Stone

Story context

Well, well, well. Our favorite red-robed Daoist thought he was just passing through, but Great Qi decided to throw a **cult-infested refugee rave** in his face. Li Huowang walks into a city preparing to evacuate–which would already be bad news–only to find that every single citizen, plus a sprawling sea of starving refugees, has been converted to the **Law Faith**. And not just any Law Faith: it’s the *Yu'er Shen* cult wearing white masks and headbands instead of black ones. What follows isn’t a fight. It’s a slaughter. Get ready for a chapter that chucks subtlety out the window and replaces it with boiling stone soup, trampling tentacles, and the bone-sword’s bloodiest day out.

Why it matters

**Buckle up for a grindhouse chapter.** This isn't a tactical duel or a paranormal puzzle; it's Li Huowang *finally* using the Purple-Tasseled Sword the way it was designed–as a mass-murder weapon. Pay attention to the shift in his voice. He's not horrified by the slaughter. He's *energized* by it. The sword's war-killing aura is making him stronger as he cuts, and that should feel deeply wrong. Also, note the meta-horror: in the last arc, Li Huowang was arguing with a rational doctor about whether his world was real. Now he's wading through a city of people who believe stone soup opens heaven's gate. Which worldview is actually more alien to modern reason–the schizophrenic's shattered reality, or the cultist's absolute faith in boiling rocks? That question is going to stick with you.

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Dao Gui Yi Xian