Xu Qing quietly picked up the Go piece his Master had dropped and put back into the correct place on the board. He looked up.2

“The Ghost Emperor mountain looks like me now.”1

Master Seventh closed his eyes and muttered to himself for a short time. Truth be told, he was completely astonished. He knew his apprentice had shocking powers of understanding. That much had been evident to him when they were at the Ghost Emperor mountain. He had also heard about everything that happened with Xu Qing in Netherflight City, for instance, him gaining enlightenment of nearly 300 battle spirit symbols. Despite that, he was still completely shaken by what Xu Qing just said.3

He had originally wanted Xu Qing to just have a god in his sea of consciousness to control the random bits of will that would result from using the Gruegloom Daoseizing Art to seize gold cores. But this result was akin to him expecting Xu Qing to build a log cabin, only to have him end up building an entire city.5

And then he comes and asks me what’s going on??17

Master Seventh suddenly felt very tired. After a long moment in quiet contemplation, he cleared his throat.5

“It comes down to your heart and mind,” he said casually. “They’re very strong, and thus, that exerts an influence on what is essentially an addition to yourself. Because of that, you have increased control. That’s...6