As the saying goes: It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people.
As a tree that has become a spirit, Nansong is undoubtedly lucky to have consciousness, but he has to make choices again and again about the path he wants to take in the future. When the tree becomes a spirit, it becomes human, and people often need to make choices.
Sometimes, becoming a demon or a god is often just a matter of thought...