Definition
A prized almanac or divination manual owned by Zhuge Yuan, valuable enough for the Zuowandao to orchestrate an elaborate heist to steal it.
Six-Shining
A prized almanac or divination manual owned by Zhuge Yuan, valuable enough for the Zuowandao to orchestrate an elaborate heist to steal it.
Story context
Li Huowang gets grilled by the Supervisory Heavenly Office after delivering Hong Zhong's severed head. The rotten-toothed warden, sporting two grumpy Nascent Souls on his neck, interrogates him about the Zuowandao deception. Li Huowang skillfully spins his story, even slicing his own face open to prove he's not a shapeshifting trickster. The Office is suspicious but ultimately gives him a new assignment: try to get close to Zhuge Yuan, the very man whose identity Hong Zhong stole. Meanwhile, Li Huowang learns that the Office isn't just sitting idle—they're assembling agents to crush the Zuowandao once and for all. His plan to pit these two forces against each other is finally working.
Why it matters
Our boy Li Huowang is getting *good* at this. The way he spins Hong Zhong's story to fit his own survival agenda is a masterclass in improvised deception. He's learning to weaponize the Zuowandao's reputation just as they weaponized his face. There's a darkly comedic moment when he realizes, mid-interrogation, that "the Zuowandao identity is really quite useful." That's your protagonist, folks—a man who now treats being a wanted doppelganger victim as a career advantage.
Quick facts
Source novel
Dao Gui Yi Xian
First appearance
The Severed Head and the Impossible Task
Chapter references
1
Type hints
Li Huowang, Supervisory Heavenly Office, Hong Zhong
Guide tags
office politics, deception, severed head
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