This chapter opens with a description of the 17 inner courtyards. The first inner courtyard is the one where the wind is strongest. The second inner courtyard, the third inner courtyard and the fourth inner courtyard are the ones where the thunder is weakest. The thunder is too strong for the wind blades. The wind blades are too weak to fight back the thunder. One arhat is down. This is the final inner courtyard. The narrator wonders what kind of rewards will be given to those who pass this trial. He thinks that during the time of the Mahesvara, people used this power to tame dragons. He can confirm that this temple in the cave is the same as the temple of the mahasyapa. He is afraid that if the four inner courtyards attack at once, he will lose. He needs to destroy one before the others awaken. The light of dragon scales! He doesn't expect that the dragon taming therhat will be as strong as him. He's afraid that he's just a projection of himself in the battlefield. He wishes he could ask the blue dragon and the xun for advice.