The flame-scepter asks the great elder of the sect if he is still alive. The great elder replies that he is, and that he will rule over the plains with him. The gao family tells him that two foreigners have invaded their house and tried to force a duel, but the head of the family lost. The foreigners have taken the family under their control, and the father has been defeated. The father asks if the flame is poisonous, and he says that it is. The flame sect asks if it is the same old linwutian that he saw at the beginning of the story. He says that in a few days he has completely changed, like he has "rebirthed" . The family welcomes the return of the great immortal, and asks him to save the family.