This chapter's epigraph is from a poem by the famous poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Longfellow's poem, "The Ballad of a Young Master," is about a young master who is about to become a disciple of a sacred place. The young master is the heir of a golden demon clan, and he has the power to become the core disciple of the tenth-grade place. This young master, however, is not a disciple in the traditional sense of the word, as he is not even a "body cultivator." Instead, he is a "creature in innate energy." This is because he is unable to use the "somatic energy" of the bronze blood he has been cultivating. The bronze blood, he says, has enhanced his strength for three times. This is enough to kill the young master.