This chapter opens with a discussion of the importance of sending a warrior from the "primordial spirit phase" to represent the "xiao family" in the upcoming martial arts competition. The protagonist is worried that the family will not send a warrior to represent them in the competition because they are busy with their own business. He wonders if the family is avoiding something, and wonders if they are avoiding it because of their reputation and strength. He asks the protagonist not to worry about what will happen next, as he has already received a challenge from one of the "powerful ones" on the "best cultivator list." The protagonist thinks that the challenge is bold, and he wonders how the opponent dares to take the challenge. He also thinks that if he wins the challenge, everyone will know his name, and if he does not, there is "nothing to lose." He wonders why the opponent chose him, and the protagonist replies that he is not that good, but that he will accept the challenge as he wishes. He thinks that he lost the challenge fair and square, and that he would have killed the opponent had it not been for the opportunity to be challenged. He feels that he deserves his position on the list, and wishes that he had killed the man who challenged him. He then wonders who the next challenger would be, since he is a "changqing" from the zhongshan area. He wants to challenge "shen jin," the swordman, who is on the eighteenth position of the