This chapter opens with a flashback to the beginning of the previous chapter, in which Cai Mingyu explains that his brother, Luo zheng, has come to the top of the mountain to escape from purgatory. The flashback reveals that the protagonist has been trapped in purgatory since he was a child, and that he has been separated from his family since then. He has been unable to leave the mountain because of the hexagonal celestial barrier, which separates heaven from hell. The protagonist wonders why his brother has become a disciple of the outer circle of the demon, and why he has not been able to escape. He also wonders why the protagonist hasn't been told about his brother's journey to the mountain. He wonders why no one has told him about the battle between his brother and wangyanmiao, and he wonders why there hasn'ta word about it in the letters he received from his brother. Finally, the protagonist realizes that he can't escape the mountain without breaking the hexagon barrier.