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The primary spirit that possesses a chuma medium during a ritual; often referred to as the ‘Great Spirit’ or ‘Lead Spirit,’ it is the entity that performs the healing or exorcism through the medium’s body.

Definition

Story context

Our boy is back to his old tricks: compartmentalizing horror like it's a day job. The dust has settled from the last catastrophe, and Li Huowang is trying to convince himself—and everyone else—that he's fine. But his body isn't cooperating. Between a floating Zuowandao hallucination that won't shut up, a monk half-stuck in a wall, and a Black Tai Sui tentacle casually poking out of his nose like it owns the place, "fine" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Bai Lingmiao is worried sick, the Great Spirit is hiding secrets under a wedding veil, and Li Huowang's own belly is becoming a battleground. This chapter is a masterclass in atmospheric dread—no monsters attacking, just the quiet, gnawing horror of a protagonist realizing the enemy might already be inside him.

Why it matters

This chapter is a slow burn of dread disguised as a recovery scene. Pay close attention to Li Huowang's internal calculus: he's not in denial about the Black Tai Sui's danger; he's making a conscious, cold-blooded choice to keep it because the alternative (unfiltered hallucinations) is worse. That's the kind of moral calculus that makes *Dao Gui Yi Xian* so compelling—there is no clean option, only degrees of horror.