This chapter's epigraph is from the opening lines of the play, "Ah, did she faint? God bless . . otherwise, she'd go mad" . In other words, it's a good thing that Cai Ling fainted, because otherwise she would have gone crazy. Cai Ling is still alive, but she's not doing too well. She's passed out, so she needs to be brought back to the sect master. The sect master is all, "Swish the fire talisman" , but Cai Ling doesn't seem to care. He's still angry at Cai Ling for all the nasty things she did to him, and he's going to kill her anyway . He wants to know what Cai Ling did to take her away from him, so he can bring her back to him. He can't bring himself to kill Cai Ling, but he'll kill him anyway if Cai Ling wants to kill him.