This chapter's epigraph comes from a quote from a famous sword master: "The sword means everything to a sword practitioner" . It's not clear whether this quote is referring to the sword itself or the sword pill, but it's clear that this is a reference to the fact that sword practitioners will not abandon their weapons even after they die. The narrator then goes on to explain that the sword pills are actually the weapons of the dao sword puppets, which are the eight swords of the Dao sect. They're said to be "superior" and "ever changing master" , which means that they were close friends of the sect's former disciple, who was killed by one of the sword puppets. So, the narrator says, if the sect doesn't have a sword, they're probably not going to kill the puppets for the treasure they've collected. The dao swords puppets, he says, are the only thing that's