In this chapter, the master of the Five Immortal Families explains that the five families have always adhered to the rules of Shamanism. Only a small fraction of the people in the world are qualified to perform this function. The master tells the story of a snake family that sacrificed their lives to quell an uprising by a neighboring clan. The liu family suffered serious injuries, so they were sealed in ice. The great-grandfather of the snake family, who was also killed in the scuffle, changed his name and married someone else. The curse of his bloodline, the family disease, used to be taboo, but it has rarely appeared in the past, according to the master. The five families believe in a different spiritpact to prevent a clan from giving birth to an heir too powerful to break the balance of the five clans. If a clan intermarries and has a child without the permission of the other five families, that child will be born with the curse of the bloodline. Thanks to a black fox pupil, the fox clan was able to avoid this curse for a hundred years.