Seeing this, Li Ling suddenly realized that Gong Chi's ability to absorb those Ying spirits was no coincidence. It was the result of every movement and change, every tangled thread of cause and effect, from Middle Antiquity to the present.
His Primordial Spirit must have contained Spirit Resonance from You Heng, making him a grain of sand that had passed through reincarnation.
If the mortal world were a vast sand table, You Heng was a mountain of sand upon it, the Wooden Carving Ghost a clump of compacted grains, and those Yin Spirits and demonic thoughts individual grains of sand and motes of dust.
Together, they formed the elements of the Dao of reincarnation. Because they had once gathered within the same mighty being's Dharma Body, they also shared a closer connection than other grains of sand and dust.
When the Yin Spirits attempted Soul Possession on other people, that connection did not manifest. But when they attempted Soul Possession on Gong Chi, it began to show.
Gong Chi had originally contained other Spirit Resonance as well—sand and dust from other places. He, too, could have undergone Soul Possession, losing his own mind and will. But with the help of Evil-Repelling Incense, he had turned the tables, retaining the sand and dust that had originally belonged to the Yin Spirits within himself instead.
Now, the Wooden Carving Ghost had discovered Gong Chi's existence. By merging, the two could form a larger mass of sand, perhaps even halt the Wooden Carving Ghost's collapse and disintegration, and evolve into a new mountain of sand.
In scale, this would still fall far short of the You Heng of old. But compared with the people who had entered this place, it could certainly be called powerful.
As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Gong