'Nine hundred years.'
Xu Qing's expression grew pensive. He recalled the deadline his master, Chen Wangu, had set for him: to break through and enter the Eighth Realm within a thousand years.
Now, after hearing what the Twisted Demon God had to say about the Unique True Realm and the Only True Path, a realization dawned on Xu Qing. He had a faint idea of what was going on.
'Let me calculate the time.'
Xu Qing mused internally, 'It's been over a hundred years since my master, Chen Wangu, set that deadline for me.'
'That means I have about nine hundred years left, which coincides with when the Only True Path is set to open.'
'So...'
'The reason my master, Chen Wangu, gave me a thousand years is likely because he knew about the Only True Path. He wanted me to reach the Eighth Realm within that millennium because only those who have reached the Eighth Realm are qualified to walk it.'
