The fiendfire pearl is absorbed by the mad beggar. The mad beggar explains that he was naturally born in the world of the fiendfire, and that he tricked the human players into gathering at the nodal point of the fire wall. The demon army did not retreat, but instead advanced. He wants to know the whereabouts of Shaohao and the other human players so that he can destroy their soul formation. The soul formation drags the subordinates of both human and demon clan, and if things continue like this, their consciousness will stay in the gameworld for good. He asks if he is going to protect human players, and he says that he is not. He says that the game world cannot be collapsed, but that he needs to find Lin and tell him. The last time such a situation happened was when numerous players went out of control, he says. If Lin does not pay the ransom, they will send him to hell.