This chapter's epigraph comes from the opening lines of the novel, "My friends! Have you made friends? What i am doing and who i am befriending, has nothing in do with you." In other words, the narrator is asking his friends if they've ever made friends. He's not asking them to make friends with him, he's asking them if they have made friends with their father. The narrator asks his father if he should kneel down to thank his father for his help. He asks if he thinks that with his ability and the group of demons, he can cure the sin of the "six-eared macaque" . The father says that even if they are killed in a battle, they'll never compromise. He tells his son to put away his divine weapons and give the monkey back to them. The monkey says that her injuries are getting worse all the time. She tells the father to return the monkey to them as long as they're breathing. She also tells him that the monkey's sin is finally over. He says that he'll ask his father one last time if he still wants to continue on his current path. He reminds his father that if he continues on this path, he won't be able to enter the immortal realm anymore. He then asks if his friends still think this way as well. They all agree that the path is the same as his. He also asks if the monkeys are okay. They're all okay, he tells his father. He