The Unruly Immortals

Hearing Li Sui suddenly say this, Li Huowang trembled all over, and he lifted his head again to look at Li Sui in front of him.

After a while, he reached out his trembling hand and found the head of Shangguan Yuting from the tower of human heads.

Li Sui had various bodies in the past, but Li Huowang was most familiar with this one.

He held Shangguan Yuting's head in his trembling hands, looking at her delicate face, recalling the bits and pieces of Li Sui's past by his side.

As the face from his memories overlapped with the head before him, Li Huowang, breathing somewhat erratically, gently hugged his daughter. "Don't talk nonsense, you are my daughter."

"I know you've changed a lot over the years, but you are still Li Sui. Though somewhat different, that's called growth. Look at me, your dad, I'm not the same Li Huowang as before either, people do change."

As soon as Li Huowang finished speaking, all the heads in front of him started talking at once, various voices overlapping into a chilling echo.

"Li Huowang, stop deceiving yourself. Li Sui once wanted not to possess others and hoped to wait as herself for you to appear, but it has been a full one hundred and sixty years. Don't forget, she knew nothing, she only had the possession instinct of the Black Taisui."

Li Huowang's breathing became rapid, his voice suddenly rising. "No, my daughter isn't dead! You are Xuan Pin, and I am Xuan Yang, you wear a red Taoist Robe, so do I! You are my daughter!!"

The heads of Xuan Ping slowly shook simultaneously. "Li Huowang, I am really not Li Sui anymore, everything I did before was an act. I didn't say anything earlier because I was afraid you couldn't accept it."

"After all, a hundred and sixty years is too long. Li Sui wanted to live to see you again, so she had to possess others, using their Divine Skills and memories to stay alive."

"Since while she was possessing others, others were also possessing her. She chose this path herself."

"Because she firmly remembered her dad was still in the heavens needing Dragon Qi to survive. She had to keep her own body alive until this time, no matter the cost."

As black tentacles crawled into Li Huowang's ear canals, some images appeared in his mind.

It was Li Sui with a hunchback. Her appearance still that of Shangguan Yuting, the candlelight illuminating half of her tired and numb face.

"Please, sirs." Li Sui, clad in a red Taoist Robe, knelt on the cushion, performing a deep bow to two white-haired old men.

The elders had peculiar bodies, limbs distorted, and were blind, sitting in a bamboo basket, carried on the back of a fool with a deformed head.

"Do you truly wish for this? Our conscious sea is immensely vast. If we merge into one, you will fear no longer be yourself but merely a vessel for us."

A slight movement flickered across Li Sui's numb face as she shed her clothing, exposing her hunchback covered with densely packed human heads.

"I am no longer myself a long time ago. Now, I don't even know if I am still Li Sui."

A long time had passed since she fell from the heavens, and so much had happened during this period.

Tears slipped down Li Sui's face. She truly did not want this. She truly wanted to wait a hundred and sixty years to return to her father's embrace again, but reality did not match her wish.

"Sir, I only ask one thing from you. After my dad arrives in the heavens, you must bring enough Dragon Qi to save my dad."

Amidst the constant confusion of memories, she could no longer remember everything from the past. This was her only concern now.

She needed to be prepared for this, lest she completely forgets the task of saving her dad.

Li Sui thought of many ways, and eventually, she found a method from the Astronomical Bureau. It's a win-win.

"No need to worry, as members of the Astronomical Bureau, this is our responsibility, naturally we won't stand by."

"Besides, after we possess, Zuo Qiuyong will no longer be a problem. As long as she dares to come to Da Liang, we'll make sure she never returns."

Upon hearing this, Li Sui's whole body gradually disintegrated, numerous flesh and blood tentacles expanded, encompassing the two Astrological Bureau members.

"Sirs, after you see my dad, please tell him that I really miss him, really, really miss him."

After the possession ended, as the red Taoist Robe was donned, Li Sui disappeared, and Xuan Pin appeared in front of Li Huowang.

When the tentacle pulled out from Li Huowang's ear, he took a half step back. When he looked again at the presence before him, he felt a strong sense of unfamiliarity.

If before he was still willing to deceive himself, the truth now stood starkly before him, making it impossible for Li Huowang to ignore.

As the tentacle released its hold on Li Huowang, the lost and dejected Li Huowang stood there, his heart suddenly feeling empty.

Li Huowang really wanted to cry at this moment, to pour out all the bitterness in his heart, but he couldn't cry, and this feeling clumped into his chest, making Li Huowang feel so miserable.

After a few breaths, Li Huowang shouted loudly, his eyes bloodshot and corners of his mouth trembling slightly. "Then why couldn't you keep pretending!! Why! Why is it always me!"

Facing the agitated Li Huowang, Xuan Pin appeared particularly calm. "Since you've seen my true appearance, it's time to tell you the truth. Besides, I'm not from the Oblivion Path, I'm not that good an actor, you should be able to tell the difference between the current me and the former Li Sui."

"Li Huowang, some things can't perpetually be avoided. Li Sui is indeed dead, now there's only Xuan Pin from the Da Liang Sky Observatory."

"No...no!! You are Li Sui! You must be Li Sui!" Li Huowang's forehead veins bulged, and he stared fiercely at Li Sui.

Under Li Huowang's gaze, Li Sui's appearance began to change, the human heads quickly faded, leaving only the heads of Shangguan Yuting and Mantou.

However, with a flick of a tentacle, the changes on Xuan Pin's body vanished instantly. "Li Huowang, it's useless. Don't forget I am also Xinsu, cultivation of truth doesn't work on me."

The large red Taoist Robe slowly floated over from behind, completely covering Xuan Pin's bloated body.

"I once possessed two Astrological Bureau members, or rather, they voluntarily allowed me to possess them, wanting to use my abilities to merge into one, and in fact, they truly succeeded."

"The wills of those two Astrological Bureau members are very strong, enough to suppress all previous possessions, occupying most of the past. They were my former self."

The indifferent Xuan Pin, whom he first met, appeared once again before him, Li Huowang clutched his chest, crying out in a voice that tore his heart apart.

His daughter was dead, Li Sui was truly dead.

"Dad, can this be eaten?"

"Dad, let me help you!"

"Dad, I'm really scared, can I stay inside your belly forever?"