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A Chinese folk-religious practitioner who invites a deity into their body through self-mutilation; the body becomes pain-proof as proof of possession.
A Chinese folk-religious practitioner who invites a deity into their body through self-mutilation; the body becomes pain-proof as proof of possession.
Definition
A Chinese folk-religious practitioner who invites a deity into their body through self-mutilation; the body becomes pain-proof as proof of possession.
Get ready, because this chapter throws a heavy, sacred punch right in the feels. Lian Zhibei — that sloppy, foul-mouthed, firecracker-chomping fat woman we met before — finally shows us what a full-blown "Lord Tiger Possession" really looks like. It’s brutal, it’s visceral, and it’s surprisingly effective. She’s here to do one thing: rip Bai Lingmiao's Immortal connection out by the roots. But the ritual works *too* well, and the silent companion who has lived in Bai Lingmiao’s shadow — the Second Spirit — is suddenly facing total erasure. What starts as a violent exorcism turns into a desperate, heartbreaking standoff where Li Huowang must choose between saving Bai Lingmiao’s power or saving the part of her that is a separate person.
This chapter is a masterclass in *consequence*. Li Huowang, for all his tactical smarts, misreads the situation at the worst possible moment. He hears the Immortals scream and thinks *victory* — but the price tag turns out to be the silent woman in the red veil who has watched over Bai Lingmiao from the shadows. This is the Dao-Twisted World reminding us yet again that no power comes without cost, and that the ones who pay are not always the ones who choose.
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