Definition
The rural village where Li Huowang's group has been stranded. The entire crisis was staged by a Zuowandao impostor controlling clay statues.
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The rural village where Li Huowang's group has been stranded. The entire crisis was staged by a Zuowandao impostor controlling clay statues.
Story context
You thought you knew what was coming. Li Huowang is on the brink of death, the Zuowandao double is about to saw his head into thirds, Bai Lingmiao is weeping behind a red veil, and Gao Zhijian is swinging a spiked club at a horde of living mud statues. It looks like a straightforward slaughter. Then the *other* voice inside Li Huowang’s head finally answers—and the answer comes out his mouth in a spray of black tentacles and blood. The source of the auditory hallucination, the one Li Huowang has been shouting at for chapters, isn’t madness. It’s the Black Tai Sui. And it’s ready to fight.
Why it matters
This chapter is a setup-and-payoff machine. The Zuowandao monologue? Infuriating. The mud statues overwhelming the group? Tense. But the real hook is the *riddle you forgot you were reading*. Li Huowang has been hearing voices since nearly the beginning. The doctor told him it was schizophrenia. Danyangzi told him it was the system being weird. But in this chapter, the answer slams into you with the taste of blood and mucus: it was the Black Tai Sui, and it was always listening from inside his chest. The chapter doesn’t give you a new power-up—it gives you a *recontextualization* of the entire previous arc. The tentacle vomit is bonus.
Quick facts
Source novel
Dao Gui Yi Xian
First appearance
The Source of the Auditory Hallucination
Chapter references
1
Type hints
dao gui yi xian, li huowang, zuowandao
Guide tags
cliffhanger, body horror, zuowandao reveal
Appears in chapters
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