Yu Xuanji wanted to escape from the baby's hand, but felt as if his soul was imprisoned, unable to break free, and was being shaken back and forth by the baby, nearly convinced he was about to reincarnate.
Yu Xuanji resisted the impulse to use the jade ring to kill the baby. This body was too good, too perfect, and he didn't want to give it up.
With such a powerful innate spiritual power, born no less than an Immortal, it was unimaginable how far this being could grow in the future.
The key point was that this was just a baby, the easiest to possess, and also the easiest for his soul to merge with the body.
The baby's thoughts had yet to mature and lacked strong cognitive abilities, which would soon give way to boredom and carelessness. That would be his chance.
As expected, just as Yu Xuanji predicted, after playing for a while, the baby grew uninterested, released Yu Xuanji's spiritual body from its grip, and went back to gnawing on its own little hand.