The Unruly Immortals

In a secluded courtyard within the Imperial Palace in the Capital City, black and white chess pieces were scattered all over the ground. At this moment, apart from the heavy breathing of Li Huowang, there was no other sound.

As Li Huowang's expression gradually became more and more distorted, everything around him seemed to spiral out of control, and various figures and scenes constantly changed.

Li Huowang suddenly raised his head sharply, glaring at the gloomy sky, and shouted angrily at the heavens, "Da Nuo! What exactly do you want me to do!"

"I have no other requests! I just want them to live!! I just want them to live!! Why does it always end like this! What exactly do you want me to do!"

As Li Huowang shouted, distant thunder rumbled faintly within the dark clouds.

Li Huowang continued to yell at the sky, but the unanswered shouts gradually turned into a deep and profound sorrow.

Even when Li Sui's funeral took place, his mind was blank. It wasn't until all this that Li Huowang finally realized Li Sui was dead, truly dead, and his daughter would never return.

"Have I not done enough? Is what I have done still not enough? Then what exactly do you want me to do!! Why, no matter what I do, I always fail to stop them from dying one after another... Where did I go wrong? At which step did I make a mistake..."

Li Huowang reached into his bosom and pulled out some powder. Under his gaze, the powder quickly coalesced into a clay figurine, the same one Li Sui gave him before she died.

Tears streamed down Li Huowang's face, continuously dripping onto the ground. At that moment, a tentacle reached over, gently wiping the tears from his face.

Trembling, Li Huowang raised his head and saw Li Sui smiling brightly in front of him, holding three clay figurines in her hand. "Dad, look, this one is you, this one is Mom, and this little one is me."

Although he knew clearly the Li Sui before him was something he conjured, Li Huowang couldn't control his emotions and reached out to pull her tightly into his arms.

But when he loosened his arms again, he found that they were empty.

Seeing this, Gao Zhijian sighed deeply, stood up, helped Li Huowang sit down on a chair, and gently patted his back repeatedly.

"Brother Li, you haven't done anything wrong. It's not your fault. This world is just like that, think of our Master, Master Danyang."

"Did he willingly become that way? No, it was this world that forced him into it. This world is far crueler than Master Danyang."

With that, Gao Zhijian sighed deeply, "But what of it? The first thing people do when they're born is cry, because coming to this world means coming to suffer, everyone suffers, even I, as the Emperor, can't escape it."

Li Huowang slowly came to his senses and shook his head vigorously. "No, I don't like Master Danyang, and I don't like this world either!!"

The clay figurine in Li Huowang's hand was squeezed into a lump and then flattened like a pancake. "Disgusting! This world makes me want to puke!!"

"What can you do if you don't like it? This world is just like that."

"No! This world shouldn't be like this! This world is wrong!" Li Huowang raised his head again, and this time, his eyes held no sorrow but an intense defiance and he said through gritted teeth, "You want me to submit? It's not that easy!!"

"Unless I'm dead! Otherwise, don't even think about stopping me! One day, I will change this world into the way I want it to be!"

"I will not only become the Fate Commander! I want to become the Great Fate Commander, invincible and unparalleled! I will bring them all back! I will make it happen!!"

No matter how far-fetched these words may sound, Li Huowang believed in them unshakably at that moment and would continue to hold this belief forever!

Hearing Li Huowang's words, Qiu Chibao, with tears streaming down her face, hugged her child and screamed wildly, "Ahhh!! Ahhh!!" The frantic woman jumped and laughed, and as her laughter filled the air, her body gradually turned transparent until it vanished.

With this, the illusions around Li Huowang completely disappeared, leaving behind an empty void with not a single trace left.

As Li Huowang gradually calmed down his emotions, his breath came in heavy gasps as he looked at the empty surroundings. Not only was Qiu Chibao gone, but with Suisui's death, the Rotating Light Mirror she had once given him also vanished, and the unusual changes in his own body were altogether gone.

Gao Zhijian furrowed his brow, pondering over what Li Huowang had just said. After a moment of thought, he spoke up, "Brother Li, whatever you intend to do, the trouble with Fusheng Heaven must be resolved at any rate."

"Only by solving the crisis of Fusheng Heaven can we have the qualification to talk about what comes next."

He knew that Brother Li was in a bad state now, but certain things couldn't wait, especially those concerning the whole realm.

"I know, of course I know!" Intense hatred flashed in Li Huowang's eyes. Even if Gao Zhijian hadn't mentioned it, he and the Fate Commander of Fusheng Heaven were irreconcilable. It was because of them that Suisui had been killed.

"Though they planned to ambush us, even planted an insider among us, and mobilized forces to try and wipe us out."

"But there's no need for us to panic! They should be the ones panicking! They suffered a loss, much bigger than ours! We've hit them hard this time!"

Hearing these remarks, Gao Zhijian and Huangfu Tiangang were utterly confused, clearly not understanding what Li Huowang was talking about.

Gao Zhijian, with some hesitation, asked, "Brother Li? Didn't your illness... recover? Why are you now...?"

"I'm not sick!" Li Huowang shouted outright, "I am Ji Zai, Ji Zai is me! For convenience, I don't believe myself to be the Seven Wheels now, as long as I believe it! Then I can connect with Ji Zai! And know exactly what happened inside White Jade Capital!"

"No! Even that's not right, that side isn't the White Jade Capital! That side is a projection of White Jade Capital! Through this projection, I can know what exactly is happening in White Jade Capital!"

Li Huowang then shared everything he knew with Gao Zhijian and Huangfu Tiangang. Although they seemed puzzled, they got the general idea.

"Really?!" Gao Zhijian appeared very surprised, for being able to know the movements of White Jade Capital's Fate Commander from Li Huowang could be a significant advantage.

However, immediately after, Gao Zhijian looked at Li Huowang with a hint of suspicion, "Brother Li, this matter is of great importance. Are you sure it's true and not just delusions due to your hysteria?"