This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous poem by the famous poet Siddhartha Mukherjee. It is a poem in which the protagonist states that he has no idea what is going on in the world around him, but that he does know that he is in a state of soul. The protagonist says that he remembers that he could not use the tortoiseshell in his current state because he was just a soul. He tells the protagonist to hurry up and get the turtleshell. The turtleshell is a magical tool that can revive a soul, but it is only used 24 hours a day. The tortoiseshell can only be used once an hour, so the protagonist must use it every 24 hours. He says that if the turtlesshell doesn't have any effect outside the world, then the mother goddess's blood has connected him with the turtle shell. He adds that he can put his body next to a spring in the heavenly spirit valley. The next day, he can revive himself in the cave of the Heavenly Spirit Valley. He explains that the cultivator world has been "roiled like a storm" in the past few days, and that the haotians have ordered their followers to keep a lower profile. As a result, the sect has started to restore its former glory. He also says that the protagonist is worried about the women outside the valley, because they would not have gotten into the mess if it weren't for the protagonist's stupid ideas. He asks the protagonist if he is worried that the leader of the sect might have been preoccupied with something, and the protagonist says he is not sure