Chapter 1008 - Consuming the Heavenly Daos

“Nana!” Li Huowang’s shout of despair echoed throughout the entire place. Yang Na had died in his arms.

Her peaceful face was a cruel contrast to the torment inside him, as though a dull, rusty blade twisted endlessly in his chest.

“Don’t panic. Stay calm. We haven’t lost yet! There

has

to be a way!”

His breaths came in rapid bursts as he struck his head with the hilt of his knife, desperate to calm himself down.

But it was useless. Despite repeatedly smacking his head, he felt no pain. The Siming of Pain was dead too.

Li Huowang’s vision began to blur as he caught the faint sound of music.

He swept around the corpse-filled place and noticed Zhao Shuangdian’s laptop. It was a notification.

Li Huowang stumbled over and noticed the screen was no longer filled with data. The screen displayed a single infinity symbol.

He realized the symbol was the final clue left by Zhao Shuangdian. There was still a chance.

“What... What is this? Infinity? A loop?”

Li Huowang stared at the screen and tried to figure it out, but he had no idea.

He struck his head again with his broken hand, though the gesture was meaningless—the world no longer had any Pain.

“Why... why can’t any of you... Why can’t any of you just give me a straight answer? Why do you always make me guess?!” Li Huowang exclaimed, kicking Zhao Shuangdian’s corpse away.

When he saw Zhao Shuangdian’s corpse roll over, inspiration struck. “No wonder I can’t understand—I hold the Siming of Bewilderment. I don’t know Zhao Shuangdian’s Heavenly Dao, but it must hold the key. If I absorb it, I’ll understand her message!”

Li Huowang prepared to absorb Zhao Shuangdian’s Heavenly Dao.

But his consciousness once again became hazy, and a wave of drowsiness enveloped him. Pain had long since ceased to exist, but his body was still growing weak and unresponsive.

Li Huowang instantly recognized this familiar sensation—the feeling of impending death. His time was running out.

“No... I can’t die! Not now! If I do, everything ends! I need to figure out a way! There has to be a way!”

He stabbed his own leg, trying to jolt himself awake. However, the drowsiness persisted, becoming heavier and more insidious.

When he next opened his eyes, Yang Na’s peaceful corpse was before him. She looked as if she was sleeping peacefully.

Li Huowang stumbled backward. “No! Nana! I cannot do that! I cannot take away your Heavenly Dao of Death! I cannot!”

Even as he stumbled, the drowsiness hit him again. He snarled and shouted angrily, “Qing Wanglai! Just you wait!”

He didn’t want to do it, but the only way to survive was to absorb the Heavenly Mater’s Heavenly Dao of Death.

He couldn’t die. If he did, Yang Na would never return.

Li Huowang cried tears of blood and crawled to Yang Na’s side with the last of his strength. Shaky and frail, he gently cradled her head and kissed her deeply.

After devouring the Heavenly Dao of Death, Li Huowang felt the sensation of death in his body freeze.

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Even though he had temporary immortality, the pain in his heart was so intense that he could hardly breathe.

Even so, he didn’t have time to mourn. If he stopped now, everything would be over.

“Don’t worry, Nana. I won’t leave you here alone. Let’s go together!” Li Huowang fashioned her hair into a makeshift rope, tying her head securely around his neck.

Ji Zai glanced downwards and noticed the Heavenly Mater’s constantly shifting Chaos fragment hanging on his chest, keeping him company.

“Nana, let’s go. We still have a chance,” he murmured, stumbling toward Zhao Shuangdian’s corpse.

Absorbing Zhao Shuangdian’s Heavenly Dao filled him with clarity. As he gazed at the laptop screen, the infinity symbol took on meaning.

“The factory... It’s the key. It’s still alive. If I destroy it, the timeline resets. We can start over!”

Li Huowang stood up without hesitation and prepared to attack the hidden factory.

As he was walking past Shai Zi, Li Huowang noticed the sunglasses. He quickly squatted down and picked them up. He put them on and absorbed Shai Zi’s Heavenly Dao, feeling his body getting slightly better.

He wiped his mouth and grabbed his weapons before approaching the main doors.

He held onto the handle and took a deep breath before opening it. The familiar-looking dunes appeared in front of him again.

He snarled and walked past the dinghy wooden doors to explore the place.

Sweat mingled with blood as he trudged forward, but he wasn’t thirsty.

The dunes were massive, and every direction appeared identical. Li Huowang believed he had gotten lost until a distant black dot caught his eye.

He quickened his pace and approached the black dot.

Minutes later, he reached the black speck. It was Chen Hongyu’s corpse, shrouded in a writhing mass of flies.