Regardless of what had happened, with Li Zhi's death, the incident had come to a close.
Although he had faced danger, the rewards were also great.
First, Li Huowang finally understood the sinister motives of the monks from Zhengde Temple. It was because of what Li Zhi had told him before he died: "Xinsu is that which is born from the primordial chaos and becomes form; it has substance yet has not become a body—this is called Xinsu. Xinsu is the beginning of substance before it takes shape." In the eyes of the people of this world, he was a very rare Xinsu.
Li Huowang didn't quite understand classical Chinese, but relying on vague memories from school, he managed to grasp the general idea.
According to this explanation, 'primordial chaos' was some kind of matter that formed everything else, while Xinsu was something that existed even before the primordial chaos came into being.
Even after translating it, the content only confused Li Huowang further.
