There's quite a bit of backstory being narrated here, and the visuals are tied in to why Ravi was so old and still in the Sect, which mainly had young fighters like Xerxes. Basically he was their prisoner, and they disguised it by calling him 'mentor'. Xerxes loved him though, and even as dire as it seemed, was determined to get them both out.
More tonight, there's been a lot on my mind {:3