In this chapter, the narrator explains that emptiness is the material form, and that all dharma have the same nature of emptiness: they do not arise, nor perish, nor become impure, nor increase or decrease. Within the void, there is no form, no sensation, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, or reason. There is no old age, no death, and no ignorance. In the western desert, in the little temple where the bodhisatva is dwelling, the valokiteshvara sees clearly that all the five skandas are empty and are thus free from suffering. The narrator then turns to the common folk and asks them why they are crying. He tells them that they are envious of the senior brother of the tianji sect leader, who is also a disciple of the Buddha. He then tells them not to mention the name of the teacher of the buddha, because he is a "variable of the world" and anyone who does not obey his order will be expelled from his sect. He goes on to explain that the northern mountain range has been prosperous for thousands of years. Why is it not the holy clan of his clan that has been prospering? He then asks why the heavens have not been fair to him and his holy clan. He wants to go against them and go against the universe.