Definition
A folk practice where a practitioner invites a celestial or martial spirit into their own body for combat prowess; here depicted as a visible, hostile entity transfer.
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A folk practice where a practitioner invites a celestial or martial spirit into their own body for combat prowess; here depicted as a visible, hostile entity transfer.
Story context
Well, well—turns out the plot was thicker than a bowl of winter stew. Our boy Li Huowang, fresh from the revelation that Bai Lingmiao's cozy family portrait may have been… *a little* retouched, decides to march straight into the reeds to demand a happy family reconciliation. Spoiler: Nobody wants to reconcile. The Bai clan, possessed by some very unfriendly spirits, greet him with a full-contact demonstration of "we don't trust you, your Office token, or your stupid face." This chapter serves up a brutal reality check: the in-laws from hell are literal. What follows is a tense, claustrophobic confrontation where Li Huowang is forced to hold back his lethal training while the Bai family pulls out folk-possession tactics and even the **Wandering Lord** makes a ghostly cameo. It’s family drama with body horror, and nobody brought a casserole.
Why it matters
If you came here expecting Li Huowang to finally have a quiet, normal conversation with his girlfriend’s family… welp, sorry, you picked the wrong novel. This chapter is all about *the reveal that his trust was misplaced*—not in Bai Lingmiao, but in her perfectly normal-storybook family. The shift from “let’s talk it out” to “everyone around me is possessed and trying to kill me” happens almost in a single breath. Pay attention to the old man with one tooth. He doesn’t just know the chant; he wears it like a family heirloom. That moment when Li Huowang realizes the source of Bai Lingmiao’s harmless little bit of lore is the same mouth that’s now summoning the Wandering Lord—that’s the kind of creeping horror *Dao Gui Yi Xian* does best. Also: Li Huowang holding back his killing moves while getting swarmed? Chef’s kiss. He is no longer a desperate survivor lashing out blindly. He’s a restrained fighter trying *not* to massacre his girlfriend’s relatives. Character growth, baby.
Quick facts
Source novel
Dao Gui Yi Xian
First appearance
The Reeds
Chapter references
1
Type hints
dao gui yi xian, li huowang, wandering lord
Guide tags
spirit possession, family horror, wandering lord
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