Dismantlement

At first, they often seized the bodies of Princes or Imperial Princes.

But Princes and Imperial Princes all had protective treasures. Their attempts failed more often than they succeeded, and there was also the Imperial Observatory's surveillance.

So they began seizing the bodies of high officials.

High officials had to enter the capital every year to pay court to the Emperor, making them easy to detect.

Though they could accomplish much in a year, they later discovered that seizing the bodies of high officials' children or attendants worked better.

Thus, the residences of these high officials became key targets for the Imperial Observatory's inspections.

Later, finding high officials difficult to possess and easy to expose, they began seizing the bodies of martial arts experts.

These martial sects were easily overlooked by the Imperial Observatory, making it easy to slip through the cracks.

Therefore, martial arts experts were now the most likely to suffer body seizure.

Because of its special nature, the Imperial City had always been a hard-hit area for body seizure, but it was also a key target of the Imperial Observatory's inspections.

Instead, there were not that many cases of body seizure there.

Who would have thought that the Great Heavenly Demons had fallen to such depths that they would actually seize the body of such an utterly ordinary nobody?

After walking a dozen or so steps, the two spotted a wonton stall at a street corner.

A crude earthen stove had been set up, steam billowing from it.

Beside the stove stood an honest-looking young man of average build, plain-faced and utterly unremarkable.

Four tables and eight long benches stood nearby, simple and plain. The tabletops were clean but old.

All four tables were occupied. The diners chatted and laughed as they waited for the honest young