Dao of the Bizarre Immortal

Chapter 946 - Change

This was the first time Li Sui showed her actual appearance to Li Huowang. In the past, she had relied on illusion techniques to conceal her real face.

Her suspense eased as she met Li Huowang’s gaze. What had to happen eventually was finally unfolding.

Immediately after, Li Huowang saw Bun’s dog head open its mouth and speak to him.

“Father, I’ll hold them off here. You gather help from the other sects and the other Chiefs of the Surveillance Bureaus. You’re the only one who can pull this off.”

Li Huowang saw the Shimmer Mirror by his side expand rapidly, transforming from a mirror into a door. Various scenes appeared inside the door. There were temples, Daoist monasteries, caves, and yamens with stone lions at the entrance.

“Can you handle this?” Li Huowang shouted to the figures before him.

“I can barely hold them off for a while. The faster you return, the safer I’ll be,” Li Sui said, her voice coming from all her heads.

“Alright, I’ll get reinforcements. Miaomiao! Shai Zi! Help out!” Li Huowang shouted.

He knew that getting more allies would improve their chances. At the very least, they needed more people to block the army of Unspeakable from assisting Zuoqiu Yong.

Once Li Huowang had dived into the Shimmer Mirror, all of Li Sui’s eyes turned back to Zuoqiu Yong.

“Well, well, Li Sui. You’ve possessed so many people, huh?” Zuoqiu Yong said with a smile. It was as though they were just having a simple chat, just like the conversations they had over one hundred years ago.

“It’s all thanks to the assassins you sent after me. I had to learn quite a lot from them to stay alive. Thank you, Auntie.”

“Oh, now I see how you became the Chief of the Great Liang’s Surveillance Bureau. You probably possessed the former Chief too, didn’t you?”

The hair and tentacles sprouting from Li Sui’s heads began to writhe, growing rapidly and intertwining.

If the monstrous growth couldn’t be stopped, Li Sui would soon turn into a tangled mass of flesh.

“I had no choice. Besides, he thought he could control me. Perhaps he succeeded. And it wasn’t just one Chief—I had to devour two to escape from you.”

Without waiting for a response, Li Sui began chanting with all her mouths, weaving complex gestures with her countless tentacles.

“ꁣꂝꂻꄌꄧꅂꅵꆈꆣꇅꇨꈄꈠꈷꉔꉦꉷꊅꊙꊻꋹꌕꍋꍧꍿꎰꏋꏪꐆꐡꐺꂞꂼꄨꅃꆉꆤꇆꇩꈅꈡ......”

The voices overlapped endlessly. She raised her tentacles towards the sky.

“ꈄꈠꈷꉔꉦꉷꊅ Steal the Heavens ꄨꅃꆉꆤꇆꇩ!”

The next moment, the once bright and sunny sky became pitch black, as if Li Sui had literally stolen the heavens.

The entirety of the Great Liang was engulfed in total darkness, and the battle between both sides stopped.

“Hmph~ Just a little trick.” Zuoqiu Yong sneered. “Li Sui, is this all you’ve learned after possessing so many people?”

The black sky split open, and a beam of sunlight shot through like a lamp, illuminating both Zuoqiu Yong and Li Sui.

“Li Sui, we still care for you. How about this? Stop now, and I’ll adopt you as my daughter,” Zuoqiu Yong said, his voice softening unexpectedly.

“Auntie, you taught me many things. Your first lesson was to never trust anyone's words too easily.”

The ground beneath Zuoqiu Yong cracked open, and black tentacles wrapped with various heads shot out, quickly surging toward the two Zuoqiu Yongs.

They wrapped around both of them but didn’t tear them apart. Instead, they burrowed into their flesh.

Since simple attacks were ineffective, Li Sui planned to absorb Zuoqiu Yong like she had absorbed the others, making Zuoqiu Yong’s flesh part of herself using her power as a Black Taisui.

The next moment, Zuoqiu Yong’s gaze focused slightly. Li Sui’s tentacles withered and turned into dried skin. This trick was not worth even mentioning to Zuoqiu Yong.

“Li Sui, I’m giving you face here. If you don’t accept my respect, then you’ll have to endure my punishment,” Zuoqiu Yong said, her voice raspy.

Long needles threaded with silk shot toward Li Sui, accelerating the fusion of her flesh and blood.

At that moment, the chanting of the White Lotus Sutra echoed across the battlefield.

“Here lies the dry field, with flowing canals. These small streams are covered with green grass. There are lotus pools full of joy. The sound of mandarin ducks in the air is covered with mandala flowers. White and blue lotus...”

Bai Lingmiao sat cross-legged, a Twelve Merit Jade Lotus gently rotating above her head. Soft white light spread outward, enveloping the battlefield as the devotees chanted.

Zuoqiu Yong remained unmoved at the sight of the white light. However, the surrounding army of Unspeakable retreated in fear as though facing their nemesis.

Bai Lingmiao sat there emotionlessly, just like a divine white jade sculpture. The mercy and kindness that radiated from her affected everyone in the area.

Anyone who heard the White Lotus Sutra felt a surge of compassion and dropped their weapons, refusing to see more bloodshed.

“Heavenly Mater?” Zuoqiu Yong hesitated before smiling. “No, you’re not her. If you were, you should be thanking me. After all, I wiped out all the Tian Huang nobles who held a grudge against her. Now, the Tianchen Kingdom belongs to me.”

Zuoqiu Yong raised a hand, and Bai Lingmiao was instantly pulled toward Zuoqiu Yong. The solemn chanting of the White Lotus Sutra was abruptly cut off.

Just as she was about to collide with Zuoqiu Yong, the heavens suddenly shifted. A beam of light shot down from above towards Zuoqiu Yong. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Zuoqiu Yong looked up and saw two vast seas of yin and yang occupying the skies, one black and one white. Doulao had arrived.

“Hmm?” Zuoqiu Yong glanced to the left and noticed that Li Huowang had returned. He was sitting cross-legged and chanting the Heavenly Treasure of Deception.

“It doesn’t take long to bring a few reinforcements,” Li Huowang said. He stood up and looked at Zuoqiu Yong in the distance.

Behind him, experts from different sects hurried towards the chaotic battlefield, lending their aid to stabilize the crumbling Shangjing city.

The reinforcements included members from various sects as well as Chiefs from other countries. They understood the interdependent nature[1] of their various countries.

1. The idiom literally means that without the lips, the teeth feel cold. It illustrates the interdependence between the lips and the teeth. ☜