories in a daze. When he broke free from the Immortal family, the Second Deity didn’t sacrifice themself. Instead, he came up with a compromise to get the best of both worlds.

And that was to kill the Second Deity with his own hands, turning her into his illusion like Zhuge Yuan!

He had decided to turn them into reality once he had reached the pinnacle of cultivation.

The Second Deity had agreed, and she was even smiling in glee as he killed her!

“Boss Shai Zi, I've just realized that my illusions are fake... Truly and completely fake... The Second Deity cannot be alive; she was just a figment of my imagination…” Li Huowang muttered in a daze as he sat behind the messy food bar.

“So why have you come here to ask for my help? Hong Zhong, you’ve already killed her. I can’t do anything. I’m not a deity,” the chubby Shai Zi said helplessly as he fried dough sticks.

“I’m not asking you to resurrect her; I just want you to help hide the memories I’ve created. Mix truth with lies, which is what you’re good at. Please... I really... I really can’t face the illusion of the Second Deity, whom I killed with my own hands.”

“She's obviously fake! But how come she's so real? I can't take it... I really can't take it anymore!”

“Ah, okay then. Since we’re fellow disciples, I’ll help you this time. But you owe me a big favor this time. You must remember to repay it.”

The chubby Shai Zi's words faded away, and Li Huowang snapped back to reality. He clenched his fists, and his expression turned fierce as he roared, “No! This is impossible! It’s all fake!”

“Senior Li, what’s wrong with you? Pull yourself together,” Bai Lingmiao reached out to support Li Huowang with tears in her eyes.

Li Huowang felt as if he had caught a lifeline when he saw Bai Lingmiao. He grabbed her slender arm and shook it forcefully.

“Miaomiao! You were there, too, right?!" Li Huowang exclaimed, "Tell me! How did the Second Deity leave back then?! Didn't I strangle her?”

“Senior Li, what are you talking about? Didn’t the Second Deity disappear with the Immortal family? What’s going on?”

Li Huowang smiled at that remark. Yes, it's all fake! Even if there was something strange with his memories, how could there be something strange with Bai Lingmiao's memories, too?

Just then, Bai Lingmiao's figure rapidly became transparent.

Li Huowang was stunned, but he recovered quickly and roared, “Miaomiao!”

Li Huowang tried to embrace her, but she disappeared like an illusion. He went straight through her.

“Senior Li, what’s happening to me…” Bai Lingmiao looked down at her transparent body in bewilderment before vanishing completely.

“Miaomiao!”

“Hong Zhong, don’t blame me for that. You didn’t return the favor, so I can no longer help you," the chubby Shai Zi said, chuckling as he walked over to Li Huowang. He patted Li Huowang’s shoulder with his greasy hand and said nothing.

“Where’s Miaomiao? Where did you take Bai Lingmiao?!” Li Huowang stared at Shai Zi with bloodshot eyes as if he wanted to devour the latter alive.

“Hey, you didn’t return the favor. As for your woman, I don’t know how you created a real one from thin air after you lost her,” Shai Zi said, waving his hands in dismissal.

“And did you not hear what I said? If you don’t cultivate 'Lies’ when you cultivate ‘Truth,' you will become a demon. Imagine seeing a living person in front of you; how would you deduce whether they're real or fake? Think about it. Of course, it’s a small matter to me. Hehehe~ Help me put that little emperor on the throne, and I’ll help you find that woman.”

“This is all your fault! This is all your fault!” Li Huowang hysterically reached behind his back and viciously slammed the Profound Records wrapped in flesh on the ground.

Then, he grabbed two barbed iron hooks and stabbed his own abdomen! The barbed iron hooks dragged out Li Huowang's intestines, and he thrust them toward the Profound Records on the ground. The next moment, both heaven and earth seemed to undergo earth-shaking changes, as the world itself changed colors. Everyone's five senses converged on Li Huowang's location.

“Oh dear, what are you doing? What are you trying to do? Trying to rebel against your own boss with the Cang-Qiang Ascension?” Shai Zi retreated without any fear.

Li Huowang felt a gaze sharper and clearer than ever before falling upon him, and he came to a gradual halt upon sensing that gaze.

Once the Profound Records on the floor transformed into a piece of human skin, the gaze from Ba-Hui up above vanished as well.

Li Huowang knelt on the ground, gasping for air. The extreme pain throughout gradually dissipated.

The Cang-Qiang Ascension had no effect on the Shai Zi before him, as the Shai Zi's true self wasn’t here. The chubby man was just a pawn of that Shai Zi.

Now that Miaomiao was in his hands, he absolutely couldn’t act impulsively if he wanted to save her!

The opponent had good cards to play, while he had no cards in hand. Any reckless moves would only worsen the situation, especially when playing against Shai Zi.

Li Huowang gritted his teeth as he endured the pain. He tremblingly pushed the hooked large and small intestines back into his abdomen.

“Shai Zi! Didn’t you tell me to return to Shangjing? Fine! I’ll assist Ji Lin in ascending the throne! And you shall return Bai Lingmiao to me with not a single hair harmed!”

“Help Ji Lin ascend for me, and then I’ll help you find your white-haired girl. But... Hong Zhong, let me make this clear—I didn’t tie her up. We’re practitioners of the Sitting Oblivion Dao. If we were to do something as foolish as kidnapping, it would bring shame to our ancestors!”

Li Huowang sneered inwardly. He would never believe a Shai Zi's words. Li Huowang was also convinced that everything had been a part of the Shai Zi’s trap!

Even meeting the Surveillance Bureau member wielding the spine sword had to be a part of the trap as well. It was all to deceive Li Huowang into believing that he owed Shai Zi a favor!

No! Everything could have started way earlier as well! Perhaps Li Huowang was also at fault when he stumbled upon Ji Lin being deceived during the Double Third Festival!

This was a Shai Zi’s methods—the methods of the Sitting Oblivion Dao!

Chacha and Char's Thoughts

Yeah not quite a good sight to see it growing flesh either. Credits to 格子的乱七八糟on douyin!

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