The chapter opens with a description of an elemental storm. It's a combination of the forces of wind and fire, and it's destructive. The narrator tells us that this is because all the rules of nature have been combined into one. He compares this to a fight among heavenlords at the yin-yang barrier tower, where the torch is supposed to be inherited. He says that the battle was so severe that it left a storm in its wake. He's not sure if he'll be able to make it through the storm, but he's confident that he can make it. He also says that he doesn't understand why the guy is acting like he can't compete with anyone. He thinks that the guy has a lot of great ability, but that he isn't going to compete against anybody. He wonders if he can figure out a way to combine these rules from the carvings on the wall. He figures that those who reach the one-thousand-mile mark will get a special elixir to prevent divine retribution, and those who go beyond that point will get an elixir to delay divine retribution. He realizes that the power of the rules is so strong that he'd rather have it than have it used to skip divine retribution if he were in danger or injured. He worries that if a cultivator gets injured or killed, they'll use the elixir as an excuse to delay the divine retribution . He wants to make sure that his innate energy is protected from the elemental storm so that he won't have to go through it himself. He can only go so far, he says, because he has no innate energy left. He feels like he'