Chapter 445 - Start

Chapter 445 - Start

“Mom, I think I will return to my crazy self for a moment, but don’t worry. Everything will be fine in the end. I will wake up every three to five days. Don’t worry if I’m late. That just means that I’m being held up on the other end. No, Mom. I’m not ill. Don’t get agitated, please listen to me.”

Zhuge Yuan stared at Li Huowang in confusion as he was talking to a crooked tree in the forest.

“See that? This must be your first time seeing it. Not everyone gets the chance to see a Strayed One stuck in a hallucination,” Hong Zhong’s illusion explained to Zhuge Yuan.

“Has Junior Li always acted like this in the past?” Zhuge Yuan asked puzzledly.

“Yeah. I heard the old monk say that he got stuck in the hallucination quite frequently before he started eating the Black Taisui.”

Zhuge Yuan looked at Li Sui coiled around at the base of the tree, and then at Li Huowang who was speaking to himself. “Sigh. Junior Li had it rough. Being a Strayed One is much more difficult than being a Twisted One.”

The old monk said, “Yeah. The Daoist has it rough. My heart aches for him every time I see him acting like that. I really want to do something for him but I don’t know what I can do.”

“Thank you for trying to help him.”

Even though the old monk looked the same as the Abbott of the Righteous Monastery in the Great Qi, Zhuge Yuan knew they weren't the same person. The Abbott was still alive after all.

“Oh? No worries. I have to thank you too. Also, be careful of the faceless man. He’s a liar. He tricked me many times.”

Zhuge Yuan looked at Hong Zhong standing beside him and smiled. “I see. He’s part of the Sitting Oblivion Dao. Sir, who is that headless one then?” New novel chapters are published on

The old monk introduced the other illusions to Zhuge Yuan, including how they'd died.

“You mean to say that Senior Jin Shanzhao was killed by Peng Longteng?” Zhuge Yuan asked.

“That's what the Daoist told me, but he doesn't like talking to me, so I’m not very sure either.”

“Then why does Senior Jin not hold any animosity towards General Peng Longteng?”

“I don’t know. I’m not a parasite in his body, so I don’t know what he's thinking.”

“Alright, then let me ask again. Are there any others aside from the five of us?”

Everyone had a small wisp of Doulao’s "Lies" in their body, which was why everyone would lie from time to time. This much was certain, and the Sitting Oblivion Dao obtained energy by tricking a person and taking away the small wisp of "Lies" in a person’s body. They also took things from their target's body.

However, the Sitting Oblivion Dao wondered why they needed to do that. Some of them hypothesized that Doulao wanted them to trick the common people and obtain the wisp of "Lies" to achieve its own goal.

As for what the goal of Doulao was, the Sitting Oblivion Dao didn’t know anything about it.

“Maybe Shai Zi knows something about it,” Li Huowang murmured to himself.

“Junior Li, I think we should distance ourselves from the Sitting Oblivion Dao as much as possible, especially Shai Zi. Once he sets his sights on you, everything will become much more complicated. You know that the Sitting Oblivion Dao don’t fight head-on. They always operate behind others' backs; the same goes for Shai Zi.”

“Don’t worry, I’m not crazy yet. I won’t go find Shai Zi. I need to find a quiet place to cultivate first. Once I’m done, I can finally find peace in both worlds.”

Li Huowang could increase his strength, turn Zhuge Yuan back into reality, and even turn the hallucination into reality. The cultivation method was the key to achieve all of this.

Zhuge Yuan nodded. “Then, where should we go now?”

“I ...” Li Huowang said hesitantly, “I want to go back to Cowheart Village. It’s a quiet place that's suitable for cultivating. I’m worried about Miaomiao and the others now that everything is in chaos outside.”

He had to fulfill his promise to Miaomiao—that he would return once he could control his hallucination. He had technically succeeded, so it was time to go back.

Li Huowang recalled the faces he hadn’t seen in a long time and longed to see them. They were his attachment to this world.

He had always been a man that never hesitated, so he hopped onto his horse and started moving towards Cowheart Village.

Li Huowang was about to depart when he remembered something was missing. “Wait, where’s Li Sui and Bun?”

“Li Sui! Bun!” Li Huowang shouted towards the forest.

Black tentacles quickly appeared from beside a bush, rolling out as a tangled ball. Li Sui held Bun up with his tentacles wrapped around Bun's mouth and feet.

“What are you doing?” Li Huowang asked.

Li Sui replied, “Playing with the dog.”