Unless one is overwhelmingly stronger than Li Ming, otherwise, when the gap in rank isn't significant, whoever kills him becomes Li Ming's character for the second run.
When everything goes smoothly, all he needs to do is find an opponent slightly stronger than himself—but not by much—then die at their hands.
Even beings of different races can be possessed, so different race → human → different race, if this cycle continues, upgrades will definitely be extremely fast.
It just depends on the situation; this guy's upgrade process might not go so smoothly.
However, there's also a strong possibility that he's aiming to infiltrate the Scorching Sun Department.
The upgrade path he wants—there's nothing more suitable than to use the Scorching Sun Department as a springboard.
