In the middle of the fight, zhen and his father, lord Wei, show up. Wei's brother, an elder, is about to graduate from the star academy, and he's also a member of the royal court's gang of friends. Worried that they're going to kick him out of the room before he finishes his sentence, chen asks them to come and have a little fun with him. They refuse, saying that they haven't yet settled the score of injuring chen from the last fight. . They're here to protect chen, who was almost killed by zhen the last time they fought. They want to make sure that chen doesn't get bullied again. They don't want to let chen off the hook, since he betrayed them in the past. They also want to protect him because tian ling and ying are his sworn brothers, and they've accepted chen as their boss. They say that zhen is just a bunch of "bullshit," and they want to take him down. They all have reached the lower stage of human cultivation, and are considered to be "followers" of the intermediate stage of star cultivation. So, they all have the same level of talent, but chen isn't strong enough to defend himself against them. He wants to help him out, but he can't stand the thought of helping his brother when he can barely help himself.