As the Captain explained these things, Xu Qing’s eyes narrowed. After all this time, he finally had a bit of an explanation about the temple complex and the statue. Thinking back to when he originally saw the saber move, he felt like he understood it even better now.

Meanwhile, the Captain was sighing in his heart. He knew that a matter of good fortune like this didn’t come down to simply taking a bite out of the statue. It required perception and fate. Of even greater significance was the fact that there was no dao resonance in the statue, plus there was no way he would even consider killing Xu Qing to get a chance at enlightenment.... And even if he would consider something like that, given how deeply deceptive Xu Qing was, there was no guarantee the Captain could defeat him in combat. In the end, the Captain was still interested in the Supreme Vastness Solitary Saber, but had no way to pursue it.

As the light of dawn grew brighter, Xu Qing chose not to go deeper into the forbidden region. Based on the level of his current cultivation base, he was able to sense that further in, there was a concentration...