Secondly, he worried that if he simply destroyed the lingering soul, it would cause the Taixuan Grotto-Heaven to become as lifeless as the Langya Blessed Land.
That would be a baseless loss of a major heritage for the sect.
He planned to use the excuse of needing some quiet time for introspection and meditation to first step out of the white phantom's line of sight, and then make a clean break from the Taixuan Grotto-Heaven to report this matter to Zhang Taifeng.
Chapter 164