This chapter opens with the two brothers, gong yu and lun hua, discussing the situation at the mountain ruin. . gong yu tells his brother lun that luo hua has earned the right to be called a barbarian king in the mountain cracker clan and that he should be allowed to test his power with fire. He asks lun if he has the power to earn his rights, and he says that if he thinks he does, he will burn himself into nothingness. He tells lun to wait and see if he is strong enough to test the power of luohua. He says that in the forbidden land, outsiders usually take resources from the tribe, and now they are cooperating with the tribe for this important operation. He compares the conflict between the weasel and the black zhenwu beast in the Forest of Doom to this one between luozheng and the shua, and says that shuan is the spirit pet of the master in the holy land, and that it is only logical for the tribe to test if his power is right. lun tells his brothers to enjoy their meal, which is a visualization of the innate energy of the food. He explains that he misses the heavenly dome tribe's food, and although the food does not fill his stomach, it is unlike any grape he's ever had. He gets the news that the yuanhe tribe will not arrive for a few days, so he wants to stay and enjoy his meal. He has been using the nine stars to visualize his inner world, and the stars are dimmed.