Demon Spirit Tracing the Trail, Humanoid Heavenly Tribulation (Part 1)

About two or three hours later, beneath the towering curtain of dark gales, Heart-Snatching Daoist, who had previously crashed to the ground, stood up. He swayed unsteadily, seeming as though he might be swept away by the storm at any moment, but he finally steadied himself, raised his head to look at the sand-filled sky, and let out a long breath after a long while.

He was a demon spirit, hidden deep within a jade box, having survived for an unknown number of years. During that time he also held some hazy memories, appearing to have been moved here and there, but his ultimate clear thread of thought began from a vague point in time.

Ever since possessing Chou Wu, he roughly estimated based on his sensory memories that it should have been the previous kalpa, somewhere between nine hundred and a thousand two hundred years ago.

From that moment on, he possessed clear consciousness and judgment. He needed to go and seek an answer, but before that, he needed to find a host. Clinging to this purpose, he welcomed last year's chaotic situation. He cautiously let the first two waves of people pass by, waited for Chou Wu, and finally took the initiative to contact him, causing him to generate a resonance.

He was inside the jade box, yet he did not belong to the category of artifact spirits and was never subjugated by the magical treasure. The very moment Chou Wu dug out the jade box, he broke through Chou Wu's soul, succeeded in the possession, and traveled all the way to Wu Tuo City. This time he seized the opportunity once more, using the mental connection generated by Heart-Snatching Daoist refining the jade box to launch a powerful backlash, successfully possessing him again.

Following the possession, the