This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous poem by the English poet Henry James, "Ulysses." In the poem, a young man named Henry James compares himself to a fool who can control a sword. The young man says that his sword is so powerful that he may one day be able to control a king's sword. He compares his sword to a nine-essence fusion star formation, which is difficult to open. He says that the formation has weakened over time, and that he should use more soul energy to open it