The godsmith guild is worried that the northern palace will be destroyed, and they need to build a wall around the city to protect it from attack. They also need to put mechanical crossbows in the city walls, scarlet lightning array in the sky, and three wind gods mechanical weapons in the walls of the city. This is all very expensive, but the godsmith tells his brother that he is the one who built the wall, and that after consuming his salvation pill, his old man is full of praise for him. The city is at peace, and the eastern palace has apologized to the guild for what happened before. In the month following the apology, fires have ravaged the countryside, and many people have fled the cities. The youthfeather family has been forced to shelter these people, but now the fires have spread throughout the land, and there is no place for them to go.