This chapter opens with a description of the monster's attack on the monster. The monster is described as a "monstrously strong being" , and the narrator notes that the monster has destroyed the main body of the protagonist. The protagonist explains that he has a technique that will allow him to create a new body with his own blood. He tells the mayor of the city that his body has been destroyed by a "troublemaker" in the city, and he asks the mayor to help him. The mayor tells the protagonist that the troublemaker has a "first-grade divine tier weapon" and a "phoenix horse" . He asks the protagonist why he is here, and when the protagonist tells him that he just happened to be helping a friend, the mayor explains that the friend's uncle had made her a cauldron and planned to give it to the protagonist, but the protagonist says that the uncle is her own kin, and that the protagonist should decide what should happen with the cauldron.