[Age 10: The Xianzhou's full-scale purge of the Suiyang begins. At first, it's just sporadic arrests, targeting the unlucky few who can't hide their abnormalities. But soon, the situation becomes increasingly tense. Searches are everywhere, and a pervasive paranoia sets in, with everyone suspecting others of being possessed. The streets are filled with more patrolling Xianzhou guards, their eyes sharp and their inspections rigorous.]
[One time, a squad of guards is conducting a house-to-house search and is about to reach the dilapidated shack where A-Yun is hiding. However, your Golden Threads have already relayed their route, conversations, and even the squad leader's impatient tone. You take control of A-Yun's body one step ahead and slip into a dark alley cluttered with junk. The sounds of the guards violently kicking down the door and cursing can be heard through the thin wall, then fade into the distance.]
["Phew..." You feel A-Yun's heart pounding with fear. For you, it's more like a game of hide-and-seek where you already know the location of all the traps—effortless, even a bit boring.]
[Moreover, this perilous environment has become your hunting ground. The purge has created a large number of wounded, weakened, and even bodiless Suiyang spirits. Your Golden Threads mark them clearly, their coordinates precise. The impulse to hunt begins to stir. You realize it is your turn to strike.]
[You guide A-Yun's body, expertly avoiding both stationary and mobile patrols as you move through the night. The Golden Threads are your best guide and most covert eyes. Soon, you find a dissipating green ball of light—a Suiyang just wounded by a Xianzhou weapon, fleeing its host in a panic. You control A-Yun to extend a hand, his fingertips touching the unstable energy mass. A cold, chaotic, yet incredibly pure energy flows through his fingertips into his body, and is then greedily absorbed by you.]
[Like a dry sponge soaking up water, you feel your flame grow stronger, your power more solid, and your self-awareness clearer. This growth, plundered from others, is far more efficient and exhilarating than slowly absorbing A-Yun's meager emotional sustenance. You begin to actively search for your next "supplement."]
[Consume, and consume again. The price of your growing strength is, naturally, A-Yun's deteriorating mental and physical state. He always feels cold, as if a chill is seeping from his very bones. No amount of sleep can dispel the strange fatigue. Mental confusion becomes the norm. Sometimes he stands motionless, his eyes empty, unresponsive to calls from the outside world, drool trickling from his mouth unnoticed. This is because your connection to this body has been forcibly deepened after consuming your own kind. You can clearly feel the small flame of A-Yun's soul rapidly extinguishing. Your control over this body is increasing at an astonishing rate.]
[Possession Progress: 60%. Villain Value +50.]
[Age 11: The conflict between the Xianzhou and the Suiyang enters a new phase. The Artisanship Commission develops more targeted weapons and sealing devices. Guards can be seen on the streets holding strange, flashing devices, their effectiveness against the Suiyang significantly increased.]
[The Xianzhou's counterattack makes the Suiyang population realize that fighting alone for individual gain is futile. United against the Xianzhou's purge, they too need to gather their strength. Through your Golden Threads, you sense a powerful Suiyang consciousness integrating other individuals. That consciousness is like a beacon in the night, drawing scattered Suiyang towards it. You know this must be the so-called Suihuang. It sounds impressive, but it's just a super-sized Suiyang.]
[The Suihuang's goal, spread among the Suiyang population, is to fight back against the Xianzhou, seize living space, and even enslave these mortals. Under its integration, the scattered Suiyang begin to converge, no longer individual flames but merging into larger, more dangerous energy collectives. The power of these fused entities far exceeds that of a single Suiyang, posing an unprecedented threat to the Xianzhou. The Xianzhou Zhuming is no longer facing minor disturbances of possession, but an organized war with a powerful, destructive Suiyang collective.]
[Meanwhile, A-Yun's body deteriorates further. His desire for long life, twisted by the fear of death, becomes a morbid obsession, the only thing keeping him alive. He can no longer comprehend the terrifying changes happening to his own body. In the depths of his fear, he begins to pray more frequently to you within him, his voice humble and trembling.]
["Lord Spirit... save me... I'm so cold... I don't want to die..."]
["I'm begging you... grant me the long life you promised!"]
[You watch all this with cold indifference, even finding it somewhat amusing. This is exactly the situation you wanted. This foolish mortal is willingly offering up everything he has. You occasionally respond to him in a profound, god-like tone, offering false comfort and empty promises, telling him that the trial is almost over and eternal life is at hand.]
["Fear not, child. Endure this final test, and you shall receive everything you've ever dreamed of."]
[The stronger A-Yun's hope, the greater his emotional fluctuations, and the richer and more delicious the "sustenance" he produces. Every false response makes him more dependent and submissive, viewing you as his one and only savior. This vessel is, slowly and irreversibly, becoming your complete puppet.]
[Possession Progress: 80%. Villain Value +50.]
[Age 12: Xianzhou technology achieves another breakthrough, and their determination to fight the Suiyang war is stronger than ever. More advanced standard-issue weapons are distributed, and an elite unit specifically designed to combat Suiyang clusters is formed and deployed to the battlefield. Your Golden Threads capture images of this unit assembling. They are equipped with special armor resistant to Suiyang attacks and wield lances that can harm Suiyang. Their demeanor is calm and murderous. The leader is a young man with eyes as sharp as a falcon's, said to be one of the Xianzhou generals' most capable officers. Their target is the Suiyang clusters integrated by the Suihuang, which are causing chaos throughout the city. It seems the Xianzhou leadership is getting serious, preparing to solve the problem once and for all.]
[Age 13: The war erupts completely, brutal and fierce, dragging the entire Xianzhou Zhuming into a fiery abyss. The once-prosperous star-faring city is now filled with the smoke of war and ruins. Your network of Golden Threads faithfully transmits every detail of the battlefield, as if you were there yourself. Twisted illusions spread madly through the streets—sometimes terrifying, man-eating monsters, other times blissful, decadent fantasies, the primary means by which the Suiyang erode reality and attack the minds of the Xianzhou natives. Xianzhou soldiers clash violently with massive Suiyang fused from multiple individuals. The flashes of explosions tear through the night sky without cease. Buildings collapse in droves. Suiyang and Xianzhou people fall one after another.]
[A-Yun is completely spent... Long drained of his life force by you, coupled with the terror of the war, he has completely broken down. He can only huddle in a dark, damp corner, his consciousness fading, kept alive only by the energy you transmit to him. He knows clearly that he is no longer "human." Complete despair has consumed the last vestiges of his sanity, causing him to see the "spirit" within him, who has never truly helped him, as his only salvation. Because besides believing in the "long life" you promised, he has no other choice.]
[The last resistance from this body has completely vanished. His soul has fully submitted to your will. This feeling of completely toying with and then controlling another's body, playing with their hopes and despair... is an unparalleled pleasure. This vessel, from the inside out, from flesh to soul, is now completely, utterly, and entirely yours.]
[Complete Possession. Villain Value +100.]