Definition
A real-world crime scenario that Li Huowang interprets as “narrative convenience,” a common logical flaw in a fabricated reality.
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A real-world crime scenario that Li Huowang interprets as “narrative convenience,” a common logical flaw in a fabricated reality.
Story context
Our dear Li Huowang finally takes the plunge—not into some grand alchemical ritual, but into the utterly mundane, terrifyingly real fake world of Yang Na’s university. This chapter is a masterclass in self-deception and brutal resolve. Having made peace with the idea that he *must* break free from this hallucination to save Bai Lingmiao, Li Huowang scrubs off the blood, steals some clean clothes, and goes full John Wick on a train ride to the school. But of course, the Dao-Twisted World’s favorite punching bag can’t have a simple talk. The universe throws a bank robbery at him—because why not? It’s *so* absurdly coincidental that it only reinforces his belief this is all a hallucination. Get ready for a tense, heartbreaking hunt through a campus under siege, where every face he doesn’t see is a small knife to the heart.
Why it matters
This chapter is a brutal showcase of Li Huowang’s psychological armor. The conversation with the hallucinated Bai Lingmiao and Li Sui is going to *haunt* you. He’s not just talking to phantoms; he’s rehearsing a suicide pact with them. The way he casually tells them to gouge his throat out if he can’t move is the coldest, most desperate kind of love. He is trying to save Bai Lingmiao by having her “kill” him in a dream. The *real* horror isn’t the bank robbers—it’s that Li Huowang is now a man who sees a hostage crisis as a *convenient* backdrop to his own self-mutilation. The gun at the end is just a formality; he’s already decided he’s the walking dead in this world.
Quick facts
Source novel
Dao Gui Yi Xian
First appearance
The School
Chapter references
1
Type hints
li huowang, yang na, university
Guide tags
Dao-Twisted World, Psychological Horror, Li Huowang
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