In this chapter, we are introduced to a new character named Xinghe, who has just taken on the role of a disciple of the old master. He greets the old man and thanks him for the trouble he caused the night before. The old man is not pleased with the new disciple's behavior, but he does not know what to make of it. He tells him that he has no far-reaching ambitions, and that his youthfeather family has been bullied, so he has embarked on the path of cultivation to improve their lives. He compares the tribesmen to his own family, and says that equality is relative only in this world. He says that ants can also rise to the top of the world, but that they are free, just as dust flies on the wind.