In this chapter, ningxiang tells his father that zhuo did not give his best, but that he was testing him and did not intend to kill him. . He says that if his father had not gone easy on him, he would have been killed by now. He adds that if ning had not appeared behind him when he did so, . he would not have killed him already. He tells ning that he will entrust him to him from now on, and that he can leave now, live the life he wants, and never come back. He calls ning "the young lady of the xue family," and tells her that she is now his daughter. He compares her to a beggar, and says if he ever knows that she will fail him in the future, he will fight her with his life. He also says that he nearly killed all of her family members, and wonders how they should report to the spectral valley. He asks .