The chapter opens with the narrator explaining that he and his friends misunderstood the story he was told. They were caught up by an irresistible destiny, the door that would change the world, eclipse, and the Dragon King festival. He explains that he was caught up in a "inherent destiny" , and that the door was the door to the "dragon grave yard" . The chapter ends with a description of the handwriting on the wall. It is the handwriting of a dragon, and it is the seventh day of a seven-month festival.