The patriarch finally makes it to the stage, and he's glad he made it. He's worried that the white wolf has enlisted more help, because the other side's cultivation is much higher than theirs. The patriarch is a little worried, too, because when he left the academy, he was only a third-layer white wolf. Now, he thinks, he has reached the seventh-layer level, and that's a lot higher than ordinary people. He wonders why they don't just let the youthfeathers leave now. The vice-principal tells the patriarch that the academy has never intervened in conflicts between the different families, but that today is a special case. The father of the vice- principal says that the pressure he is exerting is terrifying, but the patriarch is still his disciple. He asks the patriarch to let go of the day's affairs, and the patriarch agrees.