In the middle of the battle, a young man named Tongren appears on the scene. He is a member of the Ming family, and he has come to fight against a rival swordsman from the Lu family. He tells the man that he is from the Ming clan, and that he has killed a white ape warrior named Fang, who attempted to poach a beast from the valley. The man says that Fang deserved to be killed, but the Mings are the ones who have killed Fang. The young man tells him that he must avenge his friend's death, and the two men prepare to fight.