Definition
The nunnery where Li Huowang once sought help. Its abbess, the Abbess Jingxin, traded silver for the Qin’e Sword.
Anci Nunnery
The nunnery where Li Huowang once sought help. Its abbess, the Abbess Jingxin, traded silver for the Qin’e Sword.
Story context
Li Huowang, after surviving the horrors of Zhengde Temple, adopts a new survival strategy: reconnaissance. This chapter is a quiet, methodical breather—a deliberate shift from non-stop body horror to procedural intelligence-gathering. Our protagonist plays the role of a calculating detective, using gold beans as keys to unlock local gossip and dissect the safety of Anci Nunnery before committing to a visit. The chapter's tension comes not from monsters, but from Li Huowang's paranoid preparation and the subtle, unsettling details that surface about the nuns' living conditions. It's a masterclass in the quiet before the storm.
Why it matters
**Why is Li Huowang so careful this time?** Because the trauma from Zhengde Temple is still fresh. He explicitly names it—he doesn't want a repeat of that. His reconnaissance is a sign of growth: he's learning to treat this world like a system with rules, not a nightmare to be endured. Every gold bean he spends on info is an investment in survival.
Quick facts
Source novel
Dao Gui Yi Xian
First appearance
The Nuns
Chapter references
18
Type hints
dao twisted world, li huowang, anci nunnery
Guide tags
investigation, folk horror, social decay
Appears in chapters
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Chapter 80
The Nuns
Li Huowang plays detective, bribing inn staff for intel about the mysterious Anci Nunnery. But the townsfolk's gossip reveals a horror far more mundane: poverty, filth, and a system that eats women alive. | Dao Twisted World Ch 80
Chapter 81
The Nunnery of Rot
Li Huowang climbs to the decrepit Anci Nunnery, hoping for an exorcist, but finds only a pack of filthy, laughing, pot-bellied nuns.
Chapter 84
Bewilderment
Abbess Jingxin shatters Li Huowang's certainty. He learns the terrifying truth: as a Heart-Element, his very bewilderment is a commodity. The cost to destroy Danyangzi? Gold, silver, and a favor.
Chapter 85
Down the Mountain
Li Huowang agrees to hunt a shapeshifting evil spirit called Layue Shiba to secure Jingxin's help. Meanwhile, Bai Lingmiao debates her secrets and Xiaoman vows to never marry.
Chapter 86
Departure
In Chapter 86 of Dao Gui Yi Xian, Li Huowang returns from the mountain and gives away all the gold. Xiaoman begins sword training, while Bai Lingmiao’s devotion is laid bare. A calm-before-the-storm chapter.
Chapter 88
Rules
Li Huowang emerges from a lethal bamboo grove into a seemingly normal village. But the village head’s ancient rules suggest Layue Shiba may already be watching.
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