The first Few Lines, till the *** are talking about Xie Qing's Point of View, but they make no sense, only if it was Lu Yin's PoV would these lines make sense @MisterBombastic.
That is cause it had to do with the Other Work of Author, Aimless Ascension. This oracle, Ai, the Assassin, Twilight, and the Wolf are 100% Character from his earlier Novel.