In this chapter, Gu Qingshan, Senior, and the other Senior swordsmen discuss the merits of sword-fighting. The Senior swordsman says that he has been looking for a key to the sword formation for a long time, but has not yet found it. He hopes that the young man can help him find the key. He says that the statues of the gods look like ancient sword-cultivators because they are made of stone and are adorned with holy engravings. The young man is invited to join them on the boat, but he refuses, saying that he does not know proper etiquette. The senior replies that he can only challenge the sword form because he has a special favor to ask the flower fairy. He explains that the sword technique he used to slay thousands of demons in the past is the same sword technique that he uses today, and he says that under this sword, the demon soldiers have lost their wits.