Chapter 874: Lie

Chapter 874: Lies

Doumu, the deity who governs falsehood and destiny, stood before Li Huowang at that moment—summoned by the Wángtiān Bǎohào of the Zuo Wang Dao.

Even though it was merely an avatar, its pressure was overwhelming.

Li Huowang felt his body continuing to crumble, his consciousness fading away. He raised his head once more, shouting toward the yin-yang ocean that covered the sky above him: “What are you waiting for?”

In the next instant, Li Huowang’s body completely dissolved, turning into a pool of blood on the ground.

A hand reached out from beside him, pulling a spine bone from the blood. Li Huowang grasped the bone in his hand, fearless, raising it high toward the heavens.

Just as he was about to speak, he paused. Slowly turning his head, he looked toward the distant army of Shuobu De, laughing wildly with arrogance.

“Hahahaha! You don’t seriously think the deity I summoned would harm me, do you? You’ve been deceived!”

With a swift twist of his neck, his face instantly turned red.

“Look what this is! This is Doumu of Yin-Yang! The deity who governs lies! Our leader of the Zuo Wang Sect!”

“Hahahahaha! Come on! You’re so mighty, aren’t you? You defeated the Mother of No Birth already? Then try this one!”

Faced with Li Huowang’s words, the army of Shuobu De remained motionless, standing on the undulating terrain like statues carved in stone.

“Cowards! A bunch of fools!”

With a sudden stamp of his feet, Li Huowang charged forward confidently under the gaze of Doumu.

Just as he had reached halfway, the army finally moved.

Some slender performers dressed in colorful costumes were lifted high by old male roles and young male roles, stepping onto stilts to reach toward the sky, aiming at the Yin-Yang Doumu.

But just as they prepared to act, the army suddenly scattered, their grotesque faces filled with suspicion, eyeing each other warily.

“Hmm?” When he saw these beings even attacking their own allies, he immediately realized—it was Doumu acting.

As the deity who governs lies within Heaven's will, any group could be made to instantly harbor doubts about their own companions.

However, what Li Huowang didn't expect was that the army of Shuobu De seemed to suddenly sense something amiss within themselves, raising their hands to touch their heads.

As they lifted them, things were torn from their minds—those lies inside them.

Each lie they pulled out, Doumu inserted another, forcing them to stand still, constantly tearing lies from their brains to preserve their thoughts.

In that brief moment, Li Huowang had already rushed forward, slicing down with his blade, slaughtering without mercy.

The once formidable army of Shuobu De now lay before him like chickens and dogs.

But just as he was about to kill the rest, he noticed them halting their actions, stopping the extraction of lies from their minds. Suddenly, Doumu also stopped its previous behavior.

Looking around at the gazes fixed upon him, then at the lies pulled from their brains, Li Huowang suddenly had an idea. With a powerful swing of his bloodstained spine sword, he shouted:

“Quickly, commit suicide! Your lives are tied to the Mother of No Birth! Only when you die will she die! For the entire Tianchen, your deaths are worth it!”

At that moment, non-force surged into Li Huowang’s body. The army of Shuobu De reached toward their left armpits.

When they inserted their hands and squeezed, purple-red blood exploded outward, leaving them collapsed and motionless.

When a person has no lies in their heart, they lose the ability to distinguish truth from falsehood. At that moment, whatever they heard, they believed.

The army of Shuobu De committed suicide en masse, falling one after another before Li Huowang.

Just as they were about to be utterly deceived by his lies, the illusions around them shifted again, revealing a forest.

The woods appeared and vanished rapidly, catching everyone off guard, dragging those slower ones back to the Kingdom of Tianchen.

Li Huowang shifted his body, arriving at a grove. Just as the trees disappeared, he glimpsed a golden dragon partially visible through white mist.

As the forest closed, everything returned to silence.

“A dragon? Real dragon? Not a fake one?” Li Huowang was stunned by what he had seen. There really were real dragons? What connection did it have with dragon veins?

Now knowing what the army of Shuobu De truly was, could it be that the imperial descendants were actually real dragons?

Li Huowang had no answer to that question. It took him some time to recover.

Suddenly, he recalled the actions of his allies and looked up, cursing, “Doumu! You just—”

His sentence cut short. The sky reverted to its former appearance—the black-and-white chaotic ocean had vanished without a trace.

“Damn!” Li Huowang suppressed his anger inwardly, muttering under his breath.

Although Doumu had helped him through this crisis, judging by its recent attitude, Li Huowang wasn’t sure if he could rely on it again.

“The Way is impartial, true blessings, compassionate heart to save suffering, Zhuge Yuan!”

“The Way is impartial, true blessings, compassionate heart to save suffering, Zhuge Yuan!”

“The Way is impartial, true blessings, compassionate heart to save suffering, Zhuge Yuan!”

Energetic shouts echoed, waking Li Huowang from his daze.

He looked up at the jubilant people of Great Qi, watching them cheer, cry, and bow to him in worship.

They didn’t know what had happened—they only knew the Bodhisattva had manifested, defeating the enemy.

Feeling the influx of non-force, Li Huowang murmured to them, “I never thought these mortals could be such a turning point in defeating the army of Shuobu De.”

At that moment, Chan Du, half of whose face was gone, approached with clasped hands. “Namo Amitabha Buddha. Beneath the Buddha, all beings are equal. All beings come and go endlessly, endlessly cycling through the six realms. Mortals are not ordinary.”

Li Huowang frowned at him. “Do you know what I’m thinking? And yet you interrupt?”

Chan Du chuckled. With the enemy repelled, he seemed in high spirits. “You speak of Heaven’s Will, but what good is it without human will? Mortals are not useless—they are the very source of all connections.”

“Master Li, as I said before, Great Qi belongs to you. Whatever you want them to believe, they will believe.”

“They helped you this time. Elsewhere, they can help you even more—beyond just the non-force of the Zuo Wang Sect.”

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