Chapter 23: Single Saber Strike

Xu Qing saw bright, golden light! It came from the statues on the walls, as worn with time as they were. Every statue was a light source, filling the temple with incomparable radiance. However, the greatest source of light wasn’t those smaller statues. Instead… it was the huge, primary statue of the temple, the divine likeness whose hands held a huge stone saber. Shaken, Xu Qing looked into the light at the temple, and saw that, at the temple door was a figure surrounded by a dark...