The Unruly Immortals

This was the first time Li Sui revealed her true form before Li Huowang; previously, she had always used her magic to conceal her real appearance.

Seeing the way Li Huowang looked at her, Li Sui finally felt her heart settle. That which was inevitable would eventually come to pass.

Suddenly, Li Huowang saw the well-known Mantou-dog head open its mouth and speak to him.

"Father, I'll hold out here for now. You go gather members from other sects and people from other branches of the Astrological Bureau to come help. Only you can manage such things."

As soon as the words were spoken, Li Huowang saw the Rotating Light Mirror beside him suddenly expand from a mirror into a door. Inside the door were various scenes – temples, Taoist Temples, caves, and stone lion statues at the entrance of Government Offices.

"Can you handle it?" Li Huowang shouted toward those heads.

"I can hold for a few hours at most. The faster you return, the safer I'll be," all the heads of Li Sui spoke simultaneously.

"Alright then! I'll go gather reinforcements! Miaomiao! Touzi! Hurry, lend a hand!" Li Huowang understood that the more allies, the better their chances of victory.

If worse comes to worst, call some people to block those unspeakable troops and prevent them from aiding Zuo Qiuyong.

When Li Huowang quickly plunged into the Rotating Light Mirror, all of Li Sui's eyes simultaneously looked upwards at the all-too-familiar face.

"Oh my! Li Sui, how have you managed to possess so many people?" Zuo Qiuyong looked at his acquaintance from over a hundred years ago, with a smile as if he were merely chatting.

"Thanks to those pursuers sent by Auntie, I've learned quite a lot from them in order to save my life. Auntie, thank you."

"My goodness, I see how you became the Astronomical Bureau of Da Liang. Seems you possessed that old Astronomical Bureau, didn't you?"

As the two Zuo Qiuyong finished synchronizing their speech, Li Sui's tentacles and the hair on the heads rapidly multiplied, sticking together, and they began their action.

If this deformity's growth cannot be stopped, soon enough, Li Sui's entire body would form into a mass of flesh.

"Forced by circumstances, and besides, he thought he could control me. Perhaps, he really did; who knows? And it's not just one Astronomical Bureau I've consumed—last time, to escape from your grasp, I consumed two."

As Li Sui finished speaking, all of the mouths started chanting incantations simultaneously; countless tentacles swiftly formed seals and marks.

"ꁣꂝꂻꄌꄧꅂꅵꆈꆣꇅꇨꈄꈠꈷꉔꉦꉷꊅꊙꊻꋹꌕꍋꍧꍿꎰꏋꏪꐆꐡꐺꂞꂼꄨꅃꆉꆤꇆꇩꈅꈡ..."

Various chanting incantations continuously overlapped, as the tentacles simultaneously pointed toward the heavens. "ꈄꈠꈷꉔꉦꉷꊅ Steal Heaven ꄨꅃꆉꆤꇆꇩ!"

In an instant, the sunny sky became pitch black as if Li Sui had truly stolen the sky away.

The entire Da Liang turned too dark to see one's hand, forcing both sides of the battle to halt.

"Hmph~ Just a little illusion, Li Sui. You've consumed so many people, is this the extent of your skill?"

As Zuo Qiuyong finished speaking, a crack suddenly appeared in the dark sky, and bright Danxi burst forth from it, enveloping Zuo Qiuyong and Li Sui in its glow like a lamp.

"Li Sui, we still care for you. Why not stop and become my adopted daughter?" Zuo Qiuyong's words softened considerably.

"Auntie, you taught me many things in the past, and the first thing was to never easily trust someone's words."

As soon as Li Sui's words fell, the ground beneath Zuo Qiuyong suddenly cracked open, and black tentacles entwined with various heads burst forth, quickly wrapping around the two Zuo Qiuyong's body.

Despite being entwined, the tentacles did not tear; instead, they divided and burrowed into the body.

With simple attacks proving ineffective, Li Sui attempted to absorb the flesh of left Zuo Qiuyong similarly to how she absorbed her own heads, making Zuo Qiuyong's body part of herself using Black Taisui's power.

Yet in the next moment, as Zuo Qiuyong's gaze slightly sharpened, Li Sui's tentacles withered and eventually turned into pieces of thin skin, these petty tricks were utterly worthless in his eyes.

Zuo Qiuyong's raspy voice rang out again, "Li Sui, do I have to show you respect? If you refuse to drink the wine of honor, then you'll have to drink the wine of punishment."

With those words, threads of long needles, carrying lines of thread, shot towards Li Sui's body, binding and entangling his flesh even more rapidly.

And at that moment, chanting of scripture began, chanting the "White Lotus Scripture."

"359 Here is dry land 359 With flowing streams and ditches, 359 Scattered little rivers 359 Covered by this green grass, 359 There's a joyful lotus pond 359 Ducks sound fills, 359 Mandala flowers blooming 359 White lotus covering...."

Bai Lingmiao, sitting cross-legged, spun the Twelve Grade Merit United Lotus slowly above her head, casting a gentle white light around at the chanting of the White Lotus believers.

Seeing the white light, Zuo Qiuyong remained motionless, but the unspeakable army around him retreated in terror, as if encountering a mortal enemy.

Bai Lingmiao sat there without sadness or joy, like a white jade sculpture under the white light, full of divinity, spreading the compassion and kindness infecting everyone present.

Anyone who heard the "White Lotus Scripture" felt compassion, unwilling to see any death or injury, and all laid down their weapons.

"Wu Sheng Mother?" Zuo Qiuyong hesitantly asked, but then gave a small smile, "No, you're not her. If you were really her, you should be grateful to us. After all, those heavenly nobles who were her enemies have long been killed by me, and now Tianchen Country is mine."

The next moment, Zuo Qiuyong beckoned with his right hand, and Bai Lingmiao's entire body, out of control, flew toward Zuo Qiuyong, abruptly interrupting the dignified chanting of the "White Lotus Scripture."

Just as she was about to collide with Zuo Qiuyong, the world suddenly changed drastically, and a line of sight shot down from above towards Zuo Qiuyong.

Zuo Qiuyong looked up to find a massive yin-yang sea, black and white, occupying the sky—Doumu had arrived.

"Hmm?!" Zuo Qiuyong quickly glanced left to see Li Huowang, who had just left, returning and sitting crossed-legged there chanting the Wan Tian Treasure.

"Just sending a few people doesn't take long," Li Huowang stood up and looked at Zuo Qiuyong in the distance.

Behind him, masters from various sects and countries charged toward the incredibly chaotic situation, stabilizing the teetering Capital City.

These people included not just those called by Li Sui from other sects but even Astronomical Bureaus from other countries; they understood the principle of "when lips are gone, teeth grow cold."