Definition
A hidden, time-locked dimensional entrance that only appears at specific Chinese hours; currently concealed within a deep, frozen pool.
Supreme Irrigation Outlet
A hidden, time-locked dimensional entrance that only appears at specific Chinese hours; currently concealed within a deep, frozen pool.
Story context
Get ready, fellow Daoists, because this is the kind of chapter where the *real* horror isn't a monster—it's the broken person who follows you home. Li Huowang is on a time-sensitive quest to find the mysterious Supreme Irrigation Outlet, but he's dragging along a new, unwelcome passenger: Qiu Chibao, a starved, mad woman who died near him and has now become a permanent, hungry hallucination. As he navigates a cold, dark pool in search of a hidden dimension, he's forced to confront the quiet, grinding nightmare that his own mind is now a graveyard for the desperate and the damned. This is a chapter of cold water, colder truths, and the slow, weary acceptance that his hallucinations are a burden he can never put down.
Why it matters
This chapter is a masterclass in low-key horror. There are no screaming monsters, no explosive battles—just the cold, sinking feeling that comes when you realize you can’t even control the ghosts in your own head. Pay close attention to how Li Huowang handles Qiu Chibao. He doesn’t try to banish her or fight her; he just gives her food to shut her up. That’s a man who has learned to manage his madness, not cure it.
Quick facts
Source novel
Dao Gui Yi Xian
First appearance
The Irrigation Outlet
Chapter references
1
Type hints
li huowang, qiu chibao, hallucination
Guide tags
Horror, Dark Fantasy, Xianxia
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