This chapter opens with a flashback to the beginning of the story, where we learn that the master of the song sect has sent a person to spy on the artist, and that the person has been able to capture the artist's portrait, which is now the most famous portrait of the master. The scene then shifts to the present time, where the artist tells the old man that his portrait has been stolen. The old man is shocked and asks the artist what has happened. The artist tells him that the thief may be the "lord demon," and that he has to visit the master to find out the truth.