Chapter 1023: Will Do

"No!"

Dense, fleshy tentacles crammed into Li Huowang's head through all seven orifices, forcefully bursting it open. "You fools! Only I can lead you through this crisis!"

Li Huowang suddenly reached out, gripping Qing Wanglai's tentacles tightly. "You're not! You were right before! Someone *did* become the villain, and that person is you!"

"Qing Wanglai! You've long been driven mad by the fear of Fusheng Tian! You've gone insane! Not only have you lost your mind, but you've also dragged the entire world into madness! Daliang, Daqi, and Tianchen became like that because of you!"

Hearing this, Qing Wanglai froze, as if remembering something.

"Sanqing, I know you weren't like this in the past! Your Heartbound was Zhuge Yuan! Wake up! It's because of Fusheng Tian's corruption that you, who once valued emotion and loyalty, have become so emotionless now!"

Despite having the same goal, the difference between a Heartbound and a Siming led them down completely opposite paths.

Hearing this, Qing Wanglai's pupils instantly constricted. He looked down at his blood-soaked hands, a mix of emotions swirling within him.

But quickly, Qing Wanglai vigorously shook his head, rapidly shaking off that emotion.

"You lunatic! You irrational madman! Everything I do is to save the entire world! Why must you stop me?!"

Qing Wanglai roared, brandishing black chains of secret karma that began to pierce Li Huowang's body, causing his form to rapidly dematerialize once more.

As more secrets of Fusheng Tian were revealed, the fear in Li Huowang's heart grew, starting to affect his actions.

Other Simings wanted to act more, but Sanqing's body suddenly exploded, scattering all the chains of secret karma along with the fear of Fusheng Tian throughout Baiyujing. All the Simings were afflicted.

At that moment, Li Huowang finally understood: Fusheng Tian had begun its move a very long time ago, and Qing Wanglai was merely its outstretched hand! Everything he did was, in fact, spreading more of Fusheng Tian's fear and despair!

"No... I can't." Li Huowang fought back his fear, reaching for the mirror below. Under the boundless fear and despair, with a *crack*, the mirror shattered.

Ji Zai shouted to his reflection, which was shattering along with the mirror, "Li Huowang! Help!"

Immediately after, he heard Li Huowang from inside the mirror shouting back, "Promise me, Ji Zai! You *must* bring them all back! Promise me! Too many people have died! There's nothing left!"

Feeling almost overwhelmed by fear, Ji Zai roared at the scattered mirror fragments, "Good! I promise you! I will change this sky! I will change this earth! I will bring back all those who died!"

The next moment, roars erupted as the malevolent aura of more than ten generals and prime ministers, like a bright lamp, tore through the fear that permeated all of Baiyujing.

Not only the generals and prime ministers, but Li Huowang also saw over a dozen dragon veins; all of them had ascended.

"Senior Brother Li! I'm here to help you!" Gao Zhijian shouted, breaking through the fear and forcefully crashing into Li Huowang's body.

The substantial malevolent aura began to suppress the fear within Li Huowang's body, and the orderly Heavenly Dao of the dragon veins started to stabilize his dematerializing form.

Even so, Li Huowang still felt something was missing, though he couldn't quite articulate what it was. Just then, he suddenly reached into the mirrors and, with a forceful tug, absorbed everything from the Li Huowang within the mirrors onto himself.

The next moment, all the mirrors vanished, and only Ji Zai remained in all of Baiyujing.

With the mind-affecting fear completely gone, Li Huowang was fully free again. However, it wasn't over; Baiyujing was now entirely engulfed by fear.

Li Huowang looked up at Sanqing again, understanding that he wasn't fighting Sanqing at this moment. In fact, he had been battling Fusheng Tian all along.

Under Li Huowang's gaze, the fleshy tentacles wrapped in chains of secret karma twisted and swelled, resembling a grotesque, fleshy hand. He realized this was Fusheng Tian's hand!

Immediately, Li Huowang saw that hand sweep directly towards him, its various tentacles writhing, attempting to reintroduce fear into his body.

His malevolent aura, defiant of all, dispersed everything. But it wasn't enough. Li Huowang knew he couldn't keep fighting like this alone. If he continued, once his aura was depleted, he would be completely corrupted by Fusheng Tian, just like Sanqing.

Looking at the other corrupted Simings, Li Huowang suddenly had an idea: if he couldn't solve it himself, he could use the power of the other Simings.

Li Huowang, radiating malevolent aura, rushed towards the Heavenly Dao of Rot, but paused just as he was about to reach out.

Just then, Li Huowang saw that on the decaying corpse, rigor mortis and maggots had formed the face of Abbess Jingxin. She smiled and nodded at him.

"Abbess... thank you..." Li Huowang, tears streaming, reached out and stuffed the entire Heavenly Dao of Rot into his mouth. He tried not to chew, to avoid harming her.

The fear and despair infecting the Heavenly Dao of Rot were quickly dispersed by the generals' and prime ministers' malevolent aura. Only when the Heavenly Dao of Rot returned to normal did Li Huowang inhale it into his body, and wounds on his own body began to rot.

Just then, a "thud" suddenly sounded as Bahui and Gushen, like two sharp knives, pierced Li Huowang's chest one after another. Intense pain instantly engulfed his entire body.

The Siming who controlled pain, in a peculiar way, bestowed the Heavenly Dao of Pain upon him. "Bananxu! Damn it! It hurts so much!"

As Li Huowang gasped and recovered, he turned around to see Zhao Shuangdian standing before him, handing him the sniper rifle in her hand.

"I am willing to accept your model. You are truly special." Her expression had returned to its calm state, just as before.

Li Huowang nodded, opened his mouth, and swallowed the gun. Then, he opened his mouth again and swallowed the person.

Only at this very last moment did Li Huowang finally understand what Zhao Shuangdian was: she was the Heavenly Dao of Longevity.

Yet, even now, Li Huowang still hadn't fully grasped what Heavenly Dao the Heavenly Dao of Longevity truly controlled; he only felt his body had become much more robust and sturdy.

With continuous consumption, the entire Baiyujing began to tremble. Li Huowang had to quicken his pace. He reached out, plucked Danxi, put it in his mouth, and swallowed.

Heavenly Daos gathered within Li Huowang's body, which grew larger and larger until it seemed Baiyujing itself could no longer contain him. The fleshy tentacles, stained with fear, were constantly being crushed.

Sanqing attempted to stop him, but no matter how many secrets of fear he transmitted, the malevolent aura easily dissolved them.

Finally, with the consumption of the other Heavenly Daos complete, Li Huowang looked at the Unborn Mother before him. He paused, but the Unborn Mother smiled.

"Huowang, keep going! I believe you can definitely do it. We can definitely go to university together, and we'll definitely bring Suisui back."

Li Huowang's heart began to ache, and under the influence of the Heavenly Dao of Pain, the agony intensified, eventually tearing his entire body apart.

He didn't want to act, but Li Huowang understood he had to do something now. If he didn't devour the Heavenly Dao of Death, Fusheng Tian would infect her. He absolutely couldn't let Fusheng Tian control the Heavenly Dao of Death!

"Don't worry, I will, I absolutely will!" Li Huowang reached out, grabbed the Unborn Mother, and stuffed her into his mouth.