Definition
A traditional fire-starting tool: a piece of steel struck against flint to make sparks. Li Huowang uses it to set himself on fire as a weapon.
steel
A traditional fire-starting tool: a piece of steel struck against flint to make sparks. Li Huowang uses it to set himself on fire as a weapon.
Story context
Li Huowang descends into the flooded underbelly of a doomed ship and finds himself face to face with eight living root-carving demons styled after the Eight Immortals—except these are no benevolent folk heroes. They twist, move, laugh, and attack with uncanny coordination. Forced into a desperate underwater brawl, Li Huowang pushes every trick at his disposal: fire, pain-sharing, rift-cutting, and yes, his own tentacle-filled throat. The chapter is a raw showcase of the Dao-Twisted World at its most viscerally deceptive: even wood carved into gods can be hungry.
Why it matters
This chapter is a pure survival sequence: close-quarter combat underwater with infinitely regenerating enemies. Notice how Li Huowang operates: no grandstanding, no witty one-liners—just hyperfocused tactics. He doesn’t waste time wondering what the Eight Immortals are; he cuts first, asks never. The ending is a classic cliffhanger: he’s drowning and hallucinating, but the hallucination of surfacing actually recharges him. Is that luck? Or is his mind literally reshaping reality again? Stay tuned.
Quick facts
Source novel
Dao Gui Yi Xian
First appearance
The Eight Immortals
Chapter references
1
Type hints
leaduowang, li sui, eight immortals
Guide tags
action, underwater horror, folk horror
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