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Story context

Yikes. Get ready for a brutal chapter that yanks us away from Li Huowang's personal nightmare and drops us into a full-blown folk-justice riot. Our boy Yang Xiaohai is trying to keep his little crew low-key, but they've hitched their wagon to the wrong—or perhaps terrifyingly right—old lady. This is *Dao Gui Yi Xian* at its most raw: the line between righteous anger and mindless savagery disappears in a single bite. Forget mystical cultivation for a moment; this chapter is about what happens when a system of power is so corrupt that its only answer is a total collapse. It’s ugly, it’s cathartic, and it’s going to leave a very bad taste in your mouth.

Why it matters

So, do we cheer for this? That’s the question this chapter wants you to sit with. The old woman has demolished an unjust power structure, but she hasn't built anything in its place. She’s let the tiger out of the cage, and it's feasting. Pay attention to Yang Xiaohai's reaction; he's our moral compass here. His horror isn't at the death of the corrupt officials, but at the *frenzy* of the mob. The final image of the original victim, hollow and empty, is the most important one. She got her revenge, but did she get justice? This chapter is a masterclass in *Dao Gui Yi Xian*'s central theme: the world is broken in a way that a single act of righteous violence can never truly fix. It just creates a new kind of wound.

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Dao Gui Yi Xian