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Then a weary voice is heard, asking to be pulled from the abyss and put to sleep; Jakyeong is left stunned.","key_events":["Yokai pressures Jakyeong to be honest about feelings for Yang Gi-Seok","Chief Yokai immobilizes Jakyeong and reveals deep entanglement with Yang Gi-Seok","Yang Gi-Seok's consciousness emerges asking Jakyeong to pull him from the abyss","Jakyeong confronts the Chief Yokai possessing Yang Gi-Seok's body and attempts a sealing art","Jakyeong accuses the Yokai of shamelessly using a human body like a parasite"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"WHAT ARE YOU?\nYANG GI-SEOK.\n...THAT'S THE NAME OF THE BODY YOU STOLE.\n\nI'M TELLING YOU, I AM YANG GI-SEOK.\nTALKING TO YOU IS POINTLESS.\nBETTER TO STRIKE WHILE ITS GUARD IS DOWN...\nAND USE A SEALING ART—\nTHAT WOULDN'T BE VERY NICE.\n\nJAKYEONG.\n\nLET...\nGO OF ME!\n\nJAKYEONG.\nDON'T SAY MY NAME SO CASUALLY.\nYOU MUST BE THE HEAD YOKAI.\nSHAMELESSLY USING A HUMAN VESSEL FOR SPIRITUAL LODGING LIKE A PARASITE.\nSHAMELESS?\nAM I WRONG?\n\nRATHER THAN LIVING SUCH A PATHETIC EXISTENCE,\nI WOULD CHOOSE ETERNAL REST.\nFINE.\n...WHAT?\n\nWH-WHAT...!\nYOU...\n\nHAVE FEELINGS FOR YANG GI-SEOK, DON'T YOU?\n\nTHAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO TEAR ME AWAY FROM YANG GI-SEOK.\nAN EXORCIST SIMPLY DOES THEIR DUTY.\nJUST AS YOU WERE BORN A YOKAI TO HARM HUMANS,\n\nAN EXORCIST DOES WHAT AN EXORCIST-\n?!\nNO...!!\nDAMN IT, I CAN'T MOVE...!\n\nWHAT DID YOU...\nJUST WHAT...\nARE YOU TRYING TO DO?!\nYOU KEEP LYING.\nIF YOU WANT TO PERSUADE ME,\nSHOULDN'T YOU BE HONEST?\nSTOP!\nSTOP IT!\n\nJUST DOING YOUR DUTY AS AN EXORCIST?\nHONESTLY,\nIS THAT REALLY ALL?\n\nWELL?\nJAKYEONG.\nDON'T SAY MY NAME.\n\nTHE TRUTH IS,\nYOU HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH POWER TO SEAL ME...\n\nBUT YANG GI-SEOK AND I ARE SO DEEPLY TANGLED NOW,\nYOU CAN'T EVEN TELL WHO IS THE YOKAI\nAND WHO IS YANG GI-SEOK ANYMORE.\nSO EVEN IF YOU MANAGE TO SEAL ME,\nYANG GI-SEOK WILL NEVER LIVE AS A WHOLE HUMAN BEING AGAIN.\n\nCONFUSED BY HIS IDENTITY, TAINTED BY A YOKAI,\nHE'LL EITHER GO HALF-MAD,\nOR GIVE UP ON BEING HUMAN\nAND LIVE ON AS A YOKAI.\n\nCOULD YOU TRULY LIVE WITH YOURSELF WATCHING THAT HAPPEN,\nHM?\nDON'T BELIEVE IT.\nARE YOU JUST GOING TO STAND BY AND WATCH?\nIT'S NOTHING BUT EMPTY NONSENSE.\n\nSOMETHING LIKE THIS-\nJAKYEONG.\nPULL ME OUT.\n\nPULL ME OUT.\nTHOSE WORDS..\n\nFROM THIS ABYSS...\nYOU...!\nYOU SAID YOU WOULD HELP ME.\nSUPPRESSING THE IMPULSE TO FLAY HUMAN SKIN,\nI PICKED UP A SPOON,\n\nAND YANG GI-SEOK, ENDURING A MEANINGLESS LIFE,\nLOST HIS MIND AS WELL.\nBOTH YANG GI-SEOK AND I WERE GOING MAD INSIDE SUHARA FORTRESS,\nAND THEN YOU SHOWED UP, PROMISING TO HELP ME.\n\n?!\nI HAVE NO INTENTION OF HELPING YOU TAKE OVER THE LANDOWNER'S BODY!\nNO, THAT'S NOT IT.\n\nYOU JUST HAVE TO PUT ME TO SLEEP, LIKE YOU SAID.\nWHAT...?\nBECAUSE I'M EXHAUSTED NOW.\n\nWHAT DOES...\nTHAT EVEN MEAN...?\nTHINK CAREFULLY.\nHAVE YOU EVER IN YOUR LIFE SEEN A YOKAI\nASK TO BE PUT TO SLEEP?\n\nJUST ONCE,\nTHINK REALLY HARD ABOUT IT.","bubble_count":88,"pages_count":25,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Jakyeong confronts the chief yokai who stole Yang Gi-seok's body and tries to seal it.","spoiler_summary":"Jakyeong confronts the chief yokai who stole Yang Gi-seok's body and tries to seal it. The entity pins him down so he cannot move, says he has feelings for Yang Gi-seok, and claims the two are now intertwined, so even if it is sealed, Yang Gi-seok can never remain whole. Then a weary voice is heard, asking to be pulled from the abyss and put to sleep; Jakyeong is left stunned."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y/chapter-18-5bb3nx","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — A Tree Beyond the Years #18","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T02:44:46.871Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y"}}