The three of them finally get into the cultivation tower, and ying tells tian that they'll be able to get in together. They're both from noble families, so they don't need money, but this time , ying says, he needs to restore his gates to their original condition. He needs more time to get his cultivation base up to par, so tian suggests that they try again the next time. ying is bummed out, but tian reminds him that he's actually his turn to open the gates, so he just forgets about it. He wants to get back to his original goal, so the only way he can do that is to destroy his aura pool, which means killing himself.