Chapter 949: Changes

This was the first time Li Sui had revealed her true form to Li Huowang; previously, she had always used illusion arts to conceal her true appearance.

And when she saw Li Huowang's gaze upon her, Li Sui's perpetually anxious heart finally settled. What was meant to come would eventually arrive.

Immediately after, Li Huowang saw the long-unseen mantou-dog-head open its mouth and speak to him.

"Father, I'll hold the line here first. Go bring the people from the other sects and other Skywatch Divisions to help. Only you can manage something like this now."

As soon as the words fell, Li Huowang saw the Xuan Guang Mirror beside him suddenly expand, transforming from a mirror into a door. Inside, various scenes appeared: temples, Daoist monasteries, caves, and the stone lions guarding yamen entrances.

"Can you do it?" Li Huowang yelled at the numerous heads.

"I can barely hold on for a few hours. The sooner you return, the safer I'll be," all of Li Sui's heads said simultaneously.

"Alright then! I'll go get reinforcements! Miao Miao! Dice! Quick, help!" Li Huowang knew that at this moment, the more people they had, the greater their chances of winning.

At the very least, he needed to call people to block the Say-No-More army, preventing them from assisting Zuo Qiuyong.

As Li Huowang quickly entered the Xuan Guang Mirror, Li Sui's many eyes simultaneously looked up at the all-too-familiar face above.

"Oh my, Li Sui, how did you possess so many people?" Zuo Qiuyong looked at the acquaintance from over a hundred years ago with a smile, his tone as if making small talk.

"I owe this to the people Auntie sent to hunt me down," Li Sui replied. "To survive, I had to learn a lot from them. Thank you, Auntie."

"Oh my, so that's how you became the Skywatch Commissioner of Great Liang," Zuo Qiuyong mused. "It seems the original Skywatch Commissioner was also possessed by you, wasn't he?"

As soon as the two Zuo Qiuyongs finished speaking in unison, Li Sui's tentacles and the hair on her heads rapidly proliferated, adhering to one another. They began to act.

If this grotesque growth couldn't be stopped, Li Sui's entire body would likely soon coalesce into a single mass of flesh.

"It was out of necessity," Li Sui continued. "Besides, he thought he could control me, and perhaps he truly did. And I didn't just devour one Skywatch Commissioner; last time, to escape from you, I devoured two."

After Li Sui finished speaking, all her mouths simultaneously chanted incantations, and countless tentacles swiftly formed hand seals.

Various incantations continuously overlapped and iterated as the tentacles were simultaneously raised towards the sky. "Steal the Sky!"

The next moment, the sky, which had just been brightly sunlit, instantly turned utterly black, as if the entire firmament had truly been stolen by Li Sui.

The entire Great Liang became pitch black, and both sides engaged in battle were forced to halt.

"Hmph, merely a petty illusion," Zuo Qiuyong scoffed. "Li Sui, you've devoured so many people, and this is all you've learned?"

As soon as Zuo Qiuyong finished speaking, the pitch-black sky instantly split open, revealing a seam. A brilliant crimson glow shot out from it, enveloping both Zuo Qiuyong and Li Sui in its radiance like a light bulb.

"Li Sui, I still have some affection for you," Zuo Qiuyong said, his tone softening considerably. "How about this: you stop, and become my adopted daughter?"

"Auntie, you taught me many things in the past," Li Sui countered. "And the first thing you taught me was never to easily trust others' words."

As soon as Li Sui finished speaking, the ground beneath Zuo Qiuyong's feet suddenly cracked open. Black tentacles adorned with various heads forcefully shot out from it, swiftly coiling around the bodies of the two Zuo Qiuyongs.

After the tentacles coiled around their bodies, instead of tearing, they began burrowing into the flesh in segments.

Since simple attacks were ineffective, Li Sui intended to absorb Zuo Qiuyong's flesh, just as she absorbed the heads on her own body, integrating Zuo Qiuyong's physical form into her own and using the Black Grand Sui's power to completely possess him and make him a part of herself.

But the next moment, as Zuo Qiuyong's eyes slightly narrowed, Li Sui's tentacles withered and ultimately turned into thin flakes of skin. Such petty tricks were utterly insignificant in his eyes.

Zuo Qiuyong's raspy voice rang out again. "Li Sui, was I being too polite? Since you refuse the toast, then you'll drink the penalty wine."

With that, long needles trailing threads flew towards Li Sui's body, causing her entire body of flesh and blood to adhere even more rapidly.

At this very moment, a chanting sound arose—the White Lotus Sutra.

"Here are dry fields and flowing canals, these small streams are veiled by green grass, here are lotus ponds, filled with the joyful calls of mandarin ducks, mandala blossoms, white lotus, and blue lotus conceal..."

Bai Lingmiao, seated cross-legged, had a twelve-petal merit-conjoined lotus slowly spinning above her head. Accompanied by the chanting of the White Lotus followers, it continuously emitted soft white light in all directions.

Seeing this white light, Zuo Qiuyong showed no reaction, but the surrounding Say-No-More army retreated in fear, as if they had encountered a natural predator.

Bai Lingmiao sat cross-legged, devoid of joy or sorrow. Beneath the white light, she resembled a white jade sculpture, imbued with divinity. The compassion and benevolence emanating from her infected everyone present.

Everyone who heard the White Lotus Sutra felt kindness well up in their hearts, unable to bear witnessing any casualties, and one by one, they laid down their weapons.

"Unsullied Matron?" Zuo Qiuyong asked hesitantly, but then a faint smile appeared on his face. "No, you're not her. If you truly were, you should thank me. After all, those celestial nobles who had a grudge against her were all killed by me long ago. Now the Tianchen Kingdom belongs to me."

The next moment, Zuo Qiuyong gestured with his right hand, and Bai Lingmiao's entire body instantly became uncontrollable, hurtling towards Zuo Qiuyong. The solemn White Lotus Sutra was instantly interrupted.

Just as she was about to collide with him, the world suddenly changed drastically. A gaze shot down from above, directed at Zuo Qiuyong.

Zuo Qiuyong looked up and was surprised to find two yin-yang seas, one black and one white, occupying the entire sky. Doumu had arrived.

"Hmm?!" Zuo Qiuyong quickly looked to his left and saw that Li Huowang, who had just left, had actually returned, seated cross-legged and chanting the "Vast Heavenly Treasure Incantation."

"Just dropping off a few people, it doesn't take long," Li Huowang said, standing up and looking at Zuo Qiuyong in the distance.

Behind him, experts from various sects and factions surged towards the chaotic situation, helping to stabilize the crumbling Shangjing City.

These people included not only the other sects Li Sui had called upon, but also Skywatch Commissioners from other countries. They understood the principle that when the lips are gone, the teeth feel the cold.