Complex sentence: It begins to seem as if the story is going downhill for Li Kao until he saves the abbot's life, who then gives him a beggars bowl and robe and tells him one day he will be called and it is his duty to follow that call.
Split into simpler sentences: It begins to seem as if the story was going downhill for Li Kao until he saves the abbots life. Who then gives him a beggars bowl and robe and tells him one day he will be called and it is his duty to follow that call.